Definitely. Diamonds Are Forever, the film that preceded LALD, would’ve had gangsters with a hideout in a western ghost town and a Back to the Future 3 style locomotive chase scene had it followed the book.
And The Spy Who Loved Me film wouldnt have Jaws, the underwater city, the stolen...
I don’t see that as a bad thing. I remember Moby the musician saying approvingly that it was like a Seventies Blaxploitation film starring Roger Moore.
Llewelyn, Maibaum, Barry etc I think were dropped as the producers wanted Moore’s Bond to have his own identity. It’s why he asks for...
Probably the only time in a film where an actor played two parts and I didn’t realise. Well, not until he pulled his latex face off.
I watched Live and Let Die earlier this year and it’s still terrific.
Apparently organised by Sisters Uncut: a feminist group. They also interrupted the premiere for a film about Suffragettes, poured blood into the fountain at Trafalgar Square, and blocked Westminster Bridge on previous occasions.
I get the impression that militant groups are poised ready to...