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I’d argue part of why Roger Moore is somewhat underrated as a James Bond actor (with somewhat underrated 007 films) is because his run ended on such a stinker.Īlas, while last year’s rewatch gave me a renewed appreciation for the Roger Moore films, this Goldfinger knock-off, with Superman: The Movie thrown in for good measure, is still a whiff that ended Moore’s seven-film, 14-year run on an all-time low.
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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. 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).