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Melina is an acquired taste, I will admit! She's better than many Bond girls because she is actually competent and can do something worthy of assistance to Bond, but yeah, I agree, sometimes she can be pretty annoying, and she's not overly attractive either. I'm sure some people find her attractive, but for me, she's not grade A material, haha!
Always a classic! It had taken a slight dip with me in recent viewings, because of how some of the action seemed dissatisfying, but I'm delighted to say that it has risen again with this latest watch! It's simply too good to resist! Lots of vibrant color and wild entertainment to this one; an all-around very stylish Bond movie!
Bond Movie Marathon by Novel Order Ranking
1. Live and Let Die
2. Casino Royale
Brilliant piece of cinema and Craig's Best Bond film in my humble opinion. :)
Her best bit is when she fires the crossbow! She's the supreme antithesis of Tiffany Case...
Just sayin'.
No more true Bond fans direct Bond movies, I conjure.
That's a damn poor argument. Some films warrant revisiting, to understand it more and to pick up things you may have missed previously. I dare someone to pick up all the themes and complexities of films like Citizen Kane or Inception on a first viewing. In addition, sometimes it takes maturity to fully understand films, and it is quite plausible to feel completely different about a film in your old age compared to what you thought of it as a youth. Our opinions change along with the world and times around us.
LOL
OTOH, TLD took me reading the Fleming novels and a second viewing to fully appreciate.
Hahaha! Excellent point! Compare that with Tiffany's inability to fire a machine gun without falling off the side of an oil rig, haha!
On another note, the last Bond movie I watched was Moonraker
Moonraker is simply a mediocre Bond movie with me. I've tried to find it more enjoyable than "50%", you might say, but seriously, that's about all reaches with me, just half-way every time! There are parts I like and parts I dislike, which seems really obvious and rather foolish to say, but literally, that sums up Moonraker for me. I go between thinking it's a marvelous spectacle of pure Bondism to an embarrasing cheeseball of corny children's fantasy in an instant, which should show how much it swings back and forth between trying to take itself seriously and trying to play it up for laughs and fun. All in all, not as awful as people make it out to be, but not Bond's best outing of the '70s either, or Roger Moore's for that matter.
Bond Movie Marathon by Novel Order Ranking:
1. Live and Let Die
2. Casino Royale
3. Moonraker
Up next.......Diamonds Are Forever!
It's not a bad release overall, but the humor simply goes too far every now and again but there are some classic moments - "No ma'am, I'm with the economy tour" - being one such example, and it has a great pre credits sequence, and when Moore does decide to play it serious, despite the age, it actually works
Louis Jourdan is a very good adversary, there is plenty to get involved in, and plenty of interesting characters, but it's hardly a favorite release of mine. But a damn sight better than the awful View to a Kill that followed it
Not a whole lot of time for reviews on all three, so I'll just post the rankings for these in my current Bondathon. (I had to stray away from the novel order briefly so that I could watch these three with some friends last night)
Current Bondathon Rankings
1. GoldenEye
2. License to Kill
3. SkyFall
4. Live and Let Die
5. Casino Royale
6. Moonraker
Thank you, Brady! I pickied the ones which were most action-packed and compelling at the same time.
The Living Daylights
What can Isay about the Bond film I love more than all others? Dalton is just pefection as Bond. He's got the right look, manerisms and he gives off all the right vibes, he just is the living embodiment of Flemings Bond in this film.
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The World Is Not Enough
Now this surprised me, I can't recall the last time I watched TWINE and ejoyed it as much. It felt so good (so Bond) to hear the theme in the boat chase. Maybe i'm going soft, but I did enjoy this film. Who'd have thought? Not me.
A gem that sparkles as bright as its title! A favorite of mine, without the shadow of a doubt! Everything lines up to make this outing an enjoyable two-hour thriller! Villains (camp or not!), soundtrack, locations, 007, dialogue, it all comes together nicely!
Bondathon Ranking
1. GoldenEye
2. License to Kill
3. SkyFall
4. Live and Let Die
5. Diamonds Are Forever
6. Casino Royale
7. Moonraker
currently watching Living daylights
gotta love that sky 007 channel :)
What I like about Casino Royale are the exotic locations known to belong to the franchise, the action and the whole Casino setting. Feels very Bondian and I find it has the same amount of humor (maybe even more so) as Skyfall has. Bond in CR feels more relaxed and at ease for most part of the film, compared to Skyfall. Both are great additions to the franchise. I just prefer CR's style , settings and side characters over SF.
Quantum could go either way but I suspect it will always be seen as the "filler" between CR and SF.