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Originally Posted by MacBlayne  TMWtGG is watchable fluff, but it feels cheap. The pace is sluggish, the action isn't thrilling for the most part, and the photography is flat and lacking colour (which is all the more obvious after Live and Let Die). It feels like something that was quickly made, and everybody is just going through the motions. Except Moore and Lee (and Ekland's bikini), who are giving all they can to keep the film watchable. And points to the villain's lair, and the cracking theme song.
AVtaK has all of the pros from above (except bikini), but it also feels expensive (scope photography) even if Moore's stunt doubles are a bit more obvious. |
I love the South China Seas locations in Golden Gun, not to mention a very charismatic performance by Christopher Lee. The gun itself is awesome - i've seen it at a Bond car museum display at Leeds Royal Armouries - and then there's that incredible aerial twist car jump. For that alone it's better than
A View to a Kill.
The one issue i have with
A View to a Kill is i think following the excellent opening the stuff, and there's a lot of it, at the races and stud farm is really dull.
I'm not saying AVTAK is rubbish, no chance. I always enjoy it as i do with every Bond film now that i've come to appreciate the Craig films that followed Casino Royale, and i've seen it way more times than i've seen
The Exorcist or
Evil Dead for example.