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I think 'undercover' would suggest that Bond has some kind of official sanction to be trying to get to the heart of Sanchez's operation. In the film Bond simply wants to kill Sanzhez and only gets accepted into his fold by mistake (once the Chinese Narcotic team get caught in the forest), its only then does Bond think it necessary to get into Sanchez's good books as he decides it gives him a second chance to get at him after his botched effort on the rooftop, so in turn Bond decides to spread the seeds of distrust in Sanchez's mind and have him tear apart his own operation therefore slowly making himself weaker but also creating a successful cover for Bond.
I still think it counts as being undercover, it's just Bond went undercover of his own acord and wasn't sent by MI6.
Hey, stop hating Roger Moore, just create a hate thread if you want to hate him that much.
I DON'T hate Roger Moore, I adore him. I DO hate his Bond, mostly because it seemed he wasn't playing Bond at all most of the time...
And by the way, thanks for replying to a comment I posted a year and a half ago, mate. Little late to the party, but we saved you some tortilla chips and dip.
Exactly.
He was playing Bond. He was playing his version of Bond. Just like every Bond has. The only Bond to really properly stick to the book version was Dalton and even he had his fair share of one liners and comedy moments that wouldn't have been in the books.
Ha, sorry mate, I didn' notice when that was written, but thanks for the Tortilla's.
No problem, but I have to apologize too. As @chrisiall mentioned, the dip is a bit moldy. Better down those chips without it. :-&
Last night was the first time I saw LTK since I was young and it blew me away. All the wasted years I could've been watching this gem! I really feel like I missed out. The story was good, and the action was unbelievable. I'm not sure if my expectations were low because of my memories, but this skyrocketed to among my favorite Bond installments.
Though I don't feel like LTK was hilarious, but it had it's moments. I particularly like Q in the field.
I also feel like the film was crisp and in the scenes not featuring computers I feel like this movie aged very well. I also found it to fit in line with Craig's interpretation, and thought while watching it that LTK was everything I wanted QOS to be (I like QOS btw).
Since I began reading Bond I gained a new appreciation for Dalton, and I'm now extremely disappointed that he only had the two movies. I suppose I'll have more novels I can read to have that LTK 'feeling'. I understand that Dalton gets left out of the mix due to only having two installments and being sandwiched between both Moore and Brosnan, but I feel like more people should give this one another watch. A darker Bond is more acceptable today and I think more people will appreciate this installment now that a more serious and gadget-less Bond is mainstream.
:P
Bond - 'I thought you hated that thing ?'
Lamora - 'Don't you know, Iguana's are a girls best friend'
FFS
I agree with half of this in that LTK suffers from not having the Bond feel. The reason for this it seems to me is the over Americanisation (particularly the locations), TV movie production values and the score. TLD with its cold war intrigue smashes the Miami Vice feel of LTK out of the park when it comes to
SF is similar in several respects as regards not having a traditional Bond-goes-to-foil-villains-scheme plot but that does have more of a Bond feel thanks to better locations and a more Bond sounding score.
I'm going to risk some flak here by saying I find Daltons performance a bit, to avoid the word hammy lets say, theatrical. The bit where he finds Felix and Della is nowhere near as good as when he pops the balloon after Saunders and I find a lot of the time he spends scowling too much.
Dont get me wrong - its all relative - he still out acts every Rog, Brozza and half of Seans films but he just seems to layer it on a bit more than in TLD.
Really? That 1 second shot spoiled the entire film for you? The film is over - who cares?
Its funny, I've just finished the audio-book of You Only Live Twice (read by Martin Jarvis). Despite the novel being a revenge story like LTK it actually reminded me more of SF. The reason wasn't so much due to some of SF being set in Japan but more the high dose of camp in each.
Parts of the novel are completely ridiculous and downright silly. There's a scene when Ride of the Valkyries is playing at the Castle of Death and it made me remember Silva's entrance at Skyfall. Also, the little stories that are told throughout the book such as the story of the Japanese bankers downing cyanide obediantly reminded me of the "rats" speech Silva gave to Bond on the island. Just seemingly random stories that have a connection to the plot.
I like LTK but this is the problem I now realise exists within it. The film is too dark and, in many respects, too "American" in its tone!
In also with @Wizard in that, as much as I like Dalton, there are a couple of scenes in LTK where I find his performance a little "iffy" and it feels like I can "see" him acting.
Wow you've won me over with your brilliantly reasoned and cogent argument. Ever thought of joining the bar with debating skills like that? Although I think you might be better suited to working in one.
I think this might be useful for you as you seem not be get it:
o·pin·ion
/əˈpinyən/
Noun
A view or judgment formed about something, not necessarily based on fact or knowledge.
The beliefs or views of a large number or majority of people about a particular thing.
Synonyms
view - judgement - judgment - mind - notion - idea
LTK is in my top ten, but I agree with you. That Bourne was influenced by Bond and Ludlum even gave him the same initials isn't important of course. Next time, make sure you'll be on time for the annual "Moonraker is Star Wars whine o ton."
And this is why I miss the old site. How old are you?