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Worst Casino scene of any Bond film?

posted 4 years ago by FootOfDavros (6927)
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Just watching this just now and it's absolutely abysmal. Not shot with a particularly wide angled lens and seems to be filmed through a sea of fog. Really poor. Even the other characters around the table look cheap, completely lacking in glamour. Replace Bond with Arthur Daley and it wouldn't look out of place in an episode of Minder. V poor...

[–] rudeboymurray (3241) 4 years ago

LOL so true... that guy 'Bunky' seems to have waddled in from British TV - and even the 'Countess' turns out to be a scouser!

[–] muffleface (97) 3 years ago

your right, its like Moonraker sucked up so much budget that they only had enough left to make a TV movie and then put it in the cinema anyway. Still has some good bits in it but it is a slow burner

[–] MovieChatUser497 (18943) 4 years ago

One of the best Bond films ever though.

[–] [deleted] 4 years ago

My first Bond film and still one of my favorites. Maybe the only Moore Bond film that didn't totally camp it up.

[–] MovieChatUser497 (18943) 4 years ago

My favorite Moore Bond film and my second favorite Bond film of all time. Watching this film it felt like something straight out of Ian Fleming novel.