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12 POINTS From Russia With Love 10 POINTS On Her Majesty's Secret Service 8 POINTS Casino Royal 7 POINTS Skyfall 6 POINTS Goldfinger 5 POINTS Octopussy 4 POINTS License to Kill 3 POINTS Dr. No 2 POINTS The Spy Who Loved Me 1 POINT The Livin…
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Though I love Dalton and Craig, the Dalton-Brosnan-Craig mix definitely lacks the off handedness with which Connery and Moore delivered their oneliners - I can't imagine any of the three saying "Shocking, positively shocking" with the same attitude.…
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identigraph wrote: » Surely people can handle just having a new actor take over without the need to refresh the whole thing? You're right, but it would indeed have to be a new actor, and in a standalone story. Which might be a good thing, s…
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Mendes4Lyfe wrote: » Smoking and wearing sunglasses are universally cool. B-) Ever seen "Keeping Up Appearances"? Onslow and Daisy with cigarette and sunglasses? Not that cool.
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I think Craig has done wonders for the franchise. His acting skills allowed for the writers to really focus on character development and storylines, more than on effect. It also allowed for the acting overall (by Craig and the supporting cast) to…
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I think that the contemporary aspect of each Bond movie is the strength of the franchise. It allows each generation to identify with the character in its own age and better ensures the longevity of the series. Some of the most successful movies in t…
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Jaoquin Phoenix could be a good Bond villain, in the psycho department. Women are greatly overlooked in this thread. Apart from Helen Mirren and Meryl Streep, I think Michelle Pfeiffer would make a good Bond villain. A great actress who unfortuna…
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How do we feel about Max Von Sydow in NSNA? I think he gave it an interesting approach - not the great menace and psycho, but a very calm and relaxed man. He didn't overdo it and that gives it more credibility to me. Someone who has his act together…
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I actually prefer TDK over BB. With the many dilemma's Batman and other characters face in this story, I think if offers more levels than BB. And Heath Ledger as the Joker is extreme - it didn't have the "hero conquers all"-feel to it, and I liked t…
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DN: 15 FRWL: 14 GF: 20 TB: 16 (+1) YOLT: 20 (+1) OHMSS: 16 DAF: 27 LALD: 22 (+1) TMWTGG: 15 TSWLM: 25 MR: 20 FYEO: 25 OP: 27 NSNA: 13 AVTAK: 21 TLD: 21 LTK: 14 GE: 26 TND: 23 TWINE: 17 DAD: 18 (+1) CR: 17 QOS: 25 SF: 17 (+1) …
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bondjames wrote: » dogrowup007 wrote: » Batman Returns, thanks to a fantastic Michelle Pfeiffer as Catwoman, and Danny Elfman's vibrant score - he also scored the first Batman, but he turned it up a notch for Batman Returns. Danny De Vito was …
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Batman Returns, thanks to a fantastic Michelle Pfeiffer as Catwoman, and Danny Elfman's vibrant score - he also scored the first Batman, but he turned it up a notch for Batman Returns. Danny De Vito was also great in this movie.
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The English Patient : too mellow, cinematographically too sleak and clean to convey the personal dramatic tales on the screen. Some shots are too perfect for the harsh moments they show. At times it even made me think of a commercial for perfume.
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ForYourEyesOnly wrote: » @dowgroup007 - You keep getting John Barry mixed up with Barry Norman. But other than that, good post. Thanks for pointing it out - I was getting tired at that point, I'm afraid, because I do know the difference bet…
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His appeal with women is one of the trademarks of Bond, as he beds several in most of his movies. So there has to be something, call it good looks or sex appeal or whatever, to make that believable. If Steve Buscemi had every played Bond, bedding la…
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Don't get me wrong. I do agree that SP overcomplicated things. But QOS would have been just as fine a movie - or even better - without the connection to CR. A question though. Do we feel Bond 25 can't positively be an independent story with Craig…
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Shakespeare also wrote for and directed plays at the royal court, where complex ideas may have been more at the order of the day. In any way, the fact that his and other plays, as well as movies talk about the human condition clearly states that mov…
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Still leaves me wondering why Shakespeare is still being debated after 400 years, if his answers were always there to begin with. It's not a question of living in other peoples psyches - it's a matter of perceiving that directors present us with sit…
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I actually think SP wouldn't have been possible without QOS - with Madeleine being a pivotal role, as the daughter of Mr White. So bringing Mr White also in the storyline of QOS enabled for him and his daughter to appear in SP. Had QOS been a com…
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Then I suggest you view 'La Grande Bellezza' ('A Great Beauty') or 'Youth', or any of the Kubrick-movies since 'Paths of Glory', 'L'Avventura', 'La Notte', 'Revolutionary Road', 'Apocalypse Now' ... it's very hard to miss some kind of message in tho…
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dalton wrote: » There's nothing wrong with QoS being a sequel to CR. The reboot was supposed to bring new rules for the franchise along with it anyway, otherwise what's the point of rebooting. It was also made rather clear going in that it was a…
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Mendes4Lyfe wrote: » Plus, 'serious films' is a bit of a contradiction. Film is a medium of entertainment. @Mendes4Lyfe I'm seriously disagreeing with you on this one. Film can be a medium of entertainment, as can novels. But cinema can ris…
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Being a Bond-fan doesn't mean you like only Bond. As Bond puts it so eloquently in YOLT "No, just different. Like Peking Duck is different from Russian caviar, but I love 'em both". I love Bond-movies, but I also like Wong Kar Wai, Fritz Lang and So…
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Mendes4Lyfe wrote: » However my rankings may change, Dalton will always remain the best of these six. His next closest rival is Connery, but Connery didn't really have the vulnerability of Dalton. Infact, after From Russia Connery became kind of b…
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dalton wrote: » Honestly, I think they were doing just fine until Spectre Except for QOS - that movie makes no sense if you haven't seen CR. QOS starts with Bond driving around Tuscany with Mr White in his booth. If you haven't seen CR, y…
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For me, the best stunt is not only a question of physical endeavour, but how it has been translated to the screen - where the crew thought about all cinematic aspects when performing it. The PTS parachute fight of MR meets those criteria. Th…
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DN: 15 (+1) FRWL: 14 GF: 20 TB: 15 YOLT: 18 OHMSS: 15 DAF: 26 LALD: 20 TMWTGG: 13 TSWLM: 25 MR: 20 FYEO: 23 (+1) OP: 26 NSNA: 12 (+1) AVTAK: 20 TLD: 21 LTK: 13 GE: 25 TND: 22 TWINE: 17 (+1) DAD: 17 CR: 17 QOS: 23 SF: 14 SP: 5…
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@ForYourEyesOnly To be clear, I'm not advocating that the highest grossing Bonds are the best. That's why I differentiated between Bond fans and a general public before. Maybe I'm taking your original question too literally: This does not necess…
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identigraph wrote: » Well if you look at it terms of ticket sales, there is not much in it between DAD and CR so was Bond really in crisis at the end of the Brozzer era? For the fans it was a crisis, because DAD deviated way too much from w…
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If we are talking box-office wise, this community maybe ought to be kinder for the Brosnan-era. Although many Bondfans frown somewhat on the Brosnan-movies, they firmly cemented the future of the franchise by consistenly exceeding the $300 M mark - …
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