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LeonardPine

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LeonardPine
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The Bar on the Beach
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Favourite Fleming Novel
Moonraker
Favourite Bond Film
Goldfinger
Favourite Bond Actor
Daniel Craig
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4,259

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  • mtm wrote: » I think it's totally Bond, do you think it's too silly? For Roger Moore or even Brosnan at a push, yes, it's 'totally Bond' For a Craig Bond it's excessively stupid IMO. A silly and lame end to a pretty boring car chase.
  • mtm wrote: » Yeah, it doesn't come together as a film but there's so much in there I like in terms of bits and pieces. Just having such a wonderfully silly moment as Bond silently landing in a parachute on a Roman street and nonchalantly unclippin…
  • Fire_and_Ice_Returns wrote: » Memory Gosoel Amazing track. Beautiful music. This had to have been used in a Michael Mann film!
  • MaxCasino wrote: » Field of Dreams (1989). I kind of find it ironic that I watched this at the start of the baseball season. I really enjoyed it, and I'm not really much of a sports fan in general. Let me start by saying what most people agree …
  • 007ClassicBondFan wrote: » Benny wrote: » I was talking to some work colleagues yesterday regarding the future of Bond. All of them are women in their 30’s - 50’s. I was shocked when they (3 of them) all said they’d be happy to see the Bond o…
  • GoldenGun wrote: » I am reading MR and just finished the first part. Now I have no knowledge of bridge, can someone who does please explain to me how Bond managed to trick Drax and, crucially, how he was able to make Drax realise that he knew h…
  • Wow! Didn't realise so many don't like the Bond/Blofeld scene! I rather like it and don't find it jarring at all. I love the back and forth between them. The only fault i find with it is that silly contraption that Blofeld arrives in..!
  • Mathis1 wrote: » Do like Bonds outfit with the shoulder holster. Have that figure from Sideshow figures! Me too! Moore never looked cooler! Great write up by the way @Mathis1
  • Mathis1 wrote: » Mr Bigs make up is rather clumsy looking! I only found out recently that effects maestro Rick Baker was responsible for it! Baker went onto an illustrious career, most notably 'An American Werewolf in London' When I first …
  • Mathis1 wrote: » So Bond was on a mission in Rome, with Miss Caruso? Maybe they should have shown Bond finishing the mission in the pts, and we get the funeral scene after the titles? More Madeleine Smith would have been a bonus..
  • Mathis1 wrote: » Apparently, Tom Mankiewiczs original draft, had Baron Samedi kill just one agent, with a machete, Bond was then introduced in a chase sequence. Sounds a lot better than we got here!! "Whose funeral is it?" "Yours!" Yep, …
  • RichardTheBruce wrote: » Quadrophenia is also my favorite @LeonardPine . Cool @RichardTheBruce I think it's when concept and music gelled to perfection. An absolute masterpiece.
  • Fire_and_Ice_Returns wrote: » See Me, Feel Me / Listening To You Won't Get Fooled Again - The Who Who's next is a great album. As is Tommy. Quadrophenia is my favourite Who album though...
  • Mathis1 wrote: » SHOUT SELECT 4k ultra HD collectors edition. I got it on Ebay, found it difficult to get it it anywhere else. Good extras too Thanks Bud. I will look out for it.
  • Mathis1 wrote: » LeonardPine wrote: » Mathis1 wrote: » LeonardPine wrote: » Mathis1 wrote: » A Walter Hill double bill last night! HARD TIMES (1975) Hills debut is still my favourite of his. Wonderfully set in the 30s depression …
  • Mathis1 wrote: » LeonardPine wrote: » Mathis1 wrote: » A Walter Hill double bill last night! HARD TIMES (1975) Hills debut is still my favourite of his. Wonderfully set in the 30s depression era, Charles Bronson is the bare knuckle fight…
  • Mathis1 wrote: » A Walter Hill double bill last night! HARD TIMES (1975) Hills debut is still my favourite of his. Wonderfully set in the 30s depression era, Charles Bronson is the bare knuckle fighter, who gets in with James Coburns shady hustl…
  • DarthDimi wrote: » FoxRox wrote: » The James Caan trifecta of The Godfather, Thief, & Misery is untouchable! Agreed. I'm even willing to throw in Rollerball as a strange but compelling side dish. Don't forget Honeymoon In Veg…
  • Fire_and_Ice_Returns wrote: » LeonardPine wrote: » Fire_and_Ice_Returns wrote: » Mathis1 wrote: » As someone keeps saying on here "I blame Mendes!" 😅 I've always been a defender of QoS, got better and better with each viewing, it's to…
  • Fire_and_Ice_Returns wrote: » Mathis1 wrote: » As someone keeps saying on here "I blame Mendes!" 😅 I've always been a defender of QoS, got better and better with each viewing, it's top 10 for me now! SF not so much, though I've just ordered a…
  • ToTheRight wrote: » I love that Bond is summoned to M's office at 3am. Ha Ha, love that! "When do you sleep 007..?"
  • Fire_and_Ice_Returns wrote: » LeonardPine wrote: » Fire_and_Ice_Returns wrote: » LeonardPine wrote: » Ouch! That's some critical write up @Fire_and_Ice_Returns !!!! It has to be one of the most divisive Bond films among fans. Some o…
  • I think Bond was about to tear the cables out of the 'atomic device' which would have either stopped it dead or contaminated Fort Knox for 57 years..!
  • Fire_and_Ice_Returns wrote: » LeonardPine wrote: » Ouch! That's some critical write up @Fire_and_Ice_Returns !!!! It has to be one of the most divisive Bond films among fans. Some of the hate this film gets from fans on social media borders…
  • Ouch! That's some critical write up @Fire_and_Ice_Returns !!!! It has to be one of the most divisive Bond films among fans. Some of the hate this film gets from fans on social media borders on the deranged! Personally i really like it a lot. E…
  • FoxRox wrote: » And now it is William Friedkin's turn... 1. The Exorcist (1973) Friedkin directed several excellent films, but it's The Exorcist that reigns absolutely supreme for me. It's simply one of the best horror films of all time, and p…
  • MakeshiftPython wrote: » You should look into Project 4K77. It’s incredible, based off a theater print, so you’re seeing the exact images people saw with their own retinas back in 1977. Sounds intriguing. I will do 👍
  • I dug out my DVD of the original Star Wars recently. I haven't seen the film in years. I know it's not in HD or remastered, but i much prefer watching this to the SP-ED. I detest what Lucas did to his film. The original really does hold up well. …
  • peter wrote: » I must be the only person on the planet who despises this sword fight. To me it looks like two brats having temper tantrums. They flail about and I felt absolutely zero tension throughout the entire scene. Count me in on that…
  • Mathis1 wrote: » LeonardPine wrote: » Bonnie & Clyde (1967) A re-watch in honour of the late Gene Hackman. I haven't seen this in many years, and i'd forgotten how funny this film is. It's almost a black comedy. Gene Wilder in a tiny…