Rounding the corner, ths is second to last James Bond film I need to watch (the last being the new Casino Royale) on my quest to see all the Bond movies.

I was expecting to dislike this film after seeing License to Kill. But here, after a long string of progressively worse Roger Moore films, it’s surprisingly good - a stunning mesh of the Roger Moore and the Sean Connery films. It seems with every new Bond actor, the producers take a fresh look at the Bond franchise put forth their full efforts.

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Note: There a slight discrepancy of the spelling between of the word License and Licence - I guess from the American and British useage of the word.

This Bond movie is more than a bit off; I don’t know how else to put it. While I appreciate the attempt at a more realistic, serious Bond, there’s a fair amount slightly too unique about it, the result being that I didn’t really “get” it, or enjoy it all that much. Gosh, I’m hard to please, but I suppose it’s understandable after watching about twelve James Bond movies in succession.

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