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Solomon (1997)
An outstanding effort
A great Biblical Epic Story of Solomon, the son of King David.
Wonderful set pieces, makes you think you back in ancient biblical times.
Ben Cross as Solomon, and David Suchet as Joab are on point and are quite close to biblical interpretation in terms of their characters.
Suchet is a believeable Joab that wields great power and influence as the commander general of the ancient Israel army.
Max Von Sidow is okay as the ageing King David. I thought Sidow's interpretation as punishing Suchet (Joab) in the movie was a little inaccurate. It is only after King David's death that Solomon movies quickly to execute Adonijah (his half-brother) and Joab who he saw as a threat to his throne.
The film also boosts a great cast that also deliver.
The Spy Who Loved Me (1977)
Moore Gets It Right!
"The Spy Who Loved Me" was definitely Roger Moore's best Bond.
From the opening sequence he flows with confidence and delivers his lines immaculately. This was Moore's third outing playing the Suave Super Spy, and this time he gets it right! The film was perfect in a sense it allowed Moore to play to his strength of charm,balanced aggression,humour,and wit. This worked well and helped it to distinguish it from the Connery Bond movies, a mistake which they made when Lazenby replaced Connery in the role briefly.
Lewis Gilbert did I wonderful job of directing Moore after previously directing Connery in "You Only Live Twice".
The movie boasts some great set pieces particularly where Moore(Bond) is pursued by Jaws (Richard Kiel), and in a helicopter by Naomi (Caroline Munro). Munro's chase with the helicopter as she pursues Bond's Lotus until it drives into the sea and turns into a submarine, is one of the highlights of the movie.
Kiel makes an excellent henchman and German actor (Curt Jurgen)makes a good baddie as Karl Stromberg, who is hell-bent over world domination and creating a new civilisation under water.
Barbara Bach is a beautiful companion and female agent who teams up with Moore in the movie to play Russian Agent Anya Amasova.
Credit should also be given to Moore's timing of humour in the film. This is what he does well out of all the actors that has played Bond (Connery, Lazenby, Dalton, Brosnan, and Craig). There are some good action pieces with him and Kiel (Jaws), and it works well and shows some vulnerability in the character, whereas when Connery played the role it felt that Connery had too much armour on.
Tribute should also go to late Cubby Broccoli in the sense that when his working partner Harry Saltzman left the Bond Franchise there would have been questions raised if Broccoli could succeed on his own and he succeeded! Without a doubt, this is Moore's best outing as Bond and ranks as my second favourite in the whole series.
Rating:9 out of 10.
For Your Eyes Only (1981)
A Great Bond Adventure
This was Roger Moore's Fifth outing as Bond. Moore has always been my favourite Bond and I was glad that this was a successful film. I was also pleased that this Bond went back to basics after an average the mediocre Moonraker movie. Although in my opinion, "The Spy Who loved Me" is Moore's best outing as Bond, "For Your Eyes Only" is right up there too.
I think that John Glen does a terrific job as director in terms of us seeing a more gritter Bond. Moore is great! From the burial grave scene in the movie, we see a serious and thoughtful looking Bond! The scene where Moore(Bond)disposes Blofeld down the chimney is humorous but acted superbly.
As the movie continues Moore settles into the role and delivers his lines immaculately. There is that balance between him being serious and injecting just the appropriate sense of humour. One of the memorable scenes in the movie where I thought that Moore timed the humour well, was where he says to Cassandra Harris (Pierce Brosnan's first late wife) 'I'm a writer, I'm writing a novel about Greek Smugglers'. 'Do you know any?' 'I'm sure a woman in your position will get to know many things'.
One of the tough moments in the movie was where Moore,(Bond)disposes one of the villains by kicking his car as it is precariously balanced on a cliff and Bond says: 'He had no head for heights'.
Another thing that I thought was wonderful in the movie was Sheena Easton's theme song that was played in the movie. I thought that it did the movie justice and the chemistry between Moore and Carole Bouquet who plays Melina Havelock was great.
Although "Moonraker" made more money at the box office, "For Your Eyes Only" is definitely one of Moore's best efforts as the Suave Super spy.
The Firm (1993)
A top notch moving Legal Thriller
The movie "The Firm" without doubt is one of Tom Cruise best films. He leads an all star-cast, playing a Harvard graduate lawyer who lands a dream job at a Memphis law firm.
Not long after he joins the firm the nightmare begins. He wonders what he's got himself involved in. A bunch of Mafia thugs who are laundering money back and forth to the Cayman Islands.
Cruise gives a believable performance as Mitch McDeere who is on the run from the Mafia.
Gene Hackman also gives one of his best performances as Avery Tolar since Lex Luther in (The Superman Movies), and Secretary David Brice in (No Way Out). There were other good performances from Jeanne Tripplehorn, Holly Hunter as Tammy, Gary Busey as Eddie Lomax, Wilford Brimley as the scary grim-faced law enforcer for the firm.
Overall, the film moves along nicely with Cruise carrying most of the film.
However, being a John Grisham fan and having read the book I thought the film makers could have stuck to the ending in the book. Anyway, I can't complain because Cruise does a good job and is a believable Mitch McDeere.
The Six Million Dollar Man (1974)
My Six Million Dollar Question
My Six Million Dollar question is why hasn't there been a remake of the Six Million Dollar Man for the Network stations?
The Six Million Dollar Man was my favourite TV show in the 1970's. Considering the time it was made, I think it was good value for money.
The show attracted huge audience ratings on the Universal and NBC Television Station between 1974 and 1978.
Lee Majors (born Harvey Lee Yeary),before playing the Bionic Man,he featured in "The Big Valley" as Heath Barkley(1965),"The Ballad of Andy Crocker" as Andy Crocker(1969). I believe it was The Six Million Dollar Man that made him hugely popular. Other sources may argue and say it was "The Fall Guy". Colonel Steve Austin, aka the Six Million Dollar Man was definitely a role Majors was born to play and he certainly made it his own. Other sources claim that Monte Markham was to play the role before the role was given to Majors.
However, Markham did get the chance to feature in a few of the Six Million Dollar Man episodes,("The Seven Million Dollar Man" and "The Bionic Criminal").
'How much did he cost?' 'This man had one bionic arm', 'two bionic legs', and 'a bionic eye'. 'How fast could he run?' Well, he's hit sixty miles per hour. 'Oscar Goldman'(played by Richard Anderson) must be very proud'.
Although I find it difficult to pick a favourite,because all the episodes were good. Here are a few of my favourite episodes that I can recall: 1. "The Seven Million Dollar Man" (November 1974) 2. "The Bionic Woman Part 1&2" (March 1975) 3. "Day of the Robot" (February 1974) 4. "The Bionic Criminal" (November 1975) 5. "The Return of the Bionic Woman Part 1&2" (September 1975) 6. "The Return of the Robot Maker" (January 1975) 7. "Population Zero" (January 1974) 8. "The E.S.P. Spy" (March 1975) 9. "Hocus - Pocus" (January 1976).
I believe if they follow the 1970's format by keeping the music sound in the series it will work. There is so much going on politically around the world and I am sure there is a lot to come up with. Look at Hawaii Five O. They have kept the original music series and have managed to come up with some good episodes and it is currently riding high on America's TV Network Station.
I would love to see a remake of The Six Million Dollar Man for TV in America.