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  • CharmianBondCharmianBond Pett Bottom, Kent
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    Thunderfinger wrote: »
    Mathis1 wrote: »
    ToTheRight wrote: »
    Towards the climax. Used to be one of my least favorites, but I love it now.

    Oh, I love the climax of QOS. From Bond explaining to Camille how to kill,to the cool shot of Bond dropping down onto the jeep as it reverses, to that fabulous shot of the explosion that Greene narrowly escapes, to the tense scene with Bond and Camille trapped in the fire, and Bonds final confrontation with Greene! One of the strongest finales of the series! And then theres that terrific epilogue with Yusef and the Canadian agent!

    There is much here that is among the strongest in the series.

    All great points and I'd add the poignancy of Camille leaving Bond after a solitary chaste kiss, the hollowness she feels in the wake of her revenge being the impetus for Bond to spare Kabira and save Corrine from Vesper's fate. And the parting shot of the love knot in the snow. I think it's one of, if not the best ending to a Bond film.
  • ThunderfingerThunderfinger Das Boot Hill
    Posts: 45,489
    CharmianBond wrote: »
    Thunderfinger wrote: »
    Mathis1 wrote: »
    ToTheRight wrote: »
    Towards the climax. Used to be one of my least favorites, but I love it now.

    Oh, I love the climax of QOS. From Bond explaining to Camille how to kill,to the cool shot of Bond dropping down onto the jeep as it reverses, to that fabulous shot of the explosion that Greene narrowly escapes, to the tense scene with Bond and Camille trapped in the fire, and Bonds final confrontation with Greene! One of the strongest finales of the series! And then theres that terrific epilogue with Yusef and the Canadian agent!

    There is much here that is among the strongest in the series.

    All great points and I'd add the poignancy of Camille leaving Bond after a solitary chaste kiss, the hollowness she feels in the wake of her revenge being the impetus for Bond to spare Kabira and save Corrine from Vesper's fate. And the parting shot of the love knot in the snow. I think it's one of, if not the best ending to a Bond film.

    The end credit sequence is certainly the best of the lot.
  • Mathis1Mathis1
    Posts: 7,507
    Thunderfinger wrote: »
    CharmianBond wrote: »
    Thunderfinger wrote: »
    Mathis1 wrote: »
    ToTheRight wrote: »
    Towards the climax. Used to be one of my least favorites, but I love it now.

    Oh, I love the climax of QOS. From Bond explaining to Camille how to kill,to the cool shot of Bond dropping down onto the jeep as it reverses, to that fabulous shot of the explosion that Greene narrowly escapes, to the tense scene with Bond and Camille trapped in the fire, and Bonds final confrontation with Greene! One of the strongest finales of the series! And then theres that terrific epilogue with Yusef and the Canadian agent!

    There is much here that is among the strongest in the series.

    All great points and I'd add the poignancy of Camille leaving Bond after a solitary chaste kiss, the hollowness she feels in the wake of her revenge being the impetus for Bond to spare Kabira and save Corrine from Vesper's fate. And the parting shot of the love knot in the snow. I think it's one of, if not the best ending to a Bond film.

    The end credit sequence is certainly the best of the lot.

    Oh yes, and I love the music too!
  • bigladiesmanbigladiesman
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    Is it true and official that Octopussy's name is Octavia Charlotte Smythe?
  • ToTheRightToTheRight
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    bigladiesman wrote: »
    Is it true and official that Octopussy's name is Octavia Charlotte Smythe?

    First I heard of this was on JAMES BOND RADIO during their OP review.
    Don't know how true this is.
  • bigladiesmanbigladiesman
    Posts: 1,009
    ToTheRight wrote: »
    bigladiesman wrote: »
    Is it true and official that Octopussy's name is Octavia Charlotte Smythe?

    First I heard of this was on JAMES BOND RADIO during their OP review.
    Don't know how true this is.

    I just wondered if she had a real name, and, poof, but I don't seem to find reliable, er, authoritative sources on it.
  • ToTheRightToTheRight
    Posts: 16,170
    bigladiesman wrote: »
    ToTheRight wrote: »
    bigladiesman wrote: »
    Is it true and official that Octopussy's name is Octavia Charlotte Smythe?

    First I heard of this was on JAMES BOND RADIO during their OP review.
    Don't know how true this is.

    I just wondered if she had a real name, and, poof, but I don't seem to find reliable, er, authoritative sources on it.

    I wonder where JBR got their information on this?
  • BirdlesonBirdleson
    edited April 2022 Posts: 2,161
    While watching TWINE this occurred to me. Brosnan is the only Bond that was just plain fired. There’s no gray area, as with Lazenby and Dalton (with those two, it’s who you listen to, at what point they said it, who you believe and how you interpret it all), they canned him. And, among fandom, and actually among the general public from my conversations, his films have not aged very well. Yet, he is the only Bond aside from Connery to never have a disappointing (from EON’s perspective) showing at the box office. My opinion hasn’t changed, I’ve always thought he was a great Bond (as they all are) and the films were decent, just not my favorites.
  • BirdlesonBirdleson
    edited April 2022 Posts: 2,161
    Can you imagine if the next Bond is actually not good, by consensus? That would be our first. Things could get pretty weird on here.
  • BirdlesonBirdleson
    edited April 2022 Posts: 2,161
    Despite my semi-praise, I can happily skip the final 20 minutes of all three of Brosnan’s follow up entries. Unbearable.
  • bigladiesmanbigladiesman
    edited April 2022 Posts: 1,009
    Something that just catched my attention on OP. During the hunt and the fight scene on the palace Roger Moore looks quite fit for a 55-56 year old man, and yet on AVTAK he even looks a little bit frail. Is it because of how the movies were made - stunts and the like - or something happened to Sir Rog during those two years?
  • bigladiesmanbigladiesman
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    And the cutest scene ever on a Bond movie goes to… Magda carrying an itty bitty tiger cub. ;;)
  • bigladiesmanbigladiesman
    edited April 2022 Posts: 1,009
    For years, I thought Bond was not happy with the Americans that chased him and even gave a rotten look to a soldier in particular. I thought, "well, that's some good silent acting by old Rog."

    I just gave a closer look to the scene and, well, I was wrong: first, he smiles at the General and accepts his congratulations (after all he looked like he was taking Bond's words more seriously than all the other characters except Octopussy) and he even smiles and nods to another military man when the General escorts him out of the circus. The rotten look is because he's looking for someone (namely Kamal and Gobinda).

    A thing I didn't take notice about until now is how the circus performers confront both American soldiers and German police officers to defend his [fake] colleague. Good teammates!

    On a sidenote, here's a bit of campy trivia: Prior to Octopussy, Kabir Bedi was considered a sex symbol on several European countries, especially Italy, France and Spain, where his performance as Sandokan, Emilio Salgari's mighty popular swashbuckling hero, on a RAI produced series made him an idol to both women and children. On a promotional visit to Spain, his presence caused a huge ruckus: hundreds of screaming ladies went to meet him at the Madrid-Barajas airport's parking lot, chanting "Sandokan, we want a child of yours!". The situation went so out of control that he decided to abandon his escorts and he escaped by jumping car by car, like a proper swashbuckling hero.
    Of course, this was a marketing ploy that turned into a popular urban legend (many people still believe it's factual) and nothing of this happened at all. By the time OP hit the silver screen, Bedi was still very famous there, but more as a cult actor between teenagers and geeks. But many people still remembers that occasion and should Bedi come on the screen on a film or on nostalgia TV show, many of them, especially men, still go "Oi, Sandokan, we want a child of yours!".
  • bigladiesmanbigladiesman
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    About Kristina Wayborn… She's quite a jack-of-all-trades, doesn't she? Model for Fabergé in her teenage years, Miss Scandinavia winner and Miss World finalist, animal trainer, jockey, race car driver, accomplished athlete that held the Swedish record of the 100 m. dash, fashion designer, Ingmar Bergman's alumnus and kind of an ambassador of the 007 Museum at Nybro, which happens to be her very hometown.
  • ToTheRightToTheRight
    Posts: 16,170
    Great comments, @bigladiesman. I always had a soft spot for OP, saw it in the cinema with my parents and it was our first VHS purchase a couple years later. Great memories.

    As today is my b-day and I'm as old as Roger Moore when he was in between Bonds (yet still years away from his MUPPET appearance) I'm suddenly in the mood for

    FOR YOUR EYES ONLY. The Bond he did after THE MUPPETS.

    Also today is Bill Conti's birthday as well.

  • ToTheRightToTheRight
    Posts: 16,170
    Here we go..........



    the whole point of watching this one
    A DRIVE IN THE COUNTRY!

    I 100% love this scene!
  • ToTheRightToTheRight
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    Michel Juillienne! Remy's son also appears in the PTS of TLD.
  • ToTheRightToTheRight
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    Carole Bouquet seems to break character before the shots cuts as Bond makes that legendary quip.
    Sir Roger must've been amazingly funny to be around on the Bond sets.
  • ToTheRightToTheRight
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    Kristatos gets emotions talking about Bibi's Gold Medal prospects.
  • ToTheRightToTheRight
    Posts: 16,170
    I love the ski lift bit. Great suspense buildup.
  • ToTheRightToTheRight
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    I love scenes where people grab grenades right before they explode.
  • bigladiesmanbigladiesman
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    ToTheRight wrote: »
    Great comments, @bigladiesman. I always had a soft spot for OP, saw it in the cinema with my parents and it was our first VHS purchase a couple years later. Great memories.

    As today is my b-day and I'm as old as Roger Moore when he was in between Bonds (yet still years away from his MUPPET appearance) I'm suddenly in the mood for

    FOR YOUR EYES ONLY. The Bond he did after THE MUPPETS.

    Also today is Bill Conti's birthday as well.

    My parents went to see OP with my mother pregnant of yours truly (she won't admit to remember it because she hates Roger, but my father says they did). It could have been my first Bond! I dunno if then they went to see NSNA with me (they saw it at the cinema, I asked and she has just comfirmed it): I was a month old, then.
  • bigladiesmanbigladiesman
    edited April 2022 Posts: 1,009
    OK, into NSNA we go. First think I noticed: that dear old chap Herb Alpert: Here's a man who got a thing both out of OP and NSNA: his own record company, A&M (Alpert & Moss), published the sountrack to OP, and even has its logo put on the ending credits. On NSNA, he plays the trumpet during the extended ending credits version of the main theme, performed by his wife, Lani Hall.
  • ToTheRightToTheRight
    Posts: 16,170
    As today is Dr Goodhead's birthday time for

    MOONRAKER.

    My weekend begins and I need some Sir Roger inspiration to make it thru the day.

    I love Barry's score during the PTS.

    Not sure how much commenting I'll do as I've been up all night.

  • ToTheRightToTheRight
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    The Blu-ray is amazing. Very rich in it's color timing.
  • ToTheRightToTheRight
    Posts: 16,170
    I never tire of the centrifuge scene.
    Lois Chiles is easily among my favorite Bond girls.
  • ToTheRightToTheRight
    Posts: 16,170
    Bond got destroyed.
  • ToTheRightToTheRight
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    I love the Venice section.
  • ToTheRightToTheRight
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    The infamous gondola chase. I like it!
  • ToTheRightToTheRight
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    Controversial opinion: I like the Chang fight just as much as the stairwell fight in CR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
    I should've saved that for the other thread.
    I'm half kidding actually. Ridiculous to compare the two.
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