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Like I said, you can believe what you like. The fact is, the 60's Bond movies were really ground breaking and truly original in story and scope when they first came out. They really ushered in the Action Movie genre. Now they're all "trends" (as you call it)/"rip offs" of each other competing studios. Cause Hollywood is completely out of original ideas.
It's not about believing as much as facts in case you don't know "from Russia with love" had a lot influence from " North by NorthWest" . Every film takes inspiration from somewhere either it's from books or other films.
Inspiration is good defense for the Intellectual Property rights violators.
Call it whatever you want but I just responded about what you said about 60s era having originality and others as well.
Not really, You're just too "programmed" by today's Hollywood/Media to think everything is a copy of something and that's ok, status quo, and originality is not needed. You must enjoy the Hollywood "let's remake everything". Just to keep the $'s rollin' in with the current generation. Hence your handle "Resurrection" :>)
Comes from someone who didn't Know much about (60s which you so humbly said originality also had rip-off scenes or 90s where they shot scenes completely real) or any era of bond or action films. You said CR bathroom fight was a rip-off if that's the way Everytime someone shoot an action scene in bathroom it will be true lies rip off and had more energy to it with B & W/bond was fighting one man instead of three not much of a gunfire either/Card games were only lasted for 30 mins If you want real action films without card games then you should look for films like zero dark thirty or Jason Bourne not bond because you are looking at the wrong place anyways.
No need to babble on bud. Take a deep breath, and relax. Discussion has gone way off topic.
For once I agree with you, there is no need for this.
Agreed. Good sharing a difference of opinion with you. Have a great weekend.
Worst is probably YOLT.
least favourites: YOLT, LALD and TWINE because they should have put the boat chase after the title sequence
Least Favorite: You Only Live Twice
Least favourite PTS changes too but probably AVTAK at the moment.
Interesting how little people seem to like YOLT’s one. I agree the shooting-in-the-bed bit is rubbish but I do quite like the capture of the spacecraft, it’s nicely eerie. I think it;s also the first time we see the trope of a big thing opening up to swallow another thing, like a snake swallowing an egg. Stromberg’s Liparus is another example but I think YOLT is the first?
1) TLD - A solid start to Dalton’s tenure. It’s not everyday you’re clinging to the roof of an out of control Range Rover that’s been hijacked with explosives in the back before parachuting to safety and landing on a yacht
2) GE - Brosnan arrives in style and gets a quip in.
3) OHMSS - "This never happened to the other fella."
4) CR - The black and white background adds a noir style atmosphere and Craig is ice cold in his execution of Dryden.
5) LTK - Dalton doing his own stunts = win.
Least Favourite Pre-Title Sequences:
1) TB - Connery didn’t look overly enthused when he put on the jetpack.
2) AVTAK - The Beach Boys? Really?
3) DAF - So basically Bond kills a fake Blofeld
4) TWINE - The boat chase is impressive, but it goes on way too long.
5) TMWTGG - No Bond!
GF
OHMSS
TMWTGG
MR
TLD
Least Favorite PTS
DAF
LTK
TWINE
DAD
QOS
Least Favorite PTS
1. MR
2. TND
3. OP
4. GE
5. LTK
Least Favorite PTS
- SP
- LALD
- CR
- QoS
- TB
DAF is my least favourite - the PTS feels like a betrayal after OHMSS, even with Connery's return.
I’ve seen Spy so many times on the small screen, to see it on the big screen was amazing.
The sky jump got a loud cheer and round of applause. An electric Bond moment for sure.
My second-favorite is in one of my least-favorite films, MR. Without Jaws' flapping, that PTS would beat TSWLM.
My least is probably the Bond-less LALD, followed by the boring TND and busy DAD.
I'd guess YOLT gets crap because the fake death is so incredibly stupid. I mean, it absolutely works as a scene by itself, but once you're into the movie, and certainly upon repeated viewings, you just think "none of this makes any sense whatsoever".
It also makes absolutely zero logical sense for the cigar girl to be there with a machine gun.
That's an interesting observation. I've never really thought about the action sequences like that, but I'll be on the lookout for it next time I watch.
Totally agree re YOLT. There is no part of that PTS that can be explain in any logical way; I tried to when watching the film with my 11yr old son for the first time a few weeks ago.
- Who are they trying to fool with the bed shooting scene? There must be some reason behind putting on this act rather than simply holding the funeral.
- Who is shooting him and how do they know to arrive just at that point?
- How do the police arrive immediately afterwards?
- Why is there blood on the bedsheets?
- Why does Bond actually seem to be dead, well enough to convince the policemen?
- Why actually have Bond inside the bodybag and sent underwater at the funeral, rather than simply burying a weighted item that resembles a body?
Sorry but it really is utter rubbish from start to finish. Much like the multiple continuity errors and illogicalities in DAF, you wonder how these moments actually made it into the finished film without anyone questioning them.
The best? TLD or GE followed by TSWLM
If I had to pick one that does the least to get me pumped for the film ahead, I'd say LALD and how it simply shows three no-name agents getting offed in not particularly exciting ways. The best of the three is probably the guy who gets pecked on the cheek by a rubber snake, still...not really what I expect of a PTS.
LALD's PTS was atmospheric, intriguing, and a perfect mood-setter for the oddly satisfactory supernatural tinge of the film. Bond's mysterious absence (especially while introducing a new Bond) fit perfectly well with the tone of the film. It also led perfectly into one of the best title songs of the series. I don't need to see Bond in THIS PTS for it to work.