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Many people have commented on the fact that A View To A Kill is the worst Bond movie. I, however, feel that this is just the best James Bond movie of all.
Many people commented on Tanya Roberts' "horrible" performance as Stacey Sutton, a gorgeous geologist with a grudge against Max Zorin, played amazingly by Christopher Walken. If you think about it, Tanya Roberts is actually very good at playing the role exactly the way it was meant to be played. You have to give her some credit, because she took this movie's terrible script (the only bad part) and did everything she could with this very flat Bond girl. Also, the character of Stacey is almost exactly like the previous Bond girls, if you exclude Maud Adams' forgettable performance as the title role in "Octopussy". Although state geologist isnt as cool as the NASA scientist/CIA agent Holly Goodhead in "Moonraker", it is still a very good profession that deserves more credit.
Another good part of this movie are the locations. The Eiffel Tower, which provided for an amazing Bond-moment: Grace Jones jumping off the top and parachuting down, Chateu Chantilly acting as Max Zorin's estate, and of course the amazingly done fight climax scene on the top of Golden Gate Bridge.
Another frequently criticized thing is Roger Moore's age. Although he was too old to play the part, I think he looked fine and was perfect for this movie (can you see Timothy Dalton or Pierce Brosnan as Bond in this movie?)
Overall, this is an amazing movie that all should enjoy. I give it 10 stars out of 10 stars!
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Roger Moore must love skiing coz he's at it again in the pre-credit sequence, complete with a terrible version of "California Girls"(though regardless of this silly part, the film tries to go for a more serious tone like For Your Eyes Only). This movie isn't looked upon so highly by fans. Most complaints seem to be about Bond's age. Sure, Moore looks pretty ancient by this time, but it that's what makes it kinda funny. It's the same campy and fun feeling I get when I see a 64 year old Bronson wiping up the streets of New York with street gang punks in Death Wish 3. In fact, Moore must be getting senile or have cataracts coz he voluntarily has sex with Grace Jones(okay, fine. Maybe I'd do it just to say I did, but keep that under your hats). Anyhow, aren't British secret service agents allowed to be over 50? Anyhow, plotwise it's pretty much Goldfinger with microchips replacing gold. Christopher Walken plays a more psychotic brand of Bond villain. John Steed(Patrick Macnee) himself even shows up in a small role. Tanya "Beastmaster" Roberts looks wonderful, but is pretty much just a screaming damsel in distress. I do like the way she screams, "James!" Kind of makes me wish my name was James. Regardless of it's critics, I think this film is rather fun, and Moore, though older, certainly knows the role and keeps his dignity as Bond. Personally I think he went out with a bang.
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Posting a few comments about Roger Moore's film "ffolkes" has inspired me to take a crack at one of his Bond efforts. It's not an easy task reviewing one of these films, let me tell you. I've seen most of the Bond movies so many times that I ought to be able to write up a review in my sleep. The problem comes when deciding WHICH Bond film to review first. So many of them deserve the honor that I'm having trouble deciding. Oh well, I'll just toss out "A View to a Kill" and let it go at that. This 1985 entry, Roger Moore's last outing as 007, certainly isn't the franchise's finest hour. I consider "Octopussy," "For Your Eyes Only," and even "Moonraker" better Roger Moore/Bond films than "A View to a Kill." Yet there's something special going on here that is irresistible. Perhaps it's Christopher Walken hamming it up as the villain, or Grace Jones scowling her way through her part as Walken's primary henchman (henchwoman?). Perhaps it's seeing Dolph "I will break you" Lundgren in a bit part. Or maybe it's the fact that "A View to a Kill" is the only Bond film I've watched on DVD. Whatever the case, here we go.
James Bond has had to contend with numerous villains over the years, villains whose sole goal is to conquer, destroy, or otherwise irreparably damage the planet. "A View to a Kill" is, of course, no exception. This time around Bond must stare down a power mad super industrialist and KGB sleeper operative called Max Zorin (Christopher Walken). Of course, the movie takes a bit of time establishing the particulars. The opening sequences of the movie, as in all Bond films, show 007 pulling off a spectacular escape usually unrelated to the main plot. In this film it involves an interesting snowboarding sequence somewhere in the Arctic. Did they have snowboarding back in the 1980s? Apparently, and Bond's a natural. Then we move on to the main story, involving some cryptic plot centered on silicon computer chips. Bond has to discover what the scheme is, kick some you know what, and save the world in the process. He also has to bed as many beautiful women as possible, banter with Moneypenny (Lois Maxwell), and verbally spar with Q (Desmond Llewelyn) and M (Robert Brown). All while looking like a million bucks...er, pounds. That Moore pulls it off despite his age (58) is a tribute to his acting abilities.
Zorin's quest to corner the market on computer chips involves, let me say without trying to spoil the movie, taking advantage of certain tectonic fault lines in and around Silicon Valley. The specifics of the plot involve a trip to Paris and a chase scene on and around the Eiffel Tower, a jaunt into the French countryside to Zorin's sumptuous estate, drugging horses to win races, a visit from series regular General Gogol (Walter Gotell), an ominous subtext revolving around Dr. Carl Motner (Willoughby Gray) and German World War II racial experiments, an out of control fire engine in San Francisco, pumping stations with fans that can chew up human bodies, and a battle of the ages on a blimp floating over the Golden Gate bridge. Whew! And that's leaving a ton of stuff out! As you can see, the makers of "A View to a Kill" pack in plenty of action and scenery to keep us busy. They also throw in the supremely annoying Tanya Roberts as Bond girl Stacy Sutton. A good drinking game would involve tossing back some booze whenever Roberts screams "JAMES!" It's all a lot of fun, however, and Moore's usual wit and manners keep the movie humming along nicely.
I see I've still got some space to blather on, so I'll use it on a few points of interest. I'm a big Christopher Walken fan, which means "A View to a Kill" gives me plenty of scenes to feed my fix. Walken is totally in his element here as the unbalanced Zorin. His cackles of delight as he murders anyone who gets in his way is a lot of fun to watch--especially the scenes in the mine. The utter joy he takes in machine-gunning hapless workers comes across as pretty shocking imagery for a Bond film. Just as delightful as Walken is Grace Jones as May Day, although in a different way. I've never been a fan of the strange Jones, but she's good villain material. Her baleful countenance serves the movie well. Whatever happened to her, anyway? So we've got Moore, Walken, and Grace Jones. Could it get any better? Yep. "A View to a Kill" also gives us Patrick Macnee in a small role as Sir Godfrey Tibbett, one of Bond's associates who goes undercover with him to infiltrate Zorin's French estate. The two men play well off of each other, bantering back and forth in an extremely humorous fashion. Despite the film's drawbacks--by and large Tanya Roberts incessant shrieking--"A View to a Kill" is a movie I can watch again and again.
I appreciated the number of extras on the DVD. MGM gives us an audio commentary with director John Glen, a short documentary on the making of the film, a deleted scene, a short about creating the music for the Bond series, and the now incredibly cheesy Duran Duran music video that was such an enormous hit on MTV back in the day. I enjoyed the DVD so much that I'm hoping to check out other Bond films on disc in the near future. As I said above, I've seen nearly all of them many times. But now that I know most contain bonus features and commentary tracks, I'm interested in giving them another go on DVD. You should, too.
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VIEW TO A KILL should have let Roger Moore bow out with class appropriate and fitting to the 007 mode. Instead, it's a high budget MTV video with all the mid-1980's trappings: Duran Duran, Grace Jones, San Francisco. It appears Roger had alot of fun screaching "stretch" to Tanya Roberts, maybe he was auditioning for his next career as an aeorbics teacher (remember this is 1985). This one gets saved by Christopher Walken's over the top performance and the double Duran theme song that ranks high in their songbook. Why didn't Simon LeBon have a walk on part?
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Oops - is dissing the grandaddy of all Bond films a No-No? Oh well - who cares - I have to rank View To A Kill near the bottom of the barrel (along with the aforementioned Dr. No, Octopussy, and Diamonds Are Forever).
Let's face it - Moore was simply the least Bond-like of the actors. Yes, he brought alot of "fun" to the role - but Bond isn't supposed to be fun - he's supposed to be a cold blooded killer! Connery, Dalton, and even Lazenby had it more dead on than Moore did!
But even so, Moore managed to have a few good outings - most notably Live and Let Die and For Your Eyes Only. FYEO would have been his best option to end his run on - not only is it his best, but one of Bond's best.
Some of the "low"lights include a ridiculous chase with a car that was apparently made of legos, the disturbing sex scene between Bond and the androgynous Grace Jones, another silly chase on a run-away fire engine, and the second-most annoying Bond girl (TANYA ROBERTS HAS THE MOST GRATINGLY ANNOYING VOICE OF ANY ACTRESS EVER! But, unlike Barbara Bach of SPY WHO LOVE ME, at least she can act!)
The only thing I can really say positive about VTAK is that it is better than Octopussy - at least, not as silly and annoying. And as bad as the whole movie is, the last thirty minutes is actually quite good. Moore may have chosen the wrong movie to bow out with, but at least the ending action is decent enough. Better than the "attack of the Carnies" ending that Octopussy gave us! And of course, once again, the opening is really pretty cool - as all of Moore's openings tended to be.
Also, as everyone else says, Christoper Walken brings some interest as the villain - but he had better performances in Batman Returns and The Rundown. I wouldn't pay more than $6 bucks for this tripe!
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