A View to a Kill of the "Time Out Film Guide" said, "Grace Jones is badly wasted." Norman Wilner of MSN chose it as the worst Bond film, while IGN picked as the fourth worst, and "Entertainment Weekly" as the fifth worst. Bond historian John Brosnan believed "A View to a Kill" was Moore's best Bond entry. He said Moore looked in better shape than the previous Bond film, "Octopussy". Brosnan especially admired the dirigible finale. Danny Peary had mixed feelings about "A View to a Kill" but was generally complimentary: "Despite what reviewers automatically reported, [Moore] looks trimmer and more energetic than in some
Double O Seven, James Bond, A Report the preface and the writer–executor correspondence, Snelling stresses his preference for the literary 007, because he felt the film series’ interpretation, especially Roger Moore’s entries, abandoned the "adult" secret agent character Ian Fleming created; ultimately, O. F. Snelling lost interest in all things Bond. Double O Seven, James Bond, A Report Double O Seven, James Bond, A Report (1964), by O. F. (Oswald Frederick) Snelling, is the first book-length, critical analysis of the James Bond novels, and the only such study Ian Fleming approved. It was published in August 1964, the month when Fleming died, a coincidence that earned the