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  • QBranchQBranch Always have an escape plan. Mine is watching James Bond films.
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    I'd have to say the sets are the best thing about the film. Drax's HQ in the Amazon with all those screens (not to mention the rock pool outside), the shuttle exhaust chamber, the centrifuge, the space station.
  • StirredNotShakenStirredNotShaken Toronto
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    Oh here's one:

    The ice car chase sequence from Die Another Day, often heralded as a highlight of the film, is garbage. Even the bit with the ejector seat sucks; you can clearly see the missile go past Bond's car rather than under it. With all the CGI crap that was injected into that film like saline, you'd think they would've "fixed" that in editing.
  • Perilagu_KhanPerilagu_Khan
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    MR has plenty going for it. Outside of DAF, it's probably the second funniest Bond film. The cinematography and score are excellent. And Drax is a good, perhaps very good villain. Despite too much silliness--mainly from Bond bowling out Holly in the Venice hotel room to Bond riding to the Magnificent Seven theme--this is far from the worst Bond film. I daresay it's a bit underrated.
  • SaintMarkSaintMark
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    Perilagu_Khan wrote:
    MR has plenty going for it. Outside of DAF, it's probably the second funniest Bond film. The cinematography and score are excellent. And Drax is a good, perhaps very good villain. Despite too much silliness--mainly from Bond bowling out Holly in the Venice hotel room to Bond riding to the Magnificent Seven theme--this is far from the worst Bond film. I daresay it's a bit underrated.

    We agree on MR.

    And as to the use of CGI in movies these days, it is unavoidable in the movie industry to not use any. It is a matter of the amount used and how it is used. now that the newness and possibilities are a known quantity perhaps it will be used in better dosages. I do hope that EON never decides to take the stunts out of the equation in favor of CGI all the way. It would make it too much of an Star Wars product for me.

  • BAIN123BAIN123
    edited March 2014 Posts: 11,189
    Another controversial opinion relating to MR:

    I prefer Wai Lin to Holly Goodhead.

    Other than her name there isn't really much to Holly. Most of the time she's just there to look pretty and say quips and exposition to Rog.

    Wai Lin is more believable as a trained woman of action.
  • SaintMarkSaintMark
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    BAIN123 wrote:
    Another controversial opinion relating to MR:

    I prefer Wai Lin to Holly Goodhead.

    Other than her name there isn't really much to Holly. Most of the time she's just there to look pretty and say quips and exposition to Rog.

    Wai Lin is more believable as a trained woman of action.

    As a MR fan i would agree with your assesment, that said I find Holly Goodhead more attractive.

  • AstonLotusAstonLotus
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    New poster here so forgive me for getting these off my chest...

    Daniel Craig is a horrible, HORRIBLE James Bond.There is nothing suave or sophisticated about the man at all.Completely miscast.A decent enough actor in other films and could have probably made a good Bond villain or even another 00 agent, but as 007? Christ no.

    Skyfall is the worst Bond film of all time.It is even more ridiculous and far fetched than DAD except that DAD is at least fun and doesnt take itself seriously.

    Goldeneye is the weakest Brosnan Bond.I still like it but its highly overrated.

    I was happy when Vesper Lynd died in Casino Royale.What an annoying woman ( even before she betrayed Bond ).

    Having Judi Dench in Casino Royale was silly considering it was supposed to be a reboot.She gets too much screentime as it is.

    Daniel Craigs Bond is an unlikeable, low life scumbag.

    The Spy Who Loved Me is the best Bond ever made and will never be topped.

    Thanks everyone.
  • ThunderfingerThunderfinger Das Boot Hill
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    Welcome to the forum, and feel free to air your opinions anytime. You picked the right thread.
  • SaintMarkSaintMark
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    Thunderfinger wrote:
    Welcome to the forum, and feel free to air your opinions anytime. You picked the right thread.

    He certainly chose the right spot to air his opinions.

    WELCOME :!!
  • ThunderfingerThunderfinger Das Boot Hill
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    Hahaha, what is it with you and those clocks?
  • SaintMarkSaintMark
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    Thunderfinger wrote:
    Hahaha, what is it with you and those clocks?

    Clocks????

  • ThunderfingerThunderfinger Das Boot Hill
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    Isn t that a clock under your coat? If I did not know you are Dutch, I would have guessed you were Swiss.
  • SaintMarkSaintMark
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    Thunderfinger wrote:
    Isn t that a clock under your coat? If I did not know you are Dutch, I would have guessed you were Swiss.

    That is the 1st Doctor, from the tv show Doctor Who, doing a Sean Connery pose. And he is a TIME LORD from GALLIFREY.
  • ThunderfingerThunderfinger Das Boot Hill
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    Ah, thanks for that info. But no, I am talking about this: :!!
  • WillyGaloreWillyGalore
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    It must be really boring over on DCINB at the moment ;-)
  • ThunderfingerThunderfinger Das Boot Hill
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    Always was.
  • RC7RC7
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    I always imagined there being a mini-Jonestown over there, after SF. They all gathered around clutching anti-Craig literature and then, rather than down cool-aid, they all choked on their own bile.
  • SaintMarkSaintMark
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    Thunderfinger wrote:
    Ah, thanks for that info. But no, I am talking about this: :!!

    there is nothing as nice as a decent beer, I personally find that vodka martini stuff undrinkable stirred or shaken makes no difference.

  • AstonLotusAstonLotus
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    SaintMark wrote:
    Thunderfinger wrote:
    Welcome to the forum, and feel free to air your opinions anytime. You picked the right thread.

    He certainly chose the right spot to air his opinions.

    WELCOME :!!

    Thanks! Sorry if my opinion on Craig and his Bond films offend anyone, just not a fan of his take on the character at all.Cannot understand why he and films get so many rave reviews.Actually i really liked CR as an action film but thought it would have been much better had a suave and sophisticated actor been cast as 007.



  • SaintMarkSaintMark
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    AstonLotus wrote:
    SaintMark wrote:
    Thunderfinger wrote:
    Welcome to the forum, and feel free to air your opinions anytime. You picked the right thread.

    He certainly chose the right spot to air his opinions.

    WELCOME :!!

    Thanks! Sorry if my opinion on Craig and his Bond films offend anyone, just not a fan of his take on the character at all.Cannot understand why he and films get so many rave reviews.Actually i really liked CR as an action film but thought it would have been much better had a suave and sophisticated actor been cast as 007.

    Which is your opinion and you have a right to it.

  • 4662089264869540287846620892648695402878
    edited March 2014 Posts: 60
    I do not see anything controversial with the view that Craig is horrible. He has absolutely nothing to do with Bond. He looks like a pierogi. What is the excuse for that?
  • pachazopachazo Make Your Choice
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    Well said @random_numbers. You don't come off as a troll at all!
  • 4662089264869540287846620892648695402878
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    My username is far from random. Is this as new members with different opinions are welcomed?
  • ThunderfingerThunderfinger Das Boot Hill
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    SaintMark wrote:
    Thunderfinger wrote:
    Ah, thanks for that info. But no, I am talking about this: :!!

    there is nothing as nice as a decent beer, I personally find that vodka martini stuff undrinkable stirred or shaken makes no difference.

    A foaming beer! I see it now. Always looked like a guy flashing his coat to sell contraband clocks to me, haha! I can even see the arms showing the time. (Time to see an occulist, I guess.) Thanks.
  • chrisisallchrisisall Brosnan Defender Of The Realm
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    46620892648695402878 wrote:
    My username is far from random.
    The number of times you've been banned from various sites perhaps?
    :-?
  • WillyGaloreWillyGalore
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    chrisisall wrote:
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    46620892648695402878 wrote:
    My username is far from random.
    The number of times you've been banned from various sites perhaps?
    :-?

    =))
  • BAIN123BAIN123
    edited March 2014 Posts: 11,189
    Another (final) controversial opinion regarding MR:

    There's a slightly homosexual feeling about Moore's Bond in the film.
  • StirredNotShakenStirredNotShaken Toronto
    Posts: 2,402
    46620892648695402878 wrote:
    My username is far from random.

    Named after your father, perhapsh?
  • Matt_HelmMatt_Helm
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    BAIN123 wrote:
    Another (final) controversial opinion regarding MR:

    There's a slightly homosexual feeling about Moore's Bond in the film.

    Is it? I always suspected many things with Moores' Bond ,but never something gay. Far from it, to tell the truth!
  • RC7RC7
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    BAIN123 wrote:
    Another (final) controversial opinion regarding MR:

    There's a slightly homosexual feeling about Moore's Bond in the film.

    Are you thinking about the extended cut where Manuela's gown opens to reveal a flaccid penis.
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