tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-210813585213368870.post8199976366731684199..comments2023-10-15T09:13:26.776+01:00Comments on The view from the hills: Which is the best Bond film ever?GHmltnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08420475365803049630noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-210813585213368870.post-55016645690296506492012-11-05T11:52:07.621+00:002012-11-05T11:52:07.621+00:00It's a tough one this, because so many of the ...It's a tough one this, because so many of the films have both good and bad points and part of the problem is Bond himself/<br /><br />Bond isn't so much a misogynist as a barely controlled psychopath. If he wasn't doing what he did for Queen and Country he'd be in Carstairs or Broadmoor.<br /><br />So a Bond that can convey that sense of menace might lift up an otherwise flagging story, and vice versa.<br /><br />So here's the semi-arbitrary top 3, in descending order<br /><br />From Russia With Love<br />It's an actual spy story, rare for Bond, and I love the Turkish section of it<br /><br /><br />Live and Let Die<br />OK it's part of the slide into Camp, but it has a good energy, some fine acting by Yaphet Kotto, and Madeline Smith<br /><br /><br />Skyfall<br />The newest, some holes in the plot, but you get a good performance by Craig as the barely controlled killer, and the sense of ultimately how he is valued<br /><br />HONOURABLE MENTION<br />OHMSS. Odd choice despite what was mentioned earlier, but it has a human story in it. I like it. You take the person who is able to reach into Bond, to bring him into the mainstream of society, and then he loses her, making him even more dead than before. Sad and tragicColin Speirshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15031021034865864534noreply@blogger.com