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Anyway, I popped in DAF and watched it all the way thru.
I must say I was very impressed with the picture this time round. The color timing looks truest to the 35mm print I saw some years back. Had the film contained the original United Artists Transamerica logo it would be perfect! I chose the mono track because, well, the newer remastered stereo DTS versions contain enough changes in sound effects, music,, etc it's like picking the 1997 Lucas Star Wars edits over the originals.
As for the film itself, I've always enjoyed it's weird quirky vibe. One thing I noticed this time I never really acknowledged before- Connery and Charles Gray have excellent Bond/Blofeld chemistry. Even more so than with Pleasance, they really needle each other throughout. Of course Pleasance didn't really have as many scenes with Sean the way Charles Gray does. Perhaps Christoph Waltz has given me a new appreciation for Gray's Blofeld?
The face lift/wrinkles are pretty evident on bluray
Yes, I hate to say it, but there is a trend somewhat. Even in the sports world, the Greats outlive their greatness. Ali kept boxing way past his prime, Roger Federer hasn't won a Major in 4 years, and Ronaldo is yet to score in the Euros. I think the ego that it is needed to reach the top kind of becomes their undoing in the end. Sad really.
............I think Roger could have done one more. He looked even better in the Happy Anniversary 007 special than in View. I'm actually very partial to all the Bonds of the 80s as I vividly remember my first time seeing them. View in particular was a lot of fun to see with an audience. I should put this next on my list to upgrade to Blu-Ray.
It stops with @Thunderfinger erasing Brosnan from GE, TND, TWINE and DAD and adding Moore in these films. ;)
Connery Dalton Craig
Yeah that would be perfect ;)
Completely agree. I still don't quite understand the reasoning for it. Word is that Craig isn't much chop on skis - but I don't think that should influence it - I mean 90% of the pre-title sequence in AVTAK is on the slopes and Roger Moore didn't even touch snow. TLD's snow bound scenes are a good way to do a different non-skiing alpine scene. I would have thought the Bond series would be chomping at the bit to do a modern ski scene.
There's nothing wrong with the film and it's a good Bond adventure... But, it's not among the movies that I love to watch. Sure, I love the story, mcguffin, some of the locations (aside from Germany), save it for the circus... It does, in a way, come off as bland... However, I can't help but love Maud Adams and Kristina Wayborn overtly. Lovely Bond Girls. I just wish they both had more to do.
Perhaps we've switched, and now you'll start disliking it!
:))
I recently finished two Bond films, Skyfall and Moonraker. About Skyfall, it's one of my favorites. I know there's a big thread here about how Skyfall is one of the most overrated Bond films, and I think there are weak points in the film and threads about things that're wrong with the movie. But I think it's a very solid and entertaining entry in the series.
About Moonraker, it's always been a sentimental favorite, though I know yes it has many weaknesses. "Uneven" might describe it. A little humor might've been okay, but yes they went way over the top at least three or four time, not to mention some clunky dialogue "I never learned to read" and Bond's sexist comments about Holly Goodhead. Still, I see it as a "big" Bond picture, with a good villain and a global threat Bond has to deal with...and there are good locations, so I had a good time watching it...plus lots of good-looking babes in there.
it's just so in your face epic, b*lls to the wall, entertainment. Yes
most if it doesn't make sense, but it's so confident in itself, so
assured of its place in the entertain industry. It's a great film
to simply switch off and just go with. :)