LIVE AND LET DIE
Three Bonds stand out, and this is one of them - the other two are Licence to Kill and Die another Day, which I comment on elsewhere.
For the record I do not have a problem with the Connery Bonds! Given their age they are generally consistant in their quality.
However this Bond has something about it. In one corner, you have James Bond, old Etonian, suave, fan of high culture etc etc(Moore empasised these traits). And in the other, a bunch of New York and Carribean gangsters.
This has to be the only Bond film I've ever seen in which the bad guys seem to have absolutely nothing in common with Bond. You've got the world's best known suave spy up against bad guys who've come out of another type of film entirely.
And despite this film being over 30 years old, this unusual combo definately works still.
Just WHY did Moore have to follow this up with Golden Gun???
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