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  • bondjamesbondjames You were expecting someone else?
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    ToTheRight wrote: »
    bondjames wrote: »
    ToTheRight wrote: »
    I love the casino scene and dance with Domino.
    Claudine remains my number one favorite Bond girl.
    Yes, that's a great scene. Barry's score elevates it too. Quite romantic without descending into cheese or sap.

    True. Great atmosphere as well. TB has atmosphere in abundance.
    Agreed. That's something which I really appreciate in Bond films, and why I rank this one so high.
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    bondjames wrote: »
    ToTheRight wrote: »
    bondjames wrote: »
    ToTheRight wrote: »
    I love the casino scene and dance with Domino.
    Claudine remains my number one favorite Bond girl.
    Yes, that's a great scene. Barry's score elevates it too. Quite romantic without descending into cheese or sap.

    True. Great atmosphere as well. TB has atmosphere in abundance.
    Agreed. That's something which I really appreciate in Bond films, and why I rank this one so high.

    Me, too. One great scene after another.
    Fiona confrontation. Great dialogue here.
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    Great viewing of TB. I loved it when I was a kid, and love it now.

    Actually, to be honest that butchered ABC airing in 1983 left a lot to be desired, and at the time made it my least favorite thus far.
    I remember waiting in the lobby of the cinemas the Saturday afternoon I went to see NSNA, reading a blurb about the new film that it was in fact a remake of TB.
    That actually made me want to see TB again and take a second look.
    A few years later (May of 1986 to be exact), ABC aired TB again -this time gunbarrel intact, and I loved every frame. I recorded that version and watched it numerous times.
    My folks did rent the VHS CBS/Fox video, which for some reason had omitted the "mink" scene.

    In 1988 the Bonds were re-issued on MGM/UA home video labeled "The Connery Classics". Each film had a trailer of the following film and a Pink Panther cartoon to precede the main feature. I saved up some money and my mom picked up TB for me.
    First thing I noticed, was the print was brighter, crisper and the colors more lush. The titles were widescreen as well. In fact, all the "Connery Classics" had beautiful transfers, especially DAF. When MGM/UA released "The Moore Classics" the prints were lacking, IMO. LALD and TSWLM both looked particularly magenta.
    TB was beautiful, though.
    I collected several VHS and DVD versions of TB over the years- one around 1993 effed up the titles so that the "Harry Saltzman and Cubby Broccoli present Sean Connery" credits were left out.
    I finally got to see TB in the cinemas in my young adulthood. One crappy print and two good ones. I must say, TB is certainly one Bond that is great in the big screen.
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    I love the scene at the docks in YOLT. Great music and action.
  • Creasy47Creasy47 In Cuba with Natalya.Moderator
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    FoxRox wrote: »
    I love the scene at the docks in YOLT. Great music and action.

    The sweeping shot of Bond going across the rooftops, doing battle with the goons, all in one take never fails to impress me. The score, the one-shot, all of it.
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    Birdleson wrote: »
    Just popped in TSWLM. Doing my part.

    Awesome! I may put it on soon as well!
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    As far as my knowledge goes, some of the “event” Bond films would be: DN, GF, TB, TSWLM, GE, CR, and SF. Which other big ones am I missing?
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    I can see how a lot of the magic has left. I had a great audience for SF; they seemed to be hardcore Bond fans. Many older. QoS was depressing; no one else in the theater but me seemed to like it.
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    Birdleson wrote: »
    Jaws jump-scare on the train.

    That makes me laugh. Unintentionally hilarious with the bored look he has.
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    Birdleson wrote: »
    Sounds like you caught a good crowd with SF. Even I didn't like QOS very much in the theatre, now it's a Top Ten.

    I’ve come full circle with QOS. It was around #10 when I first saw it, slipped to about 16 over the years, now it’s up to 14. I first loved it, then felt meh about it, and now I like it a lot. Not quite as much as I originally did, but way better than the last couple years. I appreciate for being the most stripped back, straight up Bond adventure Craig did. In some ways it actually does feel like his most “traditional” outing so to speak.
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    Just began my own watch of TSWLM. One of the absolute best Bond films. My ranking for Gilbert's films is very clear:

    1. TSWLM (#4)
    2. YOLT (#13)
    3. MR (#23)

    One near the top, the middle, and the bottom. But I like the first two a lot. Even MR has moments and stuff I like.
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    That would be cool. Craig needs another CR or QOS esque film I think to finish.
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    I love SF, but CR and QOS definitely best fit Craig’s style. SF didn’t get near as silly as SP though.
  • edited February 2018 Posts: 684
    FoxRox wrote: »
    Just began my own watch of TSWLM. One of the absolute best Bond films. My ranking for Gilbert's films is very clear:

    1. TSWLM (#4)
    2. YOLT (#13)
    3. MR (#23)

    One near the top, the middle, and the bottom. But I like the first two a lot. Even MR has moments and stuff I like.
    I have TSWLM and YOLT swapped from you but only just. I can totally understand why most seem to have TSWLM first, but I'm in love with the world of YOLT. I have both those in the top ten and MR somewhere around the halfway rank.
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    Strog wrote: »
    FoxRox wrote: »
    Just began my own watch of TSWLM. One of the absolute best Bond films. My ranking for Gilbert's films is very clear:

    1. TSWLM (#4)
    2. YOLT (#13)
    3. MR (#23)

    One near the top, the middle, and the bottom. But I like the first two a lot. Even MR has moments and stuff I like.
    I have TSWLM and YOLT swapped from you but only just. I can totally understand why most seem to have TSWLM first, but I'm in love with the world of YOLT. I have both those in the top ten and MR somewhere around the halfway rank.

    YOLT is still very good. I wish I enjoyed MR more, but too many silly bits bring it down for me.
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    That’s close to mine. MR has a basement of 24 and a ceiling of about 20 or 21 probably for my list.
  • JamesBondKenyaJamesBondKenya Danny Boyle laughs to himself
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    I don’t even think the space stuff is the worst part of that film
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    I don’t even think the space stuff is the worst part of that film

    Double-take pigeon and Jaws falling in love are.

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    I don’t even think the space stuff is the worst part of that film
    Absolutely not. The worst part is from the Gondola to the Magnificent Seven stuff.
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    MR might overtake DAF and TMWTGG for me someday. Those two have been quite disappointing for me lately. Though MR does have some pretty bad stuff, it isn’t devoid of fun. It’s overall a much weaker TSWLM I feel like.
  • edited February 2018 Posts: 1,469
    Just watched the first third or so of TMWTGG. Sure, it may not rank near the top for many of us, but I really enjoy this movie. Lulu's title song too. I do feel like, at the beginning during the scene in M's office, the editing could've been a bit tighter--it seems a few of Bond's lines have too big of a pause between them, and he seems a bit stiff in that scene. The fight in Saida's dressing room--I like how they used the hand-held camera to accentuate the action. Kudos to John Barry for his music...including the use of a hammered dulcimer or similar instrument when they flash on the Macau sign, and when Scaramanga is boarding his junk. On board, Andrea Anders is naked in bed, and when she seems to refuse his advance, the look on his face--cold anger. Nice "benign bazarre" at Hai Fat's with the statues in the garden and the sumo wrestlers at first pretending to be statues. And a small quibble about how, at "school" when Bond throws a pupil off the bridge, the pupil seems to jump off. Next up--Sheriff J.W. Pepper. Oh--I'm reminded again of how I think Moore had such good chemistry with Maud Adams--maybe it's her femininity that helps with the contrast, but they seem very well-matched to me, as in OP.
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    TMWTGG was a childhood favorite of mine, but now it’s right near the bottom of the barrel. Outside of Christopher Lee not much stands out positively for me. Barry’s score, while still good, is one of his weaker Bond efforts.
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    FoxRox wrote: »
    TMWTGG was a childhood favorite of mine, but now it’s right near the bottom of the barrel. Outside of Christopher Lee not much stands out positively for me. Barry’s score, while still good, is one of his weaker Bond efforts.

    That's exactly the same as me,every word of it.

  • ThunderfingerThunderfinger Das Boot Hill
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    Birdleson wrote: »
    1. TSWLM (#6)
    2. YOLT (#10)
    3. MR (#22)

    1 TSWLM #9
    2 YOLT #14
    3 MR #20
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    1.TSWLM #10
    2.YOLT #19
    3.MR #23

  • Posts: 12,467
    Watching TSWLM and YOLT yesterday was a blast. Gilbert’s best, and two of the best epic entries of the series.
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    the 3 films I mentioned above do need re-watching,i haven't seen any of them in years properly.
  • MooseWithFleasMooseWithFleas Philadelphia
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    Time to pop in Moonraker to honor Lewis Gilbert
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    Good catch Birdleson! I haven't seen the 2011 adaptation. But it is about time for me to plug in the mini-series again.
  • Fire_and_Ice_ReturnsFire_and_Ice_Returns I am trying to get away from this mountan!
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    Resuming my reverse Bondathon assuming I can stay awake, next up is my joint favourite DC movie Quantum of Solace. As soon as the disk menu appears I am happy to settle into this film, Arnolds score is fantastic.
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