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The kitted out DB5 in SF is in no way shape or form an adverse issue.
Every subsequent Bond actor to some degree by default has to try and live up to Young/Connery's creation of the character wether they know it or not.
Solange is still the hottest-looking Bond girl in well over 30 years.
I agree, but for different reasons.
Thunderball is overrated. Everyone else says it's one of the best Bond films and yet, I don't like it. It's near the bottom of my ranking list.
I'll second that. Have never been a big fan of TB. Give me YOLT any day.
For once we are in complete agreement.
Here's one: TWINE is one of the most underrated films in the series and gets lots of unfair flack.
Well put, CharlesDreyfus(cool screen name BTW). I've always thought that FYEO, while certainly a decently made film, lacks that something special to make it one of the best Bond films. A great episode of The Saint perhaps but not a great Bond film. I think TLD and CR did FYEO's "back to Fleming" approach a lot better IMHO.
I think those few supposed 'misteps' in the form of Christmas Jones and a different storytelling direction, shouldn't be the only reasons people judge TWINE unfairly. People don't always adapt to change, and are often quite thrown by it - as we learnt with Dalton's two outings as Bond. But despite the changes TLD & LTK are brilliant James Bond films. TWINE is no different; it experiments with the formula and while not too well-recieved by the critics, remains one of the series' most entertaining IMO.
actually Octopussy is one of my favourite bond films and TWINE is highly regarded in my view
True dat :D
I don't really have any controversial opinions about Bond, well apart from this -
The World Is Not Enough
I just don't get why this film has such a bad reputation round these parts. Surely my sentimental feeling towards this film (it was my first time seeing Bond on the big screen), has blinded me to the obvious?
Sophie Marceau is sexy and seductive, Robert Carlyle evokes genuine pity, and The Brozz turns in a supremely elegant and dangerous performance as Bond, plus the overall premise is inspired, and all the Bondian attributes abound, and in novel fashion.
Now in light of objectivity, I shall point out some of the film's flaws...
The more emotional nature of the script allows for some unintentional melodrama. (Primarily the scene between Bond and M in Scotland and the scene where Bond confronts Elektra.). I always imagined Bond being more still, in the two aforementioned scenes. Brosnan is too animated in those particular scenes. Fleming wrote that Bond is precise in his movements, decisive and economical. He wouldn’t have acted like that. Just my two cents worth.
It sounds like I'm being too hard on The Brozz, but he's my childhood Bond, and he carries a special place in my heart.
To balance out, then, here are some moments in which Pierce Bronsan is just so smegging cool;
The ways he takes out the goons in the Banker's office
Sorting out the heavy, gaining access to Zukovsky's office
During the buzz-saw helicopter attack, Bond opens a trap-door, pushes a goon away, and fires straight up, through the floor, to a second goon.
Human shield in the sub.
Awful.
But then what follows is a complete load of …
Agree. YOLT is one of the best-paced Bond films. A tip of the hat to Maestro for his score.
Totally agree. I know there a lot on here who rate it top 5 but it just seems to me to be a lot less than the sum of its parts. I would even say I 'enjoy' watching DAD more in terms of switch you brain off entertainment (and all the obvious flaws notwithstanding) although obviously it is a 'better' film than DAD. Its just often I find watching it a bit of a chore.
I didn't think that was too controversial until I visited these forums.... :D
I accept your opinion, but the Music of The Living Daylights was about atmosphere not action. :)
Anyway, whether or not Barry's enthusiasm was high, I still loved TLD's soundtrack.
Taken as a whole, the movie Bonds are better than Flemming's original works.
HEAD FOR THE BUNKERS, EVERYONE!
End of thread. :)
But seriously, @Grinderman. At least spell his name correctly.