A View to a Kill
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Movie Reviews of A View to a Kill
Movie Review: Underrated
Summary: 4 Stars
Roger Moore's last Bond film, "A View to a Kill", is considered by many to be one of the worst films in the series. In my opinion it's underrated. Yes, Roger Moore was getting a bit too old for the part but he still does a good job. My main complaint is Tanya Roberts's character, Stacey Sutton. She's not a very good Bond girl, but it is somewhat redeemed by Grace Jones's May Day character, one of the more colorful (no pun intended) Bond girls. Christopher Walken is a good villain and Bond gets help from Patrick Macnee who also does a good job.
The story is something of a rework of "Goldfinger", but it' still fun and has added some nice twists and been updated to fit the 1980s. The movie offers lots of fun action and in my opinon delivers what I expect from a Bond movie.
Movie Review: love James bond movies
Summary: 4 Stars
love all James Bond movies, this was one of my last on my list to purchase...love Roger Moore as James...and as always location, story, action, spy-espionage plus a bit romance great for movies.thank you Amazon.Movie Review: Can't Go Wrong with Bond
Summary: 4 Stars
Even though this is not one of my favorite 007 movies, I needed it to complete my collection. Sean Connery is still the best Bond actor.Movie Review: Not Roger's Greatest Bond.
Summary: 3 Stars
Years ago, I used to see a publicist from Paramount at Star Trek conventions. Star Trek V had just come out and failed. He told us that "the main problem with Star Trek V was Star Trek IV." Basically, nothing Star Trek V could have done would have improved upon the much-loved "Star Trek IV." While I don't totally agree with that, Star Trek V had alot of things wrong with it, you could probably say the same thing about this film: the main problem with "A View to a Kill" is "Octopussy." "Octopussy" was such an all-around entertaining Bond film that we were expecting the same thing with this film.
We were greatly disappointed.
"A View to a Kill" is a very average Bond film and a sad swansong for Roger as Bond. Roger was 57 when he made this film and sadly a bit old for Bond at this point. As a result, we never even see Bond in the sack with the much younger Tanya Roberts. (For some reason, Tanya is one of the most disliked Bond women. I had no problem with her and thought she looked pretty damn good in this film. I've met her twice, including once last summer, and she is very nice in person.) It opens with a pretty good action scene with Bond on snowmobile being chased by a low-flying helicoptor. He eventually uses a ski from the snowmobile to surf down a mountain (to the Beach Boys singing "California Girls" Some people hate this, I find it amusing." The basic plot is Bond taking on a madman played by Christopher Walken. Walken is fun but his assistant was played by the annoying Grace Jones, during her 15 minutes of fame. This annoying character is featured prominently in the film's advertising. Today she is a trivia question. (Another interesting trivia question is that the theme from this film, performed by Duran-Duran, is the only Bond film to hit number one.)
The problem is that the film just isn't that interesting. Theres a not very interesting subplot involving Walken using microchips on his racehorses at the beginning of the film. (The great Patrick MacNee is used and wasted during this sequence, being unceremonially murdered by Jones.) The worst thing about this film is a Keystone Kops-like chase scene featuring Bond hanging from the back of a hook and ladder as it goes up and down the winding streets of San Francisco. I hate this scene. I also hate the scene where Bond arrogantly announces who he is to a not-tto-bright San Francisco cop who arrests him anyway. Bond gives him the "Bond, James Bond" line like he is a celebrity, not a secret agent. I hate this scene also. The film ends with a fairly good action scene with Bond combating Walken atop the Golden Gate bridge.
This is not a bad film, it just isn't very good. Its not a great film for Roger to go out on. He deserves a great deal of respect for keeping the Bond series alive and profitable during his 7 Bond films.
The DVD features a nice commentary by Moore, I'v enjoyed listening to his commentaries on the Bond dvds and blu-rays that have been released.
Movie Review: License to Bore
Summary: 2 Stars
People who rave about this movie, it makes me wonder .. have you ever seen a Bond before (Particularly the early ones with Sean Connery and the Moore films LALD, TPWLM, FYEO & OP). This is a bad film no ifs ands or buts. Period. The plot is warmed over GOLDFINGER with Christopher Walken over the top as an East German superman experiment out of control as Max Zorin. Grace Jones bizaare as May Day, Tanya Roberts totally unbelievable as Stacy Sutton, geologist. The opening has Bond in the artic retrieving a micro-chip off a dead agent. This sparks a wild chase by Russian soldiers on skies. Bond starts on a captured snowmobile which gets blown up and the front fender becomes a snowboard, with Moore shooting down the snowy slopes to the Beach Boys "California Girls" !!! Lois Maxwell -- having participated in the aging process with gusto -- looks like Roger Moore's mother! The one -- and I do mean one -- bright spot is Patrick MacNee as Sir Godfrey Tibbet. John Barry's next to last Bond score and a title song by Duran Duran -- the title shortened FROM A VIEW TO A KILL to make it easier to come up with the lyrics.