What an absolutely excellent write-up of some of the things that make Octopussy so immensely watchable.
I used to see Octopussy as something of a middle-of-the-road Bond, but for many of the reasons stated here always kept coming back for more. One day I realize that its just the ultimate Bond, the film that has it all. Perfect casting, Kamal Khan is perhaps the most elegant villain of all time, the locations are spot on, the flow of the script is wonderful, and dear old Roger got complete freedom in his acting. All this accompanied by one of John Barrys best scores.
Sure enough, with Moore firing one-liners at an ever impressive rate the film is bound to get criticised by the "Licence to Kill-crowd", but why not just see it as the escapist entertainment that it is, and was meant to be. Fans have always bashed OP for Bond dressing up as a clown during one of the most intense scenes - but fail to realise that this is when it all comes to a full circle - having "the 00-clown" we saw killed in the beginning finally win. Its very symbolic.
And come on, the Tarzan yell is just a sound effect and doesn't sound anything at all like Moore :007)
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What an absolutely excellent write-up of some of the things that make Octopussy so immensely watchable.
I used to see Octopussy as something of a middle-of-the-road Bond, but for many of the reasons stated here always kept coming back for more. One day I realize that its just the ultimate Bond, the film that has it all. Perfect casting, Kamal Khan is perhaps the most elegant villain of all time, the locations are spot on, the flow of the script is wonderful, and dear old Roger got complete freedom in his acting. All this accompanied by one of John Barrys best scores.
Sure enough, with Moore firing one-liners at an ever impressive rate the film is bound to get criticised by the "Licence to Kill-crowd", but why not just see it as the escapist entertainment that it is, and was meant to be. Fans have always bashed OP for Bond dressing up as a clown during one of the most intense scenes - but fail to realise that this is when it all comes to a full circle - having "the 00-clown" we saw killed in the beginning finally win. Its very symbolic.
And come on, the Tarzan yell is just a sound effect and doesn't sound anything at all like Moore :007)
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