Ensofter Overrated and overhyped

SunnyHello Nice effects though.

FirstWitch A movie that not only functions as a solid scarefest but a razor-sharp satire.

Ortiz Excellent and certainly provocative... If nothing else, the film is a real conversation starter.

BondGirl77 The first time I saw LALD, I was not a big fan of it. I did not care for the weird voodoo and tarot card aspects. After viewing it a second time, I liked it better, and after viewing it a third time, I liked it even more. It is now one of my most watched Bond films, and every time I watch it, I find myself liking it more than the last time. Jane Seymour is wonderful as Solitaire. She is so beautiful and plays her role with the perfect amount of innocence. She is definitely one of my favorite Bond girls from the Moore era.The villains are great, the action scenes are great, and the gadgets are fun as usual. I especially love the watch. ;) The theme song by Paul McCartney is just phenomenal ! One of the best Bond themes hands down. Roger is charming, funny, and so very gorgeous in this film. I could not believe it when I read that he was 45 when he shot this film. He looks like he is in his 30s. While I found Connery great in the role as well, Roger's portrayal is definitely my favorite. I love the charm and the humour that he brought to the role. He is to this day, my favorite Bond. I thought that he did a great job in his first outing as Bond. He did not try to copy Connery, nor did he seem uncomfortable in the role. He simply made it his own in a seemingly effortless way, and I quickly fell in love with his Bond. How could you not ? Especially when you see him in that black turtleneck at the end. The man was FINE ! The most handsome and charming Bond IMO. On top of his great looks, he was a phenomenal actor. He could say so much with just one look, and there was no one better at delivering those funny one liners. While LALD is not my favorite Bond film, it is definitely near the top of my list. A great start to the Moore era.

piratemanboy The best movie I saw of Bond with Roger Moore at the helm.Bond has to stop a Black drug dealer, who works with voodoo and witchcraft. An interesting and far better proposal than to blow up the world with nuclear weapons. The action scenes are electrifying enough and well assembled. The element of humor is here, and it is placed almost perfectly.If you talk about Jane Seymour, what a beautiful woman, with a cleavage to make a woman very envy. The crocodile scene is one of the best in movie history.The villain is one of the best I've ever see in the bond franchise,a villain that had a great desire to kill innocent people. A villain who deals with drugs and disgraces the lives of many. And still working with voodoo and witchcraft, could not exist anything better. Excellent and cohesive proposal. I highly recommend it.

Maynard Handley This is a truly amazing movie to watch in the year of Trump, and compare to the year it was made, 1973 so 43 years ago. I can't imagine that everyone involved had an explicit political message; rather they were just channeling the times. But damn, what times they were channeling. Every stereotype of "the other" you can imagine is here, and proudly displayed. Black men do, in fact, form a single organized cabal. They are intent on poisoning "us" all. They want to steal and deflower "our" women. They believe in strange savage cults and engage in ghastly rituals. Hell, in the last mass ritual scene I half expected the boiling pot to come out and a cannibalism trope to join everything else we'd seen so far. It's a weird weird mix --- think James Bond meets the Protocols of the Elders of Zion, with the word Jew find-and-replaced with Black. You have to see it to believe it.Oh, and of course the usual Bond formula is well established by now. We have the gadgets, the multiple different types of chases and fights, the underground lair, the stupid evil genius who cannot shut up about his evil plans and never just shoots his enemy the moment he see him. We even have the first prototype of that canonical Roger Moore James Bond villain, Jaws!If you're going to see just one early Bond movie, make it this one; if for no other reason than to see how much has changed (and how much hasn't) over forty+ years.

tomasg-69814 After a one-show comeback by Sean Connery, the same said thank you and goodbye to the 007 factory. The baton was handed over to the graceful actor Roger Moore, who's sleek profile role as Lord Brett Sinclair got canceled, as the rejection of a TV-show named The Persuaders was a fact, after just 24 episodes.Besides some good response in a few European countries, it never hit the big time in such important markets as the U.S, and therefore got scrapped. Roger accepted the offer and submitted himself some changes, due to demands from the 007 team. "Loose weight, cut that thick wavy hair of yours, get into some assassin mood."During 1972 it was tough being Roger Moore (recalling to his great fun biography) but the hard work paid off then. The set off for what was to become a twelve year long journey had started. J.B Mk. III. The era which everyone who was born between mid 60's to early 70's remember with warmth and great nostalgia from their childhood. Roger Moore as the easy-going, elegant but dangerous MI6 agent James Bond. The gadget Bond. The globetrotter Bond.Well, in my opinion, Live And Let Die is quite weak compare to what was on the way, if you give it some wide '73 - '85 oversee today.I can't help thinking that the movie feels a lot more aged today than - let's say - it's successor, though released just the year after. Freshman Roger Moore does it quite good, and his actor colleagues too, but.....it feels just a little bit corny when I watch it in present times. Just a year after this, a much fresher, homogeneous 007-movie entered the cinemas.