What so great about Live and Let Die?
I find it to be one of the most overrated Bond movies. I have watched it a few times, cause I do like the action scenes overall, but the rest of the movie is pretty forgettable I think.
The villains look good and I like how they all have distinct clothes and looks, where as in other Bonds, they all look so much the same. However, I find that the villains plan was not very interesting. In fact the villain hardly had any plot at all. He wants to give away a billion dollars worth of heroin, to get people hooked, and then start charging higher rates, to the addicts, to drive other mafias out of business... if I got that right.
But the movie never really does anything with this idea. All Bond has to do is go to the island and blow it all up. It's just all way too easy and simple. If they would have actually made a bigger plot out of the villain's idea, then we would have an interesting story.
LTK for example, made much better use out of the druglord plot, involving other mafias, as well.
But I feel that LALD die hardly has any good plotting in the script. Bond arrives in New York, only to have no pay off from it whatsoever and then he goes to San Monique. But might have just as well went to San Monique to begin with.
Then he goes to New Orleans after rescuing the girl, only to get caught at the airport, by the villains. But then escapes, and goes to the restaurant later. But then he is recaptured at the restaurant.
So they might have well just have written it so he is captured at the airport, instead of having him escape, only to be captured again a few minutes later. He keeps ending up right back where he started cause the writers were trying to turn a 30 minute idea, into a 2 hour one.
The Bond girls themselves were over all weak and banal as well, especially Rosey Carver, who is not only a double agent, but she actually carries a tarot card, saying that she shouldn't be trusted. What kind of a deceiver, does that? So therefore, why is this one so well liked?