A View to a Kill
Ski scenes aren’t anything new, looked a lot better in FYEO. Great theme tune by Duran Duran.
Bond and Moneypenny really look like they should be taking retirement.
Patrick Macnee as Sir Godfrey! 😊 A third star from The Avengers making an appearance (fourth if you count Joanna Lumley from The New Avengers. Very nice.
The taxi driver in Paris is almost as bad an actor as Steven Berkoff.
I think this is the first film were in virtually every stunt scene its completely noticeable it’s a stunt man, the guy/s don’t look anything like Moore. I know Connery and Moore didn’t do their own stunts but they normally film it well enough to make it less noticeable, here there are lingering shots throughout. Terrible editing.
It’s a poor film, like TMWTGG its only memorable for its villains. To be honest though even as a massive fan of Walken he’s nothing special here, he looks the part but most of his lines fall flat. He’s best when he’s alongside Grace Jones, the two have great charisma together.
Speaking of Jones, Mayday’s a great henchwoman even if she gets the Jaws heroic redemption treatment at the end.
Tanya Roberts doesn't impress. However the “Stacey Jump!” line for which she then does a bodyslam onto him down the Golden Gate Bridge, without a doubt, one of the best unintentional laughs in the whole series.
Overall, Moore’s long past his prime, in truth its probably a 3 or 4 but I also seem to remember watching this a lot as kid on TV (probably more than any of the others), at the time I didn’t realise how bad it was, maybe nostalgia is making me biased but I’m going with a very, very, very generous 5/10.
Extra justification for the risk on casting the brilliantly batshit crazy Grace Jones, surprised she didn’t break Moore’s spine during a fight scene! Also got some wonderful scenes with Patrick Macnee, shame he wasn’t a recurring character, plus that Durran Durran song is brilliant as well.
