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  • mtmmtm United Kingdom
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    Missed that: I need to get my surround sound working better! :D
  • DenbighDenbigh UK
    edited October 2021 Posts: 5,869
    I don't know if this has been mentioned but was I just rewatching Skyfall, and all of a sudden I really noticed how the line from Judi Dench in the "working in the shadows" scene between her and Mallory where she says: "The place you say doesn't exist" is so obviously dubbed in, and I wish I hadn't noticed cause it's really going to bother me now haha :D
  • Tokoloshe2Tokoloshe2 Northern Ireland
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    Not an observation from a film, but I'm surprised I didn't know until today that Dr. No and The Beatles first ever single (Love Me Do) were released on the same day (5th October 1962).
  • mtmmtm United Kingdom
    edited October 2021 Posts: 14,929
    That is a very cool fact. I'm surprised that doesn't get trotted out more often.
  • MinionMinion Don't Hassle the Bond
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    This series is renowned for its car chases, but it just dawned on me yesterday that only one movie features a car chase for the climatic action scene: Licence to Kill.
  • NeverSayNeverNeverSayNever Rome
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    Minion wrote: »
    This series is renowned for its car chases, but it just dawned on me yesterday that only one movie features a car chase for the climactic action scene: Licence to Kill.

    well, it is more of a truck chase :P
    ...which IIRC is the only truck chase in the Bond canon so far
  • MooseWithFleasMooseWithFleas Philadelphia
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    Never noticed at the end of AVTAK when Dr. Mortner goes to get the dynamite, there is just a shelf full of uzi's right next to it.

    Rather than use a high round ammunition weapon with near guarantee to hit Bond from close range, with no risk of self inflicted damage... the man chooses a pack of dynamite! Which not only presented a fatal risk (that occurred!), but would also have had a low success rate in the first place. Not only did it require a direct hit, but the dynamite throw would need to have been timed perfectly, because if he throws too early it just bounces off Bond and lands on the poor civilian passersby on the bridge.

    Then again... my mind doesn't work like that of a former nazi scientist, with a passion for steroid genetic breeding and equestial frivolities.
  • LeonardPineLeonardPine The Bar on the Beach
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    Watching my NSNA bluray recently, I noticed how prominent Connery's tattoos were in the Kim Basinger massage scene. They look really out of place on 007! Damn high definition 😁
  • MooseWithFleasMooseWithFleas Philadelphia
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    Drax is wearing leather gloves in the pheasant shooting scene, but when calling the dogs over to go after Corinne he is still able to snap quite loud. You can see he still has the gloves on too mid-snap.
  • ThunderfingerThunderfinger Das Boot Hill
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    Only now did it dawn on me that Felix Leiter sounds similar to "flicks lighter".
  • BennyBenny In the shadowsAdministrator, Moderator
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    I might have to have another viewing, but in NTTD when Bond places his gun in the drawer in his desk at his house in Jamaica, we can see the shells that Vesper had in her handbag that Bond discovers at the end of CR.
    https://screenmusings.org/movie/dvd/Casino-Royale/pages/Casino-Royale-1552.htm
  • QBranchQBranch Always have an escape plan. Mine is watching James Bond films.
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    I remember there was a little conch shell in the drawer, was there one of those in Vesper's bag too?
  • ggl007ggl007 www.archivo007.com Spain, España
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    Benny wrote: »
    I might have to have another viewing, but in NTTD when Bond places his gun in the drawer in his desk at his house in Jamaica, we can see the shells that Vesper had in her handbag that Bond discovers at the end of CR.
    https://screenmusings.org/movie/dvd/Casino-Royale/pages/Casino-Royale-1552.htm

    From the making of book:


  • BondAficionadoBondAficionado Former IMDBer
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    This is the first time I've caught this but in Dr No when Honey is telling Bond that she can get 50 dollars for a certain shell there's an object in front and below her bobbing up and down. I can't make out exactly what it is... it could be a hat, bag or the back of a crew member. Although I've no idea why someone would need to be sat on the ground like that, unless they were meant to grab the net of shells she's about to hand down.
  • goldenswissroyalegoldenswissroyale Switzerland
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    Interesting find @BondAficionado. I checked the scene, you are right. Unfortunately, I have no idea what it is.
  • BondAficionadoBondAficionado Former IMDBer
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    I'm just surprised I hadn't seen it before this week. And I don't think the aspect ratio was any different to how I normally watch it.
  • BirdlesonBirdleson Moderator
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    Tokoloshe2 wrote: »
    Not an observation from a film, but I'm surprised I didn't know until today that Dr. No and The Beatles first ever single (Love Me Do) were released on the same day (5th October 1962).

    I was released 26 days later.
  • PropertyOfALadyPropertyOfALady Colders Federation CEO
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    Birdleson wrote: »
    Tokoloshe2 wrote: »
    Not an observation from a film, but I'm surprised I didn't know until today that Dr. No and The Beatles first ever single (Love Me Do) were released on the same day (5th October 1962).

    I was released 26 days later.

    :D
  • ProfJoeButcherProfJoeButcher Bless your heart
    edited December 2021 Posts: 1,687
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  • TripAcesTripAces Universal Exports
    edited December 2021 Posts: 4,554
    I didn't realize that to date Chris Cornell is the first and only Bond title song singer to have died. (Louis Armstrong sang the secondary song in OHMSS). Ironically, he passed away about three months prior to DC's announcement that he would return for Bond 25 (NTTD). There is a lot of irony to unpack here.
  • ColonelAdamskiColonelAdamski UK
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    I suppose you can't count Matt Monro because he didn't sing over the credits.
  • TripAcesTripAces Universal Exports
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    ColonelAdamski wrote: »
    I suppose you can't count Matt Monro because he didn't sing over the credits.

    Correct.
  • TorgeirtrapTorgeirtrap
    edited January 2022 Posts: 17,270
    Sat down to watch The High Commissioner tonight, a 1968 film starring Rod Taylor and Christopher Plummer. Couldn’t help but notice that in one of the film’s early scenes, we see Leo McKern behind the Bodil Kjær desk that can also be seen in FRWL, YOLT and OHMSS. Not only that, the lamp on the desk to our left also features in TB and YOLT – and in the latter film in the exact same place!

    The High Commissioner was made at Pinewood Studios, so it's maybe not a surprise to see a few furniture pieces being reused.
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  • LeonardPineLeonardPine The Bar on the Beach
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    Third viewing of NTTD I noticed Bond has the scars on his chest he gained in SF. Nice touch.
  • QBranchQBranch Always have an escape plan. Mine is watching James Bond films.
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    Before Q connects Valdo's USB to his laptop, he asks Bond where it has been, to which Bond replies, "Everywhere, I imagine." It didn't hit me until maybe the third viewing that said USB had indeed been places - in this case, embedded deep in enemy territory:

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    Up his ass.
  • QBranchQBranch Always have an escape plan. Mine is watching James Bond films.
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    This is something I noticed ages ago, but not sure if mentioned here yet. It reminds me of when Connery plays hopscotch over the guard's body in the GF PTS.

    It's another funny little step Connery does, in TB. When they meet up with Pinder and Felix asks who the girl is ("Paula Caplan, my assistant here") we see them walking off, and cue Connery engaging in some fancy footwork. He looks at Martine, turns back to look ahead, and at the last second, spots a guy coming towards him, carrying a basket with his elbow sticking out.

    It looks like his left foot slips on something, but what actually happens: with panther-like reflexes, Connery pops out his left foot, switching the weight onto his right foot, and twists his left shoulder forward and down, avoiding a collision with the oncoming man's elbow. Amazing 'feat' there. Unrehearsed, improvised; kept in the film.
  • StirredNotShakenStirredNotShaken Toronto
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    This is more because I don't really pay much attention to specific timestamps of when things happen in movies, but I never realized that the first time we see Eva Green's face in Casino Royale is 58 minutes into the thing.
  • StirredNotShakenStirredNotShaken Toronto
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    Thunderfinger wrote: »
    Only now did it dawn on me that Felix Leiter sounds similar to "flicks lighter".

    Excuse me while I flick my genuine Felix lighter!
  • BennyBenny In the shadowsAdministrator, Moderator
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    The driver of the Ford chasing the Lotus, is wearing the same shirt and tie combo as Bond. I'm guessing it's one of the stunt drivers who doubled Roger Moore.
    Never noticed this before
  • BirdlesonBirdleson Moderator
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    He’s also the Kristatos’ guy who got eaten by a shark.
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