Nope.
Good 3D producers brighten the image for the 3D version which is what they did.
Nice, pretty great film if I remember. Need to give it another watch at some point
Right, next Bond was last night:
The Man with the Golden Gun (Disney+)
Good old Roger Moore, now settled into his Bond role and a good plot with a contract killer and stolen solar energy (shocking future tech stuff as well!).
This is a great Bond film. It has chases, some proper secret agent detective work going on which does seem to be lacking a bit from most of the previous ones and some very iconic moments which are up there with Goldfinger and a select few of the later ones.
The intro is one of my favourites - no Bond but a great amusement park stand off at Scaramangas hideout. The car chase with the stunning river jump that still kicks a$$ today, even with the ridiculous whistle sound effect. The boat chase in Thailand, the martial arts sequence and of course the finale on the island (which I remember seeing whilst on holiday there).
There are so many great moments in this you can excuse the few silly parts, especially JW Pepper - light relief is fine but seriously this is stretching it a bit.
Christopher Lee is a fantastic villain, who doesn't push himself much but plays it perfectly, slightly menacing but also very similar to Bond in ways. Nick-Nack might be one of the best henchmen in the series and the likes of Britt Ekland and Maud Adams (sry Octopussy...) are decent as the girls.
Think my favourite part is the shipwreck base, still makes me smile with the lopsided walls and flat floors they built - great set design.
Overall I think it edges Live and Let Die and possibly almost on par with Goldfinger. In some ways it is actually better and I do wonder what this film would have been like with a young Sean Connery but Moore does all he needs to do to cement himself as the new Bond.
9/10