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I still have not had time to read much on other threads, but I will. I know that as a group we love to dissect and then give our many, many, oh so many suggestions how to "fix" things. ;) Still the best forum, though. I'll probably have my salt shaker with me as I read posts ...
I plan on doing another theatrical viewing of SP (this weekend ) and when it comes out I will buy the blue-ray and add to my "Bond 50" collection. the boxed set has no room for another film it will have to be placed next to the box set...forgive me, I'm wandering...
Point I was making is I always get a kick out of re watching Bonds. There are a few that I re watch over and over and there are two or three that I have no interest whatsoever in taking another look at (DAF, TSWLM. MR, DAD)
:D
To take if further, which have you seen the fewest times?
I will praise TSWLM as the time when Rog finally hit his stride and the film is entertaining but I just have no intention of watching it again. I saw it twice when it came out back in 1977 but I have not looked at it since.
MR- 2 times. Done.
AVTAK- 4 times now. I like it way more than the first 3 times.
The rest? A LOT. TOO many times according to my family.
:))
Great quote from Kleinman. Can't say I got any of that from watching them, but I don't really care. They're amongst my favourite titles in the series and YKMN is IMO the best post-Barry Bond song.
Loved the SP titles too for different reasons - very OTT and campy in an enjoyable way.
No need to be PC.
Same here................. but I only watch them in theaters and never on DVD. Matter of waiting for them to show up at revival theaters. (Even SPECTRE which I just got on DVD yesterday - non bootlegged BTW).
I know what you mean. I loved the unashamed campiness of the Spectre titles. The naked Craig bit had me in stitches. Very amusing. Couldn't help thinking how much he must have enjoyed filming those bits. They were the most humorous titles for a long time!
I saw DN and GF on a double bill, then two years later I saw FRWL and TB on a double bill. I'm not saying I would wait two years between my screenings, that would be "kinky".
From OHMSS onward I caught them during theatrical runs....
Finally caught the elusive YOLT seven years after its release on a Double bill with DAF (which I had already seen on its release in '71)
I don't know if I'd want to watch DAF ever again...
@Birdleson you got SP on DVD? How? When? What connections?? You lucky afficianado!
Best Gun Barrel: SP
Best PTS: CR
Best Theme song: CR
Best Girl: CR
Best Villain: SF
Best Ally: CR (Felix)
Best sacrificial: SF (Severine)
Best Set Piece: QoS (hotel)
Best Titles: CR
Best Climax: SF
Best Bad Henchman: SP (Big Dave)
Best gadget: SF (radio)
So that's 5 for Casino Royale, 4 for Skyfall, 2 for Spectre, and 1 for Quantum of Solace.
Please excuse my absence for a day or so. I have to work the next 2 days in a row, but this may not be so easy.
I'm enjoying the different discussions here, so please do just carry on. :-bd
Back in a while ... never fear, 4EverBonded will return. Just currently have the energy of a damp rag. :-<
October 1966 in my home town San Antonio, Texas....the old Majestic theater...
then the 'Oscars' for Craig's Bond:
Best Gun Barrell SP
Best PTS QoS
Best Theme song CR
Best Girl Swann!!!!!! (SP)
Best Villain Silva from SF
Best Ally Leiter CR
Best sacrificial lamb Solange from CR
Best Set Piece CR the cranes /building site
Best Titles CR
Best Climax SF
Best Bad Henchman Hinx from SP
Best gadget DB10 Gadgets make sense as 'standard'gadgets and I like the fact they don't all work.
Best epilogue QoS. Facing Yussef and then walking out was epic.
Must say though, there's many a close call. If there's one thing that can be said about the Craig era is that he keeps on delivering at a very high level.
Also, now that this is TB's 50th anniversary how will you remember it? A re watch of this epic and iconic film or will you just let it slide?
;)
I don't have the exact ranking, but TB is among my 8 favourites.
DN, FRWL, GF, TB, OHMSS, FYEO, TLD, CR.
It rode the wave of the Bondmania at its height following iconic GF. I was not so impressed when I saw it in 1968 but I enjoy watching it nowadays. What really impresses me are the vibrant colors that just scream out at you. (compare it to the PTS of SP ...) I'm not knocking SP in anyway its just how the Technicolor of the sixties looked so... go back and watch other sixties classics like "Dr, Zhivago" , "Lawrence of Arabia" and "Zulu" and you will see what I mean...
Not caged? ;-)
Thunderball is my top 1 film. It's fun, has a great villain, fantastic colours, still qute a bit suspense, three gorgeous women of which Luciana takes the cake, fantastic locales. Yup, love it. Yes, the under water sequences (especially ankering the bomber) are dragging, but that's what you get when something is that new to the general public. We're far more used to underwater activities these days. Oh, and the music, of course, is top notch.
McClory claimed to own the rights to Blofeld, the White Cat and many elements of that book/film and he hounded EON until he mercifully passed away...
Also, in the original concept, the bad guys were Sicilian Mafia but then they came up with the idea of SPECTRE ...
Let me guess, is TSWLM the one that's missing? :)
TSWLM is probably the next one on my list, but these eight films are 'the untouchables'.
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