Reviewing 'Live and Let Die' - Countdown to Bond 25
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- Опубліковано 30 вер 2024
- CINEMATIC 007 -- "Names is for tombstones, baby!" The Countdown to Bond 25 continues with a review of 'Live and Let Die.'
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Sir Roger Moore wrote a book about his experience in making the move and it makes a great read.
Michael Proctor 👍 "The 007 Diaries: Filming Live and Let Die."
I love LALD. From the soundtrack, locations and the exploitation. The French Quarter is one of my favorite places to visit. You just can't ignore the "feel" in the air when you're there. IMO this is one of Sir Roger Moore's best Bond films. All of the henchmen where interesting. But I would have preferred that Pepper had been used a little less and Samedi would have been used more with more focus on the voodoo theme. What an underused character. However, I do love this film. Thanks guys! Great Job!
What was strange at the time seeing this brand new 007 was that Roger looked younger than Connery even though he was actually older!
No question that each film after this was very much influenced by the other popular films of their eras-this one blaxploitation as well as featuring the dumb southern sheriff that was also popular at the time.
(Very different from the 60s when it was Bond that was copied and influenced)
Still there are lots of great things here-the music,the villains-the very style and energy of all the voodoo stuff.
And of course,Moore was a terrific 007.
I remember the audience in the theatre erupting in applause when Moore leaped across the crocodiles backs-one of the coolest moments in the series!
Moore was a complete beast here. People forget that.
I watched.a special on the stunt and a guy really did the crocodile stunt. The guys name ..
Kanaga
Shit they lkterally just said that as i was typing
It's so weird how he is 5 years older than Connery in Diamonds
6/10? Dude Whst are you smoking?? . This is a classic Bond. 8/10
''LIVE AND LET DIE'' (1973) Was my First exposure to Bond movies, Being a 12-year-old schoolboy at the time. Roger Moore's Debut as James Bond was a Big Deal Back then Plus parts of the film was filmed in my Country JAMAICA. Love this Bond film with a Passion. However, still not the Best Bond film 7 out of 10
Scott's knowledge of the behind the scenes stuff is AMAZING! Great Job Scott
Scott here...better late than never but...THANK YOU so much!
except the name of the writer. It's Mankiewitz NOT mckenzwick omfg
Great Scott
@@SimonBaldock Tom Mkenzwick is write up there with Kneel Porpoise as a Bond screenwriter.
A little late to the party and just found this channel but wanted to say I really like your countdown series to B25! Am a Connery/Craig fan myself but always liked Roger Moore ... how could someone NOT like him? I am not a fan of most of his Bond films, but LALD and FYEO are my favourites of the Moore era.
Thanks for your review(s) - keep up the good work!
Q was left out intentionally. Strangely, Cubby and Saltzman felt too much was being made of the gadgets and excluded him from the film. A decision they reversed with the next film TMWTGG.
The guy that played Q was doing another project and couldn’t leave it
The thing I enjoy the most about LALD is that Bond is on the defensive for pretty much the entire movie (and the novel). Often times he is very comfortable and seems to be undermining the villains a bit too easily in the movies but here, from the very moment he gets off the airplane, he is in a different world and people are after him constantly.
One thing I really like that I never see mentioned is the trap doors in the Fillet of Soul bar like he can't take it easy for a second in this movie! It has it's flaws but having watched all the movies for the first time in sequence without reading any reviews ahead of time, this one was definitely my favorite. Roger Moore entering an underworld of crime and voodoo is as fun of an adventure as any Bond story ever for my money
That made for a good watch. But 6/10 is a bit harsh. LALD is definitely my favourite Moore Bond. It's fast paced with some terrific set pieces. Jane seymour is gorgeous, and I think Kananga's death is really cool. For villain deaths it's second only to Goldfinger's for me.
I would give it the same rating. I think the film is a middling effort overall. Not great, not terrible. I think it suffers from having a weak villain, unremarkable plot, and too many chase sequences. On the plus side, Baron Samedi and Tee-hee are great and Jane Seymour is one of the better Bond girl.
@@ricardocantoral7672 A weak villain? Dude what have you been smoking? Kananga is one of the best, most underrated villains in the series.
I think the affable and gentlemanry nature of Roger Moore made him a natural choice of Bond and
"Live And Let Die"(1973). Roger Moore. ***** Happy 50th Anniversary!!!!! ***** 5 July 1973 ----- 5 July 2023
“The persuaders (amicalement votre)” was very popular when growing up in Quebec. I rewatched the série years ago and is still very good!
San Monique isn't actually Jamaica but a thinly-veiled Haiti under "Papa Doc".
I remember someone saying," Only Paul McCartney would write the best James Bond title song and it only took him 2 hour's." Cheers, Chris Perry.
I grew up during the Brosnan era but for some reason as a kid I constantly watched Live and Let Die. It’s one of my favorites of the series. Great review guys!!!
You guys always do a great job with these reviews. I like Live and Let Die the most of the Roger Moore movies....the least campy. This movie did a good job of getting Bond "back on track" after the horrible Diamonds are forever.
I agree. Out of all the Moore movies this honestly feels very classy and Moore really looked like Bond in this movie, he was cool, classy and suave. Also this movie sometimes really scared me at times with a lot of the vodoo and danger that happens throughout and when it gets serious it does. This movie I feel like is a bit unappreciated at times because the stakes are low but honestly as long as the movie is fun and entertaining, I don’t mind it at all
LALD feels quite cheesy. One of the better Moore films but not the best.
Thought I'd commented on this already...obviously not. Basically...like OHMSS they tried to take Bond in a new direction with a different actor...but unlike OHMSS this actually works for me...it's completely insane...but it kept a smile on my face throughout the whole film. The Moore era is very inconsistent but it couldn't have had a better start. 10/10.
Seymour takes it to a 7 for me. Probably my favorite Moore Bond. It felt like it went on for a bit too long and had multiple low energy endings but still good stuff.
There were some memorable moments including the crocodile sequence. Remains the best stunt I have seen.
I remember those days very well. I was 20 when this film was released and the feeling among those of us who grew up in the Connery era was that the series - starting with Diamonds Are Forever - had degenerated into the style of camp best exemplified by the TV series Batman. While we all liked Roger as The Saint by the time of The Man With The Golden Gun the general public was just about to give up on Bond. It was The Spy Who Loved Me that saved the franchise and while it was still cartoonish it at least had charm and terrific production values. In short a good night out at the movies/
Agree, I grew up on the Connery Bonds and the difference to me was that the humor was Bond amusing himself while the rest of the cast was dead serious, Q, "I never joke about my work 007." The Moore films were high camp and very much more like a Pink Panther film than the Bond's I grew up with. There was never any sense that he could utter, "That was a Smith and Wesson and you've had your six" and get away with it. Having said that, I loved Moore in The Saint and The Persuaders. I do agree that he was certainly a Bond for the times.
@@JOEMORRISSEY70 Thanks, I will check it out.
Spy is a fantastic one two punch with for your eyes.just enough comedy and a Bond who is as charming as he is heartless
Beside being nice and gentle Roger Moore can handle sophisticated gadgets and controls with dexitirity and perfection. He actually knows how to handle tools whether solar machine in Golden Gun or destroying asteroid manually from Spaceship in the famous Moonraker ☺✨🌟
Moore's autobiography says he signed for one series of The Persuaders. He was aware of the Bond possibility.
Really enjoying your review series !! And J - you and I seem to have the same opinions on all the films you've reviewed thus far !!
I love the movie and soundtrack. When the music kicks in it was amazing.
M's going to Bond's bedroom so he can brief him while he packs. C'mon fellas! ;)
First Bond movie I saw a very young lad (and not ready) for this kind of movie...Had to be taken to lobby twice...Didn't see another Bond movie until a teenager (Moonraker) later in 70's as a result...Big JB fan now, but it was an unsettling start...Commentators are right--Jane Seymour was/still is rather stunning...
In my top 5 bond films. I love the boat chase. Also great review guys!
Incredible review. This is one of the most unique in the film series and I've always dug Moore's approach. You're right. He did carry us through that period.
I love these reviews. The two of you crack me up!
1) Joe: enough with the “again”. I counted over 50
2) Scott: good god, man. Mankiewicz is pronounced “Men-kuh-wits”
Can’t deny this was a fun as fuck film as a kid. The roger moore films made me a Bond fan. In the end a highly memorable film. 🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯😎😎😎😎😎😎😀😀😀😀😀🤓🤓🤓🤓🥳🥳🥳🥳
Q is absent because they wanted too keep away from the Connery era for Moore,s first film. Also no M,s office scene.
In the uk this film still is the most watched film on terrestrial tv when it made its tv debut. I think it was 28 million, late 70s, early 80s I think.
Wow. Cool bit of trivia.
Roger Moore was definitely a Bond for the 70's..he was a good actor that was smart enough to know his strengths and never tried to copy Connery, he made Bond his own..and had some classic Bond moments..For 12 years he did something that until that moment no one thought possible, Replace Connery....
Live And Let Die is a very overrated film. I took it personal when James Bond was in New York City for only 15 minutes and some secs. That pissed me off big time. Then that bus scene was OK but that boat scene was too long and I didn't care for J.W. Pepper. After that boat scene was over, then I started enjoying LALD. Love the 3rd act of this film but that is about it. A bottom 3 Bond film for me.
I actually prefer if the pre-title sequence has something to do with the main story. And if you look at the preceding films, only Goldfinger and Thunderball had sequences without a link to the main story (and in Thunderball the antagonist was still a Spectre agent). The two next films' sequences also had links to the main story. The next without a link is Moonraker (and even there you have Jaws).
Ever heard of a movie called Black Belt Jones with Jim Kelly? That’s another blaxploitation film mixed with kung fu 😂 it’s corny as hell but such a fun movie to watch!
But yes Live and Let Die is my second favourite Bond movie in the whole franchise, and Goldeneye is first! In 1999 when I was only 9 years old, those two Bond movies were the first two I ever saw.. and that introduced me to the world of 007. They will always be my two favourite Bond films and was a massive part of my late childhood.. not to mention they are both excellent movies, regardless.
I remember back in the mid 80s, the roger moore bond movies played on TV. I was mesmerized.
in 83, the mini jet was sold to a guy in burbank CA. I saw the plane in his garage cuz door was open. he said he bought it. not sure if he told the truth. this was on olive Ave
Joe - what video editing tools do you use? I always love your title sequences.
Diamonds are forever, live and let die, man with the golden gun, is the Americanization of bond thanks to tom mankiewicz screen written script, if ian Fleming had lived another 20 years these films most definitely would have been different
Jeez man, Joseph is so nit picky. Calling the place San Monique is a big deal? Being a French name it goes with the French taste to the film, New Orleans etc
" its kinda rotten what Bond does "
Do you guys even know who Bond is?
1:06 I always wondered why there were two different prices for the hamburger and cheeseburger here; maybe the higher one was for supersize?
1.best title song
2. Best use of title song in film
3. Best Bond girl
4. Several top ten Bond kills
5. Best Bond stunt by a hair
6. Best Bond. Suck it Craig
Cant grade a Bond by one film. Avg their best 3. Moore is by far the best. Everyone falls short if you compare the Bonds this way. For your eyes and spy are just top shelf spy thrillers and Moore is never more ruthless than here. If ya got a job to do ya gotta do it well
I'm a big big fan of him, was perfect Bon 007:)),thanks
I felt the same as a kid about Moore. Loved his adventures so OTT and couldnt believe it was the same character Connery was meant to have played.lol. But If not for this era of fantastical OUTRAGEOUS Bond adventures 007 wouldn't have survived.Sir Roger fit the bill and audiences loved him.
CGI is horrible when used too much, no reality in today's films
Great ending🤣✌🏻
Great Review Guys I Love it!!!!! In my top 10 Greatest Bond Films!!!
6?
Shocking. Positively shocking....
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Shorter review this time ! The movie is not among my favorites, not my Roger moore go to . I'm not too interested by the vaudou stuff to be honnest , there are some good sequences of course like the boat chase, the scene where Bond introduces himself to solitaire et the gang, the score is great. I would say they could have explained more the health consequences to have a lot of drugs addicts in american streets, it would make the stakes a bit bigger maybe. And I know we tlked about the manly connery but I think tricking Solitaire like he did to sleep with her is to me maybe the worst part of the movie and worse than any Connery bond moment with women. Especialy because it was her first time so you just take advantage of the someone's innocence.
James bond has had many actors portray the iconic super spy. Although I think I like how Sean Connery portrays the character the best, I think the better movies are the ones with Moore. Specifically speaking I think that "The Spy Who Loved Me," "Moonraker", "For Your Eyes Only," and "Octopussy" are some of the best the series has to offer.
The Spy Who Loved Me is one of the best Bond films but the rest of Moore's canon isn't that impressive. The first three Connery films and Lazenby's single entry easily out does any Moore Bond.
The Spy Who Loved Me is one of the best Bond films but the rest of Moore's canon isn't that impressive. The first three Connery films and Lazenby's single entry easily out does any Moore Bond.
Live and Let die is one of the best too!
What is the best Bond movie 🎥
Mrs. Bell is the best!! HOLY SHIT!!!!! Hahahahaha
Come on bro this was one of the best
This was the last Moore Bond film I saw. Pre AVTAK.
A strange one. Totally different to Spy & Moonraker. Not as spectacular as FYEO & Octopussy.
Was in the middle of the early 70's trilogy. I've grown to love it & it is entertaining.
That bit at the end I wondered if you would imitate the pre title sequence with the headphones
I think you make a good point about Roger Moores time as Bond. He is one of the reasons we have the movie's today. Bond could have ended up being a series of movies from the 60s starring Sean connery and one by Lazenby and that's it. Even though they are more of a comedy than spy Thriller. Moores films kept the franchise going well into the next decade. If they had kept changing actors the movie's may have tanked and they may have stopped making them altogether. RIP Yaphet kotto.
I believe that the actor who plays Q was starring in the British show " FollyFoot " at the time do he couldn't appear in LALD !
If I'm incorrect please correct me .thanks .
Great reviews guys! 👌
I always thought Fleming was influenced by Errol Flynn for James Bond. They both lived in Jamaica. Don't know if the same time but that might not matter.
In hearing about when Joe became a Bond fan I now understand why he says the things he says. His commentary is now a lot more tolerable, lol... I mean when your first Bond is Roger Moore (despite him being in the most movies he wasn't great as Bond) AND your first movies are his WORST ones... of course you say crazy and contradictory things, hahaha... I was gonna stop listening to these but now that I know this info his opinion is way less frustrating... Scott seems to understand Bond and the Bond Universe A LOT better
This is an odd film and very much a product of its time. I used to rate it lower on my list, but after more recent viewings, I've raised it in the ranks. It's a solid debut for Sir Roger and despite the change in approach there's still some edgy moments (Kananga's death aside). The cast is excellent. Yaphet Kotto has a strong presence. His henchmen are fantastic. The stunts are decent and the boat Chase is great. It's a good story and has a pretty good Felix Leiter. JW Pepper doesn't bother me as much here. His character makes sense in this film. What surprised me most on a recent viewing is that (again Kananga's death aside) the campiness is kept in check. It was an improvement over Diamonds.
In Bram Stoker's Dracula the stakes aren't big enough.
Why didn’t they call this film No Time to Die ? 🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡
Man with the golden gun!
Joe and Scott: I love your series "Countdown to Bond 25." But you are both WAY too kind to LALD. I'm old enough to have seen this movie in the theater when it came out in 1973. Having grown up on the Sean Connery/Bond and Lazenby/Bond films, I was disgusted by this movie. I remember walking out of the theater comparing LALD to the Dean Martin/Matt Helm films. There are so many elements in LALD that do not belong in a James Bond movie: For example, (1) M would never go to one of his 00 agent's homes. M would summon his agents to go to his office. (2) As good as the actor, Clifton James is, a character such as J.W. Pepper does not belong in a Bond film. (3) I disagree with you on the music score. It's loud when it should be building tension within the film. I will say that, on its own, the music is interesting to listen to. But it's clunky in its interpretation of Bond music. (4) A 00 agent would never explain to M what Q's gadgets are for. M would already know what the gadgets do - He's the head of the 00 section for goodness sake! Every gadget would have to have his approval before Q gave it to an agent in the field. (5) Roger Moors is stiff in LALD and MWTGG. He doesn't begin to relax into the role until TSWLM. (6) Even as a teenager, I realized that Tom Mankiewicz was a third rate writer. Director Guy Hamilton had a propensity to go for the humor anyway (pace: Goldfinger, DAF). But with Mr. Mankiewicz either writing or co-writing the scripts, the humor became out of place. With Connery and Lazenby, the humor was subtle and fit the mood of the scene - usually to relieve the movie-goer of the violence. In my opinion, Mr. Mankiewicz ruined the series for a long time, as the film makers adopted to his style of writing. (7) Tarot cards and voodoo do not belong in a James Bond movie either. Though I do agree with you that the scene of Solitaire predicting Bond's arrival - cut to the beat of the music - and juxtaposed with the airplane flying to the U.S.A. is well done. Jane Seymour's voice really sells the scene too. Needless to say, I hated this movie for a long time. I have since softened my attitude toward it over the past 46 years - it does have a certain goofy charm to it. But, my goodness, compared to it's predecessors, this movie started a very bad trend in the Bond movies that, sadly, continued on for many years. Using your scale of 1 - 10, I would give this movie a 1.
Nobody cares what you think
@@rolltide9547 How original.
@@coolcat20million you are probably the only person in history to be disgusted by a Bond movie and leave.
@@rolltide9547 Blessings to you.
I'd say many of these criticisms are fair. Live and Let Die looks and feels like a sitcom and there are one too many comedic chase sequences. Roger Moore was stiff but he turned in a good performance and I loved Baron Samedi. Overall, Live and Let Die isn't a terrible film but it's far from the best.
another great review Joe.
Roger moore was very good as 007
Live and let Die was my fave as a kid.
The best movie in the whole series
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Thanks for a great discussion! Live and Let Die was the first Bond film I saw. Even though it was on television I was hooked and, so, I will always have a soft spot for this entry. That said, I think that perhaps the only thing that has aged well is the title song. Let and Let Die, I think, suffers from an issue that many films from the 70s suffer from and that is that 70s clothes -wardrobe- simply has not aged well. You could look at the suits and clothing that Sean Connery and supporting cast (Jack Lord and Rick Van Nutter come to mind) wore up through You Only Live Twice and they are perfectly fine, even today. Heck, you could go to Cary Grant in North By Northwest (1959) and wear his suits today and you'd be fine. In Live and Let Die the wide lapels, wide ties, wide collars, etc.., to me, all are a visual distraction whereas I'm not sure the same can be said about, for instance, the wardrobe in Thunderball or From Russia With Love for instance.
Live and let die is one of the classic Bonds. The best score of all of them. Hands down. And Moore made the role his own.
Brilliant discussion. This is the first Movie I saw in the cinema. It was a double bill along with The man with the golden gun. I Absolutely loved it. An English gentleman in Harlem. Hilarious stuff.
Wow, Joe’s my age and he says the first Bond film he saw was in 1981? I first saw Bond on ABC’s Sunday Night at the Movies in ‘73. I was 3. I think DAF may have been the first one I saw. YOLT was most likely the second one. First 007 film I saw in a theater was Moonraker in ‘79. But I got to give it to Joe, he has superseded my 007 fandom by millions of miles.
l love the Shaft films and have all of them. Plus the TV mini series and the 2000 S.L. Jackson one.. The third film (In Africa) is ironically like a Bond film. Just got to see the new film that is being released about now, but this looks more like a goofy comedy, again another parallel, the Shaft films like Bond started serious, but like Bond in the early 70's they're stating to take a comedic light hearted approach.
Connery was bald by the early 70's. It was no secret as he was appearing in other films without a toupee.
Surely Cubby & Harry would not have wanted the public knowing their Bond was wearing a rug. Even if he kept in good physical shape.
Starsky and Hutch did a homage to this film with the third season opener Murder On Playboy Island which is a fun watch
This film had a belter of a title sequence.
First Bond film I ever saw when I was a young teenager
Roger Moore was the first choice to play bond in 1962 .
Certainly the best title song of the series. Was the first film my family got on dvd!
Thanks to sorta.app I got this film ranked #16 out of 24
My favorite Bond film to date.
where can i get all the movies online?
One of the worst bond films
The best of Moore's outings as Bond. LALD doesn't suffer as much as Moore's later outings do from the fashion of the time and the humour is less ridiculous. I do like Moore's innuendo and humour when delivered in the right doses (particularly when delivered from Moore himself) but am not a fan of the emergence of characters such as Sheriff JW Pepper which reduce the franchise to slapstick first meted out in DAF which will get progressively worse through the rest of the decade until FYEO. You guys comment on the absence of a grand finale in the YOLT mould but I like the fact there is no overlong shootout at the end which is only ever going to go one way. LALD happens to be my favourite of all the Fleming novels and if I had to choose one of the Fleming stories to be revisited for a more serious treatment in the Casino Royale mould it might be this one. All said though, a great supporting cast. A great villain. And a great Bond girl in Solitaire. Baron Samedi and the voodoo scenes always made me uneasy when watching this as a child especially Samedi's reappearance at the very end. The movie gets an 8 from me though I wouldn't place this above any of the previous efforts from Connery or Lazenby except DAF.
It is not a bad movie if you see it independently. But when i watch FRWL or Thunderball or Goldfinger or OHMSS or even the low budget Dr No. and then I try to watch this, I just feel a great disappointment... That's my opinion and taste of course. I don't know why but as , Roger Moore seemed to me more believable as Bond than when he actually played Bond. I really don't know why... Lazenby was better by far than Moore as James Bond. It's a pity he made only one (exceptional) movie. He was grittier, more athletic, more believable at action scenes and with the experience he gained from his first movie he would become better and better evetytime. Roger Moore just looks to oriole and sweetener in the role when he is compared to Connery or Lazenby. Pitty.