The Award Winning : 'Bond...comments while you watch...'

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  • NickTwentyTwoNickTwentyTwo Vancouver, BC, Canada
    edited February 2020 Posts: 7,553
    ToTheRight wrote: »
    Leave it to me, Sir..................
    Kim Fortune is killed.................only to be horrifically killed again the next film.

    Is that really his name?

    EDIT: Ah it's the actors name; great name. And he's in Moonraker again? Cool, I'll have to keep an eye out for him.
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    ToTheRight wrote: »
    Leave it to me, Sir..................
    Kim Fortune is killed.................only to be horrifically killed again the next film.

    Is that really his name?

    EDIT: Ah it's the actors name; great name. And he's in Moonraker again? Cool, I'll have to keep an eye out for him.

    @NickTwentyTwo


    He's the co-pilot in the PTS.

    "Just trust the RAF, Sir".


    At the end of SPY now.

    Jaws takes a swim and Anya has a change of heart.
    Sounds like Roger's voice cracks when he says: " In my country , Major..................."

    unless that's a jump in the sound editing.

    I love the Broadway musical chorus style rendition of Nobody Does It Better.
    I'd only accept that in a Roger film, though as it is pretty silly.

    Great viewing of this one. Keeps it's firm place in my top 5.
  • LeonardPineLeonardPine The Bar on the Beach
    Posts: 4,016
    ToTheRight wrote: »
    Of the Bond actors we've seen in the Naval uniform, I always felt Sir Roger looked the best. He really rocks that uniform.

    It suited Sir Rog the best.

    Surprisingly I thought Brosnan just looked ridiculous in it.
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    ToTheRight wrote: »
    Of the Bond actors we've seen in the Naval uniform, I always felt Sir Roger looked the best. He really rocks that uniform.

    It suited Sir Rog the best.

    Surprisingly I thought Brosnan just looked ridiculous in it.

    His hair looked a bit long in that film for the uniform.
  • LeonardPineLeonardPine The Bar on the Beach
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    Birdleson wrote: »
    After nearly four decades of it being my least favorite PTS, I’m actually beginning to enjoy the opening of OP.

    Why is it your least favourite out of interest?

    Personally it's right up there with the best IMO. Really well edited and technically excellent. The hanger explosion is fantastic and makes SP's 'record breaking' one look pretty ordinary.

    The Acrostar was the 'Little Nellie' of the Moore era!
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    The term "mini Bond movie" has been used frequently to describe some of the pts. And I just think OP opener fits this description well. Nothing to do with the main plot, Bond on a mission, much like GF and, 007 using his initiative to turn the tables on his captors and complete the assignment. Yes, I get the rather cringey mugging to the two soldiers about Bianca, but at least it doesn't end on too silly a note. But in the end, as Leonardpine says, it's technically excellent and just great fun!
  • NickTwentyTwoNickTwentyTwo Vancouver, BC, Canada
    edited March 2020 Posts: 7,553
    Starting a watch of GoldenEye, I'll make some comments while I go through it, and I'll let everyone know if the Canadian version of GoldenEye cuts out the Xenia punch as well.

    Having made my way here through a marathon of all Bond films, for me this gunbarrel is very impactful. Serra's music is welcome to my ears (though I realize not all), transitioning into a very smooth Bond theme. Animated gunbarrel animation, Brosnan, just love it.

    Comments will likely be sporatic as I'm watching the films for a project I'm working on, so there will be a lot of pausing and researching.
  • NickTwentyTwoNickTwentyTwo Vancouver, BC, Canada
    edited March 2020 Posts: 7,553
    "Too easy." Bond knows something is up and this more or less confirms that 006 and Orumov were in cahoots from the beginning. My thought here is that Ourumov and Alec planned an easy way to get Bond and Trev into the gas tanks room where they could stage their "execution".
    "Half of everything is luck, James." "And the other half?" "Fate."
  • NickTwentyTwoNickTwentyTwo Vancouver, BC, Canada
    Posts: 7,553
    Oh, and Ourumov is a colonel in the PTS, didn't know that.

    My assumption here is there is leeway in the "no multiposting" rule in this thread due to the nature of it, but if I'm wrong, someone come in here and shut me up.
  • NickTwentyTwoNickTwentyTwo Vancouver, BC, Canada
    Posts: 7,553
    Gotta love how Q spends all sorts of time talking about the Z3 which never gets used in the film... and spends no time at all talking about his incredible watch laser... Weird!

    I can confirm that in the Canadian editions of GoldenEye does not show Xenia getting knocked out: we get a zoomed-in Bond as well.
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    I'm watching OHMMS right now and realized that there's a question that's been tickling me for EONs ( 8-} ) and never dared to ask. It's about Campbell: while in the novel it's crystal clear he’s an MI6 agent, I feel that in the movie he works for Draco, but I'm not sure at all.
    Is there an actual and accepted quorum about his involvement on Bond's mission?
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    After a lengthy break (at least for me), time to get back to my main man Bond.

    As of now I'm still working . No lay off for me at the moment. However this is my day off, and I have some time to enjoy 007.

    Timothy's birthday is tomorrow so I'm going with

    LICENCE TO KILL

    I love this PTS.

    Felix running in slow motion is funny.

    Bond's wedding hat gets a bullet hole. I remember those gunshots being extremely loud in the cinema.

    I've always liked Kamen's rendition of the Bond theme. Good stuff here.
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    Bond pronounces "Della" as Deller.
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    The Felix torture scene is reasonably intense .

    Sneaky Bond. I love this section where Bond is snooping around the warehouse and gets caught.

    The Krest Warehouse fight is great.
  • NickTwentyTwoNickTwentyTwo Vancouver, BC, Canada
    edited March 2020 Posts: 7,553
    ToTheRight wrote: »
    Bond pronounces "Della" as Deller.

    Seems to me (and I don't know if you're british or not, so forgive me), but the british accent has a connecting R that appears between two words which would otherwise be connected by vowels.
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    I want sharks to make a comeback to the Bond series.
    Ah, The M sequence.

    The Hemingway House. I should pop in TO HAVE AND HAVE NOT sometime soon and get my Bogie/Bacall fix.

    Controversial opinion: Dalton's hair looks far worse here than it does in the casino.

    Lupe is one of my favorite Bond girls.
  • NickTwentyTwoNickTwentyTwo Vancouver, BC, Canada
    Posts: 7,553
    I'm watching OHMMS right now and realized that there's a question that's been tickling me for EONs ( 8-} ) and never dared to ask. It's about Campbell: while in the novel it's crystal clear he’s an MI6 agent, I feel that in the movie he works for Draco, but I'm not sure at all.
    Is there an actual and accepted quorum about his involvement on Bond's mission?

    Seems like in the film he does work for Draco, as Bond's involvement in Bedlam is totally outside of MI6. Therefore, they probably wouldn't give him any agents to help on his mission.
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    Bond pulls Lupe by the hair.

    I like it better when Connery pulls Grant's contact by the hair in FRWL.
    Reminds me of the humanized Clark Kent getting pulled by the hair in SUPERMAN II.

    Speaking of hair, Dalton's double during the underwater sequence is missing the sideburns.
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    I like the back projection behind Tim as he fights the pilot.

    Here we go................my favorite scene in the series............

    The Barrelhead bar.

    Dirty Love!

    Pam Bouvier is also one of my favorite Bond girls.
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    ToTheRight wrote: »
    Bond pronounces "Della" as Deller.

    Seems to me (and I don't know if you're british or not, so forgive me), but the british accent has a connecting R that appears between two words which would otherwise be connected by vowels.

    Interesting. I never realized that.
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    Oddly enough I also love the back projection behind Bond and Pam in the boat.
    This is actually one of my favorite little scenes in the film: Bond and Pam negotiating her fee.
  • edited March 2020 Posts: 16,169
    The host that leads Bond and Pam into the casino is balding, yet wears a mullet.
    I have a friend with a similar hairstyle who is a musician. I always thought he should call his band "The Receding Mullets".
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    I love the camera pan up on Lupe.
    I never tire of this Bond film. I should really have it ranked higher than I do.
    This could possibly be my most watched film in the series.
  • NickTwentyTwoNickTwentyTwo Vancouver, BC, Canada
    edited March 2020 Posts: 7,553
    I think, having been on a marathon of all Bond films, I'm finding that Pam is also one of my favourite Bond girls as well.

    One part of this film I absolutely hate is Dalton's double take to Pam when she comes in after Bond sends her out to buy some 'proper clothes' in Isthmus, and she walks in as Bond's secretary. So wildly overdramatic and terribly delivered. Otherwise, love this film. :P
  • NickTwentyTwoNickTwentyTwo Vancouver, BC, Canada
    Posts: 7,553
    ToTheRight wrote: »
    The host that leads Bond and Pam into the casino is balding, yet wears a mullet.
    I have a friend with a similar hairstyle who is a musician. I always thought he should call his band "The Receding Mullets".

    It's called a skullet! lol
  • edited March 2020 Posts: 16,169
    I think, having been on a marathon of all Bond films, I'm finding that Pam is also one of my favourite Bond girls as well.

    One part of this film I absolutely hate is Dalton's double take to Pam when she comes in after Bond sends her out to buy some 'proper clothes' in Isthmus, and she walks in as Bond's secretary. So wildly overdramatic and terribly delivered. Otherwise, love this film. :P

    Tim's facial expression is pretty funny in that shot. He probably didn't intend it to be so.
    ToTheRight wrote: »
    The host that leads Bond and Pam into the casino is balding, yet wears a mullet.
    I have a friend with a similar hairstyle who is a musician. I always thought he should call his band "The Receding Mullets".

    It's called a skullet! lol

    Good one!
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    Krest's head blows up.
    I actually prefer the original U.S. edit of this scene where it cuts just as his head is expanding.
    Last time I watched this film with my girlfriend, she laughed her ass of at this scene due to the special effect shot of his bloody head hitting the glass.
    Now whenever I watch this I start laughing here.
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    The legendary Wayne Newton.
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    Another fun go 'round with this film. Always been partial to this one.
  • LeonardPineLeonardPine The Bar on the Beach
    edited March 2020 Posts: 4,016
    I think, having been on a marathon of all Bond films, I'm finding that Pam is also one of my favourite Bond girls as well.

    One part of this film I absolutely hate is Dalton's double take to Pam when she comes in after Bond sends her out to buy some 'proper clothes' in Isthmus, and she walks in as Bond's secretary. So wildly overdramatic and terribly delivered. Otherwise, love this film. :P

    Tim's performance is one of the criticism's i have with this film. In some parts he really overacts. His acting was much more natural in TLD.
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