Last Bond Movie You Watched

19293959798332

Comments

  • Posts: 7,653
    pachazo wrote: »
    "SaintMark wrote:
    + The whole unknown period of what happened to 007 after his fall could have been solved with two small scenes which would not add more than 20 seconds to the movie. Firstly when Bond has seen MI6 explode on CNN, pick up the phone, dial a number and say: "Columbo we are even, but I need a favor as in travelling papers and a ticket to London. Duty calls." And when M asks where he was all that time he could add :"Enjoying the hospitality of an old Greek friend." Whereon M replies " So how is his smuggling business going?" thereby acknowledging that she now knows that Milos Columbo was the one who saved 007. It would have taken away any questions from the fans and acknowledge the 50 year history of the franchise at the same time.


    That's a rather intriguing idea. I must admit that i would have gotten a kick out of that. However, after a time I would have found myself questioning what possible connection Columbo could have had to the Craig era. I suppose that after they threw the DB5 in there that anything was fair game but I doubt that the majority of the audience would have even recognized the name. We didn't need a repeat of all the tributes from the 40th anniversary...

    It be like Craig is an older 007 than he was during the FYEO affair and it would be chronological somewhere between QoB & SF with CR being the first. And all the other 007 outings would chronological fit there fairly easy.

  • Posts: 3,336
    The living daylights

    Great movie, i really love the first half with all the espionage stuffs going on. While i still like the second part, i feel like it would of been better to keep it more in vein with the first. By second part i mean, when Bond gets to Afghanistan, and onward.

    While Koskov and Whitaker isn't the best villians, Necros makes up for that by being an excellent (top 5 material in my opinion). The score is also very good probably in my top 3 bond scores. I also like Maryam d'Abo performance as Kara, i think she and Dalton has great chemistry.

    Bondathon 2014


    1. On her majesty’s secret service
    2. From russia with love
    3. The spy who loved me
    4. Goldfinger
    5. For your eyes only
    6. The living daylights
    7. Thunderball
    8. Dr No
    9. Live and let die
    10. Moonraker
    11. The man with the golden gun
    12. Octopussy
    13. You only live twice
    14. Diamonds are forever
    15. A view to a kill
  • chrisisallchrisisall Brosnan Defender Of The Realm
    Posts: 17,804
    Tim's two were nearly as perfect as Sean's first two.
  • royale65royale65 Caustic misanthrope reporting for duty.
    Posts: 4,423
    Octopussy, Octopussy....

    The action is inventive and entertaining, locales stunning, the screenplay is involving and plot intriguing, and it has great cast; Maud Adams is a worthy match for Moore's 007; Louis Jourdan is subtly menacing; Steven Berkoff is overtly menacing and Kabir Bedi is menacing, full stop. Roger Moore is on great form here, full off his trademark charm and humour, tempered by some genuine acting - think Bond and Orlov on the train, and when Bond discovers Vijay, subtle and sombre. In these moments Sir Rog, really knocks it out of the park. (Although, Q was very close to meeting Kamal's men. Very lucky indeed. Q is too high up to be dealing with this agent work.) 

    Over all, Octopussy is an entertaining and fun film, with the theme of For Your Eyes Only retained (I especially like the listening device in the Faberge Egg, being interrupted by a common hair-dryer), the only things amiss with Octopussy is the "tennis match" during the Tuk-Tuk chase, and the infamous Tarzan yell. 
  • HASEROTHASEROT has returned like the tedious inevitability of an unloved season---
    Posts: 4,399
    did a double-bill tonight of Goldeneye and For Your Eyes Only...

    in terms of GE, I forgot how much i really did like this movie, and how much promise the Brosnan era showed (if only we knew DAD was lying in wait lol.)... but a solid Bond adventure - one that even after 20 years still doesn't show any signs of rust to it... sure, some of the cosmetic stuff like the technology is severely dated by today's standards - but the story itself remains top-notch.... and in the past 20 or so years of Bond films, i can't find a Bond girl i cared more about than Natalya (maybe Vesper).. but Natalya as a Bond girl is so well layered - i just wish there were more like her during Broz's run...... but one scene that i forgot how much fun it was, was the meeting between Bond and Valentine - so funny..

  • Posts: 4,762
    It had been quite some time since I had last watched a Bond movie in full length, so I thought I would jump-start my Bond viewership by taking some underwater adventures with Thunderball and The Spy Who Loved Me.

    Thunderball

    Thunderball has remained fairly consistent with me through the years. While never being a Top Five favorite, it has occasionally snuck into my Top Ten rankings following a really good viewing. Typically it'll stay in the mid-range, but I can always find some great satisfaction in the time spent watching it once the credits roll. As expected, I found myself bored with many of the more tedious underwater scenes, such as the SPECTRE agents retrieving the bombs from the drowned Vulcan, and even some of the scenes leading up to it, such as Palazzi's infiltration of the NATO airbase and Bond running around Shrublands with Pat. Nevertheless, once the mission gets rolling with Bond's arrival in Nassau, I really have no complaints other than those small scenes that begin and end with optical wipes and tend to interrupt the larger part of the story. For example, scenes like Felix and Pinder wondering where Bond is as the countdown to Blofeld's ultimatum approaches. I don't know if Terrence Young intended for these extremely brief scenes to be so intrusive in the bigger picture, but many of them get me sidetracked from what is supposed to be going on. I had to remind myself a few times throughout the movie that Bond's objective was to locate the nuclear bombs, if that's any indication of how distracting some of the smaller scenes are. Anyhow, I still enjoy Thunderball to a great extent. The locations make you feel like you're on an MI6 vacation in the Bahamas, and the characters are all around pretty fantastic, especially Sean Connery's portrayal of 007- it is easy to tell that he had hit a natural stride in the role by 1965. Overall, I could see TB work its way into my Top Ten real soon.

    The Spy Who Loved Me

    Unlike Thunderball, TSWLM does not suffer from intrusive, exceptionally brief scenes that sometimes distract from the larger objective. What TSWLM suffers from is a confusing agenda- does it intend to be serious, in the ranks of DN, FRWL, FYEO, TLD, LTK, GE, etc., or does it intend to be whimsical and lighthearted in the ranks of DAF, TMWTGG, MR, DAD, etc? It's as if Lewis Gilbert wanted the best of both worlds: a Bond movie serious enough to not be laughed at, but fun enough to catch the eye. I'm completely fine with that balance, but with TSWLM, I never know how to approach it. Thus, I'm usually left scratching my head by the end of the movie, trying to decide whether or not to praise it as a Top Ten or pass it off as a middle-grounder. Notice, I don't think I'll ever rank it in the bottom, because to be fair, it doesn't deserve to be a bottom feeder. It boasts one of Roger's best performances, an iconic henchman in Jaws, a breathtaking villain's lair (both Liparus and Atlantis!), and some grade A action, particularly in the last thirty minutes. Any negatives regarding TSWLM would be Barbara Bach's wooden portrayal of Anya Amasova, Karl Stromberg's mediocrity as a character (Curt Jurgens does the best he can with such a bland role), and the "mixed bag" soundtrack, which can be a hit or a miss depending on which track you listen to. Overall, it's certainly a classic 007 movie, and has some Top Ten potential, but for me, typically falls in the mid-range for whatever reason.

    2014/2015 Fall-Winter Bondathon

    1. Thunderball
    2. The Spy Who Loved Me
  • HASEROTHASEROT has returned like the tedious inevitability of an unloved season---
    Posts: 4,399
    DIE ANOTHER DAY

    a damn shame i know... but i hadn't partaken in this gem in a little while..

    i can throw this movie in the same category as TMWTGG, in that it was a real missed opportunity... both could've been much more than what the final product ended up being... the difference between the two however is that TMWTGG fell short, but tried - but halfway through DAD, the film just gave up on itself.. it's like they went "by this point no one is taking this thing seriously anymore (not even the actors) so f*** it, lets just go full retard on this one." ..... somewhere in this movie was the makings of a taught political espionage Bond thriller - where knowing who to trust is everything... but they threw all that down the drain to appeal to the lowest common denominator of the new video game generation, while also giving themselves (EON) a big pat on the back after 40 years of films...
  • Posts: 7,507
    HASEROT wrote: »
    DIE ANOTHER DAY

    a damn shame i know... but i hadn't partaken in this gem in a little while..

    i can throw this movie in the same category as TMWTGG, in that it was a real missed opportunity... both could've been much more than what the final product ended up being... the difference between the two however is that TMWTGG fell short, but tried - but halfway through DAD, the film just gave up on itself.. it's like they went "by this point no one is taking this thing seriously anymore (not even the actors) so f*** it, lets just go full retard on this one." ..... somewhere in this movie was the makings of a taught political espionage Bond thriller - where knowing who to trust is everything... but they threw all that down the drain to appeal to the lowest common denominator of the new video game generation, while also giving themselves (EON) a big pat on the back after 40 years of films...


    Well put!
  • HASEROTHASEROT has returned like the tedious inevitability of an unloved season---
    Posts: 4,399
    seems i've been on a Bond kick recently...

    Goldeneye

    For Your Eyes Only

    Die Another Day

    Thunderball

    You Only Live Twice

    Moonraker
  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy My Secret Lair
    Posts: 13,384
    AVTAK, it was on ITV 4, the other night. ;)
  • Mi6LisbonBranchMi6LisbonBranch Lisbon, Portugal
    Posts: 243
    In the tradition that started with Goldeneye, i now watch ALL Bond films before the premiere of the new one (starting more or less one year before). So after seeing Dr.No, The Living Daylights, Goldeneye, Live and Let Die and On Her Majesty's Secret Service the last one i saw was Casino Royale (juts a week ago). And damn .. it is a very good movie! One of the best of the series.
    The next will be License to Kill (for me the worst in the series).
  • MajorDSmytheMajorDSmythe "I tolerate this century, but I don't enjoy it."Moderator
    Posts: 13,978
    Tomorrow Never Dies

    An old favourite of mine. This was the first Bond that I watched on the big screen. I enjoyed TND back in 1997, and I still enjoyed it today. So many favourite moments, big and small, some of them being:

    - The gunbarrel theme
    - The PTS
    - The Situation room / M briefing on the move
    - 'Company Car' (both score and scene)
    - Carver's party, the back room
    - Bond meets Dr Kauffman
    - Stealth ship battle

    Onto the all important ranking...

    The 2014 00Heaven
    1. The Living Daylights
    2. Licence To Kill
    3. From Russia With Love
    4. On Her Majesty's Secret Service
    ***5. Tomorrow Never Dies***
    6. For Your Eyes Only
    7. The Spy Who Loved Me
    8. Octopussy
    9. GoldenEye
    10. Dr No
    11. Thunderball
    12. You Only Live Twice
    13. Live And Let Die
    14. The Man With The Golden Gun
    15. A View To A Kill
    16. Goldfinger
    17. Moonraker
    18. Diamonds Are Forever
  • RikRik Southend
    Posts: 68
    Just done a double bill of The Spy Who Loved Me and Moonraker
  • HASEROTHASEROT has returned like the tedious inevitability of an unloved season---
    Posts: 4,399
    Birdleson wrote: »
    Rik wrote: »
    Just done a double bill of The Spy Who Loved Me and Moonraker

    Ecstasy to shit. The same team, the same formula, insanely different result.

    the same team.. the same formula.. the same plot.. the same movie :D
  • Seven_Point_Six_FiveSeven_Point_Six_Five Southern California
    Posts: 1,257
    I gave Skyfall a watch last week accompanied by 4 glasses of bourbon. Here's a couple things that stood out to me through my drunken stupor:

    - Newman's score just doesn't work for me. Some tracks worked very well but many felt completely wrong and not very Bond'ish. Probably my biggest complaint.
    - Skyfall is very thematic and it has beautiful cinematography. I feel the bar has been raised on how beautiful and immersive a Bond film can be. I fully expect this to continue with Spectre.
    - With that said, the dark, gloomy nature of the film is a bit much for me. I would have liked some more glamor.
  • Posts: 12,476
    Watched Skyfall yesterday to prepare for the announcement of Spectre. I really do love the film, and every time I watch it again, my opinion of it never drops. I thought Mendes did a great job directing this one, and I can't wait to see what he does with Spectre.
  • GalaxyGalaxy Prague
    Posts: 8
    I watched Casino royal for the first time today and one thing really bugged me. When James Bond is playing poker against the guy who's car he wins, Bond has AA and hits another Ace on the board. the dealer announces "Trip Aces, Aces win" but that isn't trips... its a set of Aces.

    If you have one Ace in you're hand and there is two aces on the board, that is Trips. In this scene Bond had TWO Aces in his hand and one on the board. That is a set of Aces. In this case the dealer got it wrong/.
  • I have not played Texas Hold Them Poker in year, but by jolly I think you are not on to something, no? It is highly unlikely that two scribes, Neal Purvis and Robert Wade, plus Oscar winner Paul Haggis, would research the game to insure the script is as water tight and not full off plot holes as possible, no?

    I myself as I'm sure many Bond fanatics around the world are, am watching "Skyfall". It will offer up a taste of what we can expect in November 2015 when "Spectre" hits our screens and not a moment too soon. I am already piecing together the clues of how "Spectre" will look and feel, and My God there is a lot of negativity towards "Skyfall" that really can be ignored as fanboy "bluster". It is the winner of two Oscar, nomnee of three more including the remarkable work of Newman and Deakins, and made over $1.1 billion. I think you can all join me in saying to "Skyfall" "baby, you're the best!!!!!! <:-P

    So lift a glass...
  • Yes Octopussy is a classic, my favourite. It's got everything I like about Bond films: the exotic locations (and Berlin), good creepy villain Kamal Khan, a good story, plenty of action and excitement (train, plane, circus), and - critically - tongue in cheek banter between Bond and bad guy, Bond and girls, Bond and Q etc.

    This is what I miss most from current Daniel Craig films: they're less tongue in cheek, more knife in throat
  • edited December 2014 Posts: 7,507
    Galaxy wrote: »
    I watched Casino royal for the first time today and one thing really bugged me. When James Bond is playing poker against the guy who's car he wins, Bond has AA and hits another Ace on the board. the dealer announces "Trip Aces, Aces win" but that isn't trips... its a set of Aces.

    If you have one Ace in you're hand and there is two aces on the board, that is Trips. In this scene Bond had TWO Aces in his hand and one on the board. That is a set of Aces. In this case the dealer got it wrong/.

    What a disgrace! That dealer should be fired! And why does the dealer announce the hands anyway? No one does that in the real world! And that shameless slow roll from Bond in that last hand... So classless! I wouldn't expect better from Le Chiffre, but Bond should be above that! And I, the idiot, who thought Casino Royale was perfect... Definitely takes a dive in my rankings now! ;)
  • Mi6LisbonBranchMi6LisbonBranch Lisbon, Portugal
    Posts: 243
    Good morning bosses!
    Watched last night (again) License to Kill, and although it grew a little bit more on me, still feels as one of the worst JB movies (i know that many dont think this way..sorry).
    The plot is solid, the action scenes are very well staged (especially the Truck chase at the climax, the PTS and the Bond escaping Krest's boat and skiing attached to the plane) and i like the extended role Q had BUT (apart from Timothy Dalton and Robert Davi) the acting on this movie is so poor that it really annoys me (Talisa Soto is beautiful indeed but as for acting....).
    Also some parts of the dialogue are very poor.
    There's also a general "Non Bondian" feel to it in some parts of the movie (that fight scene at the bar being the best exemple).
    And what is with that ending scene of the fish clinking the eye?? No, no, no.
    But still, it is a James Bond movie therefore .. i enjoyed a lot watching it again.
    It remains therefore in my "bottom" 5 JB movies ranking.
    Next will be TND this weekend.
    Have a nice day, everybody!
  • Had a random Bond Sunday and watched Licence to Kill, Moonraker and then A View to a Kill.

    I don't know if this is an unpopular opinion or not, but I still enjoy Grace Jones's performance as May Day.
  • O6GO6G
    Posts: 80
    Casino Royale. Might watch Goldfinger tomorrow. Looking forward to introducing Bond to my little sister. I was thinking I'd show her OHMSS as a christmas movie. Anyone reckon it's appropriate for a 10 year old girl? Don't think there's too much violence or sex in it.
  • talos7talos7 New Orleans
    Posts: 8,220
    O6G wrote: »
    Casino Royale. Might watch Goldfinger tomorrow. Looking forward to introducing Bond to my little sister. I was thinking I'd show her OHMSS as a christmas movie. Anyone reckon it's appropriate for a 10 year old girl? Don't think there's too much violence or sex in it.

    I was in the same spot with my daughter when she was 11 or so. She wanted to watch a Bond; I chose Living Daylights.

  • chrisisallchrisisall Brosnan Defender Of The Realm
    Posts: 17,804
    TB on Blu Ray for the first time. VERY nice looking. But last on my list of favourite 60's Connery Bonds. Still, last on a list of excellence is still excellence. :)>-
  • Posts: 11,425
    Birdleson wrote: »
    THE SPY WHO LOVED ME (1977), number 6 in FoxRox's rankings, and it has been holding at the 5 spot in my own for quite some time. I have never seen a crowd react to a Bond film the way the audience did to this one when it was released. Cheering, laughing, gasping…I would hate to be in such an audibly expressive audience like that at this stage in my life, but at 14 years old it was exhilarating.

    That PTS is still my favorite for that reason. The skiing was excellent, but minor in scope when held up next to the scenes in ON HER MAJESTY'S SECRET SERVICE, made eight years prior, utilizing the same stunt team. What obviously sets this bit apart, and secured it's place in film history, is the jumping off of the cliff, followed by the opening of the Union Jack parachute. The audience absolutely lost it at that point. I saw it at The Crest Theatre in Johnson City, NY, I can only imagine the reaction in the UK. One of the most memorable moments in Bondom (along with the laser-table in GOLDFINGER and a couple of others).

    I have long considered this the best of the "fun Bonds", pure escapism. I confess now that I have been somewhat more forgiving of the goofier bits than I have been with other entries in the series. Certain things bothered me more with this latest screening than they have in the past.

    As strong as Moore is in parts of this film, this is where he begins to morph into Silly Man. We start to get the sarcastic grin and the tilt of the head that pops up far too frequently from here until the end of his tenure. The quips become far too obvious and ubiquitous (though I still maintain that with Brosnan the writers go further and even more base). LIVE AND LET DIE and THE MAN WITH THE GOLDEN GUN certainly contained more than their share of frivolity, but not Bond himself. In those films Moore maintained a harder edge (for the most part).

    The hand-to-hand combat scenes are somewhat lacking here. The three fights Bond has with Jaws are pretty lame (though not anywhere near the throwaways that the ones in MOONRAKER will be), the one exception is their battle on the train. That one holds up fairly well. Bond's fight with the goons by the pyramids is alright, but nothing special. Bond's most memorable fight in this film is with Sandor (Milton Reid, back again!) on the rooftop in Cairo. But that's mostly remembered for it's classic conclusion (one of Moore's more brutal moments in the series).

    Marvin Hamlisch provides a fine score through most of the film, but his attempts at humor left me cold this viewing. The march music when the van is crossing the dessert, the snippet of the LAWRENCE OF ARABIA theme and many other short musical cues that I would have prefer to have done without. BOND '77 seems pretty dated and goofy now, but my Cousin and I played the Hell out of that Eight-Track in the seventies. I don't mind the men's chorus version of the title song at the finale, as I have heard others complain about, it works for me.

    Now to what I still love about this movie. These are probably Maurice Binder's last great Main Titles. I remember the audience actually laughing with them (that means in a good way). Here he is inventive, funny and wry. Hs work in MR was decent, but a step down. After that they come off as lazy and repetitive. And the wonderful Carly Simon rendition of Hamlisch's NOBODY DOES IT BETTER meshes perfectly with the visuals. One of the best.

    Ken Adam's sets have never been better. The whole film looks spectacular, but to me, the interior of Stromberg's tanker, is the marquee piece. Due to his failing eyesight, Adam asked his friend Stanley Kubrick (the greatest director in the history of cinema) to come in (uncredited) and help him set up the lighting for the massive set.

    Once the American sub is captured, with Bond and Anya aboard, everything in the movie going forward is about perfect. Bond leading the men in revolt, the freeing of the prisoners, the huge battle (the best in the series), the dismantling of the bomb (I still tense up, even after seeing it so many times), "You're too late Bond" and the killing of Stromberg (one of my favorite deaths of a Bond villain). The last 40 minutes or so of this picture doesn't miss a beat, and I am in there with it, whole hog. Moore looks so cool in uniform (something Brosnan was not able to pull off, Connery did to a lesser extent) and he gets some iconic moments killing off Stromberg's men with a machine gun (and a harpoon gun). It's always exciting when we're reminded that Bond is a military officer, a freaking commander, and to see him take charge. I hope that we see Craig in uniform before his time is up.

    It wasn't until the last couple of years that I noticed how bad an actress Barbara Bach is (I assume not just here, as she only made like two movies), yet her look, and the smart and sparing way in which director Lewis Gilbert uses her, work quite effectively. Her lack of talent is hidden, but not obviously so. She manages to take her place among the iconic Bond Girls, despite lack of talent.

    The great Curt Jurgens is masterful as Stromberg. His appearance and voice make for classic Bond villainy. This character was originally written as Blofeld, and I actually allow myself to see it that way while I'm watching. Jurgens would have been just as effective a Blofeld, but due to legal tie ups with Kevin McClory, EON could not use the character or SPECTRE for many years to come. Hence the changes. His office/dining room is impressive as Hell, I wish that I had that. And I dig the webbed fingers. Again, great death scene, with Moore at his coldest.

    For his first few scenes, the late Richard Kiel' as Jaws is absolutely terrifying. Unfortuantely, by the time we get to the the scene where the battles Bond and Anya amongst the ancient ruins, he is being used for slapstick. It's a good thing that the character wasn't put in a second film, he probably would have been turned into a farcical mockery of himself.

    We get the introduction of two supporting characters who both would stick around for
    six films, taking us into the Dalton era: Walter Gotell (he had played a different role in FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE back in 1963) as General Anatol Gogol, and Geoffrey Keen as Defense Minister Sir Frederick Gray. And we also get that annoying drunk guy at the beach, staring at his wine bottle, for the first time. He would, unfortunately, show up again in the next two films, as well.

    It's no secret that Lewis Gilbert, in many ways, remade the same Bond adventure in his three times in the director's chair, 1967, 1977 and 1979, changing the local and mechanics, but working with very similar plot lines and story arcs. His work in the series carries a definite stylistic fingerprint, as well. As epic and breathtaking as YOU ONLY LIVE TWICE was, this one is his high watermark. Gilbert and EON would learn all of the wrong lessons from TSWLM's success, and give us a huge mess two years later in MR, which looks great, but is all but a big budget, live action Looney Tunes cartoon.

    This is the first Bond film to throw out the source book in it's entirety (aside from the inclusion of Jaws and Sandor, who are obviously homages to the killers Horror and Slugsy from the novel), as per Fleming's request. I still hope to see the original story adapted someday, as I think it is a good one. TSWLM, may take a slight dip in my latest rankings, but it is still one of the best, and definitely Moore's best.

    Fall of 2014 Bond-A-Thon Rankings:

    1. DR. NO (1962)
    2. FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE (1963)
    3. THE SPY WHO LOVED ME (1977)
    4. THUNDERBALL (1965)
    5. LIVE AND LET DIE (1973)
    6. YOU ONLY LIVE TWICE (1967)
    7. QUANTUM OF SOLACE (2008)
    8. LICENCE TO KILL (1989)
    9. FOR YOUR EYES ONLY (1981)
    10. THE MAN WITH THE GOLDEN GUN (1974)
    11. THE WORLD IS NOT ENOUGH (1999)
    12. THE LIVING DAYLIGHTS (1987)
    13. DIAMONDS ARE FORVER (1971)
    14. OCTOPUSSY (1983)
    15. A VIEW TO A KILL (1985)
    16. TOMORROW NEVER DIES (1997)
    17. MOONRAKER (1979)
    18. DIE ANOTHER DAY (2002)


    Next up: GOLDENEYE (1995)

    Pretty much agree with everything you've said here. Particularly like you comments on Barbara Bach who I'm always hearing is so awful. You quite rightly point out how well she works in the film and how Gilbert gets just the right performance for this film. Her stiltedness suits the character she is supposed to be playing. And anyone who thinks she doesn't look great - perhaps the most iconic of the 70s Bond girls - is clearly mad.
  • chrisisallchrisisall Brosnan Defender Of The Realm
    Posts: 17,804
    Getafix wrote: »
    anyone who thinks she doesn't look great - perhaps the most iconic of the 70s Bond girls - is clearly mad.
    Mad? Hello, Caroline Munroe!!!

    :))
  • TripAcesTripAces Universal Exports
    Posts: 4,585
    Watching AVTAK at the moment, on EPIX On Demand.
  • edited December 2014 Posts: 7,507
    Getafix wrote: »
    Pretty much agree with everything you've said here. Particularly like you comments on Barbara Bach who I'm always hearing is so awful. You quite rightly point out how well she works in the film and how Gilbert gets just the right performance for this film. Her stiltedness suits the character she is supposed to be playing. And anyone who thinks she doesn't look great - perhaps the most iconic of the 70s Bond girls - is clearly mad.

    I'd take Jane Seymour and Maud Adams over her every deay of the week. That mad am I! ;)
    O6G wrote: »
    Casino Royale. Might watch Goldfinger tomorrow. Looking forward to introducing Bond to my little sister. I was thinking I'd show her OHMSS as a christmas movie. Anyone reckon it's appropriate for a 10 year old girl? Don't think there's too much violence or sex in it.

    OHMSS is very appropriate for a ten year old! (Provided she doesn't have ADHD and can take the slower pacing ;) )
  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy My Secret Lair
    Posts: 13,384
    CR and QOS, today it will be SF. :)
Sign In or Register to comment.