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A combined DaltsBrozathon is coming up next. Neither of these guys IMO can touch the Rog or the two that preceded Rog, but their films do provide some good escapist fun and lots of fun stuff to kick around.
out of 11 Star Trek movies, 4 of them had time travel.
out of 5 Star Trek TV Series, 50 episodes had time travel.
Can we for a freaking change have a Star Trek movie that has NO Time Travel and NO Romulans?
ALSO, Is it just me or does Star Trek Nemesis and Star Trek (Zero or 11) feel like the same movie with the Romulan story part/arch?
23 years ago, Star Trek TNG had this episode and they never followed up on it in any of the TV series or the films.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conspiracy_(Star_Trek:_The_Next_Generation)
I wish they would do so in an upcoming film!!
why is Spock and Uhura in love with each other?!?
:-t
I didn't see the word "Bond" in the title
#-O
This time around, I really enjoyed it! It has always been underrated in my opinion, and I could see why. However, it is one of my favorites again and again.
Roger Moore, while he may have looked old, was actually very good in his last Bond movie. While several instinces show very clearly a stunt double, Moore himself looked very fit and ready. He was really on top of things during the action sequences, especially during the Golden Gate Bridge finale. I never had a problem with his age really, I mean, he was still very Bond-like even at 58.
Stacey Suttton, Sir Godfrey Tibbett, and Chuck Lee were worthy allies who provided Bond with valuable information in the field. My favorite of them is Tibbett, who really seemed like a friend to Bond. I absolutely love the scene where Tibbett is pretending to be Bond's worker, and Bond pretends to shove Tibbett around on every order. It makes me laugh every time Bond says, "Goodness, Tibbett! Look at the state of my clothes. And my shoes! They look like they've been wiped with an oily rag!" Fantastic scene, highlighting the humor in the movie. As for Stacey, she wasn't completely annoying, and was quite good in several scenes, namely the scene where she tells Bond of her legal crisis with Zorin. However, she did have some very irritating moments (and screams) that take her down a notch, but not too far.
The villains in the movie were pretty good also. The three that stick out the most are Dr. Carl Mortner, Scarpine, and, of course, Max Zorin. I love the backstory about Mortner being Hans Glaub and his steroid experiments that gave Zorin his enhanced intelligence. In fact, Zorin may have the most backstory behind him than any other villain in the series, which is nice for a change. All three actors portraying these villains did a magnificent job, with extra marks for Christopher Walken. The others, however, weren't as convinving, namely May Day. She and the others were rather wasted and sort of stupid. However, I will say that Grace Jones did an excellent job in May Day's last scene. "Get Zorin for me!" That scene always gives me chills.
The action in the movie was all right, but could have been better. The ski chase was pretty good, made even better by California Girls! Yes, I did like that. Unfortunately, there was a lack of great action following this until the city hall scene. That left us with the story to propel the movie, and it succeeded! The last twenty minutes or so, however, is one of the most edge-of-your-seat Bond climaxes ever! It really brings out the best of AVTAK.
One of the best things about AVTAK for me is the music. John Barry really shines in the AVTAK score. The theme song is incredible, a fantastic job done by Duran Duran. Also, huge points for "Snow Job/He's Dangerous". That is one of the best tracks in the series!
Even with some bad points that shadow this movie's excellence, I'd still safely put it around #10 on my Bond movie rankings.
And I also agree with DlatonCraig007 about Moore looking better in LALD than Connery in DAF. Connery starting to gain some weight, acquired a few wrinkles, and began to get gray in the hair, sadly.
=====URGENT! URGENT! Factual error found in movie review a few posts back
"Trivia question answer: Bond encounter rats in all three films, but its only in DAF that he actually talks to one of them. "
NO NO NO. I overlooked one film.
As pointed out Bond encounters a rat or rats not only in the aforementioned FRWL, DAF, AVTAK but also in MR ( the lab rats).
However we can still say that Bond encounters wild rats in only FRWL, DAF, and AVTAK.
Thanks to Prince Kamal Kahn for catching that error.
Still my Number 1 favorite! There's just too much great stuff in one Bond movie for it to get anything less than the best. It's got Pierce Brosnan's amazing performance with so many great scenes and lines, fantastic music, wildly amusing villains, a steady pace that never bores, and lots of kicking action sequences!
There aren't really any noticeable flaws to GE which would do some damage. The only thing that would affect it would be the locations, which are less than eye-popping. However, St. Petersburg didn't exactly scream where you would want to go on vacation! Cuba was decent, but somehow lacked color. The best location for me was probably the chemical plant in the pre-title sequence.
In any event, it is still a classic which is worthy of the number 1 spot!
I enjoyed it. One of my favorite PTS (excluding the breaking of the fourth wall), loved Savalas as Blofeld, and the views of the Alps were absolutely beautiful. I hadn't seen it in a while, so I wasn't too expectant of everything that was going to happen. Loved Bond's kill at the edge of the cliff, as we see the foe fall all the way to the bottom. Quite entertaining. Enjoyed the locales and the characters were fun to watch - excluding some of the girls. I could have done without all of Bond's outfits, though, as they really threw me off. Couldn't take him seriously rummaging around in a kilt. Other than that, was entertaining. Been doing a Bondathon lately, slowly working my way up the ladder.
It has always been my top bond film, along with favourite all time movie, just ahead of Inception and Saving Private ryan, but the more i watch it, the more i realise how much it drags in the middle, (The casino part), but i can safely pass that and absolutely enjoy the experience.
10/10 - Perfection in just over two hours.
Next up: GoldenEye (1995)
My expectations were rather low, considering the fact that the last time I watched it, I was highly displeased. However, I can safely say that I was surprised by how much I enjoyed it this time around! The only real thing that glared still was Denise Richards as Christmas Jones. I've never liked her acting in TWINE, but then again, who has? She probably gets a seat next to Jinx on the worthless Bond Girls bus.
I was really pleased with Pierce Brosnan's performance, as well as Robert Carlyle and Judi Dench. The three of them really shined throughout. I loved Bond's lines such as, "I see you put your money where your mouth is," or "He was buried with work." Brosnan had the perfect delivery! I also liked some of the heavy scenes like when Bond suspects Elektra of being in cahoots with Renard, Bond holding Renard at gunpoint, and Renard talking with M about how she ruined Elektra. All of those were really well done. On a side note, having watched GoldenEye a few days ago, I was disappointed at how TWINE ruined Valentine Zukovsky, save his death scene. I thought he was much better in GE.
The action was pretty awesome, with some being lackluster, like the Parahawk attack and the horrible fight with Renard at the end. All others were top notch, especially the caviar factory battle. My number 1 favorite scene in the movie is still when Bond corners Elektra at the top of the Maiden's Tower and kills her in cold blood. That sends shivers up my spine, watching how quickly Bond reacts, with cold efficiency. Another one that is beginning to grow on me is Renard's death. He realizes that he has nothing more to live for, and basically allows Bond to eliminate him, with one last look of shocked irony.
Along with a pretty great score, TWINE has moved up a little for me. Out of 22, I'd rank it maybe at 12 or 13.
Never mind Bond and Tracy or Bond and Vesper, Bond's all-time greatest love is Kara. Dalts and D'Abo engage in one of cinema's all-time heart wrenching romance thrillers. I thought Dalts was going to break down and cry, he was so in love with Milovy. Bond and Kara have a wonderful date at the fair. Bond even arranges to have the ferris wheel stopped so they can play smoochies. He wins her a stuffed animal - something no mere mortal can do. (It's one of the biggest rackets going - win one for the lady. $200 later - here's your teddy bear- given out of pity - as its been paid for 6 times over by then.)
TLD is the true great Bond-in-love film - the Dalts sheepish grin - the boyish swagger of love - the longing looks -the frolicking in the pillows at Kamran Shah's house - "you back end of horse". And of course the film's closing scene, where Bond surprises Kara in her dressing room, after her virtuoso performance on the Strad with the big bullet hole in it.
Never has there been such romance in the air at the end of a Bond film.
So I wonder how did Bond ever move on from such true love, and wind up later in the Florida Keys, Kara free. Alas maybe it was all just a puppy love.
Dalts has a bit of the Sean cheek. I could swear he gave the new MP, a friendly little bum slap in Q's lab.
We meet John Terry as Felix Leiter. A rather stiff performance, but Terry would pull his acting game together and do a much more convincing portrayal, 17 years later on TV, as Doctor Jack's father in the hit show Lost, and with a lot less hair, I might add.
I did like his Bambi and Thumper helpers though.
The Russian military uniforms, in this last of the cold war Bonds, were quite snappy -especially the red and blue hat bands, that the senior officers wore. Blue appeared to be the higher rank. Very colourful.
Poor Necros gets the Gobinda treatment, losing a fight with Bond outside a plane, and plunging to his death.
Much like the bomb and the train cars in OP, after repeat viewings of TLD, it does get easier to follow Bond's moving of the bomb-bag around, what with all the loading/offloading from truck to plane etc
Bond knows a good restaurant in Karachi. I wonder which one. Would be handy to know if its still there.
We say goodbye to Gogol after 6 films. A nice long run. Pushkin's taken his place as head of KGB and guess what, he's got a girlfriend named Rubavitch (Rublevitch) too. Does the girl come with the job?
For the third straight film a double O agent is killed off early. Bond must be real good to beat these odds.
Glen does his usual excellent bird work, especially the close-ups of the pigeons at roost, atop Whitakers villa. Nice job with the startled monkey at Gibraltar as well.
Dalts has no problem with the Bond quips -"he got the boot" and a few others, so what's Craig's problem? If a serious Shakesperian Bond like Dalton can dish out a few quips and handle a few gadgets, then why can't Craig? Come on Dan, put the smartphone down for 5 minutes and lighten up.
10 stars out of 10 of course for TLD. Watch this one with the wife or gf on Valentines Day. She might want to play smoochies on a pillow-pile after or go for a ferris wheel ride.
Just don't get suckered into the win-a-teddy-bear-for-the-lady scam.
http://www.amazon.com/Living-Daylights-2-Disc-Ultimate/dp/B000LY4NP8/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&qid=1312088382&sr=8-5 I agree. Mr. Dalton's Bond and Miss d'Abo's Kara make the most believable romance in the series. That scene where she insists on going back for her cello when he says "No way!" seems the most like a real life man and wife. I figure Kara went on her world tour and Bond, ready for some rest and relaxation after the Koskov mission, headed to Florida to be best man in his old buddy Felix's wedding.
Later on, Dalton's Bond dumped Pam when Kara got thru with her world tour and he retired with her. Indeed he did. Remember, this was still the good old days before Babs became a producer. 10 out of 10 for TLD from you, timmer!? \:D/
I'm both shocked and pleased for your appreciation of my 2nd favorite Bond film after TB. B-) You're right about it being a good one to show to a wife or gf.
Yes the pre-Babs, pre-political correct days. Good for Dalts. Well I appreciate all the Bond films- just some more than others.
I said that i'd watch it again and i have, and it's another brilliant entry from Martin Campbell. Absolutely nothing lets me down in this film, not even Brosnan's acting, everything is Bondish, it's a Pure Bond film. The action is amazing and the end battle with Alec on the dish thing is still tense. I am starting to like this one more than Casino Royale, because of it's slight 'fantasy' and pure Bond style and humour, and it may easily take casino Royale's place as my No. 1 all time favourite movie, although i can't really decide...
GoldenEye - 10/10 - Yet another Martin Campbell masterpiece
What about the whole AIDS fear at the time? That surely made the series more politically correct in itself with Bond being less "promiscuious". I'm not saying the romance wasn't sweet - it was - but still.
"Alas maybe it was all just a puppy love".
It was puppy love, Kara was the puppy ;)
True, in TLD Bond only bedded one Girl, unless Linda is counted, and two in LTK. But they made up for that with Bonds other vices. Sadly since Dalton, Bond has become just another bland and uninteresting action hero with his vices either being taken away or softened. Connery had his vices, women. Moore had his safari suits and cigars. Dalton had his cigarettes, alcohol and the desire to save and protect his Bond Girls. Bond needs his vices, take those away and we're left with little more than Frank Martin from the Transporter films.
End tangent.
In 1987, Aids was definitely front and centre, so the new Bond's bed behaviour was a little less impetuous you could say. Mind you, that all gets blown to hell in the pts, when he settles in with the bored yacht woman (Linda?), but I think that little bit was slipped in more to establish his Bond bonafides early on.
But yes over two films Dalts Bond was "more inclined to save them from situations". The relationships were a tad more responsible, as opposed to say Rog and Manuela in MR cozying up for a quick little shag within 30 seconds of meeting.
Dalts did at least make an effort to emulate the spirit of Flemings' Bond. He makes a point of giving new MP a friendly little bum-slap. He drinks and smokes and broods a bit and in LTK he scoffs at Pam's feminist pretensions -"its Ms not Miss" and "why can't you be my executive secretary."
Personally I would prefer all new Bonds simply do their best to work with what Sean established. I prefer when Bond is not the focal point of the film - which is to say, when the film is not about his character but rather about how the Bond persona reacts to and impacts the fantastical world about him. This approach typified the Sean approach and even Rog's approach. Both established the character early on and really didn't evolve it at all, which is not a bad thing for what they were trying to do.
Dalts shook things up a bit and Craig is really shaking things up now.