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Same here. Bond girls have tried to be strong and worldwide since the film inception, but there's an innocence about Kara that's been missing since well…Ursula's child-like half. Agree that next to Bond and Tracy, Bond and Kara is the best of the relationships.
Edit: This reminds me of a "creditor" form of relationship, which is generally an unfavorable condition. They are good for the story, but not much else. Perhaps if she delved more into her character at that point and what Bond meant to her they would have a more genuine connection throughout.
As critical as I may sound, I have this film ranked regularly between 6-10. It is a few steps short of a classic and this is one of those steps for me.
Well I didn't realize this was such a "controversial' opinion, but perhaps it is.
Much as I love Moore (and I do) and his films (and they are among my favourites), I don't go to a Moore film for depth in female relationships. They are generally flirtatious and trivial in my mind. The same with Connery.
Only in FYEO (perhaps due to the relative seriousness of that film) and OP (due to the relative similarities in age between him and the titular character) did I note a more thoughtful connection.
With the Dalton films, I think they tried to provide some gravitas to the relationships (perhaps in a post-Aids era) but for me too it came across as somewhat exploitative and forced, and fell flat (D'abo's acting in TLD in this regard didn't work for me as mentioned earlier although she was a decent character). In the case of Lowell's character in LTK, it just seemed uninspired. I think only in OHMSS and then again in CR was that same level one on one properly established, intentionally - and interestingly, both from the novel.
As for Dalton and Kara's relationship, it's nice but I can't say it's on the same level as Tracey and Bond or Vesper and Bond in terms of chemistry. Sometimes it feels a little too soppy and I've always had a problem with Dalton's awkward grin in the horse carriage.
Me too.
But…but…that's the best part. :((
No thanks. It's a turd.
It's just not a Bond film and it lacks the inherent quality of an EON production.
Moreover, they should have known that it would always be compared to TB, and so should have ensured that the cast was superior. I don't know what others think, but from my perspective Basinger was not up to Auger's standards. The same applies to others in the film.
The fact they thought they could step in and compete with twenty years of iconography is fittingly delusional given it's a McClory production. All the ingredients were firmly in place by 83. You can play with those ingredients, but if you're forced to throw them all in the bin, what's the point?
I agree it is quite lacking in the action department, and doesn't have that dynamic factor that constitutes a Bond film. At times it feels more like a telemovie. I do however, like how it's tailored to Connery's age, recognizing Bond as a seasoned agent flirting with the notion of retirement, unlike AVTAK- which, other than Zorin's younger villain, seemed to try hiding the fact Moore was hitting 60. That was a large part of AVTAK's weakness IMO. Perhaps Eon, too, could've played around more with the concept of Bond getting older. Anyway, NSNA has a great femme fatale; Largo is decent enough- but he could've had a bit more life in him, I guess- a bit more of that spark that makes a memorable villain. Basinger's Domino was completely forgettable. I enjoy the understated main theme and its liet motifs sprinkled throughout.
In my ranking it is certainly above DAF and QOS.
And in retrospect, not having the typical Bond elements in the movie isn't a problem.
I even dare to say it is much more Bond than QOS which is not Bond at all.
Hey, thanks of reminding us. I've read it but I will again and I wish I was as good with words as you when doing reviews. And I'm not buttering you up here, I mean it.
Sean Connery in shorts. Enough said.
;)
I disagree. Even DAF and QOS are waaaaaay better than NSNA (in my opinion, of course).
If nothing else, AVTAK at least works as a perfect time capsule for its time and place. Duran Duran coupled with Grace Jones makes this film more '80s than '80s. Whether this is a good or bad thing depends on your tolerance for such matters.
If it weren't a "James Bond" film and saddled with expectations of the franchise, Moonraker would be considered an above-average science fiction film.
The theme songs to LTK and TWINE are massively underrated.
The magical realist touches in LALD get a bad rap. The seeming resurrection of Baron Samedi is one of the least implausible things in the franchise.
So what is the downside here?
A guy who kept McClory from exercising his rightful legal option for years just keeps getting more and more good press, even after he shuffles off? He gets no pass from me, and that goes back to when I was 20 and it was announced he was getting the Thalberg; I kicked a hole in a board I was so pissed.
Yeah, every decade it seems is destined to have a Bond film that perfectly encapsulates all that is good and terrible about the decade in question, and that fully embraces the excesses of the current decade.
I refuse to believe that McClory was the real author of Thunderball and Blofeld, and the fact he ripped off Blofeld's cat from EON's movies proves it.
Notable mentions too to Del-Toro and Robert Brown who both upstage him.