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Considering I haven't seen eyes wide shut, I do wonder which of these two you compare to Porky's revenge (not that I remember much of that film, saw it years ago when drunk, which was iirc the way to see it).
For me DAF is so utterly boring, with so many random mistakes, I can't get into the film. It also detracts from Wint and Kidd whom could have been quite menacing like in the novel, but end up being oofs. Obviously, plenty is a bit of a redeeming factor, and she does describe the film perfectly (you choose between 'youre a wonderful guy, a bit weird, but wonderful' or ' is this a perverts' convention or something's), but it's not enough to keep me watching the full film.
SP had the right idea, executed badly. Blofeld trying to get on Bond's nerves is fair game, but trying to do it through a family angle is just plain stupid considering we've been conditioned for 60 years that Bond in fact has no family. Why would he start caring now? The backtracking through previous films and adding quantum to it (why not leave it a separate entity) was also just wrong. That's how you create plotholes, not how you cover them. Other than that the story holds up a bit, Madeleine is interesting, White even more so and the locales are better than the sleazy part of last Vegas (I know, it's as good as all of it). The gliding plane beeping rubbish again though. Going for the same one-way story-suits-goal writing rather than having it develop naturally. But I still prefer it over the moon buggy chase. Winks to conspiracy theories shouldn't encompass entire sets.
Like I said, it's comparing Eyes Wide Shut to Porky's Revenge.
Ah, but SPECTREs got Monica!!🥰
Would you rather watch MR (59%) OR TND (57%)?
We have a big and bold film adventure in MR. Bond globe trots and even leaves earth. Yes it's funny and wild. It is a popcorn movie in every sense of the word. Roger delivers a wonderful performance and is charming in the role.
Rotten Tomatoes says Featuring one of the series' more ludicrous plots but outfitted with primo gadgets and spectacular sets, Moonraker is both silly and entertaining.
OR
A loud and bodacious adventure that was a follow up to GE. Plagued by an un-finished script while filming was happening. We have an OTT villain who chews the scenery, a henchman that is menacing.
Rotten Tomatoes says A competent, if sometimes by-the-numbers entry to the 007 franchise, Tomorrow Never Dies may not boast the most original plot but its action sequences are genuinely thrilling.
Which one is hitting your screen?
But... I like Moore more than Brosnan so it's a difficult choice.
I'll say TND.
TND is drab and dull and feels more like a Bond pastiche than the genuine article. Even the lauded action sequences I find are diluted by copious gunfire, overuse of the Bond theme turning them into walls of noise.
MR all the way!!!! The pts alone is worth all of TND!
TND, I do appreciate, but locations are important for me and this one is a bit... colourless.
But MR, for me, has made a trajectory from the odd film out (which I even refused to watch when it came out, because I considered a Star Wars Bond preposterous) to probably my favourite Moore film, ahead of LALD (for which I have a special fondness somehow) and FYEO, and way ahead of everyone's favourite, TSWLM, a fan favourite with most. OP and AVTAK need not apply, anyway.
So it boils down to a battle between giants :-). But MR has one of Barry's best scores, including a theme that I love even if Dame Shirles doesn't. And it has Ken Adam's final work of production design. And what an achievement! For its sheer grandiosity, as well as being a lot of fun, I choose MR.
That being said, I'm surprised both movies are on the "rotten" list of RT, especially since one would expect that 50, and not 60, percent of positive critiques would be the threshold. But even with professional critics, there's no accounting for taste.
So, TND it is.
Interesting choices for "rotten". MR is my favorite Moore Bond film while TND is easily Brosnan's least pretentious, fastest-moving, best musically scored and most consistenly successful Bond effort IMHO.
Ditto. Gotta go with MR. A great Bond film once the viewer realizes it's not really Ian Fleming's Moonraker. A more accurate title for it would be Christopher Wood's The Spy Who Loved Me II and on those terms it succeeds completely. In fact I find it a slight improvement over its more highly regarded immediate predecessor.
@j_w_pepper
Always happy to read of increased love and appreciation for the 1979 Bond space epic!
MR on the other hand is indeed silly and committed some all time bad sins in the series, but for me its a treat to watch on a technical level. The set design, the locations, the amazing John Barry score, and Drax are just on point, so with the benefit of time it just ages better and better in my view. And it has no pretenses to be anything but a silly Bond romp. So, MR it is for me.