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With a smaller, but stellar stunt earlier on as tease. That impresses, but as the PTS continues the audience wonders what's up and is something else on the way.
CR was the only film in which a grounded PTS worked to a tee
I’m going to be slightly contrarian though and say if it’s a PTS without Bond I’d like a big stunt. That’d be kinda unique. But it all depends on how it’s done.
This is also my idea. I'd even be in for one setting up the villan(s) rather than Bond, such as in FRWL, LALD, TMWTGG. Although when done right, I'm in for all of the choices.
Sounds great. I suggest you work on it and write something in the Bond 26 plot ideas thread.
Straight out of the book! Would you keep it unrelated to the main plot perhaps?
Lets move on to another subject entirely.
It's a battle of the un-official Bonds!
Would you rather watch CR 67 OR NSNA?
CR 67 has some absolutely crazy plotting. It does feature David Niven as Sir James Bond which, according to legend, was someone that Fleming envisioned playing Bond. We have Ursula Andress returning to a Bond movie as Vesper. We have the comic genius of Peter Sellers and Woody Allen in the same film. There is a wonderful score by Burt Bacharach too!
On the other hand we have the original Bond returning after over 10 years being away from the role. We have a wonderful Felix Leiter portrayed by Bernie Casey who has chemistry with Connery. The plot is the same although they did tinker with some of it. We have a femme fatale that brings some energy and over the top acting to the piece.
Both films are flawed and lack the EON touches, but which one would you rather watch
NSNA is clearly meant to be a Bond film, and even though it lacks the recognisable EON tropes, there are quite a few good Bond moments in it. So if I'd be in for a Bond movie, I'd choose NSNA.
CR67 is the first true Bond spoof, but instead of a protagonist going by the name of Austin Powers, Johnny English or the even better Hubert Bonisseur de la Bath, it just happens to have the legal rights to call him James Bond. If I'm in the mood for that kind of thing, which does happen sometimes, I'd go for CR67.
To be perfectly honest however, and even though I'm definitely in the camp that can enjoy both, if I'm in the mood for a Bond film most EON's are obviously still a better choice, and if I'm in the mood for a Bond spoof the delicious OSS 117 films with Jean Dujardin are my first options.
So, since I don't drink anymore, NSNA it is. Which, even though it isn't EON, it does have an interesting villain, and some other redeeming factors. i even like Rowan Atkinson in it.
The second viewing experience was like
NSNA is a nice Sunday lunch matinee. The only Bond film I ever taped off the telly on VHS back in 1998, the lead up to the ads was signalled by the film's 5-note song motif and showed an image of Connery followed by two or three bullet holes in the title.
I like Casino Royale but I think they should have given David Niven more room.
For sure. I consider myself a David Niven fan and I would have been up for Niv being cast as an elderly Bond in a proper film. He's definitely one of the elements that make CR67 worth at least one watch.
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NSNA, while not without its merits, is a burden for me to sit through. CR67 is crazy, but at least it looks good and sounds great.
:x :D
In all seriousness, my later mother was a big fan of Sean Connery, so (for a time), I nearly wore out my VHS tape of NSNA, since she would always want to watch it. And truth be told, Connery is in fine form here and I like it more than DAF on most days. The fact that NSNA is missing the standard EON elements only bothers me on occasion.
Still, CR'67 is such a snapshot of the waning days of Bondmania that it makes for an interesting watch - and I saw it on TV before I became immersed in proper Bond fandom. While the jokes are very hit or miss, the set design and score scream the mod days of the 1960s and the opening "Les Beatles" shot always makes me smile.
Plus, did I mention that this little lady is in CR'67?
:x :x
Yeah, agreed. For me NSNA is dull despite its virtues, and CR ‘67 is interesting despite its faults.
Wow, 60 bucks for the Blu-ray...I might even sell mine for that, considering I'd be able to buy a replacement (used) for it for around 14 euros on Amazon Marketplace. Still too much to spend on a used BD, I must admit.
I like NSNA. And it takes unusual circumstances and a special mood for me to wish to revisit CR67, and certainly not the desire to see a "Bond film". So NSNA it is here.
I think for CR'67 Feldman was just throwing money at people and promising only a few days work, which is how he got Niven, Kerr, etc. They weren't really planning out a narrative.
In some ways it's disappointing a rogue Bond film, even if it would be a re-re-make of TB, is no longer possible. No more Bond vs. Bond dustups at the box office.