Word: chases
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...gutless movie. It plays its easiest hands. What is fatal to Live and Let Die is the assumption that the audience will accept it at face value; the movie demands not attention but acquiesence. There is not a spontaneous moment to be found; every act, down to each chase and tribal Caribbean voodoo ritual is choreographed. In fact, the real star is dancer Geoffrey Holder, whose grace and rich Jamaican voice lend spirit to the voodoo scenes, and authenticity elsewhere...
There is yet a more serious failure of approach. Each of the Bond series has been characterized by a certain flippancy of approach. Apparently no one ever felt the need for accuracy, or credibility. Consequently, we are expected to believe a chase sequence in which Moore merely maneuvers a cab through a meticulously placed set of cars, showroom new to boot, on an otherwise empty FDR drive. It could've been a Liberty Mutual auto insurance commercial...
...enthusiasts, the funding of the Moscow trip is "not all set up yet" but he said that many people are working on the problem. "We're kind of going on faith at this point," Baker said. "The Radcliffe College Fund, Sue Lyman [chairman of the Radcliffe Board of Overseers], Chase Peterson [vice president for Alumni Affairs] and Baaron Pittenger [associate director of Athletics] are all working on it. They have told me that they will take care of the funding...
Clinton, like the Laurence Olivier character in Sleuth, is famous for his love of intricate parlor games, and each night his guests are required to endure a cleverly plotted, punningly clued hare-and-hounds chase designed to reveal their past transgressions-and, it is hinted, Sheila's murderer...
...salvation of the season. But it is as hard to put down as a caveman's pet club. Shepard scants no claims for his cureall. Hunting will end war-because hunters "do not make war." Hunting will stamp out heart disease; the anxious jogger is only miming the chase. You can bet that the hunter has no trouble with his sex life either. Shepard goes lyrical about the connection between the kill and the orgasm...