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Let's not forget Scorupco. The look she gives Bond when she says "Trust you? I don't even know your name" melts me every time.
But TND-DAD has a few problems.
I liked Vincent Schiavelli, Desmond Llewelynn, Michelle Yeoh, Götz Otto, Sophie Marceau, Robbie Coltrane, John Cleese, Emilio Echevarria, Rosamund Pike and Judi Dench.
TWINE does underuse extremely talented actors Ulrich Thomsen and Maria Grazia Cucinotta.
I hated Teri Hatcher, Denise Richards (although admittedly gorgeous), Goldie, Lawrence Makoare and Halle Berry.
Jonathan Pryce is middle pack I'd say, never been the biggest Robert Carlyle fan either.
And then there is Madonna. It's striking that Halle Berry isn't even the worst female performer in DAD.
These two were jokers. Horrid.
I get the point you're trying to make, and Christ knows Madonna is bad, but at least she's only there for 2 minutes and she's gone. Jinx is like a turd that won't flush and every single frame she's in is offensive.
That critical plot hole in LTK has always really, really grated on me. It is so large and glaring that it completely undermines the entire storyline. Seriously.
Is LTK more deserving of being called a 'soap opera' than TWINE?
Also, I think Brosnan's performance in TWINE is worse than Dalton's in LTK. Considerably.
Some more negativity for you: I don't seem to get into LALD. I like Baron Samedi and Tee Hee but for the rest the film just feels underwhelming to me.
- The PTS is quite possibly the most boring of the series
- Yaphet Kotto is one of the weakest villains, the terrible Mr. Big disguise doesn't help
- Adam and Whisper, forgettable
- Gloria Hendry, the most annoying femme fatale you can imagine
- What happened to the Ted Moore from FRWL/TB? The cinematography feels so lifeless
- The climax is lackluster and Kananga's demise is laughable
- As for the boat chase, it's spectacular but goes on for a tad too long
- The chase with the plane, my goodness
- On a controversial note: never ranked the title song as one of the best either
- The cards with the 007 sign on the back
- Jane Seymour while admittedly gorgeous is very much a damsel in distress, even the much maligned Goodnight managed to knock out Kra.
Ah, I almost forgot I do like the cab driver: "HELLLOOOWWW JIM".
I have to agree with you about LALD - which is weird because I really loved it as a kid.
The black stereotypes are pretty funny though and I like Yaphett Koto. I think what annoys me are the often cheap attempts at humour (quite a few come from Hedison actually).
LTK is a little cheesy (particularly the ending) but TWINE has the 'love triangle', betrayal, infamous shoulder injury and romantic implications, not to mention world class acting (cough..) etc. etc.
I blame Guy Hamilton. His 4 films rank quite poorly for me, the highest is Diamonds are Forever at 12 (I have a soft spot for it...it would be higher but I like 11 films more).
Reasons are similar to what you list for LALD but swap character names and action scenes
And I agree that the cinematography was weaker than usual. Fortunately, the score injected life into what might've otherwise been fairly a dead-feeling film, in my opinion.
While the score is decent enough, on my last viewing I thought it was a bit repetitive. Still, one of the better non-Barry scores
Me too. Don't need to mention the boat chase, and the camera is lifeless throughout the film. There's no doubt there are many iconic moments which are good to watch in isolation
That is indeed controversial, and I'm afraid I must disagree. One of my favourite songs and also one of my favourite scores of all.
GF is pretty dull...it's kept afloat by its iconic moments
In TMWTGG I really love the moment (and the score) when Bond and Hip scramble out of the car when Goodnight says "I've got the solex too"
1. The score when Bond is waiting outside the Bottom's Up Club, including first seeing NicNac
2. the bit when Andrea returns to Scaramanga's to put her jewelry back
3. the part when Bond hides Goodnight in the closet with the lights out just before Andrea returns from the bathroom.
I don't get the hate the score receives. If this is Barry's rushed effort, he must be a genius because as a whole it's still better than any of the non-Barry scores, and even non-Bond scores
I find all your criticisms to be fair, except for this one. I think Kotto gave an outstanding performance. He makes the most of the bad makeup job and is actually quite menacing in the scene where he removes the false face. I find him to be one of the more underrated villains in the series.