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It is strange. I really don't know why but this is the Connery Bond film I watch the most often, even though it is certainly my least favourite Connery Bond film. I still really enjoy this film very much until the climax which is just boring and uninteresting. For me it is the worst in the series. However the scenes in Amsterdam and evereything in Las Vegas before the moon buggy chase as well as the Blofeld reveal is just great. I like all the many characters who are involved in the diamond smuggling ring (this Bond film has probably the highest amount of side characters). It is also one of the Bond films that is very well paced (except for the climax) and is really funny.
Getting a double barrel dose of Dalton on the big screen was not just the highlight of 2015, but all my years as a Bond fan. When I come to them in my Bondathaon (which I need to get back to), I will have to double-bill them.
I think it was the right Bond film for when it was released.
It balanced all the familiar elements nicely and didn't stray too far from the format as the misjudged LTK had done several years earlier.
I like the film, but it hasn't aged well. And with Craig excelling in the Bond role, Brosnan just seems so lightweight now.
Absolutely loved it this time around. Good old fashioned escapism. Might have become my second favourite Connery Bond after FRWL.
Equally iconic as GF but ups it with a devilish femme fatale (granted, inspired by TB), even better work from Adam and Barry, impressive cinematography and exotic settings in epic widescreen scope.
Also, this film has two of my favourite allies, Tiger and Henderson.
I also never understand the critcism towards Connery here. Loved his performance. I think actualiteit he is pretty funny in this one:
"Request permission to come aboard, Sir?"
"We corpses have absolutely no sense of time."
"Siamese wodka?!"
"Impregnable?"
I'd hardly call Connery in his early films or Dalton 'lightweight' so there goes that argument right there.
No, it's not a bad thing and I don't mind Brosnan, but he came before Craig took over and albeit with a meatier script Craig made Bond a flesh and blood character again.
Not so much a criticism of Brosnan as praise for Craig.
Anyway, I continue to appreciate what Dalton was trying to do and I feel that, for the most part, he succeeded. He doesn't quite have the screen presence of Connery or Moore, but I love the complexity he brought to the character. He's so expressive with his eyes. He moves well in the action scenes too.
The film is full of classic moments, but then certain parts tend to drag. Overall, I was quite pleased with it though. Definitely a more positive experience than the last time. As a boy, I remember liking Dalton but still being disappointed that Moore was gone. For those of you who saw TLD in 1987, what were your thoughts?
The best possible choice for Bond.
I was 13 in 1987 and TLD changed my life, I walked out of the cinema and the world looked and felt different.
The only two times I felt similar was after the first time getting laid a year later and doing my first halo jump with 19.
I thought Tim was amazing. It remains to this day one of my favorite Bonds. The first "new" Bond actor for me too. At the time I really thought he'd be Bond for at least 12 years like Roger. Oh well. I remember thinking a-ha's theme was a bit in the style of Duran Duran- yet not getting hardly any airplay. Seeing the film was the first time I'd heard it. Also it was strange the end credits had an alternate song.
I loved it. Dalton was pure Fleming Bond for me.
Seeing it at the Odeon Leicester Sq when it came out was a fantastic experience.
It's the film that re-ignited my interest in all things 007.
Watching this in honor of Sir Roger's birthday. It remains my favorite of his Bonds....though it really is tough to choose. I first saw this one on HBO around the time MR was released. My Dad and I must have watched it 4 or 5 times then. These two films were my introduction to Bond as a wee lad. So many great scenes throughout TSWLM and iconic moments. Hits the spot every time.
Totally agree with this,only rivaled by Zorin for me in the Moore era,and we all love Scaramanga (well Sir Christopher Lee)...
I love Zorin, he's even more slimy and twisted than Khan is.
"Alive and well, I see...and still bungling in the dark." One of my favorite lines of Zorin's, not sure why I always liked it as much as I did.