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  • Bentley007Bentley007 Manitoba, Canada
    Posts: 575
    Wasn't the CIA character role male? Billy Magnussen was cast in the role.
    It said male and female during the casting call. Both agents. Then a henchwoman.
    That was the villain. If I recall. Unless I'm missing something that happened the past few weeks?


    Male villain. Female henchwoman.

    Two agents male and female. (CIA).

    I’ll try and find the article but that’s just what I saw online.

    Sorry #CASINOROYALE I didnt mean to doubt your post. I was more curious as I said I would prefer if the female agent was CIA over Mi6.
  • Posts: 416
    MaxCasino wrote: »
    Quick update of leaked info

    So what we know so far...

    Rami Malek 95% chance he’s the villain or in the film.

    Madeline probably dies.

    CIA is involved in this movie, they have a male and a female agent.

    There was a casting call for “two Bond girls”, plus we have Madeline so that’s three Bond girls?

    I would say there’s also a really good chance that the male CIA agent is working with the villain he’s a mole.

    Italy will be the Pre-Title sequence.

    Norway is the scene after the Pre-titles, they are planning on blowing up a building that’s a cottage. (Madeline and Bond get ambushed, Madeline dies, Bond escapes).

    Alleged title is “Eclipse”

    [\spoiler]


    What leaked info? You just repeated the stuff we already know!

    You don't have to be mean. He's proving that Barbara Broccoli is doing her job.

    Cannon believe people find qos a better made film than spectre. makes me laugh
  • jake24jake24 Sitting at your desk, kissing your lover, eating supper with your familyModerator
    Posts: 10,591
    Wasn't the CIA character role male? Billy Magnussen was cast in the role.
    It said male and female during the casting call. Both agents. Then a henchwoman.
    That was the villain. If I recall. Unless I'm missing something that happened the past few weeks?
    There was nothing about a henchwoman. A male CIA agent, A female MI6 agent, and a Camille-esque 'accomplice'. Not sure if they meant Bond's accomplice or the villain's.
  • ClarkDevlinClarkDevlin Martinis, Girls and Guns
    Posts: 15,423
    jake24 wrote: »
    Wasn't the CIA character role male? Billy Magnussen was cast in the role.
    It said male and female during the casting call. Both agents. Then a henchwoman.
    That was the villain. If I recall. Unless I'm missing something that happened the past few weeks?
    There was nothing about a henchwoman. A male CIA agent, A female MI6 agent, and a Camille-esque 'accomplice'. Not sure if they meant Bond's accomplice or the villain's.
    I really must have missed this article. I remember the male and female villain from last year, but nothing beyond that. Can anyone please direct me to it?
  • jake24jake24 Sitting at your desk, kissing your lover, eating supper with your familyModerator
    Posts: 10,591
    jake24 wrote: »
    Wasn't the CIA character role male? Billy Magnussen was cast in the role.
    It said male and female during the casting call. Both agents. Then a henchwoman.
    That was the villain. If I recall. Unless I'm missing something that happened the past few weeks?
    There was nothing about a henchwoman. A male CIA agent, A female MI6 agent, and a Camille-esque 'accomplice'. Not sure if they meant Bond's accomplice or the villain's.
    I really must have missed this article. I remember the male and female villain from last year, but nothing beyond that. Can anyone please direct me to it?

    Here it is:

    https://variety.com/2019/film/news/bond-25-cast-billy-magnussen-bond-girls-1203151088/
  • dominicgreenedominicgreene The Eternal QOS Defender
    edited March 2019 Posts: 1,756
    Gareth007 wrote: »
    barryt007 wrote: »
    @Gareth007fan SP car chase better then QOS car chase ?!

    Absolutely! QoS was more aggressive yes, but a bond film should have memorable car chases and Spctre was far more creative than the QoS chase. It had gadgets it felt more bondian. So if it's more bondian then to me it's a better car chase. QoS felt far more generic

    SP's car chase barely qualifies as a car chase. More of like a car tailing sequence but Hinx was enjoying it too much, and was probably too afraid scratching the car (he just patched up a few minor paint scratches for God sake!). It was basically a slightly more serious version of the Bond and Onatopp sequence in Goldeneye. Except Goldeneye's sequence fully fleshed out the playfulness of it. In SP, the tone changes quicker than a Bond fan's top 5 list.
  • DonnyDB5DonnyDB5 Buffalo, New York
    Posts: 1,755
    Gareth007 wrote: »
    barryt007 wrote: »
    @Gareth007fan SP car chase better then QOS car chase ?!

    Absolutely! QoS was more aggressive yes, but a bond film should have memorable car chases and Spctre was far more creative than the QoS chase. It had gadgets it felt more bondian. So if it's more bondian then to me it's a better car chase. QoS felt far more generic

    SP's car chase barely qualifies as a car chase. More of like a car tailing sequence but Hinx was enjoying it too much. It was basically a slightly more serious version of the Bond and Onatopp sequence in Goldeneye. Except Goldeneye's sequence fully fleshed out the playfulness of it. In SP, the tone changes quicker than a Bond fan's top 5 list.

    SP’s car chase had so much potential...
  • ClarkDevlinClarkDevlin Martinis, Girls and Guns
    Posts: 15,423
    jake24 wrote: »
    jake24 wrote: »
    Wasn't the CIA character role male? Billy Magnussen was cast in the role.
    It said male and female during the casting call. Both agents. Then a henchwoman.
    That was the villain. If I recall. Unless I'm missing something that happened the past few weeks?
    There was nothing about a henchwoman. A male CIA agent, A female MI6 agent, and a Camille-esque 'accomplice'. Not sure if they meant Bond's accomplice or the villain's.
    I really must have missed this article. I remember the male and female villain from last year, but nothing beyond that. Can anyone please direct me to it?
    Here it is:

    https://variety.com/2019/film/news/bond-25-cast-billy-magnussen-bond-girls-1203151088/
    Interesting development. Thanks, Jake.
  • edited March 2019 Posts: 416
    barryt007 wrote: »
    Remington wrote: »
    1. CR - love it.
    2. QOS - love it.
    3. SF - like it.
    4. SP - ugh.

    Spot on.

    +1

    How is QoS better than spectre and skyfall. QoS is utter rubbish. The writers strike effected the film so badly. It's so bad. So your saying QoS villian was better and more memorable than skyfall and spectre's. QoS is utterly forgettable and without a doubt the weakest one. Im glad theres people who enjoyed it, but I just know that it's the weakest.
  • ClarkDevlinClarkDevlin Martinis, Girls and Guns
    Posts: 15,423
    Gareth007 wrote: »
    barryt007 wrote: »
    Remington wrote: »
    1. CR - love it.
    2. QOS - love it.
    3. SF - like it.
    4. SP - ugh.

    Spot on.

    +1

    How is QoS better than spectre and skyfall. QoS is utter rubbish. The writers strike effected the film so badly. It's so bad.
    Simple. One film treated the plot like a mature spy thriller. The other two were just underdeveloped soap operas with pretentious action scenes.
  • JeremyBondonJeremyBondon Seeking out odd jobs with Oddjob @Tangier
    Posts: 1,318
    Gareth007 wrote: »
    barryt007 wrote: »
    Remington wrote: »
    1. CR - love it.
    2. QOS - love it.
    3. SF - like it.
    4. SP - ugh.

    Spot on.

    +1

    How is QoS better than spectre and skyfall. QoS is utter rubbish. The writers strike effected the film so badly. It's so bad. So your saying QoS villian was better and more memorable than skyfall and spectre's. QoS is utterly forgettable and without a doubt the weakest one. Im glad theres people who enjoyed it, but I just know that it's the weakest.

    Agree, QoS is forgettable and horribly edited.
  • matt_umatt_u better known as Mr. Roark
    Posts: 4,343
    Gareth007 wrote: »
    barryt007 wrote: »
    Remington wrote: »
    1. CR - love it.
    2. QOS - love it.
    3. SF - like it.
    4. SP - ugh.

    Spot on.

    +1

    How is QoS better than spectre and skyfall. QoS is utter rubbish. The writers strike effected the film so badly. It's so bad.
    Simple. One film treated the plot like a mature spy thriller. The other two were just underdeveloped soap operas with pretentious action scenes.

    That feels like an over simplification... but is not the right thread to dive into this...
  • edited March 2019 Posts: 416
    Gareth007 wrote: »
    barryt007 wrote: »
    Remington wrote: »
    1. CR - love it.
    2. QOS - love it.
    3. SF - like it.
    4. SP - ugh.

    Spot on.

    +1

    How is QoS better than spectre and skyfall. QoS is utter rubbish. The writers strike effected the film so badly. It's so bad. So your saying QoS villian was better and more memorable than skyfall and spectre's. QoS is utterly forgettable and without a doubt the weakest one. Im glad theres people who enjoyed it, but I just know that it's the weakest.

    Agree, QoS is forgettable and horribly edited.

    Yes, I'm glad you and some others agree with me. I don't want to sound mean to those who really enjoy it, because im happy for them in all honesty, but even Spectre's opening alone is far better than QoS's opening car chase. The writers strike effected that movie unfortunately, but I think the director's taste was not well suited either. Thanks for your thoughts on this too ;) I'll go back on topic now, as this is about bond 25, but just wanted to mention this after seeing so much love for QoS. It's very interesting though how others view the film though. When you mentioned the horrible editing, I cannot remember where it was in the film, but there's a moment when the film seems to jump to a scene that feels very disjointed. Can you remember what scene im trying to think of ?
  • Posts: 3,276
    Gareth007 wrote: »
    barryt007 wrote: »
    Remington wrote: »
    1. CR - love it.
    2. QOS - love it.
    3. SF - like it.
    4. SP - ugh.

    Spot on.

    +1

    How is QoS better than spectre and skyfall. QoS is utter rubbish. The writers strike effected the film so badly. It's so bad.
    Simple. One film treated the plot like a mature spy thriller. The other two were just underdeveloped soap operas with pretentious action scenes.

    Oh, man. These are three entirely different movies. QoS being a fastpaced rollercoasterride with Bourne-elements, the next a redemption movie with more focus on drama and less focus on action, and the latest a long poorly written "tick off all the boxes"-effort. To each his own. I prefer the Bond movies not directed by Mendes.
  • ClarkDevlinClarkDevlin Martinis, Girls and Guns
    Posts: 15,423
    Zekidk wrote: »
    Gareth007 wrote: »
    barryt007 wrote: »
    Remington wrote: »
    1. CR - love it.
    2. QOS - love it.
    3. SF - like it.
    4. SP - ugh.

    Spot on.

    +1

    How is QoS better than spectre and skyfall. QoS is utter rubbish. The writers strike effected the film so badly. It's so bad.
    Simple. One film treated the plot like a mature spy thriller. The other two were just underdeveloped soap operas with pretentious action scenes.

    Oh, man. These are three entirely different movies. QoS being a fastpaced rollercoasterride with Bourne-elements, the next a redemption movie with more focus on drama and less focus on action, and the latest a long poorly written "tick off all the boxes"-effort. To each his own. I prefer the Bond movies not directed by Mendes.
    I can live without the Mendes-directed films, honestly.
  • edited March 2019 Posts: 416
    Gareth007 wrote: »
    barryt007 wrote: »
    Remington wrote: »
    1. CR - love it.
    2. QOS - love it.
    3. SF - like it.
    4. SP - ugh.

    Spot on.

    +1

    How is QoS better than spectre and skyfall. QoS is utter rubbish. The writers strike effected the film so badly. It's so bad.
    Simple. One film treated the plot like a mature spy thriller. The other two were just underdeveloped soap operas with pretentious action scenes.

    Spectre and skyfall had far better editing and memorable moments though. QoS felt like a generic action film to me. Utterly forgettable villian, horrible editing, poor theme, not to mention the camera work. Then don't get me started on the copying scene from goldfinger with fields death. So uninspiring. Like they run out of ideas with that film. The plot was so week too. At leask spectre had interesting ideas, like when the plane smashing through the wooden hut, or the helicopter scene that spirals. Thats the kind of things you want in a bond film, not just generic action with nothing to stand out. Thats what makes bondian action memorable and unique to generic action movies out there. I suppose you cannot please everyone though and people will view films different to others.
  • NS_writingsNS_writings Buenos Aires
    Posts: 544
    Gareth007 wrote: »
    Gareth007 wrote: »
    barryt007 wrote: »
    Remington wrote: »
    1. CR - love it.
    2. QOS - love it.
    3. SF - like it.
    4. SP - ugh.

    Spot on.

    +1

    How is QoS better than spectre and skyfall. QoS is utter rubbish. The writers strike effected the film so badly. It's so bad. So your saying QoS villian was better and more memorable than skyfall and spectre's. QoS is utterly forgettable and without a doubt the weakest one. Im glad theres people who enjoyed it, but I just know that it's the weakest.

    Agree, QoS is forgettable and horribly edited.

    Yes, I'm glad you and some others agree with me. I don't want to sound mean to those who really enjoy it, because im happy for them in all honesty, but even Spectre's opening alone is far better than QoS's opening car chase. The writers strike effected that movie unfortunately, but I think the director's taste was not well suited either. It had some bad luck and choices made it pretty poor. Thanks for your thoughts on this too ;)

    Recently, I came to appreciate QOS a lot more in terms of story. I think that with a little twist and with Greene being stronger and imposing the film could have been much better than Skyfall. But, honestly, I can't forgive the shakey cam editing, the unbondian main title sequence and the rushed gunbarrel at the end. In that sense, Skyfall wins. But when I think the main villain just wants to kill an old lady and that's just the dream of his life, well, I have to say SPECTRE beats both of them by a million miles.
  • ClarkDevlinClarkDevlin Martinis, Girls and Guns
    Posts: 15,423
    Gareth007 wrote: »
    Gareth007 wrote: »
    barryt007 wrote: »
    Remington wrote: »
    1. CR - love it.
    2. QOS - love it.
    3. SF - like it.
    4. SP - ugh.

    Spot on.

    +1

    How is QoS better than spectre and skyfall. QoS is utter rubbish. The writers strike effected the film so badly. It's so bad.
    Simple. One film treated the plot like a mature spy thriller. The other two were just underdeveloped soap operas with pretentious action scenes.

    Spectre and skyfall had far better editing and memorable moments though. QoS felt like a generic action film to me. Utterly forgettable villian, horrible editing, poor theme, not to mention the camera work. Then don't get me started on the copying scene from goldfinger with fields death. So uninspiring. Like they run out of ideas with that film.
    Mendes copied far more scenes from the old Bond films, constantly relying on hamfested homages to past entries. The editing may not be well in QoS, but the film sure is fully contained with believable durability of man on a mission. Dominic Greene may not be your regular scarred comic book villain, but he was a damn good villain when provoked. The type Peter Lorre would've played. That psychotic smile of his alone speaks volumes about him and how much of a sadistic man he was deep inside, unlike Silva who put on monkey business constantly grinning like an idiot with a very simple revenge mantra going around his head. Blofeld, now, was totally utterly bland, much to the actor's dismay. QoS, with the writer's strike pinnacle, had much more to demonstrate thanks to the direction and the performance given by cast members than the pretentious SF and SP did in a two and half hour runtime trying to display themselves as "intellectual films", only to shoot themselves in the foot.
  • Posts: 416
    Gareth007 wrote: »
    Gareth007 wrote: »
    barryt007 wrote: »
    Remington wrote: »
    1. CR - love it.
    2. QOS - love it.
    3. SF - like it.
    4. SP - ugh.

    Spot on.

    +1

    How is QoS better than spectre and skyfall. QoS is utter rubbish. The writers strike effected the film so badly. It's so bad. So your saying QoS villian was better and more memorable than skyfall and spectre's. QoS is utterly forgettable and without a doubt the weakest one. Im glad theres people who enjoyed it, but I just know that it's the weakest.

    Agree, QoS is forgettable and horribly edited.

    Yes, I'm glad you and some others agree with me. I don't want to sound mean to those who really enjoy it, because im happy for them in all honesty, but even Spectre's opening alone is far better than QoS's opening car chase. The writers strike effected that movie unfortunately, but I think the director's taste was not well suited either. It had some bad luck and choices made it pretty poor. Thanks for your thoughts on this too ;)

    Recently, I came to appreciate QOS a lot more in terms of story. I think that with a little twist and with Greene being stronger and imposing the film could have been much better than Skyfall. But, honestly, I can't forgive the shakey cam editing, the unbondian main title sequence and the rushed gunbarrel at the end. In that sense, Skyfall wins. But when I think the main villain just wants to kill an old lady and that's just the dream of his life, well, I have to say SPECTRE beats both of them by a million miles.

    Yeah I agree, but i did love the fact that the villian worked at mi6 and i loved the danger m was under and bond having to protect her. I loved the ending to skyfall though.
  • Posts: 416
    Let's get back on topic now with BOND 25.
  • Jordo007Jordo007 Merseyside
    Posts: 2,641
    Thanks @Pierce2Daniel for the info.

    Wonder what the next bit of news will be?
  • Posts: 9,847
    likely the title which I don't believe we know
  • Posts: 416
    Risico007 wrote: »
    likely the title which I don't believe we know

    I agree. I hope it's next week or before the 5th when they begin filming.
  • Posts: 4,619
    Gareth007 wrote: »
    Risico007 wrote: »
    likely the title which I don't believe we know

    I agree. I hope it's next week or before the 5th when they begin filming.
    For your information, they begin filming in 4 days, NOT on the 5th of April.
  • ClarkDevlinClarkDevlin Martinis, Girls and Guns
    Posts: 15,423
    Can’t wait to see them officially announce the film. It’s been too long. The closer we get, the farther it feels.
  • Posts: 9,847
    actually 3 days but whose counting
  • ThunderfingerThunderfinger Das Boot Hill
    edited March 2019 Posts: 45,489
    Gareth007 wrote: »
    Risico007 wrote: »
    likely the title which I don't believe we know

    I agree. I hope it's next week or before the 5th when they begin filming.
    For your information, they begin filming in 4 days, NOT on the 5th of April.

    Yes, filming in Norway is scheduled to 25th March-2nd April, a day or two longer than previously stated. Have not heard of any other locations than Hakadal and Lutvann so far. Peculiar.
  • WalecsWalecs On Her Majesty's Secret Service
    Posts: 3,157
    Gareth007 wrote: »
    barryt007 wrote: »
    Remington wrote: »
    1. CR - love it.
    2. QOS - love it.
    3. SF - like it.
    4. SP - ugh.

    Spot on.

    +1

    How is QoS better than spectre and skyfall. QoS is utter rubbish. The writers strike effected the film so badly. It's so bad.
    Simple. One film treated the plot like a mature spy thriller. The other two were just underdeveloped soap operas with pretentious action scenes.

    +1

    Just compare Quantum and SPECTRE meetings, the former actually feels real, the latter is plain stupid. Why would so many people show up at the biggest criminal organization with their boss revealing himself so easily?

    Not to mention brother gate and the anticlimatic London finale. Ugh.

    Also, I will always prefer a Bond film over a Scooby Gang film.
    Zekidk wrote: »
    Gareth007 wrote: »
    barryt007 wrote: »
    Remington wrote: »
    1. CR - love it.
    2. QOS - love it.
    3. SF - like it.
    4. SP - ugh.

    Spot on.

    +1

    How is QoS better than spectre and skyfall. QoS is utter rubbish. The writers strike effected the film so badly. It's so bad.
    Simple. One film treated the plot like a mature spy thriller. The other two were just underdeveloped soap operas with pretentious action scenes.

    Oh, man. These are three entirely different movies. QoS being a fastpaced rollercoasterride with Bourne-elements, the next a redemption movie with more focus on drama and less focus on action, and the latest a long poorly written "tick off all the boxes"-effort. To each his own. I prefer the Bond movies not directed by Mendes.

    Yeah, that pretty much summarizes SPECTRE.
  • dominicgreenedominicgreene The Eternal QOS Defender
    edited March 2019 Posts: 1,756
    Mendes copied far more scenes from the old Bond films, constantly relying on hamfested homages to past entries. The editing may not be well in QoS, but the film sure is fully contained with believable durability of man on a mission. Dominic Greene may not be your regular scarred comic book villain, but he was a damn good villain when provoked. The type Peter Lorre would've played. That psychotic smile of his alone speaks volumes about him and how much of a sadistic man he was deep inside, unlike Silva who put on monkey business constantly grinning like an idiot with a very simple revenge mantra going around his head. Blofeld, now, was totally utterly bland, much to the actor's dismay. QoS, with the writer's strike pinnacle, had much more to demonstrate thanks to the direction and the performance given by cast members than the pretentious SF and SP did in a two and half hour runtime trying to display themselves as "intellectual films", only to shoot themselves in the foot.

    +1, very eloquently put.

  • edited March 2019 Posts: 416
    Love it or hate it. But let me know what your thoughts are :) Exited.
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