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Well done :))
How pathetic do you have to be to give praise to your own post...
I agree. Kick him out!
I didn't realize there were gongs during the Bond safebreaking/Campbell sequence, and also there were thwangy/rope noises just after the birds harass Campbell.
Poor Campbell.
But, it's Lois Maxwell who looked older than Roger Moore, Moore looked younger than Lois Maxwell, even the voice, she sounded a lot more older than Moore.
I watched Moonraker and she looked Moore's older sister.
Connery’s performance … it really is something. I’m not sure I’ve ever seen a major movie star phone in to such a degree.
I retrospectively feel bad for all the support players who enthusiastically dive into what is probably the dumbest Bond narrative, only to be stone-walled by Connery’s blank expression. Must’ve been a dispiriting shoot.
I don’t know what happened between TB and YOLT - was this when Sean started falling out with Cubby?
Even more amazing than Sean’s utterly comatose performance is the fact they asked him back for DAF (where he was thankfully more than a walking corpse).
Box office always wins I suppose.
Although I disagree, a disinterested performance is still the worst that an actor could give, any actor.
If an actor was engaged in an performance then that's the best.
So, no, Lazenby's engaged in the role, Connery still gave his mediocre performance in it, even Moore in AVTAK was still better than Connery in YOLT.
The emphasis is on the gadgets, action and sets, with fewer interesting performers to play off of. The volcano base should get its own co-star credit. So there's just not that much for Connery's Bond to do except to move from action scene to action scene, vehicle to vehicle. There are some good moments such as the Henderson interaction, the scene in Osato's office and the charming of Ms. Brandt in her cabin that evoke the classic Connery Bond. It also didn't help transforming him into a Japanese fisherman for part of the film.
The pursuit to film OHMSS obstructed by weather and other conflicts. And the zenith of Bond mania had TB driving the next Bond movie content over how to best film an available Fleming novel. That must have been disappointing.
And with Connery's performance, his dissatisfaction for not being a true partner in it all or even properly compensated. Then the Japan experience with their brash and at times insulting media attention during filming. Maybe even culture shock for a Scot suddenly injected into Japan.
To be fair to Roald Dahl, by that point the boardroom style of script development seems to be in full force. He absorbed a lot of content with items from the novel alongside Little Nellie, Q showing up on site, more. That goes back to the producers I'm thinking. And overall unfortunately absent the necessary OHMSS backstory.
Quite a confluence. Over the years I've taken the point as awesome as it was the DB5 ejector seat triggered what came with TB and after for good and bad. There's truth in that. The films at times become an assembly of interesting parts, seeking approval.
I actually don't have a problem with Connery's performance, at the same time there's a noticeable change of course going on.
The advertising of the film emphasized Connery going so far to declare Sean Connery IS James Bond. I think Connery is the least of the issues with this film. The wardrobe is a bit suspect for Bond. Connery looks less than stellar and the suits don't look as clean or as proper as previous films. The turning Japanese section of the film hasn't aged well and is really needed. Lots of time spent on a fake wedding. I would have rather that go towards some character development or some more scenes between Blofeld and Bond in the volcano.
Re: Connery and his YOLT wardrobe, he ate well 1964-67 and a certain flabbiness is apparent. All the bedroom / bathing scenes are strictly chest-up.
By DAF it’s all over, red rover. Unlike today’s elfin, waifish men, Connery looked 40 when he was 30 (and still handsome).
At one point Bond scoffs “ninjas?” to Tanaka. I don’t think he was acting, ha ha.
I don’t think he cared for the script at all, but if various accounts of Connery the person are true, then his perception of injustice regarding his compensation would’ve absolutely ate at him from within and killed his enthusiasm for Bond outright.
At least until he was made a godfather offer for DAF.
This was played out in Goldeneye, but instead it's just a fellow 00 agent who's the same age as Bond himself and a friend.
I think they've used some of that draft in Skyfall with Silva, a former 00 agent, veteran, older than Bond who went rogue (the only thing that's missing was him being Bond's mentor).
What do you think about this?
I've just noticed it.
Looking into the Thunderballs site looking for Behind the scenes photos of each Bond film, just noticed that they're (Maurice Binder) using real nude women for Title Sequences!
Edit: for NSFW, I didn't showed it as an image or picture in this forum, you can just open those links if you want 😊 Thank you! These pictures were including sensitive contents!
The Man With The Golden Gun (1974)
1. https://static.wixstatic.com/media/31b808_a0d1851c2cf44167b30ebc2ee2162a37~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_640,h_896,al_c,q_85,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_auto/31b808_a0d1851c2cf44167b30ebc2ee2162a37~mv2.jpg
2. https://static.wixstatic.com/media/31b808_cd4edccfdec84136afa89d33cbb59ff3~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_640,h_896,al_c,q_85,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_auto/31b808_cd4edccfdec84136afa89d33cbb59ff3~mv2.jpg
3.
https://static.wixstatic.com/media/31b808_b4799b8723a5400caa1eacd210ff0ace~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_640,h_896,al_c,q_85,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_auto/31b808_b4799b8723a5400caa1eacd210ff0ace~mv2.jpg
4. https://static.wixstatic.com/media/31b808_cc23d01346b740529be713866ee60730~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_640,h_896,al_c,q_85,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_auto/31b808_cc23d01346b740529be713866ee60730~mv2.jpg
5. https://static.wixstatic.com/media/31b808_e2474e5a56634df283e6f34dc2de4bbd~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_640,h_896,al_c,q_85,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_auto/31b808_e2474e5a56634df283e6f34dc2de4bbd~mv2.jpg
The Spy Who Loved Me (1977)
1. https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52678229152_ce46a7ac6b_b.jpg
2. https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52678741731_1247bb0cc9_b.jpg
A View To A Kill (1985)
1. https://static.wixstatic.com/media/31b808_9ca7d77746b3467b8a51a3e721762c90~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_640,h_438,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_auto/31b808_9ca7d77746b3467b8a51a3e721762c90~mv2.jpg
Never thought of these before, they've really done it!
Oh, Maurice Binder! 😆
I liked that the franchise had already moved on from these kind of set ups, and I think that makes it for the better.
These kind of set ups were for me, so much prone to sexual assaults 😅.
To be honest, seeing these pictures leaves a bit of bad taste in my mouth really, like everytime I'm seeing those Binder sequences, I may be thinking of the process that he'd done.
Now that's something we have no knowledge yet. 😅
But like what I've said in the former post, these set ups were probably more prone to sexual assaults, so possibly, when some of them didn't speak because of bribe or maybe the fear of speaking up, it's not impossible to happen, given what situation they're in.
It may have turned good on screen, but the process of making it, let's say, didn't aged well.
That's quite a bit sensitive 😅 .....
But they could wear something like tight skin colored bodysuit right?
Or something like a morph suit.
Look at this: https://google.com/search?q=tight+skin+colored+bodysuit&client=tablet-android-samsung&prmd=sivn&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiQ89Odr4r9AhXb3GEKHU8KBHMQ_AUoAnoECAIQAg&biw=600&bih=1024&dpr=1#imgrc=B6m-_c6eSt48FM
Why bare nude?
Yes, it needs to be an art to the point of putting a Vaseline on your ***** and brush it :)) :)) :))
I don't think they had skin coloured body suits or morph suits back in the 70's or 80's.
As for being sensitive, I don't think it can be, if you yourself post the link to the image,