Mike, First of His Name
I've spent my sick day on the couch resuming my "watch all the Bond movies" project. Finally left the Roger Moore era, geez that was a slog.
We're at the point where I actually remember these films coming out now, and seeing posters and displays at my local cinema.
Pretty sure Licence to Kill was the first one I went to see when it came out.
Mike, First of His Name
@adz I dunno what I was expecting when I watched that one but Lazenby made no impression on me at all. I guess I'd heard a lot about how good he was and maybe I was expecting him to transcend the source material somehow, which is still pretty deeply flawed, especially in the productions of that era.
Adam Karkowski
@mike There are some obvious problems with it. Especially the dubbing. But it's the only Bond where:
1. The woman resists him for some time.
2. He falls for her (possibly even more than she for him).
3. Bond appears defeated, then she swoops in and saves him.
4. He marries her.
5. Bond basically cries.
6. Ends on a sad note.
Most unusual Bond ever made.
Adam Karkowski
@mike George Lazenby was surprisingly good. That one gets frequently panned, but it's one of my favourites.
Zapatit0 Sub sub comandante Z0
@mike
THAT MOMENT YOU REALIZE ALL BOND FILMS DESCRIBED THE CURRENT DYSTOPIA OF BOND VILLAIN TECHNOLOGY OLIGARCHS LIKE THIEL TRUMP MUSK ZUCKERBERG BEZOS GATES π
Mike, First of His Name
I think Licence to Kill is my favourite in the watch-through so far. A bit too long (but they all are really), dragged a bit in the middle, but the truck chase at the end was like an 80s Fast and Furious movie.
Shame that's all of Dalton. I liked him in the role.
Ash Furrow
@mike yeah, Dalton is underrated imo
Mike, First of His Name
@ashfurrow I liked the more grounded production as much as anything, and I am probably influenced by the fact I love Dalton in so many other things. I thought about Hot Fuzz a LOT while watching his two Bond movies.
Still I'd really like to see an alternate universe version of Goldeneye with him in it.
Mike, First of His Name
I've now finished Die Another Day, so I'm at the end of the "classic" Bond series, I guess. What a dull finale though, but it sure is a perfect example of an early 21st century action movie, isn't it? So many predicable tropes just wheeled out in sequence.
Into the home stretch with the Daniel Craig run now.
David de Groot π
@mike Daniel Craig is a very different Bond indeed. Much grittier.
Mike, First of His Name
@dadegroot yeah I saw most of them, except Spectre I think, when they came out from this point on. Kinda like this take.
After this binge though, I kinda want them to go back and do the next few as period pieces set in the 60s now. I think contemporising Bond is just pushing it too hard now without compromising what actually works and is fun.
Making them historic thrillers might be the only interesting option left.
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