“des films assez anciens sur des supports dernières technologies, c'est super, je suis assez contente du résultat et les aventure de notre commandeur sont toujours aussi truculentesbon film et bonne qualité. .”
“This film I did not particularly care for. It just seems to me that Roger Moore is tired of making them at this point and he's doing it for the money.”
“Neben Goldfinger und Dr. No ist dies mein Lieblingsbond. Interessanterweise gilt er als schwacher Beitrag. Weit gefehlt. Wenn man den Film im Zeitkontext sieht, gibt es kaum ein Kulturprodukt, das so den populären Nerv der Zeit trifft. Damals, 1983, gab es kein Multimedia. Und da ich den Film 1984 auf VHS sah, hinterließ er eine gewaltigen Eindruck. Erst Kuba! (Einmal volltanken, bitte!). Dann die dunkle DDR, und ein Clown der floh! Dann das verregnete London. Alle steif wie ein typischer Brite. Und jetzt Indien, geheimnisvolles Essen, Musik und Gefahren. Und dazu die Sprüche "Du gehörst in den Tank!". Amazonen, Krokodile, Q am See ... Die Hälfte des Filmes ist noch nicht mal rum. Es folgen Abenteuer in der Karl Marx Stadt, Zugaction und eine Atombombe in einem Zirkus.Diesen direkten Zugang zum Abenteuer habe ich vielleicht nur noch im Seewolf verspürt.Ein unterschätztes Juwel.War eine schöne Zeit, mit acht Jahren im Wohnzimmer zu sitzen, draußen stürmte es und man hatte nur dieses Fenster zu Welt. Der Sommer 1984 war legendär verregnet, aber nicht alles war schlecht.”
“Octopussy is a very good Bond film starring Roger Moore, in his seventh outing. Moore looks re-energized in this Bond adventure. This time, he is up against a whole gang of villains: the bellicose and delusional, Gen. Orlov, the silky the suave Kamal Khan and Octopussy and her all-female troupe. The film looks gorgeous as the locations are mainly in India and the European countryside. The action is first-rate but there are some silly aspects to the film, bumbling and horny gangs of thugs, a vine-swinging Bond yelling like Tarzan, an island of women, and some silly stunt scenes featuring a tennis racket, a fake tiger leaping through the jungle, Bond saving the day in a clown suit, and Bond in a fake alligator. The focus here is incredible action and fantasy with a bit of realism thrown in for good measure.The film itself opens with a great pre-credit sequence featuring Bond masquerading as a Cuban officer out to destroy a new missile guidance system. Bond makes his escape in the Acrostar, a tiny jet plane. The real-life jet was scheduled to be used in the film, Moonraker but was delayed. It is one of the neater Q-issued pieces of equipment. The original Maurice Binder opening credits feature lasers and the usual bevy of gorgeous women. The film opens with an effective scene of Agent 009 (dressed as a clown) being pursued and slain by twins clad in red. The dead agent is holding a fake Faberge egg. It seems someone is making fake Faberge eggs and Mi-6 has been asked to intervene. M (now being well-played by Robert Brown) assigns Bond to attend the auction of a real egg at Sotheby's Auction House. Bond switches out the real egg with the fake one retrieved from Agent 009. Miss Moneypenny (Lois Maxwell) now has an assistant, Penelope Smallbone (Michaela Clavell (James Clavell's daughter). In the Soviet homeland, General Gogol (Walter Gotell) is dealing with the maverick and belligerent General Orlov (Steven Berkoff) who is calling for war as his country considers disarming. The Soviet war Room is a spectacular set. It seems that General Orlov is behind the fake eggs and one of his counterparts is Kamal Khan, a suave Afghan prince (Louis Jourdan). Kamal Khan and Bond first meet over a heated high-stakes backgammon game (ah, what a difference 20 years makes). This scene pays homage to the card game in Goldfinger. Khan is guarded by his huge henchman, Gobinda (Kabir Bedi) who crushes a pair of dice (another homage to Goldfinger in which Oddjob crushed a golf ball). The other villain is Octopussy (Swedish actress, Maud Adams) whose right hand is Magda (another Swedish actress, Kristina Wayborn) who beds down Bond to steal the Faberge egg he switched at the auction. Bond soon discovers that Khan is involved with Orlov in the switching of eggs. He also discovers a connection with the reclusive Octopussy whose father, a British major was discovered and aided by Bond. Octopussy listens to Bond and agrees to help him in thanks for his treatment of her father. The movie rolls along and it soon becomes apparent that Khan and Orlov plan to betray Octopussy. Bond must deal with the two twin acrobats who killed Agent 009 and stop the explosion of a nuclear bomb on the US military base in West Germany where the Octopussy Circus is performing. The plan to blame the US for the use of nuclear weapons is the brainchild of Orlov and Kahn. Orlov plans to be the heroic Russian who expands Soviet rule in response to the nuclear detonation and Khan hopes to parlay the stolen eggs into millions. Once the betrayal is apparent, Bond (and Q) lead a bevy of Octopussy's Amazonian acrobats (woman who have been used and betrayed by men)in an assault on Khan's mountain castle (a nod to On Her Majesty's Secret Service). The movie climaxes with an incredible fight between Gobinda and Bond on top of Khan's in-flight plane. In the end, Bond saves the day and gets the girl, Octopussy.This film is pure escapist fun and needs to be appreciated as such. This film nicely fits into the traditional Bond film series.Special Notes: Maud Adams is the only actress to appear as a lead actress in the Bond series. The film owes a lot to Dr. No, Goldfinger, On Her Majesty's Secret Service, and The Spy Who Loved Me because of characters, stunts and the maniacal plan to pit the East versus the West.”
“J'adore ce film mais le problème est que rien ne passe sur ma Freebox. D'après mon opérateur cela vient du système anticopie qui empêche au DVD de passer.Je trouve cela lamentable de payer un produit et de ne pas pouvoir le lire.Je ne peux pas faire de critique sur le DVD Blu Ray, mais je suis un fan des films qui sont agréables à regarder plus de 100 fois!”
