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It depends on the age of your TV. If it is older than 2009 then you'll notice a difference in a new TV set, overall picture quality has improved quite a bit.
But don't forget it is also important to own a good quality Blu-ray player, otherwise upgrading the TV is kind of useless.
Get a projector, per screen inch they're lot cheaper than TVs and give you a huge picture.
The Man With The Golden Gun
I like the score of TMWTGG, it's some of Barry's best. But without question, the best thing about TMWTGG is Christopher lee as Scaramanga. He has now become my favourite Bond villain. Having played enough villainous types on screen, Lee didn't need prosthetics or theatrics to be sinister/evil he could exude it. When Hai Fat is trying to give Scaramanga a dressing down, there's a shot where Scaramanga looks at Fat, and it's all about the look in his eyes.
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Random Bond Viewing 2016 (in order of viewing):
January:
1. You Only Live Twice
2. For Your Eyes Only
3. Tomorrow Never Dies
4. The Living Daylights
February:
5. On Her Majesty's Secret Service
6. From Russia With Love
7. Spectre
8. Octopussy
9. Diamonds Are Forever
March:
10. Quantum Of Solace
11. Goldfinger
12. Moonraker
13. Goldenye
14. The Spy Who Loved Me
15. Die Another Day
16. Dr No
17. A View To A Kill
April:
18. Skyfall
19. Thunderball
20. Live And Let Die
21. Casino Royale
22. The World Is Not Enough
23. Licence To Kill
24. The Man With The Golden Gun
I think they were lucky to have him. Otherwise it could have gone terribly wrong.
I even go so far to say, Lee is the best villain in the franchise if you judge by performance and character.
Moore to me seems like a stand-in during his first 2 films. In MWTGG particular it feels like any actor could have played the character in a similar way. He doesn't own the role at this point. The writing team was certainly playing about a bit with Moore's Bond.
I remember an old mi6 member saying he was playing Simon Templar in LALD rather than Bond.
Yes, yes, and yes. Lee (and Barry's score) are the glue that holds the film together.
I really like Moore but I like him better in his later films (ie. TSWLM, FYEO and OP).
One of his strongest qualities I've noticed is that he nearly always seemed confident in the part.
Their first choice, Jack Palance, wouldn t be any worse. And probably closer to the book.
But I agree, Lee is awesome.
It seems like in the first two Moore was kept because Cubby had hope in him and its with the third film where he finally found his way in the Bond franchise.
I guess to all the actors who have played Bond in more than two films they found his style with the third except Connery who found his style right from the beginning.
Terrence Young definitely got the best from him.
Now that i think so Connery and Moore were extremely lucky to get a director who loved them and understood their style completely.
Moore had Glenn that even though im not a big fan of him and his Bond films he made Roget Moore popular and so did Terrence Young with Connery.
Apart from Goldfinger all the best performances by Connery were with Terrence Young.
They really seemed to be testing out Roger as Bond in the first two. Sometimes light and comedic, sometimes really dark - darker than Connery even. It makes his performances interesting but uneven.
I need a new copy. Totally skipped from the bath scene straight to Helgas cabin on the Ning Po. I'll just upgrade them all to bluray here soob
Nevertheless, I still enjoy TMWTGG. But over the years, I've started to get the feeling where I don't know if it's really that great or if it's just a guilty pleasure of mine.
My 2nd viewing (my first viewing was the week of the dvd release). So it's been a few weeks, have my feelings changed? Not really. It's a flawed, but enjoyable Bond film. The PTS, featuring Bond walking across the rooftops with purpose and a swagger, and the Bond theme, is still my favourite sequence. I'd also like to say that the MI6 regulars fit into place nicely in Spectre. It'd be a shame we don't see Craig, Fiennes, Harris, Wishaw and Kinnear one more time.
Technically--and excepting the editing in some of the action sequences--this is a pretty good film. But there are two problems, one relatively minor, the other huge. The first is the title track. Every time I hear AWTD I shake my head in disbelieve that an entity as professional and well-funded as Eon could allow dreck such as this to be attached to a Bond film. It is to Bond music what DAD is to Bond films. This song ruins the rather interesting title credits.
Second, the tone is wrong for a Bond film. QOS simply becomes more and more depressing the longer it runs. Nobody says Bond films must be all sunshine and smiles--there is room for heaviness--but they should not be Bergmanesque downers either. QOS is just that.
The highlights, of course, are the Tosca sequence--and Arnold's scoring here--and the Kazan coda. Both are perfection.
I don't think there is a rule to it.
2010 is old enough in my opinion to upgrade. But it is a Samsung model which usually have very good picture quality. If your TV is LED technology I would keep it, if it is Plasma or LCD I'd throw it away :))
If you decide to buy a new TV (imho buy Samsung again) then go for big which means 55", you can go even bigger 65" IF you want to spend a certain amount of money AND you can sit at a distance of at least 4 meters from the TV.
Personally I'd buy a 55" LED (or OLED) technology Samsung TV set. It can be a curved model or not, that doesn't make a difference. Nowadays most TVs are 4K anyway, but keep an eye on it nonetheless.
Netflix streams more and more content in 4K, most good new Blu-ray player can at least upconvert to 4K or can play 4K Blu-ray discs which in a couple of years will be available on a wide basis.
3D is an option as well. If the TV you like has 3D capability the better but it's not a must in my opinion.
Last year I bought a new Samsung model. Since it can show 3D I bought some 3D Blu-rays. It is fun, but nothing I would want every day. My daughter on the other hand really likes to see Hotel Transylvania, Minions, Frozen etc. in 3D!
Anyway, first set the amount of money you are willing to spend, then go for the best TV you can get for that money.