tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5581760944079929268.post2853146116154053099..comments2023-03-29T12:41:37.717+01:00Comments on The Place That Sends You Mad: Film review: The Spy Who Loved MeMichaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11611118945156764527noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5581760944079929268.post-67052154697097729382014-06-16T12:43:38.481+01:002014-06-16T12:43:38.481+01:00Indeed. I can't pretend it's a moment I...Indeed. I can't pretend it's a moment I'm looking forward to as I continue to make my way through the series.Michaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11611118945156764527noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5581760944079929268.post-61539178637505747482014-06-16T12:27:00.254+01:002014-06-16T12:27:00.254+01:00Well as I've said to you before, for future hi...Well as I've said to you before, for future historians keen to get an idea of the New Labour Cool Britannia lie on film, they need look no further than the opening of The World Is Not Enough.Markhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14569732807130090838noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5581760944079929268.post-73623802266552034912014-06-16T12:24:11.813+01:002014-06-16T12:24:11.813+01:00I don't rank it as highly as GOLDFINGER person...I don't rank it as highly as GOLDFINGER personally, but it's right behind DR NO for me and certainly ahead of everything Connery did from THUNDERBALL onwards. I think, once I've made it to the end of my Bond marathon, I'll probably go back and rewatch the early Conneries to shore up where they belong in my overall ranking. I'm quite struck by the fact that, at present, my Top 5 contains two Daltons, two Craigs and only a single Connery (FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE).<br /><br />In terms of the flag-waving being a decade out of time, I think you could argue that the Bond series as a whole was always around a decade behind the trends. The campy fun of the 70s Moore films feels more suited to the Swinging Sixties, while the cold cynicism of the Dalton's two entries would have been right at home in the 70s. Likewise, Brosnan would in a lot of respects been the ideal 80s Bond -- a superficial, smarmy yuppie. (Then again, you could argue that the 90s were a direct continuation of the 80s with Blair assuming Thatcher's mantle, but I digress...)Michaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11611118945156764527noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5581760944079929268.post-2307076428751050942014-06-16T11:24:20.876+01:002014-06-16T11:24:20.876+01:00Still one of the finest Bond films. It may not be ...Still one of the finest Bond films. It may not be as good a (Bond) film as the more serious examples within that self made genre; From Russia With Love, OHMSS, Licence To Kill, Casino Royale, Skyfall for example, which could be great stand alone films in their own right, but for the specifics of a Bond spectacular, it's up there with Goldfinger. <br /><br />One of my best mates at school once admitted to me his first realisation of what it was to be a man came from watching this and, more specifically, Barbara Bach's wet red dress and spilling cleavage!<br /><br />Good point about the Britishness of the piece. Broccoli was quite clever in that respect, taking something of ours and sending it out to the global market with a distinguished 'made here' stamp (even if it could be argued its essentially a yank selling the idea of Britain back to us) It definitely came to the fore here making its 'I'm Backing Britain' atmosphere feel a little like a decade out of time.Markhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14569732807130090838noreply@blogger.com