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I remember as a kid when the first videos arrived in my country(around 1984)and my family bought one i was amazed.I could watch the greatest movies on my own tv.The most desired movies for me,then,where the JB films.Warner Brothers were starting bringing them on video in Greece and finally i could watch the Bond movies of both the Connery and Moore era.The last Bond movie that came out in Greece at that time was a movie called"on her majesty's secret service".When i first saw it at the video store i wondered what it was,i didn't know that a Bond movie existed that didn't feature either Connery or Moore.I rented it with very low expectations,it was the failed Bond movie after all.When i was done watching it i couldn't believe what i had just saw.The best Bond movie. Almost 20 years later and having done some research on Bond movies i can reaffirm my childhood opinion,this IS the best Bond movie rivalled only by"From Russia with love".Lazenby plays 007 like there is no tommorow(quite ironic).He sometimes seems a little stiff when delivering his lines(it was his first acting job)but he has 2 major advantages:the way he moves is fantastic(he was a model at that time)and he is in a leauge of his own in the action scenes.The supporting cast is definately the best in any Bond movie:Diana Rigg is by far the best "Bond girl" even,her part is way bigger and more serious to be labelled as another Bond girl anyway,and Telly Savalas is in terrific shape and is only rivalled by Gert Frobe(goldfinger).The setting is definately inspiring and the action scenes truly memorable.The chase scenes in the snow and the assault of Draco's forces(along with Bond)at Blofeld headquarters are simply unforgettable.As for the sound score,it captures the essence of Bond as much as the original Bond theme does(no wonder it was made by the same composer) The only 2 reasons i can find for this movie's"failure" are that people weren't ready for a replacement to Connery and that the ending was not a happy one (a first and last for Bond movies). I still wish that this movie was succesfull and that the Bond franchise would have several more movies of this caliber and tone instead of the comical turn it took with "diamonds.." and the movies of the Moore era.

Let me tell you something:I am a person that his taste in films contain films from Lucio Fulci and others like cannibal holocaust.I usually watch dramas and love stories just to get a good laugh by them.I laughed until my stomach hearted with films like titanic,armaggedon and other hollywood "emotiononal" crapfests.I even found seven's ending perfect.But not with this movie.When i first saw it i was 15 and at the end i was crying like a baby.I saw it 12 years later(a few weeks ago) and guess what,a tear slipped through my eye again at the ending.This is the only movie that has made me cry.The casting is perfect,the story unfolds with a great pace and you never get bored during this movie.I didn't know it was a true story and it makes me even sadder knowing it.This is not an entertaining film but it can really touch you.Hell it even touched a deranged movie fan like me!!Wonderful movie.

Bryan Singer shows with this movie that he feels a little embarrased that he has to direct a comic book movie.As a result he has made xmen completely different than the original material of the comic book.First of all the casting is almost all wrong.Ian Mc Kellen as Magnetto is one of the worst choices that could be made.I respect Ian Mc Kelln cause he is truely a great actor but that role simply didn't fit him.Magneto is a powerfull and menacing force and that feeling we never get in this movie,not once.All the actors who play the Xmen are inadequate and are a disgrace to the original material with one exception:Patrick Steward was born to play professor x.The movie feels slow and boring.The action sequences are sparce and boring.The effort to make an antiracist message out of this movie is blown out of proportion and feels quite cheesy.I have to dissagree with the wood,spider man has finally done it right as far as comic origin movies go.Sam Reimi wasn't afraid to make a movie first for the fans of the comic and then for the casual movie audiances unlike Bryan Singer who did the exact opposite.I am really happy that spider man is going to crush xmen at the box office.It's not that Xmen is a bad movie(it's actually a descent one)that bothers me,it's the fact that the director had the most spectacular comic book heroes in his hands and made such a boring and unexciting film out of them.Descent film but much much worse than Spider Man and Batman 1+2.