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  • AnotherZorinStoogeAnotherZorinStooge Bramhall (Irish)
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    She looked frightened during the love scene.

    I genuinely hope she wasn't made to feel
    uncomfortable
  • AnotherZorinStoogeAnotherZorinStooge Bramhall (Irish)
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    the pneumatic hum during the warehouse break in is just like r2d2
  • AnotherZorinStoogeAnotherZorinStooge Bramhall (Irish)
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    Gupta doesn't think to put cctv in his secured office despite working for a media magnate
  • AnotherZorinStoogeAnotherZorinStooge Bramhall (Irish)
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    Why does Bond stop to check Wai Lin breaking in instead of just leaving when he had time to go?
  • AnotherZorinStoogeAnotherZorinStooge Bramhall (Irish)
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    Also, how did Wai Lin know about the office if it's a massive secret?
  • AnotherZorinStoogeAnotherZorinStooge Bramhall (Irish)
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    Poor quip
  • AnotherZorinStoogeAnotherZorinStooge Bramhall (Irish)
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    Bond beats up a Butlins rep
  • AnotherZorinStoogeAnotherZorinStooge Bramhall (Irish)
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    I enjoyed the 'print' quip. more like it
  • AnotherZorinStoogeAnotherZorinStooge Bramhall (Irish)
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    Lovely shots of Hamburg
  • AnotherZorinStoogeAnotherZorinStooge Bramhall (Irish)
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    Walks into the hotel room rendezvous despite it so obviously being an ambush

    I know he's concerned for Paris, but come on
  • AnotherZorinStoogeAnotherZorinStooge Bramhall (Irish)
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    Door left wife open.

    A maid could just walk in...
  • AnotherZorinStoogeAnotherZorinStooge Bramhall (Irish)
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    Vincent Schiavelli is just outstanding.
  • AnotherZorinStoogeAnotherZorinStooge Bramhall (Irish)
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    Brosnan's breathing....
  • AnotherZorinStoogeAnotherZorinStooge Bramhall (Irish)
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    The assassination scene is a huge plus, and Brosnan is absolutely superb in it. There is genuine fear underlining his voice, but concealed. The smile he gives Kaufman as the car is locked: just brilliant.
  • AnotherZorinStoogeAnotherZorinStooge Bramhall (Irish)
    edited June 16 Posts: 709
    The car chase is exactly what The Doktor ordered: quality fun over top-heavy action and Imperial Stormtrooper level accuracy from goons
  • AnotherZorinStoogeAnotherZorinStooge Bramhall (Irish)
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    Thank christ none of the hotel's other patrons needed their car during that half hour...
  • AnotherZorinStoogeAnotherZorinStooge Bramhall (Irish)
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    Al Matthews and Joe Don Baker as Wade.

    RIP both
  • AnotherZorinStoogeAnotherZorinStooge Bramhall (Irish)
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    The pre-Halo jump scenes are a delight. Wade is particularly good but a kind word for Colin Stinton as Dr Greenwalt.

    May have been best to talk through the HALO jump with Bond more than a minute out, though, and not with Sgt Apone barking at him with the hatch wide
    open.

    But we won't quibble.
  • AnotherZorinStoogeAnotherZorinStooge Bramhall (Irish)
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    The 'Bond inspects the wreckage' scene was better again in FYEO.
  • AnotherZorinStoogeAnotherZorinStooge Bramhall (Irish)
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    Wai Lin certainly feels like a missed opportunity. Like Anya Amasova but can act in real life.
  • AnotherZorinStoogeAnotherZorinStooge Bramhall (Irish)
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    Steroid Billy Idol has returned
  • AnotherZorinStoogeAnotherZorinStooge Bramhall (Irish)
    edited June 16 Posts: 709
    The Saigon standoff is nifty but utterly spoiled by the ease of their escape, culmiating in a billion bullets whizzing past and a stunt stolen from Die Hard.

    Then a motorcycle chase which is too long, has a bit of the old sexism and sees Bond behave patronisingly to Wai Lin.

    I heard tensions existed between Broz and Yeoh during the shoot (yohoo). You can see it in Yeoh's face; she really doesn't like PB at all.

    Given up now. I remember the ending sequence is the brutal action slog on the big bad boat. Nah.

    Still bottom tier Bond, for me, but it was a decent nostalgia bump. Eleven years old, reading my brother's magazines for any piece of information. Going to see it with him the night it came out in the now defunct cinema in Newry. It's Bellinis bar and restaurant, now. The classy location every town or city attempts. Never been.

    Then, as its cinema run ends, the wait for it to come out on vhs begins, the interim spent reading Benson's execrable novelisation twice. Oh, the excitement of the release date and watching it again and again for months, before it clicked it didn't, but no problem, TWINE soon is announced and the same procedure starts all over again.

    Yesterday never dies, either, it seems.
  • CommanderRossCommanderRoss The bottom of a pitch lake in Eastern Trinidad, place called La Brea
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    AnotherZorinStooge wrote: »
    The Saigon standoff is nifty but utterly spoiled by the ease of their escape, culmiating in a billion bullets whizzing past and a stunt stolen from Die Hard.

    Then a motorcycle chase which is too long, has a bit of the old sexism and sees Bond behave patronisingly to Wai Lin.

    I heard tensions existed between Broz and Yeoh during the shoot (yohoo). You can see it in Yeoh's face; she really doesn't like PB at all.

    Given up now. I remember the ending sequence is the brutal action slog on the big bad boat. Nah.

    Still bottom tier Bond, for me, but it was a decent nostalgia bump. Eleven years old, reading my brother's magazines for any piece of information. Going to see it with him the night it came out in the now defunct cinema in Newry. It's Bellinis bar and restaurant, now. The classy location every town or city attempts. Never been.

    Then, as its cinema run ends, the wait for it to come out on vhs begins, the interim spent reading Benson's execrable novelisation twice. Oh, the excitement of the release date and watching it again and again for months, before it clicked it didn't, but no problem, TWINE soon is announced and the same procedure starts all over again.

    Yesterday never dies, either, it seems.

    Pity, you tuned out too early ;-)
  • ToTheRightToTheRight
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    Superb write up, @AnotherZorinStooge. I was slightly disappointed in TND my initial viewing....the last act on the Stealth ship seeming more like a typical '90's action movie than Bond. I saw it with a group of Bond fans the following night and I enjoyed it far more. I do have a nostalgia for that era. 1997 was one of my favorite years.
  • AnotherZorinStoogeAnotherZorinStooge Bramhall (Irish)
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    ToTheRight wrote: »
    Superb write up, @AnotherZorinStooge. I was slightly disappointed in TND my initial viewing....the last act on the Stealth ship seeming more like a typical '90's action movie than Bond. I saw it with a group of Bond fans the following night and I enjoyed it far more. I do have a nostalgia for that era. 1997 was one of my favorite years.

    The wife had Celebrity Bake Off on last night and would you believe, it had Teri Hatcher as a contestant. She seemed knowledgable, driven and genuine.

    She won star baker, too.
  • ToTheRightToTheRight
    edited June 18 Posts: 16,553
    LIVE AND LET DIE

    May not get to do as much commenting tonight, but here we are for now.
    007 in New York. My favorite city.
    Hedison is easily one of my fave Felix's.
  • ToTheRightToTheRight
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    Kananga is great. I loved these scenes when I first saw this as a kid. I was in 5th grade and my folks and I rented it one December Saturday afternoon. I'd been watching my VHS copy of OCTOPUSSY over and over. I wanted to see all the Bonds. Here we were- Roger's first outing. I loved the overcoat he wears in New York, and his haircut.
  • ToTheRightToTheRight
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    Arnold Williams. Great scenes here. I also love Martin's version of the Bond theme.
    My favorite "Bond...James Bond" in the entire franchise.
  • ToTheRightToTheRight
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    Bond shaves while in the tub. Also at night before he goes to bed.
  • ToTheRightToTheRight
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    I got a denim jacket the day before my wedding. It's a little like Roger's except it's an olive green rather than that pale blue color.
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