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Roger Moore makes his first appearance as "Bond...James Bond" in 1973's Live and Let Die. Bond is dispatched to the States to stem the activities of Mr. Big (Yaphet Kotto), who plans to take over the Western Hemisphere by converting everyone into heroin addicts. The woman in the case is Solitaire (Jane Seymour in her movie debut), an enigmatic interpreter of tarot cards. The obligatory destructive-chase sequence occurs at the film's midpoint, with Bond being chased in a motorboat by Mr. Big's
Jun 27, 1973 Wide
Oct 19, 1999
MGM Home Entertainment
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Guy Hamilton's direction lacks enthusiasm and pace, while even the art direction -- long the Bond films' real secret weapon -- seems to have fallen to a shrunken budget.
The comic book plot meanders through a series of hardware production numbers.
Setting aside an allright speedboat spectacular over land and water, the film is both perfunctory and predictable -- leaving the mind free to wander into the question of its overall taste. Or lack of it.
Live and Let Die has been especially well photographed and edited, and it makes clever and extensive use of its good title song, by Paul and Linda McCartney.
It doesn't have the wit and it doesn't have the style of the best Bond movies.
The only thing about Live and Let Die to weather the test of time is its title song.
Tacky and cartoonish.
I know I probably shouldn't like Live and Let Die, but I do. This crackpot entry, the eighth, in the long-running James Bond series, is figuratively all over the map...[Blu-ray]
Moore acquits himself in a larger than life adventure peppered with enjoyably rotten gags and lots of playful action.
It can't quite muster an explosive third act to match previous jaunts, but Moore had got his feet under the table.
Less macho than Sean Connery's Bond, Moore's fastidiously dressed 007 survives by his wits and injects more humor into the proceedings.
The supernatural element isn't really Bond
Two hours long and anti-climactic, but Bond fans won't be disappointed.
Theme song by Paul McCartney is best part, but this is also one of Moore's best Bonds.
Its cheerful racism is overcome by a grand sense of fun and some of Moore's best moments in the franchise.
Moore lacks 007 killer instinct & sex appeal.
This film marks the point where I have seen six Bond films (in order of seeing them: GOLDFINGER, CASINO ROYALE, QUANTUM OF SOLACE, DR. NO, YOU ONLY LOVE TWICE, LIVE AND LET DIE), and before, I thought GOLDFINGER was the best. Now, I think this by far is.
July 23, 2011Super Reviewer
Roger Moore's debut 007 role is very different to Sean Connery and George Lazenby while playing as James Bond as a more relaxed, charming, humourous character. Jane Seymour looks innocent in the ways of the world... she is lovely as the clairvoyant heroine Solitaire, whose powers fade after being romanced by the suave,
September 16, 2006
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