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Re-reading my post perhaps I could've made that clearer. Hopefully my post makes more sense now.
This Bond is easily the most unique of the bunch.
A few highlights for me: The amazing Peter Franks/Bond fight in the lift--I love that it's in such close quarters; The Vintage-Sherry scene; the Morton Slumber scene; Blofeld's Penthouse suite; and you know what? I actually really enjoy the moon buggy heist with the astronauts going after Bond in slow motion--hilarious!
-A great performance by Sean Connery, whether he was out of shape or not
-Lots of interesting villains: Blofeld, Wint and Kidd, Bambi and Thumper, Peter Franks, Bert Saxby
-Fantastic music by John Barry, namely, 007 and Counting and Wint and Kidd's theme
-Some worthy locations, like The Wyte House and the oil rig
-Loads of funny one-liners and quoteable dialogue
-Started the trend of having the henchmen survive after the main villain's death
Just saw "Chinatown" with Jack Nicholson, also starring Bruce Glover! El paterno de Crispin "George McFly" Glover.
Bruce Glover is the man as Mr. Wint, an example of over-acting actually put to good use.
That makes only 9 out of 22 films to date. I bet there are some great scenes hidden away in the vaults.
As I've said many times before, I would love if they could do a DAF re-edit, inserting in all the deleted scenes back in.
By third act though, you have to consider the whole of the plot during this act. The oil tanker part isn't the only part of the third act, just the finale. The third act really begins once the laser satellite is realized. This brings everything, including the MacGuffin of the film, the diamonds, into focus. Blofeld starts destroying nuclear bases at will and we see the full destructive force of the weapon. Bond, with Leiter amass a military fleet to take out the control room station. There is a heightened tension as the laser continues to destroy targets, all the while oil tanker faces destruction and Bond and Tiffancy must get out.
M- "Sir Donald has convinced the PM otherwise. May I remind you 007, that Blofeld is dead. Finished! The least we can expect from you now is a little *plain*, *solid*, *work*. "
I always took from that that between OHMSS and DAF Bond was a little sloppy at his job since he was so devastated that his wife was killed.
Love DAF by the way. 2nd Favorite.
And maybe something would liek to correct the DAF files. It is not Sahdy Tree who tosses Plenty out of the window, Tree is already killed at the point of time...
Agreed indeed! I haven't gotten lucky with deleted scenes, as since the majority of my Bond collection is on Special 007 Edition DVD, which really doesn't have any deleted scenes except the Magic Carpet Ride in TLD and the Paris Police Station in AVTAK. I really don't think there are any others.
- PTS with one of the best Connery lines of all time
- Iconic theme tune (IMO the best)
- A sophisticated and effortless performance from Connery
- Two of the franchises most distinct villains in Wint & Kidd
- Some exquisite production design from KA (Penthouse in particular)
- Impeccable humour
- An outstanding Barry score - my favourite musical moment of the entire Bond cannon is '007 and Counting' from this soundtrack
- Bond in a frickin Moonbuggy (my favourite corgi toy)
Obvious flaws aside there's nothing I like better than a Sunday afternoon that features a cheese board, a bottle of red and DAF.
This is Bond at its best. Escapist fantasy tempered by palpable danger and supsense. It only works though if the Bond actor doesn't degenerate into Flint or Helm. Connery was the master at finding the balance.
My biggest problem with it is the dragging in the middle and the dullness of featuring Vegas for the majority of the film.
Love Connery's relaxed quipping (some of the best in the series).
I disagree strongly-- the ambiance of the Vegas setting coupled with Barry's eerie score and Connery's assured performance give this Bond film an atmosphere like no other. It's the third act of this film which really favors to deliver imho.
I don't know. I feel like Bond shows up in Neveda and then....meh. Some poor back drops, some drab Vegas streets, the plot stands still. Vegas just isn't exotic enough IMHO
I doubly disagree. Vegas is the perfect backdrop for Bond and the brink of the end of the world. The glitter and neon-lights look alluring, especially during the Mustang chase. Also, it's a real treat to see vintage Vegas, being that the city has changed so much over the years: it's a real timepiece. I don't find the middle to drag at all. We get Bond breaking into the lab, the Klaus Hergesheimer/Dr. Metz bit, additional clues about the plan, followed by the biggest action sequence of the film. The Fremont Street car chase still looks great, because we get a lot of overhead aerial shots and mostly all sound effects and no music (if I recall correctly). I think having this vantage point, along with straight sound effects gives the scene a realism. Rather than music, lots of explosions, and quick cuts as you see in a modern chase scenes, you get chase and it's the bright neon fixtures that give the scene the 'color' it needs.
Love that part ;)