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Jeez, Moore looks old. Especially during the scene on the wharf with Chuck Lee. Needed some pins to hold up the wrinkles. However, as always, great first half especially the whole chateau sequence but falls flat after the hot tub scene.
A location that I always have in mind in this context is the "Abu Simbel" temple which was used in TSWLM. Interestingly, a very similar scene at the same place (or was it another Egypt temple?) was used in "Death on the Nile" which is another another famous British film produced in 1977. I still don't know whether the use of the Egypt temples in both of these films are just coincidences or whether there is another explanation. Does anybody have an idea?
Hamlisch's score really lifts that scene. One of my favourites from the Bond series.
Decided to go back and revisit the films in order. Watching From Russia with Love again just cements it as, in my opinion, the best Bond film of them all. It has this unique intrigue, and suspense that few of the other films have rarely captured. Connery is top notch in this one. In Dr. No, you could see his portrayal was rough around the edges in some parts, but here is where he perfects the Bond role.
I agree, even though I personally prefer Dr No, Connery is certainly more polished in FRWL.
Okay, it's been a looong time since I saw True Lies, but I don't recall either a bathroom fight or a scene on the LTK bridge. Just the jet finale, Tom Arnold, and a rather (intentionally?) uncomfortable scene with JLC stripping for Arnie. But I also strongly disliked every moment of True Lies and its parodic James Bond-lite approach (and this is coming from a huge fan of Cameron's 80s output).
I also saw it on a small screen, from a distance, and in not the most involved of circumstances, so you're right, I probably am due a rewatch.
It's my favourite Bond film having watched it about 500 times..........
And it's my all time favourite film as well.
I love the way he handles prof dent in the end. Superb cinema you don't see in films these days.
Even though I adore Ken Adam's designs from an artistic point of view, I do prefer Glen's better efforts to the Gilbert films. Well-edited action set pieces are so much more engaging than just pointing your camera at a gorgeous set without really doing much with it.
I agree, LTK is one of the best Bonds. I also really like the 80's feel it's got, I find that a positive and unique feature of the film. It has its own atmosphere and I like that.
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That scene never fails to entertain. The guy was crapping himself before he fessed up about the battery dying.
Sister Lilly: "Don't hesitate to ring if there's anything else you want. Anything at all"
Bond: "Such as 2 air tickets to London?"
Connery was in raw alpha mode the entire movie and especially so ironically after he and Honey get captured.
Forgot that one!
My 'FRWL is the best Bond film of all' alert went off and just had to pop into the thread and offer my agreement. That is all - carry on.
place it below FRWL, and OHMSS. This film is, and will always be, a masterpiece. From the opening scene with the where Bond blows up the drug facility, to the end where he's in Pussy Galores arms, this film truly defines Bond, and it's easy to see why it was, for a long time, the Bond film to beat.
I've fallen in love all over again with GF recently - I wouldn't rank it above OHMSS, but I do prefer it to FRWL. What a classic.
Somewhere around #15, but hey, it's not bad. Not bad at all.
This was the first film I ever watched from the series - at one point, I would have also had GF as my favorite. Nowadays, FRWL holds that spot. Currently watching through them, I don'f think it will be out of the top five.
Bob Simmons in the gun barrel sequence?
No I see your point though I'd argue TB qualifies as well. From then on OHMSS and TLD come closest. After the latter I think it has become impossible to create that 'something'. Which doesn't mean those films can't be any good of course.
On that note, I wonder how much actual input Fleming had to the productions (other than the source material). I wonder if maybe he was some kind of creative consultant.
I think TLD is the better film of the two, for me anyways. LTK has some really great stuff in it however.