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  • Mathis1Mathis1
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    Our villain Julian Glover was once considered for the Bond role!
  • Mathis1Mathis1
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    Apparently there was no snow in the village when the film makers got there, and they had to drive in truckloads of it overnight from the mountains!
  • Mathis1Mathis1
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    I hope we get some ski action back in the next Bond movie!
  • Mathis1Mathis1
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    Its always with a tinge of sadness I watch the bobsled part, as one of the Italian stuntmen was tragically killed filming it!
  • Mathis1Mathis1
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    The ice hockey set piece, another scene that should have hit the cutting room floor!
  • ToTheRightToTheRight
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    I love the snow scenes in FYEO.
  • Mathis1Mathis1
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    Corfu, gorgeous, as is Carole Bouquet, though she's not really suited to Rog!
  • Mathis1Mathis1
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    Always liked this Casino scene. It has a real atmosphere about it!
    Enter Mrs Pierce Brosnan!
  • Mathis1Mathis1
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    Bond has dinner with Kristatos, he was originally called Krek! They were right to change it, but ultimately Kristatos is a forgettable villain!
  • Mathis1Mathis1
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    The late, great Topol! A more successful casting decision!
  • Mathis1Mathis1
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    The dune buggy set piece.
    Apparently one of the first scenes shot, and they had terrible trouble with them, getting stuck in sand and breaking down. It delayed filming, which wasn't a great start for Glens first directing gig!
  • Mathis1Mathis1
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    ToTheRight wrote: »
    I love the snow scenes in FYEO.

    Yes mate, they are great. Skilful crew!
  • Mathis1Mathis1
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    One of my favourite scenes in the movie, the raid on the warehouse!
  • Mathis1Mathis1
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    I love the way they didnt hide the fact this was an older Bond, with the scenes with Bibi, and a wheezing Bond pursuing Locque!
  • Mathis1Mathis1
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    Carole couldn't swim as she had an inner ear problem. So effects wiz Derek Meddings had to use all his ingenuity to show her scuba diving without going in the water!!
  • Mathis1Mathis1
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    Like Thunderball, FYEO gets criticism about the underwater scenes, for slowing things down, but it never bothered me!
  • Mathis1Mathis1
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    The submersible guy looks like Sylvester McCoy 😅
  • Mathis1Mathis1
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    The keelhauling sequence is terrific, and must have been difficult enough to shoot!
  • peterpeter Toronto
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    Mathis1 wrote: »
    The keelhauling sequence is terrific, and must have been difficult enough to shoot!

    💯
  • Mathis1Mathis1
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    "Forgive me Father for I have sinned!"
    "Thats putting it mildly 007!" 😂
  • Mathis1Mathis1
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    The mountain climbing finale!
    Apparently the monks weren't pleased about the filming, and did everything they could to disrupt it, like hanging out their laundry on the roof! Naughty monks!
  • Mathis1Mathis1
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    Rick Sylvester doubles for Rog in that cliff plunge, just like he did the ski jump in TSWLM, but apparently he was quite small in stature, and so not an ideal stunt double!
  • Mathis1Mathis1
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    Thats stuntman Paul Weston as one the thugs in the fight sequence. He doubled for Dalton later in the series!
    I think it would have been better for Bond to have a fight or shootout with Kristatos at the end, its a bit too low-key, the final confrontation!
  • Mathis1Mathis1
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    The Mrs Thatcher epilogue is a bit cringey. Janet Brown never did a good impression of her!
  • Mathis1Mathis1
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    Another enjoyable watch of FYEO!
  • CommanderRossCommanderRoss The bottom of a pitch lake in Eastern Trinidad, place called La Brea
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    Mathis1 wrote: »
    Another enjoyable watch of FYEO!

    We watched it the same day it seems, I was just too lazy to get my laptop to write along. But mine would be little different from yours, although the ski-jump and our Eastern-German friend would've mentioned negatively, as goes for the most-unfitting soundtrack in any Bond-film.
    But Bouquet is lovely, Topol absolute genius. Funny how the action sequences that are taken directly from Fleming have the biggest impact (both the raid on the warehouse and the keelhauling.
  • Mathis1Mathis1
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    CommanderRoss wrote: »
    Mathis1 wrote: »
    Another enjoyable watch of FYEO!

    We watched it the same day it seems, I was just too lazy to get my laptop to write along. But mine would be little different from yours, although the ski-jump and our Eastern-German friend would've mentioned negatively, as goes for the most-unfitting soundtrack in any Bond-film.
    But Bouquet is lovely, Topol absolute genius. Funny how the action sequences that are taken directly from Fleming have the biggest impact (both the raid on the warehouse and the keelhauling.

    I always watch OHMSS at Christmas, and I tend to watch FYEO at Easter!!....no idea why!
    Have to say I enjoy a lot of Contis score, he's no John Barry, but it does seem to fit the movie!
    And, yes, agree totally re Fleming and those sequences!
  • CommanderRossCommanderRoss The bottom of a pitch lake in Eastern Trinidad, place called La Brea
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    Mathis1 wrote: »
    CommanderRoss wrote: »
    Mathis1 wrote: »
    Another enjoyable watch of FYEO!

    We watched it the same day it seems, I was just too lazy to get my laptop to write along. But mine would be little different from yours, although the ski-jump and our Eastern-German friend would've mentioned negatively, as goes for the most-unfitting soundtrack in any Bond-film.
    But Bouquet is lovely, Topol absolute genius. Funny how the action sequences that are taken directly from Fleming have the biggest impact (both the raid on the warehouse and the keelhauling.

    I always watch OHMSS at Christmas, and I tend to watch FYEO at Easter!!....no idea why!
    Have to say I enjoy a lot of Contis score, he's no John Barry, but it does seem to fit the movie!
    And, yes, agree totally re Fleming and those sequences!
    The music is ok to my mind, it just doesn't fit the film at all. A tense chase gets sorted of party music in the background. I think the film would be far higher regarded with a different soundtrack. Take the ski-jump. It should feel like Bond barely escapes, but with that music it feels like he's doing it every day.
    Funnily enough I first put in ltk, but then decided against it. I needed some roger Moore. Whenever I find myself in a lot of stress, Moore's Bond always lightens my brain.
  • Mathis1Mathis1
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    CommanderRoss wrote: »
    Mathis1 wrote: »
    CommanderRoss wrote: »
    Mathis1 wrote: »
    Another enjoyable watch of FYEO!

    We watched it the same day it seems, I was just too lazy to get my laptop to write along. But mine would be little different from yours, although the ski-jump and our Eastern-German friend would've mentioned negatively, as goes for the most-unfitting soundtrack in any Bond-film.
    But Bouquet is lovely, Topol absolute genius. Funny how the action sequences that are taken directly from Fleming have the biggest impact (both the raid on the warehouse and the keelhauling.

    I always watch OHMSS at Christmas, and I tend to watch FYEO at Easter!!....no idea why!
    Have to say I enjoy a lot of Contis score, he's no John Barry, but it does seem to fit the movie!
    And, yes, agree totally re Fleming and those sequences!
    The music is ok to my mind, it just doesn't fit the film at all. A tense chase gets sorted of party music in the background. I think the film would be far higher regarded with a different soundtrack. Take the ski-jump. It should feel like Bond barely escapes, but with that music it feels like he's doing it every day.
    Funnily enough I first put in ltk, but then decided against it. I needed some roger Moore. Whenever I find myself in a lot of stress, Moore's Bond always lightens my brain.

    Whenever I'm torn on what Bond movie to watch, I inevitably go for Rog!!
  • peterpeter Toronto
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    Mathis1 wrote: »
    CommanderRoss wrote: »
    Mathis1 wrote: »
    CommanderRoss wrote: »
    Mathis1 wrote: »
    Another enjoyable watch of FYEO!

    We watched it the same day it seems, I was just too lazy to get my laptop to write along. But mine would be little different from yours, although the ski-jump and our Eastern-German friend would've mentioned negatively, as goes for the most-unfitting soundtrack in any Bond-film.
    But Bouquet is lovely, Topol absolute genius. Funny how the action sequences that are taken directly from Fleming have the biggest impact (both the raid on the warehouse and the keelhauling.

    I always watch OHMSS at Christmas, and I tend to watch FYEO at Easter!!....no idea why!
    Have to say I enjoy a lot of Contis score, he's no John Barry, but it does seem to fit the movie!
    And, yes, agree totally re Fleming and those sequences!
    The music is ok to my mind, it just doesn't fit the film at all. A tense chase gets sorted of party music in the background. I think the film would be far higher regarded with a different soundtrack. Take the ski-jump. It should feel like Bond barely escapes, but with that music it feels like he's doing it every day.
    Funnily enough I first put in ltk, but then decided against it. I needed some roger Moore. Whenever I find myself in a lot of stress, Moore's Bond always lightens my brain.

    Whenever I'm torn on what Bond movie to watch, I inevitably go for Rog!!

    Roger Moore is the equivalent of good, hearty comfort food...
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