![]() ![]() ![]() Perhaps they were simply used to the pacing of another era, before the big Hollywood movies went full whiz-bang. Bond’s star, Roger Moore was aging, but the boomer audience was too. ![]() What’s really startling is how slow this movie is for long stretches. Completing the cultural appropriation, the French actor Louis Jordan plays an Afghan prince, while Swede Maud Adams plays Octopussy, a role originally intended for a South Asian actress. Octopussy otherwise ignores that by setting much of the film in India, giving Bond an Indian sidekick, and pretending 100 years of brutal occupation didn’t happen. The Tarzan bit at least nods towards Bond's colonial mission as an enforcer for the British Empire. After that, the film devolves into choppy action sequences and cringe-inducing humor, such as when Bond persuades a wild tiger to “sit,” then escapes his pursuers in the Indian jungle by swinging through the vines and yodeling like Tarzan. Yes, the opening sequence is amazing, but every 007 opening sequence is amazing. Both movies were released in the same year, and Octopussy won at the box office, so I guess it worked out for all involved. Moore was actually set to retire from the series when the producers persuaded him to stay on to compete with the forthcoming Never Say Never Again, featuring the return of Sean Connery as Bond. ![]()
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