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I'd say the third act is probably my favorite. I love the PTS and title song, but I feel like the film drags for quite a long time after that.
To my mind, the first half of the film--concluding with Silva's capture on the island--is the strongest.
-Always loved Dr No more than From Russia with Love, always will
-Cant remember if i said so, but From Russia with Love and Thunderball are the most overrated Bond films
-After Blofeld, Dr. No is the best villain related to SPECTRE
-Sean Connery wouldn't have made On Her Majesty's Secret Service a better (or worse) movie
The scene in Diamonds Are Forever when the Chinese missiles explode were the most embarrassing special effects in the entire series. Worse than CGI surfing.
@Creasy47 I don't have a problem with leaving Vesper behind, my main problem was them introducing a whole new angle with Bond's unresolved childhood trauma
I agree, I think once Silva escapes it goes downhill, because it starts to fall apart a bit if you think about it too much. I do like the finale though.
I think you can make a strong case for this opinion. Hence, despite Laz's occasional awkwardness, his performance in OHMSS was much better than Seanery's in YOLT.
Well for one thing, I thought Lazenby did a great job overall as Bond, and he's actually one of my favorite actors to play the role. Also, Connery never demonstrated the ability to do a more human, emotional side to Bond in his tenure the way Lazenby does in OHMSS. It was just totally different from what Connery's style was, and it might have come out awkward if he had done it.
His films made money, so I don't see how it was a poor commercial move.
So did OHMSS. He was never accepted as Bond by the general public. It's unfair, but that's how it is. Inversely, and regardless of his limits as an actor, casting Brosnan was a necessary commercial move, and a good one. GE wouldn't have worked as well with Dalton. It may have been a better movie, but it wouldn't have been as successful. (And keeping in mind that it is obviously speculative).
That's why I said commercially. I.e. regardless of the quality of his movies, yes they made money, but Bond was not as successful a franchise as it used to be. Granted, people were unfair to Dalton. But this is also why it was not commercially a good casting decision, like say Moore had been.
TLD was more successful at the B.O. than AVTAK and OP and LTK was only considered a failure in the US because of a diabolical marketing campaign from MGM/UA (it did very well internationally). So I'm not sure it's fair to call Dalton a 'poor commercial move'.
Quite true. They must have run out of time or budget or both. Embarrassing, yes. I even call them insulting myself. Those effect were far beneath the averages provided by the 60s Bonds.
Those special effects may have been poor, but the scene was so brief that they hardly detract from my enjoyment of DAF.
That's something else entirely. I agree that my affection for DAF is hardly influenced by the quality of the effects. It's a brilliant film IMO and certainly not the 'worst' in the series. Not by a long shot. It's quirky to the max but also vastly more entertaining than several other Bond films that take themselves way too seriously. I'm not lying when I say that I prefer DAF over QOS in many respects (but not in all). Barry's great score is at least one good reason to watch the film over and over again.
Maybe I am being unfair.
Why do you say that? I never had any particular problem with it, personally, and we never really see him doing much of the day-to-day work of leading the crime syndicate.
@FoxRox, TSWLM is just out of my top five, but it's definitely a top-tier entry in the series and the best entry of Moore's tenure.
@DarthDimi, the score for DAF is indeed wonderful. Sleazy, yet awesome.
Elvis is one of the best henchmens and is severly underrated.
QoS are in some aspects better than both CR and SF. And is easily top-5 material.
Care to elaborate on that one?