Views on 'A View To A Kill' |
Views on 'A View To A Kill'
#1
Posted 23 May 2005 - 02:14 AM
#2
Posted 23 May 2005 - 02:26 AM
#3
Posted 23 May 2005 - 02:34 AM
20 years later we find ourselves in the same predicament: A tired series bereft of energy and creativity, an aging on his way out star and uncertainty...I hope a Dalton type star and TLD type film is in store for us.
Agreed, Tarl_Cabot though I do like the first 90 minutes of Die Another Day more than many on this forum and my initially negative views on A View To A Kill have softened somewhat though I still think it's the weakest Roger Moore Bond. I hope Casino Royale turns out to be for the 2000s what The Living Daylights was for the 1980s.
#4
Posted 23 May 2005 - 03:05 AM
#5
Posted 23 May 2005 - 08:03 AM
20 years later we find ourselves in the same predicament: A tired series bereft of energy and creativity, an aging on his way out star and uncertainty...I hope a Dalton type star and TLD type film is in store for us.
Agreed, Tarl_Cabot though I do like the first 90 minutes of Die Another Day more than many on this forum and my initially negative views on A View To A Kill have softened somewhat though I still think it's the weakest Roger Moore Bond. I hope Casino Royale turns out to be for the 2000s what The Living Daylights was for the 1980s.
I'll up the ante, I hope Casino Royale is to 2006 what Goldfinger was to 1964!
Great article... can't believe it's been 20 years. This may well be the first Bond I saw in the cinema, although the first I remember is Moonraker (a matine).
#6
Posted 23 May 2005 - 11:10 AM
#7
Posted 23 May 2005 - 11:34 AM
A fine film that's not without its flaws, but deserves much more credit than people give it.
It has some of the best action sequences in the whole series and for that, I rank it highly, but it also proves to be two hours of good fun.
#8
Posted 23 May 2005 - 04:28 PM
I like AVTAK. Maybe it's not the best Bond, but it has some good moments, it's Roger, and I have fond memories connected to this film and that time in my life. I even went to the AVTAK world premiere in San Francisco. That was a great evening for a young Bond fan.
Happy 20th, AVTAK.
#10
Posted 23 May 2005 - 04:46 PM
#11
Posted 23 May 2005 - 04:56 PM
The last of the good old-fashioned "fun" Bond films, actually.
Just to expand on that on a little, a strong streak of miserablism entered the series with the Dalton era and never really went away. A VIEW TO A KILL was the last film in which we had a Bond not tormented by "his demons" and/or embarking on a "personal" mission. I really wish we could once again see a Bond flick in the MAN WITH THE GOLDEN GUN/SPY WHO LOVED ME/MOONRAKER/OCTOPUSSY/AVTAK vein, but I somehow doubt we ever will.
#12
Posted 23 May 2005 - 05:21 PM
The last of the good old-fashioned "fun" Bond films, actually.
Just to expand on that on a little, a strong streak of miserablism entered the series with the Dalton era and never really went away. A VIEW TO A KILL was the last film in which we had a Bond not tormented by "his demons" and/or embarking on a "personal" mission. I really wish we could once again see a Bond flick in the MAN WITH THE GOLDEN GUN/SPY WHO LOVED ME/MOONRAKER/OCTOPUSSY/AVTAK vein, but I somehow doubt we ever will.
Precisely why I favor Gerard Butler. He can do "fun" quite well. And he could also be "Bourne-like" (i.e., straight-faced -kicking). Which is why I'm surprised you're so down on him, Loom.
#13
Posted 23 May 2005 - 05:28 PM
The last of the good old-fashioned "fun" Bond films, actually.
Just to expand on that on a little, a strong streak of miserablism entered the series with the Dalton era and never really went away. A VIEW TO A KILL was the last film in which we had a Bond not tormented by "his demons" and/or embarking on a "personal" mission. I really wish we could once again see a Bond flick in the MAN WITH THE GOLDEN GUN/SPY WHO LOVED ME/MOONRAKER/OCTOPUSSY/AVTAK vein, but I somehow doubt we ever will.
Precisely why I favor Gerard Butler. He can do "fun" quite well. And he could also be "Bourne-like" (i.e., straight-faced -kicking). Which is why I'm surprised you're so down on him, Loom.
Yeah, I guess it seems a bit contradictory: I champion Owen and Craig while calling for lighthearted, MAN WITH THE GOLDEN GUN-type films. As for Butler, I don't think I've seen anything of his apart from the Lara Croft movie. I thought he was quite good in that and definitely had Bond potential, but somehow I don't see him as either a brave or an exciting choice. He'd "do", I guess, but I just can't get enthusiastic about the idea of him as 007 (I feel the same about the likes of Gruffudd and McMahon). Maybe I should check out more of his work.
#14
Posted 23 May 2005 - 07:06 PM
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Posted 23 May 2005 - 07:12 PM
#16
Posted 23 May 2005 - 07:55 PM
The one big thing I remember early on in the film was it was in the main auditorium of an old theater where they had recently added a second auditorium upstairs. When California Girls started playing, I wondered if there was a sound problem with the other film playing and it got mixed in with the AVTAK soundtrack, and it took a few minutes to realize it was actually part of the AVTAK soundtrack.
AVTAK still remains near the bottom of my list, but the enthusiasm so many people here show for it kind of rubs off on me a bit and I give it a little more slack.
#17
Posted 23 May 2005 - 11:16 PM
#18
Posted 24 May 2005 - 12:18 AM
#20
Posted 24 May 2005 - 01:07 AM
I remember the audience cheeing during the pretitles, and laughing aloud at Bond's jokes while interacting with MacNee.
The Eiffel Tower scene was impressive as was the Golden Gate Bridge. My mother loathed Walken shooting everyone in the shaft sequence, saying "I hope they bring Connery back nexy time."
As for me, all the kids thought it was the best Bond ever made. They must've not seen FRWL were my thoughts.
Still 20 years later, a fun, though flawed OO7 adventure. It was the DAD of the 80s.
#21
Posted 24 May 2005 - 02:13 AM
20 years later we find ourselves in the same predicament: A tired series bereft of energy and creativity, an aging on his way out star and uncertainty...I hope a Dalton type star and TLD type film is in store for us.
Agreed, Tarl_Cabot though I do like the first 90 minutes of Die Another Day more than many on this forum and my initially negative views on A View To A Kill have softened somewhat though I still think it's the weakest Roger Moore Bond. I hope Casino Royale turns out to be for the 2000s what The Living Daylights was for the 1980s.
I'll up the ante, I hope Casino Royale is to 2006 what Goldfinger was to 1964!
Now that would be nice but I don't want to do that. Sets up too big of a possibility for disappoinment.
The last of the good old-fashioned "fun" Bond films, actually.
Just to expand on that on a little, a strong streak of miserablism entered the series with the Dalton era and never really went away. A VIEW TO A KILL was the last film in which we had a Bond not tormented by "his demons" and/or embarking on a "personal" mission. I really wish we could once again see a Bond flick in the MAN WITH THE GOLDEN GUN/SPY WHO LOVED ME/MOONRAKER/OCTOPUSSY/AVTAK vein, but I somehow doubt we ever will.
I watched the first 20 minutes of A View To A Kill the other night and thought for all its weaknesses, at least it is refreshingly devoid of the "angst" and sometimes soap opera-ish elements of the Brosnan-era even though I think Moonraker, Octopussy, The Spy Who Loved Me and even The Man With The Golden Gun all do the "fun-Roger Moore-romp-type" 007 film better than A View To A Kill does IMHO.
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Posted 24 May 2005 - 03:31 AM
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Posted 28 May 2005 - 05:43 PM
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Posted 28 May 2005 - 08:48 PM
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Posted 29 May 2005 - 05:33 AM
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Posted 29 May 2005 - 05:34 AM