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The script for FRWL is the best in the series, I think, from a structure standpoint. Like everything in Young's movies, no moment is wasted and everything is important and necessary that we see.
The best thing about the film is how the story builds up to that moment between Bond and Grant every step of the way, resulting in the best section of any Bond film for me on the Orient Express. In my FRWL review I say this of Grant:
As "From Russia with Love" begins and we spot Grant seeking out a faux-Bond to strangle, the screenplay is already crafting a Chekhov’s gun for audiences that is more like a bazooka.
It's part of why Maibaum is king.
Yes and I wish that we get more of that in the future...
OHMSS
TLD
CR
LTK
FRWL
Bottom 5 (too obvious for me!)
DAD
TND
GE
TWINE
DAF (Though it has its moments, and I would prob watch it and enjoy it more than the above 4!!)
I like that top five a lot.
Agreed for the top
Incidentally, FRWL is Dalton's favourite.
Also on a sidenote FRWL features the best Moneypenny scene, while TLD features the worst (and yes I'm including the DAD VR scene in that),
I rank FRWL in my top five, and GF just outside of it, but because GF kinda forged the Bond name, then to me it's in the discussion for the most influential spy film ever made. But on a film-to-film comparison, prefer the more grounded, grittier, tougher FRWL.
It's Sean's (I think) and Dan's favorite too. Pierce's is probably Goldfinger, as that film shaped his life afterward.
"Let me tell you the secrets of the world..."
Samantha Bond I thought was ok, but she quickly became more annoying, so I was glad she wasn't held over for the Craig era!
I don't like the soppy school girl with a crush style of her character and she flirted with Bond in an obvious and unconvincing way. She also does the same over-the-top sigh at the end of her scene that Smallbone did in OP.
I'm the opposite, I like her. Far better actress, though I agree that her last line in DAD is dire.
Some seem not to like her, but Naomie Harris' Moneypenny is the only take on the character I even think about after Lois. She's able to act feisty and fun and match Craig's Bond wit for wit, as any Moneypenny should be able to do. She was amazing in the Macau section of SF, and I liked her use in SP as well. Elegant, sassy, sarcastic and playful. A nice package.
Agreed on both counts. Bliss didn't get to do a whole lot as Moneypenny, but what little she did do, I thought that she was just fine. Samantha Bond on the other hand, oh god, her Moneypenny was so heavy handed... it's like probing my inner ear canal with a chainsaw.
HARRIS
BOND
BLISS.....in that order.
Saving bliss until last eh?
Absolutely.
Maxwell
Bliss
Bond
Harris- like her but hasn't had enough time to prove herself
(largest gap ever)
Bond (even though she acts like a bit of a feminazi, I prefer her to Harris)
Harris (too much of an action girl. Doesn't suit the behind the desk type. Miscast)
Bliss (useless but cute)
Casino Royale
Quantum of Solace
Skyfall
From Russia with Love
Diamonds are forever
You Only Live Twice
Live and let die
A view to a kill
Thank you ;)
Maxwell (of the Connery and Lazenby years)
Bliss (I don't mind her)
Harris (she is nice)
Bond (depends on my mood if I like her or not)
Maxwell (the old Granny from the Moore era)
I have it at 5, now I don't suppose that gets me any closer to 3 right?
It wouldn't impress me, no. This coming from someone who has QoS above #5 (I love Connery's early films too much), so aren't I a hypocrite?