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Rating:  -
Well as many people were glad to hear this is the last Bond movie starring Roger Moore, and it was deffinitly time for this relic to throw in the towel. That being said I think this movie is great fun, even though it does have a lot of stupid things in it. The highlights for me were of course The God, Christopher Walken, playing the insane Zorin. He is probably my favorite out of any Bond villian in the series because he just seemed to have a fun time with his job. The girl who now plays Midge in that seventies show, was a lot more funny then sexy, but I had great gun watching her, because her performance was much to comical to take at all seriously. Well that's about all for this movie. Check it out.
THE GREAT ETNEBOB HAS SPOKEN
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James Bond is back in this solid entry in the series, and is sadly underrated and underappreciated by many, despite all the things going for it. For starters, Roger Moore (in his last Bond role) is charming and engaging here; despite criticisms of his age (58 at the time), he plays the role with aplomb. Tanya Roberts was attacked for a stilted, screeching performance, but I suspect it was also the way the role was written, as a one-dimension damsel in distress (and Tanya does look stunning here). Then there's Grace Jones as villianess May Day; she is by far the highlight of the whole movie. All it takes is an upward turn of her eyes for Jones to show genuine menace; she is flashy, strong, unique, and makes a fabulous villian. In fact, if she was the main villian (and thus allowing more screen time) this would have been a 5-star classic. Unfortunately the main villian duties fall to Christopher Walken, who, while a fine actor, has played this villian role so often one gets the impression he could do it in his sleep. Other complaints include the lengthy running time, but in my opinion the film moves at a quick clip through many exciting set pieces, particularly the well-staged final battle atop the Golden Gate Bridge. Also of note is the addictive theme song from Duran Duran, well executed in the glow-in-the-dark opening credit sequence. With all this going for it, how much more entertainment value could you want?
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"A View to a Kill" was Roger Moore's last Bond film. This film was also Lois Maxwell's (Moneypenny) last Bond film. I believe that "A View to a Kill" was an excellent finish for Moore, and was good way to finish his tenure as Bond.
The principal villain this time is Max Zorin, excellently played as a psychotic by Christopher Walken. Max is out for money and power, aided by a host of very smart people. Grace Jones, who also supported Conan in "Conan the Destroyer," plays Max's sidekick May Day. Dr. Karl Mortner (Willoughby Gray) is Max's father, as well as a kind of mad scientist. All the crazies hang out together. Max has an interesting scheme to cause Silicon Valley to flood and leave Max and his cohorts in possession of the bulk of the world supply of electronic chips. Of course James Bond is unaware of this scheme and spends much of the movie trying to understand what Max's game may be.
The movie begins in the Soviet Union (remembering that this movie was released in 1985), and Bond has found a dead agent with a chip in a locket. After an exciting chase Bond gets to escape in a unique boat. Back in England we learn that Max Zorin has been under investigation, and Bond goes to the Eiffel Tower in Paris to meet an investigator who may have information about Zorin. Unfortunately the investigator ends up hooked on the story, and Bond chases a mysterious woman from the scene of the crime. Bond probably would have caught up with her, but she takes a leap of faith, and even after chasing her in a stolen cab that takes several clever short cuts, is unable to catch up.
The scene then moves to a beautiful estate where Max Zorin is preparing to hold a horse auction. This portion of the movie expands the character of May Day, and provides more information to intrigue Bond as to Zorin's intentions. Patrick Macnee is undercover with Bond as Tibbett, his manservant, though in actuality he is Sir Godfrey. Macnee and Moore have known each other for decades. In the 60s Macnee was in one studio working on "The Avengers" while Moore was nearby working on "The Saint." In this movie Moore deliberately created lines that put down Macnee in a friendly way. Unfortunately Macnee is all washed up in this part of the movie and Moore moves on to San Francisco without him.
Bond goes to San Francisco to follow Stacey Sutton (the stunningly beautiful Tanya Roberts), who he saw at Zorin's estate in France. Bond soon discovers multiple mysteries centered on San Francisco. He also learns that Stacey has nothing to do with Zorin and is just as chagrined with him as Bond is.
The action intensifies as Zorin tries to kill Bond and Stacey, and the pair really feels the heat. After a scenic drive through San Francisco, chased by the local constabulary, Bond and Stacey arrive at the Main Strike Mine where Zorin's plan at last becomes explosively clear.
The final portion of this movie was well scripted and involves the Golden Gate Bridge and a blimp. The special effects and miniatures used to create this portion of the movie are excellent and I often found it difficult to know when I was seeing a miniature and when the real thing was used.
Duran Duran performed the title song for this movie. In an interview in one of the DVD extras, it is explained that "A View to a Kill" was the last song the group wrote together before it broke up. The DVD also includes the Duran Duran video of the song. The video is dated with relatively weak special effects and a cheesy story. However, this theme song was the first to go to #1 in the music charts.
One of the other interesting aspects of this movie is its use of technology. Zorin uses a computer to identify Bond, and computers are used in several other scenes. Welcome to the information age Mr. Bond. This Bond movie also capitalized on product placement to a greater extent than previous Bond movies.
I believe this movie contains other unusual features, such as the first use of a snow board in any movie, and the first Academy Award winner in a villain role. I think this movie is also the first time Bond has any real interest or interaction with horses.
DVD extras, all worth watching, include the "Music of James Bond," a making of documentary, and an audio commentary, which contains a number of interesting tidbits. Several places mention that Maud Adams appears in a crowd scene in San Francisco. I tried to see her and missed her even though I did slow motion my way through most of the San Francisco scenes. She is supposed to be a bystander in a streetcar. I am going to have to try to watch those scenes again. This DVD also contains a deleted scene, the first time a James Bond DVD included a deleted scene.
I thought Roger Moore looked worn out in "Octopussy." In this movie he seems on his game, and looks comfortable in his role. After watching this movie I could have seen him return in yet another Bond film, but likely it was time for Moore to retire. The movie was considered weak commercially compared to other Bonds, earning less than the movie that came before and less than the movie that came after; unfortunate, because I like this movie. This Bond movie is in the middle of the pack, less than the best, but better than the worst. It remains one of my favorites, but, then again, I am not objective about Bond movies.
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First of all, I'll mention the things I liked:
It was fun to see Patrick MacNee, who was dapper Agent John Steed from THE AVENGERS, although seeing him so heavy was a downer.
Christopher Walken wakes up the movie when he enters a scene but, unfortunately, he's only given recycled lines from GOLDFINGER most of the time. (As I think Roger Ebert pointed out in his review back in '85, Silicon Valley, the point of attack for Operation Grand Slam--oops, sorry--Main Strike, is only a distribution center for computer chips, not the source of them).
Otherwise, this is probably the lamest 007 entry.
I thought Roger Moore looked too old to play Bond six years before in MOONRAKER, now it's just creepy to see a man pushing sixty scoring so often. People complained that Tanya Roberts was a poor choice as a Bond girl, but they couldn't go too young without really making the age thing obvious.
Horse stables and San Francisco hardly qualify as the kind of exotic location we've come to expect from James Bond. (I know, Kentucky doesn't either but GOLDFINGER had everything VIEW didn't--go look for yourselves).
Playing a Beach Boys song during the pre-title sequence for laughs had me rolling my eyes. The rest had me closing them.
I keep mentioning what I think is Roger Moore's best quote when it comes to his Bond films:
When asked which was his favorite Bond film of his own, he said, "That's easy, THE SPY WHO LOVED ME."
Which was his least favorite: "The other six."
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I thought this was supposed to be bond but I thought wrong this flim is boring,silly and weird because the characters suck and they don't fight so stay away from this flim and get gold finger instead. Didn't you know that this is a remake of gold finger and plus the bond girl in here is stupid and all she does in there is just screaming and crying too plus she's not tough. This flim barely even has a plot and there's no good action and villains and come on it even has no gadgets and the places are not even exotic. If you want bond movies with action,adventure,gadgets and exotic places get the living daylights,goldfinger,octopussy and the man with the golden gun because this flim isn't good.
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