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  • DwayneDwayne New York City
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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.

    Sorry to hear this, but hopefully, it will be just a mild case.

    A mini Bond marathon, perhaps? Or catching up with some of the soundtracks?
  • ToTheRightToTheRight
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    QBranch wrote: »
    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.

    Always loved the comics- some I thought might've made for good films.
    Dwayne wrote: »
    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.

    Sorry to hear this, but hopefully, it will be just a mild case.

    A mini Bond marathon, perhaps? Or catching up with some of the soundtracks?

    I may pop in some of the Fleming bio pics.
  • Mathis1Mathis1
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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.
    Looking forward to reading more of your "comments as you watch"
    Maybe do one out of left field like CR'67??
  • QBranchQBranch Always have an escape plan. Mine is watching James Bond films.
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    ToTheRight wrote: »
    QBranch wrote: »
    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.
    Always loved the comics- some I thought might've made for good films.
    You could do a 'comments while you read'.
  • ToTheRightToTheRight
    Posts: 16,170
    QBranch wrote: »
    ToTheRight wrote: »
    QBranch wrote: »
    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.
    Always loved the comics- some I thought might've made for good films.
    You could do a 'comments while you read'.

    I could start doing the FYEO Marvel adaptation!
    :D
  • ToTheRightToTheRight
    edited October 2022 Posts: 16,170
    CASINO ROYALE (1967)

    Bill Holden is an icon. Many icons in this film, one happens to be playing Bond. I do think Niven could've shaved his mustache, though.
    The great John Huston as M. Amazing.
    Everyone has a costume change within seconds.


  • ToTheRightToTheRight
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    I love Bond driving his Bentley.
    Deborah Kerr is great. Niven is constanty likable.
  • ToTheRightToTheRight
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    Craig's Bond had M's bulldog thingy, Niven has M's toupee.
  • ToTheRightToTheRight
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    Beautiful colors and great sets in this film.
  • ToTheRightToTheRight
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    For the longest time, back in the VHS days I never felt the need to purchase this one as a completist. My copy had been taped from the ENCORE station circa 1994.
    I actually first saw this film around 3rd grade on television during a Sunday afternoon.
    I thought Niven made as convincing a Bond as he had Dracula. I far more appreciate him today.

    Deborah Kerr attempts to seduce Bond while he's wearing an atrocious outfit. Cap and all.

    I love Deborah Ker, but now I'm thinking, my favorite actress Lana Turner could've played this role.

    Here comes a goofy bit with the ball tossing.
  • ToTheRightToTheRight
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    Bond in a cape.
  • ToTheRightToTheRight
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    Allen is pretty silly here.
    Love the M office set.
  • ToTheRightToTheRight
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    I love Eva Green, but Ursula may be my favorite Vesper now.
  • ToTheRightToTheRight
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    Evelyn Tremble is played as a dork transforming into Bond. Great stuff here with Ursula, my new favorire Vesper.
  • DwayneDwayne New York City
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    What's not to love about CR'67? While the plot is a mess, you do have Ursula Andress, Joanna Pettet, Daliah Lavi and Barbara Bouchet in the same film! You have a great score by Burt Bacharach and some really nice (and expensive) set designs.

  • ToTheRightToTheRight
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    I should do another obnoxious ranking and put this in at number 3 or something.
  • DwayneDwayne New York City
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    ToTheRight wrote: »
    I should do another obnoxious ranking and put this in at number 3 or something.

    Well, I wouldn't go that far! :))

    I'll freely admit, that along with YOLT, OHMSS and CR, I listen to the soundtrack for CR'67 a great deal.
  • ToTheRightToTheRight
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    Dwayne wrote: »
    ToTheRight wrote: »
    I should do another obnoxious ranking and put this in at number 3 or something.

    Well, I wouldn't go that far! :))

    I'll freely admit, that along with YOLT, OHMSS and CR, I listen to the soundtrack for CR'67 a great deal.

    The music is excellent. I find it more memorable than the last 3 Eon scores.
  • ToTheRightToTheRight
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    I tend to forget Vladek Sheybal is in this.
  • DwayneDwayne New York City
    edited October 2022 Posts: 2,848
    @ToTheRight. Part of what makes the score so memorable is that parts of it got repurposed for TV ads in the late 1960s and early 1970s. You might remember those Drake cup cake ads...
  • DwayneDwayne New York City
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    ToTheRight wrote: »
    I tend to forget Vladek Sheybal is in this.

    "....but what about me?! What about me?!"
  • ToTheRightToTheRight
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    Dwayne wrote: »
    ToTheRight wrote: »
    I tend to forget Vladek Sheybal is in this.

    "....but what about me?! What about me?!"

    Haha! Great stuff.

    Bisset is amazing. Too bad she's not in an Eon film.
  • ToTheRightToTheRight
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    I like Sellers' delivery of "Bond, James Bond" .
  • ToTheRightToTheRight
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    Orson is superb as Le Chiffre.
  • DwayneDwayne New York City
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    ToTheRight wrote: »
    Dwayne wrote: »
    ToTheRight wrote: »
    I tend to forget Vladek Sheybal is in this.

    "....but what about me?! What about me?!"

    Haha! Great stuff.

    Bisset is amazing. Too bad she's not in an Eon film.

    That she is, but Joanna Pettet is the real "what if?" for me.
  • ToTheRightToTheRight
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    Niven 's little fight is funny.
  • ToTheRightToTheRight
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    Dwayne wrote: »
    ToTheRight wrote: »
    Dwayne wrote: »
    ToTheRight wrote: »
    I tend to forget Vladek Sheybal is in this.

    "....but what about me?! What about me?!"

    Haha! Great stuff.

    Bisset is amazing. Too bad she's not in an Eon film.

    That she is, but Joanna Pettet is the real "what if?" for me.

    Indeed!
  • ToTheRightToTheRight
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    I'm so glad Dave Prowse as the Frankenstein Monster here isn't green.
    One of my pet peeves is the Frankenstein Monster commonly depicted as green. The Max Factor greasepaint Jack Pierce used on The Monster in the original Universal films was "sky gray". it's a blue/gray shade that kinda looks greenish.
    He later used the same greasepaint on CREATION OF THE HUMANOIDS (1962).

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    This film gets it right.


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  • ToTheRightToTheRight
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    My favorite James Bond death scene.
    I think this film gets that right, too.
  • ToTheRightToTheRight
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    Enjoyed this film immensely! A classic!
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