A View to a Kill isn't the worst film

As I wrote in the last post, Diamonds are Forever is my worst Bond film, but a common statement made by many Bond fans is that A View to a Kill is the worst film. In my opinion there are at least 4 worse films. A View to a Kill has a lot going for it. On the one hand it has Christopher Walken's Max Zorin; one of the best Bond villains, it has the great finale atop the Golden Gate Bridge and my favourite Bond song; "A View to a Kill" by Duran Duran. But, I can see why people don't like it; Roger Moore was too old and wasn't convincing in the action scenes, the humor as well got out of control and got to a point where the films were turning into self parody. All in all, I can find a lot of enjoyment in A View to a Kill, more than most fans at least/

Diamonds are Forever is the worst Bond film

In this particular session, I had watched the brilliant On Her Majestys Secret Service and then I had to watch Diamonds are Forever, a Bond film that I already didn't like. After watching it, I realized it is even worse than I first thought. DAF suffered from Americanization; an attempt to make Bond American. A move that may have worked but as a result, the film lost its British identity

Firstly though, as I touched upon in a previous post, Sean Connery looked bored as Bond and had also put on a little bit of extra weight, and I actually think that Lazenby could have done a better job, especially with the emotive undertones after the end of OHMSS.

The story is all over the place, it starts as a smuggling story then goes into nuclear war story with Blofeld selling nuclear supremacy. The Bond girl, Tiffany Case is by far one of the weakest. When we first see her, she is confidant and street smart, but by the end of the film, she is a bumbling idiot. Don't get me started on Blofeld. Forget the threatening performances of Donald Pleasence and Telly Savalas  This one isn't scary, isn't threatening and even has to resort to cross-dressing; one of the too many camp overtones found in the film.

Talking about camp, the film boasts the two worst assassins in movie history; Mr. Wint and Mr. Kidd. How Bond struggled to kill them and got knocked out by these two I will never know.

I am struggling to think of any good points....................................................OK, I thought of 2, the fight in the elevator between Bond and Franks, and the car chase in Las Vegas.

On Her Majestys Secret Service is the best Bond film

Why do so many people hat this movie? OHMSS is the anomaly among the Bond films. It is the only film that starred George Lazenby who, depending on where you read, left on his own accord or was fired. Over the years, the film has been known as the "the best Bond film with the worst Bond actor", which is a sentiment I have come to agree with on multiple viewings.

OHMSS for me, is the best Bond film. It is the same for a good few fans, and i feel that if it were Connery in the role, the opinion would be more unanimous. One of the reasons I like this film so much is because it was the first of the series that presented Bond as a man, instead of a template of an action hero; it broke the traditional Bond formula. The villain, Blofeld, doesn't die and Bond doesn't get the girl.

Perhaps the greatest triumph of the film is the score. Its immense. Without doubt the best score of the series so far. Onto Bond himself, George Lazenby is no Sean Connery, but he brought something to the role that every actor since bases their performance on; vulnerability.

Not only is OHMSS my favorite Bond films, but one of my favorite of all time.