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We watched it on GJB day after my wife chose a Roger and then I chose OP. (Household democracy!)
I think it's Roger's best performance, for the most part he plays it straight and not the 'sending the part up' routine he was so fond of telling people of in interviews. As mentioned above there are some stand out scenes.
I love how cool he is in the backgammon scene, I think it's one of the best examples of Bond poking the hornets nest. Who ever came up with the idea of Bond not even looking at the double 6 after he rolls it deserves a large round of applause, brilliant. I love his sincerity after finding Vijay dead and way he dispatches the twin in the cabin with anger and a vengeful quip as opposed to a silly one.
Fight on the train, fight on the plane, the fight with the goons in the bedroom, the Sotheby's scene, the car chase and race to the bomb are all great.
If I could only take my top 10 to a desert island OP would definitely be there.
It's the Bond film I most connect too. I can put it on at anytime and still enjoy it as if it's my first viewing. My first viewing was at my home towns cinema. Long since gone.
But OP was one of the first films I recall seeing on the big screen, back in 1983.
Stunning visuals, lush and exotic locations, amazing stunt work and this man called James Bond who despite all odds, saves the world, beats the villain and gets the girl. All with charm and class. With a good dose of humour too boot.
It easily cemented itself as a film that has had an unbelievable effect on me.
I adore Octopussy from start to finish.
Yes, and Rogers infamous ad lib
Magda "what a lovely view!"
Rog "Yes, I painted it myself!"
Watching Octopussy for the first time on Blu-ray last year I noticed for the first time that some of the backdrops looked rather obviously painted. It's a very small criticism though and I only really noticed it because of the improved picture quality on the disc.
This interests me Draggers,because I found (if you can believe it and I’m not making it up !!) the Ultimate Edition of OP ,my #1 ranked film,sealed in the charity shop 2 doors down from where I live and I was blown away with the clarity and sound on my DVD player (the DVD cost £1.50 !!!)...so should i stay and collect the Ultimates rather than blue ray ???
I have the Special Editions and other ones that I don’t know what they are ,the special editions are struggling or not even working properly on my DVD and the other ones are average .
The gorilla and clown costumes aren’t a deal breaker IMO (it’s spycraft isn’t it?).
Can we petition EON for edited re-release? Seems like it could potentially be a rediscovered classic like OHMSS minus just a few parts.
Sure. Good luck.
Its a bumper issue of nearly 100 pages, just flicked through it, but it looks great, cant wait to read this!
Being a big fan and defender of Octopussy I wouldn't mind reading that but sadly it's behind a paywall.
Try this. Let me know if it doesn't work.
Yes, that works fine, @Revelator. I knew you could work your magic on it! :)
Honestly, I'd prefer to watch it any day over FYEO and even TLD, as much as I like the latter.
…And I think you’d find Octopussy in most people’s upper half, and even top 10.
Sounds like Octopussy Plot, might be the second coming of General Orlov.
Not to mention NATO's constant provocations and encroachment eastwards, building biolabs and wanting to place missiles in Ukraine that can reach Moscow in mere minutes. Putin has expressed concern about these things numerous times, yet it falls on deaf ears as the West doesn't really seem to care about dialogue or Russia's rights to national security like any other state. If anything he's been way too lenient and patient when dealing with NATO's aggressive behavior.
But on-topic: Octopussy tries to be two things at once, FYEO seriousness + Moore campiness thrown in a blender. It does an alright job at that. Definitely should have been his last movie.
Are you Russian?
So in your book that justifies starting a war and killing thousands of innocent civilians in targeted missile strikes, not to mention decimating Ukraine's infrastructure? If anything, this reckless war has made Putin and his regime more unstable than ever and he knows he'll either be deposed or killed if he can't bring about a victory for Russia in Ukraine. That's why he has doubled down on his insane invasion of Ukraine when everyone else can see that Russia has irretrievably lost this war. Putin's pipe dream of a reclaimed Soviet empire is coming crashing down in flames before his very eyes and he only has himself to blame for it.