![]() Moore knows full well that it’s time to leave, and the film’s set pieces (including a fire truck chase in outside a burning city hall and encounters with local police) only make Bond feel that much smaller in terms of globe-trotting heroics. I admire his willingness to not go “full Walken,” yet the film desperately needs a shot of adrenaline as it moseys along to its admittedly impressive Golden Gate Bridge climax. Meanwhile, Chris Walken is oddly underacting as the genetically-engineered “spawn of Nazi experiments” computer chip tycoon. Grace Jones’ May Day is fun, even if she is forced to “go good” at the end. after several installments of “take charge” Bond Girls, an old-school damsel-in-distress does count as mixing it up. Tanya Roberts is saddled with being one of the more passive Bond Girls in the franchise. Moore isn’t just 57, he looks too old to be saving the day compared even to Octopussy two years earlier. Alas, A View To A Kill is still one of the very worst films in the franchise. Duran Duran’s “Dance Into the Fire” is still one of the very best hard-rock 007 themes, and (like Chris Cornell’s “You Know My Name”) is ideal for downing an energy drink and playing an all-night session of GoldenEye N64. This seventh and final Roger Moore vehicle represents the greatest chasm between the quality of the movie and the quality of the Bond song. ![]() (Photo by Nancy Moran/Sygma via Getty Images) Sygma via Getty Images Diamonds Are Forever is the very worst movie in the James Bond franchise, and the only one that is barely worth the effort even for completists.Īmerican actor Christopher Walken, Jamaican actress Grace Jones, American actress Tanya Roberts and British actor Roger Moore on the set of the James Bond 007 film A View to a Kill, directed by John Glen. ![]() ![]() Save for Bruce Glover and Putter Smith as “problematic” (but delightful) gay assassins murdering their way through the cast, there’s very little to recommend in this uncommonly indifferent 007 flick. John is (through no fault of her own) a regression in terms of Bond Girls exhibiting agency and value to the mission, and Connery just ambles along. As such, it’s not implausible that Bond wouldn’t be as gung-ho about queen and country this time around.Ĭharles Gray makes for a boring Blofeld, Jill St. To be fair, it opens with Bond tracking down Blofeld and (so he thinks) avenging the murder of Tracy Bond. At the very least, the film may have might have avoided the almost willful indifference to itself. We can debate whether On Her Majesty’s Secret Service would have been better with Connery in the lead role, but Diamonds Are Forever would have been far superior had Lazenby returned to avenge his murdered wife. Moreover, following a dramatic and character-focused melodrama with a comedic, “on autopilot” installment added insult to injury. Alas, the result was a campy and lackadaisical romp in Las Vegas, with a clearly disinterested Connery going through the motions. This method minimises its carbon footprint, shipping costs and ensures you receive your order quickly.With George Lazenby’s On Her Majesty’s Secret Service having slightly underwhelmed and with Lazenby reluctant to commit to a second flick, Eon and friends enticed Sean Connery for one more rodeo, partially thanks to a then record $1.5 million paycheck (which Connery allegedly donated to charity). Local printing. This garment will be printed as locally to you as possible, using our regional printing hubs (UK, USA and mainland Europe). The unisex design is made from 100% airlume combed ringspun cotton with a three piece print on the front featuring scenes from the opening titles. Together with Tiger Tanaka and Aki of the Japanese Secret Service, Bond traces a supply of liquid oxygen to a southern Japanese island. He goes undercover and discovers that SPECTRE, commanded by Ernst Stavro Blofeld, have a secret rocket complex hidden inside a volcano.ĭetails. The James Bond You Only Live Twice Title Sequence T-Shirt is a premium cotton t-shirt featuring artwork from the 1967 film opening title sequence inspired by Japan and volcanos.īackstory. Bond travels incognito to Japan to investigate the hijacking of American and Russian spacecraft. South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands (GBP £)
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