![]() I consider 1979's 'Moonraker' Moore's worst, but like 'Diamonds are Forever', and 'Die Another Day', Moonraker was more the fault of the script writers not the Bond actor. Moore is just plain stiff in his last entry! The man seems to have totally lost interest in playing the character by this point. It seems that all Bond actors seem to end their careers on the lowest of their films (Connery with 'Diamonds are Forever', Brosnan with 'Die Another Day', and though Dalton was a great Bond, I have to say 'License to Kill' was a weak film) but with those films it has always been more the scripts fault, as opposed to the actor's talent (all three tried their best with the material). Roger Moore, unfortunately, ends his career on Bond in perhaps his own worst performance, which is undeniably sad. You'd think a super-strong female henchwoman would make for a memorable moment in the franchise, but this is so poorly handled that she winds up as one of the most forgettable characters in the series, as opposed to one of the best. Everything else about this film is really forgettable. It is because of Walken that I recommend this movie and give it a relatively good rating. So for a movie like 'A View to a Kill' Walken's performance is like shifting through sewage and finding a large diamond ring. Exotic locations: Check! Unique henchmen/henchwoman: Check! Surrounded by beautiful girls: Check Cold and ruthless attitude: Double check! Heartless and chilling disregard for henchmen life: CHECK Walken, with a horrid script (every character in this movie is poorly written) is able to create one of the best Bond villains I've ever seen! The way he talks, the way he acts, everything he does showcases his undeniable talent. I can say without a doubt in my mind that Walken is the single saving grace in this film, exhibiting everything any good Bond villain needs. This is the under-appreciated role of Max Zorin, played by the always wonderful Christopher Walken. One thing however manages to make this film better than Moonraker. Moore has very few witty comments in this movie, and most of the other characters are cardboard cut outs. The plot is as simple as they come, and none of the actors are really given any chance with the dialogue they have been given. Moore is showing his obvious age, making the relations with his leading ladies undeniably awkward, to say the least. ![]() ![]() Upon seeing 'A View to a Kill' I instantly was prepared for the worst, and let me tell you this certainly is a bad Bond film. So far the only film I haven't enjoyed in the series has been Roger Moore's Moonraker, just because of the over the top silliness and the obvious sell-out to appeal to moviegoers who had just seen Star Wars. Outside of those songs, Duran Duran never got a second listen from me, but after that song, I became a legitimate fan of the band.I can say I am a Bond fan, seeing as I own twenty of the twenty-two movies currently on DVD (as of writing this review). Yes, the same band that gave us songs like “Rio” and “Hungry like the Wolf”. Of course, there are great theme songs like “GoldenEye” by Tina Turner, “License to Kill” by Gladys Knight, “The Living Daylights” by a-ha, and “Live and Let Die” by Paul McCartney, but there was one above all that stood out to me: “A View to a Kill” by Duran Duran. I loved the opening title sequence, with the theme song performed by Chris Cornell, so I decided to go back and look at all the other opening title sequences to see what they were like. Some backstory: at the time in 2007, I was only a minor 007 fan, my knowledge being mostly from the GoldenEye video game on the Nintendo 64, some of the Pierce Brosnan movies, and the first Daniel Craig movie, which had just come out in 2006. It’s terrible, but it’s amazing all at the same time. Released in 1985, A View to a Kill was Sir Roger Moore’s last outing as James Bond, and widely considered one of the worst of all time. I’m writing this on April 1st, and I’m going to be serious: I love this movie.
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