From Russia With Love is an improvement on Dr No, in the fact that more fun is had with this movie, and the feel of it is more Bondian than the predescessor. But am i alone in finding it awfully Dull in places?
True, the action scenes are fantastic. There is the boat chase, with Sean Connery looking a little like Tony Curtis doing Cary Grant in Some Like it Hot. then there is Bond being chased by an helicopter looking strangely like Grant himself in North By North West. The gadgets are up to scratch,with the cashier case being one of the finest Bond Gadgets of all time [especially since it was the first but not because of. The case emits deadly talcum powder, bullets and stun gas and a dagger that proves very usefull to Bond later on in the film. As for Q, well the least said about Desmonde Lywellyn's debut the better, because he represents more a Carry On straight man than the good old Q we know.
The cast is up to the mark. Sean Connery is hitting his stride as Bond. His performance in FRWL is perhaps the best of his tenure, he is more the Flemming Playboy this time around than the cold Blooded Killer of Dr No. He carries the film [again]. Robert Shaw makes a very eerie henchman. He looks surpirsingly like Dolph Lundgren as Ivan Drago in Rocky IV, and his final train battle [one of Cinema's greatest] is an absolute knockout. My personal favourite is Pedro Armandariz as Kerim Bay. He is a warm, bubbly character and what a sad loss he was to future Bond movie's.
So overall the Music, Title Song sung by Mat Munroe, the excellent pre-credits sequence where Bond is killed, or is he? Action and Acting, help to make this a more Bondian movie than Doctor No. But the script in places leaves alot to be desired. It is far better to watch an exciting Bond movie than a Dramatic one. Luckily for Bond fans, fun was just around the corner..............................................
True, the action scenes are fantastic. There is the boat chase, with Sean Connery looking a little like Tony Curtis doing Cary Grant in Some Like it Hot. then there is Bond being chased by an helicopter looking strangely like Grant himself in North By North West. The gadgets are up to scratch,with the cashier case being one of the finest Bond Gadgets of all time [especially since it was the first but not because of. The case emits deadly talcum powder, bullets and stun gas and a dagger that proves very usefull to Bond later on in the film. As for Q, well the least said about Desmonde Lywellyn's debut the better, because he represents more a Carry On straight man than the good old Q we know.
The cast is up to the mark. Sean Connery is hitting his stride as Bond. His performance in FRWL is perhaps the best of his tenure, he is more the Flemming Playboy this time around than the cold Blooded Killer of Dr No. He carries the film [again]. Robert Shaw makes a very eerie henchman. He looks surpirsingly like Dolph Lundgren as Ivan Drago in Rocky IV, and his final train battle [one of Cinema's greatest] is an absolute knockout. My personal favourite is Pedro Armandariz as Kerim Bay. He is a warm, bubbly character and what a sad loss he was to future Bond movie's.
So overall the Music, Title Song sung by Mat Munroe, the excellent pre-credits sequence where Bond is killed, or is he? Action and Acting, help to make this a more Bondian movie than Doctor No. But the script in places leaves alot to be desired. It is far better to watch an exciting Bond movie than a Dramatic one. Luckily for Bond fans, fun was just around the corner..............................................