Agreed, it was my first James Bond film and I loved every second of it. What’s particularly great, is that the villains scheme (to my mind at least) is a genuinely good idea, and not just the crazed fantasy of a lunatic hellbent on world domination. Not that I don’t enjoy those kinds of villains as well of course!
@@alwaysOPEN4business Roger Moore films are not considered to be great Bond films but there are quite a few classic scenes in many of them. This was a fantastic starter for Roger for sure
Kananga is underrated as a Bond bad guy. He was a master at deception: he led everyone on that he was championing the rights of his people at the United Nations, but was really a complete psychopath who funneled in heroin to the US through his restaurants.
yes, I've even read professional movie critics put this up among the Top 5 anyway it's way,way better than Diamonds are forever, and I can't believe some people would prefer to have Connery in Live and let die after his bad performance in Diamonds are forever the opening song is really the best and even got an Oscar nomination
You Only Live Twice should've gotten best song and score. Can't believe Adelle received one. As for DAF ... Connery didn't shave his eyebrows, was terribly paunchy. It works as a comedy. But LALD is both funny and action packed. Bond is in actual danger sometimes (about to get his finger sliced off, jumping on crocodiles, etc.). Loved Geroge Martin's music. He should've done more Bonds.
@ AlexDeLarge90. I agree that Connery would not have been preferable to Moore to play Bond in "Live and Let Die" considering the facts that Connery was bored with playing Bond as early as "YOLT" and that he was grossly out of shape physically in "DAF". But if Connery had gotten into excellent physical condition to play Bond in "LALD" and had been motivated to give a strong performance as Bond, then he would have been preferable to Moore to appear as Bond in "LALD".
Yeah, she was only 20 when she filmed this, and married already. And then she married three other guys! One wonders who would divorce her? Goes to show that beauty sometimes attracts a guy who looks just at the outside. Enzo Ferrari said, "When a man says he loves a woman, it means he's in lust with her."
The elevator operator gets his first assignment: Villian's HR Trainer: "No, there's nothing to it - you just stand here and bring people down when you hear a knocking on the headstone. Don't worry, it's totally safe." 007: "How 'bout a nice boot to the face?" Also, there's no way that the container at 3:45 is watertight with doors that flop around like that...
A Bond villian must possess three qualities: 1. He or she must be a psychopath; 2. Must have the best of manners; 3. Be smart enough to think it's a good idea to reveal the whole story, and stupid enough to not know that he or she is going to lose.
I was 8 years old when i saw this in 73. Its one of the first times i can remember seeing Jane Seymour and feeling something happening.. down there!!. She was rather delicious.
I like this movie one of my other favorite 007 movie's, I like the kananga even though he's a villain but like how he's way of style he also reminds me of Denzel Washington in American gangster how he's the leader and head of all the other black dude,s also in Harlem disguised as Mr big with the mask he a dope villain and this part Is funny
@@gregoryedwards2033 I know. My feet hurt too, when I see Solitaire. I couldn't act with her in the scene where she's pressing against my back, it would hurt too much in my feet.
LALD has many classic Bond scenes ... like when Bond steps into Mr Big's lair, "Name's is for tombstones!' And the excellent George Martin music in the background. Ditto when Bond almost gets his finger sliced off. And of course Jane Seymour --- they broke the mold after her. Beauty and acting talent. Who could imagine she would marry four guys?
marinetti yes Yaphet Kotto was a good villain and later played the character Parker in the science fiction movie Alien in 1979 another good movie with him as one of characters who used for humor or comic relief.
@@scottknode898 Kotto said he was a big Bond fan, and would have liked to have played 007 himself. I do know about that, but he could have been in a spin-off double O movie.
Live and let die is one of the most underrated Bond films along with The Living Daylights. Any Pierce Brosnan one is overrated. Seriously Casino Royale with Daniel Craig and the re-boot of the series should have been done after Timothy Dalton retired.
The only bad Bond film that Pierce did was Die Another Day (which I would only give 2 out of 5 stars) while I would give the other three at least 4 stars (5 for Goldeneye and The World Is Not Enough and 4 for Tomorrow Never Dies).
Among the Roger Moore Bond films, I would give Live and Let Die 4 out of 5 stars, and The Man With the Golden Gun would get 3 stars, The Spy Who Loved Me would get 4 stars, Moonraker would get 4 stars, For Your Eyes Only would get 5, Octopussy would get 4, and A View... would get 3.
Where was this Kananga throughout the whole movie? Prior to this scene Kananga was either shown with him doing office work or looking pi**ed off. But here he's loosened up a little. Even looks like he's having some fun. Heck, I'd have even taken him up on his drink.
I believe it is foolish to let bond always win. I wish the producer leaves a room for the viewers to judge the scenes instead of uses his dictatorship to the end. Thank you.
Out of all the films that there are there are only a few that can geniunely claim to be as powerful as so many of the scenes in so many of the james bond films they are so powerful and as large as life that you can feel this coming out of the scene/s as you watch them.There are obviously some james bond films that are better than others and obviously this applies to the very first bond films such as DIAMONDS ARE FOREVER,THUNDERBALL,AND GOLDFINGER even when sean connery is replaced with roger Moore the classic Quality vein continues with LIVE AND LET DIE,MOONRAKER,THE SPY WHO LOVED ME,and OCTUPUSSY so many people don't believe these films are in any way as good as the sean connery films(that may be true of some of them the same cannot be said about LIVE AND LET DIE......As it stands out as the best film by a mile its slightly over 4 out of 5 stars and is very close to being as good as GOLDFINGER When pierce brosnan becomes bond the variation in Quality of the films shows itself with the uninspiring and poor GOLDENEYE to the Better THE WORLD IS NOT ENOUGH and Somewhat better TOMORROW NEVER DIES(with Teri Hatcher,Michelle yeoh,Jonathan Pryce Very good as the villian Elliot Carver and equaly enjoyable gotz otto as his Sidekick mr stamper)Sadly the quality drops considerably with DIE ANOTHER DAY then when daniel craig takes over the Dissapointing CASINO ROYALE,the better But not great QUANTUM OF SOLACE(With a exceptionally good/memorable car chase at the beginning)and then the UNBELIEVABLELY GREAT......... SKYFALL(4 STARS GOING SLIGHTLY ONTO 5)and the not quite as good SPECTRE(Though it did have a very difficult/hard Task................ being as good as SKYFALL or being better than it......................) Ashley Martin (Hampshire,England)
It's interesting, but when I look at the earlier Connery Bonds, he really doesn't have the likability that he displayed in You Only Live Twice... here he grew into the role, and Bond actually smiled, instead of sneered greasily as he did in the early films. The book Bond was also a likable fellow, and laughed at himself. YOLT had a great script, as did LALD. Moore hit the character perfectly, and too bad he didn't continue -- both funny but played the action scenes straight. But I do prefer the Bonds without Craig, because they were entertaining, instead of gloom and doom Bond (again, the Bond of the books isn't a dour stuffed shirt, as Craig plays him. And what about that ripping off a doorknob!? Also, Craig says he hates the role, but does it just for the money. A far field away from the classy Moore and Brosnan, who treated the role and fans with some respect. (Sir Roger failed a few times with the Tarzan yells-type scenes.
@foreveragainOK I think the slapstick stuff like Tarzan yells was more the stupid goofy Hollywood adding it in as a gimmick etc. I agree with everything you said though. Roger Moore was pretty much the Golden Age of Bond, Craig is so-so. Dalton is cool though.
![James Bond Play BG in Octopussy [1983]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/tBz2GIxfYXA/mqdefault.jpg)
Massively underrated Bond film.
Agreed, it was my first James Bond film and I loved every second of it. What’s particularly great, is that the villains scheme (to my mind at least) is a genuinely good idea, and not just the crazed fantasy of a lunatic hellbent on world domination. Not that I don’t enjoy those kinds of villains as well of course!
It's in my top 2 or 3
Is it though? I find most Bond fans tend to rate it positively, I tend to feel I'm in the minority that thinks it's overrated
@@alwaysOPEN4business Roger Moore films are not considered to be great Bond films but there are quite a few classic scenes in many of them. This was a fantastic starter for Roger for sure
@@Simon-qp3cq Actually "The Spy Who Loved Me" from 1977 is usually considered to be one of the best Bond films.
Yaphet Kotto was a dope actor 🔥🔥 R.I.P. ✊🏾
One of the great bond films!
Kananga is underrated as a Bond bad guy. He was a master at deception: he led everyone on that he was championing the rights of his people at the United Nations, but was really a complete psychopath who funneled in heroin to the US through his restaurants.
I just came to watch the part where he shoots the sofa with the shark gun. 😂😂😂😂😂😂
Yaphet Kotto. Brilliant actor. He was sublime in Midnight Run.
And alien
Loved him in homicide. Great show.
I had too much champagne during this scene
ahahah You are alive
Yaphet Kotto really enjoyed playing a Bond baddie
The eyebrow Rog gives when kananga pulls the blade out and Bond realises he’s been wise cracking insulting the enemy whilst tied up.
yes, I've even read professional movie critics put this up among the Top 5
anyway it's way,way better than Diamonds are forever, and I can't believe some people would prefer to have Connery in Live and let die after his bad performance in Diamonds are forever
the opening song is really the best and even got an Oscar nomination
You Only Live Twice should've gotten best song and score. Can't believe Adelle received one. As for DAF ... Connery didn't shave his eyebrows, was terribly paunchy. It works as a comedy. But LALD is both funny and action packed. Bond is in actual danger sometimes (about to get his finger sliced off, jumping on crocodiles, etc.). Loved Geroge Martin's music. He should've done more Bonds.
@ AlexDeLarge90. I agree that Connery would not have been preferable to Moore to play Bond in "Live and Let Die" considering the facts that Connery was bored with playing Bond as early as "YOLT" and that he was grossly out of shape physically in "DAF". But if Connery had gotten into excellent physical condition to play Bond in "LALD" and had been motivated to give a strong performance as Bond, then he would have been preferable to Moore to appear as Bond in "LALD".
@@foreveragainOK l) ))]]
RIP Yaphet Kotto
Solitaire was so hot damn
Yeah, she was only 20 when she filmed this, and married already. And then she married three other guys! One wonders who would divorce her? Goes to show that beauty sometimes attracts a guy who looks just at the outside. Enzo Ferrari said, "When a man says he loves a woman, it means he's in lust with her."
🙄🤔... WoW
The elevator operator gets his first assignment:
Villian's HR Trainer: "No, there's nothing to it - you just stand here and bring people down when you hear a knocking on the headstone. Don't worry, it's totally safe."
007: "How 'bout a nice boot to the face?"
Also, there's no way that the container at 3:45 is watertight with doors that flop around like that...
A Bond villian must possess three qualities: 1. He or she must be a psychopath; 2. Must have the best of manners; 3. Be smart enough to think it's a good idea to reveal the whole story, and stupid enough to not know that he or she is going to lose.
Just like in real life most criminals never think they are going to get caught. its called having hubris.
I was 8 years old when i saw this in 73. Its one of the first times i can remember seeing Jane Seymour and feeling something happening.. down there!!. She was rather delicious.
Thats funny, I was 8 too when I saw this in '73 and felt the same way about Jane Seymour. Very delicious!
I'm 52 and I still feel something happening, down there when I see Jane Seymour here!!
I like this movie one of my other favorite 007 movie's, I like the kananga even though he's a villain but like how he's way of style he also reminds me of Denzel Washington in American gangster how he's the leader and head of all the other black dude,s also in Harlem disguised as Mr big with the mask he a dope villain and this part Is funny
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@@gregoryedwards2033 I know. My feet hurt too, when I see Solitaire. I couldn't act with her in the scene where she's pressing against my back, it would hurt too much in my feet.
RIP Yaphet Kotto And Roger Moore
Roger moore is the handsome james bond
I have seen this movie during 1975. Even after 30 years again seen in re release.
James Bond desde,os meus 16 anos e hoje estou com 43,!
Redshirts--you just know they're gonna die. In many ways this is my fav Bond movie.
The brothers are representing in this film.
I like this James Bond movie
I want an underground lair where
I can plot my evil schemes.
9 Years ago! Well, have to comment -- don't forget the sharks!
This is Miss Tang. I met her in Bahrain. On a mission... LOL !
Good movie...
Did Bond just punch Voldemort into a coffin? That’s got to be the ultimate humiliation.
Poor guy at 0:02
Ouch the snake scene
Best james bond
LALD has many classic Bond scenes ... like when Bond steps into Mr Big's lair, "Name's is for tombstones!' And the excellent George Martin music in the background. Ditto when Bond almost gets his finger sliced off. And of course Jane Seymour --- they broke the mold after her. Beauty and acting talent. Who could imagine she would marry four guys?
Kananga is very charming here
marinetti yes Yaphet Kotto was a good villain and later played the character Parker in the science fiction movie Alien in 1979 another good movie with him as one of characters who used for humor or comic relief.
@@scottknode898 Kotto said he was a big Bond fan, and would have liked to have played 007 himself. I do know about that, but he could have been in a spin-off double O movie.
Live and let die is one of the most underrated Bond films along with The Living Daylights.
Any Pierce Brosnan one is overrated. Seriously Casino Royale with Daniel Craig and the re-boot of the series should have been done after Timothy Dalton retired.
AlexDeLarge90 No. Just no
Yes. Just yes.
The only bad Bond film that Pierce did was Die Another Day (which I would only give 2 out of 5 stars) while I would give the other three at least 4 stars (5 for Goldeneye and The World Is Not Enough and 4 for Tomorrow Never Dies).
Among the Roger Moore Bond films, I would give Live and Let Die 4 out of 5 stars, and The Man With the Golden Gun would get 3 stars, The Spy Who Loved Me would get 4 stars, Moonraker would get 4 stars, For Your Eyes Only would get 5, Octopussy would get 4, and A View... would get 3.
AlexDeLarge90 Agree w/you about Live and Let Die, but not about Brosnan and Dalton. Brosnan was a great Bond, Dalton flat out sucked.
British domination never fails
Rip couch
TROUBLE! 0:27
Where was this Kananga throughout the whole movie?
Prior to this scene Kananga was either shown with him doing office work or looking pi**ed off. But here he's loosened up a little. Even looks like he's having some fun.
Heck, I'd have even taken him up on his drink.
Most likely he had a drink before Bond arrived. This also is when he gets a chance to do things personally and get involved.
I believe it is foolish to let bond always win. I wish the producer leaves a room for the viewers to judge the scenes instead of uses his dictatorship to the end. Thank you.
What can we drink to? How about an earthquake! #classic #sleepwellrogermoore
What was bonds plan when he got lowered into the lair armed only with a machete?
‘Ah bollocks you lot have guns’
Probably to kill a guard and get a gun.
@E6589B those three are Roger Moore's best.
The disrespect 🤦🏾♂️ Ayibobo 🎩💀💜🖤
Is this where Archer got his espionage clothing inspiration?
The tactical turtleneck Jon!
Agree with comment
0:06
0:02えーっ！マジですかっ‥‥？？
They could’ve done a better job with Baron’s fight scene. All that buildup and he dies in two moves?! 🤷♂️
Mr. Bond knew how to deal with the BLM.
Who are the BLM?
@@macmacreynolds8712 They're low-talented, violent, work-avoiding and looting domestic terrorists who blame other people for their problems.
007は昔のCGがない時代の方が面白かった。
She kind of has a face similar to Megan Fox. I guess this kind of face never goes out of style with the guys lol.
Nazura she is better looking then Megan Fox.
@@scottknode898 I had completely forgotten about Megan Fox. I wonder why.
@@Agent1W cause she has no talent
Out of all the films that there are there are only a few that can geniunely claim to be as powerful as so many of the scenes in so many of the james bond films they are so powerful and as large as life that you can feel this coming out of the scene/s as you watch them.There are obviously some james bond films that are better than others and obviously this applies to the very first bond films such as DIAMONDS ARE FOREVER,THUNDERBALL,AND GOLDFINGER even when sean connery is replaced with roger Moore the classic Quality vein continues with LIVE AND LET DIE,MOONRAKER,THE SPY WHO LOVED ME,and OCTUPUSSY so many people don't believe these films are in any way as good as the sean connery films(that may be true of some of them the same cannot be said about LIVE AND LET DIE......As it stands out as the best film by a mile its slightly over 4 out of 5 stars and is very close to being as good as GOLDFINGER When pierce brosnan becomes bond the variation in Quality of the films shows itself with the uninspiring and poor GOLDENEYE to the Better THE WORLD IS NOT ENOUGH and Somewhat better TOMORROW NEVER DIES(with Teri Hatcher,Michelle yeoh,Jonathan Pryce Very good as the villian Elliot Carver and equaly enjoyable gotz otto as his Sidekick mr stamper)Sadly the quality drops considerably with DIE ANOTHER DAY then when daniel craig takes over the Dissapointing CASINO ROYALE,the better But not great QUANTUM OF SOLACE(With a exceptionally good/memorable car chase at the beginning)and then the UNBELIEVABLELY GREAT......... SKYFALL(4 STARS GOING SLIGHTLY ONTO 5)and the not quite as good SPECTRE(Though it did have a very difficult/hard Task................ being as good as SKYFALL or being better than it......................)
Ashley Martin
(Hampshire,England)
It's interesting, but when I look at the earlier Connery Bonds, he really doesn't have the likability that he displayed in You Only Live Twice... here he grew into the role, and Bond actually smiled, instead of sneered greasily as he did in the early films. The book Bond was also a likable fellow, and laughed at himself. YOLT had a great script, as did LALD. Moore hit the character perfectly, and too bad he didn't continue -- both funny but played the action scenes straight.
But I do prefer the Bonds without Craig, because they were entertaining, instead of gloom and doom Bond (again, the Bond of the books isn't a dour stuffed shirt, as Craig plays him. And what about that ripping off a doorknob!? Also, Craig says he hates the role, but does it just for the money. A far field away from the classy Moore and Brosnan, who treated the role and fans with some respect. (Sir Roger failed a few times with the Tarzan yells-type scenes.
@foreveragainOK I think the slapstick stuff like Tarzan yells was more the stupid goofy Hollywood adding it in as a gimmick etc. I agree with everything you said though. Roger Moore was pretty much the Golden Age of Bond, Craig is so-so. Dalton is cool though.
i never seen like that when hes been butten by a snake