Review of A View to a Kill (1985) by Billie P — 08 Feb 2016

Some entertainment just doesn't stand the test of time, including the 1985 James Bond film "A View to a Kill." Problems galore with this film. Here are just a few. Roger Moore is just too old to be playing Bond at this point. The fight scenes are laughably bad. Plus he is supposed to be a sex symbol. It's not that he is such a bad guy but it's just so terribly obvious that he is not the kind of man that women would be throwing themselves at like this film portrays. Another problem is the misogyny and sexism itself. It's not that post-industrial society stopped being misogynistic or sexist, it's just that it could never be as blatant as all this is.

There is a gal named Jenny Flex in the film. Bond says, "Of course you are." Get it?! Her name is Jenny Flex, like the word "genuflect," which means to bow down in front of someone. Like a woman would to be subservient to a man. Or to suggest sexual activity on one's names. Oh ho ho. What a knee-slapper. If this film represents anything, it's that we're not nearly as bad as a society toward women as we once were. Hopefully.