 CBn Reviews 'Licence To Kill' |
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Commander RNVR Group: Commanding Officers Enlisted: 26 June 2003 From: New York  |
28 March 2006 - 05:48
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From CBn's Main Page...
   ~ Nobody Knows Me Like You Know Me ~ 'People Look Up. Things Fall Down. And When It Rains, It Pours' Moving at the speed of life, we are bound to collide with each other ♦ ♦ ♦ Are You Ready To Go? ♦ ♦ ♦ |
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Commander Group: Veterans Enlisted: 31 August 2003 |
28 March 2006 - 07:47
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Nice reviews.
Mr Malcolm, you are a clever and resourceful reviewer. Top notch, insightful stuff you have written. Yes, a Jedi you will become. |
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Commander RNVR Group: Commanding Officers Enlisted: 2 August 2001 From: Oxfordshire |
28 March 2006 - 07:48
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All very interesting and enlightening. Some really thoughtful reviews.
It's still rubbish, though.  "There was a violent cruelty, a pathological desire to wound, quite near the surface in the man." CBn: ...we have people everywhere Only James Bond is James Bond. |
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Commander CMG Group: Veterans Enlisted: 13 May 2002 |
28 March 2006 - 13:39
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A possibly-slightly-too-generous 8 from me. Will CASINO ROYALE put LICENCE TO KILL in the shade, or make it look better than ever?
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Lt. Commander Group: Veterans Enlisted: 23 November 2004 |
28 March 2006 - 14:24
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Licence has everything I want in a Bond film.
That's just me though, of course. |
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Lieutenant Group: Crew Enlisted: 20 February 2003 From: Scotland, UK, EU |
28 March 2006 - 15:10
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Thoroughly interesting and thought-provoking reviews all on a film that is not perfect but very, very good.
And I gave it a 9. 
 "Critics rarely remark on how well written the James Bond stories are. I suppose that with a man as civilized and amusing as Mr Fleming, good writing is taken for granted." Eric Ambler |
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Lieutenant Group: Crew Enlisted: 3 November 2005 |
28 March 2006 - 15:53
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I give "License to Kill" an 8. Dalton was a ten, but there was a general feel of low budget. Robert Davi was a very believable villian without any obvious hamming it up. Wayne Newton as a professor Joe Butcher was totally miscasted. Having a cult leader was an interesting idea, but Newton's performance was more appropriate for a Moore or Brosnan movie. He was like a discordant note in a symphony. Carey Lowell and Talisa Soto could not act. It was nice to see more of Desmond Llewelyn's Q though. It was a nice send off and he held up to it.
Even with my kvetching LTK, FRWL, and OHMSS are the best of the whole Bond series. This post has been edited by Stephen Spotswood: 28 March 2006 - 16:00 |
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Lieutenant Group: Crew Enlisted: 29 October 2005 From: Osaka, Japan |
28 March 2006 - 16:16
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QUOTE(ACE @ 28 March 2006 - 07:47)  Nice reviews. Mr Malcolm, you are a clever and resourceful reviewer. Top notch, insightful stuff you have written. Yes, a Jedi you will become. Thanks ACE! I'll give Licence To Kill a 7, purely since there's no 6.5 option in the poll. Goldfinger is forevaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhh!!!!!!
I love you James, 'cause you're rugged and tough, you gave me the world, but the world's not enough... |
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Lt. Commander Group: Veterans Enlisted: 20 November 2005 From: Miami |
28 March 2006 - 16:31
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Ah, another set of well-written, well-balanced reviews, and given the divisiveness of this film, kudos to Qwerty for assembling them (not to mention including yours truly). I commend the contributors, all of whom seemed to give this one an analysis more thorough than most of the rest. Well-deserved, and says something about the movie's importance, if nothing else.
And although I appreciate the inclusion, maybe you you were just a little overzealous in attributing a second review to me?  Besides, I don't think trumanlodge89 would be very happy. 
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Commander Group: Veterans Enlisted: 20 July 2002 From: Washington D.C.. USA |
28 March 2006 - 17:23
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I had forgotten that I had written a review for this movie.
 Robert Brown was Admiral Hargreaves in TSWLM, OP, AVTAK, TLD and LTK damnit Enforcer, Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Roger Moore Proud defender of Barbara Bach, Carole Bouquet, Barbara Carrera, Maryam D'Abo, A View to a Kill, Never Say Never Again and The Spy Who Loved Me. |
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Cammander CMG Group: Veterans Enlisted: 21 June 2003 From: South Pasadena, CA |
28 March 2006 - 18:17
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I give it a solid 9/10.
 Thank you, the brief glimpse you've afforded me today will only encourage me to redouble my efforts. |
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Commander RNVR Group: Commanding Officers Enlisted: 26 June 2003 From: New York |
28 March 2006 - 19:20
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QUOTE(Publius @ 28 March 2006 - 11:31) Ah, another set of well-written, well-balanced reviews, and given the divisiveness of this film, kudos to Qwerty for assembling them (not to mention including yours truly). I commend the contributors, all of whom seemed to give this one an analysis more thorough than most of the rest. Well-deserved, and says something about the movie's importance, if nothing else. And although I appreciate the inclusion, maybe you you were just a little overzealous in attributing a second review to me? Besides, I don't think trumanlodge89 would be very happy. Ah, thanks for catching that. Amended.
~ Nobody Knows Me Like You Know Me ~ 'People Look Up. Things Fall Down. And When It Rains, It Pours' Moving at the speed of life, we are bound to collide with each other ♦ ♦ ♦ Are You Ready To Go? ♦ ♦ ♦ |
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Recruit Group: Crew Enlisted: 28 March 2006 |
29 March 2006 - 00:17
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This is everything a Bond should be. I'm tired of people bashing Timothy Dalton & I'm glad to see more people are as fond as I, about this gem. I love Roger, but his films were not much like the original books. Although they are great fun. This outing was actually the first Bond I saw on the big screen & it was the first time that Felix wasn't a card board cut out to me that could have been played by anyone.The vilain was believable as was the plot. No world domination plans and more Q and I think Dalton's Bond worked best with Q. The stunts were damn good and this was the first time I recall violence that is on par with the books. The only other movie I think was close was OHMSS. I can only hope that Casino Royale is just as good. No more Die Another Day movies please. Bond is best when it's beleivable. Which is why License to Kill works so well for me.
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Lt. Commander Group: Veterans Enlisted: 1 October 2005 From: Michigan |
29 March 2006 - 03:27
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Curses! I wanted to submit a review for this one, too! Oh well...
This is the part I wouldn't show you. The part where you say "I don't even kno |