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  • Mathis1Mathis1
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    Legrands jazzy score is really getting on my nerves
  • Mathis1Mathis1
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    I should get towels to match my dressing gown like Largo! 😂
  • Mathis1Mathis1
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    Kim is showing some nipple!
  • Mathis1Mathis1
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    More jazz 🤬
  • Mathis1Mathis1
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    Largo is losing it! You know that's 7 years bad luck snashing mirrors, dont you?
  • Mathis1Mathis1
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    Largo doesn't torture Domino, like in TB....pity!
    Much prefer Claudine Auger!
    Largo justs whistles at her here...probably torture enough!
  • Mathis1Mathis1
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    Bond escapes!
    Thats stuntman Roy Alon who takes a dive out the window!
  • Mathis1Mathis1
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    Connery starred in a great adventure movie called 'The Wind and The Lion'
    It had a great thrilling opening sequence involving horses! They could have done something similar here, but its oh so dull!
  • Mathis1Mathis1
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    The horse jump, usually cut in dvd releases
  • Mathis1Mathis1
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    Bond is cleaning up a few detai...oh wait, thats a different Bond movie
  • Mathis1Mathis1
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    Edward Fox has such a distinctive voice.
    So good in 'The Day of the Jackal', one of my favourite thrillers!
  • Mathis1Mathis1
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    In place of the jet pack from TB, they have these silly looking things! Looks like what hotel porters bring the luggage in on!! Daft idea thst should have been dropped!
  • Mathis1Mathis1
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    They knew they couldnt compete with the superb underwater finale battle in TB, but this final showdown in a 'Raiders' type setting is poor!
  • Mathis1Mathis1
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    They should have learnt a lesson from TB and took the last encounter with Bond and Largo out of the water. Doesn't work at all here.
    I recollect that Director Irvin Kershner boasted before filming that as far as he was concerned, there never was a Bond movie before! Rather silly thing to say. Enjoyed this viewing, mainly for the cast, but its nowhere near as good as OP!
  • Mathis1Mathis1
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    And Sean takes a leaf out of Georges book, with a final wink to camera!
    Never again?
  • ToTheRightToTheRight
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    Great write up, @Mathis1! I'l probably watch this one again soon.
  • QBranchQBranch Always have an escape plan. Mine is watching James Bond films.
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    Gotta watch these two back to back this year. I have an old airline inflight guide advertising the battle of the Bonds, I'll have a look for it.
  • ToTheRightToTheRight
    edited February 2023 Posts: 16,170
    My break from Bond is officially over with

    THE WORLD IS NOT ENOUGH.

    Sophie Marceau is wonderful here.
    I'm at the ski sequence. Good cinematography here as welll as a marvelous Arnold score.
    It's actually my favorite of his Bond scores.
  • ToTheRightToTheRight
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    Bond checks out Elektra as she says "My family's legacy to the world."
    I wonder how this action sequence would've played had John Glen directed this film?
    I do like this sequence, though.
    See you back at the lodge.
  • ToTheRightToTheRight
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    I miss seeing James Bond ski in the series. This is something that needs to come back. Pity Craig never skied. I wonder why?
    Elektra has a panic attack. That's actually more annoying than Stacey's screaming.
    More believable as well.

    I love this bit in her room as she asks him to stay. Brosnan is superb here.
  • ToTheRightToTheRight
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    Another underrated casino scene which I love.
    I sure do like Brosnan's hair in this one.
  • ToTheRightToTheRight
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    Ah, the wonderful Robbie Coltrane.
  • ToTheRightToTheRight
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    Although Elektra is the true villain of this film, I do tend to think of Renard as the main villain and Elektra as the femme fatale.
    Elektra has an ice fetish.
  • ToTheRightToTheRight
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    I love this section where Bond sneaks around Elektra's place and confronts Davidov. Pierce was great in scenes like this.
  • ToTheRightToTheRight
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    Most people I knew really didn't care for this film back in 1999.
    At the time it was my favorite of Pierce's.
  • ToTheRightToTheRight
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    Or did you steal it from your old friend Renaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrd?
  • ToTheRightToTheRight
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    I do like the caviar factory sequence.
  • ToTheRightToTheRight
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    This may be my favorite torture scene in the series. :D
  • ToTheRightToTheRight
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    Superb viewing of TWINE!
  • Mathis1Mathis1
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    ToTheRight wrote: »
    I do like the caviar factory sequence.

    Writers Purvis and Wade are quoted as saying that they got the idea of cutting the car in half from Laurel and Hardy! I wish the Director had shot that action scene in daylight though!
    You're right about the ski set piece, its totally devoid of thrills and John Glen and Arthur Wooster would have given us something far better.
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