Okay, Let's Talk About Live and Let Die (1973) || From Rewatch with Love Ep09
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- Graham and Matt have a lot to talk about this week, as Roger Moore's first Bond film presents us with both a madcap James Bond adventure AND some very important topics of discussion.
Episode 09 - Live and Let Die (1973)
Graham & Matt are here to talk about the first blockbuster film franchise! It's Bond... James Bond, as we lead up to the release of the 25th Bond movie, with this rewatch podcast full of our thoughts on the series and plenty of trivia!
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JW Pepper is much funnier if you have never met a JW Pepper.
Well yeah
For all we know maybe that is the real Baron Samedi, Loa God of the Dead, being endlessly amused by the death defying antics of James Bond and maybe it's with his blessing that Bond never dies. It makes me wish for another James Bond movie with a hint of magic in it.
Can someone tell me who sent Bond the Queen of cups?
@@salt27dogg 1:08:25 Either Solitaire ("I see the intervention of a woman.") or Quarrel, Jr. ("Meet the man who shares my hairbrush," i.e., that's the one who received Morse code sent from his hairbrush. The code to Quarrel may have been, "Mrs. Bond???")
Blaine. David blaine
@@salt27doggmust be solitaire. Tarot card
Roger Moore SHARES the record for most appearances as James Bond in the movies - Sean Connery also made 7 Bond films - albeit one, "NSNA"(1983) was not in the EON Productions' series of James Bond films!
My brother's headcanon is that Bond and Q have kind of a symbiotic thing going: Q mentions to Bond that some gadget "hasn't been field tested", and Bond tries to use it to advance his mission, thus making it "field tested". Even if it is as ridiculous as using a jetpack to get over a wall he could probably have climbed over faster.
This ties into the larger theme of Bond doing things that make his job harder, like stopping to drop flowers on the dead guy. Our belief is that these are all explained by two points:
1) Bond doesn't do what he does for England or the Queen or even M, he does it because he finds it FUN.
2) Bond is good enough at what he does that he seeks to raise the challenge a little bit. While most people are happy with "Can I prevent this guy from killing me", Bond has to add "without spilling my drink".
It is in line with the statement/myth that bond is just too good in all the things he does. The expert in everything.
Never watched one of these before and thought, "There's no way I can sit and listen to a couple of people dissect a film for over 2 hours" but I did and I enjoyed it! Good job
Thanks!
Every time Graham and Matt said prop crocodiles I shouted "Propodiles!"
The band they used for the funeral scene is a legit jazz and brass band called the Olympia Brass Band that has been around in some form since WWI, and does actual funerals like this. I always liked that they at least got the legit local folks who do this in the film.
I recently saw Octopussy again and noticed that the last act is set in an area where I lived for a couple of years. The way the last chase plays out, I am pretty certain they set around an actual map of the roads and rail lines of the area when they wrote it, and even the license plates on the cars (which in Germany are assigned on county level, not state level) are exactly those you'd expect. Which makes me feel certain that it was all done on location with local cars.
With James Bond, you get to see the real thing. Not some place halfway across the continent that looks very similar.
@@Yora21 what an attention to detail! ... that they couldn't have been a**ed with when it comes to venomous snakes in this film. :P Seriously, how hard is it to get a fake snake that looks halfway convincing on film, even in the 70s?
The guy who stabs the agent was the band's regular trombonist.
@@Chasmodius It was the 70s - manufacturing, materials etc. aren't what they are now - the plush we see later would've been just as convincing. But why worry about people saying "look how fake that snake is!" when they can just get a REAL LIVE constrictor snake get the huggy boi to boop nose to the nervous actor?
(there was no internet - for the general public, at least - and even the information from cable tv channels wasn't a thing yet, so the average viewer likely wouldn't be able to tell a bitey snake from a huggy snake)
Matt's timing on the (Yes, that's Captain Holt) caption was perfect I had just thought "Is that Captain Holt?" And was just about to go to IMDb and the caption showed up.
"Names are for Tombstones"
Big doesn't want Bond to get a burial, so no tombstone = no name
Overall Movie Rankings
G:
- Live and Let Die (Moore)
- OHMSS (Lazenby)
- From Russia with Love (Connery)
- Goldfinger (Connery)
- Dr. No (Connery)
- You Only Live Twice (Connery)
- Thunderball (Connery)
- Diamonds are Forever (Connery)
...
- Casino Royale 1967 (Niven, Sellers, & co.)
Matt:
- From Russia with Love (Connery)
- OHMSS (Lazenby)
- Live and Let Die (Moore)
- Dr. No (Connery)
- You Only Live Twice (Connery)
- Goldfinger (Connery)
- Thunderball (Connery)
- Diamonds are Forever (Connery)
...
- Casino Royale 1967 (Niven, Sellers, & co.)
Thank you for your service!
Thanks! Also, this makes perfect sense so far. They agree on the Top 3 even if they rate them at different slots, and they agree on the couple lowest rungs, and the middle is a bit of a toss up. So far I've been mostly in agreement with them, too, only I have a real bone to pick with Moore's time as Bond, easily my least favorite era of the movies. I'm looking forward to hearing Graham's thoughts on this because he's the opposite from what I understand. BUT I do think that Live and Let Die is the strongest out of Moore's outings, even if it is deeply problematic.
Having never seen the movie, I like that right before the big reveal I was thinking "wow, all these cool henchmen, but I'm confused why all these henchmen are spread between these two crime bosses-OHHHH"
Now that we are into the Rodger Moore era, I can bring to bear trivia from his autobiography which I own. It's interesting that you mention the fact that Sherrif J W Pepper racially profiles one of the henchmen because they had too nice a car, because that exact thing happened in New York where the stuntman driving the Silverado was arrested while filling up on gas because the cops noticed a black man was driving a very nice car, ran the plates, didn't get a result because they were prop plates and the driver was arrested and the car impounded. According to Moore the car wasn't returned and the driver only bailed out through the timely intervention of Cubby Broccoli who in terms of smoothing out local authorities will come up a lot
That's awful. I feel bad for that stunt driver.
Probably wasn't Cubby, considering Harry Saltzman was the lead producer on the film (it was an arrangement they had come to where Broccoli would do one, Saltzman would do one, and therefore each would keep out of the other's way -- it was informal, at first, but it was there).
Why didn't he tell the cop who he was and what he was doing?
@@Paul-jz3wc He probably did, but the cop also probably didn't believe him
@@Paul-jz3wche prob had a premonition about rodney king and decided against protesting too much. J w pepper is unrealistic because he s an amerikan cop who doesn t shoot black drivers
Wow, Roger Moore was like 95% of the way to cosplaying Orange Cassidy
I love this.
If only he had the glasses he could have been Cassidy’s Dad
Missed opportunity on Propodiles for the potentially fake crocs.
As I was listening to this and making dinner I quietly chuckled to myself: „propodiles“ and I‘m so happy I‘m not alone with that thought
They weren't fake.
Yes, thank you, the EXACT term came to my mind too. And learning they weren't props makes it funnier!
I'm not sure who is it, assuming Matt G as he's credited as doing the visual frame pulls, but I'm loving the little embellishments to compliment the commentary.
🐍💋4 U
Matt knows a lot about tarot, as you may have noticed!
Agreed. The quip about describing the boat scene made me laugh out loud.
34:06 Interesting that you describe it as an "old-fashioned" espresso machine. My own reading was that back in 1973 this might have been considered a really sophisticated gadget for somebody to have in their home, and was perhaps at the cutting edge of technology, and therefore no less ludicrous to the average audience member than most of the offerings from Q branch.
Bit of trivia, Roger moore was actually terrified of guns and anytime he had to fire one he would close his eyes. The editor actually grabbed a really good screencap of that at 2:09:55
Actually, most people are unable to keep their eyes open when a gun fires. I think that was one of things that clint eastwood was famous in his hayday for was the fact he could fire a gun without blinking.
Live and Let Die was the first Bond film that I watched from start to finish, so it'll always be one of my favourite films for nostalgic reasons.
2:06:50 My favorite melons on the internet. This series has been great as critical look at the movies individually and the series as a whole
Now we need IMMDB (Internet Movie Melon Database) to make a comprehensive list. Though it's probably not a good idea to Google "Melons" on the Internet (at least not at work)!
1973 to 2020: $20 then is $116.71 now. So yeah, a fair bit of cash
That's flipping crazy.
Jesus, what a hell of a tip
"It's hard to go wrong with a flaming skull"
Nicolas Cage : "Hold my beer"
Im not certain this coment disaproves the statement. Doesnt matter how bad Ghost Rider movies where flaming skull made them watchable instantly...
The outfit Bond was wearing during breakfast is called a leisure suit btw. Those were very popular during the 70s and even though i was born long after then, i think they're kinda cool :D
I think Bond's powder-blue suit is a Leisure Suit, the apex of '70s men's fashion.
This one kicks much ass.
Bringing back Hedison as Leiter in License to Kill is understandable. He had unfinished business. The scene with Leiter being fed to a shark and losing his leg was in the book version of Live and Let Die but was omitted from the film version. They had to bring back the same actor to complete the circle.
These reviews are compulsive viewing. Very in depth and entertaining.
All the actors bring something to the role, both Positive & negative.
Through out Moores era. There are moments when he plays it dead straight. When he does, he's Bond takes on totally ruthless persona.
"Hey, I'm Matt Wiggins and we're rolling out for looking for Bond's greatest Bangers, Belters and Ballads:
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And my monday has now properly begun!
This is not only making me look forward to Mondays, I'm now ahead on the films because I'm enjoying the series that much!
Live and Let Die is really well made, but this movie made me go "Oof" a couple times with it's scripting choices.
This is the first title song that really got to me, which is unsurprising because I've heard it on the radio like last week! It's got staying power!
It's hard to place this one in my internal rankings, but it's near the top.
I think OHMSS hasn't been dethroned yet.
Thanks for adding more context than "roughly in the era of Civil rights consciousness" that I was going in with. While I'm at least passingly familiar with the concept of Blacksploitation, I'm no film buff, let alone 70's film history.
Rodger Moore definitely has slipped into the role as a permutation on Connery's Bond rather than a more explicit departure.
~Snip a long digression about the Big Bad death scene here, it's not worth it~
Looking forward to hear your take on The Man with the Golden Gun! ...hoo boy.
I love that these come out on Monday, gotta have something to do at work
"Let's go visually identify a snake!"
You have no idea what you're getting yourself into
"Yep, that's a snake."
JW Pepper doesnt say "hands on the hood" he says "ten fingahs on the fendah!" Which is a great line!
The Snek Booping made me lose it! Thanks Matt G, Your efforts are appreciated!
“There aren’t that many hours!” -Matt
Well have you considered he’s spent 10,000 hours on the skill of mastering skills?
Can I just say how much I love these long form episodes with all the really really interesting banter and discussion and trivia
Blacksploitation films are one of my favorite topics to discuss because they are a very misunderstood topic. One of my favorite films is Black Dynamite, which is a Blacksploitation parody film starring Michael Jai White. It's very entertaining and definitely worth a watch.
Geoffrey Holder was the Baron. I remember him very well from his 7up commercials in the 70s!
Or mr big is implying they wont need a tombstone because they're not going to let his body be found 56:03
That was my impression. His line is made less cool by the confusion it can cause though.
Yesssss!!! Been looking forward to this! I know you mention Wings but it's worth giving a shout out to George Martin who produced all the Beatles albums and scored this film, and this was the first Bond film not to be scored by John Barry
30:13 I was too frightened by this as a five-year-old in 1973 and had to leave the theater. The flaming skull!
Thanks guys for continuing this podcast. I'm really enjoying the scene-by-scene analysis and background information.
Thank you editor for not showing the skin slicing. The considerateness of LRR for these kinds of sensitivities is one part of why I'm hard-leaning into LRR content these days from a lot of other CZcamsrs. We need more of this kind of consideration and emotional maturity from content creators.
Whenever I rewatch this episode, I always get a chuckle out of the roast from the visual editor at 2:06:48
It's times like these that I recall that not every person misspent their youths reading a frankly unnecessary number of books on reptiles. I was surprised that there was any doubt about the venomous/constrictor divide for the snakes in this film, but I really shouldn't have been.
What I am shocked is that neither of you had anything to say about a crocodile farm in a region known more for it's alligators, or that some of the specimens in the frames shown in this video were in fact alligators and not crocodiles. I would love to understand how that came to be!
Very glad to see this one still holds up. Now if you'll excuse me, I have an absolute BANGER to go listen to.
They mention in the movie that some of them are alligators actually.
I guess it was a mixed farm of alligators and American Crocodiles (which do exist but mostly live south of the USA)
Props to Matt for these title cards. So good!
This episode again reminds me that Graham is legit good with voice impressions - he's done a few off-the-cuff at Desert Bus and I'm always impressed
Sheriff Pepper is pretty damn funny for you guys. He's damn serious for us.
It'd be great if he was a parody character but uh... Pretty sure he's more the norm than anything else. Which is very unfortunate.
Yah, it was a little tone deaf to laugh at the white cop pulling over the black guy at gunpoint.
Ah good. My morning coffee, and From Rewatch with Love. Excellent
Graham Stark was the actor who played Inspector Clousseau's deputy in The Pink Panther films.
Guys, you can see what Bond is wearing under his powder blue outfit when he's on the boat. In the UK that's be described as a vest.
I don't think you need to even go with the " not in this moment" thing as far as the cards predicting them having sex goes. There's no caveat from the cards that also said "and it will be a loving and mutual act with consent on both sides".
If the cards are magic then they accurately predicted the future. It just so happens that the future the Lovers predicted was "James Bond is going to trick you into sleeping with him."
Which is a funny example of predetermination really; the cards showing her a future that only comes to pass because of the cards showing it happen.
Well, maybe not "funny haha" funny
I'm glad I'm not the only person who had this thought. Like "just because the cards say you're gonna have sex doesn't mean you're gonna want it or even like it."
There's way more problems with consent in this situation than Graham and Matt realize but it gets into deeper philosophy and ethics of consent which isn't really necessary to get into. The short of it is that yes consent does actually come into the picture despite her believing she doesn't have any agency in the situation because regardless of even her beliefs that it is inevitable, she still has a say in whether she /wants/ to go through with it or not. Bond and her attitude from the start of her picking up The Lovers card comes off as if he's decided he's going to have her and she doesn't think she has a say about it. She doesn't express any genuine desire to go through with it and honestly seems perturbed by it. That status set from that moment does not change. That is unarguably rape.
I would hope that it's generally understood that her being "into it" doesn't make it not rape. Consent wasn't explicitly given, it is rape. There is no if or but to that.
Right, so the voodoo in this is as accurate as Goldfinger’s skincare. Got it
You mean dyed mashed potatoes aren't a step in making myself look like someone else?
Ah. The best part of my Monday.
Re: the movie's treatment of black characters, it's actually an improvement over the original book. The novel is, let's say, somewhat unenlightened in it's treatment of black characters. The movie, for the most part, allows them more intelligence and dignity.
Having read the book I agree with this completely. Reading it gave me potent Yikes.
Yeah the novel was uncomfortable.
@@tineye5100 can someone tel me who sent Bond the Queen of cups ?
You guys keep me from going to bed on time on Mondays. Thanks :)
This film really would have been much more interesting, from a sociological perspective, if they had swapped actresses. Though both of them do quite well in the roles they are given.
Really great episode, with a lot of depth and nauance. Thanks and kudos to everyone involved in producing it.
When I was a youngster and saw the opening scene with the snake ritual and saw the incredibly unconvincing snoot booping, I had assumed they had given the agent a bunch of hallucinogens and he had some sort of overwhelming reaction to the theatrics. I was at the age where I had discovered the weird books in the non-fiction section of the library -- the ones that were inaccurate and fictional but purported to describe what zombies and voodoo were. You know, the same section of non-fiction that had books about ufos and bigfoot. So I was assuming they were going to make the spy think he had died and come back, to brainwash him into some sort of zombie cult-member or whatever. Slightly disappointed it didn't turn out that way. Brainwashed agents might have helped explain how Agent Rosie Carver was working for Kananga and why she was so affected by the "superstitious" stuff around them. Oh well.
Like that you mentioned the logo on the cards , MANY viewings before I noticed that. Also notable enough , the over abundance of Chevy Caprices in NY , Louisiana, and San Monique . Like your work , informative and funny, thanks.
I always thought that the agent in the pre-credits scene died of fright; I had no idea there was a "bite" in there. Also, is it a croc farm? I thought it was alligators.
My first James Bond in theaters was "The Man With The Golden Gun" because I was too young and scared by the voodoo imagery in "Live And Let Die".
I loved the song though, still do. It's a banger!
I feel that Moore plays Bond as though Bond knows he is the main character in an action film. He knows he he can not die and has no real skin in the game.
Mad Respect to you G and M for the deep dive at the start about the various issues with Blacksploitation and goading?
Thanks for bringing it up and showcasing its importance, huge love to you both.
Appreciate LRR always
This is the first time my opinion has drastically diverged from the Graham and Matt's, which made this fascinating listening. It made me rethink whether I disliekd this movie as much as I thought I did. Then again, I am on the hate side of the J.W. Pepper division, so I think my tastes are just different here. That, and I don't think any other Bond movies make me cringe as much as this one does. Still a much better movie than Diamonds are Forever; so it has that going for it
"San Monique" possibly alludes to the whole island of Hispaniola, which shares two nations: French-speaking Haiti and Spanish-speaking Dominican Republic.
The whole island fluctuated between French and Spanish colonial control through its history. A portion of the island fluctuated between being called Santo Domingo and Saint-Domingue during this time.
Wow, that super interesting. Thank you.
I did find Graham's comments about it being impossible for somewhere to have two different cultures/countries colonizing it and a hybrid name to be very strange when there are a lot of examples of this kind of multiculturalism that I'd have thought he's be aware of. I even vaguely remembered like "wait isn't there actually a place that exists like this?" and I am not sure if that's a false memory or I was actually remembering that Hispaniola existed.
Sean did 7 films as well, Never Say Never Again in Eon owned now.
My phobia of snakes was so intense that I had trouble watching it the first time. I was a kid when I got to see it, but I had my eyes shut during the scenes with snakes. But couldn't stop thinking of the snakes could be in the theater.
Roger Moore did added humor he brought from The Saint.
And I found out Roger Moore was born 1927 and Sean Connery was born in 1930 Interesting, that Moore started at age of 45 for his first Bond film and Connery ended younger on his last Bond film age of 41 in 1971.
Just wanted to mention. The singers name is Brenda Arneau She is from the US but had a big career in the UK on television and as a session singer. She was also a cast member on one of the Benny Hill Shows, and other British programs at the time. Here is a one her performances with Benny Hill czcams.com/video/9FP2X3hFmig/video.html .
Love this podcast series. As a woman who was raised on James Bond movies as a kid (from a father who was a hardcore Bond fan), Roger Moore jived with me most. Maybe because of his humor and charm. I also loved that Roger Moore knew how to poke fun of Bond by parodying the character in “The Cannonball Run.”
David Hedison is a great Felix. He has quite a big part in the later movie as Bond has come to Florida to attend his wedding. As I'm sure you know it all ends rather badly with Felix getting nibbled by a shark. Hedison was aloso one of the leads in the Irwin Allen sci-fi TV show, Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea.
Hedison and Moore were friends in real life prior to LALD which adds to their repartee. Despite this Moore never had the character of Felix appear in another of his Bond films. Which seems a missed opportunity.
David Hedison as Felix should have started from ''Diamonds Are Forever''.
@@user-xp2gm8im2c Pity poor Rick Van Nutter who signed a multi-picture deal to play Felix, and then only appeared in Thunderball.
The stunt man who jumped over the backs of the crocodiles to escape . Just about made it to the other side
Mission Impossible masks are a product of the films. On the TV show, it was just that a whole lot of important people looked suspiciously like Martin Landau so that his character could impersonate them with minimal makeup.
Oh thank GOD, you two loved the title song. I've never seen the movie, but the song is one of my favorites.
Not just you, as I remember on a DVD special they did a sizzle reel of "the Best of Bond" while a piece of the Live and Let Die title song was playing.
I can now confirm that me and Graham very much want the same thing out of a James Bond film. Roger Moore has always been my favorite Bond with Live and Let Die being my favorite film. While re-watching these for the podcast I was also surprised by how much I enjoyed OHMSS and I as well put it at number two so far with Casino Royal being in my top as well, but we'll see if that stand when we get to them.
Good to know that Graham's Live and Let Die is basically my Living Daylights
The Living Daylights is really good!
At 1:43:00, yes, masks were a big part of the "Mission: Impossible" TV show. And they weren't done with CGI like in the movies. And, yes, the crocodile run was done for real.
After watching this podcast, I think I appreciate LALD more. Thank you! But I still miss Q, though!
The car scene on the highway I actually live next to the highway actually called the FDR Drive. Very good Bond debut for Roger Moore. Enjoyed all your Bond videos
I really like the annotations on the movie shots you guys started to add
Loves how David Hedison manages
to combine quirks and traits from the
Terence Youngs Felix and the Guy
Hamiltons Leiter and in the same
time also makes him Bonds equal .
Moore's Bond was light years from the Ian Fleming character. I guess it's fine if that doesn't bother you. I liked Roger as The Saint--but not as Bond.
For what it’s worth, Fleming thought David Niven should play Bond, and Moore is way closer to Niven than Connery was.
He changed his mind a lot. First he said Bond looked like Hoagy Carmichael. At first he wasn't sure about Connery but then cane to like him so much that he gave Bond a Scottish back story in the books. Basically Bond has to be menacing AND sophisticated, Moore was sophisticated but not menacing, Same with Brosnan. Dalton was too Thespian and Lazenby too wooden. Daniel Craig can be menacing but is a bit thuggis. Is he ever referred to as Commander James Bond an officer in the navy? He looks more like a non commissioned officer in the commandos or something. Only Connery nicely combined menace and sophistication.
@@johnwallen438 Τhe actor who will play Bond, must be the right person for the role and the time. Moore, especially from ''The Spy Who Loved Me'', was the right man at the right time (except the last film). Although he is very good in his first two films, director Lewis Gilbert said that still had the way Connery plays (especially in second). Connery is Bond until the early 70s and I can imagine him in ''Live and Let Die'', if they made the film in 1972 to celebrate ten years of Bond films. Dalton (should had play in ''A View to a Kill''), Brosnan, Craig is the right actors for the role and the time. Love and respect is not enough for Lazenby. After Connery in this film, I believe to Stanley Baker.
28.01 - 29.06 czcams.com/video/vQ5PC7m45_0/video.html
Finally got to my dads favorite Bond movie (he’s from Louisiana) and my second top 5 movie so far.
Despite the issues you guys mentioned, it’s such a fun romp. Also, top five theme song. ❤️ Live and Let Die.
I totally did not know about Quarel.
But just when this episode came to Bond and Rosie arriving at the harbor, I was thinking "This looks like a copy of a scene we just had a few movies ago."
However, Rosie is holding a revolver. Revolvers don't have a safety to turn off.
Ehhhh; 'Never Say Never' - due to the difference in how they fundamentally work, revolvers cannot have the same sort of 'safety' mechanism that semi-automatics do, but a simple transfer bar can provide the same end result, and some revolvers have been made through the years with safety features that prevent even intentional discharge until they've been disengaged. They are rare, as the design of a revolver by its own 'action' (sry, not sry) makes an accidental discharge more difficult - though still NOT impossible; always be careful - and most revolvers are not made with such safety features, as they're seen as redundant and introduce more complexity on a design that is valued for its simplicity.
Read "My Word if My Bond" Roger Moore's memoirs. It is simply a delight.
when i was a kid, i would watch our dvds of goldfinger and live and let die a lot, with no idea about any of the racist or sexist parts - i was a kid, i was just there for james bond being cool. it wasn't until i was watching ones i missed a few years ago that i realised the problematic aspects of the films, this one in particular. but i'm glad that you guys came to the same conclusion as i did then, which is that it's still a super fun and well made movie. and for me, live and let die and ohmss are tied for my favourite now
I will never get over how goofy that sounds. "Welcome to, form..."
From. With a capital, cos it's a name.
I'm with you Graham I flipping love this move, despite it's problematic elements. That intro with the coffin has stuck with me for so long. It was the coolest way I've ever seen to start a movie. I Love Baron Samedi. *snek kiss 2 u*
I liked playing as him in Goldeneye multiplayer.
The choice of Felix leiter makes a bit more sense when you realize that what happens to Felix in the License to Kill movie, happens to him in the Live and Let Die novel. Entire scenes from LALD novel are dropped into the LtK movie.
If you have not read 'Live and Let Die' you need to do so before the 'For Your Eyes Only' watch.
I'd like to change matt's call outs of "he's such a jerk" to "he is such a jerk, /to women/" . Oh boy this movie was unkind to Rosie
See, you have to admire a henchman who maintains loyalty, after their bosses bite it. Tee-Hee, and Richard Stamper (who worked for Carver in TMD) kept fighting bond after the defeat of the main villain. Now Tee hee was pretty big an durable so he may have survived...
1:27:00 Also how did he manage to get so many of ONE tarot card of that specific deck. Talking to MI6 "I need 50 of this specific card to have sex"
MI6 clearly cornered the card market if Bond got 3 cases of identical cards from that one tarrot gift shop
But in-universe, the tarot cards actually are magic, aren't they?
Who says that the deck of cards didn't just turn into all Lovers?
@@ThePadawan3 because that's not even how the "magic" of trot cards works, also it's not what is implied
So much comedy moments in this one.
I think I'm right in saying that the Tarot of the Witches deck was actually designed for this movie (the front of the cards, I mean. Obviously the backs were).
39:35 I think I remember felix in another Moore film, I remember snow. Either The spy who loved me or For your eyes only? I haven't seen them in a million years
Oh, I just realized Yaphet Kotto was also in Alien. I've watched both movies half a dozen times and he doesn't even look different in them.
That's always a strong indicator of very good acting.
I thought his face looked familiar, which is strange because I'm normally bad at remembering male faces I'm not familiar with. I've only seen Alien once as well.
Also good in Across 110th Street
The Goat Hat - probably stolen from William Seabrook's The Magic Island, a sensationalized memoir of Seabrook's time in Haiti. There's some really fantastic drawings that go with the (cannot stress this enough, *highly* sensationalized) text and one in particular (p75) involves goat sacrifice. Goat-Cry, Girl-Cry is the chapter.
With the Quarrel Jr, time paradox;
I kinda hope, if/when the next Bond is set up, it follows the books more closely, fixing the issues of.... everything.
And goes in order, for like a true cannon story-line
My favorite part of the jazz funeral sequences, is that I think they only filmed Strutter's, and rear projected the other agent into the scene overtop of Strutter. It looked very obvious to me that the other agent isn't there for most of the shots, there's a lot off, probably lighting.
I used to work with a guy that installed cable at Roger Moore's vacation house. He was quite pleasant apparently.
Got to meet Mr Moore at a book signing spoke to him for about 5 minutes very nice guy very smart dresser even into his 70's held the hand of everyone whos autographs he signed. stayed for 2 hours signing.
"Gimme a make on a black pimpmobile!" ~Felix
"invites miss caruso to come back out of the closet" made me die laughing
... holy cow, destiny and consent... I was not expecting that talk today...
Lived in Zurich for a few years and met a few people in my age range (30s) who were masters of many things like skiing, surfing, rock climbing, multiple languages, interesting hobbies, in depth knowledge of different cultures, etc... Not to mention you can pick up many of these skills if you do military service. It's not that unlikely that a secret agent has mastered a number of different activities or fields.