If there are negatives from A View to a Kill (yes sadly for me this is true), then there are two. ![]() For Zorin who is a calculating character, I bet he never saw that coming! May Day had last laugh. So when she was betrayed by Zorin and left for dead in the mines, I love the fact she gets her revenge on him and switches her allegiance to Bond. I don’t think I’ve ever seen such a character like her especially in the Bond franchise. She is beautiful and powerful both in terms of physical and mental strength. I dare you to call her name silly, because she will probably wait for you in the back seat of your car, waiting to choke the living daylights out of you. Evil style laugh after she escapes from Bond in Paris. In A View to a Kill, her eccentricity is perfect from her clothing to her Dr. But Grace Jones’s performance as May Day is something I hold dear. Yes I said it and technically, she wasn’t the Bond girl in this film. If Christopher Walken is one of the best Bond villains ever (in my view), then Grace Jones has got to be one of the best Bond girls. In some ways I like to think Javier Bardem as Silva ( Skyfall) was channelling the spirit of Walken from A View to a Kill. His epic showdown with Bond on the top of the Golden Gate Bridge is a case highlight point not afraid to get his hands dirty and yet he laughs at the face of death. In other words, he had no problems changing the game, no matter who got hurt. As mentioned in my Tomorrow Never Dies review, Walken has the ability to switch personalities – he can be charming in one scene and then turn into a calculating, crazy psychopath in another. Ok melodrama over – let’s get on with the good stuff!Ĭhristopher Walken as Zorin has got to be one of the best Bond villains ever! EVER! It’s a bold statement from me, but it is completely justified. ![]() His music gives Bond his character and persona and the only composer that comes even close to Barry’s work on the Bond films today is David Arnold ( Casino Royale).Īs a young kid listening to these epic themes whilst watching A View to a Kill for the first time, I think it is safe to say that I fell in love with John Barry and his music, right there and then. Thomas Newman ( Skyfall) and Michael Kamen ( Licence to Kill) do respectable jobs as composers on their respective Bond films, but Barry does something that goes the extra mile. ![]() Apart from the awesome Bond music he created during the 60s, the 80s Bond soundtracks (in particular A View to a Kill and The Living Daylights) are equally as good. There is something about John Barry’s Bond music in this particular decade. This track is grand and epic, highlighting the danger and suspense for Bond, like a spiritual brother of the music from On Her Majesty’s Secret Service. Who would have thought that slowing down a Duran Duran track would sound so beautiful and romantic? John Barry knew! And if you thought he couldn’t get any better, John Barry ups the ante with the track, “ Golden Gate Fight”. The track “ Wine with Stacey” is one of the signature themes from A View to a Kill. Hans Zimmer ( Gladiator), John Williams ( Saving Private Ryan), Mark Snow ( The X-Files), Danny Elfman ( Edward Scissorhands), Howard Shore ( The Lord of the Rings Trilogy) and Michael Giacchino ( Up) are some of the great composers who do that very thing and John Barry belongs in that group. The greatest of composers can create music that taps into your very soul, taking the audience through every emotional spectrum that lies within you. A good composer can analyse a scene and create music to suit the mood. I guess another reason why I love A View to a Kill lies with the film score. What I’m about to write might sound melodramatic. If its sole design was to get everyone excited for the film, then it certainly worked on me and as a blu-ray enthusiast, the opening credits looks amazing in high definition. The opening credits are bold, sexy and daring, epitomizing what the 80s was about – over the top and outlandish in fashion, style and make-up. ![]() Gorgeous neon effects + one of the best Bond songs from Duran Duran makes a great combination. It is then followed by what I call the most impressionable (and memorable) Bond opening credits. Right from the start, you have an awesome ski chase (because it wouldn’t be Bond without a ski chase!). I just love everything about it and in some way, it will always be my ultimate guilty pleasure Bond film. Whether it is on TV, a digital download or a blu-ray disc, I always make time for it.īecause A View to a Kill was the first Bond film I watched when I was growing up.Īround the early 90s, this young girl sat in front of her 4×3 wooden framed analogue TV (remember those TV sets? The ones where the picture would jump and the only way to fix it was the smack the TV until it settled?), transfixed by this film. A View to a Kill will always be a personal favourite of mine.
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