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Richard Kiel said he actually jump scared at himself in the Première. =)) On a sidenote, the toddler that watches the Lotus getting out of the water and points to it is one of Kiel's children, am I wrong?
"IiiiiAAAAAAAAIIII, you're gonna taste my tachi and the fourth wall will not protect you from it, gaijin! Cubby Heika Banzai, now you shall suffer my wrath!"
Excuse what may well be my morbid sense of humour but isn't it also rather comical, too. Look at the gleeful expression on his face, for instance. At least he died happy!
Hahaha, that he did, yes!
To me the scene is funny first and then (maybe) creepy second. I think it's got to do with how the scene was filmed - the close up of his frozen-in-time "ecstatic" face helps in its way. But then I'm rather bloody-minded and find strange things funny that others probably don't. What can I say, I'm a Stewart Lee fan.
Not really creepy to me, but that entire carnival sequence is an absolute riot. One of the very funniest in the funniest Bond film ever made.
Yeah, that's a good one. And, of course, it was used in OHMSS' credits.
That entire S & M sequence is grotesque. I don't think it belongs in a Bond film. They pushed beyond the Benign Bizarre there, and to ill effect.
Yes, and YOLT seemed to break the fourth wall on a number of occasions (like the fruit seeds going everywhere), along with George's line in OHMSS. Must be Sixties thing?!
LOL
I thought MR was such a bad film that I have refused to watch that acid trip ever again. Fortunately I do not remember that carnivale scene and Jaws in the costume. LOL
The pyramid scenes in TSWLM were pretty creepy the way Jaws would appear in shadow and that music. Just another one of the fine examples of Jaws was so well utilized in TSWLM but turned into a cartoon character by MR
Yes, I kind of feel the same way. And I'm not sure Xenia Onatopp is really suitable for a James Bond film period. For me, her simulated sex scenes are something of a joke as is her whole character in a film that tries to be serious (apart from Boris "I AM INVINCIBLE!" Grishenko, of course).
Perhaps I'm alone in feeling this way about Xenia?
I never liked it much either. For me it was a poor man's version of the murder of Derval in TB. Except not even remote;y as good. Talking about creepy: Derval's death in Tb certainly is. You open the door and see your doppleganger (a sign of ill omen in folklore) and then voilà, doom strikes you.
I always thought she was a caricature.
Me too. Full of stereotypes. She's rather cartoonish in her evil - a sort of twisted version of Cruella de Ville, if you will. I have a few criticisms to make on GoldenEye and its chartcterisation on my blog in time. I hope to bring something new to the table!
The movie lost its seriousness due to Xenia's antics among the false stunts. Around that time in 1995, it's amazing how Xenia's character could have been in a PG-13 Bond film because it was during the time that parents forced studios to use more campiness in their movies. Batman Forever was victim to this, and LTK was thought to be too dark simply because it had a creepy villain, a real sadist who destroyed those who crossed him. He gave a man's heart to his woman, pressured Milton Crest to death.
No, you're not alone. I love GE, but I don't care for Xenia at all. Her death, however, was the best in all of Bond, IMO.
Right. And I thought Guy Doleman as Count Lippe was suitably menacing in that sequence.
Or when Bond spends the night with Miss Madga and Gobinda appears out of nowhere and knocks Bond out from behind, that's worth a mention also. But above all else, the most creepy scene has to be Bond swinging from trees with a Tarzan yell - but we'll let it rest
The scenes of Bond and M in the Scottish Highlands was exceptional. Eerie, like you said, given their oncoming fates. I don't think SF the song was playing during that scene though. It was like an ancient flute busting tunes. This was probably the best, imo, of the minimalist approach by Ding Ding Thomas Newman.
Maybe Kinkade or Bond could play the flute while M eats...But Bond forgot that Kinkade sold his old flute so he just improvises with an air flute while Kinkade gracefully whistles Wine with Stacey.
Love it!