diamond_martini Reviews

A View to a Kill (1985)

There wasn't anything wrong with this one...

[8/10 · 15 December 2006]

Despite Roger Moore being a little over the hill for his last Bond film, I still loved it.

The basic premise of this movie is, yes, I admit it, similar to Goldfinger. Christopher Walken who happened to be a product of Nazi experimentation plans to destroy silicone valley and have a monopoly on the computer chip market. This was a great story line, especially in the 1980's when computers were becoming cool.

Tonya Roberts, In my humble opinion was probably the most beautiful Bond girl there was. Her sexy throaty whisper was intoxicating. May Day (Walken's strange and muscular girlfriend) added so much too the story, especially what she did at the end.

Despite what people say about this being one of the worst 007 movies, it had a solid story. An amazing performance by Christopher Walken and a very sexy Tanya Roberts. This movie should at least be somewhere in the middle of your James Bond list. So please give this one a chance, it's one of my favorites. Oh, and we can't forget the theme song, which has to be the best James Bond theme ever, and you can't deny that.

Striptease (1996)

It has it's moments

[7/10 · 10 December 2006]

Come on guys, this movie wasn't all bad. Everyone has heard that book is great, and it was. Much like all Carl Hiaasen books. But the movie lacked the spice that the story had. So much was left out of the movie that it couldn't be anywhere near as good as anticipated. The only aspect of the movie that was portrayed well was of course Congressman Dilbeck (Burt Reynolds). I mean, smelling a strippers laundry lint while covered in vaseline right before giving a speech on family values? That's priceless! Demi Moore was... well, below average. As she is in most of her movies. Never the less, I do recommend this movie if your looking to only watch it once.

Big City Blues (1997)

Not bad once you get into it.

[7/10 · 10 December 2006]

OK, well to start off with, ya the movie had a lot of problems.

The lighting was almost embarrassing, the story was a little strange and somewhat hard to follow.

However, I still liked it.

To truly understand this movie, you have to have seen it a few times because every time you watch it you'll see something that you missed the last time. Once you understand everything that's going on, it's actually a very interesting movie. It's story is based around the fact that every decision you make will impact you in a huge way.

Not to mention the great acting! Reynolds and Forsythe were fantastic in this film.

To sum up. The acting was good, the story was charmingly creepy and damn funny.