|
|
Post by RiP, IMDb on Apr 15, 2020 23:40:11 GMT
From Russia WITH Love (1963)!!
|
|
|
|
Post by moviemouth on Apr 15, 2020 23:44:48 GMT
Meh
|
|
|
|
Post by jcush on Apr 15, 2020 23:45:18 GMT
Yay
|
|
|
|
Post by movielover on Apr 15, 2020 23:47:23 GMT
Meh. There's some good stuff in it to be sure, but kinda slow and draggy in places.
|
|
|
|
Post by moviemouth on Apr 15, 2020 23:48:07 GMT
Meh. There's some good stuff in it to be sure, but kinda slow and draggy in places.Yup.
|
|
|
|
Post by darksidebeadle on Apr 15, 2020 23:57:40 GMT
Clear best of all time 😎
|
|
|
|
Post by politicidal on Apr 16, 2020 0:19:40 GMT
Hell yeah!
|
|
|
|
Post by FridayOnElmStreet on Apr 16, 2020 0:22:35 GMT
yay. 10/10
|
|
|
|
Post by alpha128 on Apr 16, 2020 1:58:40 GMT
Yay! My #3 Bond.
|
|
|
|
Post by vegalyra on Apr 16, 2020 2:07:41 GMT
Love this one. The Istanbul location is just amazing. The only part I'm not a huge fan of is the gypsy girl fight. That kind of drags until the big firefight interrupts it. I do like the night time sniper scene, that has a lot of suspense. The train ride is great too.
|
|
|
|
Post by darksidebeadle on Apr 16, 2020 2:11:01 GMT
My favourite bond film with ease but the one bit I do t like is at the beginning with the bond mask
|
|
|
|
Post by FridayOnElmStreet on Apr 16, 2020 2:29:06 GMT
My favourite bond film with ease but the one bit I do t like is at the beginning with the bond mask Yeah Im not too crazy about that scene either.
|
|
|
|
Post by hitchcockthelegend on Apr 16, 2020 17:51:18 GMT
Yay, of course.
Spy Hard! A certain JFK had announced From Russia With Love as being one of his favourite books, thus making the minds up of producers Broccoli & Saltzman to make Fleming's Cold War thriller the follow up to Dr. No. It's a favourite of many a Bond aficionado because it represents one of the few occasions where Bond was still down to earth as a person, a hard working agent forced to do detective work. The adaptation is very literate as well, with a high fidelity to the source material a major bonus to Fleming's fans. The story is tautly told, often with dark tints the deeper Bond gets into things, and a number of excellently constructed set pieces fill out the latter half of the picture. It's not hard to understand why Connery cites this as his favourite Bond film.
Though it is mostly free of the gadget excess that would become a trademark of the franchise, it's still very much a quintessential Bond movie. Exotic locations and exotic foes, eye poppingly gorgeous ladies (Bianchi smouldering like few others can), pre-credits sequence, the snazzy title credits (here on a dancing lady), title song crooned by a big name (Matt Munro), Barry's blending of the Bond theme into the score, Blofeld (a faceless Anthony Dawson) and an impressive cast list. One of the film's big strengths is the cast assembled, Connery (firmly moving into iconic realm) is aided considerably by the presence of Lenya, Shaw and Armendáriz, while the first appearance of Desmond Llewelyn as Boothroyd (latterly to be known as Q) is a telling point in the series.
With a $2 million budget in the coffers, the makers were able to really push the boat out technically, and so they were rewarded as the pic went on to gross nearly $79 million Worldwide. Crucially it became apparent that James Bond was popular outside of Britain, the template had been set, what would they do with the next Bond outing we all wondered?0
|
|
