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One of the best of the 80s, maybe. Overhated, maybe. But not one of the best ever. Still, some things I like about it: The humor. Connery’s comedic instincts were always great, and this movie puts them to fantastic use.
In case you haven’t guessed, Never Say Never Again isn’t an Eon Productions movie, it’s sort of non-canon, but it sort of isn’t. The provenance comes down to this: – Kevin McClory and Jack Whittingham co-wrote a screenplay with Ian Fleming sometime in the 50s with the intent to make a TV movie or something.
Fun enough for a rewatch, fun to see Connery as Bond, but not a great movie. Brandauer is excellent as the villain. Connery’s more interested and engaged here, and in much better shape than DAF, but he has aged a LOT since 1971. I don’t care for the Blofeld in this film at all. The music is godawful.
10 votes, 28 comments. Which is better
- Never Say Never Again Has Better Casting & Pacing Than Thunderball
- Never Say Never Again Has A Better Sean Connery Bond Performance
- Why Never Say Never Again Remade Thunderball
Never Say Never Again had to stick close to Thunderball's narrative for legal reasons. Thunderball featured some mind-blowing underwater sequences back in 1965, but in truth, the film hasn't aged that well. The pacing can be incredibly slack, and it takes far too long for the main plot to kick into gear. Even the underwater sequences run too long, ...
Never Say Never Again marked the seventh and final time Connery played Bond in a movie. It's a marked improvement from his previous turn in 1971's Diamonds Are Forever, where he looked visibly bored with the character and franchise. Unlike Roger Moore's James Bond movie run, Never Say Never Again wisely acknowledges 007 is older, and makes that a p...
As mentioned above, the deal EON made with Thunderball became a major headache in later years. Because SPECTRE and Blofeld made their debut in the Thunderball novel, McClory was later granted the rights to use both, meaning they vanished from the EON series until 2015's Spectre. Naturally, EON was unhappy with plans for a Thunderball remake, leadin...
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Unfortunately, Never Say Never Again is a poor excuse for the veteran actor's return. The humor is over-the-top, the direction is pedestrian, and the storyline drags. Were it not for the simple pleasure of seeing Connery playing 007 one more time, this film would have been nearly unwatchable. All things considered, it's not a very good movie ...
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The one with Bond and the villain settling their differences... with a video game duel. A James Bond film produced outside of the Eon Productions film series released in 1983, starring Sean Connery and directed by Irvin Kershner (director of The Empire Strikes Back). It's a remake of Thunderball, with two nuclear warheads stolen by SPECTRE and ...
