The Award Winning : 'Bond...comments while you watch...'

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  • Posts: 16,162
    ToTheRight wrote: »
    Great Barry music here as the soldiers collapse. One of my favorite tracks on the album.

    I'm checking out Google Maps..............the spot where the trucks turn the corner of Harris and Main street looks pretty much the same....except the building on the corner has a paint job and blue canopy added. No MULDAUGH TELEVISION painted on the side, though. Very cool.

    Google maps, great idea.

    Maybe you should create a Google Maps thread that is Bond related.

    Good idea.
  • Posts: 16,162
    The Oddjob fight is still a lot of fun to watch. Bond is getting thrashed.

  • edited January 2019 Posts: 16,162
    I love when they are crushed by the vault door.
  • Posts: 16,162
    When Bond finally gets the bomb lid open I always think of Connery's line in INDY 3
    "Our situation has not improved".


    Goldfinger is pi$$ed. Great ending here in spite of the questionable model work. I guess Derek Meddings was busy?

    Controversial opinion: I wish Lowery hadn't tampered with this scene and left the wires intact. Oddly enough it gave the scene a charm.

    YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    Great viewing of this Bond and it will most certainly remain in my number one spot.
  • ThunderfingerThunderfinger Das Boot Hill
    Posts: 45,489
    The conclusion to that fight is an iconic scene. One of many.
  • Major_BoothroydMajor_Boothroyd Republic of Isthmus
    edited January 2019 Posts: 2,722
    ToTheRight wrote: »
    Great Barry music here as the soldiers collapse. One of my favorite tracks on the album.

    I love Dawn Raid At Fort Knox. It was on the first James Bond themes collection I ever owned and I still use the track as a motivator at the gym! Pumping, driving sounds toward a Herculean achievement! haha

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    ToTheRight wrote: »
    Great Barry music here as the soldiers collapse. One of my favorite tracks on the album.

    I'm checking out Google Maps..............the spot where the trucks turn the corner of Harris and Main street looks pretty much the same....except the building on the corner has a paint job and blue canopy added. No MULDAUGH TELEVISION painted on the side, though. Very cool.

    I tried this before but ballsed it up x if u can do this properly old pal then simply fantastic !!!!!!!!!!

  • Posts: 12,466
    I just watched it a few weeks ago with @Birdleson, but I’m about to pop in QOS again. I can’t seem to stay away from Bond lately.
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    QOS is quickly becoming one of the most rewatchable Bond films for me. I don’t know how I used to prefer SP to this.
  • Major_BoothroydMajor_Boothroyd Republic of Isthmus
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    FoxRox wrote: »
    I just watched it a few weeks ago with @Birdleson, but I’m about to pop in QOS again. I can’t seem to stay away from Bond lately.

    Enjoy @FoxRox - I just watched QOS last week and it's high on the rewatchability factor. So taut, rapidly paced, great soundtrack and the best that Craig looks in the series.
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    FoxRox wrote: »
    I just watched it a few weeks ago with @Birdleson, but I’m about to pop in QOS again. I can’t seem to stay away from Bond lately.

    Enjoy @FoxRox - I just watched QOS last week and it's high on the rewatchability factor. So taut, rapidly paced, great soundtrack and the best that Craig looks in the series.

    It has one of my absolute favorite film soundtracks. Arnold's work in CR and QOS is just incredible.

    I have to say, though I am a big fan of SF, I really hope Fukunaga's direction with B25 is a lot closer to the CR/QOS style than the SF/SP direction. CR and QOS play best to Craig's strengths as Bond.
  • Posts: 12,466
    The chase and fight with Mitchell right after the PTS makes for such a great 1-2 punch opening. The action is just so intense and fresh every time. We need this kind of energy again.
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    Slate fight is also awesome.

    Would have been interesting if EON hadn't gotten the rights to SPECTRE back, and to see if they would have returned to Quantum or what direction they would have gone in instead of SP. I imagined back in the day when QOS first came out there would be another somewhat direct sequel addressing what would happen next with Quantum.
  • Posts: 12,466
    Didn’t comment too much this time, but I had another wonderful viewing of QOS. Hope one day it can gain a mass reappraisal!
  • edited January 2019 Posts: 12,466
    Birdleson wrote: »
    I’ve been saying for a couple years now that, though not my favorite, it is as close to a perfect Bond film as there is. Meaning that very little in it calls for change; it’s tight and it moves.

    Truth! It’s pretty great as is. Even has the potential to crack my Top 10 someday.
  • edited January 2019 Posts: 19,339
    QOS is firmly in my top 10,at #5 presently.
    Excellent,pacy film and the re-watchability factor is great with it.
  • QBranchQBranch Always have an escape plan. Mine is watching James Bond films.
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    Great to see the QOS love. Once released on DVD, I quickly warmed to it. The only thing I would change is stretch it out to 2 hours. I've never placed it in my top 10, but would love if B25 is more like this or CR.
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    Licence to Kill

    Ok the reporters are so stupid “are you Colombian” seriously

    My wife said Della is attractive and I have to agree she is prettier then the other two actual Bond girls


    How did Sánchez arrange his escape that fast or is letters wedding a two day affair

    And he planned Felix’s murder I mean jeez and people thought Silva was omniscient


  • Posts: 16,162
    In honor of Mickey G's birthday today, my fave Mickey G film:

    CASINO ROYALE


    Great PTS. I love the black and white grainy looks. Reminds me of '54.

    The gunbarrel reminds me of DR NO. I love how it's in black and white. Craig's coolest pose.

    Titles.
    I had a buddy who knew Chris Cornell quite well. They recorded in the same studios in the early '90's. Said he was a nice guy. Real quiet. RIP, Chris.

    Great song, IMO. Great title scene. Daniel Kleinman's best easily, IMO.
    Beautiful colors.

    Of course! Mr White!!!!!


    That joke is getting old.

    Mr White looks good here. I dig his haircut.

    Le Chiffre!!! My fave villain since Sanchez.



  • edited January 2019 Posts: 16,162
    Craig has a stylish shirt here.
    Carter effed up thus, thus necessitating an obligatory chase.
    Craig is booking it. Which Bond looked the funniest while running?

    I like Craig.

    Bond ascends to the top of the crane. I think it's funny to make the Mr Wint 'WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO" sound as he flies upwards.

    This is my favorite stunt sequence of the modern era. Harks back to John Glen, IMO.
    Had Pierce been in this situation I picture him wearing the outfit he had a the satellite dish.
    Craig busts through the walls like Lou Ferrigno.


  • Posts: 16,162
    Bond shoots up the consulate.
    This entire section might have made a great PTS, actually.

    Bond escape and looks at an outdated call phone.
    This dates the film more than DR NO.

    Le chiffre bleeds. Nothing sinister. Damn he'd make a good Dracula. IMO. Mads would look cool in a Jack Palance style Dracula costume.
  • Posts: 16,162
    M is in a mood here. I like her sidekick, but sorely miss Miss Moneypenny. I must be an un-loyal Bond fan. I don't know that guy's character name or actor. He reminds me of a young guy I once worked with at an office job. I don't remember that guy's name either.


    M has a nice flat.

    This is a great M scene. IMO.



  • Posts: 16,162
    I love the transition into Nassau. Great score, and Craig looks amazing driving. This is pure Bond. Old school classic Connery style, IMO.

    Bond is mistaken for an employee of the hotel. That's what he gets for wearing a white short sleeved shirt. I had a black short sleeved shirt once and was mistaken for a retail employee. I rolled with it and pointed out the auto parts section to the customer.
    I was so convincing I later got a job a there.
  • Posts: 16,162
    Bond dresses down to play cards.

    Dimitrios is another character with a happening hairstyle.

    He could be the straight man in a comedy team. Great idea. He should give Craig a call and perhaps they can learn "Who's On First"?

    Practice it a few times in front of Mickey G and Barbara and go on the road together once Craig retires from Bond. Yeah!!!!!!!!
  • Posts: 16,162
    Body Works, Body World, etc was huge back in 2006. I worked at one back then.
    All the rage.

    Honestly, I never really cared for this airport action sequence. There's nothing particularly wrong with it, I just am more entertained by , say the moon buggy chase. Let's see how it fares this time. It's very Mel Gibson or DIE HARD or something.

    Bond running...............

    Actually I could see Tim in this scene.

    It's pretty spectacular, but I feel it's missing something. Perhaps a catchy action theme tune akin to "He's Dangerous"?

    "Yippee Ki Yay, Mother........."

    as whathisname explodes.

    Craig's expression is priceless.
  • Posts: 16,162
    Bond and Vesper on the train, a scene that seems o be getting some flack these days. I think it's brilliant.

    Omeeeeeega.

    I think Craig's rapport here with Eva is classic.

    Also he looks good. I like the overcoat. The Mendes films suck in the clothes department, IMO. I loathe the too tight hipster fashions of the 2010's. Please go away.

    Here Craig looks timeless.

  • edited January 2019 Posts: 16,162
    Mickey G!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Happy birthday Michael G Wilson.

    As a Bond fan, he's one of my favorite people in the world.

    I never tire of his audio commentaries. I should have watched this with the commentary on today.
  • Posts: 16,162
    Bond tries on his dinner jacket for the first time. Yes, he looks better here than he did earlier. The jacket looks great, really.
    One of the reasons this one is so timeless aside from the cell phones.
    Craig's clothes are superb.

    Mendel!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    One of my favorite characters. Another reason this film is so great- minor characters like Mendel being so memorable.

    Felix is great here.
  • Posts: 16,162
    Vesper enters looking amazing. This is a classic iconic moment, IMO.

    Everyone at the table is superbly cast. Even the bar tender is memorable. They really nailed this one I must say and cannot praise it enough.

    Bond orders the Vesper. Everyone else has one.

    Felix's coolness is right up there with Jack Lord.
  • Posts: 16,162
    Vesper likes the Vesper, whereas Pam Bouvier thought it was dreadful. That's how you know you've met the right one...if she likes the drink you named after her.
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