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Could you put that on youtube?
No as I'll get in trouble for breaching copyright
She can not believe the Beach Boys tune playing...she says that's the worst thing she's seen in a Bond film so far...she hasn't watched Die Another Day yet.
My partner finds Grace Jones scary - somehow I don't think she's alone on that!
Stacey getting crept up on by a blimp is pretty bad though. The music is wonderful and the green screen work isn't too bad at all.
That PTS is so good. My favourite. I love the introduction of Dalton, other 00s, the parachuting down. I've always loved that wide shot of the truck way in the distance as it's making its way down from the pinnacle. It's almost shot from the point of view of the curious guard who is at the barrier arm (and will eventually be run over) - his fate literally hurtling toward him.
I just realised Dalton's first words as Bond are 'I need to use your phone'.
I think Rhys-Davis possibly gives the best all-round performance in the film.
Dalton's very good, but there are small moments that show up his limitations. Rhys-Davis is great throughout.
I suspect I'm in the minority here...but I actually like the Afghan scenes. It's exotic and the sunrise shots are spectacular. I also like the raid on the airbase at the end. Gives it the big army vs army bond battle in an organic way.
The fight itself is also rather poorly staged.
I do like the music in these scenes though.
I think having 'If there was a man' as the music basis for Kara and Bond's works very well and it's no mistake it's the final song. It really is sung from Kara's point of view.
Desolated Mr Bond?...
I wonder which henchmen is responsible for killing Dawes...
Indeed! Mankiewicz seems to get mixed reviews on his writing, but the script is top notch here IMO. Hearing him on the commentary, you can hear how much thought he put into writing Rog and playing to his strengths, as well as the boosting of the villains and psychologically showing the audience that the all-black cast of villains are extremely intelligent always seeming to be a step ahead of Bond, which was a great way to play the controversial source material at the time.
Completely forgot that he mentions here that before the alligator farm was found and scene written to accompany it, the original script had a scene on a coffee plantation where Bond was going to be ground up in a giant coffee grinder. That would have been quite interesting to see, though the gator farm was a much improved replacement!
Hah! Well played. The coffee beans revenge.
Definitely. They've made some unique decisions which are still unprecedented in the classic continuity (no Q, no Bond in any form in the PTS, ending with a shot of a villain, etc) — some of it works but some of it takes points off the film for me.
Bond's plot armour is also at an all-time high here, with his watch magically possessing that buzzsaw function right when he needed it as he was tied up in Kananga's lair. It's literally never explained anywhere in the film. I think MR was similar with Bond's watch having that explosive lace thing he uses to blow up the vent in Drax's base (I don't believe that was explained anywhere either). Definitely weaknesses in the script.