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[DanMan]

Gonna have to disagree. IMO it's the biggest bore of the series (except for the pre-title), and I can't stand Anya. Roger and Jaws were great though.

[4 Ur Eyez Only]

I think TSWLM is the one all Sean Fans love to bring up as great or Roger's onely great one..

I like it.. but I think Octopussy is the best 007 film.

[Qwerty]

Originally posted by 4 Ur Eyez Only


I like it.. but I think Octopussy is the best 007 film.

Yeah, I love Octopussy too, it's right up there with TSWLM, MR and LALD.

Roger Moore really had some style.

[Onyx2626]

No offense to Sardinia, but the whole time this movie is in Egypt is pretty excellent: Jaws at the pyramids, Roger at Fakesh's place. And if the Bond movies don't make you want to put on decent clothes and go to a nightclub, then you just don't like nightclubs. The Cairo nightclub scene is pure 007!! But the best is when Anya slams Jaws w/the van AND cuts Roger to the quick for once, though his refusal to panic in that scene is entertaining...all the other Bonds would've played that much differently IMO.

[CommanderBond]

No other Moore film can come close to beating TSWLM besides LALD or FYEO thats it. Plain and simple.The charactes are great and it had the best henchman besides Red Grant and they call him JAWS!!

[uvhadyrsix]

I liked Roger Moore when he was James Bond i thought LALD was a good
debut, now what was to follow was another thing TMWTGG was one
of his worst Bond films and MR would have be his second worst,true TSWLM was a good film but certainly not the best for Roger i would have picked as two of his best FYEO and Octopussy,as for the best Bond we are yet to see,but my favorites Dr.No,FRWL,GF,TB,YOLT the two roger Moore films i have mentioned.OHMSS,TLD,GOLDENEYE,TND.
The thing is you can always get something out of a Bond film even the
bad ones as i will still watch each film back to back.

[Von Hammerstein]

TSWLM is my favorite Roger film. Rog had the character down by then and even managed bring off ruthless for a second or two, something he had trouble with in the first two he did. Jaws was great, shame they had to play him for laughs in MR,
I liked Stromberg but they didn't give him the lines that a Bond villian needed. Drax in MR was much slicker and more evil, but still Stromberg remains one of my fav JB baddies. From the opening ski scene to the great title sequence to bang-up ending Spy is a classic James Bond film.

[DLibrasnow]

I love that scene where Roger is on the rooftop and he flicks his tie sending Sandor to his death. That was Roger being ruthless as 007.

"What a helpful chap!"

[4 Ur Eyez Only]

Originally posted by Qwerty


Yeah, I love Octopussy too, it's right up there with TSWLM, MR and LALD.

Roger Moore really had some style.

Yeah.. what a run huh!

TSWLM
MR
FYEO
Octopussy

Kick azz!

Imagine if they didn't make MR..

WHO else had 3 in a row like that!

Maybe sean.. but who can't make the first 3 great in the series when it goes 40 years:rolleyes:

making 10,11,12,13 is pretty amazing

[Doubleshot]

Originally posted by 4 Ur Eyez Only

WHO else had 3 in a row like that!

IMO, Brosnan had four in a row. :-)

[Genrewriter]

Connery had FRWL, GF and TB.

[4 Ur Eyez Only]

Originally posted by Doubleshot


IMO, Brosnan had four in a row. :-)

LOL 3 bad ones.. thats not in a row he was looking for

BUT to be honest.. I finally saw for free at the library DAD!.. and I have to say "They" finally started to get it right! I liked it!! I think this was teh first one where Pierce wasn't rippin off Sean.. I think this is his first one I didn't get that feel.. I think he was/they were giving it a John Glen/Roger feel!

I think it was clearly his best one.. and I finally consider a Pierce 007 Film part of the Other 007 actors!

The end with all that action wasn't great.. but the whole set up was nice! I wasn't bored.

[belvedere]

I believe the webbed hands are mentioned at one point, as well.

The other thing is that I thought was weird that they would give a neo-Nazi figure (let's face it, he wanted to create a super-race in Atlantis) a Jewish-sounding name!!!! Think about it...

[BondNumber7]

Originally posted by Triton
Jaws could have been one of the most horrific, menacing, and memorable villain's henchman in the entire James Bond series ranking above Harold Sakata as Oddjob.  Unfortunately, this potentially menacing character is used as comic relief and escapes from accidents unscathed that would kill mortal people. Jaws seems like he is the Coyote from a Warner Bros. Road Runner cartoon. This cartoon-like portrayal made the character a favorite of children everywhere. This lead to the "goodie" Jaws in Moonraker.

That is really missing the point. James Bond films are supposed to feature unbelievable plots, villians, and gadgets that are, for the most part, ridiculous, stupid, and preposterous and it's part of the fun. Jaws being able to survive all the dangerous situations Bond forces him into is intentional as he is no doubt supposed to be indestructable. Sure, he "escapes from accidents unscathed that would kill mortal people," but in James Bond's world, mortal people are rather dull and live in a silly world needlessly serious. James Bond films were never really supposed to be serious or believable and from the beginning we have seen idiotic things such as "the dragon that runs on diesel engines," Goldfinger's scheme to blow up fort knox, the volcano lair with a rocket that swallows space capsules, and LALD's Tee-Hee with that claw for a hand. These ridiculous elements are what James Bond films are all about. Jaws isn't only meant to please children, but please those who watch Bond films for their silly and preposterous fun; which is why most people enjoy them. And who said James Bond films had to be serious, adult entertainment? If you want serious characters, stick to the Godfather films. Jaws is one fo the most memorable villians, but if you want horrifying characters than Daniel Day Lewis's butcher in "Gangs of New York" might be your answer. But the Bond films are not supposed to be serious, scarry, or dramatic and maybe the weakness of Licence To Kill is that it took itself seriously.