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Summary: LIVE AND LET......DIE!
Review: One of my all time favorite BOND movies.Roger Moore is excellent. my only gripe is the overlong boat chase and too much JW Pepper. Other good Moore movies include: the spy who loved me, moonraker, and for your eyes only. i enjoy the man with the golden gun too....although the plot is a mess.
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Summary: Bond Goes Downhill With Roger Moore
Review: "Live and Let Die" is the first Bond dud -- and Roger Moore's lightweight debut as 007 makes it worse. I felt that I was watching a blaxploitation flick rather than a Bond adventure. The best thing about this turkey is the McCartney and Wings title song. Otherwise, forget it.
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Summary: Bond goes...uptown
Review: Roger Moore debuted in this early 70's flick in which the threat is not some shadowy megalomaniac, but an insidious form of organized crime. Investigating the mysterious deaths of British agents in New York, New Orleans and the carribean island of San Monique, Bond links the deaths to a multi-national crime cartel using ready to flood the western world with heroin. Following the trail from Manhattan to New Orleans by way of the Carribean, Bond finds the cartel headed by a shadowy "Mr. Big" and allied with president (Yaphett Koto) of the small Carribean island of of San Monique. With a tarot-dealing seer (Jane Seymour) ready to deal the death card for Mr. Big's enemies and the legendary Baron Samedi (Geoffrey Holder, the 7-up guy) as a mascot, Mr. Big's cartel pushes fear of the spirit realm with a healthy dose of heroin. This was Moore's first stint as 007, and the change marks a new direction - with car chases, visual sight gags and elaborate stunts. The broad humor seemd a good idea at the time (LaLD was followed up by "The Man With the Golden Gun" which not only expanded on the comedy but even unwisely returned the comic-relief: Clifton James as Sherriff Pepper). The real joke is the flavor which is early 1970's blaxploitation, harlem, afros, soul food and Bond about as out of place as a Ku Klux Klan cookout at the Appollo Theater (a variation on the line uttered by one of the charachters in this film - I couldn't make that up!). Watching the film you keep thinking that the producers had dreamt up the whole thing after a night of one-too-many Vodka Martinis. Even when you find out what the story is about, you're not sure you should care (there's no clicking clock to a nuclear explosion or WWIII). The script manages to neglect that important scene when Bond stumbles upon the evil operation and we realize the gravity of the evil plot (like the nerve gas scene in "Moonraker" or the Ft. Knox diorama from "Goldfinger"). Nevertheless, LaLD excels on Moore's talent for self-deprecation (the joke is that he's always in the last place he belongs, and doesn't seem to care - like when he bravely tails Mr. Big's operatives uptown - into Harlem) and also on the George Martin score. Yaphet Kotto is also good as Katanga, the Carribean president with his own angle on Mr. Big. Be aware though - if you watch the film waiting for Bond to strut around Manhattan to the theme to "Shaft", you're in a for a dissappointment.
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Summary: FUNKY!
Review: "Take this honky outside and waste him!"
James Bond capatalizing on the SHAFT-era blaxpoitation genre.
This film is FUNKY!
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Summary: The "ever changin' world" of 007
Review: After trying to relive the past in "Diamonds Are Forever," the James Bond series seemed hellbent on cleaning the slate when Roger Moore came on board as 007 in 1973's "Live and Let Die." Not only was there a new Bond, but after scoring six consecutive films, John Barry abandoned ship, or was thrown overboard, in favor of Beatles producer George Martin whose forgettable score consisted of little more than instumental reworkings of Paul McCartney's dynamic, if non-sensical, title song. But elsewhere there were some distant memories of the first Bond film, "Dr. No," due to the presence of a Quarrel Jr., the son of Bond's ally from a decade earlier. "Live and Let Die" was daring in its day for casting black actor Yaphet Kotto as the chief villain, a politically incorrect move for any film at the time other than those in the genre known as "black exploitation." As for the Bondgirl, Jane Seymour is one of the best, not only beautiful but a good actress to boot. Moore is quite good as 007, but in bearing no resemblance to the larger than life figure cut by Sean Connery, often makes one think this is a big-screen version of "The Saint." What sinks the film is the comedy. There's too much of it, and most of it belongs in another movie. Clifton James's backward sheriff impressed somebody because he returned in "The Man with the Golden Gun," but his appearance helps to undermine the movie. As for the action, it's fairly standard stuff with the highlight being a boat chase that, like Bond himself, goes on and on and on. Moore, though often castigated by Bond fans who prefer Connery in the role, would make himself comfortably at home in the role with his third film, "The Spy Who Loved Me."
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Summary: Moore could have had a better Bond launch
Review: This could have been a much better movie if there were more action, Q and a car. Bond did have a cool watch though, it had a magnet that could "deflect a path of a bullet". More truck driver language though. When trying to get away from Kananga's henchmen Bond got in a plane at a flying school with an old lady in it. The bad guys went to shut the door in a hangar. Just feet awy from getting half of the wing shopped off the old lady said "holy sh**".
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Summary: THE BEST
Review: This was a great movie. Like when the guy takes the snake and tries to kill the girl. You should see this movie. This was
Roger Moore's first and it was the best to me. This is one you should not rent but buy. This was the best to me.
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Summary: Moore's 1st and a fun flick!
Review: Personally I consider Moore the best Bond, though others are sure to disagree. I grew up on the Moore flicks and they were always fun and campy. Here we see Moore's first efforts as he travels to exotic locales such as Haiti and downtown Harlem. The title song is fab and the action is fun. Jane Seyour is the main Bond babe, Solitaire, who has a hip connection to the Tarot. You can't lose with this! It has alligators, a wacky hillbilly sheriff and a Voodoo priest!
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Summary: ONE OF MY FAVORITE JAMES BOND MOVIES
Review: Very good film! Roger Moore really shows he is James Bond in this movie. He acts spectacularly and I think that the island Saint Monique in the Carribean made this movie a lot of fun.
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Summary: Butterhook!
Review: Rank 5 of 23. This was either the 8th or 10th bond movie depending on whether you count the 2 casino royale movies, which I do. By 1973 I was finishing college and working full time in a factory. Everyone was talking about the new bond film. It was another bond Monster! Everyone was talking about the boat chase and Solitaire. And for me, it was like The Saint had come out of retirement to be a Double O again. I still today say "butterhook" when someone drops something.
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