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  • tanaka123tanaka123
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    NicNac wrote: »
    It's not his fault that a camera happens to be in the exact place he happens to look.
    ;) .
    Doesn't mean he's addressing the audience.

    But you're generally not supposed to look at the camera when your acting in front of one.
  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy My Secret Lair
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    An acting mastetclass, :)) aren't we lucky !
  • tanaka123tanaka123
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    Thunderpussy wrote: »
    An acting mastetclass, :)) aren't we lucky !

    Indeed :)
  • NicNacNicNac Administrator, Moderator
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    tanaka123 wrote: »
    NicNac wrote: »
    It's not his fault that a camera happens to be in the exact place he happens to look.
    ;) .
    Doesn't mean he's addressing the audience.

    But you're generally not supposed to look at the camera when your acting in front of one.

    I know, I was kidding
  • tanaka123tanaka123
    Posts: 4,325
    NicNac wrote: »
    tanaka123 wrote: »
    NicNac wrote: »
    It's not his fault that a camera happens to be in the exact place he happens to look.
    ;) .
    Doesn't mean he's addressing the audience.

    But you're generally not supposed to look at the camera when your acting in front of one.

    I know, I was kidding

    So was I :)
  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy My Secret Lair
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    So Melina staring straight at the camera after her parents were kill, was a mistake ?
    ( I thought it was very powerful )
    In the Wild Geese Richard Burton stares directly at the camera as he seethes with
    rage.
    I guess they didn't know what they were doing ! :D

    ( I am only pulling legs here guys, not being serious ) ;)
  • bondjamesbondjames You were expecting someone else?
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    Thunderpussy wrote: »
    So Melina staring straight at the camera after her parents were kill, was a mistake ?
    ( I thought it was very powerful )
    One of my favourite moments from the film. Mesmerizing.
  • tanaka123tanaka123
    Posts: 4,325
    Thunderpussy wrote: »
    So Melina staring straight at the camera after her parents were kill, was a mistake ?
    ( I thought it was very powerful )
    In the Wild Geese Richard Burton stares directly at the camera as he seethes with
    rage.
    I guess they didn't know what they were doing ! :D

    ( I am only pulling legs here guys, not being serious ) ;)

    Interestingly the original idea was to go from Melina's eyes into Sheena Easton's eyes in the TS, which would have been effective. But they then decided they needed some nonsense about a delicatessen in stainless steel in the PTS.
  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy My Secret Lair
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    The deli line is taken directly from Shakespeare's "Ode to a Tavern" ;)
  • tanaka123tanaka123
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    Thunderpussy wrote: »
    The deli line is taken directly from Shakespeare's "Ode to a Tavern" ;)

    Hardly, since the word 'delicatessen' didn't come into being until the 19th century.
  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy My Secret Lair
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    Shakespeare was ahead of his time, not many know that he came up
    With " Your Momma is .... " joke. ( And that's true ) :D
  • tanaka123tanaka123
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    Thunderpussy wrote: »
    Shakespeare was ahead of his time, not many know that he came up
    With " Your Momma is .... " joke. ( And that's true ) :D

    He also created James Bond.
  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy My Secret Lair
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    Indeed, even Shakespeare himself was invented by Sir Francis Bacon, who
    Also invented the Bacon sandwich, snowboarding and the first email address.
  • DaltonCraig007DaltonCraig007 They say, "Evil prevails when good men fail to act." What they ought to say is, "Evil prevails."
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    Shakespeare is Gareth Mallory's younger brother, too.
  • NicNacNicNac Administrator, Moderator
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    tanaka123 wrote: »
    NicNac wrote: »
    tanaka123 wrote: »
    NicNac wrote: »
    It's not his fault that a camera happens to be in the exact place he happens to look.
    ;) .
    Doesn't mean he's addressing the audience.

    But you're generally not supposed to look at the camera when your acting in front of one.

    I know, I was kidding

    So was I :)

    We'll have less of this good humour around here. :D
  • tanaka123tanaka123
    Posts: 4,325
    NicNac wrote: »
    tanaka123 wrote: »
    NicNac wrote: »
    tanaka123 wrote: »
    NicNac wrote: »
    It's not his fault that a camera happens to be in the exact place he happens to look.
    ;) .
    Doesn't mean he's addressing the audience.

    But you're generally not supposed to look at the camera when your acting in front of one.

    I know, I was kidding

    So was I :)

    We'll have less of this good humour around here. :D

    Indeed.
  • josiahjosiah
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    Thunderpussy wrote: »
    Indeed, even Shakespeare himself was invented by Sir Francis Bacon, who
    Also invented the Bacon sandwich, snowboarding and the first email address.

    =D>
  • ProfJoeButcherProfJoeButcher Bless your heart
    Posts: 1,694
    This might be a boring or weird one, but it finally occurred to me, after seeing the film dozens of times, that Timothy Dalton misreads a line in Licence to Kill.

    Bear with me, as this might be boring or nitpicky. :-D

    In the pre-titles sequence, Leiter is stopped and told he has a shot at Sanchez, and we hear the following exchange:

    FELIX: Oh, James. Explain to Della, will you?

    BOND: No way. I'm coming with you.

    FELIX: OK, but strictly as an observer!

    BOND: Sorry, Sharky.

    SHARKY: Hey, why me?
    Hey, you guys, you can't do this to me!
    What will I tell Della?

    There is obviously supposed to be a little joke here that an angry Della is more frightening than a fugitive drug baron and his goons. So Tim should have said "No way, I'm coming with YOU!" Instead, he reads it as "No way, I'm coming WITH you."

    I know, dull and pedantic, but it's very odd.
  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy My Secret Lair
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    I think you might be reading a bit too much into it @ProfJoeButcher ;)
    But then what do I know, you could be right. :D
  • tanaka123tanaka123
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    Thunderpussy wrote: »
    I think you might be reading a bit too much into it @ProfJoeButcher ;)
    But then what do I know, you could be right. :D

    I do think that's meant to be the joke, i.e. they're both leaving Sharkey in the lurch to tell Della.
  • ProfJoeButcherProfJoeButcher Bless your heart
    Posts: 1,694
    tanaka123 wrote: »
    I do think that's meant to be the joke, i.e. they're both leaving Sharkey in the lurch to tell Della.

    Yeah, of course, and it's clear in the film from Sharkey's response. But I'm sure Tim was supposed to read his own line with different intonation. As is in the film, he just sounds eager to go on an adventure. :-D

  • Mendes4LyfeMendes4Lyfe The long road ahead
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    ProfJoeButcher wrote: »
    tanaka123 wrote: »
    I do think that's meant to be the joke, i.e. they're both leaving Sharkey in the lurch to tell Della.

    Yeah, of course, and it's clear in the film from Sharkey's response. But I'm sure Tim was supposed to read his own line with different intonation. As is in the film, he just sounds eager to go on an adventure. :-D

    You know what, I think you might be right. Good job spotting that one!!
  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy My Secret Lair
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    Although surely an actor is allowed to interpret the lines he's given, to
    Deliver them as he thinks best ?
  • BennyBenny In the shadowsAdministrator, Moderator
    Posts: 14,888
    In AVTAK when Bond has the fight with Zorin's goons at Stacey's house, the two men he fights in the house are not the same men seen entering the car as they make their getaway.
  • fire_and_icefire_and_ice
    Posts: 6,432
    AVTAK was incredibly sloppy when it came to disguising stunt men and doubling, in fact they made no effort at all.
  • bondjamesbondjames You were expecting someone else?
    edited May 2016 Posts: 23,883
    I'm just watching GE. Before the 'Tiger' helicopter is stolen from the ship in Monaco, Xenia shoots two pilots in cold blood. Her gun doesn't have a silencer and the shots are therefore quite loud.

    Given this happened in the ship's hull, I was surprised that none of the several observers sitting on deck waiting for the presentation of the helicopter's capabilities reacted or were surprised.
  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy My Secret Lair
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    Perhaps the sound of the military band playing, covered it ?
  • bondjamesbondjames You were expecting someone else?
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    Thunderpussy wrote: »
    Perhaps the sound of the military band playing, covered it ?
    That is plausible. I can go with that.
  • CommanderRossCommanderRoss The bottom of a pitch lake in Eastern Trinidad, place called La Brea
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    The folder Bond opens in the conference room when briefed on Opertion Thunderball has a wrapper which says 'OHMSS not te be opened until officially authorised'.
  • Creasy47Creasy47 In Cuba with Natalya.Moderator
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    Much like the GE interrogation scene, there's the part in TB where Bond and Felix first meet up and they're going to let Largo's man go. Just like Ourumov does, Felix removes the magazine from the handgun and gives it back to the man, forgetting to remove the round in the chamber. Thus, he could've easily killed either Bond or Felix, thanks to Felix's error.
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