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  • SIS_HQSIS_HQ At the Vauxhall Headquarters
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    ToTheRight wrote: »
    So I had to compare and I've popped in my white art cover Connery colection DVD.
    I'm comparing the Tiffany seduction scene, which is considerably brighter on the DVD.
    Bond doesn't wear his Rolex in bed with Tiffany.
    I think he wears his DR NO dress watch later in this film, though.
    Might be a good game for Odd One Out.
  • VenutiusVenutius Yorkshire
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    ToTheRight wrote: »
    I think Caroline Bliss is criminally underrated as Moneypenny. I quite like her.
    Agreed. I thought she worked great with Dalton's Bond. Much better than Samantha Bond
    did with Brosnan, tbh.
  • ToTheRightToTheRight
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    Venutius wrote: »
    ToTheRight wrote: »
    I think Caroline Bliss is criminally underrated as Moneypenny. I quite like her.
    Agreed. I thought she worked great with Dalton's Bond. Much better than Samantha Bond
    did with Brosnan, tbh.

    Interesting point. Seems to me like they tried too hard with Samantha and Pierce to create a chemistry that wasn't really there. For some reason I never cared for their scenes together. I actually prefer Connery and Pamela Salem.
  • DwayneDwayne New York City
    edited September 2022 Posts: 2,848
    Agreed about Caroline Bliss. I thought she showed great chemistry with Dalton in TLD. Unfortunately, her role was a bit of a no-show in the follow-up (TLK), and then it was……over. As a result, to causal Bond fans, she is a bit of a non-entity.
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    Looking back, Ms. Bliss had a kind of Princess Diana vibe about her. In fact, she played her in TV film prior to TLD.
  • Mathis1Mathis1
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    Dwayne wrote: »
    Agreed about Caroline Bliss. I thought she showed great chemistry with Dalton in TLD. Unfortunately, her role was a bit of a no-show in the follow-up (TLK), and then it was……over. As a result, to causal Bond fans, she is a bit of a non-entity.
    Caroline-bliss-530-1.jpg

    Looking back, Ms. Bliss had a kind of Princess Diana vibe about her. In fact, she played her in TV film prior to TLD.

    They should have left the glasses out though!
    John Glen said it was his idea, and he regretted it!
  • MooseWithFleasMooseWithFleas Philadelphia
    edited September 2022 Posts: 3,369
    That was probably one of the worst stylizing efforts in the film. Her appearance at the premiere of TLD is an entirely different person and much more suited for Moneypenny, instead of the generic secretarial look they gave her.

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  • QBranchQBranch Always have an escape plan. Mine is watching James Bond films.
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    I really liked Bliss' look in her second scene when she ID's Kara on the computer. She had her hair down, glasses off and dressed in black. I'm totally down for some Manilow.
  • VenutiusVenutius Yorkshire
    edited September 2022 Posts: 3,154
    ToTheRight wrote: »
    Seems to me like they tried too hard with Samantha and Pierce to create a chemistry that wasn't really there.
    Yes, exactly that - the banter never had that effortless, natural breezy feel to it.
    Agree with Moose that Caroline Bliss looked the ideal Moneypenny at the TLD premiere, too. Another one of the many 'if onlys' about Dalton's tenure.

  • ToTheRightToTheRight
    edited September 2022 Posts: 16,170
    SKYFALL

    One of the other thread discussions put me in the mood for this epic Bond adventure.
    :D

    Always loved thes PTS.
    Tanner is in top form.
    I miss Judi Dench as M.

    Great Thomas Newman score.

    Strange to think this film is a decade old now. I feel to date this was the last time a new Bond movie felt like an event.
  • ToTheRightToTheRight
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    Saw this a few nights prior to opening at a screening with a couple of friends (one now recently deceased). My friends and I were sitting behind a somewhat famous film critic who'd had a movie review show back in the 1980's. He certainly made a lot of noise rustling papers and whatnot during the screening. There were several critics at that screening all being obnoxious.
    Still we had a lot of fun.
  • ToTheRightToTheRight
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    ............and Bond plunges to his untimely demise. I like scenes where people fall from great heights into the water.

    Superb title scene, although I think I like NTTD's even more.
  • ToTheRightToTheRight
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    Ralph Fiennes looks about 30 years younger here than he does in NTTD.
  • ToTheRightToTheRight
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    I like Bond having a casual fling as he does here in his downtime.
    I believe this film is where the Craig era peaked.
  • ToTheRightToTheRight
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    I love the temporary MI6 new digs.
  • NickTwentyTwoNickTwentyTwo Vancouver, BC, Canada
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    Last time I watched it I felt a bit bored but I might have to give it another go. Shanghai and Macau are both excellent segments.
  • ToTheRightToTheRight
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    NickTwentyTwo wrote: »
    Last time I watched it I felt a bit bored but I might have to give it another go. Shanghai and Macau are both excellent segments.

    I'm just coming up to that section.
  • ToTheRightToTheRight
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    I do enjoy Bond dangling beneath the elevator. The fight with Patrice is pretty good.
  • ToTheRightToTheRight
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    Bond with a straight razor. I love that Bond embraces old school methods.
    I think Eve Moneypenny cut Bond's sideburns a little too high.
  • ToTheRightToTheRight
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    The casino section is another wonderful scene, IMO
    My favorite Craig reading of "Bond, James Bond", although CR's is his most iconic.
    I suppose I prefer this line reading and presentation due to its simplicity.
  • ToTheRightToTheRight
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    The Silva intro is among the best. Great scene. It is pretty funny.
  • ToTheRightToTheRight
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    I'd love to visit London someday. Bond running to rescue M is one of the most iconic images in the series' history, IMO.
  • ToTheRightToTheRight
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    I don't think the third act of this Bond is particularly popular, but I love it.
    It's my favorite climax of the Craig era.
  • ToTheRightToTheRight
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    Bond stops to take a pee and then reflects on his life before they arrive at Skyfall.
  • ToTheRightToTheRight
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    The great Albert Finney. My favorite Scrooge (alongside Alistair Sim).
  • ToTheRightToTheRight
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    Speaking of Christmas movies, I've never seen the film this Bond gets criticized for emulating.
  • ToTheRightToTheRight
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    Solid viewing of SF. However, I think I may need to take a break from Bond for awhile. See how long this lasts...............
  • Mathis1Mathis1
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    ToTheRight wrote: »
    Speaking of Christmas movies, I've never seen the film this Bond gets criticized for emulating.

    Yes, I got the 'Home Alone' vibes first time I saw SF! Still hate those scenes! Saw SF last week on the big screen and probably my first positive viewing. Always bored me up to now, and I couldn't see what all the fuss was about!
    Am hoping next time I watch it on bluray it will be as positive. Some really great sequences but I still doesn't feel like a Bond movie to me!
  • Mathis1Mathis1
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    ToTheRight wrote: »
    Solid viewing of SF. However, I think I may need to take a break from Bond for awhile. See how long this lasts...............

    I tried that before mate, it didnt last long. Though I dont watch them as often as some on here like yourself.
  • ToTheRightToTheRight
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    My Bond break may be short lived. Just tested positive for Covid so I'll be isolating for 5 days.............inevitabily watching movies. Bond'll turn up soon.
  • QBranchQBranch Always have an escape plan. Mine is watching James Bond films.
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    ToTheRight wrote: »
    My Bond break may be short lived. Just tested positive for Covid so I'll be isolating for 5 days.............inevitabily watching movies. Bond'll turn up soon.
    Get well soon mate. Have you read the Bond comics? They can be a good break from the films when you still want that 007 fix. You can read em online. Solstice is my favourite. Although it's a short story, it's quite satisfying.
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