Things We've Learned from…..Spectre

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  • ThomasCrown76ThomasCrown76 Augusta, ks
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    72. No matter what the movie, largo and spear guns go together like a blowtorch thru butter;)
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    chrisisall wrote: »
    Siskel and Ebert had the biggest man-crushes on Connery in the world.
    To be entirely fair, I wrote a rather glowing review of NSNA for my college newspaper at the time, but I focused on how nice it was to see Connery again, not saying it was a great film or anything.

    There's a big difference between being happy to see Connery don the tux one last time and calling NSNA a tense and taught thriller. I don't know what movie SIskel and Ebert watched those aren't words I'd use to describe NSNA. 12 years later Siskel would give GE a thumbs down saying that if you liked James Bond you would not like GE. Now yes I've criticized Brosnan's GE performance and Serra's score in the past but everything else about the movie seems like a love letter to all things Bond. Yet Siskel would give a glowing thumbs up to NSNA, saying that it was Bond on top form. This further proved my feeling that Siskel and Ebert (Siskel especially) did not understand what was great about Bond.
    nice highlander quote love that movie

    I second that. I enjoyed the first Highlander. And a very appropriate quote given how DAD defenders must be atleast as rare as immortals. ;)
  • chrisisallchrisisall Brosnan Defender Of The Realm
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    a very appropriate quote given how DAD defenders must be at least as rare as immortals. ;)
    =)) Well played my friend!
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    72. Don't get too attached to that water bed in your villa?
  • AdaShelby wrote: »
    72. Don't get too attached to that water bed in your villa?

    That's #73.
  • ThomasCrown76ThomasCrown76 Augusta, ks
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    74. Fatima has a thing for snakes
  • MurdockMurdock The minus world
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    75. Jack Patachi is Richard Cunningham's Brother all grown up.
  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy My Secret Lair
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    76, a crappy score, can kill any excitement or tension. ;)
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    Gerard wrote: »
    45) Thank goodness we're not in the Middle Ages : the doctor who would have tasted that urine would have needed a new tongue.

    46) There was that girl in Philadelphia...

    47) "I saw Bond on a bicycle !"

    48) Now that's a big yacht. Is Largo compensating for something ?

    49) Michel Legrand's music stinks to high heaven !

    50) But Herb Alpert hasn't lost his touch since CR '67.

    Another strange bit of dialogue. I've been to Philadelphia several times in my life as it's only a few hours drive away and I can tell you for sure that it's not the kind of exotic city that James Bond would visit or have possibly the most erotic sexual encounter of his life in. Of all the romantic cities in the world they could have had Bond name, Venice, Paris, New York, Prague and they choose Phili? Bizarre.
  • CommanderRossCommanderRoss The bottom of a pitch lake in Eastern Trinidad, place called La Brea
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    Hey! I resemble that remark!

    That's correct, he's referring to you.

    77) Vanity kills a Fatima.

    78) In '83 the retina of the US president was freely available to copy.


  • pachazopachazo Make Your Choice
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    78) In '83 the retina of the US president was freely available to copy.

    Ha, I'd forgotten about that part. Good call. You'd think that someone, somewhere, would have been notified that the President of the United States just authorized the use of nuclear warheads in a training exercise.
  • 79. The Vulcan Bomber was much cooler that the B1.
  • ThomasCrown76ThomasCrown76 Augusta, ks
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    80. Mr bean had to start somewhere
  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy My Secret Lair
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    81, given the chance RogerMoore made a far better Bond film.
  • 82. Even Mr Bean makes Sir Rog look like a buffoon
  • CommanderRossCommanderRoss The bottom of a pitch lake in Eastern Trinidad, place called La Brea
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    pachazo wrote: »
    78) In '83 the retina of the US president was freely available to copy.

    Ha, I'd forgotten about that part. Good call. You'd think that someone, somewhere, would have been notified that the President of the United States just authorized the use of nuclear warheads in a training exercise.

    good point!

    '83) When the US president activates atomic weapons, nobody wonders why.

  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy My Secret Lair
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    Slightly off topic, but during Richard Nixon's presidency, he was on so
    Many antidepressants. That his staff and close military personnel, were told
    If he pushed the button to order a missile strike,it would have to be confirmed
    By ( a short list of about three names) :)
  • DrGorner wrote: »
    Slightly off topic, but during Richard Nixon's presidency, he was on so
    Many antidepressants. That his staff and close military personnel, were told
    If he pushed the button to order a missile strike,it would have to be confirmed
    By ( a short list of about three names) :)

    I wouldnt have trusted tricky dicky with the nuclear football whether he was pepped up or not
  • Posts: 1,146
    Far from perfect, I enjoy NSNA.

    I'll give you that it's better than DAD and GF, but other than those... It's a lackluster repeat of Thunderball, with only two good actors (Connery and Edward Fox), no good fight scenes after the opening, the stupid thrown urine gag that, while funny, wears on you quick, and so few redeeming factors that the movie's just not worth it.

    Now that I think of it, I probably would watch DAD over this, if only because Brosnan's on top of his game there, while Connery clearly needed some time at the health clinic himself before Bond was sent back there for the second time in twenty years.

    The fight @ shrublands was well-staged and intense. I enjoyed the casino and tango scenes minus the video game. I also think the villains were good, especially Barbara Carrera. Thought the death of Pitachi with the snake was cool, as where she beats the cr@p out of pita chi was cool. Not listing the negatives, cuz they are there, especially the absolutely bad ending, but enjoyed it enough.
  • RC7RC7
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    84) Non-EON films lack the requisite class expected.
  • ThomasCrown76ThomasCrown76 Augusta, ks
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    85. Some guys will do anything to rub down Kim basinger
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    85. Some guys will do anything to rub down Kim basinger

    86. Wouldn't we all ?

    87. On the other hand, the song playing during this scene is atrocious.

    88. I didn't know horses could high-dive. And stay alive after that.

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    NSNA despite its flaws it had some positives:
    Bernie Casey as Felix Leiter
    Hans Maria Brandenauer as Largo
    Barbara Carrera...

    The fact that Q branch was a fraked up basement shop. This was more realistic than what we see in the EON films. Face it, after WW2 the sun had finally set on the British Empire. The USA with its mega $$$ would be making all the great gadgets, etc. Q's comment about how he envied the CIA with its budgets was one of my favorite quotes in the film.
  • edited January 2015 Posts: 1,778
    Somewhat surprisingly NSNA has overtaken TSWLM's lead score of 77 with a score of 88.
    OHMSS69 wrote: »
    NSNA despite its flaws it had some positives:
    Bernie Casey as Felix Leiter
    Hans Maria Brandenauer as Largo
    Barbara Carrera...

    The fact that Q branch was a fraked up basement shop. This was more realistic than what we see in the EON films. Face it, after WW2 the sun had finally set on the British Empire. The USA with its mega $$$ would be making all the great gadgets, etc. Q's comment about how he envied the CIA with its budgets was one of my favorite quotes in the film.

    While that's very interesting point you've brought up (one I've never thought of as much before) at the same time the Bond films, especially back then, weren't ever really about economical realism. Besides I believe the British government would still have enough money to provide MI6 with all the best tech. Britain might not have been a world power but it was still very much a first world country. But you're theory makes sense in regards to something that I noticed. That Bond's gadgets look very cheap in this movie in comparison to what he normally has. His pen looked like one you could pick up at a stationary for a few bucks. His watch looked more like a $30 Casio than a 4 figure Rolex. I always just chocked it up to poor production choices.
  • HASEROTHASEROT has returned like the tedious inevitability of an unloved season---
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    what i learned from NSNA......

    1.) That Siskel & Ebert were full of crap when they said that this movie was much better than OP, and that it was the real "Bond movie" between the two of them..

    2.) That as lethargic as TB can be at times, it's pacing feels like QOS compared to NSNA..

    3.) That no one can do a Bond score worse than Michael Legrand - and that the best way to open up a big chase scene, is by not strumming a standup Jazz Bass..

    4.) The title theme is actually not that bad.. but a far superior title theme by Phyllis Hyman was rejected for the Lani Hall's..

    5.) I love Rowan Atkinson.... but just not in a Bond movie..

    6.) James Bond should never tango..

    7.) That the proposed ending featuring both Connery and Moore walking past each other on the street, sharing a wink and nod with one another would've been surreal and awesome, and much better than the ending with Connery lazily chilling in a jacuzzi with an umbrella drink.
  • chrisisallchrisisall Brosnan Defender Of The Realm
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    What @haserot said.
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    Come on guys how do I still have to ask you to number your entires accordingly. We've been doing this for a while now. haserot's entries are 89-95.
    HASEROT wrote: »
    what i learned from NSNA......

    1.) That Siskel & Ebert were full of crap when they said that this movie was much better than OP, and that it was the real "Bond movie" between the two of them..

    2.) That as lethargic as TB can be at times, it's pacing feels like QOS compared to NSNA..

    3.) That no one can do a Bond score worse than Michael Legrand - and that the best way to open up a big chase scene, is by not strumming a standup Jazz Bass..

    4.) The title theme is actually not that bad.. but a far superior title theme by Phyllis Hyman was rejected for the Lani Hall's..

    5.) I love Rowan Atkinson.... but just not in a Bond movie..

    6.) James Bond should never tango..

    7.) That the proposed ending featuring both Connery and Moore walking past each other on the street, sharing a wink and nod with one another would've been surreal and awesome, and much better than the ending with Connery lazily chilling in a jacuzzi with an umbrella drink.

    I've never heard of that proposing ending but would've been amazing and possibly even bumped the film from being my second worst entry ahead of DAD to possibly third worst. But alas we got one of the most generic, uninspired, and abrupt endings in the history of James Bond.
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    Birdleson wrote: »
    It's hard to imagine that Moore's arrangement with EON could have possibly allowed for that. Either way, that would had certainly added more fodder for the "Code Name" people.

    True. I hate the codename theory as much as anyone but this would've been in an unofficial film. So it would've been a cool moment but not a part of the Bond canon.

    BTW I wanted to share this with all of you but forgot to post the link earlier. Pretty funny. And I love the narrator. He sounds like Michael Caine on ambien. There's also a link next to the video for a hilarious review of Dr.No.



  • edited January 2015 Posts: 1,778
    TIme to move back to the official series as the Roger Moore Era comes to a close.
    Has James Bond Finally Met His Match in
    Things We've Learned from…..A View to a Kill

    1) Apparently there's no mandatory retirement age for OO Agents.

    2) It took Bond 8 years to realize that white works alot better as snow camouflage than bright red and bright yellow.

    3) Roger Moore's stunt double deserved equal billing in the role of James Bond.

    4) Bond-1 Russian Troops-0

    5) Kimberley Jones will apparently have no problem with spending 5 days in a small sub having tireless constant sex with a man who's probably older than her father.

    6) MI6 looks less like an intelligence agency and more like the bingo club at a retirement home.

    7) Christopher Walken as a Bond villain was the best idea since, well, ever.

    8) EON figured with a name like Achille Aubergine audiences might not have realized that the character was French so the filmmakers basically gave us Inspector Clouseau so no one would confuse his level of Frenchness.

    9) Paris taxi cabs are evidently made out of tin foil.

    10) Apparently there's no mandatory retirement age for Zorin's thugs either.

    11) Zorin's thugs will helpfully lie themselves down on a conveyor belt after being defeated by Bond.

    12) I can suspend my disbelief when it comes to a 57 year old Roger Moore being the super spy that he is but the film expecting me to believe that all these men would lust after Mayday is where I draw the line.

    13) For the first time in the Bond series James Bond developed a superpower. Every time he gets into a fight or does something dangerous he suddenly morphs into an entirely different man.

    14) A naked Grace Jones sexually manhandling a bloated and tired looking 57 year old Roger Moore in bed permanently scared my 10 year old psyche when I first saw it.

    15) Bond surviving drowning by sucking the air out of a tire was one of the most clever escapes in the history of the series.

    16) If Goldfinger was still alive he could've sued Max Zorin for intellectual property theft.

    17) Chuck Lee was actually Felix Leiter in disguise again however this time his disguise was so effective that it fooled the screenwriters and they gave him an entirely new identity.

    18) Bond's advancing age clearly had no effect on his libido whatsoever. Seriously its like the older the actor the more sex scenes they make Bond have. Moore beds 4 women in this film. Same for Connery in NSNA.

    19) John Barry was like a fine wine. He just kept getting better with age.

    20) Dennis Fraz is apparently incapable of playing anything other than a cop.

    21) Stacy has a blindspot when it comes to giant blimps sneaking up behind her.

    22) Roger Moore knows only one way to scream.

    23) Q had a kinky side we never knew of.

    24) In the closing minutes the film will decide to disregard the sweet and paternal relationship Bond and Stacy had developed in favor of having the two of them play "hide the soap" in Stacy's shower.

    25) Roger Moore was, is, and will forever be the patron "saint" of the Bond series and the best soldier EON ever had.
    All hail Sir Rog, savior of the Bond franchise. ^:)^
  • HASEROTHASEROT has returned like the tedious inevitability of an unloved season---
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    26.) James Bond, in a white fur lined jacket and smoked aviators looked more fitting for a LA runway model shoot for their winter "Eskimo Line", than a working operative in Siberia.

    27.) Cake Bakers are readily armed with Meat Cleavers - you know, just in case.

    28.) James Bond has a licence to kill - and to be a complete ass to a fellow agent.. i guess letting the fellow get a hernia, slipped disk and a heart attack while carrying his luggage is of no concern to 007 ;)

    29.) When a seasoned MI6 agent is infiltrating a suspected criminal compound, it is standard procedure to not check the backseat of your car, especially when the person you were just talking to suddenly disappears.

    30.) Zorin is happiest in the saddle - and also when: at a horse race, in a boat, killing a man in his office, killing a bunch of people in a mine, flying a blimp, and dying.

    31.) Mayday can strike fear into the heart of any man........ and his penis.

    32.) Somehow 'James' can be stretched into 2 syllables when screaming.

    33.) When in a car, CIA agents must always listen to blaring rock and roll music so no one can hear their screa- conversations... They also never check their back seat.

    34.) Blimps emit too low a frequency of sound for Blondes to hear.

    35.) Fighting over who gets to throw the lit stick of dynamite is more important than actually THROWING THE LIT STICK OF DYNAMITE!
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