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  • thelivingroyalethelivingroyale
    edited April 2018 Posts: 12,837
    Birdleson wrote: »
    NSNA contains one of the better 007 car chases, I only wish John Barry had scored it.

    I really want to see a Bond bike (as in one given to him by Q, not just one he's nicked) in an EON movie. A Bonneville would be perfect for him and I bet Triumph would be more than willing to do a bespoke model like Aston Martin did with the DB10.
    FoxRox wrote: »
    Time for Silva’s introduction. Such a great Bond villain; my favorite of the Craig era.

    He is great isn't he. Up there with Sanchez, Goldfinger and Elektra as one of my favourites. It's weird because when it first came out he was one of the things everybody was raving about but he seems a bit under appreciated now.
  • ToTheRightToTheRight
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    Fire_and_Ice_Returns wrote: »


    This works quite well

    Not bad at all. I love that chase, actually. But with an appropriate score it works beautifully.
  • FoxRoxFoxRox
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    SF > SP in almost every way.

    Bond performance, villain, title song, PTS (debatable but I will give SF the edge for now), music, cinematography, story, etc. I would probably say SP just wins for Bond girls, due to it being so minor in SF. SP just can’t stack up to SF.
  • mattjoesmattjoes Julie T. and the M.G.'s
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    Birdleson wrote: »
    Still, sadly, we will never know what an original Barry score written specifically for that picture would have been like.
    We can speculate, though. It probably would've been not unlike Barry's symphonic Bond scores of the eighties. And he likely would've come up with a brassy, energetic main theme to replace the Bond theme.
  • FoxRoxFoxRox
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    “Some men are coming to kill us. We’re going to kill them first.”

    Great line. Had to take a couple pauses in the watch unfortunately. Still, it’s gone great as usual.
  • FoxRoxFoxRox
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    I absolutely love the climax of SF. I will stand against the haters any time on that one. Explosive and epic.
  • FoxRoxFoxRox
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    “I did get one thing right...”

    This always gets me. M was so flawed but obviously cared, and that line to Bond was perfect.

    Office scene and gunbarrel. Great stuff. SF has never disappointed me.
  • Fire_and_Ice_ReturnsFire_and_Ice_Returns I am trying to get away from this mountan!
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    ToTheRight wrote: »
    Fire_and_Ice_Returns wrote: »


    This works quite well

    Not bad at all. I love that chase, actually. But with an appropriate score it works beautifully.

    I don't mind NSNA on Bluray it's hit and miss, though when it's good the film looks great, the score is very dated unfortunately not great.
  • Fire_and_Ice_ReturnsFire_and_Ice_Returns I am trying to get away from this mountan!
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    Birdleson wrote: »
    It depends which Blu-Ray you buy. The first one I owned looked dreary and awful. My present copy, the Special Edition co-packaged with a DVD, looks crystal clear; a beautiful print.

    I have the special edition also, it's good though I found a noticeable difference in some cinematography. The picture looks fantastic then has dull moments, probably the second unit scenes.
  • ToTheRightToTheRight
    edited April 2018 Posts: 16,162
    Birdleson wrote: »
    It depends which Blu-Ray you buy. The first one I owned looked dreary and awful. My present copy, the Special Edition co-packaged with a DVD, looks crystal clear; a beautiful print.

    Was NSNA re-mastered after that first Blu-ray release? I remember getting the DVD from 2009 that had the various documentaries and feeling the transfer looked de-saturated and dull. I imagine the Blu-ray to be used from the same transfer.The original DVD had a brighter picture and better colors.
  • bondjamesbondjames You were expecting someone else?
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    ToTheRight wrote: »
    Birdleson wrote: »
    It depends which Blu-Ray you buy. The first one I owned looked dreary and awful. My present copy, the Special Edition co-packaged with a DVD, looks crystal clear; a beautiful print.

    Was NSNA re-mastered after that first Blu-ray release? I remember getting the DVD from 2009 that had the various documentaries and feeling the transfer looked de-saturated and dull. I imagine the Blu-ray to be used from the same transfer.The original DVD had a brighter picture and better colors.
    It wasn't remastered. However I can vouch for that blu ray/dvd combo as being reasonably impressive, although not quite to the levels of the Lowry enhanced EON entries. It's 1080p with AVC Mpeg-4 encoding at least (I'm not sure if the first release was).
  • ToTheRightToTheRight
    Posts: 16,162
    bondjames wrote: »
    ToTheRight wrote: »
    Birdleson wrote: »
    It depends which Blu-Ray you buy. The first one I owned looked dreary and awful. My present copy, the Special Edition co-packaged with a DVD, looks crystal clear; a beautiful print.

    Was NSNA re-mastered after that first Blu-ray release? I remember getting the DVD from 2009 that had the various documentaries and feeling the transfer looked de-saturated and dull. I imagine the Blu-ray to be used from the same transfer.The original DVD had a brighter picture and better colors.
    It wasn't remastered. However I can vouch for that blu ray/dvd combo as being reasonably impressive, although not quite to the levels of the Lowry enhanced EON entries. It's 1080p with AVC Mpeg-4 encoding at least (I'm not sure if the first release was).

    The Blu-ray now seems fairly pricey. I have 3 DVDs so I may just stick with those for the time being. I somehow doubt, now that EON owns the film, we'll get another release any time soon.
  • Fire_and_Ice_ReturnsFire_and_Ice_Returns I am trying to get away from this mountan!
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    Temporary detour from my reverse Bondathon, going to watch one of the very best OHMSS
  • Fire_and_Ice_ReturnsFire_and_Ice_Returns I am trying to get away from this mountan!
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    Immediately you know you are watching greatness
  • Fire_and_Ice_ReturnsFire_and_Ice_Returns I am trying to get away from this mountan!
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    This film looks phenomenal on my set up, most films today look no where near as good as this film
  • Fire_and_Ice_ReturnsFire_and_Ice_Returns I am trying to get away from this mountan!
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    God I love this film, my favourite pre title sequence
  • Fire_and_Ice_ReturnsFire_and_Ice_Returns I am trying to get away from this mountan!
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    Enjoying OHMSS though to my surprise it's dropped to number 3 spot.
  • FoxRoxFoxRox
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    Fire_and_Ice_Returns wrote: »
    Enjoying OHMSS though to my surprise it's dropped to number 3 spot.

    Was it #2 or #1 before?

  • Fire_and_Ice_ReturnsFire_and_Ice_Returns I am trying to get away from this mountan!
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    FoxRox wrote: »
    Fire_and_Ice_Returns wrote: »
    Enjoying OHMSS though to my surprise it's dropped to number 3 spot.

    Was it #2 or #1 before?

    Number 1 I am thinking about an ex so I emotionally cut off from the film lol
  • Fire_and_Ice_ReturnsFire_and_Ice_Returns I am trying to get away from this mountan!
    edited April 2018 Posts: 25,103
    The Avalanche scene is awesome, great practical sequences in this film
  • ThunderfingerThunderfinger Das Boot Hill
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    Birdleson wrote: »
    Definitely on the lower end of Binder's output, yet a few steps up from the two preceding and the two that he did after.

    I don t know about that. For me, it s the worst of them all.
  • Fire_and_Ice_ReturnsFire_and_Ice_Returns I am trying to get away from this mountan!
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    Approach and Attack on pizza Gloria is cinema at its best, Tracy is now in Emma Peel mode
  • Fire_and_Ice_ReturnsFire_and_Ice_Returns I am trying to get away from this mountan!
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    Toboggan run is awesome, everytime I watch OHMSS it reminds me why I love Bond I love how erratic this film is
  • Fire_and_Ice_ReturnsFire_and_Ice_Returns I am trying to get away from this mountan!
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    The Bullet hole in the window is so iconic when Tracy dies, SP using that image is manipulating the Bond community
  • Fire_and_Ice_ReturnsFire_and_Ice_Returns I am trying to get away from this mountan!
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    Dr. No next still abandoning my reverse Bondathon I love the bizarre Sci Fi sound effects the proceed the Bond Theme it evokes Forbidden Planet and science fiction paranoia
  • Fire_and_Ice_ReturnsFire_and_Ice_Returns I am trying to get away from this mountan!
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    Watching the beginning of this film in 1962 must have been an amazing experience, the title sequence is brilliant... ART
  • Fire_and_Ice_ReturnsFire_and_Ice_Returns I am trying to get away from this mountan!
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    Saul Bass did incredible work with Hitchcock, I have the majority of Hitchcock films he certainly paved the way for Dr. No. I truly believe the starting point of modern cinema is Connerys introduction as Bond, that moment altered the landscape of cinema forever.
  • Fire_and_Ice_ReturnsFire_and_Ice_Returns I am trying to get away from this mountan!
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    Connery owned this role immediately, this film is one of the best
  • Fire_and_Ice_ReturnsFire_and_Ice_Returns I am trying to get away from this mountan!
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    This film is impressive upscaled, loving this rewatch Connery is a God
  • ThrasosThrasos
    edited April 2018 Posts: 1,469
    Great notes. So cool how Bond was introduced in the casino...fitting also going back to the first page of the book Casino Royale...the casino identifying Bond with leisure, pleasure, gambling, the odds, mental calculation, money...and the prospect of sex.
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