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GF is peak Bond, and peak Connery. It set the template for every film that followed (rightly so) and to me is a near perfect film. It has everything that made the Bond franchise what is it, yet still managing to remain 95% faithful to the Fleming bo…
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Let's face it, this film is going to be bad. It sums up all what is wrong in Hollywood these days. Too much reliance on CGI, PC correct box ticking, too much OTT action, turning the male hero into a sad lonely figure, and by the sounds of it another…
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DarthDimi wrote: » I'm neither here nor there in this discussion. I like a bit of banter between Bond and M, but I also like a respectful Bond. Going back to Moonraker the novel, I always enjoy the fact that M asks Bond if he'd like to help him ou…
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007HallY wrote: » thedove wrote: » In terms of the film, I go back and forth on this one. Sometimes I rank it highly and other times it's not viewed as favourably. I am now in a less flattering view of this movie. I find Bond to be full o…
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mtm wrote: » jetsetwilly wrote: » 2. Scaramanga - Lee is probably the coolest villain of all, to the extent that we are almost rooting for him, even though as @mtm highlighted, there isn't much point to him or his `evil' plot. He outdoes Bond …
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Raiders to me is untouchable, Spielberg at his peak, along with Jaws. Temple of Doom - not bad, although Shortround annoys me. Last Crusade - great pairing with Connery (although I wish they had made his character a bit cooler and less of a wa…
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There are many flaws with the film, as mentioned above, but for some reason I really like this one, for various reasons - 1. Moore is probably at his best here, in what is his most Fleming performance, and he looks the coolest in the role at this…
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SIS_HQ wrote: » Steps of doing a Bond film (my theory): 1. Hire a scriptwriter: write a script. 2. Hire a director: do a screentest. 3. From the script, the director would choose a scene for a screentest 4. Many actors are going to undergo a…
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I would open with a Fleming unused scene for the PTS - ideally from TSWLM. Viv Michel minding a motel, gets roughed up by a couple of nasty gangsters, and there is suddenly a knock outside as they are about to kill her. And here enters the new Ja…
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George_Kaplan wrote: » NoTimeToLive wrote: » jetsetwilly wrote: » NoTimeToLive wrote: » Anyone who thinks NTTD is a good Bond movie shouldn't be allowed to write a Bond book. Ever. I corrected your post so it makes a bit more se…
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NoTimeToLive wrote: » jetsetwilly wrote: » NoTimeToLive wrote: » Anyone who thinks NTTD is a good Bond movie shouldn't be allowed to write a Bond book. Ever. I corrected your post so it makes a bit more sense to Planet Earth in gene…
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NoTimeToLive wrote: » Anyone who thinks NTTD is a good Bond movie shouldn't be allowed to write a Bond book. Ever. I corrected your post so it makes a bit more sense to Planet Earth in general.... ;)
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Benny wrote: » I’m going to throw Tom Hughes name back into the ring. 37 years old, very gifted and intense actor. Not bad. Decent hair. A little bit on the effeminate side, particularly with his facial features (small nose), but I nee…
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sandbagger1 wrote: » One of the things that annoyed me the most in Spectre was the way Bond bounced back from the torture. Easily one of the worst moments in the Craig era, and probably the entire franchise. It’s right down there, along wi…
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mtm wrote: » jetsetwilly wrote: » mtm wrote: » She is literally quoted above as saying it could be someone of any race as long as he’s British. What she says in public, and what she thinks in private are two very different things enti…
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mtm wrote: » She is literally quoted above as saying it could be someone of any race as long as he’s British. What she says in public, and what she thinks in private are two very different things entirely. mtm wrote: » I don’t see them h…
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MakeshiftPython wrote: » Or she doesn’t play it safe and gets away with it, like she did with CR. That’s why the CraigNotBond folks will always be miserable. She dumped Pierce “The Heir Apparent” Brosnan right after he scored the highest grossing …
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There is no way the casting of the next actor will be a black Bond, or even a blonde Bond. Now Amazon are in charge, they will want to pick the least controversial choice, the most acceptable choice that will appeal globally - nothing to potentia…
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CharmianBond wrote: » Who are your picks? I've thought about your Maddens and your Lowdens, even O'Conner (big ears included) and they are incredible actors but the more I've thought about it the more I think they're not Bond to me. Whereas I k…
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peter wrote: » I hope Spectre as an enemy is gone for the immediate future. Same with the DB5. I’d like a new Mi6 crew, that doesn’t necessarily include a personal assistant/secretary by the name of Moneypenny. And I’d like a Q-branch, but I…
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mtm wrote: » jetsetwilly wrote: » mtm wrote: » If he's lost his memory and is blindly going off to face a powerful enemy with no defence, like a chick thinking a crocodile is its mother... not much hope! That's a downer ending. It's a…
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mtm wrote: » If he's lost his memory and is blindly going off to face a powerful enemy with no defence, like a chick thinking a crocodile is its mother... not much hope! That's a downer ending. It's a downer, sure, but also massive intrigue. …
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mtm wrote: » jetsetwilly wrote: » ImpertinentGoon wrote: » The only other one I could think off is a cliff-hanger and while I know that some here would have wanted that for NTTD, for me it would have been the exactly wrong note to end Crai…
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ImpertinentGoon wrote: » The only other one I could think off is a cliff-hanger and while I know that some here would have wanted that for NTTD, for me it would have been the exactly wrong note to end Craig's tenure on and is just not really somet…
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mtm wrote: » I'm still curious to hear what the non-cliched alternative was, to be honest. The ending I would have loved to see would be the final chapter of YOLT (Sparrows Tears). If done correctly, I doubt many would find it cliched. Bond…
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CrabKey wrote: » @MakeshiftPython I count myself among those who did not like the idea of Bond dying. Not as a matter of principle, but preference. Craig was insistent Bond dying would end his tenure irrevocably. Yet his predecessors ended their …
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What I would like to see a return of in the next film is seeing Bond in his hotel room in some exotic location, ideally taking a shave in the bathroom mirror too. These are stand out moments in Bond movies - the early Connery's, OHMSS, LALD, TMWT…
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ImpertinentGoon wrote: » DarthDimi wrote: » LucknFate wrote: » Given the 007: Road To A Million casting, how about Brian Cox as M? Interesting choice. Excellent actor. Sadly also a bit old, no? Don't want to sound ageist at all, but…
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talos7 wrote: » JeremyBondon wrote: » And here we are, two camps yet again with vastly differing opinions regarding Bond's preferred physique. Imo it's so much cooler for Bond not to be particularly vain/ sporty, rather more aloof and still ki…
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mtm wrote: » I think it works: it hasn't felt repetitive to me- no more repetitive than all of the other repetitions. She suspended him for a minute in QoS, then he got grounded at the beginning of Sp... that's it isn't it? It would be a nice…
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