After all the camp of Dr. No, From Russia With Love is a much more serious Cold War espionage thriller with James Bond trappings: no moon lasers here, just double-agents and high tension. There's enough Bond to it -- gadgets, gratuitous romance -- to feel like Bond, but the whole package feels surprisingly closer to the modern "gritty" Daniel Craig era. Other than the action scenes: the final fight sequence in particular, in which 007 grapples with a middle-aged woman who struggles to kick him with a foot-mounted knife, is absolutely hilarious.
Film Illiterate, wherein the proprietor records movies seen, and sporadic progress through assorted lists of the "best". Originally started after regretfully renting something forgettable for the third time. I've forgotten what, but never again! A tedious endeavour since 2005. Hello. 🙂
From Russia with Love (1963)
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