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Hmmm....that didn't age very well. Will, Mike, and Sam celebrate the 60th film anniversary of one of the most iconic spy characters in history in James Bond by looking at a bit of Bond trivia by the resident Bond nerd Will (who wanted to do this by himself but was not allowed), and then looking at the final film with Sir Roger Moore as 007 in the 1985 film A View to a Kill. Featuring Christopher Walken as the Bond villain Max Zorin, Grace Jones as Zorin's henchwoman May Day, and Tanya Roberts as the official Bond girl Stacey Sutton, this film not only ticks off many of the boxes that make up a Bond film but is also dragged down because of it with a rather boring plot that goes in another direction (seriously, starting with microchips but then all of the attention on horses?), has very uncomfortable moments with Bond trying to be "smooth" that would not fly today, and a villain that really is very dumb in hindsight. While this film can be nostalgic for Bond fans, it really lives up to its Rotten status as a low point in the series, something that the Commit One crew is all too happy to shake up as well as stir.
Hmmm....that didn't age very well. Will, Mike, and Sam celebrate the 60th film anniversary of one of the most iconic spy characters in history in James Bond by looking at a bit of Bond trivia by the resident Bond nerd Will (who wanted to do this by himself but was not allowed), and then looking at the final film with Sir Roger Moore as 007 in the 1985 film A View to a Kill. Featuring Christopher Walken as the Bond villain Max Zorin, Grace Jones as Zorin's henchwoman May Day, and Tanya Roberts as the official Bond girl Stacey Sutton, this film not only ticks off many of the boxes that make up a Bond film but is also dragged down because of it with a rather boring plot that goes in another direction (seriously, starting with microchips but then all of the attention on horses?), has very uncomfortable moments with Bond trying to be "smooth" that would not fly today, and a villain that really is very dumb in hindsight. While this film can be nostalgic for Bond fans, it really lives up to its Rotten status as a low point in the series, something that the Commit One crew is all too happy to shake up as well as stir.