I'm not a fan of it. Bond feels like a character-less action-hero put in place to show off the gadgetry of Little Nelly. Apart from locating Blofeld's volcano, it serves little story relevance. While the idea of Little Nelly was cool, the execution of the sequence was poor - it feels like a product placement to me.
I'm not a fan of it. Bond feels like a character-less action-hero put in place to show off the gadgetry of Little Nelly. Apart from locating Blofeld's volcano, it serves little story relevance. While the idea of Little Nelly was cool, the execution of the sequence was poor - it feels like a product placement to me.
As a critic once noted, another reason the sequence makes no sense is had Bond not flown around the area of the volcano, Blofeld's aerial guards would not have been alerted and Blofeld would have still thought his base's location was still unknown - at least until Bond and Kissy were caught snooping about later. It's another case of sacrificing logic for spectacle in this film.
I'm not a fan of it. Bond feels like a character-less action-hero put in place to show off the gadgetry of Little Nelly. Apart from locating Blofeld's volcano, it serves little story relevance. While the idea of Little Nelly was cool, the execution of the sequence was poor - it feels like a product placement to me.
As a critic once noted, another reason the sequence makes no sense is had Bond not flown around the area of the volcano, Blofeld's aerial guards would not have been alerted and Blofeld would have still thought his base's location was still unknown - at least until Bond and Kissy were caught snooping about later. It's another case of sacrificing logic for spectacle in this film.
But if Bond had not flown around the area of the volcano, how would Bond have found the suspicious volcano? I still don't see how it sacrifices logic.
There are probably many ways the location could have been revealed. A simple one is from an informant. Also, how is that there are ama divers and villages within close enough range of the volcano that know one in the area would have not seen a rocket blasting out of a volcano and returning? I live in Florida and we can see the fire of a launch vehicle from fifty miles away.
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There are probably many ways the location could have been revealed. A simple one is from an informant. Also, how is that there are ama divers and villages within close enough range of the volcano that know one in the area would have not seen a rocket blasting out of a volcano and returning? I live in Florida and we can see the fire of a launch vehicle from fifty miles away.
Indeed, sadly plausibility is not one of YOLT's strengths!
"The tough man of the world. The Secret Agent. The man who was only a silhouette." - Ian Fleming, Moonraker (1955).
-The space laser looks cool.
-Some passable action sequences.
-Las Vegas.
-The elevator fight.
Cons:
-Jill St. John doesn't do it for me, I find her performance unappealing.
-Plenty O'Toole is excess baggage, a good thing she's not in the movie for long.
-I don't like Grey's Blofeld. Where Pleasence was menacing, Grey strikes me as a cartoon when it comes to his Blofeld.
-My least fave Connery performance. His delivery just doesn't do it for me.
Overall, I'm not a fan of DAF, and give it a 6/10.
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We all know the cons of DAF, and it is a pretty **** Bond film overall, but at the right time, it's pretty darn enjoyable and funny.
DAD is bad too, but DAF isn't infuriatingly embarrassing.
I'd rather sit through DAD than DAF any day, even if DAD's plot is ripped off DAF.
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Recently, I re-visited Diamonds Are Forever (got it as a part of Sean Connery Vol 2 BD)
Pros:
* Strong 1st half
* Background score
* Lana Wood provides some humor esp. getting thrown in that pool
* The two assassins are interesting ("If at first you don't succeed, try try again")
Cons:
* Things seem to go downhill once Bond reconnects with Jill St. John in US (though the Hotel climb is an exception)
* Jill St. John - what is she doing in the Bond film ?:)
* US locations
* Blofeld dressed up as a lady
Sean Connery set up the stage nicely for Moore. The movie definitely would have been a big hit in the 70s and gathered a following, however it hasn't aged well like the other Sean Connery films
We all know the cons of DAF, and it is a pretty **** Bond film overall, but at the right time, it's pretty darn enjoyable and funny.
DAD is bad too, but DAF isn't infuriatingly embarrassing.
I'd rather sit through DAD than DAF any day, even if DAD's plot is ripped off DAF.
DAD is so unoriginal it rips off DAF plot with nobs on. Actually it rips off GE's plot which also rips off the DAF plot - which happened seven years earlier
But that is the least of their problems....
1. For Your Eyes Only 2. The Living Daylights 3 From Russia with Love 4. Casino Royale 5. OHMSS 6. Skyfall
We all know the cons of DAF, and it is a pretty **** Bond film overall, but at the right time, it's pretty darn enjoyable and funny.
DAD is bad too, but DAF isn't infuriatingly embarrassing.
I'd rather sit through DAD than DAF any day, even if DAD's plot is ripped off DAF.
DAD is so unoriginal it rips off DAF plot with nobs on. Actually it rips off GE's plot which also rips off the DAF plot - which happened seven years earlier
But that is the least of their problems....
now don't you start...
"You see Mr.Bond, you can't kill my dreams...but my dreams can kill you.Time to face destiny" - "Time to face gravity"
Yeah, DAD is unoriginal, but I can entertain myself watching it.
DAF feels like a painful chore to me.
GE does have a space weapon (like DAF does) but I prefer it by miles and miles over DAF.
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Connery's Dutch accent is hilarious. ( shame he doesn't do a Geordie one when impersonating Peter Franks.)
Cons
The production values are poor. The explosions look really fake
Tiffany Case's personality is inconsistant. She starts off as independant and resourceful when checking Bond's fingerprints, but then turns into a ditz when she is captured by Blofeld.
Charles Gray isn't threatening as Blofeld. He isn't really believeable as Blofeld for me.
whilst i like the humour in the film, some of the dialogue i don't like. "Hi Earnst! Is Superman giving you any trouble?"
Have you ever heard of the Emancipation Proclamation?"
Plot isn't the only factor I'm taking into consideration broadshoulder.
As a Bond fan, you know that a Bond film's plot is but a fraction of it.
You have to account for BGs, BVs, henchmen, and action sequences.
And the guy playing Bond.
Among other stuff I may have missed.
Besides, GE's plot isn't exactly the same as DAF's.
DAF's plot: Blofeld uses a space laser to hold the world's military powers for ransom. All he wants is money.
GE's plot: Trevelyan wants revenge because his parents were betrayed by Britain (being delivered to the Soviets after having defected), and wants to get it by causing a financial meltdown with the Goldeneye (or GoldenEye) satellite.
DAD's plot: Apparently, Graves has got something against the West and, if I'm not mistaken, wants to use his 2nd sun to unify the Koreas.
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Objectively, DAF may be better than any Brosnan Era movie, but who cares about objectivity?
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I think that the soundtrack to DAF isn't one of John Barry's best. I enjoy a few cues, such as Wint and Kidd's theme and the cue where the laser zaps its targets.
Have you ever heard of the Emancipation Proclamation?"
Yeah, not a fan of the score, too much of a jokey tone for me, makes the film feel all the more like a forced comedy, as far as I'm concerned.
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I think that the soundtrack to DAF isn't one of John Barry's best. I enjoy a few cues, such as Wint and Kidd's theme and the cue where the laser zaps its targets.
"007 and Counting" is one of the best tracks from all Bond scores. It shows how a piece of music can perfectly fit what's happening on screen but still be a meaningful piece of music outside of the context of the film. That piece alone makes the score brilliant. The main theme is fantastic and is used to great effect for the romantic scenes. "Circus, Circus" is a unique piece amongst the Bond scores. "Moon Buggy Ride" perfectly fits the scene and has a classic Bond sound mixed with playfulness. It has Connery's best gunbarrel music. And there's a new take on "007". DAF has one of the most diverse scores, yet everything fits perfectly together. And it probably is one of the best Bond scores for a standalone listen, though all of Barry's scores work well in this regard.
To me TMWTGG's score has a more epic feel to it, but yeah, opinions.
Interesting suggestion though, to hear DAF's score on its own.
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Yeah, not a fan of the score, too much of a jokey tone for me, makes the film feel all the more like a forced comedy, as far as I'm concerned.
I agree. While the DAF soundtrack does sound good. I've got no fondness for it, it is jokey and too light in tone. Title song is epic though.
TMWTGG soundtrack is FANTASTIC.
I'm confused that you don't like the DAF score because you think it's light, but not the TMWTGG score ?:) That one is by far the lightest and jokiest with the title theme, Nick Nack's theme, the funhouse music and the slide whistle. Even the Solex motif is rather light. I don't think anything in DAF is this light.
Nick Nack's theme, the funhouse music and the slide whistle.
There are certainly some light elements to TMWTGG's score - but obviously The Funhouse track has to be light because it has to work in context with the pictures. Return to The Funhouse is some pretty incredbile work, and the ending of it is extremely tense and deep.
The Goodnight Theme is beautiful and rich, and there are some pretty awesome elements to the score like the music when Bond is flying to the island and Scaramanga receives the call from the radar guys. Great stuff.
The slide whistle IMO isn't part of the soundtrack, it's a sound-effect.
Nick Nack's theme, the funhouse music and the slide whistle.
There are certainly some light elements to TMWTGG's score - but obviously The Funhouse track has to be light because it has to work in context with the pictures. Return to The Funhouse is some pretty incredbile work, and the ending of it is extremely tense and deep.
The Goodnight Theme is beautiful and rich, and there are some pretty awesome elements to the score like the music when Bond is flying to the island and Scaramanga receives the call from the radar guys. Great stuff.
The slide whistle IMO isn't part of the soundtrack, it's a sound-effect.
John Barry put the slide whistle in, so it counts as part of the score.
Grey is easily my least fave of the on-screen Blofelds in the franchise.
I just find him too unappealing as a villain. I like campy Bond films, but I think Bond villains themselves shouldn't be clownish in the way Grey's Blofeld is. I just can't take him seriously at all, perhaps due to the fact that he's a clownish villain.
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Pros
1. I love campy lighthearted Connery. I think the birth of the Roger Moore type bond was with Guy Hamilton. I feel like the Bond in Goldfinger and Diamond was very similar to Roger Moore's Bond.
2. Kidd and Wint
3. Bambi an Thumper
Cons
1. Some of the editing: The car on it's side thing, the moonbuggy wheel rolling around behind a nice crash stunt, Plenty's death is confusing without knowing about the story on the deleted scenes.
2. Blowfeld's demise was hilarious but a little anticlimactic.
I think the birth of the Roger Moore type bond was with Guy Hamilton. I feel like the Bond in Goldfinger and Diamond was very similar to Roger Moore's Bond.
Well, Hamilton was one of the campier Bond directors overall.
(Speaking subjectively) I feel that in DAF, they kinda tried to pull off a campy BF, but it was executed better in L&LD.
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Comments
8. TMwtGG 9. AVtaK 10. TSWLM 11. SF 12. LtK 13. TND 14. YOLT
15. NTtD 16. MR 17. LaLD 18. GF 19. SP 20. DN 21. TB
22. TWiNE 23. DAD 24. QoS 25. DaF
As a critic once noted, another reason the sequence makes no sense is had Bond not flown around the area of the volcano, Blofeld's aerial guards would not have been alerted and Blofeld would have still thought his base's location was still unknown - at least until Bond and Kissy were caught snooping about later. It's another case of sacrificing logic for spectacle in this film.
But if Bond had not flown around the area of the volcano, how would Bond have found the suspicious volcano? I still don't see how it sacrifices logic.
Indeed, sadly plausibility is not one of YOLT's strengths!
DAD is bad too, but DAF isn't infuriatingly embarrassing.
"Better make that two."
-The space laser looks cool.
-Some passable action sequences.
-Las Vegas.
-The elevator fight.
Cons:
-Jill St. John doesn't do it for me, I find her performance unappealing.
-Plenty O'Toole is excess baggage, a good thing she's not in the movie for long.
-I don't like Grey's Blofeld. Where Pleasence was menacing, Grey strikes me as a cartoon when it comes to his Blofeld.
-My least fave Connery performance. His delivery just doesn't do it for me.
Overall, I'm not a fan of DAF, and give it a 6/10.
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I'd rather sit through DAD than DAF any day, even if DAD's plot is ripped off DAF.
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Pros:
* Strong 1st half
* Background score
* Lana Wood provides some humor esp. getting thrown in that pool
* The two assassins are interesting ("If at first you don't succeed, try try again")
Cons:
* Things seem to go downhill once Bond reconnects with Jill St. John in US (though the Hotel climb is an exception)
* Jill St. John - what is she doing in the Bond film ?:)
* US locations
* Blofeld dressed up as a lady
Sean Connery set up the stage nicely for Moore. The movie definitely would have been a big hit in the 70s and gathered a following, however it hasn't aged well like the other Sean Connery films
DAD is so unoriginal it rips off DAF plot with nobs on. Actually it rips off GE's plot which also rips off the DAF plot - which happened seven years earlier
But that is the least of their problems....
now don't you start...
DAF feels like a painful chore to me.
GE does have a space weapon (like DAF does) but I prefer it by miles and miles over DAF.
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Wint and Kidd are entertaining henchmen.
The humour. "Baja?!"
Willard Whyte is an entertaining ally.
The Dutch locations
Connery's Dutch accent is hilarious. ( shame he doesn't do a Geordie one when impersonating Peter Franks.)
Cons
The production values are poor. The explosions look really fake
Tiffany Case's personality is inconsistant. She starts off as independant and resourceful when checking Bond's fingerprints, but then turns into a ditz when she is captured by Blofeld.
Charles Gray isn't threatening as Blofeld. He isn't really believeable as Blofeld for me.
whilst i like the humour in the film, some of the dialogue i don't like. "Hi Earnst! Is Superman giving you any trouble?"
" I don't listen to hip hop!"
3 films with the same plot??
As a Bond fan, you know that a Bond film's plot is but a fraction of it.
You have to account for BGs, BVs, henchmen, and action sequences.
And the guy playing Bond.
Among other stuff I may have missed.
Besides, GE's plot isn't exactly the same as DAF's.
DAF's plot: Blofeld uses a space laser to hold the world's military powers for ransom. All he wants is money.
GE's plot: Trevelyan wants revenge because his parents were betrayed by Britain (being delivered to the Soviets after having defected), and wants to get it by causing a financial meltdown with the Goldeneye (or GoldenEye) satellite.
DAD's plot: Apparently, Graves has got something against the West and, if I'm not mistaken, wants to use his 2nd sun to unify the Koreas.
New 2020 ranking (for now DAF and FYEO keep their previous placements)
1. TLD 2. TND 3. GF 4. TSWLM 5. TWINE 6. OHMSS 7. LtK 8. TMWTGG 9. L&LD 10. YOLT 11. DAD 12. QoS 13. DN 14. GE 15. SF 16. OP 17. MR 18. AVTAK 19. TB 20. FRWL 21. CR 22. FYEO 23. DAF (SP to be included later)
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" I don't listen to hip hop!"
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"007 and Counting" is one of the best tracks from all Bond scores. It shows how a piece of music can perfectly fit what's happening on screen but still be a meaningful piece of music outside of the context of the film. That piece alone makes the score brilliant. The main theme is fantastic and is used to great effect for the romantic scenes. "Circus, Circus" is a unique piece amongst the Bond scores. "Moon Buggy Ride" perfectly fits the scene and has a classic Bond sound mixed with playfulness. It has Connery's best gunbarrel music. And there's a new take on "007". DAF has one of the most diverse scores, yet everything fits perfectly together. And it probably is one of the best Bond scores for a standalone listen, though all of Barry's scores work well in this regard.
Listen to it on its own and it doesn't sound jokey. TMWTGG's score does.
Interesting suggestion though, to hear DAF's score on its own.
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I agree. While the DAF soundtrack does sound good. I've got no fondness for it, it is jokey and too light in tone. Title song is epic though.
TMWTGG soundtrack is FANTASTIC.
"Better make that two."
I'm confused that you don't like the DAF score because you think it's light, but not the TMWTGG score ?:) That one is by far the lightest and jokiest with the title theme, Nick Nack's theme, the funhouse music and the slide whistle. Even the Solex motif is rather light. I don't think anything in DAF is this light.
There are certainly some light elements to TMWTGG's score - but obviously The Funhouse track has to be light because it has to work in context with the pictures. Return to The Funhouse is some pretty incredbile work, and the ending of it is extremely tense and deep.
The Goodnight Theme is beautiful and rich, and there are some pretty awesome elements to the score like the music when Bond is flying to the island and Scaramanga receives the call from the radar guys. Great stuff.
The slide whistle IMO isn't part of the soundtrack, it's a sound-effect.
"Better make that two."
John Barry put the slide whistle in, so it counts as part of the score.
I just find him too unappealing as a villain. I like campy Bond films, but I think Bond villains themselves shouldn't be clownish in the way Grey's Blofeld is. I just can't take him seriously at all, perhaps due to the fact that he's a clownish villain.
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1. I love campy lighthearted Connery. I think the birth of the Roger Moore type bond was with Guy Hamilton. I feel like the Bond in Goldfinger and Diamond was very similar to Roger Moore's Bond.
2. Kidd and Wint
3. Bambi an Thumper
Cons
1. Some of the editing: The car on it's side thing, the moonbuggy wheel rolling around behind a nice crash stunt, Plenty's death is confusing without knowing about the story on the deleted scenes.
2. Blowfeld's demise was hilarious but a little anticlimactic.
He did not die though. He re-appeared in FYEO
Well, Hamilton was one of the campier Bond directors overall.
(Speaking subjectively) I feel that in DAF, they kinda tried to pull off a campy BF, but it was executed better in L&LD.
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"anti-pollution inspection"