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The Afghanistan section is my favorite in the film. I love all those scenes!
It certainly would've made the whole sequence better. I've been torn over the years in regards to that finale but the last few years have me feeling rather underwhelmed and unimpressed with it. It has its moments but a lot stands out - Koskov surviving, Kara leading the charge, some of the overall goofiness that takes place. I do love that net fight, however.
I must admit, the first time i saw TLD, when the plane hit Koskov's jeep and it was engulfed in a massive fireball i thought that was it for him. When we got that close up of him i was like "NO WAY!!!!" :))
Yeh, its a really cool sequence, when Bond pulls the plane up just in time and the it meets Koskov head on! Should have been his death scene.
TND tried doing the same scene in the pts, but it was poorly executed!
The John Glen era had some of the best action IMO.
Very much agree, mate!
The Octopussy yo yo fight was pretty good... 😏
Oh the 60's films were definitely the best for fisticuffs
Ok, i give you that one, but to be fair he was saddled with poor Rog, who was never convincing in a fight! Dalton only had that bar room brawl in LTK, which was straight out of a B movie! Did hope he and Dario were going to have a rematch by the end of LTK, buf it didnt happen. But the rest of the action in it was top drawer so no biggie!
Was gonna say the same thing. No director could make Sir Roger (RIP) convincing in a fight scene.
I think Hamilton did the best out of the three on that front, although he did have the advantage of getting Sir Roger at his youngest. The editing of his fight scenes in OP is excellent however and is a big part of the lasting appeal of that film, in my opinion of course. Especially when you compare it to AVTAK two years later. What happened?
Would go along with this!
Rather like Domino with Largo!
She definetly deserved to give him some payback for what he did to her ( Or tried to do ).
Shes not even present when Koskov is hauled away by Pushkin and his men.
But the fight choreography looked very obvious!
I remember someone asking Connery why his fight scenes looked better, and he said Rogers were very carefully choreographed, whereas he just went in swinging and didnt mind if a stuntman got hit ("Thats what they're paid for!")
I have some sympathy with @Birdleson here. Though TLD is never in danger of leaving my top ten, the Afghan sequences do tend to drag a bit. It's a problem in all action films, not just Bond films. Action for action sakes doesn't do it for me, I'm afraid. Like all of Glen's output, the action is well staged and inventive, but I feel it could have been edited a mite tighter.
It's a bit like the TB underwater finale, sure it's spectacular, but it doesn't hold up to repeat viewings.
It is a gem. Its definitely my most watched Craig Bond movie.....but its still slightly behind CR as best.
(Which I plan to watch this Bank Holiday weekend here in Ireland, i need cheering as we have gone into lockdown here again for 6 weeks!!!!)
It will never be done but QoS would benefit from a “ Director’s cut” or re-edit.
It was the same way for me for many years, but the last five or so have me selecting it as my favorite of the era each and every time. CR is still excellent, however, a classic.
Why he didn't make second one? What was the main reason?