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  • GoldenGunGoldenGun Per ora e per il momento che verrà
    Posts: 7,208
    Birdleson wrote: »
    The humor and dialogue (though not perfect, there are some clunkers) is a bit less juvenile than we were getting out of EON at the time.

    That's definitely true and probably why critics at the time seemed to prefer it to the last few official outings.
  • ThunderfingerThunderfinger Das Boot Hill
    Posts: 45,489
    I used to rank NSNA above TB, but not anymore.
  • BondJasonBond006BondJasonBond006 on fb and ajb
    Posts: 9,020
    My ranking including NSNA:

    1 SP / 2 GE / 3 TLD / 4 OHMSS / 5 CR
    6 OP / 7 FRWL / 8 GF / 9 QOS / 10 TND
    11 FYEO / 12 TSWLM / 13 MR / 14 LTK /15 DAF

    16 LALD
    17 DAD
    18 DN
    NEVER SAY NEVER AGAIN
    19 TB
    20 YOLT
    21 AVTAK
    22 TMWTGG
    23 TWINE
    24 SF
  • Mathis1Mathis1
    Posts: 7,616
    On the NSNA bluray, there is an interesting interview with Dick Clement and Ian LeFrenais, who were brought in to polish Lorenzo Semples script! They claim credit for the opening training exercise scene, but state that it was written as a a pre-credits sequence, and they were horrified that the titles and theme were put over it!
    NSNA has improved in my eyes since i first saw it! There are still problems, the underwater scenes drag it down, and they should have thaken the action out of water, it just doesn't work. The fight set piece at shrublands with the great Pat Roach is poor as well, it should have been contained in one area, instead of chase me round the house scene it is!
    I've grown to like the motorcycle chase though, having initially hated it!
    Connery and Barbara Carrera are still the best things about it!
  • ThunderfingerThunderfinger Das Boot Hill
    Posts: 45,489
    It was very cool back then to see not just Connery back, but Blofeld and SPECTRE as well.
  • Mathis1Mathis1
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    Yeh, and I actually liked Max Von Sydow as Blofeld, though I'm nor sure about the dickie bow tie!! Connery was marvellous though! Effortless performance, but i think the toupees were more obvious than before!
  • ThunderfingerThunderfinger Das Boot Hill
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    We didn t see much of him, did we? Shame.
  • bondjamesbondjames You were expecting someone else?
    edited September 2016 Posts: 23,883
    I could never get into NSNA in the past due to the horrendous title song and score.

    However, given some of the absolute tripe that we've been subjected to over the past 25 odd years from EON, and quite recently on this score (forgive the pun), I think I may be able to look on it more favourably when I next watch it in a few days.
  • ThighsOfXeniaThighsOfXenia
    Posts: 1,596
    I'm really wanting to start up a Bondathon soon. But god damn, I've been busy.

    Also, I really don't care for NSNA all that much. It just looks cheap and doesn't feel like a Bond film to me for the most part. Connery cares though, and that counts for something.
  • Mathis1Mathis1
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    I dont think it looks cheap! Douglas Slocome was cinematograher, one of the best in the business! And NSNA looks great on blu-ray!
  • ToTheRightToTheRight
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    With Slocome some of NSNA has a kind of Raiders of The Lost Ark look to it. I never thought it looked cheap either.
  • bondjamesbondjames You were expecting someone else?
    Posts: 23,883
    I'll have a better read on this once I watch the film again shortly, but I think it might be the rubbish score that cheapens some of the scenes rather than the visuals.
  • Gustav_GravesGustav_Graves
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    I feel a tiny NSNA-appreciation coming up ;)
  • ToTheRightToTheRight
    Posts: 16,226
    NSNA is definitely one of those films- as high as I rate it, I do have to be in the mood for.
    If I'm feeling the need for some John Barry and I pop in NSNA, it just doesn't cut it.
    Still. I do love the film and appreciate it's existence. It was only only new Bond starring Connery, I ever got to see in the cinema. The only new Connery Bond I was alive for, so it has a special place for me.

  • BondJasonBond006BondJasonBond006 on fb and ajb
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    The score is "special" to put it mildly, but personally I like it.

    As for the film looking cheap I cannot see that at all. The cinematography is splendid!
  • ThighsOfXeniaThighsOfXenia
    Posts: 1,596
    I'm willing to give it another look. It just always plays like a far cry from Thunderball for me in every aspect - cinematography, acting, directing, screenplay, dialogue, music, action, etc.
  • Mathis1Mathis1
    Posts: 7,616
    Am I right in saying NSNA had the same production designer as 'Raiders' too?. The shootout in the temple near the end had definitely 'Raiders of the lost Ark' overtones!
  • bondjamesbondjames You were expecting someone else?
    edited September 2016 Posts: 23,883
    The massive success of Raiders certainly influenced both OP & NSNA, because Bond is seen on a horse in both these films in addition to the similarities at the end of NSNA. OP certainly has a Raiders style frenetic chase pace to it towards the end (one of the best paced latter halfs of a Bond film imho).
  • BondJasonBond006BondJasonBond006 on fb and ajb
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    bondjames wrote: »
    The massive success of Raiders certainly influenced both OP & NSNA, because Bond is seen on a horse in both these films in addition to the similarities at the end of NSNA. OP certainly has a Raiders style frenetic chase pace to it towards the end (one of the best paced latter halfs of a Bond film imho).

    OP definitely was influenced by Indy BUT I believe Indy was influenced by OP as well.
    In Temple Of Doom there is the palace where Indy has to eat at the long dinner table. You know the apes brain....
    if that isn't nicked from OP then I don't know what...
    And don't forget the perfectly Bondian opening from Temple Of Doom!
  • Mathis1Mathis1
    Posts: 7,616
    Spielberg made no secret that the opening of Temple of Doom was his Bond moment!
  • bondjamesbondjames You were expecting someone else?
    edited September 2016 Posts: 23,883
    BondJasonBond006 wrote: »
    bondjames wrote: »
    The massive success of Raiders certainly influenced both OP & NSNA, because Bond is seen on a horse in both these films in addition to the similarities at the end of NSNA. OP certainly has a Raiders style frenetic chase pace to it towards the end (one of the best paced latter halfs of a Bond film imho).

    OP definitely was influenced by Indy BUT I believe Indy was influenced by OP as well.
    In Temple Of Doom there is the palace where Indy has to eat at the long dinner table. You know the apes brain....
    if that isn't nicked from OP then I don't know what...
    And don't forget the perfectly Bondian opening from Temple Of Doom!
    Agreed. For sure Indy was influenced by Bond (and Spielberg claimed that the character was actually based on Bond), but Glen took it the other way as well, which I only noticed recently when watching the Indy films and noticed the similarities in OP. Even TLD (in Afghanistan) and LTK (Bond crawling all over the tanker) had similarities to Indy .
  • BondJasonBond006BondJasonBond006 on fb and ajb
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    By the way it works wonderfully to watch OP-IndyTOD back to back!! Did this last year and I will do it again.
  • bondjamesbondjames You were expecting someone else?
    Posts: 23,883
    That sounds like a great idea. I think I might just do that soon.
  • BAIN123BAIN123
    Posts: 11,189
    Mathis1 wrote: »
    Spielberg made no secret that the opening of Temple of Doom was his Bond moment!

    Really? I'd have thought having James Bond himself in The Last Crusade was a pretty big one ;)
  • ToTheRightToTheRight
    Posts: 16,226
    My newest ranking actually giving the non Eons a place.

    1. GOLDFINGER
    2. DR NO
    3.THE SPY WHO LOVED ME
    4. THUNDERBALL
    5. FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE
    6. THE LIVING DAYLIGHTS
    7. ON HER MAJESTY'S SECRET SERVICE
    8. NEVER SAY NEVER AGAIN
    9. OCTOPUSSY
    10. CASINO ROYALE
    11. LICENCE TO KILL
    12. LIVE AND LET DIE
    13. SKYFALL
    14. FOR YOUR EYES ONLY
    15. A VIEW TO A KILL
    16. DIAMONDS ARE FOREVER
    17. YOU ONLY LIVE TWICE
    18. GOLDENEYE
    19. SPECTRE
    20. MOONRAKER
    21. THE MAN WITH THE GOLDEN GUN
    22. CASINO ROYALE 54
    23. TOMORROW NEVER DIES
    24. QUANTUM OF SOLACE
    25. THE WORLD IS NOT ENOUGH
    26. DIE ANOTHER DAY
    27. CASINO ROYALE 67
  • bondjamesbondjames You were expecting someone else?
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    Yes, that's a pretty decent list and the 2nd one to have NSNA in the top 10 this week. I'm not sure where I'd put it tbh. Probably around 15 or 16, close to QoS.
  • Gustav_GravesGustav_Graves
    Posts: 11,119
    I think my little NSNA-promotion in the Big Bond Contest topic paid off :-P.
  • Crazysoul95Crazysoul95
    Posts: 3,336
    A while since i've done mine, but i guess its pretty much the same.

    1. CASINO ROYALE
    2. ON HER MAJESTY'S SECRET SERVICE
    3. FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE
    4. GOLDFINGER
    5. FOR YOUR EYES ONLY
    6. THE SPY WHO LOVED ME
    7. DR NO
    8. GOLDENEYE
    9. THUNDERBALL
    10. THE LIVING DAYLIGHTS
    11. LICENCE TO KILL
    12. SKYFALL
    13. LIVE AND LET DIE
    14. SPECTRE
    15. MOONRAKER
    16. THE MAN WITH THE GOLDEN GUN
    17. OCTOPUSSY
    18. TOMORROW NEVER DIES
    19. THE WORLD IS NOT ENOUGH
    20. QUANTUM OF SOLACE
    21. YOU ONLY LIVE TWICE
    22. DIE ANOTHER DAY
    23. DIAMONDS ARE FOREVER
    24. A VIEW TO A KILL
  • DRush76DRush76
    edited September 2016 Posts: 533
    Okay . . . here is my current ranking:

    1. "On Her Majesty's Secret Service"
    2. "Casino Royale"
    3. "The Living Daylights"
    4. "For Your Eyes Only"
    5. "From Russia With Love"
    6. "Octopussy"
    7. "SPECTRE"
    8. "Thunderball"
    9. "Goldeneye"
    10. "The Spy Who Loved Me"
    11. "Quantum of Solace"
    12. "The World Is Not Enough"
    13. "License to Kill"
    14. "You Only Live Twice"
    15. "A View to a Kill"
    16. "Die Another Day"
    17. "Live and Let Die"
    18. "Moonraker"
    19. "Tomorrow Never Dies"
    20. "The Man With the Golden Gun"
    21. "Diamonds Are Forever"
    22. "Skyfall"
    23. "Dr. No"
    24. "Goldfinger"
  • w2bondw2bond is indeed a very rare breed
    edited September 2016 Posts: 2,252
    @DRush76 that's an unconventional placement of DN and GF...

    Also, we share 5 of the top 6 and 8 of the top 10
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