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The_Donald I do my own spy thriller thing, so can tread water quite happily until the Bond I know and love returns. Here's an excerpt from a recent reader review:
"It does have deep echoes of James Bond in the writing, especially in the Female names, but I do not consider that a down side in any sense. And having read a few James Bond books I can say that the overall story flows better here."
My hero is nothing like Bond, but I owe my passion for story writing to the Fleming novels.
I particularly like the music when the camera moves over the lake.
I mean, if we look at three films, a trilogy so to speak. Dr. No, Frwl, and Goldfinger
The best set of three films in film history?
I think so
In the spy thriller genre though, very possibly.
I think the strongest set of three consecutive films in Bond are GF, TB, YOLT or (on par) TB, YOLT, OHMSS.
Besides the first three, the only three okay- good bond films are
TLD
LTK
GE
And they are no where near as good as the first three
In regards to what you said, I dislike thunderball, and think YOLT is okay. So i dunno about that
Besides the original three, this (or the first three Craig films) is the only other option I could see being popular.
Overall I'm unsure if this is a good thing or not - or indeed why it happens in the first place. A suppose the plus point is that I find myself enjoying with certain films again and so watching them with a renewed vigour.
While Moore's age and Tanya Roberts are regrettable, I think Moore does a fine job playing Bond in his usual manner (which automatically makes it good) and the movie easily compensates for Stacey with the twin villains in Christopher Walken and Grace Jones, Duran Duran's theme song and one of Barry's finest compositions. Admittedly, most of the film's action doesn't feel fresh in the slightest, and there's a lot of stuntwork for the sake of it. Still, I think few can deny the Golden Gate finale is one of the series' best. I still think it's better than TWMTGG at the very least (by far the most inconsistent film of the franchise) and probably MR (which somehow manages to beat AVTAK in being the most outrageous Bond movie).
I currently have AVTAK at #16 in my rankings,which is pretty high,and it's one place at the moment above LALD ,and higher than TMWTGG,FYEO & MR.
So I like it !
Before SP, I routinely ranked AVTAK in my last position. Now it is #18, ahead of TMWTGG and MR and just behind OP. It still has its fair share of issues, but I'd be lying if I said it wasn't fun! It has very much improved for me, and IMO is a superior exit to Connery's DAF and Brosnan's DAD.
Pretty much; Zorin alone makes AVTAK better. Stacey is the one big drawback IMO - my least favorite Bond girl. Poor DAD and DAD are 22 and 23 on my list now; I still like things about them, but they definitely are among my least favorite Bonds.
@ForYourEyesOnly I don't disagree with much of what you said about Moore's last, but I just think he's a bit too old to be credible in the part in this film, and that always impacts my perception of it. Also as you said, the action is quite stale and by the numbers, and that's regrettable. The barn fight and the fire truck chase as an example are almost laughable imho. Finally, I think the locations are poorly utilized and this undermines the film. I've never seen San Francisco used so poorly in a major production before. It has a nondescript and pedestrian visual flavour to it too in my view, especially in comparison to the other two films. I agree that Moore gives a very good performance though. Darker than in OP.
Moore isn't on his game in this one the way he was in OP. I can't shake the worn-out older agent feel and that wasn't just after he left the role. It happened when I saw it the second day of the original release.
OP had the right energy and feel and AVTAK is one too far. The younger, more energetic villains and title tune deserved to be complemented by a fresh leading man. A critic at the time summed it up best, saying it was like the producers said "Come on guys, time to make another Bond film" and it sure feels like it.
In Bond history for sure.
Cant add anything to that...if he was 3rd choice then thank God we got him ,he HAS to be in the Bond legacy somewhere,and what a villain,one of the very very best.