Let alone that the arguably most intelligent villain in the series heedlessly leaves his fingerprints on the gun he killed Howe with... still love the movie!
@Julian Borges i was referring especially to how hilariously obvious moore's body doubles are in every action scene -- it's startling how clearly and easily you can tell, more so than any film i've seen. the horse trap and the paris car are chase are especially guilty.
@Julian Borges moore isn't to blame per se, though his age clearly prevented him from doing anything approaching a stunt -- john glen and his editors just stopped giving a shit. but that's the joy of AVTAK: experiencing a kind of uncanny valley where we're led to believe "moore" is doing all these insane feats yet when the car gets cut in half in paris (for example) you can see the stuntman's face for like two seconds flat
I was in the theater when this movie came out. The Beach boys song got a lot of laughter and a lot of applause. For those of you that weren’t there the Beach boys and early 60s culture was having a Renaissance in the 80s… it was right for the time. All I can say is you had to be there.
Indeed, younger audiences often complain about things they find culturally weird, but Bond was always on the pulse regarding current trends. People loved that, just as they loved campy stuff in Moonraker or even Bond doing Tarzan in Octopussy. The mentality of the people changed. There was a wonderful innocence and simplicity back then. People were willing to forgive excess and just roll with it and laugh at it.
@@dancingqueen2131 Actually you’re right he was not alive when this movie came out… However he has a love and knowledge for the fandom that I give props to… I just always defend this particular gag and hopes that he will read it… Lol @CalvinDyson
This could’ve been a great finale if they acknowledged the end of the Moore era, and Bond’s age. Like if he has some trouble while skiing or fighting people, and gently rejects Tanya Roberts and asks Miss Moneypenny to dinner as the last line (but probably doesn’t sleep with her). Sure it’s not the typical Bond formula, but it would’ve been a great end to an era
Not bad ideas. 👍 I feel some of Moore's earlier films were getting too campy. This one at least was more realistic if any of it could be called realistic.
@@kevinobrien9626 “a female”. Why are you describing her like she’s an animal in a nature documentary “Here is the female in her natural habitat, shagging Roger Moore.”
Yes, I admit that every time I watch this film, Moore's age bothers me more and more. But I still find the film too amusing to be bothered by it. Maybe they should have come up with stunts that are more appropriate and believable. I would have liked that. They could have compensated for the lack of spectacular stunts with clever dialogue and some suspenseful scenes. Bond almost dying from a heart attack in Casino Royale is a good example. You can do great suspenseful stuff without crazy stunts. And you have a dose of crazy with Zorin. Him shooting everyone is a memorable scene. They could have made this film more realistic and sombre. But I like it as it is. I am fine with it. I never find myself feeling bored while watching it.
@@prashanttewari104 Since I'm heterosexual I can't give you an opinion about MayDay's lips, but I do like her character. She's a crazy Badass, and a great Bond villian. Happy New Year!🎉
@@mariakelly5 I think may day looks so hot when she appeared first time in horse race with Zorin in red dress with lovely red lipstick lips I was not born when this movie released but I like may day I think if I say for kisses she gives me easily big French kisses right?????
Honestly, I know A View to a Kill is considered one of the least popular but I've always enjoyed it. From the insane performance of Christopher Walken and Grace Jones to the score to even that charm of Roger Moore, it's always been a guilty pleasure. However, I do think if this had been Daltons first Bond and the script more catered to his style, this would've been a lot better.
@Wadsy Agree moore should of stepped down after octopussy or indeed moonraker even and let dalton debut in this as i consider tim dalton the better bond and is more realistic than cheesy moore.I consider moore's performance as simon templar with a 007.
I'm sure many people like the tune, but it is surely not "Bond". Bond theme music is sung by a female vocalist, high and loud. This is a bit gayish for Bond..
I didn't think Moore looked as old in "View" as Connery did in "Never Say Never Again". Has anyone else ever wondered why Maude Adams just happened to drop by the set and do a cameo background? Was she visiting the set or Roger? Adams and Moore had great chemistry in "Man with the Golden Gun" and in "Octopussy". Hmmmm.
True as far as the „look“ comparison between Moore/Connery goes, but that wasn’t the question for critics in 85. The difference in Octopussy vs. „View“ was the issue!
Maria Kelly yes Dolph Lundgren had a cameo as KGB agent Venz. He is seen in scene when May Day throws one of General Gogols men down stairs and Lundgren is the young blonde agent holding a hand gun. He was hired as he was dating Grace Jones and was also her body guard when he was working in a nightclub before becoming an actor. Dolph Lundgren went on to star in Rocky 4 as Drago in 1985 his first larger role.
Really, it took me along time to like the movies but Roger Moore last movie , moneypenny last movie too and a new generation of James bond movies was next I do not the guns and the shooting
Moore was always my favorite Bond as well. Everyone has their favorite and each one is just as valid but for whatever reason Moore always appealed to me over the others.
@@DutchBondFan It's amazing how you can squeeze them all into around 30 minute recaps, I like the intros, the plot following, and the extra jokes you add in! Since I was born in the 90s and my first bond experience was watching goldeneye on tv in the early 2000s, I never considered the old 60s/70s would ever be worth watching but after binge watching your reviews first I'm eager to watch them all now!
She would have been better main Bond Girl than Tanya Roberts any day of the week. Roberts is a hottie but that's about it. Seriously, she's such a friggin airhead in this movie and just about anything else she's ever done too. She gives Jill St. John's Tiffany Case and Britt Ekland's Mary Goodnight both a run for their money in the dumb bimbo department.
There's some good stuff in this film. I like all the detective work that's going on. The plot, however dated, is still good. Walken and Jones are outstanding. As with Octopussy, if you put aside the campiness, there's a dark edgy streak in this one, especially with Zorin. Roger is fine as always, but I struggle to get past how bad he looks. This really should have been Dalton's first film. Watching him go up against Walken would have been cinematic gold.
Actually, "A VIEW TO A KILL" contains some very good stuff: Big landmarks: Eiffel Tower and Golden Gate Bridge! Good acting of Roger Moore and Patrick Macnee! And I always like horses! Oo yes, the oldest Bond actor ever: Roger Moore(57)! And finally, Bond gets The Order of Lenin from KGB!!!
I'm given to understand that Anya Amasova WAS supposed to show up again, but I guess Barbara Bach wasn't available or something, so they went with a new character instead.
+Jennifer Schillig I learned that soon after uploading this too, as someone pointed it out to me on the AJB boards. Turns out Barbara Bach was asked but apparantely didnt want to do it. I have no clue why she wouldnt want do do that again! Ohwell... Missed oppertunity for both her and the series.
@@DutchBondFan not totally sure, but i read somewhere that she and Moore didnt get on fabulously well during The Spy Who Loved Me’s production. Maybe that put her off returning?
@@mmsiphonevinyls1027 Barbara did not care for the Bond character, the film series, or was just way too content with her life with Ringo Starr to do a return engagement. She likely does not believe she missed a thing!
HUGE plot hole: Silicon Valley does not manufacture microchips, but rather they use them in their products. Zorin would have killed his customers, not the competition.
Back in the eighties, a lot more microchips were actually manufactured there. This is before Mainland China got in on the act, although microchips were being manufactured in places like Japan, Taiwan, Hong Kong and even Scotland.
I also think the Zorin machine gun massacre is a highlight of the movie. Then again, I thought the Water Temple was one of the best parts of Ocarina of Time.
Other similarities with "Goldfinger": 1. The main villain is cheating at a sport for financial gain. 2. The main villain falls to his death from a great height.
Plus the main female with the villain turns against the villain and helps 007 (Pussy Galore in "Goldfinger" and May Day in "A View To A Kill"). The only difference is being one becomes the movie's main Bond Girl while the other becomes a femme fatale.
This is my guilty pleasures and would say it’s my 3rd favorite bond film it’s just so fun I can see why people don’t like it and Tanya Roberts gets annoying in places but for me it’s just 2 hours of pure fun entertainment and I’d agree that Duran Duran’s song is awesome
I'm glad I found these while rewatching all the Bonds during quarantine. These videos are well made and really help you think about the overall film. Great job!
During Roger moore funeral the music from spy who loves me was play he said a view to kill his last james bond movie had different actors doing his actons more than any james bond movie he in
Sven Dovianus I hate Tomorrow never dies *the song* and also this movie, Casino Royale is the best movie, with the best villian, Car, bond girl, M and the best pre title seq.
Worth waiting for. This is one of my favorite Roger Moore Bond films. As with most Bond films, there's something for everyone, even though there are some cheesy moments that are just plain bad. Tanya Roberts, despite her annoying screaming "James, James!" is a real beauty. Those eyes of hers are hypnotic. The Golden Gate fight scene is well done, with an ax being used by Zorin. Stacy somehow manages to emerge from a dirty wet mine, tumble out of a blimp onto a cable, and still has a dry, perfectly white dress and high heels on. What a woman, what balance. I would note that Bond doesn't kill the goons that break into the mansion because the shotgun was loaded with rock salt. For the 80's the plot was excellent as Silicon Valley was the hub for chip development and production. Lots and lots of memorable lines and scenes in this film. "Mayday will provide you with a drink." "So does anyone else want to drop out?" The poetic justice of Zorin falling to his death over water mixed well with the businessman being ejected from the blimp and falling to his death over the water. Moore was a bit too old, but I think he pulled it off well and ended on a high note. Well done review, as there was lots of ground to cover in this one.
This and Quantum Of Solace I have a love/hate relationship with. I find myself becoming nostalgic for them but everytime I finish watching them I just feel a bit disappointed. Have to give credit to Christopher Walken and Grace Jones, they really make this movie for me.
Can't say I really feel any nostalgia for Quantum as of yet. I think that movie is still to fresh and new to give me any sentimental value. But I can see where you are coming from!
@@DutchBondFan may day is so hot in red lipstick she is nice for French kisses I was not born when this movie released but I like may day role in that movie Zorin so lucky kisses gets from may day
I only just remembered that Moore apparently met Tanya Roberts' mother during the production of this movie and was apparently horrified to learn she was actually younger than him.
Roger Moore said that in his other movies to that several of Bond girls had mothers younger then him. Live And Let Die he was 45 and Jane Seymour was 21 her mother was about the same age as him or younger. He couldn’t stand Lynn Holly Johnson on For Your Eyes Only who was 21 and her mother was younger then him by several years.
Another great review dude! Can't wait for The Living Daylights! I hold a special place in my heart for TLD because it was the first Bond Film I ever saw! I sure hope that review is as good the others!
Wait... was that Ivan Drago with Gogol? Your series has revealed some very odd things about the Roger Moore Bond films. First, that Tywin Lannister can be seen chasing after 007 in the snowy mountains of Northern Italy, and now that Ivan Drago is Gogol's bodyguard. And I've seen this movie too many times to count, and I never noticed!
This film was Dolph Lundgren's first appearance in a movie. He was hanging out on set visiting his gf, Grace Jones, and the director decided to throw him in the movie. He shot Rocky IV later that year.
MrColuber yes Dolph Lundgren was in his first role as bad guy KGB agent Venz. It was his first role as he was dating Grace Jones and was her body guard while working at a nightclub before becoming an actor after he had given up on pursuing career in Chemical Engineering as had worked on getting his Masters Degree and chose to be an actor.
I don’t think that Sir Roger Moore was old, the problem was that they intended to make a “young Bond movie”. If they incorporated a more mature bond with and older Bon Girl would be easier to watch this last Moore Movie. AVTAK is a good popcorn flick but if they gave us a decaying Bond just like Skyfall the movie would be fairly better.
This film should not have been made. It sums Moore's tenure up though, as you begin to see him smerk, grin, & pout all the way through the film because he is just not comfortable with acting, & would rather just fuck about with humour. And the problem is, people don't react to danger & violence like that in reality, so his films seem very boring & dated. And this fact is highlighted even more once you compare it to the next, & imho the best performance of Bond in the entire series with Timothy Dalton. You kind of rushed this review a little towards the end, but I don't blame you! Most people just want it over & done with! Like Diamonds are Forever & Die Another Day! lol! Great review tho man. ;)
Caldera Records it’s not that shouldn’t been made, Roger Moore had intentions of retiring during Octopussy but decided to come back. Timothy Dalton was heavily considered to take over had Moore left the role before A View To A Kill started filming. It was after filming and it premiered when Moore retired the role of Bond and in 1986 Timothy Dalton took over the role when Pierce Brosnan couldn’t do The Living Daylights due to his contract commitment with tv show he was doing.
@John Kelly I never like to impose competition as to the Bond title themes, because they are so far apart in terms of era, culture, tradition, & tastes. The "best" is something which always separates from the rest. However, I think the best has come & gone! And agree that this has a certain bombastic affect that the recent themes lack entirely, because there's too many people involved now. I will state however, that John Barry's sound has never yet been matched. His stripped down yet unorthodox brass hierarchy, along with his unrivaled strings motif still to this day sounds very defined, & set a standard which many have tried & failed to copy. Just listen to OHMSS/We Have All the Time In the World & you'll hear what I mean.
Another entertaining and informative review . I liked the comparison of Tiffany Case and Stacy Sutton. It’s like they were needed to be damsels in distress after being introduced as no nonsense ,strong willed women.
Grace Jones was awesome!!! and she and Dolph lungren were an item back in the day...she still looks the same I think... gotta love her, I wish she made more movies she was great.
Dammit your Bond reviews really are superb and well researched. To keep me ticking over I'll have rewatch them all again to pass the time waiting for The Living Daylights to arrive.
DutchBondFan Credit where it's due mate, you're clearly a huge fan of the films and it shows in your reviews. Just one thing annoys me, yours subs, you deserve so many more. I've seen channels on here that are just terrible that have half a million subs, it baffles me because Bond is as popular as it's ever been yet you seem not to appear on people's radar.
Balti Pasta That is nice of you to say! To be honest i'm extremely happy about my subs and fanbase so far! Because they have been growing steadily. Before I started making Bond videos, I was doing videos on the GTA games. They were popular but up on recent years the views started going down, I was putting tons of effort into them for little reward. Lots of kids demanding a new video and sending me three word comments that made little sense or were offending. Bond has always been a major passion of mine and I couldn't be happier about the switch! I have gained around 2000 subs since, I see my videos discussed on several forums, I see people eagerly awaiting these episodes and they each get thousands of views. Of course there are channels out there with half a million subs like you said, but it's like starting a company and immediatly comparing yourself to McDonalds, it just doesn't go that way! I'm happy that these videos are doing as well as they do! And even though they each take roughly 30 hours to make, I never have a single doubt in my mind of why I'm putting so much effort in, because I just know I'll get a major rewarding feeling in return! Thanks for your comment!
DutchBondFan Hey, if you're happy with how it's going then that's great. I guess it does take time to build up subs and 6000+ isn't bad but it's Bond and you do deserve more because the reviews are ridiculously entertaining, informative, honest and often very funny. And thank you for the unexpectedly long reply, I won't take up any more of your time and I eagerly await the notification of your Living Daylights review popping up in the not too distant future.
No problem man, I always enjoy interacting with my fans. I'm easy to reach to have private chats on my FB fanpage too! I talk to other fans all the time! Also, expect that notification to show up in november! ;)
In an earlier Finnish translation of the film when they were flying the blimp over San Francisco it used to be translated literally "What a view! Tokyo!"
Splendid, I'm looking forward to what your opinions are on the Dalton and Brosnan movies soon. Also, nice GTA reference during the chase scene, I feel like you should've used the Vice City HUD though.
The most mindblowing scene in this movie is that the blonde bimbo Stacey managed to find a worker uniform that is tailored to her exact measurement AND absolutely nobody noticed that suddenly there's a new worker wearing a pair of white high heels among them !!
Tanya Roberts is every bit as bad as they would have you believe as the Bond girl. the character just doesn't work - I think they may have been going for the kind of girl that Maryam D'Abo played in The Living Daylights, but she didn't have a Dalton to play off nor the relevance to the movie.
For the opening sequence-- you gotta remember, when this film came out "snowboarding" was a *really* "new thing" to most of the public at large... so like the water-bike in TSWLM or the gyrocopter "Little Nellie" in YOLT, or even the three-wheeler Bond stole from the security guard in the moon buggy chase in DAF, this was a really interesting and exciting bit at the time, and the Beach Boys music was appropriate for the time and subject matter... after all, in most people's minds, "snowboarding" was the winter equivalent of "surfing", and since it was new and all to most people and the Beach Boys craze was winding down, it made a lot of sense... *Poisoned* fish hook... but yeah, May Day could have easily shot him from the shadows without the elaborate butterfly thing... evidently someone saw this somewhere and decided "We GOTTA have this act in a Bond film!" and this is the best they could come up with to shoehorn it in... (or elsewise the hot chick singing to the butterflies was the producer's niece or something). I mean, it's a nice bit, but I just don't think this is a good fit for it and the movie... The glasses were supposed to be "polarized" lenses, which again was kinda new for the time, and allowed him to see through polarized glass that was otherwise totally black, or something like that. The lenses had to be round for them to work, since the lenses had to rotate in their mounts to match the polarization of the glass he was trying to look through... because of this they looked pretty "out of place" and not in any way stylish, unlike the sunglasses Bond wore when he told Domino her brother was dead in "Thunderball" or the "see through clothes" glasses in one of the Brosnan films... Why not have Felix Leiter?? Simple, because Chuck Li gets wiped out... "his body was found in Chinatown"... "So Bond being Bond goes after Zorin to rescue Stacy-- God knows why...." Two words-- dat azz... :) He hadn't banged her yet at this point in the film, and you KNOW he's going to at SOME point, so yeah, of course he's coming after Stacy... and he can't leave Zorin alive without a big showdown between them, so yeah... Anyway, another great review... OL J R :)
I always thought that the Duran Duran theme was one of the most popular Bond themes if one of the more unconventional ones and I freaking love it too. This, however, is probably one of my least favorite Bond films. Only the wacky villains are really worthwhile in my opinion as the action is nothing special, Stacy is rather annoying, Moore is too old and the film is also a bit slow at times.
11:38 17:18 The youngest women Bond hooks up with are both in FYEO! Bouquet has an age difference of almost 30 years with Moore and Lynn Holly Johnson is a year younger than Bouquet. From the age difference, Lynn Holly Johnson is the youngest girl that ever hooked up with Bond. And the girl at 4:42 is only 2 days younger than Bouquet as well ;)
I didn't know Rodger Moore had altered his face, boy I need to be a bit more observant in these movies. Great episode Looking forward to the Dalton era, I can't believe this week marks the 10th year for Casino Royal and Daniel Gregg playing our favorite secret agent.
I was Born in 1980. This was the first Bond I watched. It used to be my favourite film. As I’ve grown up Its no longer my favourite bond, but it couldn’t have been that bad a film as it hooked me in. Roger was always my Bond
I was 16 years old when I first saw this on the big screen. And boy, what a really wide screen it was. Movie was fantastic and I still enjoy it today. Your review is also very good!
Hi DutchBondFan. Yes, it's possible to use a car tire as an air supply underwater. Very likely, Bond's cleverest method of escape from a villain murder attempt.
Two movies too long IMO. He should have finished with FYEO which was a great movie. Octopussy and AVTAK were two weak movies and Moore was too old to be believable. If they'd brought in Dalton in 1983 it would have been better as the public were sick of the cheesy Bond and wanted more serious hard-edge Bond.
BTW, it's not the actual Beach Boys singing "California Girls" at 3:50, but a tribute band named Gidea Park. Plus, 14:48 was the debut of actor Dolph Lungren (Golgol's KGB bodyguard), who was dating Grace Jones at that time.
I wonder if Mission Impossible Ghost Protocol got the “Tom Cruise and Jeremy Renner survive drowning by breathing air out of a car tire” idea from this film? Complete with “antagonists sticking around awhile to make sure they drown” as well.
Thanks man! Yes, moving in around the weekend! only need to bring my desk and bed over and such. Consider this the final video recorded in the old place! (Thanks for asking!)
Let's give credit, where credit is due. Moore kept himself in shape, unlike Connery in Diamonds are Forever...talk about a creepy old looking dude! And he was much younger than Moore was in this film.
11:00 "The most useless gadget that apparently makes Bond see through windows a little better." There're simply adjustable polarizing lenses, just like a polarizing filter for a camera lens. They block reflected light while allowing light from behind the reflecting surface to pass through. Nothing magical there.
That was exactly my point. They could have easily made it so he would just look through the window without a gadget, they just added something into a movie where the reflections are blocked out so he sees things a little better. Movie wise for an audience, it's pretty dull :P (Not to mention the way they look!)
I see your point. But as you have alluded to in many of your recaps, the Bond franchise can't resist showing hi-tech gadgetry, even if it doesn't contribute to the plot in any way.
This one is my favorite, I think because its the first one I saw as a kid, so its quite a memorable one for me. Plus the credit sequence with the Duran Duran song still holds up and is VERY 80s in a wonderful way
Alison Doody plays Jenny Flex, seen dressed in riding clothes as she greets Bond as he arrives at Zorin’s steps. She also played Elsa in Indiana Jones, the Last Crusade. @10:10
It has weak points but there are other aspects that even it out. Great villains and it doesn't go way over the top campy like some of Moore's previous outings.
May Day is awesome and Walken rocked it as Zorin. As you said, unsettling yet so different and it's all explained. If you're gonna go fully absurd with your villains, you gotta commit to it, and to 'AVTAK's credit, it does.
Good stuff as always DBF! Just watched this one the other day, waiting for you review. A good Bond adventure, though flawed. Definitely two of my favorite villains. Mayday kinda turns into the weak girl for a moment after Zorin ditches her in the mine. "I thought that creep loved me" lol
This is the most positive I've ever heard someone talk about this film. Still one of my least favourites, but now I understand a few more of the weirder scenes!
this movie is weird and nutty and I absolutely love it! even tho it's far from being one of the best it's undoubtedly my favorite Roger Moore bond and the score is amazing!
A view to a kill is one of my all time favourite Bond "pop" themes. Shame it's attached to such a weak movie and it's sad to see Moore leave with a very disappointing film. It's a lot of fun and the villains are wonderfully crazy but it's definitely flawed. Can't wait to see you take on the Dalton movies, they are my favourites!
@@DutchBondFan If you do, can you review "Everything Or Nothing"? It's the only Bond game that has all of the original Pierce Brosnan Bond cast as well as being a sequel to "A View To A Kill"! It's even got Willem Dafoe as the main villain! I think of it as the unofficial official final appearance of Brosnan's Bond!
They ought to show James Bond shopping for a Brioni suit in Vegas at the Wynn or shopping for a Aston Martin and stuff like that which would add nuance to his personal style. Maybe shopping for a wristwatch, or selecting a bathing suit from some hot sales lady. There is just so much that they've missed out on that they could have done.
This movie gets a lot of negative reviews but honestly I think this movie is still pretty enjoyable and some good plot elements, yes Roger Moore was really showing his age at this point and yeah there are a lot of bizarre cheesiness but Max Zorin, the theme song, the action the final fight and Zorin’s craziness makes this more of of a highlight to it, probably the best parts of the movie, Stacey is yeah annoying but the action and the dangerous more tense parts of the movie makes it a bit more enjoyable and leaving you with some good things about it, it’s definitely not a terrible bond film
Walken makes this movie worth it! His reaction when he sits across Moore with his computer is priceless!
I agree. I love the little laughs he gives while reading Bond's bio.
And his crazy laugh when he falls of the bridge.
a view to a kill is just so bizarre. old moore, grace jones, the tonal shifts, and of course, the laughably obvious continuity errors. i love it.
I used to thoroughly enjoy that one
Let alone that the arguably most intelligent villain in the series heedlessly leaves his fingerprints on the gun he killed Howe with... still love the movie!
@Julian Borges i was referring especially to how hilariously obvious moore's body doubles are in every action scene -- it's startling how clearly and easily you can tell, more so than any film i've seen. the horse trap and the paris car are chase are especially guilty.
@Julian Borges moore isn't to blame per se, though his age clearly prevented him from doing anything approaching a stunt -- john glen and his editors just stopped giving a shit. but that's the joy of AVTAK: experiencing a kind of uncanny valley where we're led to believe "moore" is doing all these insane feats yet when the car gets cut in half in paris (for example) you can see the stuntman's face for like two seconds flat
@Julian Borges my thoughts exactly, what errors?
I was in the theater when this movie came out. The Beach boys song got a lot of laughter and a lot of applause. For those of you that weren’t there the Beach boys and early 60s culture was having a Renaissance in the 80s… it was right for the time. All I can say is you had to be there.
It beats Brosnan's turn at surfing.
this nurd probably wasnt born yet , he was born in an age when real talent in the mainstream was already history
Exactly
Indeed, younger audiences often complain about things they find culturally weird, but Bond was always on the pulse regarding current trends. People loved that, just as they loved campy stuff in Moonraker or even Bond doing Tarzan in Octopussy. The mentality of the people changed. There was a wonderful innocence and simplicity back then. People were willing to forgive excess and just roll with it and laugh at it.
@@dancingqueen2131 Actually you’re right he was not alive when this movie came out… However he has a love and knowledge for the fandom that I give props to… I just always defend this particular gag and hopes that he will read it… Lol @CalvinDyson
This could’ve been a great finale if they acknowledged the end of the Moore era, and Bond’s age. Like if he has some trouble while skiing or fighting people, and gently rejects Tanya Roberts and asks Miss Moneypenny to dinner as the last line (but probably doesn’t sleep with her). Sure it’s not the typical Bond formula, but it would’ve been a great end to an era
Not bad ideas. 👍 I feel some of Moore's earlier films were getting too campy. This one at least was more realistic if any of it could be called realistic.
They do show him having trouble. The Russian female drops him, and the actress virtually has to help him stand up to continue the fight.
@@kevinobrien9626 “a female”. Why are you describing her like she’s an animal in a nature documentary
“Here is the female in her natural habitat, shagging Roger Moore.”
Yes, I admit that every time I watch this film, Moore's age bothers me more and more. But I still find the film too amusing to be bothered by it. Maybe they should have come up with stunts that are more appropriate and believable. I would have liked that. They could have compensated for the lack of spectacular stunts with clever dialogue and some suspenseful scenes. Bond almost dying from a heart attack in Casino Royale is a good example. You can do great suspenseful stuff without crazy stunts. And you have a dose of crazy with Zorin. Him shooting everyone is a memorable scene. They could have made this film more realistic and sombre. But I like it as it is. I am fine with it. I never find myself feeling bored while watching it.
I always felt that Max Zorin and Xenia Onatopp should have dated. Those crazy kids would have loved each other.
Mr.Shade Xenia would have made mincemeat out of Zorin.
Mr.Shade And Mayday would have made mincemeat out of Xenia.
@@mariakelly5 may day is nice for French kisses am I right she has lovely lips with red lipstick
@@prashanttewari104 Since I'm heterosexual I can't give you an opinion about MayDay's lips, but I do like her character. She's a crazy Badass, and a great Bond villian. Happy New Year!🎉
@@mariakelly5 I think may day looks so hot when she appeared first time in horse race with Zorin in red dress with lovely red lipstick lips I was not born when this movie released but I like may day I think if I say for kisses she gives me easily big French kisses right?????
Honestly, I know A View to a Kill is considered one of the least popular but I've always enjoyed it. From the insane performance of Christopher Walken and Grace Jones to the score to even that charm of Roger Moore, it's always been a guilty pleasure. However, I do think if this had been Daltons first Bond and the script more catered to his style, this would've been a lot better.
If you can overlook his age, and cough, Stacy, it's actually pretty good in some ways.
@Wadsy Agree moore should of stepped down after octopussy or indeed moonraker even and let dalton debut in this as i consider tim dalton the better bond and is more realistic than cheesy moore.I consider moore's performance as simon templar with a 007.
Totally with you on Duran Duran......easily the best song in the series. Yes,it´s kick-ass 80´s but infused with John Barry and totally Bond.
I'm sure many people like the tune, but it is surely not "Bond". Bond theme music is sung by a female vocalist, high and loud. This is a bit gayish for Bond..
Live and let Die is also a great song
Went #1 so it did something right
I think it's a great song but not the best. Blondie had a good theme tune which was unused.
That GTAIII reference when Bond gets in the car was perfect! Biggest laugh I've had in a while! :)
I didn't think Moore looked as old in "View" as Connery did in "Never Say Never Again". Has anyone else ever wondered why Maude Adams just happened to drop by the set and do a cameo background? Was she visiting the set or Roger? Adams and Moore had great chemistry in "Man with the Golden Gun" and in "Octopussy". Hmmmm.
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True as far as the „look“ comparison between Moore/Connery goes, but that wasn’t the question for critics in 85. The difference in Octopussy vs. „View“ was the issue!
Connery looked sharper in NSNA than Moore in AVTAK. Those liftings done really take the bright out of Moore's face.
You didn't mention that this film is the first movie appearance of Dolph Lundgren.
Dolph Lundgren is in the background at 14:48. He probably got this cameo role because he was bodyguard and boyfriend of Grace Jones.
Travis Kraft It was?
Never realised it was him!
Maria Kelly yes Dolph Lundgren had a cameo as KGB agent Venz. He is seen in scene when May Day throws one of General Gogols men down stairs and Lundgren is the young blonde agent holding a hand gun. He was hired as he was dating Grace Jones and was also her body guard when he was working in a nightclub before becoming an actor. Dolph Lundgren went on to star in Rocky 4 as Drago in 1985 his first larger role.
@@scottknode898 Thanks for the information!
It was clear for me as kid that hook was poisoned
Yep, same. It’s odd how the author of these videos so often misses the obvious.
Moore's by far my favourite bond
RIP Roger
Really, it took me along time to like the movies but Roger Moore last movie , moneypenny last movie too and a new generation of James bond movies was next I do not the guns and the shooting
Mine too!😊
@@michaelbingham4111 th-cam.com/video/14YMRYjlLSs/w-d-xo.html Amazing autograph , very rare :D
Moore was always my favorite Bond as well. Everyone has their favorite and each one is just as valid but for whatever reason Moore always appealed to me over the others.
Good Lord these reviews are glorious!
+Greg Flip Thanks a lot! Happy to see you enjoy them!
@@DutchBondFan I always love rereading them when I'm in I bad mood, they always cheer me up!
@@DutchBondFan It's amazing how you can squeeze them all into around 30 minute recaps, I like the intros, the plot following, and the extra jokes you add in! Since I was born in the 90s and my first bond experience was watching goldeneye on tv in the early 2000s, I never considered the old 60s/70s would ever be worth watching but after binge watching your reviews first I'm eager to watch them all now!
Hilarious review..such a ridiculous Bond film..poor Roger Moore
The highlight of the film, for me, was Alison Doody as Jenny Flex. Sure, she had very little to do, but she did look great in that riding outfit.
She would have been better main Bond Girl than Tanya Roberts any day of the week. Roberts is a hottie but that's about it. Seriously, she's such a friggin airhead in this movie and just about anything else she's ever done too. She gives Jill St. John's Tiffany Case and Britt Ekland's Mary Goodnight both a run for their money in the dumb bimbo department.
@@alucard624 Not Roberts fault. The writing makes her an idiot.
She was the villainess in Indiana Jones last crusade
Have Doodys autograph , she no longer signs thru mail & seldom seen on the street
@@alucard624 Give Goodnight some credit. She wasn't nearly as dumb as the other two.
There's some good stuff in this film. I like all the detective work that's going on. The plot, however dated, is still good. Walken and Jones are outstanding. As with Octopussy, if you put aside the campiness, there's a dark edgy streak in this one, especially with Zorin. Roger is fine as always, but I struggle to get past how bad he looks. This really should have been Dalton's first film. Watching him go up against Walken would have been cinematic gold.
I'm not keen on Dalton as Bond, although I enjoy his roles elsewhere. I think this does redeem Moore's Bond a bit.
dalton going against sean bean in goldeneye would be cinematic gold to me
Anya Amasova was supposed to return but Barbara Bach declined to reprise her role
Why did she decline? I would very much like to know, please.
Interesting fact Grace Jones was my foster mum's sister but they didn't got along and got some juicy info why. I love your review..Made me LOL
Please do tell...
Let's hear some of that juicy gossip about Grace Jones!
Go on!!!???
Very difficult woman to get on with, but Mayday is a great character.
That’s interesting, as I believe she only has a brother!
Ok, that little GTA scene cracked me up. Great review once again DBF!
Glad you enjoyed! It's a small nod back to my channel's past too ;)
Actually, "A VIEW TO A KILL" contains some very good stuff: Big landmarks: Eiffel Tower and Golden Gate Bridge! Good acting of Roger Moore and Patrick Macnee! And I always like horses! Oo yes, the oldest Bond actor ever: Roger Moore(57)! And finally, Bond gets The Order of Lenin from KGB!!!
A film where the Golden Gate Bridge isn’t destroyed lol
I really like Walken and Jones in this film as well. Not so sure about the blonde Bond girl whose name I forget.
I'm given to understand that Anya Amasova WAS supposed to show up again, but I guess Barbara Bach wasn't available or something, so they went with a new character instead.
+Jennifer Schillig I learned that soon after uploading this too, as someone pointed it out to me on the AJB boards. Turns out Barbara Bach was asked but apparantely didnt want to do it. I have no clue why she wouldnt want do do that again! Ohwell... Missed oppertunity for both her and the series.
@@DutchBondFan not totally sure, but i read somewhere that she and Moore didnt get on fabulously well during The Spy Who Loved Me’s production. Maybe that put her off returning?
@@mmsiphonevinyls1027 Barbara did not care for the Bond character, the film series, or was just way too content with her life with Ringo Starr to do a return engagement. She likely does not believe she missed a thing!
Live and let die was by far Moore best JB movie in my book the rest where to comical
HUGE plot hole: Silicon Valley does not manufacture microchips, but rather they use them in their products. Zorin would have killed his customers, not the competition.
Back in the eighties, a lot more microchips were actually manufactured there. This is before Mainland China got in on the act, although microchips were being manufactured in places like Japan, Taiwan, Hong Kong and even Scotland.
Even so, he would be murdering his best customers.
I also think the Zorin machine gun massacre is a highlight of the movie. Then again, I thought the Water Temple was one of the best parts of Ocarina of Time.
Bond Does Not Kill Any Of The Goons That Attack Stacy, The Shotgun Fires Rocksalt ! ..
Other similarities with "Goldfinger":
1. The main villain is cheating at a sport for financial gain.
2. The main villain falls to his death from a great height.
Villains falling a long way down is more of a series staple.
Plus the main female with the villain turns against the villain and helps 007 (Pussy Galore in "Goldfinger" and May Day in "A View To A Kill"). The only difference is being one becomes the movie's main Bond Girl while the other becomes a femme fatale.
To be fair, the hook that killed the guy could have been poisoned like the shoe knife in From Russia with love.
Great review tho.
This is my guilty pleasures and would say it’s my 3rd favorite bond film it’s just so fun I can see why people don’t like it and Tanya Roberts gets annoying in places but for me it’s just 2 hours of pure fun entertainment and I’d agree that Duran Duran’s song is awesome
I'm glad I found these while rewatching all the Bonds during quarantine. These videos are well made and really help you think about the overall film. Great job!
I always thought it was "a view to kill", only just realise there is an extra "'a" in there lol!!
I think it should have been called A View To Kill
And it was originally From A View To A Kill.
I wait 2 months for a new bond review, ABSOLUTELY WORTH IT :D
During Roger moore funeral the music from spy who loves me was play he said a view to kill his last james bond movie had different actors doing his actons more than any james bond movie he in
Craig's last words as Bond : "I know... I know..."
Moore's last words as Bond : "Haha... Oh ooooh..."
-The best Bond theme song
-The most beautiful Bond girl
-Roger Moore still looks good for his age
"Roger Moore still looks good for his age" but not for a believable charmer of young chicks.
BUT.
- The worst movie
- No (but close)
- No
- No
Sven Dovianus I hate Tomorrow never dies *the song* and also this movie, Casino Royale is the best movie, with the best villian, Car, bond girl, M and the best pre title seq.
Sven Dovianus I just don’t like the song you know, i mean: You Know My Name is my favourite song of all time
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It's funny in the bedroom with mayday bond has a look like he's thinking oh the the things I do for England.
He wasnt joking this time
There was also a giant sex toy under the sheet with them lol
Worth waiting for.
This is one of my favorite Roger Moore Bond films.
As with most Bond films, there's something for everyone, even though there are some cheesy moments that are just plain bad.
Tanya Roberts, despite her annoying screaming "James, James!" is a real beauty.
Those eyes of hers are hypnotic.
The Golden Gate fight scene is well done, with an ax being used by Zorin.
Stacy somehow manages to emerge from a dirty wet mine, tumble out of a blimp onto a cable, and still has a dry, perfectly white dress and high heels on.
What a woman, what balance.
I would note that Bond doesn't kill the goons that break into the mansion because the shotgun was loaded with rock salt.
For the 80's the plot was excellent as Silicon Valley was the hub for chip development and production.
Lots and lots of memorable lines and scenes in this film.
"Mayday will provide you with a drink."
"So does anyone else want to drop out?"
The poetic justice of Zorin falling to his death over water mixed well with the businessman being ejected from the blimp and falling to his death over the water.
Moore was a bit too old, but I think he pulled it off well and ended on a high note.
Well done review, as there was lots of ground to cover in this one.
Glad you enjoyed! You may be pleased to see that Recapping 15 is up too! ;)
alpha centauri When Stacy screams "James, don't leave me!", I always yell at the TV screen " Leave her, James! No one will care!"
This and Quantum Of Solace I have a love/hate relationship with. I find myself becoming nostalgic for them but everytime I finish watching them I just feel a bit disappointed. Have to give credit to Christopher Walken and Grace Jones, they really make this movie for me.
Can't say I really feel any nostalgia for Quantum as of yet. I think that movie is still to fresh and new to give me any sentimental value. But I can see where you are coming from!
This is the third review ive watched tonight, im having a marathon of bond reviews this is really addictive stuff nice one Dutchbondfan👍
12:40 LOL Grace must have been confused by Bond's stuntman herself. Thats why she could't recognize him. :-))))
Hahaha oh damn, wish I would have said that in the episode! Nice one!
@@DutchBondFan may day is so hot in red lipstick she is nice for French kisses I was not born when this movie released but I like may day role in that movie Zorin so lucky kisses gets from may day
PRASHANT TEWARI ok you don’t have to keep repeating your same comment over and over
I only just remembered that Moore apparently met Tanya Roberts' mother during the production of this movie and was apparently horrified to learn she was actually younger than him.
Roger Moore said that in his other movies to that several of Bond girls had mothers younger then him. Live And Let Die he was 45 and Jane Seymour was 21 her mother was about the same age as him or younger. He couldn’t stand Lynn Holly Johnson on For Your Eyes Only who was 21 and her mother was younger then him by several years.
Another great review dude! Can't wait for The Living Daylights! I hold a special place in my heart for TLD because it was the first Bond Film I ever saw! I sure hope that review is as good the others!
BM \ James Bond Reviewer I'll do my best as always! And I am defenitely aiming to give every episode that distinct "Recapping feel"!
DutchBondFan I have absolutely no doubt about that!
Good lord finally! It felt kinda off watching the other Bond movies without complementing them with your reviews.
Haha thanks! It's always good to see so much Bond fans are in high anticipation for these reviews! Hope you enjoy this one!
Bond doesn't kill Zorin's goons at the big empty mansion. Turns out the shotgun shells were loaded with rock salt.
That part about the glasses allowing Bond to see through windows! I haven’t laughed that hard in a while!
Wait... was that Ivan Drago with Gogol? Your series has revealed some very odd things about the Roger Moore Bond films. First, that Tywin Lannister can be seen chasing after 007 in the snowy mountains of Northern Italy, and now that Ivan Drago is Gogol's bodyguard. And I've seen this movie too many times to count, and I never noticed!
This film was Dolph Lundgren's first appearance in a movie. He was hanging out on set visiting his gf, Grace Jones, and the director decided to throw him in the movie. He shot Rocky IV later that year.
MrColuber yes Dolph Lundgren was in his first role as bad guy KGB agent Venz. It was his first role as he was dating Grace Jones and was her body guard while working at a nightclub before becoming an actor after he had given up on pursuing career in Chemical Engineering as had worked on getting his Masters Degree and chose to be an actor.
I don’t think that Sir Roger Moore was old, the problem was that they intended to make a “young Bond movie”. If they incorporated a more mature bond with and older Bon Girl would be easier to watch this last Moore Movie. AVTAK is a good popcorn flick but if they gave us a decaying Bond just like Skyfall the movie would be fairly better.
The scene with Renault 11 is one of my all time favourite. It does not have to be real, but still! LOVE IT, not as the whole film.
This film should not have been made. It sums Moore's tenure up though, as you begin to see him smerk, grin, & pout all the way through the film because he is just not comfortable with acting, & would rather just fuck about with humour. And the problem is, people don't react to danger & violence like that in reality, so his films seem very boring & dated. And this fact is highlighted even more once you compare it to the next, & imho the best performance of Bond in the entire series with Timothy Dalton.
You kind of rushed this review a little towards the end, but I don't blame you! Most people just want it over & done with! Like Diamonds are Forever & Die Another Day! lol! Great review tho man. ;)
Caldera Records it’s not that shouldn’t been made, Roger Moore had intentions of retiring during Octopussy but decided to come back. Timothy Dalton was heavily considered to take over had Moore left the role before A View To A Kill started filming. It was after filming and it premiered when Moore retired the role of Bond and in 1986 Timothy Dalton took over the role when Pierce Brosnan couldn’t do The Living Daylights due to his contract commitment with tv show he was doing.
@John Kelly I never like to impose competition as to the Bond title themes, because they are so far apart in terms of era, culture, tradition, & tastes. The "best" is something which always separates from the rest. However, I think the best has come & gone! And agree that this has a certain bombastic affect that the recent themes lack entirely, because there's too many people involved now.
I will state however, that John Barry's sound has never yet been matched. His stripped down yet unorthodox brass hierarchy, along with his unrivaled strings motif still to this day sounds very defined, & set a standard which many have tried & failed to copy. Just listen to OHMSS/We Have All the Time In the World & you'll hear what I mean.
Another entertaining and informative review . I liked the comparison of Tiffany Case and Stacy Sutton. It’s like they were needed to be damsels in distress after being introduced as no nonsense ,strong willed women.
Tiffany Case is much better. Stacy is the main letdown in this film.
My name is Old. Really Old...
:')
At this time, Roger Moore himself thought he was a bit old. At least, compared to the Bond girls.
Got to love the hi-tech wizardry of the glasses that help him see through windows a little better! 👏 👏
Wine with Stacey is really one of my favourite tracks ever in the Bondseries. This film has a great soundtrack.
Grace Jones was awesome!!! and she and Dolph lungren were an item back in the day...she still looks the same I think... gotta love her, I wish she made more movies she was great.
You're a real bond fan. Anyone who loves bond would never dismiss this film.. why? Because its actually good.
Dammit your Bond reviews really are superb and well researched. To keep me ticking over I'll have rewatch them all again to pass the time waiting for The Living Daylights to arrive.
That's great man! You guys keep me going, keep up the support and thanks a lot for watching!
DutchBondFan Credit where it's due mate, you're clearly a huge fan of the films and it shows in your reviews. Just one thing annoys me, yours subs, you deserve so many more. I've seen channels on here that are just terrible that have half a million subs, it baffles me because Bond is as popular as it's ever been yet you seem not to appear on people's radar.
Balti Pasta That is nice of you to say! To be honest i'm extremely happy about my subs and fanbase so far! Because they have been growing steadily. Before I started making Bond videos, I was doing videos on the GTA games. They were popular but up on recent years the views started going down, I was putting tons of effort into them for little reward. Lots of kids demanding a new video and sending me three word comments that made little sense or were offending. Bond has always been a major passion of mine and I couldn't be happier about the switch! I have gained around 2000 subs since, I see my videos discussed on several forums, I see people eagerly awaiting these episodes and they each get thousands of views. Of course there are channels out there with half a million subs like you said, but it's like starting a company and immediatly comparing yourself to McDonalds, it just doesn't go that way! I'm happy that these videos are doing as well as they do! And even though they each take roughly 30 hours to make, I never have a single doubt in my mind of why I'm putting so much effort in, because I just know I'll get a major rewarding feeling in return!
Thanks for your comment!
DutchBondFan Hey, if you're happy with how it's going then that's great. I guess it does take time to build up subs and 6000+ isn't bad but it's Bond and you do deserve more because the reviews are ridiculously entertaining, informative, honest and often very funny. And thank you for the unexpectedly long reply, I won't take up any more of your time and I eagerly await the notification of your Living Daylights review popping up in the not too distant future.
No problem man, I always enjoy interacting with my fans. I'm easy to reach to have private chats on my FB fanpage too! I talk to other fans all the time! Also, expect that notification to show up in november! ;)
11:39
'Your helicopter leaves in 20 mins'
'Well let me walk you to the chopper'.....
......'That won't be necessary'
Very 80s but I was a teenager then so I love this film and Rog gets away with it just and I love San Fransisco so a bonus there too
fantastic review, as always.
In an earlier Finnish translation of the film when they were flying the blimp over San Francisco it used to be translated literally "What a view! Tokyo!"
Splendid, I'm looking forward to what your opinions are on the Dalton and Brosnan movies soon.
Also, nice GTA reference during the chase scene, I feel like you should've used the Vice City HUD though.
The most mindblowing scene in this movie is that the blonde bimbo Stacey managed to find a worker uniform that is tailored to her exact measurement AND absolutely nobody noticed that suddenly there's a new worker wearing a pair of white high heels among them !!
Tanya Roberts is every bit as bad as they would have you believe as the Bond girl. the character just doesn't work - I think they may have been going for the kind of girl that Maryam D'Abo played in The Living Daylights, but she didn't have a Dalton to play off nor the relevance to the movie.
For the opening sequence-- you gotta remember, when this film came out "snowboarding" was a *really* "new thing" to most of the public at large... so like the water-bike in TSWLM or the gyrocopter "Little Nellie" in YOLT, or even the three-wheeler Bond stole from the security guard in the moon buggy chase in DAF, this was a really interesting and exciting bit at the time, and the Beach Boys music was appropriate for the time and subject matter... after all, in most people's minds, "snowboarding" was the winter equivalent of "surfing", and since it was new and all to most people and the Beach Boys craze was winding down, it made a lot of sense...
*Poisoned* fish hook... but yeah, May Day could have easily shot him from the shadows without the elaborate butterfly thing... evidently someone saw this somewhere and decided "We GOTTA have this act in a Bond film!" and this is the best they could come up with to shoehorn it in... (or elsewise the hot chick singing to the butterflies was the producer's niece or something). I mean, it's a nice bit, but I just don't think this is a good fit for it and the movie...
The glasses were supposed to be "polarized" lenses, which again was kinda new for the time, and allowed him to see through polarized glass that was otherwise totally black, or something like that. The lenses had to be round for them to work, since the lenses had to rotate in their mounts to match the polarization of the glass he was trying to look through... because of this they looked pretty "out of place" and not in any way stylish, unlike the sunglasses Bond wore when he told Domino her brother was dead in "Thunderball" or the "see through clothes" glasses in one of the Brosnan films...
Why not have Felix Leiter?? Simple, because Chuck Li gets wiped out... "his body was found in Chinatown"...
"So Bond being Bond goes after Zorin to rescue Stacy-- God knows why...." Two words-- dat azz... :) He hadn't banged her yet at this point in the film, and you KNOW he's going to at SOME point, so yeah, of course he's coming after Stacy... and he can't leave Zorin alive without a big showdown between them, so yeah...
Anyway, another great review... OL J R :)
I always thought that the Duran Duran theme was one of the most popular Bond themes if one of the more unconventional ones and I freaking love it too. This, however, is probably one of my least favorite Bond films. Only the wacky villains are really worthwhile in my opinion as the action is nothing special, Stacy is rather annoying, Moore is too old and the film is also a bit slow at times.
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Blimps drop out room ok but good points you make
Stacy is kind of crap, but I do like Zorin and Mayday.
11:38
17:18 The youngest women Bond hooks up with are both in FYEO! Bouquet has an age difference of almost 30 years with Moore and Lynn Holly Johnson is a year younger than Bouquet. From the age difference, Lynn Holly Johnson is the youngest girl that ever hooked up with Bond. And the girl at 4:42 is only 2 days younger than Bouquet as well ;)
Bond never hooked up with Bibi Dahl. He kept rejecting her advances. 😩
I didn't know Rodger Moore had altered his face, boy I need to be a bit more observant in these movies. Great episode Looking forward to the Dalton era, I can't believe this week marks the 10th year for Casino Royal and Daniel Gregg playing our favorite secret agent.
Michael Lively Daniel's last name is Craig.
I heard Moore had an issue with skin cancer which is the reason for the mole removal and face work.
I was Born in 1980. This was the first Bond I watched. It used to be my favourite film. As I’ve grown up Its no longer my favourite bond, but it couldn’t have been that bad a film as it hooked me in. Roger was always my Bond
I was 16 years old when I first saw this on the big screen. And boy, what a really wide screen it was. Movie was fantastic and I still enjoy it today. Your review is also very good!
The random KGB connections are so frivolous even Fleming would blush
Oh and the Nazi connections
This is my favorite 007 film. Grace Jones made all the difference.
Mayday! I know that lady! She was Zula in Conan the Destroyer with Arnold Schwarzenegger right before she did this Bond movie!
A View To A kill is by no measure as bad as the god awful Die Another Day. That movie is fucking dreadful.
abingleyboy Die Another Day. Sorry, never heard of it. Brosnan only played Bond three times (mind block on Die Another Day)
abingleyboy True, but it sadly is pretty terrible.
AVTAK is better than : DAF , TMWTGG , MR , TND , TWINE , DAD.....so far from the worst imo
@@postersandstuff MR?
It's called "Die Another Day" because every day that I watch it I die
Hi DutchBondFan. Yes, it's possible to use a car tire as an air supply underwater. Very likely, Bond's cleverest method of escape from a villain murder attempt.
Good review. Glad you finally had the time. Thanks.
Yes. He stayed one movie too long. This is a fun, weird artifact of the times though.
Kind of. I would happily swap this with one or two of Moore's earlier, more campy outings.
Two movies too long IMO. He should have finished with FYEO which was a great movie. Octopussy and AVTAK were two weak movies and Moore was too old to be believable. If they'd brought in Dalton in 1983 it would have been better as the public were sick of the cheesy Bond and wanted more serious hard-edge Bond.
BTW, it's not the actual Beach Boys singing "California Girls" at 3:50, but a tribute band named Gidea Park. Plus, 14:48 was the debut of actor Dolph Lungren (Golgol's KGB bodyguard), who was dating Grace Jones at that time.
I completely agree that the View To A Kill theme is among the best in the series. It's tied with Goldeneye for my personal favorite.
Goldeneye is just Tina Turner trying to be Shirley Bassey.
@@anonb4632 Goldeneye was written by U2.
I've always picked up for AVTAK. Its actually a very good film.
Can't wait to see you review the Dalton era! Personally he's my favourite Bond.
Looking forward to it as well! It's great to have covered the whole Moore era now, and got them all up and running! :)
mrbeatle890 Mine too (with Daniel Craig a close second).
I wonder if Mission Impossible Ghost Protocol got the “Tom Cruise and Jeremy Renner survive drowning by breathing air out of a car tire” idea from this film? Complete with “antagonists sticking around awhile to make sure they drown” as well.
RIP Tanya Roberts
Nobody does better reviews than DBF! I'm gonna watch this soon! Is your new place good?
Thanks man! Yes, moving in around the weekend! only need to bring my desk and bed over and such. Consider this the final video recorded in the old place! (Thanks for asking!)
DutchBondFan I hope it will go well bro!
Let's give credit, where credit is due. Moore kept himself in shape, unlike Connery in Diamonds are Forever...talk about a creepy old looking dude! And he was much younger than Moore was in this film.
Almost every Bond actors last film was rather weak and first film was a good one.. Lets hope that no time to die will be an unforgettable one!
11:00 "The most useless gadget that apparently makes Bond see through windows a little better."
There're simply adjustable polarizing lenses, just like a polarizing filter for a camera lens. They block reflected light while allowing light from behind the reflecting surface to pass through. Nothing magical there.
That was exactly my point. They could have easily made it so he would just look through the window without a gadget, they just added something into a movie where the reflections are blocked out so he sees things a little better. Movie wise for an audience, it's pretty dull :P (Not to mention the way they look!)
I see your point. But as you have alluded to in many of your recaps, the Bond franchise can't resist showing hi-tech gadgetry, even if it doesn't contribute to the plot in any way.
This one is my favorite, I think because its the first one I saw as a kid, so its quite a memorable one for me. Plus the credit sequence with the Duran Duran song still holds up and is VERY 80s in a wonderful way
Alison Doody plays Jenny Flex, seen dressed in riding clothes as she greets Bond as he arrives at Zorin’s steps. She also played Elsa in Indiana Jones, the Last Crusade.
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4:45 dude you are not alone, this is also one of my favorite bond themes alongside Goldeneye and Skyfall
Update: add The Living Daylights to the list
Strange I used to think this was Moore's weakest bond film but over the years it's become one of my favourite! Oh and the theme tune rocks!
It has weak points but there are other aspects that even it out. Great villains and it doesn't go way over the top campy like some of Moore's previous outings.
May Day is awesome and Walken rocked it as Zorin. As you said, unsettling yet so different and it's all explained. If you're gonna go fully absurd with your villains, you gotta commit to it, and to 'AVTAK's credit, it does.
Good stuff as always DBF! Just watched this one the other day, waiting for you review. A good Bond adventure, though flawed. Definitely two of my favorite villains. Mayday kinda turns into the weak girl for a moment after Zorin ditches her in the mine. "I thought that creep loved me" lol
This is the most positive I've ever heard someone talk about this film. Still one of my least favourites, but now I understand a few more of the weirder scenes!
this movie is weird and nutty and I absolutely love it! even tho it's far from being one of the best it's undoubtedly my favorite Roger Moore bond and the score is amazing!
Zorin and Mayday are a bit nutty but it makes it interesting.
Who owns the Eiffel tower in this movie since drax is dead?
Xylophone T Good question! Anyone know?
Xylophone T i do.
If the Screen Actors Guild awards were around when this movie was made, the stunt team would have been a shooin for the stunt team award.
“St. John-Smythe. JAMES St. John-Smythe.” Classic.
A view to a kill is one of my all time favourite Bond "pop" themes. Shame it's attached to such a weak movie and it's sad to see Moore leave with a very disappointing film. It's a lot of fun and the villains are wonderfully crazy but it's definitely flawed. Can't wait to see you take on the Dalton movies, they are my favourites!
You should review the Bond games!
It's not on my agenda, but defenitely something to keep in mind!
@@DutchBondFan If you do, can you review "Everything Or Nothing"? It's the only Bond game that has all of the original Pierce Brosnan Bond cast as well as being a sequel to "A View To A Kill"! It's even got Willem Dafoe as the main villain! I think of it as the unofficial official final appearance of Brosnan's Bond!
A polite,cool, sanguine hero is R.MOORE.
They ought to show James Bond shopping for a Brioni suit in Vegas at the Wynn or shopping for a Aston Martin and stuff like that which would add nuance to his personal style. Maybe shopping for a wristwatch, or selecting a bathing suit from some hot sales lady. There is just so much that they've missed out on that they could have done.
RIP Tanya Roberts.
This movie gets a lot of negative reviews but honestly I think this movie is still pretty enjoyable and some good plot elements, yes Roger Moore was really showing his age at this point and yeah there are a lot of bizarre cheesiness but Max Zorin, the theme song, the action the final fight and Zorin’s craziness makes this more of of a highlight to it, probably the best parts of the movie, Stacey is yeah annoying but the action and the dangerous more tense parts of the movie makes it a bit more enjoyable and leaving you with some good things about it, it’s definitely not a terrible bond film