24 FRAMES PER SECOND (Free subscription) | 11/14/2009
For Your Eyes Only (1981) Dir: John Glen As far as I can tell, For Your Eyes Only seems to be something of a favourite among the diehard Bond fans. I can’t for the life of me figure out why. It’s not that this is an especially bad film; it’s just not a very good one either. It just sits there on the screen, often seeming as tired and old as its Bond (Roger Moore, looking...
24 FRAMES PER SECOND (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
... it comical. Other technical elements are also botched. The editing, by Bond director in waiting John Glen, is a complete mess. The first ski chase sequence is particularly terrible, with shots of new Bond George Lazenby and his stunt double not only utterly failing to match, but so disconnected that the sequence makes barely any sense. Then there’s the soundtrack. The music,...
24 FRAMES PER SECOND (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
This will be the first in a series of themed weeks, during which I’ll be watching seven films that are in some way linked, be it that they are part of a series, the work of the same director, actor or actress, or even that they share a theme or genre. I thought I’d start off with a series I have embarrassingly little experience of… Bond, James Bond Licence To Kill (1989) Dir: John...
