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Miscellaneous / Verschiedenes » alt.fan.james-bond » Middling Bond Films
Middling Bond Films [message #240441] Do, 16 März 2006 01:26
Will Traynor  
What do you consider to be the most "average" Bond movies. In other words,
they have their great moments, but they also have some serious flaws. They
fall somewhere in the middle of the Bond pantheon of films. In other words,
they coulda been a contenda, lol.....I guess you could say they fall
somewhere on your 8-12 best Bond movie list. Let's have three.....I think
five is asking too much, lol.... Here's mine...

YOLT
LTK
TWINE
Re: Middling Bond Films [message #240445 ] Do, 16 März 2006 02:10
phil.gerrard1  
Will wrote:

> What do you consider to be the most "average" Bond movies. In other words,
> they have their great moments, but they also have some serious flaws. They
> fall somewhere in the middle of the Bond pantheon of films. In other words,
> they coulda been a contenda, lol.....I guess you could say they fall
> somewhere on your 8-12 best Bond movie list. Let's have three.....I think
> five is asking too much, lol.... Here's mine...

My three would be FYEO, OP, and YOLT. For me the first two are
well-intentioned but let down by their execution, whereas YOLT is
shoddily scripted but is lifted by the score and cinematography. If I
didn't admire Dalton's interpretation of Bond so much I'd probably
place TLD and LTK on this list as well.

Best

Phil
Re: Middling Bond Films [message #240446 ] Do, 16 März 2006 02:23
Will Traynor  
"phil.gerrard [at] ntlworld.com" <phil.gerrard1 [at] ntlworld.com> wrote in message
news:1142471433.863601.320580 [at] j52g2000cwj.googlegroups.com...
> Will wrote:
>
>> What do you consider to be the most "average" Bond movies. In other
>> words,
>> they have their great moments, but they also have some serious flaws.
>> They
>> fall somewhere in the middle of the Bond pantheon of films. In other
>> words,
>> they coulda been a contenda, lol.....I guess you could say they fall
>> somewhere on your 8-12 best Bond movie list. Let's have three.....I think
>> five is asking too much, lol.... Here's mine...
>
> My three would be FYEO, OP, and YOLT. For me the first two are
> well-intentioned but let down by their execution, whereas YOLT is
> shoddily scripted but is lifted by the score and cinematography. If I
> didn't admire Dalton's interpretation of Bond so much I'd probably
> place TLD and LTK on this list as well.
>
> Best
>
> Phil
>

I agree with you on OP: I seem to like it much more than most people on this
board. I think RM gave a very good performance in that movie. It was undone
by the ridiculous comedic moments, IMHO. I remember seeing that movie in the
theatre with my friends and we loved it. Of course, we were a few years
younger and a bit more immature, lol. But I have fond memories of that
movie. I like FYEO a bit more than you, and I think YOLT suffered from a
poor second half and Connery's sleepwalking bit. But I always enjoy the
locations, music and 60s style in that one.
Re: Middling Bond Films [message #240449 ] Do, 16 März 2006 04:43
WQ  
Will wrote:
> What do you consider to be the most "average" Bond movies. In other words,
> they have their great moments, but they also have some serious flaws. They
> fall somewhere in the middle of the Bond pantheon of films. In other words,
> they coulda been a contenda, lol.....I guess you could say they fall
> somewhere on your 8-12 best Bond movie list. Let's have three.....I think
> five is asking too much, lol.... Here's mine...
>
> YOLT
> LTK
> TWINE

--- Great moments but serious flaws, huh? I think I'd have to go with:

YOLT is the only one I can truly say had great moments but with serious
flaws.
NSNA really didn't have great moments in it, but it was such an
ordinary-feeling Bond movie that should've had a grander quality to it.
GE also didn't have great moments in it, but it also fell short of
being and feeling grander in scope and was weakened somewhat by its
editing.

Those would be the three that could've been contenders had their
execution been more savvy.
Re: Middling Bond Films [message #240454 ] Do, 16 März 2006 08:15
Min L Shaw  
For me, the most "average" Bond movies would be:

*Octopussy
The biggest knock on OP is that the script is schizophrenic. However,
since I respect the effort made to breed two Fleming short stories, I
can overlook that. Vijay is pretty good and the eyecandy is nice
(especially Kristina Wayborn), but the movie is just...generic.

*Tomorrow Never Dies
Great score, plausible premise and some good casting (Jonathan Pryce,
Michelle Yeoh). However, the chase scenes were (as has been noted in
other threads) too long and too obligatory, and I never liked Teri
Hatcher as Paris. Maybe it's because by 1997 she had been so
over-exposed I just didn't find her as exotic as a Bond girl should be.

*The Man with the Golden Gun
Good casting (Christopher Lee, Herve Villechaise, Maud Adams), great
scenery (Hong Kong), but beyond that the only thing I really enjoy
about the movie is (God help me) J.W. Pepper. The only reason I even
like Pepper is probably because Clifton James gave such an inspired
performance, playing the redneck sheriff to the hilt, but whatever the
case, I think it's one of the films few refreshing touches.
Re: Middling Bond Films [message #240475 ] Do, 16 März 2006 14:44
Will Traynor  
"Min L Shaw" <minlshaw [at] gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1142493349.762832.152860 [at] i39g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
> For me, the most "average" Bond movies would be:
>
> *Octopussy
> The biggest knock on OP is that the script is schizophrenic. However,
> since I respect the effort made to breed two Fleming short stories, I
> can overlook that. Vijay is pretty good and the eyecandy is nice
> (especially Kristina Wayborn), but the movie is just...generic.
>

I enjoyed the location work and the soundtrack as well.

> *Tomorrow Never Dies
> Great score, plausible premise and some good casting (Jonathan Pryce,
> Michelle Yeoh). However, the chase scenes were (as has been noted in
> other threads) too long and too obligatory, and I never liked Teri
> Hatcher as Paris. Maybe it's because by 1997 she had been so
> over-exposed I just didn't find her as exotic as a Bond girl should be.
>

I didn't think she and PB had any chemistry. I found it hard to believe that
they had any sort of past relationship. When she died, my reaction was,
"Whatever." And I don't think the producers wanted to evoke that sort of
reaction from the viewer. While Jonathan Pryce is a very good actor, I found
his character to be uninteresting and frankly, implausible. He is not a
memorable villain, IMHO.

> *The Man with the Golden Gun
> Good casting (Christopher Lee, Herve Villechaise, Maud Adams), great
> scenery (Hong Kong), but beyond that the only thing I really enjoy
> about the movie is (God help me) J.W. Pepper. The only reason I even
> like Pepper is probably because Clifton James gave such an inspired
> performance, playing the redneck sheriff to the hilt, but whatever the
> case, I think it's one of the films few refreshing touches.
>

You liked it more than I did !! lol....The funhouse sequences? The cliched
mobster hitman? But to each his/her own.
Re: Middling Bond Films [message #240482 ] Do, 16 März 2006 17:16
Min L Shaw  
Will, responding to my take on TMWTGG:
>> *The Man with the Golden Gun
> Good casting (Christopher Lee, Herve Villechaise, Maud Adams), great
> scenery (Hong Kong), but beyond that the only thing I really enjoy
> about the movie is (God help me) J.W. Pepper. The only reason I even
> like Pepper is probably because Clifton James gave such an inspired
> performance, playing the redneck sheriff to the hilt, but whatever the
> case, I think it's one of the films few refreshing touches.

>You liked it more than I did !! lol....The funhouse sequences? The cliched
>mobster hitman? But to each his/her own.

I didn't cite the funhouse or hitman as things I liked about the movie.
I said I like the casting of Scaramanga and Nick Nack, I like the
scenery of Hong Kong and Phu Ket (sp?) and I like the return of J.W.
Pepper. Everything else about the movie is what makes it "middling,"
to borrow your original word.
Re: Middling Bond Films [message #240486 ] Do, 16 März 2006 18:41
Will Traynor  
"Min L Shaw" <minlshaw [at] gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1142525814.285490.312730 [at] e56g2000cwe.googlegroups.com...
> Will, responding to my take on TMWTGG:
>>> *The Man with the Golden Gun
>> Good casting (Christopher Lee, Herve Villechaise, Maud Adams), great
>> scenery (Hong Kong), but beyond that the only thing I really enjoy
>> about the movie is (God help me) J.W. Pepper. The only reason I even
>> like Pepper is probably because Clifton James gave such an inspired
>> performance, playing the redneck sheriff to the hilt, but whatever the
>> case, I think it's one of the films few refreshing touches.
>
>>You liked it more than I did !! lol....The funhouse sequences? The cliched
>>mobster hitman? But to each his/her own.
>
> I didn't cite the funhouse or hitman as things I liked about the movie.
> I said I like the casting of Scaramanga and Nick Nack, I like the
> scenery of Hong Kong and Phu Ket (sp?) and I like the return of J.W.
> Pepper. Everything else about the movie is what makes it "middling,"
> to borrow your original word.
>

Yes, I read your original post, and I gave you reasons why I thought the
movie was less than middling. And we disagree on the return of J.W. Pepper.
His first appearance was bad enough, but bringing him back signaled to Bond
fans that they were not taking the movie seriously at all.
Re: Middling Bond Films [message #240491 ] Do, 16 März 2006 20:06
akaiser77  
For the, the "average" Bonds would be:

AVTAK
LALD
GE

I could add a couple more, but those strike me as eminently mediocre.
Now, if you wanted my "worst Bonds" list . . .

AK
Re: Middling Bond Films [message #240554 ] Sa, 18 März 2006 08:00
Min L Shaw  
Will digressed:

>And we disagree on the return of J.W. Pepper. His first appearance was bad enough, but bringing him back signaled to Bond fans that they were not taking the movie seriously at all.

I dunno... I mean, I think the case could be made that when Tiffany
Case pulled out "THE" James Bond's Playboy Club card in DAF, it was
pretty clear they stopped taking the series seriously. Ian Fleming
once wrote that Bond would, in fact, make for a poor secret agent
because he lived predominantly on scrambled eggs, and that any bad guys
looking for him would need only to ask a diner's waitress whether or
not an Englishman had been in that morning ordering scrambled eggs.
Still, even that's a long way from dimwitted Tiffany Case knowing who
secret agent 007 is by name.

As for Pepper... I figure, if they're gonna play it for laughs, he's
one of the more refreshing indulgences of the series. I get where
you're coming from on not liking him, though.
Re: Middling Bond Films [message #240558 ] Sa, 18 März 2006 15:21
Will Traynor  
"Min L Shaw" <minlshaw [at] gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1142665206.436637.158450 [at] z34g2000cwc.googlegroups.com...
> Will digressed:
>
>>And we disagree on the return of J.W. Pepper. His first appearance was bad
>>enough, but bringing him back signaled to Bond fans that they were not
>>taking the movie seriously at all.
>
> I dunno... I mean, I think the case could be made that when Tiffany
> Case pulled out "THE" James Bond's Playboy Club card in DAF, it was
> pretty clear they stopped taking the series seriously. Ian Fleming
> once wrote that Bond would, in fact, make for a poor secret agent
> because he lived predominantly on scrambled eggs, and that any bad guys
> looking for him would need only to ask a diner's waitress whether or
> not an Englishman had been in that morning ordering scrambled eggs.
> Still, even that's a long way from dimwitted Tiffany Case knowing who
> secret agent 007 is by name.
>
> As for Pepper... I figure, if they're gonna play it for laughs, he's
> one of the more refreshing indulgences of the series. I get where
> you're coming from on not liking him, though.
>

I agree with you about Tiffany Case, but she was a hell of a lot better to
look at ;-)
Re: Middling Bond Films [message #240559 ] Sa, 18 März 2006 17:49
edrhodes  
Will wrote:
> "phil.gerrard [at] ntlworld.com" <phil.gerrard1 [at] ntlworld.com> wrote in message
> news:1142471433.863601.320580 [at] j52g2000cwj.googlegroups.com...
> > Will wrote:
> >
> >> What do you consider to be the most "average" Bond movies. In other
> >> words,
> >> they have their great moments, but they also have some serious flaws.
> >> They
> >> fall somewhere in the middle of the Bond pantheon of films. In other
> >> words,
> >> they coulda been a contenda, lol.....I guess you could say they fall
> >> somewhere on your 8-12 best Bond movie list. Let's have three.....I think
> >> five is asking too much, lol.... Here's mine...
> >
> > My three would be FYEO, OP, and YOLT. For me the first two are
> > well-intentioned but let down by their execution, whereas YOLT is
> > shoddily scripted but is lifted by the score and cinematography. If I
> > didn't admire Dalton's interpretation of Bond so much I'd probably
> > place TLD and LTK on this list as well.
> >
> > Best
> >
> > Phil
> >
>
> I agree with you on OP: I seem to like it much more than most people on this
> board. I think RM gave a very good performance in that movie. It was undone
> by the ridiculous comedic moments, IMHO. I remember seeing that movie in the
> theatre with my friends and we loved it. Of course, we were a few years
> younger and a bit more immature, lol. But I have fond memories of that
> movie. I like FYEO a bit more than you, and I think YOLT suffered from a
> poor second half and Connery's sleepwalking bit. But I always enjoy the
> locations, music and 60s style in that one.

I came to the conclusion that OP was being set up to be both campy and
serious.

As long as Bond thinks he dealing with Fabrage egg smugglers, he
doesn't take the mission seriously and the film doesn't take itself
seriously. (Thus you get killer yo-yos and escape crocodiles) when Bond
realizes the plan is actually to blow up a military base, the gags seem
to disappear (haven't seen it in awhile, I could be wrong here.) My
favorite bit was him getting a lift from the German couple who are
trying to ply him with sausage while he's trying to get them to drive
faster!

One odd thing I noticed about the later part of the film is that when
Bond disguises himself as a clown (which didn't bother me, who would be
more invisable at a circus than a clown?) he manages to exactly copy
the disguise of the "OO" agent that gets killed in the pre-credits
sequence!
Re: Middling Bond Films [message #240561 ] Sa, 18 März 2006 17:53
edrhodes  
Will wrote:
> "Min L Shaw" <minlshaw [at] gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:1142493349.762832.152860 [at] i39g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
> > For me, the most "average" Bond movies would be:
> >
> > *Octopussy
> > The biggest knock on OP is that the script is schizophrenic. However,
> > since I respect the effort made to breed two Fleming short stories, I
> > can overlook that. Vijay is pretty good and the eyecandy is nice
> > (especially Kristina Wayborn), but the movie is just...generic.
> >
>
> I enjoyed the location work and the soundtrack as well.
>
> > *Tomorrow Never Dies
> > Great score, plausible premise and some good casting (Jonathan Pryce,
> > Michelle Yeoh). However, the chase scenes were (as has been noted in
> > other threads) too long and too obligatory, and I never liked Teri
> > Hatcher as Paris. Maybe it's because by 1997 she had been so
> > over-exposed I just didn't find her as exotic as a Bond girl should be.
> >
>
> I didn't think she and PB had any chemistry. I found it hard to believe that
> they had any sort of past relationship. When she died, my reaction was,
> "Whatever." And I don't think the producers wanted to evoke that sort of
> reaction from the viewer. While Jonathan Pryce is a very good actor, I found
> his character to be uninteresting and frankly, implausible. He is not a
> memorable villain, IMHO.
>
> > *The Man with the Golden Gun
> > Good casting (Christopher Lee, Herve Villechaise, Maud Adams), great
> > scenery (Hong Kong), but beyond that the only thing I really enjoy
> > about the movie is (God help me) J.W. Pepper. The only reason I even
> > like Pepper is probably because Clifton James gave such an inspired
> > performance, playing the redneck sheriff to the hilt, but whatever the
> > case, I think it's one of the films few refreshing touches.
> >
>
> You liked it more than I did !! lol....The funhouse sequences? The cliched
> mobster hitman? But to each his/her own.

....and let's not discuss exactly how quickly Bond can strip a funhouse
dummy and put on its clothing. Not to mention the fact that it's really
a GOOD thing for Bond Scaramanga (Scary Comic in Japan?) put live ammo
in the prop gun!
Re: Middling Bond Films [message #240563 ] Sa, 18 März 2006 17:57
edrhodes  
Min L Shaw wrote:
> Will digressed:
>
> >And we disagree on the return of J.W. Pepper. His first appearance was bad enough, but bringing him back signaled to Bond fans that they were not taking the movie seriously at all.
>
> I dunno... I mean, I think the case could be made that when Tiffany
> Case pulled out "THE" James Bond's Playboy Club card in DAF, it was
> pretty clear they stopped taking the series seriously. Ian Fleming
> once wrote that Bond would, in fact, make for a poor secret agent
> because he lived predominantly on scrambled eggs, and that any bad guys
> looking for him would need only to ask a diner's waitress whether or
> not an Englishman had been in that morning ordering scrambled eggs.
> Still, even that's a long way from dimwitted Tiffany Case knowing who
> secret agent 007 is by name.
>
> As for Pepper... I figure, if they're gonna play it for laughs, he's
> one of the more refreshing indulgences of the series. I get where
> you're coming from on not liking him, though.

To be fair, we don't know that Tiffany KNOWS there's a secret agent 007
at all. It looks like Bond has a reputation as a guy who's around when
there's trouble and generally leaves a lot of bodies behind. Someone on
the fringes of the underworld just might know that from rumors.
Re: Middling Bond Films [message #240568 ] Sa, 18 März 2006 22:07
Will Traynor  
<edrhodes [at] hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:1142700794.755856.11910 [at] j33g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
>
> Will wrote:
>> "Min L Shaw" <minlshaw [at] gmail.com> wrote in message
>> news:1142493349.762832.152860 [at] i39g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
>> > For me, the most "average" Bond movies would be:
>> >
>> > *Octopussy
>> > The biggest knock on OP is that the script is schizophrenic. However,
>> > since I respect the effort made to breed two Fleming short stories, I
>> > can overlook that. Vijay is pretty good and the eyecandy is nice
>> > (especially Kristina Wayborn), but the movie is just...generic.
>> >
>>
>> I enjoyed the location work and the soundtrack as well.
>>
>> > *Tomorrow Never Dies
>> > Great score, plausible premise and some good casting (Jonathan Pryce,
>> > Michelle Yeoh). However, the chase scenes were (as has been noted in
>> > other threads) too long and too obligatory, and I never liked Teri
>> > Hatcher as Paris. Maybe it's because by 1997 she had been so
>> > over-exposed I just didn't find her as exotic as a Bond girl should be.
>> >
>>
>> I didn't think she and PB had any chemistry. I found it hard to believe
>> that
>> they had any sort of past relationship. When she died, my reaction was,
>> "Whatever." And I don't think the producers wanted to evoke that sort of
>> reaction from the viewer. While Jonathan Pryce is a very good actor, I
>> found
>> his character to be uninteresting and frankly, implausible. He is not a
>> memorable villain, IMHO.
>>
>> > *The Man with the Golden Gun
>> > Good casting (Christopher Lee, Herve Villechaise, Maud Adams), great
>> > scenery (Hong Kong), but beyond that the only thing I really enjoy
>> > about the movie is (God help me) J.W. Pepper. The only reason I even
>> > like Pepper is probably because Clifton James gave such an inspired
>> > performance, playing the redneck sheriff to the hilt, but whatever the
>> > case, I think it's one of the films few refreshing touches.
>> >
>>
>> You liked it more than I did !! lol....The funhouse sequences? The
>> cliched
>> mobster hitman? But to each his/her own.
>
> ...and let's not discuss exactly how quickly Bond can strip a funhouse
> dummy and put on its clothing. Not to mention the fact that it's really
> a GOOD thing for Bond Scaramanga (Scary Comic in Japan?) put live ammo
> in the prop gun!
>

Actually, I never thought of that, lol
Re: Middling Bond Films [message #240760 ] Di, 21 März 2006 17:50
Draugnar  
My middling list would have to be:

DAF - Great eye-candy, but the "faked" moon-landing, stealing the moonbuggy,
etc. overrode the positives (like Bond's venture outside the white house in
Vegas).

LTK - I love the more personal revenge story, but having a semi cab pull a
wheelie and the general lower quality production hurt it. Had the money
been spent and the story done right, it would move up a few notches. But
even Dalton fine portrayal as a man out to avenge his friends can't save
this from being a middling film.

TND - While long listed here as having problems with the chase sequences,
they are some of what I enjoy in this film. That being said, I found Paris
Carver to be a non-sympathetic Bond girl, and has been pointed ut, I didn't
really care that she was dead. Likewise, Elliot Carver was just a slightly
psychotic businessman. None of the usual trappings that make for a great
Bond villain. Had Auric Goldfinger been as plain and uninspired as Elliot
Carver, we would not tout GF as one of the best of the Bonds. Even his plan
to trigger a war between China and Great Britian was whimpy. I mean, come
on, like this couldn't have still been brought back from the brink with the
US and Russia intervening on both sides? And it wasn't even original! At
least SPECTRE had the common sense to make the war be between the two
biggest powers of the day, the US and the USSR. But I did like the
helicopter chase, the car chase through the garage, and the PCS with Bond
stealing the fighter jet with the nuke. Plenty of good and bad to make it
just sort of average.

Draugnar
Re: Middling Bond Films [message #242590 ] Do, 23 März 2006 03:12
Will Traynor  
"Draugnar" <rbolin.no [at] spam.xomox.com> wrote in message
news:44202f4e$0$3757$39cecf19 [at] news.twtelecom.net...
> My middling list would have to be:
>
> DAF - Great eye-candy, but the "faked" moon-landing, stealing the
> moonbuggy, etc. overrode the positives (like Bond's venture outside the
> white house in Vegas).
>

Yeah, the Moon Buggy thing was pre-Roger Moore tripe. The Bambi and Thumper
fight scene is a big dud. But I still think Jill St. John was one of the
most beautiful women in a Bond movie, even though she portrayed a dunce. A
friend of mine saw her after a show in Vegas years ago and said her skin was
lilly white like a China doll. He said she was so stunning with her red hair
and light skin he couldn't take his eyes off her. But as usual, Connery
pulls off some great Bond lines, especially the Plenty O'Toole stuff and the
PCS "Speak up, darling, I can't hear you." And I enjoy the fight sequence in
the elevator with Peter Franks. It still amazes me how they went from OHMSS
to this. With a few changes, I can picture RM doing this film.

> LTK - I love the more personal revenge story, but having a semi cab pull a
> wheelie and the general lower quality production hurt it. Had the money
> been spent and the story done right, it would move up a few notches. But
> even Dalton fine portrayal as a man out to avenge his friends can't save
> this from being a middling film.
>
> TND - While long listed here as having problems with the chase sequences,
> they are some of what I enjoy in this film. That being said, I found
> Paris Carver to be a non-sympathetic Bond girl, and has been pointed ut, I
> didn't really care that she was dead. Likewise, Elliot Carver was just a
> slightly psychotic businessman. None of the usual trappings that make for
> a great Bond villain. Had Auric Goldfinger been as plain and uninspired
> as Elliot Carver, we would not tout GF as one of the best of the Bonds.
> Even his plan to trigger a war between China and Great Britian was whimpy.
> I mean, come on, like this couldn't have still been brought back from the
> brink with the US and Russia intervening on both sides? And it wasn't
> even original! At least SPECTRE had the common sense to make the war be
> between the two biggest powers of the day, the US and the USSR. But I did
> like the helicopter chase, the car chase through the garage, and the PCS
> with Bond stealing the fighter jet with the nuke. Plenty of good and bad
> to make it just sort of average.
>
> Draugnar
>
>
Re: Middling Bond Films [message #242594 ] Do, 23 März 2006 04:34
dgates  
On 18 Mar 2006 08:53:14 -0800, edrhodes [at] hotmail.com wrote:


>> > *The Man with the Golden Gun

>...and let's not discuss exactly how quickly Bond can strip a funhouse
>dummy and put on its clothing.

Aren't they wearing basically the same clothing, and all Bond has to
do is take the jacket?


>Not to mention the fact that it's really
>a GOOD thing for Bond Scaramanga (Scary Comic in Japan?) put live ammo
>in the prop gun!

Well, there's no doubt that that wasn't an accident. The film could
have easily not had Bond drop his gun.

I suppose you could make the case that Bond had a backup clip and
simply needed the dummy's gun.
Re: Middling Bond Films [message #242611 ] Do, 23 März 2006 11:44
edrhodes  
Will wrote:
> "Draugnar" <rbolin.no [at] spam.xomox.com> wrote in message
> news:44202f4e$0$3757$39cecf19 [at] news.twtelecom.net...
> > My middling list would have to be:
> >
> > DAF - Great eye-candy, but the "faked" moon-landing, stealing the
> > moonbuggy, etc. overrode the positives (like Bond's venture outside the
> > white house in Vegas).

We used to be big "Mystery Science Theatre 3000" fans, and my kid would
occassionally find moments to insert MSTs. Watching DAF, at the moment
Bond hits the moon buggy my kid shouted "Thunderbirds are Go!"

> Yeah, the Moon Buggy thing was pre-Roger Moore tripe. The Bambi and Thumper
> fight scene is a big dud. But I still think Jill St. John was one of the
> most beautiful women in a Bond movie, even though she portrayed a dunce. A
> friend of mine saw her after a show in Vegas years ago and said her skin was
> lilly white like a China doll. He said she was so stunning with her red hair
> and light skin he couldn't take his eyes off her. But as usual, Connery
> pulls off some great Bond lines, especially the Plenty O'Toole stuff and the
> PCS "Speak up, darling, I can't hear you." And I enjoy the fight sequence in
> the elevator with Peter Franks. It still amazes me how they went from OHMSS
> to this. With a few changes, I can picture RM doing this film.

Actually, I would like to have seen it the other way around. Let
Connery go out on the more serious film, then let the lightweight
Lazenby get his feet wet with the lighter movie.
Re: Middling Bond Films [message #242662 ] Fr, 24 März 2006 00:34
ahk  
At 2:44am -0800, 03/23/06, aedrhodes [at] hotmail.com wrote:

>We used to be big "Mystery Science Theatre 3000" fans, and my kid would
>occassionally find moments to insert MSTs. Watching DAF, at the moment
>Bond hits the moon buggy my kid shouted "Thunderbirds are Go!"

Heh. Good for the kid.
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