Ok, I will admit, this film does not have the best production value or dialog ever, but "Worst bond ever"? No way.
I'll start by saying that I've seen every Bond movie, multiple times. This was thanks in part to my grandmother, who actually taught a film class specifically on Bond films at DePaul University. Many of the old Bond movies are slow, poorly shot, and were very low budget. Dr. No, the very first Bond movie, doesn't resemble the now-standard formula, and doesn't have the stereotypical Bond intro. It was also only made for $1.1m dollars, vs. the $150-200m for Quantum of Solace and Skyfall. A View to a Kill was $30m, vs. $32.5m for Star Wars: Episode VI, made two years before.
acting is horrendous
Yes, it is pretty bad. Lines are mostly just spoken to the camera, and the dialog is clunky, but it's a fun storyline, and this movie can certainly be appreciated for Walken's performance alone.
the special effects low grade cheese
I'll admit they aren't glamorous and high tech special effects, but low grade? This film incorporates some fantastic explosions, catching the supporting actress an airship (which expands out from a building), awesome stunt driving through the hilly streets of SF (as a new resident of the bay area, this was surprisingly nostalgic for me, seeing the cable cars, firetrucks with rear steering, and the golden gate bridge)—but my all time favorite "low grade" special effect is that
they flooded an entire mineshaft full of people (actors) while they shot blanks at them. Sure, it wasn't CGI, but I wouldn't call it "low grade"
Sink silicone valley by putting a bunch of dynamite in a hole
Sink
Silicon Valley by putting dynamite in a hole? That's an over–simplification. If you actually listen to the details of the plan, he's draining water from a lake into a mineshaft that sits at the junction of two major fault-lines that run around Silicon Valley. Obviously the idea is a little far fetched, but it's a movie, it's not realistic to throw dynamite from a blimp that's tangled on the golden gate bridge, but it's not supposed to be.
A 58 year old fat man with a toupee holding onto a rope and riding an air ship to the top of the Golden Gate Bridge?
Yes, this character is very stereotypical, but that's how these movies are. Their Russians, Italians, French, everyone are crude (and even sometimes borderline racist). Just appreciate his accent and the fact that he's the reason a blimp blows up over the SF bay.
Q hanging out in a Winnebago?
This is the last scene of the movie, and it's almost always cheeky and involves Bond getting with the girl, as it did in this one.
There's no question that this is a cheesy action bond movie, loosely held together by microchips, earthquakes, and bullets, but I'd hesitate to call it the worst until you've seen all of them.
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