Pros and Cons: License to Kill

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  • Danvers NettlefoldDanvers Nettlefold Posts: 20MI6 Agent
    Watched LTK again recently. Thought Bond’s formal, top-hat-and-tails wedding gear in the PTS still seemed a bit Roger Moore-ish. Missed John Barry on the soundtrack. And the cosy familiarity lent to the proceedings by seeing dear old Q out in the field seemed almost as incongruous as Sheriff Pepper would’ve been in this more sober, serious context. Nor did the ’007 going rogue’ idea, with MI6 men pulling guns on him, feel very satisfactory. Would’ve preferred to have M give Bond unofficial sanction to go after Sanchez: "Get him, James", M murmured, when at last they were safely out of earshot, and those damnably clear grey eyes were full of unspoken understanding as, with a deftness born of long practice, this man whom Bond respected more than any other lit his pipe.

    On the plus side, Robert Davi made a strong, Scaramanga-esque villain, Del Toro an effective henchman, and the lighter scene at the end was a nice, Sergio Leone-style moment (in keeping with the alleged Yojimbo/Fistful of Dollars influence). And although appreciating Dalton’s more ‘literary’ interpretation of Bond, I can see how general audiences would have missed the customary ironic detachment which is, perhaps, an element of 'star quality'.
  • Matt SMatt S Oh Cult Voodoo ShopPosts: 6,596MI6 Agent
    Thought Bond’s formal, top-hat-and-tails wedding gear in the PTS still seemed a bit Roger Moore-ish.

    I wish he wore something Roger Moore-ish for the wedding. Roger Moore did morning dress in A View to a Kill, and it didn't look like a costume on him. What Bond (and Leiter and Sharkey) wear for the wedding is 1980s hired American wedding costume. It completely fits the setting of a 1989 American wedding, but it stands out in a film full of horrible clothes. Thankfully Roger Moore had the sense to never dress this horribly.
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  • FiremassFiremass AlaskaPosts: 1,910MI6 Agent
    Matt S wrote:
    Thought Bond’s formal, top-hat-and-tails wedding gear in the PTS still seemed a bit Roger Moore-ish.

    I wish he wore something Roger Moore-ish for the wedding. Roger Moore did morning dress in A View to a Kill, and it didn't look like a costume on him. What Bond (and Leiter and Sharkey) wear for the wedding is 1980s hired American wedding costume. It completely fits the setting of a 1989 American wedding, but it stands out in a film full of horrible clothes. Thankfully Roger Moore had the sense to never dress this horribly.

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  • nobodynobody Posts: 110MI6 Agent
    I always hated the morning coat wedding attire Leiter, Bond and ? wear at the beginning of the movie. They look like the Mr. Tux "rent two, get groom's tux free" special, instead of formal wear worthy of agent 007...
  • GrindelwaldGrindelwald Posts: 1,294MI6 Agent
    edited June 2019
    I think the wedding tuxes looked all right , Lupes red dress and Pams black casino dress were also very nice
  • Matt SMatt S Oh Cult Voodoo ShopPosts: 6,596MI6 Agent
    nobody wrote:
    I always hated the morning coat wedding attire Leiter, Bond and ? wear at the beginning of the movie. They look like the Mr. Tux "rent two, get groom's tux free" special, instead of formal wear worthy of agent 007...

    This is spot on. As much as I hate wedding attire trends in the US now, bad wedding attire goes back a long time, about 50 years.
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  • PPK 7.65mmPPK 7.65mm Saratoga Springs NY USAPosts: 1,227MI6 Agent
    Yeah, the morning suit is defiantly not one of the better outfits James Bond has worn on film.
    I read a while back in 007 magazine that LTK costume designer Jodie Tillen (fresh off her five year run as costume designer on Miami Vice) wanted Timothy Dalton to wear pastels. Thankfully Dalton vetoed this idea with support from Albert R. Broccoli.
  • Agent PurpleAgent Purple Posts: 857MI6 Agent
    This one seems to get better for me with each viewing.

    My criticisms:

    - Sanchez is too much of a derivative gangster-type character.
    - The Stinger-missiles subplot involving Hiller (hope I wrote that right) does lose me.

    But other than that, this film is solid for me, really good stuff, and I give it 9/10.
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