The nerd in me likes when the title of a movie is explicitly stated in the movie itself, like in this scene from A View To A Kill (1985).
As Max Zorin (Christopher Walken) and Mayday (Grace Jones) get a bird’s eye view of the Golden Gate Bridge and San Francisco, CA from the Zorin blimp, they call out the name of the movie in this quick exchange. To this day, I *still* don’t really think it’s that great of a movie title, or quote in this context, but it’s still cool, I guess.
These psychopaths are hyped for the great view of a city they are about to destroy, which is a bit morbid. And Mayday’s look here, as in all of her scenes is…something. And here, her over-accentuated eye shadow and misplaced painted-on “mean” eyebrows are fitting for the lunatic these two are.
Well, here it is. The actual “view to a kill” from A View To A Kill (1985)
It really is a great view of the city, though. And of course, who can forget the shot of Zorin’s eponymous blimp in the same frame as the Golden Gate bridge – an iconic shot of the series, for sure!
Zorin’s blimo next to the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco, CA in A View To A Kill (1985)
Grace Jones as Mayday in A View to a Kill (1985)
Quite the unique fashion statement from a unique James Bond henchman/girl!
Max Zorin (Christopher Walken) and Mayday (Grace Jones) have a laugh (and a slap) in A View to a Kill (1985)
James Bond (Roger Moore) shows a wide-eyed sarcastic face in A View to a Kill (1985)
007 wasn’t shy with Moneypenny about his activities in Siberia aboard the glacier sub…
Although the fire engine chase in A View To A Kill (1985) is over-the-top and a bit eye-roll inducing, I did enjoy when the sleepy bridge operator attempts to stop James Bond (Roger Moore) and Stacy Sutton (Tanya Roberts) in their tracks.
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Disclaimer before A View to a Kill (1985)
The above disclaimer appears just before the start of A View to a Kill (1985).
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“Hell, I don’t even ride ’em.”
– Manning Redwood as Zorin henchman and oil tycoon Bob Conley in A View to a Kill (1985)
I’d buy a used car from Bob Conley.
James Bond (played by Roger Moore, or at least in this scene his stunt double) looks to be approaching the angle of repose during A View to a Kill‘s opening ski chase sequence.
Bond (Roger Moore) and Tibbett (Patrick Macnee) have a great rapport in A View To A Kill (1985), and it peaks in this scene. Just after arriving in their room at Zorin’s compound and setting up their recorded dialogue as cover for eavesdropping ears, the two make their way to the balcony where they focus on their mission of investigating Zorin more deeply. They playfully comment on the hilarious, charade relationship they’ve exhibited since they arrived, but then get down to business.
Bond trusts Tibbett’s play-by-play of the parties welcoming and arriving on the helicopter, and when an absolutely stunning Stacy Sutton (Tanya Roberts) arrives, focus quickly turns to her. Side note: the jazzy/mysterious 80’s music of this scene is great, and it’s some of my favorite from the movie. This is also by far the best look for Sutton in the movie, and she seems a bit star-struck herself when she meets Zorin (Christopher Walken) on the launchpad.
Bond cracks a joke to Tibbett that Sutton needs “closer inspection” after they silently acknowledge her good looks, and a more serious Tibbett can’t believe Bond would suggest such a thing: “We’re on a mission!” – to which Bond quips that any interaction between the two would be his own “sacrifice” for the mission – a win-win for Bond and her majesty’s secret service, no? I think their characters’ dynamic (although short-lived) is some of the best Moore’s Bond has with any other during his tenure as 007.
