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FRWL: Robert Shaw
GF: Sean Connery
TB: Luciana Paluzzi
YOLT: Ken Adam(honorable mention to Freddie Young)
OHMSS: John Barry
DAF: Jill St. John
LALD: Jane Seymour
TMWTGG: Christopher Lee
TSWLM: Caroline Munro
MR: Sir Roger Moore
FYEO: Topol
OP: Steven Berkoff
Berkoff's portray of General Orlov has been criticized as being too OTT by some but I've always enjoyed it and found it suited the film just fine. He made a perfect Cold War-era villain as the maniacal Soviet with a thirst for power and conquest. His scene outling his plans for Russia to attack Western Europe with the Kutzov computer is one of the series' best.
DN: Harry Saltzman and Robert Broccoli -These gentlemen successfully brought Bond to the big screen with the deal with United Artists. Hats off. IMO, Sean does a great first time job as Bond, but he hasn't quite made it his own yet. I'd give Sean a 9/10
FRWL: Sean Connery/Terrence Young-This film oozes the the style and swagger of Young, and Connery perfectly embodies all of this. Young groomed Connery into the role, by taking him out to dinner in the posh places in London and teaching him how to dress and talk. Sean's strongest performance in the role, and easily Young's tightest (and best IMO)direction.
GF: Guy Hamilton-JobeGDG said it better than I could. GF was all about making Bond a cinematic icon, and Guy Hamilton did the job.
TB: Ted Moore-The Bond fantasy escapism is at a max in TB, no doubt in part for Ted Moore, capturing the exotic island feel of the Bahamas on film. Strangely, no one else really rises to the occassion in this film: Connery is still good, but already showing signs of auto-pilot, Young did better work on FRWL, Barry's had better scores, Largo doesn't quite have the larger than life villainy of others, and the Bond girls, for the first time in the series feel obligatory--a trend that would not let up until, possibly...ever (save for Tracy and Vesper maybe).
YOLT: Ken Adam
OHMSS: Peter Hunt
DAF: Tom Mankiewicz
-DAF is the most humorous and entertaining Bond film of the series. Tom M. gives the film a wit, that would have otherwised nose-dived. In a rare moment of magic, somehow the ongoing acerbic sharp wit and humor not only keeps the movie afloat but actually lifts it out of the water.
LALD: George Martin
--and maybe Ross Kananga for the crocodile hop
TMWTGG: Herve Villaichaize (Nick Nack)
-He steals the show, upstaging even Christopher Lee, bringing a sprightly yet menacing performance throughout. Especially creepy are his loudspeaker bits during the funhouse scenes.
TSWLM: Lewis Gilbert
-The Spy's main strength is it's grand scale. It feels like a Big movie. The director really did a fine job of embellishing this fact especially with the submarine hangar scenese.
MR: John Barry/Shirley Bassey
FYEO: The Locations
OP: Roger Moore
FRWL : Sean Connery
GF : Desmond Llewelyn
TB : Sean Connery
YOLT : Ken Adam
OHMSS : John Barry
DAF : John Barry
LALD : Paul McCartney
TMWTGG : Roger Moore (close : Clifton James, John Barry, Guy Hamilton)
TSWLM : Lewis Gilbert
MR : Roger Moore
FYEO : Topol
OP : Roger Moore
but no, I am going with Martin Grace, too. Just gotta.
But I can't deny that John Barry arranged one of his best works on Bond with this score - his reoccurring melody, the one used for "All Time High" is the stuff of brilliance, which makes John Barry the legend and genius that he is.
1. Terence Young - Dr. No
2. Pedro Armendariz - From Russia With Love
3. Gert Frobe - Goldfinger
4. Sean Connery - Thunderball
5. Ken Adam - You Only Live Twice
6. Peter Hunt - On Her Majesty's Secret Service
7. Shirley Bassey - Diamonds Are Forever
8. Yaphet Kotto - Live And Let Die
9. Christopher Lee - The Man With The Golden Gun
10. Roger Moore - The Spy Who Loved Me
11. Michael Lonsdale - Moonraker
12. Bill Conti - For Your Eyes Only
13. John Barry - Octopussy
Loved the PTS part of the score too and how it stops as Bond makes his escape so we can hear the roar of that Acrostar. Great stuff
Octopussy • Roger Moore
—do that. As you say, the man's a class act. To me, this film represents his quintessential performance as 007. But as to crediting him for "stepping up," I don't think adapting to a tonal shift constitutes "stepping up," but rather being competent in one's job as an actor. I think of it as par for the course (which is why I judge Pierce Brosnan so harshly for Die Another Day, but that's another post).
As for Glen, I just don't care for him as a director, even though he played a large part in the shift in tone. There's nothing egregious about him, but I think his work feels bland. I don't agree at all as to You Only Live Twice. That film seemed, tonally, like the next step in a steady progression (albeit with different directors). As for Diamonds Are Forever, that film is probably most responsible for establishing the tradition we're talking about breaking. The powers-that-be wanted another Goldfinger, and so UA demanded Connery; a lead actor had, over the course of his tenure, become tied to a tone. (I probably should have said "different actor" instead of "new actor" in my initial post on the subject.)
It added some genuinely hairy moments to a film that strived to be a tense affair.
Nah, seriously, I'm with Dimi - Martin Grace is a great shout for OP...
1. Terence Young
2. Sean Connery
3. John Barry
4. Peter Hunt
5. Ken Adam
6. John Barry
7. John Barry
8. Jane Seymour
9. Christopher Lee
10. Ken Adam
11. John Barry
12. Maurice Binder
13. Martin Grace
14. John barry
Can I seriously find anything from A View To A Kill that justifies a 11/10 though
I used to enjoy the Duran Duran theme, but from a 2011 perespective sounds terribly outdated now
I'll go with
Walken's Max Zorin
(really struggling now)
I feel like taking some really strong drugs and adding Tanya Roberts to this, to make up some more names, but I'm afraid that's about as far as I can go
FRWL : Sean Connery
GF : Desmond Llewelyn
TB : Sean Connery
YOLT : Ken Adam
OHMSS : John Barry
DAF : John Barry
LALD : Paul McCartney
TMWTGG : Roger Moore (close : Clifton James, John Barry, Guy Hamilton)
TSWLM : Lewis Gilbert
MR : Roger Moore
FYEO : Topol
OP : Roger Moore
AVTAK : John Barry
John Barry
In all seriousness though - he is the only reason this film gets repeated viewings... he brings more charisma than the usually charismatic Moore - who at this stage looked tapped out and dried up...
Whether he's laughing at slaughtering mine workers, laughing at his own impending death or even laughing because he is happiest in the saddle - Walken brings his zaney 'A' game..
.. everyone else is outta their depth.
This really should have been Dalt's first bond film
and come on, although Moore was a fine actor and all round salt of the earth, in AVTAK he was sadly lacking and sorely out of place
I felt like including the Golden Gate bridge finale, at least in terms of build up, but Moore apeing around on the mooring rope (no pun intentional) just spoils it for me, if it was a 11/10 for adolescent humor it would get a mark or some recogntion, or even for bad acting, Roberts etc, but seeing as we have to pick the cream of the movie or standout performers only Walken can rise about anything else from this 1985 release
For Your Eyes Only: Roger Moore
Octopussy: Martin Grace
A View to a Kill: John Barry
Even Christopher Walken couldn't save this monstrasety.
I have to be honest and say that I thought AVTAK is such an underated film. Its my second fav of Moores time as 007. My 1st being For Your Eyes Only.
Zorin is a classic badguy, Stacy was nice eye candy but her screaming at the end amongst other scenes she was in was my only real complaint. I think the writers should have given her less scenes but written her with more depth.
Golden Gate Bridge was just an excellent idea for a finale and gives the title A View To A Kill a sensible meaning.
More scenes for these two or a better script?
If AVTAK had reverse order and was voted on 11/10 for unmitigated nonsense we could have some fun with this, the Tibbitt Car Wash scene, California Girls, the chase/half car through Paris etc
Sorry Roger, but bottom line is, it was a poor way to exit the franchise
DN - Maurice Binder
FRWL - Daniela BIanchi
GF - Richard Malibum
TB - Luciana Paluzzi
YOLT - Ken Adam
OHMSS - John Barry/George Lazenby
DAF - None
LALD - George Martin
TMWTGG - Christopher Lee
TSWLM - Albert R. Broccoli
MR - Shirley Bassey
FYEO - Roger Moore
OP - Rita Coolidge/John Barry
AVTAK - Christopher Walken