From Russia with Love

[RobertScorpio]

I just watched this movie today..haven't seen it in years..and,well, it doesn't hold up..and I'll tell you why...

Robert Shaw spends most of the movie lurking around. And when he and 007 finally 'confront' each other, its so hammy and so anti-clamatic from that point on, the last twenty minutes are excruciating slow....

Not as good as FOR YOUR EYES ONLY, by the way..IMO..

Goldfinger tomorrow!!

Rob

 

[JonathonWally]

Seriously? From Russia with Love and Goldfinger are tied for my favorite bond movies.

 

[Sagart]

Funny, I just watched this yesterday on Blu-Ray. It looks fantastic and is still a great Bond movie.

BTW, have any of you noticed the mistake in the opening credits?

 

[Hermiod]

Funny, I just watched this yesterday on Blu-Ray. It looks fantastic and is still a great Bond movie.

It's brilliant, definitely one of the best.

BTW, have any of you noticed the mistake in the opening credits?

No ? What was it ?

 

[btflash]

I just watched this movie today..haven't seen it in years..and,well, it doesn't hold up..and I'll tell you why...

Robert Shaw spends most of the movie lurking around. And when he and 007 finally 'confront' each other, its so hammy and so anti-clamatic from that point on, the last twenty minutes are excruciating slow....

Not as good as FOR YOUR EYES ONLY, by the way..IMO..

Goldfinger tomorrow!!

Rob

i'm suprised. that's a great movie.you will enjoy goldfinger though. that's the best bond movie as far as i'm concerned.

 

[AdmiralGarak]

From Russia With Love was a brilliant movie and book. It's my favorite Bond story. Pedro Armendariz, in particular, stole every scene he was in.

I don't find Grant and Bond's showdown disappointing. After all it's much longer than Rob Scorpio indicates. It occurs nearly the entire duration of the train trip. That's an entire act.

Odd bit of Cold War trivia-- FRWL was both the favorite novel of John F. Kennedy and the favorite movie of his Soviet counterpart, Nikita Kruschev.

 

[rafterman1701]

Martin instead of Martine? Only hardcore fans catch that. FRWL still holds up and it looks fantastic on Blu-Ray. Classic film.

 

[Sagart]

Martin instead of Martine? Only hardcore fans catch that. FRWL still holds up and it looks fantastic on Blu-Ray. Classic film.

That's the one

 

[Mooch]

Seriously? From Russia with Love and Goldfinger are tied for my favorite bond movies.

I like From Russia with Love but not Goldfinger. I like all the Terence Young ones best. http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0950109/

 

[OdoWanKenobi]

Anti-climactic? One of the best fist fights in cinematic history is anti-climactic? Huh. To each their own I guess. From Russia With Love remains my favorite film in the series. ( I also kinda have to laugh that you call FRWL slow, yet praise FYEO)

 

[CorporalClegg]

I just watched this movie today..haven't seen it in years..and,well, it doesn't hold up..and I'll tell you why...

Robert Shaw spends most of the movie lurking around. And when he and 007 finally 'confront' each other, its so hammy and so anti-clamatic from that point on, the last twenty minutes are excruciating slow....

Not as good as FOR YOUR EYES ONLY, by the way..IMO..

Goldfinger tomorrow!!

Rob

You should just stop watching movies.

I like From Russia with Love but not Goldfinger. I like all the Terence Young ones best.

Yup. Terence Young is movie Bond. In fact, I think when the Chopping Broccoli's did this reboot, they should've looked back to Young.

Anti-climactic? One of the best fist fights in cinematic history is anti-climactic? Huh. To each their own I guess. From Russia With Love remains my favorite film in the series. ( I also kinda have to laugh that you call FRWL slow, yet praise FYEO)

Yeah. I don't get that either.

 

[trevanian]

I didn't see FRWL till I had seen most of the others (not till 76 I think, on a reissue), but I've seen it MANY more times than any other Bond since, and to me it is the only Bond that transcends being a Bond movie in terms of just being a terrific movie period. Except for some sound mix stuff when he checks his hotel room, I think it is as close to perfect as any adventure movie ever made. Very funny, paced well, and just hits on all cylinders. For the folks who think it is "bond goes east to steal a typewriter" ... well, you've got Roger Moore movies and TOMORROW NEVER DIES and Bond trying to shock his heart back to life in CR to keep you happy. This one really feels like a spy movie, despite some Bond ott stuff.

I stand by the assertion in one of the early makingof books that the Connery/shaw faceoff is maybe the only time in the series where there is any REAL sense of danger to 007 (I'd add the underwater sequence in LTK, so maybe every 25 years they hit that level.)

I've watched it at least three times this year. It looks gorgeous on regular DVD, and whenever I upgrade, it'll be the second or third movie I pick up on blu-ray (after 2001 and Se7en, assuming Se7en in on that format by that time.)

 

[Orintho]

LOL, the gypsy chick fight scene always busts me up. Bond and the other men all look like they're hiding their raging 'clues' under the tables. And Bond is hardly 1963 subtle when he states that he wants both women brought to him later.

 

[trevanian]

LOL, the gypsy chick fight scene always busts me up. Bond and the other men all look like they're hiding their raging 'clues' under the tables. And Bond is hardly 1963 subtle when he states that he wants both women brought to him later.

That's the point, man. Bond was the wish-fulfillment of that era's guys, no hangups (even before they started using the word.) Check out a book on 60s movies called MEDIUM COOL (in honor of the Wexler film of the same name), it has a chapter called 'like cream, Bastards rise' or something of the sort, discussing the Bond issue.

 

[Kelthaz]

I didn't care for it either. The whole movie is agonizingly slow and the plot is virtually non-existent. Dr. No and Goldfinger were far superior films.

 

[suarezguy]

I thought it was one of the best films, particularly given its age, being only the second one made and that it was pretty close to the book. I thought Thunderball was a bit boring, in spite of a few scenes.

 

[Broccoli]

Yeah...not a fan of Thunderball either. I do like FRWL, though.

 

[Ward Fowler]

From Russia With Love is one of my favorite Connery movies. It's fantastic.

 

[JM1776]

It's an enjoyable film. Rarely does one of Bond's foes project so palpable and believable a dislike of 007. Shaw gave an excellent performance.

 

[Maestro]

It is also remarkably faithful to the novel, even if they had to sub SPECTRE in for SMERSH.