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Cheers RC7! Nice to see some footage at last! :D
Connery had 1 (Thunderball-Diamonds)
Lazenby had 1 (OHMSS)
Moore had 2 (1 for LALD to MWGG) (2 TSWLM to AVTAK)
Dalton had 3 (1 for TLD and LTK) (the other two were unused)
Brosnan had 2 (1 for GE to DAD) (the other one was unused but used for TND Teaser)
Plus the Bob Simons that Connery had too.
Plus both of Craig's (I firmly believe that the gun barrel in CR was quite innovative and good, I loved it, didn't happen the same with QOS) Because this two DO count
Well done. Much appreciated. Looks solid.
I think they do count.
To be honest I'm just hoping they change it because I'm not a fan of it. Maybe it'll be better in the cinema though, like I said before, could've been sped up for the advert.
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Good God. I'm talking about the full gun barrels that open the film.
Each actor bar Moore, has had one. The reason Moore had two was because his first two films were shot in a different picture format - the name escapes me - to his others, hence it had to be redone. It is very likely therefore the one used for Skyfall will be used for all of Craig's subsequent films as well.
Alright, no need to get your knickers in a twist.
They could've just kept using the QOS one at the end but they didn't, or they could've kept having Craig turn round and shoot like in CR.
They're gunbarrels, so I think they count. And I think the new one isn't very good so I hope they change it.
Live and Let Die and The Man With The Golden Gun were shot in an aspect ratio of 1.85:1, while the others were shot in 2.35:1.
Why on Earth would they keep non-traditional gun barrels, that were both one offs? The Quantum Of Solace one, as we know, had a much faster walking pace. Whichever way you look at it, it had to be reshot for Skyfall. That was a given from day one, really.
We can only judge it when we've seen if of course, but I feel it's all much ado about nothing and it will be just like it was before 2002.
Thank you! That was what I was aimlessly searching for.
Just 15 days to see it on the big screen!
18 days till we all see it.
As for the gun barrel. I like it when theres a new one for each film. Keeps it fresh.
No he didn't...
It is clear from watching the film though. He brings in Yusef Kabira for questioning and after straightening things out with M, drops Vesper's necklace in the snow and lets go of that pain. Thus becoming the fully formed 007 we've been waiting for. Hence why the 'professional' looking gunbarrel was at the end, it makes thematic sense for that story.
Now with SF he is the complete article and there is no doubt in my mind that the gunbarrel will be back at the start.
A CR 'woven into story' type?
Or the traditional 'walk-on' version?
That's not entirely true. His gunbarrel-pose was re-used for every Bond-film. Only DAD got an extra bullet attached. Same for Sean Connery, George Lazenby and Timothy Dalton.
Roger Moore is the only actor who did two versions. One pose for his first two 16:9 screen format Bond films LALD and TMWTGG. For TSWLM they had to come up with a new gunbarrel version including new pose, because that movie was filmed in cinemascope letterbox. So Roger did a new pose for that one and that one was used until AVTAK.
Daniel Craig is only the second actor to do a second...even third gunbarrel pose. He did his third for SF. That one will be the gunbarrel we all live: Used at the very start of SF, with the old Binder-design and modernized slightly by Daniel Kleinman.
By the way.....I was looking at Roger Moore's gunbarrel from LALD. I just saw that for that gunbarrel they were actually planning to let him walk towards the camera. Watch the trailer of LALD:
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So Moore's first gunbarrel pose was part of a larger promotional thing for the trailer.
That I agree thelivingroyale. I think it was always a bit 'over the top' to forcefully make the gunbarrel part of the storyline as well. Like the gunbarrel pose actually was one of his first two kills. I don't know....the plot for CR was already so fine, so good...it didn't need the gunbarrel to be woven into the storyline.
Moreover, Maurice Binder never created the gunbarrel as some kind of storyline. It was just a great visual element. The sheer beauty of the gunbarrel and its use in the 'Dr No' main titles sequence was the reason it was used: Just a main title element to create space for the names of the producers Harry Saltzman and Albert R. Broccoli.
I respect the original approach for CR and QOS though, but the gunbarrel is such a trademark, such a stand-alone visual element of Bond. I am happy the original gunbarrel will therefore be back in Skyfall. Especially here in Spain where I live, the audience will start clapping after the gunbarrel. I'm certain.
I think it would be a great gesture to show the names of Michael G. Wilson & Barbara Broccoli in the dots :-). Maybe Daniel Kleinman thinks about that as a gesture towards the 50 year anniversary and as a big 'Thank you' to the Broccoli and Wilson family. Like this:
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I also have a feeling that Gareth Mallory....or rather Mallory will be the new M. Ralph Fiennes plays a lot of oddballs and villains but I think we may get blindsided on this one. I hope so.
Let's agree to disagree then. That's the lovely thing about the Bond franchise. This franchise is so frikkin' huge, with some many films and different interpretations. The fact that we have these discussions only enhances the sheer impact of the biggest movie franchise of all times. Wouldn't you say ;-)?
Definitely :). My opinion would probably be heavily out-voted anyway and I'm not being contrarian. I do prefer the CR style gunbarrel but there's a lot of tradition behind its use and most wouldn't want to change it so that's fine.
So M for Mallory? What are your thoughts?
Pretty certain about that. Dame Judi Dench is 77 Mach2Infinity. She portrayed M 7 times (Bernard Lee did so 11 times), but there comes a time that you want to enjoy your retirement.....even as an actor.
Yes I know, I suppose back in the day films were a little less complex and production could be wrapped (pre-production to principal photogtraphy to post-production) in a shorter space of time. Hence why Mr. Lee managed more films. But as you rightly pointed out, age isn't on her side unfortunately and given her occular condition, I highly doubt she'll return. But I've read she has a larger role in SF so at least she'll bow out having shared more screentime.
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What do you make of it?
I don't agree that just because a role is "darkly complex" and "fun and interesting" that he cannot be referring to M. If he's taking over then perhaps it'll be a slightly different spin on the character. Plus Fiennes is young enough that they can do quite a few films with him as M even after Craig retires from the role.
Pardon me for being slightly off-topic.