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

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  • Posts: 16,169
    I think of Pierce's Bond as the silhouetted figure from the Gardner (and Fleming) '80's paperback covers brought to life.

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    Okay the tank chase sequence. Pretty much the highlight action sequence of the film.

    GE's equivalent to LALD's boat chase. Holds up marvelously, IMO.
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    I saw GE multiple times in the cinema. At least 10. I was doing a lot of theatre at the time and was in production of a musical. I remember a cast mate dropped me off at the cinema for the first matinee after rehearsal. I had to be back at rehearsal that night as well. The audience was packed. I saw it again with my Dad the next day. I remember using "passing out posters for the play" as an excuse to play hooky and watch GE again. LOL.
    I was pretty immersed in this outing and wasn't even remotely disappointed when I saw it the first time.
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    Bond's watch band is so loose it slides all over his arm when he's in bed with Natalya.

    Here we go- the death of Xenia. Bond takes quite a beating here.

    The satellite dish climax is solid. I always liked it. I've grown to appreciate TND's
    stealth boat finale more over the years, but to be honest this is the last Bond film to date with an ending I like. Of the Craig era I suppose SF's ending is alright but the rest are about as limp as NSNA's finale for me.

    I like Peter Lamont's set for the dish interior.

    Natalya thrashes Boris.

    Bond in his green tactical attire looks quite dashing when compared to Boris' outfit.

    As dorky as he looks, Boris must have done something right. Even 24 years later I see more people in the streets dressed like Boris than like Bond. Kind of sad.


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    The fight Between Alec and Bond is excellent.
    Brosnan has some great facial expressions.
  • edited August 2019 Posts: 16,169
    Everyone sing along....................


    I know you dream a lot
    Holding on to lies
    And you wait around
    For someone to know where you hide
    In your dreams, you feel a lot
    But you keep it all inside
    And you close your eyes
    It helps keep you alive
    But the experience of loving
    Won't take all the pain away
    Just understanding for the first time
    What you feel inside, love is in your life
    (The experience of love, first time)
    And having come this far
    Cherishing your dreams
    You have realized now
    How they help keep you alone
    And the experience of loving
    Won't take all the pain away
    Just understanding for the first time
    What you feel inside, love is in your life
    Breathing in the scent of love
    (Leave the dreams behind)
    Sensing life in everything under the sky
    And the experience of loving
    Won't take all the pain away
    Just understanding for the first time
    What you feel inside, love is in your life
    Searching forever
    (The experience of love, under the sky)
    Won't take all the pain away
    For the first time
    (Under the sky)
    Love is in your life
    (The experience of love)
    Take it below, feel the flow
    Hold it close, don't let it go
    (The experience of love, under the sky)
    It won't take all the pain away
    (The experience of love)
    For the first time
    (Under the sky)
    When love is in your life
    (The experience of love)
    For the first time
    (Under the sky)
    Searching forever
    (The experience of love)
    For the first time
    (Under the sky)
  • Posts: 16,169
    Probably the best viewing of GE I've had in quite some time.

    That really hit the spot.
  • MooseWithFleasMooseWithFleas Philadelphia
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    ToTheRight wrote: »
    Everyone sing along....................


    I know you dream a lot
    Holding on to lies
    And you wait around
    For someone to know where you hide
    In your dreams, you feel a lot
    But you keep it all inside
    And you close your eyes
    It helps keep you alive
    But the experience of loving
    Won't take all the pain away
    Just understanding for the first time
    What you feel inside, love is in your life
    (The experience of love, first time)
    And having come this far
    Cherishing your dreams
    You have realized now
    How they help keep you alone
    And the experience of loving
    Won't take all the pain away
    Just understanding for the first time
    What you feel inside, love is in your life
    Breathing in the scent of love
    (Leave the dreams behind)
    Sensing life in everything under the sky
    And the experience of loving
    Won't take all the pain away
    Just understanding for the first time
    What you feel inside, love is in your life
    Searching forever
    (The experience of love, under the sky)
    Won't take all the pain away
    For the first time
    (Under the sky)
    Love is in your life
    (The experience of love)
    Take it below, feel the flow
    Hold it close, don't let it go
    (The experience of love, under the sky)
    It won't take all the pain away
    (The experience of love)
    For the first time
    (Under the sky)
    When love is in your life
    (The experience of love)
    For the first time
    (Under the sky)
    Searching forever
    (The experience of love)
    For the first time
    (Under the sky)
    Hahahahaha, love it @ToTheRight . Such great 90s cheese, I can't help but love that song. Reminds me of childhood everytime. Eric Serra gets a pass in my book. Great commentary as always TTR.
  • Posts: 16,169
    ToTheRight wrote: »
    Everyone sing along....................


    I know you dream a lot
    Holding on to lies
    And you wait around
    For someone to know where you hide
    In your dreams, you feel a lot
    But you keep it all inside
    And you close your eyes
    It helps keep you alive
    But the experience of loving
    Won't take all the pain away
    Just understanding for the first time
    What you feel inside, love is in your life
    (The experience of love, first time)
    And having come this far
    Cherishing your dreams
    You have realized now
    How they help keep you alone
    And the experience of loving
    Won't take all the pain away
    Just understanding for the first time
    What you feel inside, love is in your life
    Breathing in the scent of love
    (Leave the dreams behind)
    Sensing life in everything under the sky
    And the experience of loving
    Won't take all the pain away
    Just understanding for the first time
    What you feel inside, love is in your life
    Searching forever
    (The experience of love, under the sky)
    Won't take all the pain away
    For the first time
    (Under the sky)
    Love is in your life
    (The experience of love)
    Take it below, feel the flow
    Hold it close, don't let it go
    (The experience of love, under the sky)
    It won't take all the pain away
    (The experience of love)
    For the first time
    (Under the sky)
    When love is in your life
    (The experience of love)
    For the first time
    (Under the sky)
    Searching forever
    (The experience of love)
    For the first time
    (Under the sky)
    Hahahahaha, love it @ToTheRight . Such great 90s cheese, I can't help but love that song. Reminds me of childhood everytime. Eric Serra gets a pass in my book. Great commentary as always TTR.

    Thanks, @MooseWithFleas.

    That song is pretty amusing. I believe Serra wrote it for LEON-THE PROFESSIONAL. Probably would have suited that film better than Bond.

    I like some of the less popular/known Bond tunes: "Make it Last All Night", "Do You Know How Christmas Trees Are Grown", this one, and especially "Dirty Love".
  • Major_BoothroydMajor_Boothroyd Republic of Isthmus
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    ToTheRight wrote: »
    I like some of the less popular/known Bond tunes: "Make it Last All Night", "Do You Know How Christmas Trees Are Grown", this one, and especially "Dirty Love".

    Man...'dirty love' and 'make it last all night' are so awful they're enjoyable. Both make me smile when they appear in the film. 'Do you know how Christmas trees are grown' is a real outlier and always breaks the flow when I'm listening to the otherwise majestic OHMSS soundtrack.
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    ToTheRight wrote: »
    I like some of the less popular/known Bond tunes: "Make it Last All Night", "Do You Know How Christmas Trees Are Grown", this one, and especially "Dirty Love".

    Man...'dirty love' and 'make it last all night' are so awful they're enjoyable. Both make me smile when they appear in the film. 'Do you know how Christmas trees are grown' is a real outlier and always breaks the flow when I'm listening to the otherwise majestic OHMSS soundtrack.

    Christmas Trees always sounded very odd on the soundtrack to me. Out of place, really. But I like as a Christmas tune in itself. I never hear it played during the holidays, though.
  • Major_BoothroydMajor_Boothroyd Republic of Isthmus
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    After re-reading Thunderball I'm about to sit down and watch it...
  • Major_BoothroydMajor_Boothroyd Republic of Isthmus
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    First time Connery in the gunbarrell. Significantly closer to the frame than Bob Simmons.
  • Major_BoothroydMajor_Boothroyd Republic of Isthmus
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    That's a man, baby!!
  • Major_BoothroydMajor_Boothroyd Republic of Isthmus
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    Still not a massive fan of the PTS but the transition into the opening titles and that Tom Jones vocal is fantastic. Binder doing great work now that he's back since the debut in Dr No.
  • Major_BoothroydMajor_Boothroyd Republic of Isthmus
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    Love starting at the Spectre meeting. This Blofeld along with the FRWL version is my favourite. Really like his reverb on his voice. The colour palette of black,silver and grey is perfect on Ken Adam's set.

    That casual, indifferent look up from Largo when the spectr agent is electrocuted is one of my favourite low key Bond villain moments ever.

    Moneypenny still has the banter with Connery's Bond.really enjoy the way she laughs when Bond threatens to put her over his knee.

    The music when Bond is searching Lippe's room really makes the scene.

    Patricia Fearing is very similar to how she is described in the book. And a lot of dialogue is carried over from Fleming.
  • Major_BoothroydMajor_Boothroyd Republic of Isthmus
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    The little clarinet music when bond notices Lippe in the sauna is like a foreshadowing of Diamonds are Forever playful score. (Almost pink pantherish)

    Damn - Fiona Volpe's introduction. So good. What a great close up shot, upside down and then swings around when she gets the code word of 'mr Angelo' . A real gift of a design from Young. Paluzzi's close ups are radiant. Do miss her a little in the novel. Although Fleming's story is fairly tightly plotted as it is.
  • Major_BoothroydMajor_Boothroyd Republic of Isthmus
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    Apart from the striking shot of derval seeing himself when he answers the door, the double thing is unnecessarily convoluted. Glad it's not in the novel.

    However, that dreamy, watery soundtrack when his body is snuck back into Shrublands and bond is sneaking around is wonderful.
  • Major_BoothroydMajor_Boothroyd Republic of Isthmus
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    The landing of the bomber is quite tense. Killing Angelo is good to see Largo get his hands dirty. Barry's music doing a lot of the work in the underwater sequences where bombs are being winched around and nets covering the plane.
  • Major_BoothroydMajor_Boothroyd Republic of Isthmus
    edited August 2019 Posts: 2,722
    Somebody's probably lost a dog...

    Now that we're all here!

    The meeting room for the briefing is magnificent. Interesting to see the visual make up of some of the double Os.
  • Major_BoothroydMajor_Boothroyd Republic of Isthmus
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    One of my favourite M and Moneypenny interactions is when M catches her calling him 'the old man'. Connery's look and delivery of 'I'm sure I had a hat when I came in' cracks me up every time.
  • Major_BoothroydMajor_Boothroyd Republic of Isthmus
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    I prefer the pace of the gambling in the book to the film. It ebbs and flows more naturally. Bond stumbles into the 'the spectre on you shoulder' line immediately and clumsily in the movie whereas it marks a sharp sea change in the book from what had been a pleasant and playful banter into a sudden and deadly upping of the stakes.
  • Major_BoothroydMajor_Boothroyd Republic of Isthmus
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    Domino's introduction and banter with Bond by the boat is memorably fun.
  • Major_BoothroydMajor_Boothroyd Republic of Isthmus
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    Felix blending in at the beach as the only man in a suit and then equally as subtle with his sunglasses on at the casino. Come on Leiter!

    I like martine beswicks outfit when her and pinder meet bond in the street. Pink headband and crop top. Just before Q appears to scold 007 immediately.
  • Major_BoothroydMajor_Boothroyd Republic of Isthmus
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    I adore Fleming's description of the underwater search of the Disco Volante in the novel. It really is a standout. In the movie it all happens a little too suddenly and doesn't have the brutal barracuda attack that Fleming builds up to so well.

    Bonds timing of walking from the beach and running into Volpe is quite fortunate!
  • Major_BoothroydMajor_Boothroyd Republic of Isthmus
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    Some men don't like being driven.
    No, some men just don't like being taken for a ride.
  • Major_BoothroydMajor_Boothroyd Republic of Isthmus
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    I quite like Rik Van Nutter (aka Mr Anita Ekberg). He seems the closest to Felix in the books.
  • Major_BoothroydMajor_Boothroyd Republic of Isthmus
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    Adolfo Celi is tanned as hell in the Palmyra sequences. Connery is on great form when he visits for lunch. Delivers that fun dialogue with such deft touch. Very Mooreesque in places.
  • Major_BoothroydMajor_Boothroyd Republic of Isthmus
    edited August 2019 Posts: 2,722
    "Questions, questions all I get is questions!"

    "Do you like wild things mr bond, Janes bond?"

    Paluzzi's delivery is charming. Good chemistry with Connery,
  • Major_BoothroydMajor_Boothroyd Republic of Isthmus
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    Little stabs of the 007 theme in the junkanoo chase sequence
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