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Post by PhantomKnight on Sept 14, 2015 13:16:16 GMT -5
Yeah, even I liked For Your Eyes Only. Not nearly as much as others, but still. Though I totally get Ian's complaint about monotony setting in.
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Post by SnoBorderZero on Sept 14, 2015 13:28:23 GMT -5
It's the second best Moore film after The Spy Who Loved Me. The rest range from crap to mediocre.
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Post by Neverending on Sept 14, 2015 16:44:53 GMT -5
Yeah, even I liked For Your Eyes Only. Not nearly as much as others, but still. Though I totally get Ian's complaint about monotony setting in. and you are casually watching these movies - which is kind of disappointing. There's hundreds of observations that could be made for each Bond movie. The series isn't as repetitive as you and Dracula claim. Each movie - good or bad - has things that make it stand apart. |
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Post by IanTheCool on Sept 15, 2015 7:59:58 GMT -5
Yeah, like terrible figure skaters.
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Post by Neverending on Sept 27, 2015 18:15:37 GMT -5
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Post by Dracula on Sept 27, 2015 18:42:58 GMT -5
It gets worse, before they fired them and brought on U2/Tina Turner there was supposed to be a completely different song for that movie by Ace of Base. No Joke. Would have been the funniest choice since A-Ha did The Living Daylights. The song was later re-written and released as "The Juvenile":
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Post by Neverending on Sept 27, 2015 19:10:48 GMT -5
DraculaLet's not forget Surrender by K.D. Lang for Tomorrow Never Dies. At least that one got in the end credits. Or Mr. Kiss Kiss Bang Bang for Thunderdome Or that song by The Pretenders for The Living Daylights, I think that one ended up in the end credits too.
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Post by Dracula on Sept 27, 2015 19:54:50 GMT -5
DraculaLet's not forget Surrender by K.D. Lang for Tomorrow Never Dies. At least that one got in the end credits. Or Mr. Kiss Kiss Bang Bang for Thunderdome Or that song by The Pretenders for The Living Daylights, I think that one ended up in the end credits too. The Pretenders song showed up a bunch in that movie whenever the henchman was listening to his walkman. |
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Post by PG Cooper on Sept 27, 2015 20:06:48 GMT -5
Not gonna lie, I like the Ace of Base song.
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Post by Neverending on Sept 27, 2015 22:08:44 GMT -5
The Pretenders song showed up a bunch in that movie whenever the henchman was listening to his walkman. Right. The milk man who kicks ass. |
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Post by Neverending on Sept 27, 2015 22:09:26 GMT -5
Not gonna lie, I like the Ace of Base song. It's not opening credits music. |
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Post by Jibbs on Sept 28, 2015 18:57:58 GMT -5
Shirley Bassey did one around Quantum of Solace...it was much better.
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Post by Neverending on Sept 29, 2015 16:55:30 GMT -5
Denis Villeneuve (Sicario) wants to direct a James Bond movie.
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Post by SnoBorderZero on Sept 29, 2015 16:57:15 GMT -5
Denis Villeneuve (Sicario) wants to direct a James Bond movie. He needs to stay focused on Blade Runner 2 first. He and Deakins are gonna knock it out of the park. |
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Post by Neverending on Sept 29, 2015 17:01:21 GMT -5
Denis Villeneuve (Sicario) wants to direct a James Bond movie. He needs to stay focused on Blade Runner 2 first. He and Deakins are gonna knock it out of the park. These Daniel Craig movies take a long time to make. There was a 4 year gap between Quantum and Skyfall, and a 3 year gap between Skyfall and Spectre. So it's possible he can make James Bond after Blade Runner 2. |
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Post by SnoBorderZero on Sept 29, 2015 17:13:37 GMT -5
He needs to stay focused on Blade Runner 2 first. He and Deakins are gonna knock it out of the park. These Daniel Craig movies take a long time to make. There was a 4 year gap between Quantum and Skyfall, and a 3 year gap between Skyfall and Spectre. So it's possible he can make James Bond after Blade Runner 2. Yeah, though Blade Runner 2 likely won't begin shooting until next year at the earliest. So if he was to direct the next Bond we could be looking at something close to 5 years down the line, and by then Craig might not even be Bond anymore. He and Deakins work great together, so those two making a Bond film could be spectacular. |
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Post by Neverending on Sept 29, 2015 17:44:45 GMT -5
These Daniel Craig movies take a long time to make. There was a 4 year gap between Quantum and Skyfall, and a 3 year gap between Skyfall and Spectre. So it's possible he can make James Bond after Blade Runner 2. Yeah, though Blade Runner 2 likely won't begin shooting until next year at the earliest. So if he was to direct the next Bond we could be looking at something close to 5 years down the line, and by then Craig might not even be Bond anymore. He and Deakins work great together, so those two making a Bond film could be spectacular. Deakins did Skyfall and got an Oscar nomination for it. |
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Post by Dracula on Sept 29, 2015 19:24:33 GMT -5
Denis Villeneuve (Sicario) wants to direct a James Bond movie. That might be a good gig for him, he's a good craftsman but he's a little too... stupid... to pull off the whole indie prestige thing. He keeps getting his hands on these misguided scripts filled with melodramatic flourishes and has no idea how to reign them in. |
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Post by SnoBorderZero on Sept 30, 2015 9:57:05 GMT -5
Yeah, though Blade Runner 2 likely won't begin shooting until next year at the earliest. So if he was to direct the next Bond we could be looking at something close to 5 years down the line, and by then Craig might not even be Bond anymore. He and Deakins work great together, so those two making a Bond film could be spectacular. Deakins did Skyfall and got an Oscar nomination for it. I know that, I'm talking about him and Villeneuve. |
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Post by PhantomKnight on Oct 4, 2015 16:30:54 GMT -5
A VIEW TO A KILL (1985)
When it comes to my opinions on each of these James Bond movies, I know I'm starting to sound like a broken record, but that also seems to be par for the course with the franchise in and of itself, so it only seems fitting in a way. Seriously, I'm running out of things to say with each movie I watch because I keep having mostly the same experience with them, and honestly, I'm getting pretty bored with this franchise. But on the bright side, Roger Moore's run finally comes to an end with this film, and while I've enjoyed him in the role for the most part, I'm glad the series can finally usher in some new blood.
A View to a Kill is pretty much the norm for a Bond film, and just as stale as you'd expect. Even with someone like Christopher Walken playing the villain, this movie just struggles to stay interesting. To its credit, though, I actually found the first half, where Bond is sneaking around Walken's character's estate decent enough, mainly because it keeps things simple and straightforward during that stretch, but once it gets to the stuff that's typical of the franchise, my interest steadily dropped. This has been said by many, but it really does bear repeating: Roger Moore's age at the time of this film is definitely noticeable and as a result, really distracting during the action scenes and especially the scenes where Bond seduces women. And maybe because of that, the feeling of "been-there, done-that" is especially strong in this movie.
Actually, I HAD already seen A View to a Kill ten years ago, but my memory was too hazy to recall what I thought back then. Not that it really matters, anyway.
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Post by Neverending on Oct 4, 2015 16:40:02 GMT -5
I'm running out of things to say 1. You didn't mention The Beach Boys in the pre-credit scene. Jibbs LOVES that scene. 2. You didn't mention Duran Duran. Dracula LOVES their song for this movie. 3. You didn't mention Grace Jones. Doomsday masturbates every time she's on screen. 4. You didn't mention the awesome action scene with the car breaking into pieces. PG Cooper loves that scene. 5. You didn't mention the ending on top of the Golden State Bridge. SnoBorderZero LOVES that scene. And most importantly, you didn't mention John Barry's badass score: |
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Post by PhantomKnight on Oct 4, 2015 17:03:17 GMT -5
I'm running out of things to say 1. You didn't mention The Beach Boys in the pre-credit scene. Jibbs LOVES that scene. 2. You didn't mention Duran Duran. Dracula LOVES their song for this movie. 3. You didn't mention Grace Jones. Doomsday masturbates every time she's on screen. 4. You didn't mention the awesome action scene with the car breaking into pieces. PG Cooper loves that scene. 5. You didn't mention the ending on top of the Golden State Bridge. SnoBorderZero LOVES that scene. And most importantly, you didn't mention John Barry's badass score: To all of that, I say this: meh. |
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Post by Neverending on Oct 4, 2015 17:11:31 GMT -5
To all of that, I say this: meh.  |
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Post by PG Cooper on Oct 4, 2015 17:13:01 GMT -5
John Barry's score and Christopher Walken are great. Rest of the movie sucks. Oh, the tire scene is kind of neat.
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Post by Neverending on Oct 4, 2015 17:15:08 GMT -5
John Barry's score and Christopher Walken are great. Rest of the movie sucks. Stop badmouthing Grace Jones. She's the only Bond girl that's more man than Bond. |
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