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9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
One of the Best, January 5, 2003
A View to a Kill is my all time favorite Bond movie. I think Roger Moore gives a great performance in his last Bond film. ...The pre-title ski scene is magnificent, probably my favorite out of all.
The best thing out of this whole movie is Max Zorin's main method of transportation is by blimp, a very interesting aircraft. Very interesting when involved in the finale action scene. Also I must say i was very fond of Zorin's head of security, Scarpine, played by Patrick Baucheau.... One last thing about this movie is that I think it has the best music out of all the Bond films especially what they play during action scenes.
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16 of 20 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Playing it for fun, July 24, 2000
Growing up in Scotland this WAS my favorite James Bond movie. Roger Moore (in his finale as 007) tones down the outright absurdity of its immediate predecessor (Octopussy) but the larger than life characters, impossible escapes and grand set-pieces are still in evidence here. The stand-outs in this caper (as with most 007 adventures) are the villains, Christopher Walken is over-the-top and obviously having a great time as Max Zorin as is Grace Jones as May Day. The worst actor award here without question goes to Tanya Roberts. the obligatory Bond girl, who (although incredibly beautiful ) just does not convince as a geologist with a personal grudge against the wonderfully psychotic Zorin. Action fans will be delighted with the action scenes here that range from the a heart pounding opening sequence, a pursuit through Paris, a police chase across San Fransisco to a final duel in which both an airship and the golden gate bridge play a part. Judging by the consistently great quality and fabulous features (audio commentaries and documentaries) on the previous two batches of DVDs this promises to be THE deifinitive record of this production. One of the definite highlights of the special features is a previously unseen deleted scene of a policeman going through Bonds personal effects (ie gadgets) at a Paris police station - Zowie!
UPDATE- It should be noted that there is a rerelease of this movie coming up on DVD which will feature a newly recorded scene specific audio commentary by Bond actor Roger Moore. So, it may well be worth holding off on a purchase until these Ultimate Editions are released towards the end of 2006.
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
Could have been much better, July 1, 2000
By A Customer
I was really disappointed how Moore's last outing turned out. It had a good-sized budget, a clever title, came after the great Octopussy, and should have ended The Moore years (which were fairly good) with a bang. This is far from it. View has several good aspects, one being an excellent villain in Christopher Walken, who plays Max Zorin, a German industrialist with a hidden past (which is he is the result of a Nazi experiment) whom embarks on a quest to destroy the microchip -producing Silicon Valley by creating a major earthquake to greatly increase the amount of his own horde. The plot is a basic retread of Goldfinger, yet the microchips are possibly more interesting as is the earthquake but yet more unrealistic. The other good aspects are the pre-title ski chase (yet it isn't as good as TSWLM's), the mine escape, Duran Duran's dynamic title song hit, the car chase through Paris, the Eiffel Tower jump, John Barry's score, the cinematography, and the battle atop the Golden Gate Bridge between Zorin and Bond. However, everything else is poor. Moore gives a wooden performance as OO7 and is very unconvincing as being such a woman magnet. Tanya Roberts is possibly the worst Bond girl as the incredibly annoying Stacey Sutton, a geologist who works at City Hall (PLEASE). Grace Jones does a good job of playing MayDay but is monotonous and has an odd screen presence. Most of the other action is crummy, including a ridiculous and boring car chase through the streets of San Francisco and an unrealistic horse-racing chase. There are about no gadgets, and you barely get to see Q and don't even get to see his workplace. Finally, View is slow-moving and doesn't have a good feel to it. Like You Only Live Twice, View has so much potential and could have been one of Moore's best yet unlike Twice, View squanders its potential almost entirely. Overall, my least favorite OO7 adventure, even slightly worse than The Man With The Golden Gun.
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