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The Man With The Golden Gun
GG looks beautiful on Blu-Ray. Stunning. The middle third is basically an unfunny slapstick comedy. I would have been quite happy to see Pepper make a cameo, on the tourist boat as Bond tears by - “Just try that in my bayou boy!” But no.
Still the dynamics between Lee and Moore really are superb.
Worse Bit – The inclusion, or should that be intrusion, of Pepper in the car chase.
Best Bit – The dinner scene – one of the absolute best scenes in all of Bondom.
The World Is Not Enough
Ah, Sophie Marceau. Bond thinks he has found found Tracy, but he has actually found Blofeld. From damaged angel with a wing down, to spoilt rich girl with daddy’s issues, Marceau has great fun in the role, hamming in up something rotten during the torture of Bond, and is the highlight to the film. Brosnan looks splendid too.
Worse Bit – Brosnan's "ticks", or as I like to call them, "acting foibles".
Best Bit – “I never miss”
Royale's Ranking
From Russia With Love – 10/10
On Her Majesty's Secret Service – 9.5
Casino Royale – 9.5
Dr. No – 9.5
Licence to Kill – 9
The Living Daylights - 9
The Spy Who Loved Me - 9
Goldfinger – 9
Octopussy - 8.75
Thunderball – 8.75
For Your Eyes Only – 8.75
Spectre – 8.5
Quantum of Solace – 8.5
The World Is Not Enough – 8.5
Tomorrow Never Dies – 8.5
You Only Live Twice – 8.5
GoldenEye – 8.5
Live and Let Die – 7.5
A View To A Kill - 7
Moonraker - 7
Diamonds Are Forever - 7
Die Another Day – 7
The Man With The Golden Gun - 7
1. CR
2. LALD
3. MR
4. DAD
5. DAF
6. FRWL
7. DN
8. GF
9. AVTAK
10. LTK
11. QoS
12. GE
13. FYEO
14. TLD
15. SP
16. OP
17. TB
18. Spy
19. TND
20. OHMSS
21. YOLT
22. TMWTGG
23. TWINE
24. SF
Well, they're definitely drinking from the same water fountain at least :))
I loved your description of Elektra King, that sentence made me laugh and summed up her character perfectly.
"Bond thought he found Tracy but he actually found Blofeld"
You could be a professional critic just for this.
Though i disagree on Pierce Brosnan Ticks, for me he was perfect his best performance in my opinion.
I've been meaning to get to this one for a while. As with every Bond film I've watched so far this year, this was an excellent showing this time. I really enjoyed it.
Like last time, I was really impressed with the cinematography here. Along with TSWLM & TB this is probably the most beautiful Bond film I've seen. The shot framing is grand, and gives perspective to the locations. Everything is bright and colourful too, in contrast to the latest EON release, which pales in comparison. The action scenes are edited in a modern way, with fast cuts. I especially love that stock car chase in Lauterbrunnen.
The score is incredible as well, as we all know. Barry at his finest. During the ski sequences here, I realized how much he was missed in FYEO in particular.
Fights - They are notably excellent in this film. The opening pretitles sequence at the beach remains firmly in my top 5, and there are many more too.
Diana Rigg is the acting highlight for me. Really a standout performance from her imho. Laz is ok. He definitely looks the part and has the Bond swagger - it's a very confident performance, but his acting limitations are apparent to me. Nevertheless, he holds his own in this film and smartly underplays the role, which is key with Bond imho. Telly is ok too. Having said that, I've never been all that fond of his Blofeld unlike others. Sure he has more to do than other actors, but Savalas always seems too American to me for the role, particularly his accent.
Anyway, I had such a good time with this one that I'm almost compelled to move it up from its current #9 slot past SF, GE & OP to #6 in my rankings, but I won't do that until I see those films again first to see if it's warranted. Regardless, this is classy Bond film making at its finest.
They must have been devastated when it wasn't so well received commercially, particularly in the US market.
DAF, which I recently watched and also enjoyed, seems almost like a tv film compared to the majestic grandeur of OHMSS. I read in the link below recently that DAF was an attempt to 'soft reboot' the series for an American audience for the 70's. EON went so far as to cast John Gavin, before dismissing him when Connery committed to returning.
http://samanthamoneypenny.tripod.com/id7.html
@Mendes4Lyfe - for Mary's "magnificent abdomen" of course
@Szonana - that was actually Barbara Broccoli's description of Elektra. I really enjoy TWINE in fact, apart from Michael Apted's rather staid direction. :)
@Birdleson - with this place, and my Bond reference books - just bought Charles Helfenstein's The Making of OHMSS - plus soundtracks, posters etc, I never seem to leave Bond behind. I've seen the Bonds so many time in fact, that I can replay them in my minds eye. Nevertheless, I want to have a second Bondathon in October, based on the results of the "Rate the Various Categories Film Thingy" thread.
Woow, so that was Barbara's description. Well she was spot on very good she knows her stuff im glad now she is the main producer of the Bond franchise
Believe me, it's worse than you think. The creator of the "gal reporter" was a woman, Dale Messick, and thereafter, all the authors who worked on the strip have been female. So seeing a male artist doing the strip in the movie... Well, let's say that somebody didn't do his bloody research !
I didn't like her either. Easily the weakest one I'd say.
B-)
Only in DAD ironically did I see a reversal with Bond's MP, where she finally showed that she had the hots for Bond during the embarrassing VR sequence. Moreover, all the aforementioned issues were nowhere to be seen, thankfully.
1. Lois Maxwell
2. Naoime Harris
3. Caroline Bliss
4. Samantha Bond
I suppose I am forced to agree. But DAMN Bliss was Beautiful!!!
Bouchet and Salem were forgettable for me... What made you dislike Harris in SP?
Most of the movie was for me honestly.
Teri Hatcher isn t among the problems with TND.
Not my favourite Bond but still loads of fun and plenty of spectacle.
The whole premise fell awfully flat for me and impacted my enjoyment of the film, which does have its moments otherwise (primarily on the action front).