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That's another brilliant bit. Not only does he manage to outrun the giant space lazer but well and truly mugs off the villain in the process. Love it.
And y'know you're right, that horrible line does sum up why the film itself is so fun. Maybe Tamahori is actually a genius who knew exactly what he was doing all along?
Your apartment isn t very soundproof?
Its akward to watch with your dad as a 6 year old kid( I would know)
I can remember sitting in a cinema with my eyes popping out of my head in 2002, squirming at the cheesiness of the dialogue.
Now rewatching it when one knows what to expect, it actually does have its charms. I would still get rid of the bloody awful surfing, invisible car, and edit some of the dialogue.
There are some things that still work in its favour though. I actually quite like Graves/Moons plot of wanting to conquer the Koreas. The first half is excellent. The fencing fight is excellent. Brosnan's performance is probably his best, despite some of his lines resembling a mid 80's Schwarznegger effort. And it is, on occasion, spectacular to look at, following the Cubby edict of "Every penny being onscreen".
Obviously it is never going to be the height of the Bond pantheon, but just relax, leave your brain at the door and it can still be enjoyed.
On a side note, has anyone else noticed how much Daniel Craig looks like Robert Shaw around FRWL time? Uncanny resemblance.
Glad to hear about the Bondathon @Roadphill . Enjoy and perhaps we can discuss DAD after a viewing shortly.
I mentioned it before in this thread but in FYEO Bond was depicted as older: he's seen as a grieving widower, he refuses Bibi's advances, he's a mentor to Melina, etc. We are reminded of Moore's age.
As much as I'm always in favor of the lighter approach, AVTAK is near the bottom of my rankings, so I guess a Dalton oriented AVTAK could have been interesting.
AVTAK has some proper humour, a plot that is outlandish but holds some water, and some real moments of disbelief and hate (Tibbet's death) fun (the race between Bond and Zorin) and class (the party is way better then the ice palace).
Would it 've been better with Dalton? Perhaps, I like TLD more then LTK, mainly because it's the darkness of Dalton put in a light film for Moore, which works wonders imo.
DAD has Brosnan firing on all cylinders and a lot of money up on the screen. It's let down by a bit of overacting from Berry & Stephens & shoddy CGI, but as I've said it fit the tone they were going for, which was to rival/compete with the Austin Powers phenomenon.
Their attempt at semi-seriousness (TWINE) failed miserably (I think the rival AP film beat it at the box office, which was the first time a spoof had done that and it wasn't too well received critically) and so they threw all their chips on the table.
Sadly, they ended up being caught flatfooted because Bourne came out in the same year and showed them there was another way. A way that they had turned their backs on 13 years earlier due to LTK's relative box office failure.
I've also come to really appreciate it. Dr. No has one of the most atmospheric soundtracks of all the Bond films.
In my opinion, AVTAK has several other problems: Tanya Roberts' relative acting strengths are not suitable for the role of Stacey; the horse injection subplot, though engaging, is not properly integrated into the rest of the story and structurally comes across as superfluous; and beyond the stunts, the action sequences leave a great deal to be desired (especially the fire truck chase, and not because of the comedy).
Definitely, DAD is a comparatively more competent film. What it sets out to do it does better (and no, I don't think it aims particularly low). Mind you, I still prefer AVTAK, because Moore and Walken and Barry, etc. Its premise is more interesting, too, and its second half is more entertaining than DAD's, although both films are less engaging after their halfway point.
I never understood why some people dislike that soundtrack.
Aren't half of the songs of the OST not even in the movie?
CR beat YOLT in 67.