Necrotongue

Pierce Brosnan finally stopped making grimaces, and the film might not have been bad at all, but the script just didn't work for me. A very nice boat chase quickly turns into an idiotic "cruise" through the streets, followed by an extremely funny scene with Q. All that is topped off by Bond declaring that it doesn't matter if a nuclear reactor explodes because it's flooded anyway. Oh well.

I don't mind Pierce Brosnan, but frankly, I can't say the same about his Bond. He comes across as more of a comedian than an agent and the script unfortunately plays into that. The main villain is played by Jonathan Pryce, and I have to say I remember him in better roles. He was memorable in Brazil, but that was a whole other level.

A megalomaniac plot (which is not a bad thing), but Pierce Brosnan is so desperate to be funny all the time, he reminds me of a stand-up comedian.

Dalton's second Bond film is better in terms of quality than The Living Daylights. Timothy Dalton's Bond remains cool and sharp, the action scenes aren’t blown out of proportion, and the whole film somehow feels more real. I really enjoyed it.

A secret agent who couldn’t care less about jokes and zingers, and a script that couldn’t care less about sci-fi, and it works. Bond is much more tough and cool, and the film returns to the roots of espionage.

The writing was very decent, Christopher Walken as the main villain was extremely charismatic, Duran Duran's theme song was excellent, so the only problem was Roger Moore, who was just not convincing enough as Bond.

I don't find the writing bad, but why do all the bombs in film always have to be deactivated at the last minute when everyone knows how it's going to turn out anyway. I just can’t wrap my head around it. Octopussy is a Bond film for senior and advanced viewers. The age average has gone up, the acting has gone down accordingly. One of the few characters who’s still clear-eyed is Sandokan, but he doesn't have a boat.

I was less satisfied with the writing and Roger Moore this time, although the writers did manage to pack diving, mountaineering, and a wide range of winter sports into one film. That’s all very well but Moore's Bond is supposed to be a witty Bond and if you forget that, it will affect the final result.

A second trip to space, this time with Roger Moore and a space shuttle. More of a comedy sci-fi than a spy film, but of a very decent quality. Richard Kiel bit off what he could chew and did a great job of it. Roger Moore was hilarious, and the writing didn’t fall behind.

Roger Moore at his best, dropping zingers left and right. The writer was able to deliver the material in time for the filming, so the necessary final touches were made before shooting, and everything finally got back on track. Plus, the film features Richard Kiel for the first time, an underwater car, and a Soviet agent whose ‘death wish’ turns into a ‘sex wish’ under Bond's influence.