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It looks more like the cinematography than anything to do with the film stock. And yes, OHMSS's cinematography is superior, and those are good examples. You can see there's much better framing and the lighting isn't as flat as in LTK. Like I said…
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LeonardPine wrote: » Mathis1 wrote: » LeonardPine wrote: » Depends what you define as a 'great' film. It's entirely subjective. I'd say Casino Royale is not just a great Bond film, but a great film altogether. Personally i consider L…
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I wouldn't call LTK the most polished Bond film in terms of filmmaking (stuff like the slow motion run Felix and the DEA agents do feels a bit weird, and you get the occasional moment like Pam appearing to Dario as an 'angel' which feels like it was…
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Revelator wrote: » SIS_HQ wrote: » The Bond books were literally written when Fleming was getting married to Ann Charteris and she's pregnant at the time to Caspar, Fleming at the time who was used to Bachelorhood felt anxious and nervous at t…
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slide_99 wrote: » There's a difference between Bond movies with dark scenes in them and Bond movies that are made with the sole purpose of being dark. NTTD is a nihilistic satire of Bond. I don't think that was the sole purpose of NTTD (or…
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Bond films have a tendency to get surprisingly dark in places. The older ones certainly could, particularly the Moore ones. Even MR had moments like a woman getting mauled by dogs. The early Jaws scenes in TSWLM with him biting his victims feel like…
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I've always found it interesting that in OHMSS Bond actually has concerns at one point about his marriage getting in the way of his adventurous life. The entire book has Bond being quite contemplative and conflicted at points anyway (the opening wit…
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MaxCasino wrote: » https://www.reddit.com/r/JamesBond/comments/1i72rh7/i_find_the_parallel_amusing/#lightbox So by this logic the next Bond actor and Pattinson's Batman will share a very broad similarity. Which actually I can see being the …
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If I recall correctly (and it's been a while since I listened to it) there's an interview with Fleming where at one point he talked about inaccuracies in his books. He definitely acknowledged they were there. It was more to do with certain brands of…
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Tokoloshe2 wrote: » 007HallY wrote: » Not sure if this has been mentioned, but one connection I always noticed is that the one liner ‘and you’re full of it’ was delivered by Bond in both TMWTGG and TLD to the villain (preceded by slightly diff…
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Didn't expect the film itself to get a nomination but ever so slightly surprised Craig didn't get nominated. But honestly, it really doesn't matter. As I've said before plenty of great actors never got an Oscar (sometimes not even nominated) and ple…
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Mendes4Lyfe wrote: » 007HallY wrote: » mtm wrote: » You should try Spectre or No Time To Die. B18, the film with the BMW backseat, has Bond cradling a dead loved one btw. Same for Bond returning to London, getting the Aston M…
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mtm wrote: » You should try Spectre or No Time To Die. B18, the film with the BMW backseat, has Bond cradling a dead loved one btw. Personally, I think if Bond 26 had a scene like the opening of SP where we see him strutting along th…
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Not sure if this has been mentioned, but one connection I always noticed is that the one liner ‘and you’re full of it’ was delivered by Bond in both TMWTGG and TLD to the villain (preceded by slightly different set ups - ‘we have a useful four lette…
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007ClassicBondFan wrote: » mtm wrote: » It's all a bit 'fooling the stupid superstitious natives' though, is there a way of doing it nowadays which doesn't feel a bit, y'know, racist? Most likely not these days. Depends on how it…
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I’d be up for a villain using ‘tricks’ to come across as supernatural. That’s very LALD.
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MakeshiftPython wrote: » I’ve always said if you took out all references to Oberhauser the movie still functions. Blofeld’s beef with Bond then wouldn’t have anything to do with daddy issues but really just the fact that Bond had thwarted the prev…
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Hard no for a one off Fassbender for me unfortunately. I don't think he's ever quite had the screen presence or charisma to lead a major film (he's pretty good in smaller, more character based pieces though and is generally fine in supporting roles,…
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The GF premiere looks like a big event, with the stars all being driven up to the theatre in Aston Martins and crowds flocking up to them. I actually can't find too much about TSWLM's premiere. To be honest, I think it comes down to which film I …
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Yes, there's not much that can be done, and there'll always be issues. I'm sure if Cubby Broccoli was alive he wouldn't be disappointed at the state of the franchise despite the current problems. CrabKey wrote: » @mtm - Why would I think the wr…
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An older Bond girl could work. Horrowitz's FAAD did it (I can't remember specifically but wasn't she meant to be about 10 years older than a 30 year old Bond?) If anything the Bond girls of the Craig era were generally a lot younger than him. Not to…
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mtm wrote: » You're right, although I would say that to be fair, catching something thrown at you isn't incredibly far-fetched :D And he does barely survive the Aston crash (and there was a guy in there for real!). Probably with heavy safet…
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I think it's worth saying FRWL contains a scene where a SPECTRE agent is put in an uncannily realistic James Bond mask and made to challenge Grant to some sort of death game (not sure how the agent in question was talked into that one). That and we …
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Personally, I can’t think of a Bond film that doesn’t have implausibilities. Even FRWL and QOS.
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The appeal of Bond isn’t that they’re completely divorced from our reality. Just look at what’s going on in these films - the Connery ones clearly took place in the context of the Cold War and frequently referenced tensions between the West and East…
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Ludovico wrote: » Wasn't he not keen on Connery until his wife told him he'd be fine? Maybe it's just an urban legend. But if true, it would be another proof that what men consider manly and attractive and what women consider manly and attractive …
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Something from the real world will leak into Bond. That's just part of the way these films are made. It won't necessarily be AI or a Cold War type thing I suspect though.
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DEKE_RIVERS wrote: » mtm wrote: » 007HallY wrote: » I can imagine at the time Connery coming across as a much weirder choice than we think today. Mainly because we’re so used to him as Bond. I mean, the guy had a thick Scottish accent and …
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mtm wrote: » 007HallY wrote: » I can imagine at the time Connery coming across as a much weirder choice than we think today. Mainly because we’re so used to him as Bond. I mean, the guy had a thick Scottish accent and was balding after all. …
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I can imagine at the time Connery coming across as a much weirder choice than we think today. Mainly because we’re so used to him as Bond. I mean, the guy had a thick Scottish accent and was balding after all. But yeah, to some extent every actor…
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