The opening scene of this one is slow, like the rest of it. NickNack (Herve Villechaize) is not a good actor and 52-year old Christopher Lee (Scaramanga) is clearly using a body double for the action bits. I don't think Lulu's theme song has weathered the years as well as she has done though she certainly belts it out.
Bond's opening scene is more traditional this time with M (Bernard Lee) and Moneypenny (Lois Maxwell), though Desmond Llewelyn's Q eclipses James Cossins as Colthorpe.
We're still in the 1970s with its brown suits, brown cars and product placement Brut aftershave.
Bond still has his one-liners (I've lost my charm! Not from where I'm standing) but they are weak.
Maud Adams never was a great actress and yet Britt Ekland is handed the doormat role of Mary Goodnight. Scenes with Lee and Adams are unconvincing due to the age difference. Clifton James reprises his mouthy cop from Live and Let Die and in the process hurts the film more than he helps it.
The car chase is good, though.
Bond's opening scene is more traditional this time with M (Bernard Lee) and Moneypenny (Lois Maxwell), though Desmond Llewelyn's Q eclipses James Cossins as Colthorpe.
We're still in the 1970s with its brown suits, brown cars and product placement Brut aftershave.
Bond still has his one-liners (I've lost my charm! Not from where I'm standing) but they are weak.
Maud Adams never was a great actress and yet Britt Ekland is handed the doormat role of Mary Goodnight. Scenes with Lee and Adams are unconvincing due to the age difference. Clifton James reprises his mouthy cop from Live and Let Die and in the process hurts the film more than he helps it.
The car chase is good, though.