A View to a Kill (1985) Retrospective / Review

[@quasiscorner2589]

I was a bartender at a high-end restaurant in New Orleans in the late 90's. Roger Moore and his wife dined there one day. He was always my favorite Bond. He was very nice. After he ordered a champagne drink, I took it upon myself to go to his table with a Martini, shaken not stirred of course. He was taken aback and said, "but I did not order this." I told him that it was on the house and that I couldn't let James Bond come in y place and not serve him a Martini. He was very appreciative. He came by the bar after and we had a wonderful conversation. He was a class act all the way. Just what you'd expect from Bond.

[@quasiscorner2589]

Jill St. John(Diamonds are forever) came in one time with Robert Wagner at a different time.

[@sargonsblackgrandfather2072]

He was class act.

[@Xayjohns]

That's terrific

[@theflickgeek2089]

Great story, man. He was the perfect English gentleman, indeed.

[@donaldshrump9168]

Nice fanfic

[@ricardofineartist]

There's a reason they kept asking Roger Moore to come back, his films were hugely successful.

[@righthandofdoom77]

I have a soft spot for this film as it's the first bond film I saw at the cinema.

[@ricardofineartist]

@@righthandofdoom77 me too, my first Bond in the theater and I remember the audience loving it too

[@dtz1000]

People got used to him, but years later you can really see the flaws in his acting, especially in his later films.

[@bonghunezhou5051]

@@dtz1000 Moore got used to playing him, so much so that he could not bring himself to leave until discovering that the mum of his lead co-star in #14 was YOUNGER than he.

[@philfitnesspt6139]

@@bonghunezhou5051 particularly true actually he felt he was to old after eyes only but the producers kept wanting him to return octopussy was a massive hit so they felt obviously people still wanted Moore and felt they could get another out of him personally they should have wrote it to fit his age.

[@Horshbox]

May Day: "Wow! What A View!" Zorin: "To A Kill!" Now who could possibly call that bad writing!

[@Haddock42]

Plus, it comes with an amusing anecdote. On an old (maybe original) Swedish VHS release of this film, the translator seems not to have picked up on its title, was geographically inept, and completely misheard this fantastic line. According to the subtitles, Zorin's response is NOT "to a kill" but rather... "Tokyo!" Yes, while flying above San Francisco, with the Golden Gate prominently displayed.

[@antonboludo8886]

I would kill for that view!

[@Jbgro]

"quick get under that shaft"

[@lespion7411]

*roll credits*

[@pts5217]

Hahahahaha. I love it anyway

[@haroldellis9721]

As a 54 year old, I must insist that 57 is NOT too old to be a women chasing, action hero.

[@Edax_Royeaux]

It depends on the person. Bruce Willis looked great at 57, that was his age when he did Looper. Roger Moore however, did not age as gracefully, the man developed a lot of wrinkles on his face.

[@jimmym3352]

I'm 47, but I don't think I'll stop wanting women in 10 years. I don't do much chasing these days, doesn't mean I don't notice them.

[@ricardocantoral7672]

Nobody wants to see a 50 something old man chasing a woman old enough to be his daughter.

[@dmer-zy3rb]

@@Edax_Royeaux though to be fair roger did end up looking better for his age after this movie and throughout the 90s. AVTAK was kind of an "awkward phase" looks wise for him id say.

[@daygon128]

They should have matched him with older women like they have Craig (well, mostly). To see Moore play an older, gritty Bond would have been a treat.

[@seeingeyegod]

This was THE James Bond movie when I was a kid

[@omisan771]

Same here, this is the movie that comes to mind when I think of James Bond. As a kid, I thought the villain was so scary. Killing his own men and throwing that old man off the zeppelin.

[@seeingeyegod]

@@omisan771 I do remember that scene inside the blimp when the bomb is in there and they are all reaching for it being kind of hilarious though. Like the noise one of the old men makes is like "abaababababaaah!" boom! lol.

[@journeyman1218]

Yeah but I think I watched it too much and it bores the life out of me. It was on TV a lot when I was a kid.

[@Benjatron-jw2rg]

seeingeyegod Yeah, that old man with the monocle freaking lost it after Zorin fell off the bridge!

[@coolcat6303]

Mine was “For Your Eyes Only” which I still think is Moore’s finest moment. But every Bond flick has something good to offer. I especially liked the Steeplechase & Golden Gate Bridge scenes.

[@jameswalt1]

[Very] Unpopular opinion: this is my favorite James Bond movie

[@BuckRoberts417]

Mine too. Cheers!

[@LuisOrtiz-xo5kc]

Me too. AVTK is my favorite Roger Moore's 007 movie.

[@TomvanMessel]

Definitely a top-3 favourite!

[@timaustin2000]

Not my favourite but far, far from my least favourite! (Moonraker, if anyone's curious)

[@Nightcrawler77]

Mine is Casino Royale, but this one is underrated

[@acoupleofgsanrandaneaniandann]

I think the real James Bond would regret saving silicon valley today after whats its become.

[@bonghunezhou5051]

The "real" James Bond was an ornithologist!

[@lfroncek]

Tom Cruise is 58 and there's no one saying he's too old to be in action movies.

[@hubertlane-nicholson8954]

Larry Froncek ... Absolutely right.

[@filmfanman2647]

He might be 58, but he looks 40 and therefore can pass as an action hero. Moore looked every bit his age in this film and it was a little embarrassing lol. Still a guilty pleasure though.

[@donaldshrump9168]

He's a vampire, man. It's unfair to all the others.

[@sodadrinker89]

@jeff lockaby The power of Xenu compels him.

[@leecroft7311]

Helps when you don't look 58. Wait... Tom Cruise is 58 ???

[@andrewgentilli]

My head can see all the flaws of this film, but my heart loves it. Walken might be the best Bond villain - total sociopath who laughs at even his own death 😂

[@DrQuagmire1]

uh dude, Robert Davi from "License to Kill" would like a serious word with you

[@andrewgentilli]

@@DrQuagmire1 He doesn't machine gun hundreds of his own men for no reason, nor burst out laughing at his own death. Zorin is a whole nother level of twisted ass Nazi experiment psychopath.

[@postersandstuff]

@@andrewgentilli But if he didn't kill them they would prolly run to the authorities (although I highly suspect SF mayor knew what was up/bribed by Zorin thus Stacey was fired)

[@PrinceTron1]

First of all, I don't give a damn how old Sir Roger Moore was when he filmed 'A View To A Kill'. He is my favorite Bond and the only Bond I grew attached to as a young kid in the late 70's to 1985. I didn't get to see any of the Bond films at the theaters. But on the ABC Sunday Night Movies Of The Week, the Bond films would always come on there and it was a must see TV event. When they'd show a Sean Connery Bond film or George Lazenby's 'On Her Majesty's Secret Service', I'd be like as a kid "Who are these guys?" "Where's my favorite Roger Moore?" So why did Sir Roger Moore become my favorite Bond? Well, for sort of superficial reasons. I thought for a man and a spy he was very good looking, charming and witty. I thought he looked so cool and commanding when he put on his Commander Bond uniform in 'The Spy Who Loved Me'. And the ultimate reason why he became my favorite Bond: When he took Barbara Bach underwater in that white Lotus Esprit and turned it into a mini submarine with rockets and smoke screens, that was it! I thought that was the coolest and most badass thing ever as a kid! Make no mistake about it, Sean Connery is the ultimate Bond. He set the standard and the stakes. Sometime in the early 90's I revisited Sean Connery's Bond films and 'On Her Majesty's Secret Service'. I enjoyed George Lazenby's version of Bond and he gets a bad rap. Timothy Dalton was intense, gritty and brilliant as Bond. In my opinion he had more charisma and charm than Daniel Craig in any of his more recent films as Bond. And I like Daniel Craig. Pierce Brosnan was like Roger Moore 2.0, younger, charming, witty, sensual and more physical than Roger Moore. Daniel Craig in his first outing in Casino Royal was like a bulldog. Intense, physical, brutal and direct. I've taken something positive from every Bond. But for sentimental reasons, Sir Roger Moore is my personal favorite.

[@earlspencer7863]

Well said and a good summary of the strengths of each actor. you should read the original novels to get an understanding of the original character and why the writers decided to portray Craig as the darkest version of Bond. In my view taking away some of the humor and wit damaged the character, not to mention the dismal writing of specter and QOS.

[@kkarx]

He lost his charm in this movie. The plastic operation made him look bit like a zombie. I'm always shocked how unnatural he looked in this one.

[@no288]

@@kkarx Roger is my fav. Bond, and i liked him in the Persuaders! too, but i agree with you, he looks odd here...

[@garymangan312]

I went to Roger's book signing in seasons in Dublin many a year back .I was in work when I heard he was across the road .I walked out of my job and went straight there.only time I done something as crazy as this. the crowd was huge and indont thinking expected itbto be he looked quite overwhelmed. il.never forget seeing him with my own eyes .always a hero of mine glad I seen him

[@Wowmusicable]

This is one of my favorite Bond movies, no matter what people say. It had action, a great story, great actors and it was entertaining. Roger Moore was old? Yes, but he felt old already in "For your eyes only" so that wasn't something new, he didn't become old just like that.

[@ferd1572]

@Jack the Film Fanatic Cause Dalton was a better Bond

[@JacobRavenglass]

Lol “Speaks at least five languages with no accent”.

[@HereComesPopoBawa]

@@simond7225 - He speaks all five boroughs of NYC

[@folkblueswriter]

Roger should have given Zorin some radioactive lint....the anti-personnel benefits are obvious.

[@imcallingjapan2178]

@@HereComesPopoBawa Imagine Christopher Walken playing Bill the Butcher from Gangs of New York. There must be parallel universes out there where that's what happened, I bet it was good

[@antonboludo8886]

Actually I am able to do that ;-)

[@earlspencer7863]

Lol is that even possible?

[@mattleuty5285]

I've always returned to this film more than most of the other one's. I can watch Walken all day long. I don't think it is boring, maybe the whole Stacey Sutton story line could have been reduced but I love the whole Nazi experiment angle.

[@bigbabysld]

Walken and Grace Jones were the best thing about this movie, they played the roles so cartoonish it was brilliant, someone had to make up for Moore. As far as Tanya Roberts I seen better acting from when I used to see my daughters school productions in 2nd grade, this was the last big movie she was ever in, I still remember her on the last year of CHARLIES ANGELS, they were better off slapping a skirt on Bosley and he could go out and karate chop with the other chicks.

[@mattleuty5285]

@@bigbabysld ha ha!! Yes she was certainly only there as eye candy. I've seen deleted scenes of her and the acting was even worse!!

[@dtz1000]

Hated this film when i first saw it but it has grown on me. Would have been better if a decent actor like Dalton had done it, as many other have said.

[@irina1296]

This movie is really entertaining plus amazing soundtrack from Duran Duran and amazingly beautiful Tanya Roberts

[@thomaskoch8608]

One of my favorite Bond movies. Love the 80s vibe. Great soundtrack!

[@soriac2357]

I would say, this one has the most 80s vibe of the Bond series. Although Octopussy had been released 1983, I can't help but still feel a certain 70s feeling like Spy who loved me when seeing it (not that it is a bad thing, Moores Bond always was a child of the 70s). It's hard to describe, it's just a feeling. The Dalton movies already went into the more grittier tone (especially Licence to Kill), more suitable for the late 80s and beginning 90s. The simple careless fun of the 80s definitely reached its top with AVTAK :-)

[@Punisher9419]

There isn't really a James Bond film that I dislike. Some are better then others but none of them are terrible.

[@Dohsoda]

I completely agree!

[@greatest_bumble_bee_dude]

Bond games bond 007

[@sebastianfitzptraick7395]

I'd say Spectre is terrible, an absolute slog of a watch and it has an awful script.

[@astrosquirrel5038]

Same for me!

[@donaldshrump9168]

DAD sucks entirely.

[@aseddon130]

This tends to be my favourite Roger Moore Bond film as it’s the one I’ve seen the most.

[@Benjatron-jw2rg]

One of the things I like about Roger Moore is that he kept his Bond going until he was almost 60.

[@mikekaraoke]

Almost 60 would be like if he was 59 not 57 That is like saying a 7 year old is nearly 10

[@davidjames579]

John Glen said he should done two more, so he would have been 61 by Licence To Kill.

[@Benjatron-jw2rg]

mikey p True, but I feel like I’m giving Roger Moore more credit (not that he needs it) for rounding his age up.

[@mikekaraoke]

@@Benjatron-jw2rg Well all you would of had to do to round his age up, Just could of said late 50's

[@MrBaskins2010]

One could never have too much of Oliver’s retrospective. Thank you for the countless hours

[@1bottlejackdaniels]

back in '85, i was 11 years old when i watched "a View to a Kill" in theater ...it was my first James Bond-movie and I LOVED IT!! i was too young to understand the importance of microchips at the time = "WTF is Silicon Valley?!" :D i don't care what critics, medias and internet say ...this movie is great!

[@bigneon_glitter]

Same. AVTAK is bad but I saw it as a 9 year old in 1985 & was THRILLED. The film's weakness, Beach Boys gag, & Moore's age didn't matter - he was my Bond.

[@ukmediawarrior]

I was 15, but because Bond movies were always on TV in the UK I had already decided Connery was my favourite :)

[@bigbabysld]

@1bottlejackdaniels...you picked this over RAMBO?

[@martynstembridge7714]

Yup, I was 10 and thought it was epic and brilliant! ... Roger was MY Bond, and I didn't care how old he was.

[@BuckRoberts417]

I was 10 when I saw it at the cinema.

[@papershark]

I will honest... seen this film a ton of times. Never knew Dolf was in it.

[@WitchyWhale]

I wonder how "A View to a Kill" would have been if Timothy Dalton was James Bond earlier rather than Roger Moore?

[@dragonmac1234]

Or Pierce Brosnan, he was apparently considered for the role after Roger Moore left, but his Remington Steele contract stopped him at that time.

[@philoebeddo8724]

Not as much fun?

[@Nitrobotti]

@@philoebeddo8724 Much more fun! Dalton would have brought so much more energy to the film. Bringing back grandpa Moore was a big mistake.

[@Sco3000]

@@dragonmac1234 True but Dalton was originally asked back in 1969 to jump in after Connery.

[@chrisheimva4857]

It's a similar situation to Diamonds Are Forever, a Bond entry that felt like a Roger Moore entry except with Sean Connery in the lead. I truly think Moore would have brought so much more energy to DAF than Connery did with his phoned-in performance.

[@flybeep1661]

I just noticed that Daniel Craig with his last Bond movie "No Time To Die" just broke Moore's record of being the Bond actor who played Bond the longest (taking only the official bond movies in account). Connery played bond from 1962 to 1971 (9 years). Moore played Bond from 1973 to 1985 (12 years) while Craig played Bond for 14 years from 2006 to 2020.

[@postersandstuff]

Yes , but Moore made the most films

[@MichaelHonscar]

The film that made me a Bond fan.

[@vinnycochrane5139]

I can forgive every flaw in this Bond film. I saw it with my late beloved grandmother, and it has remained my favourite since. I know it is not the best one, but I have such powerful notalgia for it.

[@Clay3613]

This is my fourth favorite Moore film, a guilty pleasure. Great soundtrack, villains and an original evil plan. This film would have not have worked an introduction to Timothy Dalton, the amazing pre-title senescence from TLD wouldn't have existed.

[@markmcauleymcauley9287]

My dad told me once back in the early 80s he was in London and pulled up at a red light and a car pulled up beside him when he looked across it was Rodger moore, my dad waved at him and he smiled and waved back, seems to.Have been a really nice man

[@garymangan312]

why did I just picture that whole event I can see it so clearly !

[@Assimandeli]

Then he put his hand out of the window and dropped a fish on the ground like in The Spy Who Loved Me.

[@nickryan4126]

The scores to this and the next film are my favorite two of the series.

[@KonElKent]

A View to a Kill is the first Bond film I can remember seeing. Few will argue that there aren't better films in the series, but I'll always have a soft spot for it. And Roger Moore will always be MY Bond.

[@seeingeyegod]

same here, was the first one I ever saw, and yeah I slept through most of it and only remember the action scenes hehe.

[@bigneon_glitter]

It's amazing that John Glen went from AVTAK - a film shot like an action-packed episode of _Dynasty_ - to the genuine action masterpiece of TLD.

[@NeverSaySandwich1]

Licence to Kill is my fave Glen bond movie

[@ricardocantoral7672]

The Living Daylights is definitely the superior film but a "masterpiece" ? That's a stretch.

[@aproposreeve]

I love how we live in a world where one can live in a world where one can say "They were looking at David Bowie or Sting for the role but had to settle for Academy award winning actor Christopher Walken "

[@nivekleveb8872]

David Bowie would've been better in this role than Walken and I love Walken.

[@TheDJMysterE]

@@nivekleveb8872 yeh that wouldve been fun

[@davidjames579]

@@nivekleveb8872 Watch the video to Let's Dance by Bowie. There's a bit where he plays a businessman. He looks just like Zorin (this was a year before View was filmed).

[@nivekleveb8872]

@@davidjames579 That was actually exactly what I was thinking of too! Good call

[@LucyLioness100]

It would’ve been quite an interesting role with Bowie. Totally would’ve believed him, but we didn’t get too shafted

[@StephenLuke]

This was the film debut of Alison Doody who later played Elsa Schneider in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989).

[@IndyCrewInNYC]

She was just a child when she appeared in this (17-18)! Born in 11-11-66.

[@postersandstuff]

@@IndyCrewInNYC I've her autograph , rare as she no longer signs ttm for yrs and seldom seen in person

[@TMC1982Part2]

Alison Doody was also in Taffin (1988) with Pierce Brosnan. So she has the unique honor and distinction of working with at least three different Bonds (Roger Moore in a View to a Kill, Sean Connery in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, and Pierce Brosnan in Taffin).

[@-NateTheGreat]

This bond movie was so 80's which made it amazing.

[@kurukblackflame]

Me and my brother watched this film today and found it to be very entertaining. Quite silly in places but certainly not boring :) We're now planning on working our way through all of the Roger Moore Bond films :)

[@LinkMarioSamus]

So I've been reading about the Bond films, and this film's villain's evil plot is apparently basically Goldfinger's, but with microchips in place of gold. Like Oliver Harper said, Bond movies typically don't try to re-invent the wheel, and to be fair when a new movie is out every few years it's understandable plots will be reused, especially when most people watch Bond movies for the action scenes over all else. If only Disney didn't view Star Wars in a similar way.

[@KevinT1149]

It’s interesting to note that Pierce Brosnan’s Everything or Nothing (The video game considered Brosnan’s fifth outing as Bond.) that it’s sort of a sequel to View to a Kill. The main villain William Defoe plays Diavolo was a protégé to Zorin (who hired Jaws as his henchman). The story was similar where Diavolo took the idea of the microchips from Zorin and mixed it with modern technology with nanotechnology. Considering the reception of this movie I found it interesting they took the direction they did with Everything or Nothing as being a semi sequel to View to a Kill which is very uncommon (before the Craig movies) to see direct references to previous stories (with the exception of Jaws who appears a few times). But to get a story that throws back to a villain that wasn’t apart of spectre and that wasn’t that warmly recieved got me to enjoy A View to a Kill much more. I also think Everything or Nothing was one of the better non Fleming Bond stories out there. If your a fan of Bond not into video games really or one of the few who really enjoyed this movie I recommend finding the game on youtube or finding a copy to play which is much better and check it out.

[@GavinJ37]

John Glen thought that Roger Moore could’ve done another two Bonds films after this???. What the hell was he smoking back then

[@simonp7095]

Ye I wish he did do two more

[@quincycampbell9828]

Does anyone remember the SNL skit with Christopher Walken playing Zorin and Phil Hartman playing Roger's OO7? Dana Carvey may be fondly remembered for his impersonations, but Phil was just as good! From Roger to Frank Sinatra to Peter Graves to Charlton Heston to Ray "Leland Palmer" Wise and more. R.I.P.

[@kevinconn]

True story: I saw this opening night in Gaithersburg, MD. The theater was sold out...kind of. Y’see once the trailers were over and the film started, the front half of the theatre would start shrieking. And then...the theme song finally started and all these teenage girls got out of their seats, started screaming and DANCING to Duran Duran. 😳😃 Once the song ended, they all left the movie, lol. As a kid I didn’t understand and would never see anything like that again...until the opening night of the Mortal Kombat movie and the front row got up and started raving 🤪

[@MegaMagicdog]

Weird! I was a teen girl at the time and saw it in the theater in NY. There was screaming and lots of attention for the Duran Duran song, but we enjoyed the movie too!

[@menuly]

Should have kept the Halley's Comet idea instead of the earthquake.

[@mrmeerkat1096]

RIP Tanya Roberts

[@AlejandroFlores-Ibarra]

Turns out she's STILL alive. twitter.com/tmz/status/1346215211586387968?s=21

[@markant9534]

@@AlejandroFlores-Ibarra Not anymore, sad.

[@mrmeerkat1096]

@@AlejandroFlores-Ibarra LOL. RIP Tanya Roberts you only live twice

[@thebarbaryghostsf]

My first Bond film

[@skobywankenobi]

ah, this was the old man just before we got the single greatest Bond of all time, Timothy Dalton.

[@ashyclaret]

Don't be silly.

[@dtz1000]

Timothy is probably the best actor ever to play Bond and The Living Daylights is one of the best movies.

[@abingleyboy]

If David Bowie did it with Grace Jones that would be Jones & Jones, being that Bowie's real name was Jones. It would have been quite an interesting pairing David Bowie & Grace Jones in a Bond Film. Though I don't know if Bowie's acting skills were upto playing a Bond villain and he was better placed as the Goblin King with his highly packed pants in Labyrinth.

[@davidjames579]

He turned it down because he thought the script was amateur.

[@abingleyboy]

@@davidjames579 but Chris Walken said yes because he thought the opposit. Acording to this vid. Also he he said that about this when the whole of Labyrinth (he said yes to) hangs on the line "you have no power over me" which for some dumbknown reason ( an easy line to remember, if ever there was one) Sarah can't remember. But it's all in the past now & done with so pfff!!

[@nathanforester5993]

Bowie's reason for turning it down was because he didn't want to see his stunt double fall off cliffs.

[@davidjames579]

@@abingleyboy I love AVTAK, so I'd don't agree with him, but I was reporting the reason he gave.

[@Assimandeli]

Wasn't Bowie good in a dramatic role in Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence, though? Haven't seen that film in ages, but I remember him being a good enough actor.

[@Syklonus]

I actually love this film! It was the first Bond that I ever saw in the Cinema, and as a 7 year old it was fantastic. It's a Roger Moore Bond film and it has all the Roger Moore Bond stuff in it that I could want. It's infinitely better than Die Another Day and most of the Craig Bonds.

[@dragonmac1234]

Roger Moore was my favourite Bond, but sadly I think this is the weakest of his movies in this series. I met Roger once shortly after Live And Let Die arrived at the cinema, he was at the 70's version of a press junket in my local town. He did a Q&A session and signed autographs, I managed to get one and spoke to him for a couple of minutes. He was a true gentleman, and is greatly missed by his fans. I wonder if the Bond movies would have changed if Pierce Brosnan had become Bond in the late 80's, but as he was under contract for Remington Steele we had to wait a few more years to find out.

[@mooseyman74]

I like him in Wild Geese too 👍🏻

[@jimd385]

I remember seeing a picture of Pierce Brosnan in ‘007 magazine’ it was 1986 and he was at Pinewood studios with a “Living Daylights” clapperboard in his hands. That is how close he was to actually filming, but because of the buzz around his casting as James Bond viewing figures for Brosnan’s tv show ‘Remington Steele’ improved even though the series had been cancelled, as Brosnan himself says in the EON documentary, his contract had a 30 day renewal option, and on the 30th day the tv producers decided to capitalise on the Bond publicity and make one more series, which screwed Brosnan and the next Bond film. There is a screen test for Sam Neill as Bond on the ‘Daylights’ DVD but as we all know, the role went to Dalton, who I think would have grown into the role had he done more than two. (Unlike Daniel Craig, who is a terrific actor, but seems ill at ease as 007, even after 4 films......and when we’ll get to see the 5th is anyone’s guess?)

[@bonghunezhou5051]

@@jimd385 A blessing in disguise, though, for had Brosnan been cast in the '80s he most likely would have ended up with just TWO entries - certainly fewer than four.

[@jimd385]

Bonghune Zhou ......I think you are right.

[@postersandstuff]

@@jimd385 It wasnt just AVTAK , Ebert didn't care for FYEO , maybe by 1981 he had Bond fatigue , after all back then every 2 yrs (except Golden Gun)

[@chrisheimva4857]

5:15 AVTK being on the "worst of the year" list? That is insane! The movie is far from perfect and it is by far the weakest of the John Glen-directed Bond flicks but is falls squarely into the "okay but forgettable" range. It's not even close to being one of the worst movies ever.

[@ricardocantoral7672]

That was definitely Gene's choice because he hated Moore's tenure as Bond.

[@SB992REBORN]

@LinguaTool I think Moore and the film is good.. fight me, coward ;) ahh, what a view...

[@postersandstuff]

@@SB992REBORN I can't believe people compare Superman II vs III/IV , there is no comparison IMO , 2 knocks 3 & 4 out like Muhammed Ali

[@WedgePee]

I find it strange how I can remember many things considered ‘forgettable.’

[@no288]

It did great at the boxoffice

[@alisdairmckenzie]

Another great retrospective review from Oliver Harper. The intro music from The Cannon Group made me smile. A cool childhood memory of so many video rentals.

[@RichardM-kv4uu]

Do Moonraker next, despite a lot of people disliking it, as far as I'm concerned it's my favourite Bond film, even over Casino Royale - because it's just a load of FUN from start to finish!

[@Drforrester31]

Haha, it's a load of something alright...

[@dtz1000]

It's also a Mandela effect.

[@mrjack8849]

In an alternate universe, Max Zorin was the nephew of WW2 era successful young businessman from east Europe. He was born in Germany the late 1930's during the rise of Nazi movement. Growing up in Europe during WW2 made him a smart and almost ruthless person in everything that he did. He was extremely intelligent and eventually ended up studying engineering in the 1950's and worked for various companies and even the German government for a time. His uncle inspired him to go into to business for himself and so he sought to start his own computing company by the early 1960's. One of the first projects Max and his company worked on was researching schematics for a storage facility in the United States that his uncle was looking to purchase. Max didn't know all of the details about the project, but he did see a document that referred to it as "Operation Grand Slam". During the project, his uncle died in a plane crash according the U.S. officials, however Max was suspicious of the incident and grew to despise the American government. This and his unusually high intellect captured the attention of officials from the Soviet Union who recruited him to serve as a partner with the KGB. Max continued to grow his company over the next 20 years while also working with the KGB. During his time with the KGB he befriended many agents and made many business contacts including Steve Jobs and Elliot Carver. Max entered into the microcomputer industry in the early 1980's with his company Zorin Industries and was quickly becoming a strong company. However, rumblings of his dealings with the Soviet Union left him seen as an outcast to the American microchip industry. Growing increasingly radical, like his uncle, he began working on a new project in America. Working with KGB agents, his project was developed to be a main strike against his American competitors and allow his company to rise to the top. Unfortunately, during the project, Max was killed in an aircraft incident like his uncle and the project was never able to come into view to the world. One of Max's earliest business colleagues grew large in the media industry and by the mid 1990's was running a large independent media outlet. While he was working on a large scale satellite launching project, he died in a boating accident in the South China Sea in the late 1990's under mysterious circumstances. With many of Max's original early business partners seeing similar fates, several of them conspired together create a super-organization to fight against injustices in the world including oil production wars in western Asia, water rights in South America, and government espionage in Great Britain.

[@WRX2001]

My favourite James Bond film.

[@soopahsoopah]

Oliver's channel is 100% THE BEST movie review channel. Why Chris Stuckmann's channel has 1M+ subs is beyond me.

[@patinho5589]

Man with the golden gun is my favourite bond movie

[@stevenwilliams520]

Moore was the best ambassador for James Bond offscreen, never saying a bad word in public. Unlike the eastern bloc actor playing the role at present . This film is certainly not the worst in the series, the world is not enough/no time to die/quantum of solace would be much better candidates for that award.

[@chrisf1600]

Someone said that Daniel Craig looks like a Polish plumber. I have to say, I agree :)

[@earlspencer7863]

Lol pretty sure Craig can trace his ancestors pretty far in English history. Though as a polak myself I do get compared to Craig occasionally haha

[@EthanKnight97]

How can you include No Time to Die when nobody has seen it yet?

[@stevenwilliams520]

@@EthanKnight97 I have seen it that’s why I included it.

[@EthanKnight97]

If so then how?

[@RegginaldRiglet]

Every time I think I know everything about a movie. Oliver comes through with his PhD level of research. Amazing work as always

[@NeverSaySandwich1]

I'd rather watch this movie than the boring, soulless Craig movies like Spectre and Quantum

[@bigbabysld]

in DC's defense CASINO ROYALE is probably one of the greatest action movies I have ever seen...don't know what happened after that, I paid to see SKYFALL and I was never so bored in my life.

[@michaelhawkins7389]

careful Skyfall and Casino Royal were good movies

[@NeverSaySandwich1]

@@michaelhawkins7389 They were I won't argue that. Casino Royale is my favorite bond movie, but Craig is my least favorite Bond, with Lazenby behind

[@gonogazz]

Spectre is a best of Bond..Quantum..a disgrace..!

[@weltvonalex]

Spectre was really boring, that was sad, hope no time to die is better

[@mikey777799]

As an 80s kid A View To A Kill has a lot of nostalgia for me with music videos being such a huge part of pop culture at the time it was hard not to get caught up in the excitement. Parts of it haven't aged well and are long and boring, but the stunts, action sequences and set pieces are still iconic movie images from childhood for me.

[@Penoatle]

One of my favorite Bond movies. Yeah, Moore was looking old but he never lost a beat.

[@adamcollins915]

A few months after the release of AVTAK, Cubby met Moore in his office & said 'I think it's time for a change'. Moore said 'I agree. It's time'.

[@MajorT0m]

5:23 and they consider it an issue that "Zoran's plan was flawed"? I think Stromberg's plan to annihilate all life on the surface of the Earth and force the survivors to live in an underwater kingdom had one or two flaws.... the Main Baddy's logic is often flawed..... theyre often cruel, super rich, meglo-maniacal psychopath visionaries, drunk on power. No apparent logic is the least of our worries!

[@postersandstuff]

Unlike Stromberg's plan , Zorins plan of flooding SV seems plausible

[@robvegas9354]

Thank you for sharing this video, I absolutely love this movie - it was the first bond film i ever saw and have probably watched it 100 times since. was able to go on a few business trips to San Francisco over the years and always visit the locations like city hall, the bridge, etc and i always hear that awesome score and great music.

[@brandonginsburg3120]

The only elements shared by this movie and its source material/shor story: the male protagonist, one locale (France), and most of title. Ahg! In the story, 007 meets with a female partner, who is well-portrayed. They lie in wait in some woods and nab some villains riding a motorbike. At least Michael Wilson could've thrown in those scenes to humour Flemming readers. I like John Barry's symphonic arrangement and the low-tech fight at the end (man vs man with axe).

[@juevosrantsyoutube]

the intro to this video summarizing the plot is great , awsome video man! love when u do bond stuff.

[@wwb16]

I wish this was Daltons first film

[@ricardocantoral7672]

Throughout the film, you get the feeling that it truly wants to unleash it's stifled energy but it never does because of it's ancient protagonist.

[@StephenLuke]

Neither the name “Zorin” nor any other things is meant to portray a real person or a real company.

[@quincycampbell9828]

Of course Roger's final outing would have an opening joke. Keep 'em laughin' as you go after all...I remember reading an interview with Christopher Walken once and he remarked that the worst thing about the production was what they did to his hair. If that doesn't tell you anything, nothing will...

[@dejabu24]

I always thought what the hell Dolph was thinking when he got into Grace Jones , well this movie explained it a little bit

[@jimmym3352]

Still remember this one because it was the movie my friend and I paid for while we sneaked in to see Rambo 2 in the theater down the hall from View to a Kill when we were kids. Ended up sneaking back into this one to watch what we missed only to get busted for sneaking into the PG movie, not the rated R one LOL. We got thrown out, but at least we got to see Rambo 2 and most of View to a Kill.

[@crakatoot5480]

Please Do Live and Let Die!!

[@fletcherhamilton3177]

I love that Roger Ebert claimed that Zorin’s plan was ‘flawed’ yet gave no explanation, even a single sentence, as to how / why . . . 🤷‍♂️

[@Danny-qc8fv]

Definitely my favorite of the goofier, fun Bond movies! Great video, Oliver!

[@davebarrowcliffe1289]

Funfact: "From a view to a kill" is a line from the old Cumbrian hunting song, "Do You Ken John Peel..."

[@kanyewestlive6905]

Even Oliver's excellent opening trailer couldn't make the plot look interesting :/

[@bacburrito4225]

I love this film, the soundtrack, even the effects are pretty excellent. It’s a guilty pleasure.

[@NorthRainProductions]

I've been watching these retrospectives for years. Mr. Harper tells me all the information I never knew I wanted to know

[@steveozone4910]

Zorin. Speaks atleast 5 languages without an accent! Can't even speak English without one 😂

[@earlspencer7863]

British Canadian American Australian and Irish lol

[@postersandstuff]

@@earlspencer7863 Wasn't Zorin many yrs in the US thus the accent , that's a loop hole :p

[@darrenrenna]

Christopher Walken as a Nazi genetics experiment was such an underutilized chance to craft a great super villain

[@wstine79]

I will say that Oliver's intro makes this Bond film really intense. I still like this movie, but the Bond girl was annoying.

[@seeingeyegod]

great eyes though

[@earlspencer7863]

James! ... James!.... James!...shut up bitch lol

[@runlarryrun77]

Annoying yeah but, she was hot 🤷‍♂️

[@davidmeyer188]

Good you mentioned Amberley Chalk Pits Museum!

[@leohaddad9225]

Do a retrospective on Beverly Hills cop please

[@shirleydietz1932]

I agree

[@JCM-LedZeppelin-Stories]

But do it Retrospectively

[@dokken7753]

Saw this at the time of release in 1985. It was THE best bond film and Moore was THE best bond.

[@superby1]

This is the first retrospective/review as a patron and it’s amazing seeing my name at the end 🙂

[@tashrif46]

Huge credit to John Barry. A View To A Kill score is one of my favourite in the Bond series.

[@YorkieKDS]

The only thing wrong with Tanya Roberts in this film is that she wasn't a redhead.

[@lukedaley17]

As a die hard fan of the Bond Franchise I don’t think this movie was that bad. It had great villains, stunts and action sequences. The only problems I have with this movie is the fact that Roger Moore had aged out of the role as Bond and the villains being underused.

[@Zebojr2kool]

I loved this movie. But I was glad when Timothy dalton replaced Moore.

[@drno62]

The most memorable part of this film was seeing black ops superspy top MI6 agent James Bond sprinting like my grandad

[@JordanGingold]

Mr. Harper, The USA is grateful for what you do!

[@Bale4Bond]

This film did Roger Moore's 007-legacy no favour. He looked out of his element and in general too old. The film isn't anywhere close to the likes of Spectre, Quantum of Solace and Die Another Day, when it comes to "bad" Bond-films, though.

[@Bale4Bond]

yortzandat how would you know what led me to my opinion...? It's boring, has a weak villain and literally nothing memorable about it.

[@garyambrosini1427]

Qos has a dull and uninteresting villain and plot, not to mention the theme song which is awful. Craig is good in the movie but as a continuation of casino royale it is rather poor. I think it is easy to see why it is often regarded as a bad bond film

[@garyambrosini1427]

@yortzandat you say that qos has all the bond elements. The bond girl, villain and plot are all totally forgettable. The theme song is rubbish, not to mention the fact that the bond theme is hardly used in this movie (although it is like that in all the Craig films) and the action sequences make use of too much shaky cam, influenced by the Bourne movies. If you think qos is great that's absolutely fine, but I certainly don't think that the criticism of the film is to do with woke politics

[@Clay3613]

@yortzandat Of course you have to bring social politics into this for no reason...

[@Clay3613]

@yortzandat Agendas of what, that privatizing water and unchecked government surveillance is bad?

[@BigBubbaloola]

The Zorin airship was "parked" at Goodwood about 7 miles from Amberley chalkpit museum where the outside of the mine sequence was filmed. As I lived just round the corner from Goodwood it was quite alarming to see an airship with a dummy hanging off a guide rope sailing overhead. There were apparently a number of 999 calls.

[@CaminoAir]

This is the only Bond film I've seen only once. I really can't imagine watching it again. It's tired. it's struggling to find an approach for the period it was made in. It lacks momentum in story and set pieces.

[@vittoriacolona]

My first theatrical Bond film. I had an exam the next day, but I saw this. I was 14.

[@motherflange]

"Moah... Moah powah!"

[@moodyguymick]

I love the Bond movies, however this one does nothing for me.

[@NobleRaider2747]

@yortzandat QoS and Spectre are the worst Craig films

[@DENVERTZ007]

(1)Μια απο τις πολλες αγαπημενες μου κινηματογαρφικες επιλογες.Επσιημη πρεμειρα στο Λονδινο:12 Ιουνιου 1985.Επισημη προβολη στις Βρετανικες Κινηματογραφικες αιθουσες:13 Ιουνιου.Επισημη πρεμιερα στις Σαν Φρανσισκο:22 Μαιου 1985.Επισημη προβολη στις Αμερικανικες Κινηματογραφικες αιθουσες:24 Μαιου.Διανομη στις Ηνωμενες Πολιτιες:Μetro Goldwyn Mayer.Επισημη προβολη στις Ελληνικες Κινηματογραφικες αιθουσες:12 Σεπτεμβριου.Σκηνοθεσια:Τζων Γκλεν.Ενας σκηνοθετης που γυρισε πολλες περιπετειες στις δεκαετιες 70,80,90.Και φυσικα μερικες ταινιες"Τζεημς Μποντ πρακτωρ 007".Το σεναριο υπογραφουν οι:1-Ριτσαρντ Μαιμπαουμ:Εχει υπογραψει σεναρια για τις περισσοτερες ταινιες"Τζεημς Μποντ πρακτωρ 007",αλλα και πριν απο αυτες,ειχε υπογραψει σεναρια για κοινωνικα δραματα και περιπετειες,στο Χολλιγουντ,στις δεκαετιες 30,40,50,αλλα και για την πολεμικη τηλεοπτικη σειρα"Μαχη"της δεκαετιας του 60.2-Μαικλ Γουιλσον:Εχει υπογραψει σεναρια για τις περισσοτερες ταινιες"Τζεημς Μποντ πρακτωρ 007",αλλα και για την σειρα κινουμενων σχεδιων"Τζεημς Μποντ Τζουνιορ"του 1991,μια σειρα που ειχε κατι απο το πνευμα των ταινιων,αλλα δεν ηταν σαν τις ταινιες,αλλα κωμωδια..."αποτυχημενης αντιγραφης'για παιδια.Μουσικη:Τζων Μπαρι:Εχει υπογραψει τα καλυτερα μουσικα θεματα για ταινιες της σειρας.Διαρκεια ταινιας:131 λεπτα.Κοστος παραγωγης:30.000.000 δολλαρια.Η ταινια γυριστηκε στην Γαλλια στις εξεις τοποθεσειες:Chateau de Chantilly Oise(οι σκηνες που ο Μποντ μενει σαν Σαιντ Τζων Σμαιθ,στο ανακτορο του Ζοριν,εκει που υπαρχουν οι σταυλοι των αλόγων),Avenue du Marechal Joffre Chantilly,Grandes uriescuries Chantilly Oise(οι σκηνες με τους σταυλους των αλογων στο κτημα του Ζοριν),Εστιατοριο Les Jules Verne στο Πυργο του Αιφελ(Οι σκηνες που ο Μποντ εχει γευμα με τον ντετκτιβ Αχιλλεα Ομπερζιν),Πυργος του Αιφελ(οι σκηνες που ο Μποντ κυνηγα την Μειντευ,και αυτη ξεφευγει με το αλεξιπτωτο),Βp Βενζιναδικο du Parc Aumontin,Avenue du Marechal Joffre Chantilly Oise(οι σκηνες που η Μευντευ σκοτωνει τον Τιμπετ,μεσα στην λιμουζινα)Champs de Mars Παρισι 7(οι σκηνες καταδιωξης με το αυτοκινητο)Ιπποδρομος Chantilly Grandes Ecuries Chantilly Oise(οι σκηνες του ιπποδρομου)Chantilly Oise(Οι σκηνες γενικοτερα με το πλυντηριο αυτοκινητων και το αγροκτημα του Ζοριν)Δασος Chantilly(οι σκηνες με την ιππασια του Ζοριν και του Μποντ,γεματη παγιδες για τον Μποντ),Musee Vivant du Cheval grande Ecuries Chantilly Oise,Piste d Avilly(οι σκηνες με τον Γαλλικο ιποοδρομο),Pont Alexandre 3,Παρισι 7(oι σκηνες με το κυνηγητο του Μποντ με την Μειντευ και οι σκηνες με τον Σηκουανα),The Great Stables Chateau de Chantilly(οι σκηνες με το κτημα του Ζοριν)The Left Bank(οι σκηνες που κυνηγαει ο Μποντ την Μευντευ)Σηκουανας(οι σκηνες της καταδιωξης)Ιπποδρομος de Chantilly Λεοφωρος de la Plaine des Aigles Chantilly Oise(οι σκηνες του ιπποδρομου)Στην Ισλανδια στις εξεις τοποθεσειες:Hofn(οι τιτλοι αρχης),Jokulsarlon Breidamerkursandur Austurland,Glacier Lake Vatnajokull Glacier Austurland,Παγετωνας Vatnajokull.Στην Ελβετια,στις Ελβετικες Αλπεις.Και στις Ηνωμενες Πολιτειες στις εξεις τοποθεσειες:Dunsmuir House&Gardens 2960 Peralta Oaks Court,Οκλαντ Καλιφορνια(οι σκηνες με το σπιτι της Στεισυ),2201 Broadway Οκλαντ,Lefty O Doul Drawbridge 3rd Street China Basin San Fransisco(οι σκηνες καταδιωξης με το οχημα της Πυροσβεστικης),Οκλαντ Καλιφορνια(Ιστορικο κτημα Dunsmuir),Χερσονησος του Σαν Φρανσισκο,Αlameda County,Bay Area,Burger Island 901 3rd Street China Basin(oι σκηνες καταδιωξης με το πυροσβεστικο οχημα)Chainatown,Δηαμρχειο Σαν Φρανσισκο,Δημαρχειο 1 Dr Carlton Β.Goodlett Place Σαν Φρανσισκο,Embarcadero Freeway Σαν Φρανσισκο(Σημειωση:Αυτο το κτηριο κατεδαφιστηκε λογω ζημιας στον σεισμο της Loma Prieta το 1989),Fisherman Wharf Σαν Φρανσισκο(oi σκηνες συναντα τον πρακτορα της Cia,Τσακ Λι)Γεφυρα Golden State(oi σκηνες της τελικης καταδιωξης και οι τιτλοι τελους)Potrero Hill,Presidio Golden Gate National Recreation Area San Fransisco,

[@oldahe865]

in my top 5 bond films! not even kidding. great soundtrack, GREAT villain (walken). one of the most memorable finales.

[@mateosalvaje9550]

That trailer at the end was badass.

[@eddherring4972]

Love the sound of those Porsche engines in the airship. “Does anyone else want to drop out?”

[@sebastianpetersen5650]

Ms. Jones and Mr. Walken - what a superb evil duo.