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Jackson Booth-Millard 2012-05-21 05:19:13

Live and Let Die

With Sir Sean Connery out of the picture (unless you count Never SayNever Again) and George Lazenby forgotten, we needed a new Bond to fillthe famous shoes. They chose a very good Sir Roger Moore. He's the onewith just as much charm and humour as the original guy. This time he isin the Caribbean facing the only black villain of the collection,Kananga (Yaphet Kotto). Also he is introduced to the beautiful andmysterious card reader, Solitaire (Jane Seymour). This is a very goodstart for the new Bond, filled with marvellous scenery and very goodaction sequences, including a fight with the villain Tee Hee and hismetal arm. Also including a good chase sequence involving boats. Alsostarring Bernard Lee as M and Lois Maxwell as Miss Moneypenny, but noQ! James Bond was number 3 on 100 Years, 100 Heroes & Villains, he wasnumber 21 on The 100 Greatest Sex Symbols, and he was number 21 on The100 Greatest Pop Culture Icons, the film was number 3 on James Bond'sGreatest Hits for Paul McCartney and Wings' Oscar nominated title song,and it was number 69 on The Ultimate Film. Very good!

2012-05-20 20:29:40

Live And Let Die

Although the film is three decades old, I'd say this film was the best way to introduce Sir Roger Moore as the New 007. The story angle is a bit out of date otherwise it is a good introduction. Characters were very memorable and slapstick humor was needed in the film after the Vietnam conflict and the watergate scandal.

2012-05-20 15:23:40

The best Bond ever!

*Places: New York; San Monique; New Orleans; Londen*Hero: James Bond*Girl(s): Solitaire; Miss Caruso*Villain(s): Dr. Kananga aka Mr. Big*Villains Employer: Self Employed*Villains Project: Give out drugs for free, driving all other drug dealers out of Business, and then being able to charge what he likes*Miner Villain(s): Tee Hee; Baron Samedi; Whisper; Rosie Carver*Bond's friends: M; Miss Moneypenny; Felix Leiter; Quarril jr; Sheriff J.W. Pepper*Highlights: First encounter with Mr. Big; Hang gliding sequence onto Solitaire's mountain home; Double Decker Bus Chase; Jumping over the Crocodiels; Boat Chase; Fight with Baron Samedi in the Grave yard; Fight on Train with Tee Hee*Remarks: In my opinion, Live and Let Die is the Best Bond ever! The only bad thing is that Q is not in it; Bond still uses Gadgets thoughThe first outing with Roger Moore as Ian Flemings James Bond-007. Live and Let Die has hardly any relation with the book in which it is based on. The Last thing I want to say(Well write really) is that I would rate this Movie as a 1000 out of 5.

TheLittleSongbird 2012-05-19 18:44:03

Not too bad an introduction for Roger Moore

While not the best Bond movie, this is one of the better Roger MooreBond movies in my opinion. It isn't a masterpiece, but as anintroduction for Roger Moore as 007 it ain't half bad.Yes it is overlong, yes the story is frantic and yes the villain'sscheme could have done with more development. Not to mention the factthat Dr Kananga's death is probably the silliest yet most epic death ina Bond film.But it is visually striking, has some cool gadgets, some amusingone-liners, a fun theme song, a sexy Bond girl beautifully played bythe lovely Jane Seymour, good direction and a credible turn from RogerMoore as the title character. Personally I consider Sean Connery thebest Bond, but Moore doesn't do too bad a job.In conclusion, a fun and above decent entry in the series. 7/10 BethanyCox

2012-05-13 05:23:41

Nice Attempt, but Wrong approach for Moore's First..

Let me start by saying this was my first Bond film I got to see in the movie house back in '73, so I'm somewhat partial to it. I think the basic issue that nags the viewer is that this is primarily takes an 'establishment' character and puts him into a 'non-establishment' movie; hence, all the easy and reliable devices (leading naval forces, briefcases, Q, lots of pretty women, etc..)and charm used by Connery (if he had played Bond in this outing) would undeniably have fallen flat; even the cliff-hanger type scenes seem to have little energy. It's almost like the director takes some good black actors, gives them screen time, has them do some mean things, and that somehows supposed to equate to a classic Bond-type villain. Ho hum.It's definitely not a proper nor safe vehicle for a James Bond film, so I feel sorry for Moore, with this as his first big screen performance spy performance AND taking over for the great Sean Connery, no less. Still, he makes the best of it admirably and thus moves on to make some super '70s/early '80s flicks (For Your Eyes Only being a personal favorite).

jonathanruano 2012-05-12 20:26:39

Live and Let Die

The disappointing "Live and Let Die" is a classic example of whathappens when films rely too much on a particular formula. Admittedly,there are many things to like about "Live and Let Die," such as thevoodoo cults, rituals, the beautiful Solitaire (played by JaneSeymour), snakes, crocodiles, Baron Samedi, the lush scenery of theCaribbean, Harlem and the funky background music. Yaphet Kotto alsomakes for a very interesting villain.On the other hand, Roger Moore does not do a good job in his first tryat being James Bond. He lacks the charisma and he comes across as cold,indifferent and even dull. Since James Bond was meant to be the heartof movies, like "Live and Let Die," Roger Moore's shortcomings as anactor (or the fact that he was miscast) really bring the movie down.But the real downfall of this film are the chase scenes. Admittedly thefirst chases in the 1960s were fun to watch, like the ones in Peter R.Hunt's On Her Majesty's Secret Service. But there is nothingentertaining about watching a speedboat going across a river (one canwitness such things on a camping trip). Similarly, a chase involving adouble-decker bus and police cars on a small island cannot beconsidered an eye-popping experience. Yet, this film is full of chaseslike these and they drag on for most of the movie. There was someattempt -- perhaps by the director (Guy Hamilton) or the writers orboth -- to make the chases less than dull by adding in some jokes, likewhen the speed boat rudely interrupts a wedding. But most of the jokesdo not work; they just seem desperate. In conclusion, "Live and Let Die" really marks the point where the Bondseries went into decline. There were some rallies with "The Spy whoLove Me," "Licence to Kill," and "Casino Royale." But for the mostpart, James Bond movies have become sub-par, weighed down by longchases, explosions, action scenes that lack excitement, and James Bondswho really lack the coolness and the charisma that we admired in SeanConnery. I may be nostalgic, but I think that the 1960s got James Bondright and the period 1973-2009 wrecked a good thing.

2012-05-10 15:01:07

you gotta love roger to like this...

I guess you'd also have to like Roger Moore in order to enjoy seeing him as 007 esp after Connery.

2012-05-10 03:50:47

My favorite Bond Movie

In 1971, Sean Connery retired as James Bond, but would then go on to play him again in a rival movie in 1983 to O c t o p u s s y called Never Say Never Again. At one point in the casting of this movie, an American was hired to play James Bond. I forget this man's name at this time, but he was not hired to play the part. In to step in to play agent 007, tv's The Saint, Roger Moore. Even though it took two films for Roger to make Bond his own, he is still great in this movie. He didn't act like Connery in this one at all, but in The Man With the Golden Gun he did. I like Moore better as 007 because he is a lighter Bond. A lighter Bond is good for the movies, but even though Ian Fleming's Bond is light at some points in the stories, the book version was more serious and more to the acting of Connery or Dalton. I like this movie the best also because of the producers. They had balls to make this movie in 1973, in which the bad guys were African Americans, and as most of you know the early 1970's was a rough time. You have to give the writers/ producers credit for making this the next Bond movie after Diamonds are Forever. The last two reasons I like this film the most, are because of the villian and the Bond girl. Yaphet Kotto, plays the bad guy Mr. Big/ Dr. Kananga and the reason while I like him, is because he too is a down to earth villian, who isn't trying to take over the world, he just wants to control the drug world. Finally we come to the incredibly sexy and the best Bond girl in Jane Seymour, who plays Solitare. She looks really great and really sexy in this movie, and to add to that, she can act really well too. I would recommend this movie to those of you who like James Bond movies, and out of those movies I would reccomend License to Kill and For Your Eyes only.

BA_Harrison 2012-05-06 14:19:33

James vs Ju-Ju.

As an avid fan of 70s horror and exploitation, I have no problem at allwith Live and Let Die's voodoo plot elements and many blaxploitationtrappings: as far as I am concerned, they only serve to make this avery unique debut for Roger Moore as cinema's greatest secret agent,setting it well apart from everything Connery did as Bond.In addition to superstitious mumbo jumbo and jive-speaking soulbrothers, this adventure also benefits from a kick-ass theme song fromPaul McCartney, an appearance by big-breasted Hammer babe MadelineSmith, the casting of a hot-as-hell Jane Seymour as sexy Tarot readerSolitaire (so called because, until meeting Bond, she'd only playedwith herself?), and some classic, corny quippery from an impossiblysuave Moore.Unfortunately, despite all of this, the film must be consideredsomething of a disappointment, suffering as it does from a weakstoryline/script, dreadful pacing and sub-par action, including asoporific, overlong speed boat chase, during which we are introduced toClifton James' irritating Sheriff J.W. Pepper, surely the mostill-advised character of the whole Bond franchise.

2012-05-06 11:54:12

Funky, Bad-A** Bond. . .

This is my favorite James Bond movie ever. I'm just going to list the reasons why:1. Voodoo2. Tarot card reading Jane Seymore loses her powers of foresight along with virginity3. Crocodiles4. Boat Chase 5. Redneck Tobacco Chewing Cop6. Paul McCartney wrote the title song (also my favorite Wings song)7. Fabulous maniacle laughter from several charactersSome may say this Bond movie is cheesy, over-the-top and a drastic change of pace from older and newer Bond flicks. To them I say, I agree, but the result is fantastic. Its a Bond movie: its cheesy, its entertaining, action-packed (o.k., maybe a little over-packed) and not to be taken too seriously.

mallard-6 2012-05-04 12:08:33

Just about the weakest of the James Bond films.

Roger Moore is a surprisingly stiff James Bond, and lacks the humor most ofthe other Bonds have brought to the role. The movie is clumsy, and (from theperspective of 1999) terribly dated--rooted as it is in its own times"swinging" pop culture. The movie is slight--with such events as the powerboat race occupying a disproportionate amount of screen time, and the cutebut clumsy use of the southern "cracker" sherriff.In short? Give the film a miss if you possibly can.

Zbigniew_Krycsiwiki 2012-05-04 07:39:46

Pretty good - despite the fact that the plot makes little sense

Three British agents are killed (for reasons that are never explained)and Bond is sent to New York to find out how one of them was killed.This is pointless: it serves as just an excuse to film a car chase inNYC. I say it's pointless because immediately after the car chase isover, Bond is then sent to a small island in the Caribbean whereanother agent was recently killed. Why didn't he just go there first?From then on the movie is really just an excuse to film one stuntsequence after another. After another after another. The plot hassomething to do with heroin dealers in the Caribbean killing Britishagents all over the world, but why they're doing this is neverexplained. The book 'Live and Let Die' deals with gold coin smugglers,but for some reason the writers abandoned that idea and came up withthis underdeveloped story about said heroin dealers. The book also hasa subplot where Felix Leiter is fed to the sharks- which was completelydropped from the film but later picked up in 'Licence to Kill'.The highlight of this movie is a nearly 20 minute boat chase throughthe Louisiana bayous, but that sequence doesn't have anything to dowith the rest of the story, wasn't in the book, and could have beenedited out completely and you wouldn't even notice. The heroin dealershad captured Bond, they could have killed him but didn't, and then tookhim to Louisiana to kill him there. Don't misunderstand me, I do like this movie, I just wish they wouldhave done a little more work to the PLOT instead of working on thestunts. The stunts are good, but with an under developed story thismovie could have fallen apart, had it not been for the very likableRoger Moore, in his debut as Bond. *** out of ****

2012-05-02 03:49:53

Get this one for your collection!

This review is from: Live and Let Die (Special Edition) (DVD) Great picture quality. Plenty of extras on the making of the film. The interface is user friendly too.

2012-05-01 22:48:05

Good Debut

This is not Roger Moore's best film, but it's certainly not the worst. The boat chase is great, and his escape from a crocodile farm is another highlight. Even though it took another film for Moore to fine tune his performance, this is still an good debut.

2012-04-27 18:29:35

Good movie, horrible tape quality

A good 007 movie, but I could only see it three times. It didn't want to run anymore on my VHS player. It got stuck forever

Theo Robertson 2012-04-27 03:26:46

One Of The Better Bond Films

LIVE AND LET DIE is an improvement over the two preceding Bond films .Humour is kept in its place , Guy Hamilton doesn`t reach the artisticheights of GOLDFINGER but improves on DIAMONDS ARE FOREVER , the plot has arelatively realistic idea with Yaphet Kotto playing one of the bettervillains with the right mix of charm and menace and with all the bad guysbeing black we get to hear lots of funky dialogue like " Yo , watch out broyou gotta honky on you`re tail " . In these PC times you aren`t allowed towrite lines like that anymore which is a shame .Where the film falls down is Roger Moore as Bond . It`s through no fault ofhis own but Sean Connery is an impossible act to follow , cinema goers musthave been shocked in 1962 when they saw a violent anti hero killing badguysin cold blood in DR NO . Here however there`s no ruthlessness to Moore`sBond and therefore no real impact , but I suppose both the producers andMoore didn`t want the part played as a Connery clone so this is forgivableand Moore is a lot better than Lazenby , and the series hadn`t developedinto farce as we`d see in later Moore Bonds like MOONRAKER and A VEIW TO AKILLSo an entertaining film to watch if you`ve got a couple of hours to spare .Probably Moore`s second best film in the series after THE SPY WHO LOVED ME

2012-04-24 04:10:15

Not That Good

I think live and let die was ok nothing over the top it was cool and they made it a bit freaky.It's not the best bond movie but it is an adrinaline pumper but the voodoo was stupid

KK 2012-04-23 17:44:49

Die and Let Live

LIVE AND LET DIE did a good job in ushering Roger Moore as the new James Bond. ROger Moore shows in his first installment that he can be witty and smart as a James Bond. However, some of the few flaws in this movie happen to be very big problems. The blaxploitation movies that was rampant during the early 70s is very evident in this movie, which kind of makes it hard to distinguish it from "Foxy Brown" or "Superfly". The bad guys in this movie are horrible. They seem to be too easy for James Bond to get rid of. Kananga can't fight, and he dies just right after the first fist punch. The bad guy with the broken arm can't fight either. Solitaire is kind of a weak Bond girl, and I'd rather watch her as Medicine Woman than a hooker priestess strollin' along with a bunch of pimps. There is a lot of campiness in this movie, but some of the action sequences can still be enjoyable to watch.

2012-04-20 17:11:04

Eerste Bond-film met Moore

Moore legt duidelijk een andere ziel in de rol van Bond, de films krijgen een komische tint vanaf dan, ook het begin van de carrière van Jane Semour, een goed film als start van Roger Moore, goed verhaal.

2012-04-20 05:15:21

The Deck was Slightly Stacked

This is the oddest-looking James Bond film. It doesn't look or feel like any of the other films in the rest of the series. Cinematically "Live and Let Die" is an entity unto itself. Every effort to disassociate Roger Moore from Sean Connery was made in this film and in doing so the entire film also became disassociated from the rest of the series. It was a real jolt to fans when it came out. I even have a hard time watching this film today. However, to new fans just coming aboard the `Bond-wagon' it was a very humorous and entertaining film. At its core it still contained enough elemental bear bones of the James Bond series and other entries from the tongue-in-cheek spy film genre to differentiate it from other movies on the market. And that being said there are elements of this film that I do like. Derek Meddings' miniatures of Kananga's poppy fields exploding near the film's climax were excellent. Julius Harris as Tee Hee, Roy Stewart as Quarrel Junior and Arnold Williams as the Cab Driver were all good in their roles. The fight scene between Bond and Tee Hee aboard the train wasn't bad and led up to a great one-liner. One of the better scenes in the film was the confrontation between Bond and Kananga when he `reveals' himself in his New Orleans lair. I found Geoffrey Holder's choreography much better than his role as Baron Samedi, a great character that was never developed. The film's best innovation was having Paul McCartney and Wings perform their hit tune over Maurice Binder's titles. To everyone's heartbreak it was a shame that Desmond Lewelin as Q never appeared in this film. And that being said the best gadget in this film was James Bond's coffee machine. As Bernard Lee as "M" commented, "Is that all it does?"