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I have a few friends that can't get into SF. Bond does completely fail his mission protecting M. Surprising he was personally assigned to protect the Queen in HAPPY AND GLORIOUS considering how bad he effed up the SF assignment.
I have fun with the film, though.
Wouldn t it be great if they managed to kill the queen as well?
I used to listen to audio commentary tracks quite a bit. I tend to only really enjoy the Roger commentaries on the Bonds (also the Michael Wilson ones).
A few commentary tracks on other films have kind of turned me away from it, though. Especially when the commenter is negative and thrashes on the actors and director.
My go-to Pierce movie these days.
Bond has snot dripping from his nose as he pilots the plane in the PTS.
Maybe it's sweat, but certainly Roger Spottiswoode should have spotted it.
Great PTS. Qualifies as a mini movie and great action set piece.
This is one Bond film that took awhile to grow on me.
I remember feeling initially it was lacking the substance that GE had.
Nowadays I love every frame. Also I have a nostalgia for the time in my life the film debut. We had a blast seeing this one in the cinema.
I imagine that was the intention.
I thought Pierce was looking much better in this film than in his first.
Mickey G has a great cameo this time.
Brosnan exudes Bondian cool.
If Pierce does it, it's okay then.
1997 was an insanely good year for genre flicks: Tomorrow Never Dies, Starship Troopers, Alien: Resurrection, Men in Black, The Lost World: Jurassic Park, Anaconda, Event Horizon, The Fifth Element, Contact, Gattaca, Batman and Robin.
The first three Star Wars films got re-released in cinemas in their "special editions" that year too.
The difference is your car can't electrocute people.
I think I saw all those movies you mentioned in the cinema!
I also saw L.A. CONFIDENTIAL, THE GAME and (don't laugh) THE SAINT.
Great year.
My Bond commenting was interrupted half way through by a phone call.
Either way- great viewing. This one is climbing my Brosnan ladder.
Just a professional doing his job.
In the book on The Making of TND Brossa aparently had the flu at the start of filiming. Think the pts was shot first, so that would explain the snot!!
That's right! I forgot about that. Wish I still had that book.
Most of my enjoyment comes from nostalgia for that particular year. Used to be one of my least favorite films, yet I tend to pop in in more often than GE.
Maybe Serra's score just isn't holding up for me?
Watching TND in the cinema I got into the film Arnold's score certainly elevates proceedings. The Germany scenes are the best scenes in the film for me. The PTS is decent.
I'm with you on the Germany scenes. That's my favorite section of the film.
I was dating my now wife in 1997. We went on a double date to TND (Though I didnt tell her I had already seen it!!). She wasnt impressed, though she liked Brossa!!🙄🙄🙄
I have all those books going back to the fabulous LTK one! I got rid of the TWINE one, as it was a poor edition (written by Iain Johnstone if I recall!)
It deviated from the usual pictorial style, and was more like a novel, and all the poorer for it!
I remember the TWINE book. Had a few nice photos, but the text was fairly lame.