It looks like you're new here. If you want to get involved, click one of these buttons!
^ Back to Top
The MI6 Community is unofficial and in no way associated or linked with EON Productions, MGM, Sony Pictures, Activision or Ian Fleming Publications. Any views expressed on this website are of the individual members and do not necessarily reflect those of the Community owners. Any video or images displayed in topics on MI6 Community are embedded by users from third party sites and as such MI6 Community and its owners take no responsibility for this material.
James Bond News • James Bond Articles • James Bond Magazine
Comments
Bloefeld, to me, seemed completely forgettable. He looked like an old man in a chair stroking a cat, hardly an evil mastermind and nothing compared to the other Bloefeld's (even Charles Gray ;) ) It doesn't help that he's only in the film for 2 scenes either.
Funny you should mention Fatima Blush. It's interesting after watching NSNA (Blush) and GE (Onatopp) so close together. Both women are fairly similar characters (crazy, sexually deviant female killers). However of the two, Xenya was easily the more convincing. She may have been OTT but I genuinely believed she was insane and dangerous. Blush seemed rather "pantomime like" by comparison.
In regard to Largo I thought he was rather forgettable too. He spent too much time being charming (rather like an old friend or work colleague of Bond's). However he does get a few good "villain-ey" scenes.
The film is also cut badly. There's one scene when Connery is climbing through a tube to sneak onto Largo's yaucht. In one shot he has his wet-suit on, in the next he's bear chested. Likewise when the horse falls into the water and Bond's clothes suddenly vanish. Also when Bond finds the girl dead in the flat. The camera just seems to cut suddenly from one shot of him beginning to pull off the blanket to the next (the girl lying dead and Connery looking at her through the water's reflection). Maybe that was to do with the TV cutting something out, if so then I'm wrong.
However Connery certainly rivals AVTAK Moore in terms of bed-hopping ;)
Meh.
Great effects, great score, great locations, great baddie (the best character in the film) and a few good scenes. However the overt-cheesiness does ruin it for me (I found myself cringing despite having watched the film many times before). The plot was a blatant rehash of Spy right down to the "ceast to exist" line. Lois Chiles was ok but a bit wooden, Moore was entertaining if a little too smug.
Jaws and Dolly - urgh!
Spy is still by far the better film despite the absense of Barry.
MR is overrated on here if you ask me.
5/10
Off for a 7-Up and Marlborough now.
While I was surprised at how much of Fleming´s Bond was in there (despite the second half being nothing than action), I right now have the feeling that Brosnan´s Bond is lacking personality somehow. Not that he has none, he has plenty. But he could have been a lot more bad-ass. When I watched the scene with Dr. Kaufmann, I actually thought, ´this would be stuff for Tarantino´, what with the crass contrast of Bond´s mourning and his cold reaction to Dr. Kaufmann.
Saw some of it on TV the other week but decided to watch it all as part of my Bondathon.
Really enjoyed it and have no idea how some people can hate the film (it seems to be mainly commoners). In fact it's moved up in my list and now even surpasses TLD. The plot comes together more here despite the occasional silliness.
Moore himself was really good and FAR more convincing as a spy than NSNA Sean Connery. He was less smug in OP than in MR and took his work relitively seriously, yet still retained his smooth, charming persona.
Adams, Berkof and Jordoun were great too :) Plus I really like this score:
7/10
Still enjoyed it and still believe it gets quite a lot of unnecessary flack. Sure its a bit hammy and Denise Richards is baadd (but gorgeous) however I'd still take it over MR and TMWTGG anyday. No where near as good as GE but better than TND IMO. I like David Arnold's score too.
Number 12 or so in my list.
7/10
For the first time in my life, I slipped into a Brosnan-denial mode. I took the four DVDs out of the shelf, just to see how it looks, and what can I say? Dalton directly followed by Craig, how much better can it get :-) ?
I actually really like the Pierce Brosnan era! He brought the series back after it was in a deep hole in the early '90s, and it worked! While I don't necessarily like TWINE or DAD, his first two were sheer genious, awesome movies that kicked the door down! And even with his last two Bond movies, Brosnan himself still maintained his cool, slick approach as 007. Besides, he helped balance between Dalton and Craig, who both radiate with dark, ominous qualities. I love Dalton and Craig's performances, but we needed Brosnan to fill the gap and give us a little break from the darkness, even though I rather prefer the dark side of Bond.
For me he clicked. I believed he was Bond.
Brosnan boldly went with Bond where no man had gone before, but my personal feeling at the moment is, that in the end it´s much better to have a strong presence than a number of elements trying to remind me of what I am dealing with. Don´t say it, be it.
And of course it´s not simply Brosnan. It´s the whole production company.
My view still stands - its one of the weakest Bond films. However there are some good points including a decent score from Arnold and some good individual shots of the MANY locations. Craig himself is a little uneven - very good in some scenes but a bit robotic in others. The sex scene between him and Fields is awful though.
The environment-themed storyline that drives the film is pretty bland and boring aswell. A good effort but it never quite feels engaging enough to carry the film and make us the audience care.
Another issue is the action. There's one scene when Bond and Camile are in the plane and they are talking. Suddenly from out of nowhere the plane is hit by bullets. Thats the problem with the whole film - it's uneven and often interrupts more intimate, interesting moments with fairly mediocre action scenes.
I've gone on about this film several times and rewatched it quite a few aswell but it always leaves me feeling a little disappointed :(
4/10
Once again, I was highly pleased with it. Timothy Dalton was fantastic, the action was kicking, and the story was very engaging. However, I still felt that the ending was rushed and didn't provide enough closure for Whitaker and Koskov.
about bolded part:especially when she is goooooood (kind of DAD reference lol)
yes i agree Denise is gorgeous and i like her but someone else should have been casted for that role
Highly enjoyable introduction to the great 007, great locations, great Bond girl and one of the great villains. I love how we don't see Dr No until late in the film, makes him all the more menacing.
http://www.mi6community.com/index.php?p=/discussion/851/tell-us-all-about-your-bondathon.-#Item_10
;-)
but it is good read afterall ;)