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No more slow motion.
Characters with Lame puns for names (Chew Mee, Hai Fat)
Comedy sound affects
Webbed hands
The Beach Boys
Anything to do with circuses
Disco
Teenage ice skaters
Quiche
Comedy Russian accents
Triple crosses
America (North, South or Central)
Anyone from MI6 in the field
Blond henchmen
All of TWINE
All of DAD
Bond with a beard
I take issue with some of your exceptions:
America: agreed on N.America, but Carribean (classic 007) or S.America can feature, no?
Anyone from MI6 in the field: another '00' agent would be a nice touch, imo
Blond henchmen: how racist :D
Quiche: cos, well, I just really like quiche...
You're quite right on the Caribbean, classic Bond territory. And on reflection, the GF and OP PTSs were both pretty decent and set somewhere in South or Central American. My comments were clouded by my complete dislike for 007 going anywhere near Uncle Sam so I'll amend that to just Anywhere in the USA
Nice of you to review your point vis-à-vis the Americas, but would appreciate it if you also reconsider your stance on the quiche thing... they really can be quite yummy (not to mention nutritionally varied!) :D
Regarding 007 & Uncle Sam I share the dislike there. It just feels 'off', somehow, and 80% of Hollywood's output is set in the USA already anyway.
Blond henchmen really, I hope Robert Shaw is in FRWL is not included in that he is one of my favorites "Old Boy". I wouldnt mind what colour of the hair is as long as they can act the part convincingly.
Even for non-Americans. I didn't even like Bourne being in New York for Ultimatum....... and New York is my favourite American city!
Same goes for Canada, unless it's somewhere out west...skiing country.
Truly cringeworthy as others have said.
Although as some have noted above, perhaps Soto actually meant to deliver the line in this way.....it was not accidental.....in which case she deserves a lot of credit rather than scorn.
I remain to be convinced
Andrew? ;-)
No, I really mean it. I love Talisa SO TO!
To quote Brosnan's Bond from GE in response, with a similar level of disbelief & incredulity: "Very talented girl!"
No thanks. Even if NYC wasnt American I feel like it's way too worn out. Just about every other American tv show or movie is set in NYC.
Would all be a bit too Die Hard with a vengeance. Not a fqn of North America when used in the films historically. The are big cities. When you watch bond you want jaw dropping scenary rather than city blocks and shops.
Good points. Agree especially that NY is the most movie-exposed city in the world. Show us smth in future Bondfilms that we haven't seen (often) on screen yet...
- Melodrama
- Tennyson or the like
- Aston Martin DB5
- Moneypenny in the field
- The gunbarrel anywhere other than at the start
Tanner was ok when he was played by Michael Kitchen, who is a very likeable and talented actor (brilliant in Foyle's War). But yes in QOS and SF he feels very bland and would not be sad if he never comes back again.
Kitchen in GE is fantastic.
He has a nervous edge to him, like he's waiting for Bond or M to kick off. I like him.
As an actor Michael Kitchen is good, but his acting never seems to stretch beyond the same bunch of mannerisms and expressions that we see in the Bonds. For that, he tends to irritate me.
Kitchen was good because he was about operational strategy, Kinnears Tanner was like Dame Jude's P.A. going forward they need to let his charachter be more confidence and stature.
I agree, although I wouldn't mind small skyfall references.
Of course not, old man, Captain Nash was most agreeable, his penchant for windsor knots and red wine with fish aside 8-|