This really is the best Bond film if you liked the original novels and had they followed Thunderball with this one and starred Connery, no one would question its place among the Bond movies. Connery himself might have considered it his best outing in the role, then again maybe other aspects of the movie wouldn't have been better.
Peter Hunt does an exceptional job directing this movie and alot of the action scenes don't seem so static. Hunt uses closeups and really takes the viewer into alot of the scenes. This doesn't really happen often in the earlier movies. The series needed an updated look and filming style which it does have to go with the new actor in the role.
This was the Bond film I usually ignored when I was a kid (before the Brosnan and Craig movies, most of which i've still never seen) then I caught some of the action sequences like the ski chase while channel flipping. I was pulled in and watched it to the end. I suppose it's a little too meticulous setting things up in the first act but that's how the book is too.
The movie does offer much more for the actors to do instead of saying quips and playing with plastic gadgets. The latest Bond movie tries to follow this one's lead but drags out for almost 3 hours and is unwatchable. This shows why Ian Fleming was a better storyteller. Its a shame other Fleming novels weren't given such a faithful rendering. Some try to come close but mostly they copy the names and is light entertainment.
Peter Hunt does an exceptional job directing this movie and alot of the action scenes don't seem so static. Hunt uses closeups and really takes the viewer into alot of the scenes. This doesn't really happen often in the earlier movies. The series needed an updated look and filming style which it does have to go with the new actor in the role.
This was the Bond film I usually ignored when I was a kid (before the Brosnan and Craig movies, most of which i've still never seen) then I caught some of the action sequences like the ski chase while channel flipping. I was pulled in and watched it to the end. I suppose it's a little too meticulous setting things up in the first act but that's how the book is too.
The movie does offer much more for the actors to do instead of saying quips and playing with plastic gadgets. The latest Bond movie tries to follow this one's lead but drags out for almost 3 hours and is unwatchable. This shows why Ian Fleming was a better storyteller. Its a shame other Fleming novels weren't given such a faithful rendering. Some try to come close but mostly they copy the names and is light entertainment.