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The last missing piece from my James Bond collection, this elusive title has finally been found and watched very recent, I am now once again familiar with that years events
Arguably Connery's last great Bond adventure, but the silliness of Goldfinger lingers on, such as the ill advised rocket pack sequence in the pre titles sequence. Would a Connery of Dr No or From Russia with Love indulge in such asinine nonsense ?
Regrettably no, but it still makes for a fine overall adventure, even if once again, the underwater scenes drag on a little too long. Luciana Paluzzi would seem the star attraction, Adolfo Celi isn't the greatest adversary the series ever saw, but the sets and locations more than componsate for any other deficiencies evident
Tom Jones' opening theme is OK, but nothing special, a brief pre titles sequence, culminating in the aforementioned rocket pack nonsense, before things really start to get going once Bond is at the health center. Apart from the often boring underwater sequences, there's plenty to offer and this was maybe at a time when Connery was starting to tire of the James Bond role but it never really shows
There was a ridiculous sequence incidentally when Bond sets off the fire alarm at the health center and one woman emerges from her room one second after going off (must of been sleeping against the door that night), followed by a good many other residents a second or two later. - Incredible
I gave it a seven out of ten. Far better than Goldfinger and Diamonds are Forever, maybe on par with You Only Live Twice, but can't come close to Dr No or From Russia With Love for pure Connery Bond greatness
Thrilling as always. Love the pts and Bassey's epic title track transitioning into Into Miami.
Connery's Bond is so very influenced by his previous film Marnie with Alfred Hitchcock. The resemblance is uncanny.
It's a great watch, and Craig puts in another stellar performance, but there's something not quite right for the most recent release. Maybe Bond seemed a little too super-human at times or went beyond the boundaries of commonsense. I'm all for action in Bond and great stunts, but maybe they went a little too far last time out
Kleinman gives the best title designs yet, Theme song is actually good, although no fan of the artist, although Bardem's Silva / Rodrigues character often seems forgettable and not an adversary to remember. Wishaw does a great job, although never could take to having Q younger than Bond himself, but the two leading women (Harris and Marlohe) aren't memorable and the latter is only on screen for a short time. - Far too little appearance to make a proper impact on the viewer
The ending is great at the Bond family home, although at times nonsensical - but the final act with Silva being knifed in the back was 'seen it all before' but the passing of Dench's M was a poignant moment. Maybe won't take to Fiennes' Mallory, as wanted Dench to appear again but that and a few other minor irritations and disappointments aside, it's one of the very best Bond releases of the entire series. Top ten entry, five being generous
Hell yeah that sounds awesome! I wish a theater around here did something like that...
As for my most recent? I watched You Only Live Twice a couple nights ago. Aside from one or two titles in the franchise I love each film even more each time, and YOLT was no different. :)
Some of the gags are fine (I quite like the one about Carver's "edifice complex") but Bond fires off the one-liners like there's no tomorrow. The action wasn't as bad as it's made out to be, but the climax on the stealth ship was a bit much. Bond's mastery of the car was an eye-roller, but it was necessary for the big car chase later. Finally, the idea of the Bond-Paris relationship wasn't too bad, but they lept in way too deep way too quickly (the whole "Did I get to close?" business was particularly awful), and Teri Hatcher's acting did it no favors. If they had gone with Natalya instead, the character & her death would have had much more weight.
Stamper is generic but serviceable as Aryan henchmen 4.0, and I'm of two minds on the car chase. The chase itself is fun, but the scene before where they're shooting the car and whacking it with hammers and whatnot is preposterous. Wai Lin is cool, and Michelle Yeoh kicks all kinds of ass, but she's not always one for the acting, and the romance with Bond is tacked on. This might have something to do with her character having the depth of a puddle. The title song's lyrics are quite good, but Sheryl Crowe's whiny, thin vocals kill them.
Right, on to the positives. The plot is classic Bond, updated for the 90's, and probably even more relevant today. Jonathan Pryce is golden as Carver, just the right mix of humor and malice. Brosnan does very well as Bond. He looks the part, and has suavity, danger, and the look in abundance. The movie also contains some of Brosnan's finest moments as Bond, namely Bond waiting for Paris (as bad as the character is otherwise) and the confrontation with Dr. Kaufman (Vincent Schiavelli is also brilliant). The action and humor are generally tolerable, but they do go overboard.
All in all, it's a solid Bond movie, and clocks at #13.
Fun fact: Somebody in the production has the last name of "Zokas". I wonder if that's where they got Renard's last name from.
"Stamper is generic but serviceable as Aryan henchmen 4.0" Good one :\"> following in the footsteps of lets see, 1.0 Red Grant, 2.0 Blofeld bodyguard Hans, 3.0 Kriegler in FYEO, 4.0 Necros in TLD.....oh wait, Stamper is actually 5.0......
I could watch this movie countless of times. Just because Niven, Sellers, Woody Allen, Ursula Anders, The Look of Love and a bunch of 60's babes.
I have to disagree. I know it is just an expression, but aryan does not mean blond and strong. It means people of an indo-european heritage,so most of them are aryan to be precise. Since Hitler it has come to be associated with Nordic people,and if you look at it that way, did we have any at all?
Urgh this is my pet hate and doesnt even deserve to me mentioned in the same breath as 007 and the real franchise.
I didn't think a "Bond" film could be worse than DAD until I watched CR67.
Never.
Again.
The Living Daylights this film is not, that said, I'd be lying if I said that I didn't enjoy parts of it like the Hovercraft chase and the Sword fight. My opinion on this film has softened somewhat over the last 14 years. It is said that time heals all wounds...
As completely ridiculous and downright bad as some aspects are, there's a lot to enjoy. There's (as I've said before) an energy to it which is very commendable. And the first hour isn't remotely bad (they saved all of that for the second half).
Anyways as I posted in the AVTAK appreciation thread I watched that last night. Sutton is one of my least favorite Bond girls and it occasionally feels a bit tired but other than that I think it's a greatly underrated and under appreciated Bond adventure.
DaltonCraig007's 2014 Bond-athon
1. Dr No
The night is still young, I may continue with FRWL a bit later tonight.
My goodness. This is certainly an infuriating Bond movie, like most of the bottom-tier ones. It tantalizes with hints of a good story only to repeatedly snatch them away with inexplicable nonsense. The basic of premise of the world's greatest assassin, played by Christopher Lee no less, wanting to take on the one and only James Bond 007 sounds almost impossible to mess up, but they manage it. How you ask? Why, having the worst Bond girl in the series, the worst minor character in the series, sudden digressions into energy crises and kung fu fighting, and a bit of grab-ass with a sumo wrestler, not to mention a midget and a muddled portrayal of Bond, that's how!
The movie does have some things to recommend it, mostly the conflict between Bond and Scaramanga, along with the performances of the MI6 regulars and Maud Adams as Andrea Anders. It has previously sat at the bottom of my rankings at #23, but it was tolerable enough to possibly get it out of there, though not above the vaunted Line of Shame. Of course, it's no easy project to figure out just where the bottom films lie (far easier to work out the top 5), given that it involves watching movies like this, A View to a Kill, Diamonds Are Forever, and Die Another Day.
My overall thoughts? It's pretty good. It's probably moved down my rankings one or two spots since when I last watched it, depending on how good Skyfall is when I rewatch it, but it's easily Brosnan's best, and I would probably regard it higher if the two films that had come before hadn't been two of my favourites in the series. Brosnan hasn't changed much in my rankings of Bonds, and I still think this film would have been better with Dalton, but probably not quite the best as I previously thought.
Now got to watch an entertaining but flawed, a not great, an awful, a brilliant, an okay and a very good Bond film (in that order) before I begin Bondathon 2 - where I actually digitally review every film once watched it. Should be fun.
Yes! It like, oh heres a good scene, but we'll show you Pepper being shoved in the klongs by an elephant. The mixture between callous and camp really damages the film.
I have to say I'm becoming quite fond of Die Another Day. The faults I used to see... I can't see them anymore, and I'm liking it more now than in 2002 and years after that.
Skyfall is still behind Casino Royale though.
I agree that this movie contains so much eyecandy that EON has mostly been able to miss in their movies, and indeed the music is legendary.
As a movie it is mostly hit and miss, but indeed enjoyable even if it is less than a Bondmovie, but one should forget that and enjoy it as a humurous take on the Bondmovies.
One observation--Gobinda may be the most underrated henchman. Really like the actor (Hedi Kedir?). He's got dignity, gravitas, and an undercurrent of mirthful bemusement about him.