Last Bond Movie You Watched

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  • chrisisallchrisisall Brosnan Defender Of The Realm
    edited January 2015 Posts: 17,789
    Birdleson wrote: »
    Her scenes were typical Kung Fu movie choreography. Boring. No grit, no feeling of struggle or character investment.
    You have never taken Gung Fu classes, have you gwilo?
  • MurdockMurdock The minus world
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    I agree with @Birdleson on this. Wai Lin's fights are obviously choreographed. Lazenby's fights look and feel pretty damn real. I'd also guess that 50% of the blows dealt were real considering Lazenby broke the Actor who played Gunther's nose.
  • edited January 2015 Posts: 1,146
    Birdleson wrote: »
    Having just watched that, I am still riding high on Lazenby's fight scenes. None of the other guys come close.

    Absolutely agree. Craig second and Connery now third. That fight in the hotel room was just awesome. The way he throws that huge guy around? wow.

    And I totally agree about the kungfu stuff in TND. Yaaaaawwwwwnnn.
  • doubleoegodoubleoego #LightWork
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    Murdock wrote: »
    Birdleson wrote: »
    Having just watched that, I am still riding high on Lazenby's fight scenes. None of the other guys come close.

    When I first saw OHMSS I was completely blown away by the fights. I'm really hoping SPECTRE has some good fights in it.

    Hopefully your wish will be granted. EonN/Mendes have hired Olivier Schneider and his team to choreograph, stage and supervise the fights for SPECTRE. The guy is incredible and his work is precisely what Bond needs.
  • ThunderfingerThunderfinger Das Boot Hill
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    doubleoego wrote: »
    Murdock wrote: »
    Birdleson wrote: »
    Having just watched that, I am still riding high on Lazenby's fight scenes. None of the other guys come close.

    When I first saw OHMSS I was completely blown away by the fights. I'm really hoping SPECTRE has some good fights in it.

    Hopefully your wish will be granted. EonN/Mendes have hired Olivier Schneider and his team to choreograph, stage and supervise the fights for SPECTRE. The guy is incredible and his work is precisely what Bond needs.

    Glad to hear it. The name is unknown to me, but I trust your judgment.
  • royale65royale65 Caustic misanthrope reporting for duty.
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    I had a blast watching Tomorrow Never Dies, again. This is an old skool Bond, recalling the enjoyable entertaining world of yesteryear, what with the plot, reworked from You Only Live Twice and Spy, but giving it a more modern twist to keep it relevant - more so today methinks.

    Sleek, explosive, hi-tech and pacy. Pierce Brosnan cements his role as the legendary 007, giving us a more complete, and composed performance. This may be the Brozz's, best performance. He was nervous in GE, too animated in TWINE, and he was encumbered by the general crappiness that was DAD. TND has a good cast, namely Michelle Yeoh, who is the best of Bond's "comrades in arms", although Teri Hatcher was disappointing - stunt casting. 

    Roger Spottiswoode does well in the directors chair; one can tell he was an editor, not one wasted shot. Other strengths include the music by David Arnold. If there was a caveat to Arnold's work, is that he over-scored them, but not on TND; Arnold was almost perfect, and I was left humming the score for a while afterwards, especially "Surrender". In fact I got all goosebumpy when Bond dived to rescue Wai Lin, with the orchestral swell of Surrender, in the background.

    This is the perfect film for the 90's; superficial, and proud of it - not a scrap of pretentiousness anywhere.

    Two things that always bugged me, were, how does the SeaDrill move, inside of the Devonshire? And if the stealth boat got all exploded like, when the cruise missile went off, the hook that was supporting the chained Wai Lin would have got slightly destroyed, plunging her, with a butt-ton of chainage, straight to the ocean floor.
  • Well said @royale65, I agree. No pretensions to be found. Also I agree that this, along with DIE ANOTHER DAY is Brosnan's best performance.
  • I did try to watch a bit of Skyfall on its recent ITV viewings, I really did, but I just can't get on with it, even in small doses. It just winds me up. I find it quite depressing and grim, but also stupid. I know its a cliche to say Craig looks awful, but that doesn't make it less true. In the bit I watched at the end of the movie, standing by the Aston, I just can't see how anyone can slam the still easy on the eye charm of Connery in DAF but overlook the gaunt, basically weird look of Craig. Then there's the self-knowing script, like when we first meet Q, crummy jokes like 'Brave New World', not very funny and so on. But all on another level, I just don't like the film anyway.
  • bondjamesbondjames You were expecting someone else?
    edited January 2015 Posts: 23,883
    I recently watched YOLT. I enjoyed the movie (as I do nearly all the Bond films) but came away a little disappointed.

    So what don't I like:
    The use of green screen. I realize it was the 60's but there is quite a lot of it in this movie, and it is perhaps more obvious to me due to the scale of the film's ambitions. Just like we will look back on the Phantom Menace one day (if we don't already) and say that the special effects during the ground battles are horribly dated, I think the green screen use here is very noticeable. Green screen is obvious in the opening space scene, in the Aki/Bond Toyota chase, and in the Little Nellie sequence

    Connery's performance. I think this is his worst performance (outside of NSNA). I actually think he was more engaged and sprightly in DAF (although he looked absolutely awful in that film and was fat - I'm only judging his performance here, not his look ). In YOLT he just seems bored, going through the motions....lazy. This is especially noticeable during the Ninja camp scenes in Japan

    Speaking of which, said Ninja camp scenes including the wedding bits are booooring. They go on too long and really slow the pace of the film down. Everything up to this point is great for me, but this middle section just drags the experience down. I don't really buy the Aki/Bond romance either, so that kind of impacts my view of this bit.

    Donald Pleasance as Blofeld - terribly uninteresting, despite his scar (which I really was impressed/terrified by as a kid). There isn't much witty repartee between Bond and him either. His reveal must be one of the biggest disappointments in Bond movie history (particularly after the fantastic set up in FRWL & TB - I really liked that actor who had a more interesting voice and seemed much more menacing than little Pleasance). The fact that he looks like Dr. Evil (or is the other way round) also hurts.

    The Volcano HQ. While it was probably great in its day, it does seem cheesy in some bits now (particularly when the rockets are landing and taking off). This is to be expected of course, but it's still quite noticeable. It's been copied and done better in MR/TSWLM and that impacts my view.

    The shootout finale is a bit dull too.

    There aren't as many memorable lines for Bond in this film (if there are, I've forgotten them already).


    What do I like:
    There's a lot to like in this film
    Helga Brandt and Osato - love them. I really enjoyed their intro scene with Bond at the top of Osato HQ, including the line about cigarettes etc. Connery acted well as he panicked that they were going to find the dead body in the bar. Whenever Brandt was on screen, I was interested. I wish there was more of her as her character was not properly fleshed out.

    Tiger Tanaka is an interesting character and well played.

    All scenes from the bit when Bond is supposedly killed in the pretitles all the way up to and including the Little Nellie sequence are Bond at his best. Only after this point does the film drag for me.

    Bond's fight with the Rock's grandad - one of the best fights of the Connery era IMO. Great stuff

    The music is first class as is to be expected from the Master.

    The little Nellie scenes that do not include green screen are magnificent to look at. Great cinematography. PS: Did they really drop that car in the water after the Toyota chase from Osato HQ? It sure seemed like it (the waves did not look like they came from a model).

    Ken Adam's sets are outstanding, as is to be expected. The Tanaka HQ and Blofeld's living area (with the piranha lake) are superbly done

    So at the end of the day, I enjoyed watching it, but it sort of underwhelmed, as it did the last time I saw it. I think it's because it's really most impressive on a visual and plot ambition level, and those things have been done better since in more recent Bond films.
  • Posts: 1,146
    Murdock wrote: »
    I agree with @Birdleson on this. Wai Lin's fights are obviously choreographed. Lazenby's fights look and feel pretty damn real. I'd also guess that 50% of the blows dealt were real considering Lazenby broke the Actor who played Gunther's nose.

    I totally agree. OHMSS fights are real and visceral, and the kung fu TND fights, well, you can see where the blows are headed to where the other arm is supposed to intercept them. Fake, that is.
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    I will be watching Goldeney this weekend
  • Risico007 wrote: »
    I will be watching Goldeney this weekend

    I think I may as well, along with Goldfinger. Slowly but surely finishing out the series. Not sure if I've updated my rankings list after seeing SPY again:

    THUNDERBALL
    DR. NO
    OCTOPUSSY
    THE SPY WHO LOVED ME
    SKYFALL
    LIVE AND LET DIE
    A VIEW TO A KILL
    DIAMONDS ARE FOREVER
    YOU ONLY LIVE TWICE
    MOONRAKER
    FOR YOUR EYES ONLY
    TOMORROW NEVER DIES
    LICENCE TO KILL
    THE MAN WITH THE GOLDEN GUN
    DIE ANOTHER DAY
    ON HER MAJESTY’S SECRET SERVICE
    NEVER SAY NEVER AGAIN
    QUANTUM OF SOLACE
    THE WORLD IS NOT ENOUGH

    There are several effective ties in this list (DAD - TMWTGG / LTK - FYEO / MR - DAF) and now TSWLM and OP. It's basically a coin flip. My heart tells me Spy but my most recent viewings tilt towards OP.

    Either way, superb Bond films.
  • edited January 2015 Posts: 613
    just watched TWINE again.James you can't kill me not in cold blood.lol that's what you think hun
  • ThunderfingerThunderfinger Das Boot Hill
    Posts: 45,489
    just watched TWINE again.James you can't kill me not in cold blood.lol that's what you think hun

    Was that really his reply? Have not seen that sorry excuse of a Bond film for a long time.
  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy My Secret Lair
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    I think that was problem_Eliminator's joke.
    " I never Miss" was Brosnan's line.
  • ThunderfingerThunderfinger Das Boot Hill
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    Not sure which is worse, frankly.
  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy My Secret Lair
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    :)) Brozzer, didn't write them, only said the words. ;)
  • I thought that was one of Brozzer's finest moments actually.
  • Not sure which is worse, frankly.

    Truly. Movie should have been called As the World Turns.
  • bondjamesbondjames You were expecting someone else?
    Posts: 23,883
    Not sure which is worse, frankly.

    Truly. Movie should have been called As the World Turns.

    Agreed. A shambles. Truly for the daytime soap crowd.
  • ThunderfingerThunderfinger Das Boot Hill
    Posts: 45,489
    bondjames wrote: »
    Not sure which is worse, frankly.

    Truly. Movie should have been called As the World Turns.

    Agreed. A shambles. Truly for the daytime soap crowd.

    The whole Brosnan era was basically for that audience.
  • chrisisallchrisisall Brosnan Defender Of The Realm
    Posts: 17,789
    The whole Brosnan era was basically for that audience.
    It's terrible when your inner 15 year old is not allowed to come out & play...
    8-|
  • ThunderfingerThunderfinger Das Boot Hill
    Posts: 45,489
    chrisisall wrote: »
    The whole Brosnan era was basically for that audience.
    It's terrible when your inner 15 year old is not allowed to come out & play...
    8-|

    It is even worse when he gets to write the script.
  • chrisisallchrisisall Brosnan Defender Of The Realm
    Posts: 17,789
    chrisisall wrote: »
    The whole Brosnan era was basically for that audience.
    It's terrible when your inner 15 year old is not allowed to come out & play...
    8-|

    It is even worse when he gets to write the script.

    Touche'.
  • edited January 2015 Posts: 1,596
    bondjames wrote: »
    Not sure which is worse, frankly.

    Truly. Movie should have been called As the World Turns.

    Agreed. A shambles. Truly for the daytime soap crowd.

    The whole Brosnan era was basically for that audience.

    I would argue that the Brosnan era, save for Goldeneye and parts of TND, was more for 12-15 year old boys, but you're on the right track.

    I know it sounds like I'm hating on Brosnan and his Bond films but I'm not. The only one I don't like is TWINE and the first two I enjoy a lot (GE is in my "top tier" of Bond films)
  • Posts: 1,146
    bondjames wrote: »
    Not sure which is worse, frankly.

    Truly. Movie should have been called As the World Turns.

    Agreed. A shambles. Truly for the daytime soap crowd.

    The whole Brosnan era was basically for that audience.

    I would argue that the Brosnan era, save for Goldeneye and parts of TND, was more for 12-15 year old boys, but you're on the right track.

    I know it sounds like I'm hating on Brosnan and his Bond films but I'm not. The only one I don't like is TWINE and the first two I enjoy a lot (GE is in my "top tier" of Bond films)

    Wow. great observation. I totally agree.
  • bondjamesbondjames You were expecting someone else?
    Posts: 23,883
    bondjames wrote: »
    Not sure which is worse, frankly.

    Truly. Movie should have been called As the World Turns.

    Agreed. A shambles. Truly for the daytime soap crowd.

    The whole Brosnan era was basically for that audience.

    I would argue that the Brosnan era, save for Goldeneye and parts of TND, was more for 12-15 year old boys, but you're on the right track.

    I know it sounds like I'm hating on Brosnan and his Bond films but I'm not. The only one I don't like is TWINE and the first two I enjoy a lot (GE is in my "top tier" of Bond films)

    Wow. great observation. I totally agree.

    100% agree. 100%
  • Just got done with OP. I have always liked it, but this time I actually REALLY liked it a lot. The only weak spot are the boring baddies. I don't care much for Khan or Orlov. Wayborn is so hot it's insane, and Moore is great as Bond. Not as good as in MR but still great. And I actually found it funny. I love the look on Bonds face when Magda tells him about her "little Octopussy"! So yeah, some more love for Moore from my side!
  • KerimKerim Istanbul Not Constantinople
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    I am so stoked for this. Harkins Theatres is a franchise based movie theatre company throughout Arizona. They're doing a Tuesday Night Classic for only $5. Here's the link for their first few months, but check out March.

    3/3: Goldfinger
    3/10: Live and Let Die
    3/17: GoldenEye
    3/24: Casino Royale

    Looking very forward to seeing GF for the first time in a theatre.

    harkinstheatres.com/TNC.aspx
  • chrisisallchrisisall Brosnan Defender Of The Realm
    Posts: 17,789
    Kerim wrote: »
    Looking very forward to seeing GF for the first time in a theatre.
    You never saw it in...
    Forget that, just enjoy it my friend!!!
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