Robert Cashill on A View To a Kill

Richard--W

A fair review:

http://www.slantmagazine.com/house/2010/06/summer-of-%E2%80%9985-a-view-to-a-kill/

Blackleiter

Fair and absolutely accurate.

Richard--W wrote:

A fair review:

http://www.slantmagazine.com/house/2010/06/summer-of-%E2%80%9985-a-view-to-a-kill/

Napoleon Plural

Never understood the hate for that film... it did what it said on the tin. Mad meglamaniac villain? Check? Fantastic ski pts? Check? Smash hit pop song? Check. Memorable, eccentric henchperson? Check. Amiable ally who you feel sorry for when he dies? Check. Bong girl without tediously contrived PC pretensions? Check Memorable stunts in set piece locations like Eiffel Tower and Golden Gate Bridge? Check. Bit of Thunderball-style Euro glamour at a chateau? Check. Good back up totty with Russian chick and Jenny Flex in jodpurs? Check. Roger Moore in good form, not too oily or self-regarding, not too overweight, as in previous two films? Check. Decent enough John Barry score? Check. Some ingeniously nasty scenes to give it an edge? Check. Memorable climax without it going on forever as with YOLT or TSWLM? Check.

Blackleiter

Boring plot and action sequences? Check! Roger Moore looking sluggish and way over-the-hill? Check! Wasted San Francisco locations? Check! Villain who turns ally at the end for no apparent reason? Check! Worst Bond girl ever? Check!

Eye of the beholder, my friend!

Napoleon Plural wrote:

Never understood the hate for that film... it did what it said on the tin. Mad meglamaniac villain? Check? Fantastic ski pts? Check? Smash hit pop song? Check. Memorable, eccentric henchperson? Check. Amiable ally who you feel sorry for when he dies? Check. Bong girl without tediously contrived PC pretensions? Check Memorable stunts in set piece locations like Eiffel Tower and Golden Gate Bridge? Check. Bit of Thunderball-style Euro glamour at a chateau? Check. Good back up totty with Russian chick and Jenny Flex in jodpurs? Check. Roger Moore in good form, not too oily or self-regarding, not too overweight, as in previous two films? Check. Decent enough John Barry score? Check. Some ingeniously nasty scenes to give it an edge? Check. Memorable climax without it going on forever as with YOLT or TSWLM? Check.