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Everything feels balanced, whereas in future Brosnans, that balance was screwed up big time.
Deal with it
Wait, did you mean your favorite of the Brosnan era, or your favorite in the entire series? If it's the latter, I never knew that!
Granted the film does run of puff from Afghanistan onwards, but prior to that this is one of the most engaging and engrossing films in the series. So many good scenes, all of them seemingly Fleming inspired.
Royale’s Ranking, Bondathon October 2017
1. From Russia With Love
2. On Her Majesty’s Secret Service
3. Casino Royale
4. Dr. No
5. Licence to Kill
6. Quantum of Solace
7. Skyfall
8. The Living Daylights
9. Thunderball
10. Goldfinger
11. For Your Eyes Only
12. Tomorrow Never Dies
13. The World Is Not Enough
14. GoldenEye
15. Moonraker
16. A View to a Kill
17. Diamonds Are Forever
18. Live and Let Die
19. Die Another Day
20. The Man With The Golden Gun
Next up, You Only Live Twice. ‘coz the literary Bond is rather a grumpy gus in both stories.
And the little scene at the end is very sweet. Kara is one of my favourite Bond girls.
Pfft Tatiana is the clingy one.
Yet, I still prefer Tatiana. Her mouth is probably just the right size.
Yes, that was a sudden turn. I personally don't mind that too much because she becomes resourceful all of a sudden, which is more up my alley.
I really enjoyed this one last night, as has been the case more recently. While I'm not ready to move it up in my rankings, I have to say it's one of the more enjoyable and entertaining Bond films for me. Full of colourful gaudiness and camp, this is a film that certainly doesn't take itself too seriously. To some degree, it's a sort of black comedy noir. Despite his portly appearance, I think Connery is in great form here. What some see as boredom, I see as perfectly nuanced insouciance. Every glance, twist of the lip, wry grin, or smooth delivery of a line is done like an old pro. The villain roster is quite charismatic, especially the double duo of Wint-Kidd, and Bambi-Thumper. For some reason last night my mind wandered back to one of my earliest viewings of this film as a kid, when I wondered what Kidd meant when he said "for a lady". One has to love the subtlety of these old films, which permits them to still serve as wholesome family entertainment. Bruce Glover is excellent at playing the overly sensitive other half. I'm a big fan of Charles Gray as Blofeld and think his exchange with Bond atop the Whyte Tower is one of the better ones in the series. As in so many other cases over the years, John Barry's score elevates both the film and several scenes within it, with some wonderful cues based off the main track. There isn't too much in the way of memorable action in this film, apart from the car chase perhaps (which is really well done). The special effects are outrageously bad too (particularly the explosions and scenes of soldiers disintegrating). Additionally, iIn some ways it's probably the most overtly cheesy Bond film. Nevertheless, despite such omissions and embarrassments, the film has oodles of charisma and memorable moments. It's confident film making by a crew that wasn't afraid to poke fun at itself or its history as it turned the corner into a new decade.
Absolutely. I'll take his DAF performance over YOLT (much as I do love that film) any day.
The entire sequence, from Bond's stepping onto the ledge and clambering around outside the Whyte House through his exchange with Gray and into the elevator, is fantastic -- perhaps one of the best in the series.
As a kid I remember liking Gray's Blofeld the best of all them. Telly was far more credible, menacing, and believable, but Gray is a lot more interesting to simply sit back and watch.
The moon buggy sequence is arguably the funniest unintentionally funny sequence in all Bond. I had many DAF-less years and upon first rewatching I'll never forget how hard it made me laugh.
Me too actually. He's definitely a lot more engaged and in tune with the energy of the film.
Definitely agree here too. As a kid I thought Gray and Pleasance were the definitive Blofelds. What I liked the most about Gray (which still holds true today) is that he is in the film (and interacts with Bond) quite a lot.
That's a good point actually. Pairs too.
This is the truth. Terrific sequence indeed.
Good point. He has plenty of screen time. We got lucky there.
Again, I’m a bit conflicted with this film. It is an overblown mess or an epic conclusion to the Connery/SPECTRE saga? For this run through I’m going to go with the latter.
Royale’s Ranking, Bondathon October 2017
1. From Russia With Love
2. On Her Majesty’s Secret Service
3. Casino Royale
4. Dr. No
5. Licence to Kill
6. Quantum of Solace
7. Skyfall
8. The Living Daylights
9. Thunderball
10. Goldfinger
11. For Your Eyes Only
12. You Only Live Twice
13. Tomorrow Never Dies
14. The World Is Not Enough
15. GoldenEye
16. Moonraker
17. A View to a Kill
18. Diamonds Are Forever
19. Live and Let Die
20. Die Another Day
21. The Man With The Golden Gun
Next up, Spectre – the underwhelming Blofeld connection.
YOLT really looks fantastic. When I watch it, the production value and cinematography is one of the main reasons why. Will have to watch it again soon, too.