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  • I think the Severnaya sequence is one of GE's better parts. Suspenseful short film that might've been the pre-credits in an earlier entry, only positioned deeper into the run-time and woven into the whole in a way we're unused to in Bond. Just think…
  • Yeah, you've got all the strong parts. Especially that string of scenes after the title sequence. I also quite like the stunt work on the train. Even if OP is corrupted by the usual 80s trappings, I always appreciate that the movie tries to evoke…
  • @Fire_and_Ice_Returns Cafe Terrace at Night is another favorite, of course. I also really like Wheatfield with Crows and The Night Cafe. The latter really jumps off the canvas and makes you feel it: Good memory re: Pre-Raphaelite focus on wom…
  • This is a great thread. @Fire_and_Ice_Returns Van Gogh is a favorite of mine as well. (Have you seen LOVING VINCENT (2017) by the way? I thought it was great.) When I was like seven I loved drawing, like you do at that age, and one Christmas got an …
  • Birdleson wrote: » Upon this viewing I am now fully in agreement that THUNDERBALL has one too many underwater scenes. The next to final bit, where Bond ends up in the Shark's Grotto, is completely unnecessary, and is just further proof that Van N…
  • bondsum wrote: » A good, intelligent response @Strog. I'm very much like yourself, I absolutely love Connery as Bond (even in DAF) and if ever there was a chance to see the great man play the role in his prime again, I'd take it. As a matter of fa…
  • Not so much a choice to overlook, @bondsum, as just plain overlooked, because I wrote: » I don't know enough about the production history on this one to say But yes at least I see that Also I wrote: » the timing for this film never wo…
  • The end of Game of Thrones: An exclusive report on the epic final season https://ew.com/tv/2018/11/01/game-of-thrones-final-season-ew-cover-story/ Last April a crew member revealed that Game of Thrones had wrapped 55 night shoots while filming …
  • Roadphill wrote: » @Strog It isn't that I don't think Connery could pull it off. More that it would probably be jarring to see him do so, given the way he carried his interpretation of Bond up until that point. I see, @Roadphill. I'd agree ab…
  • Disagree about Connery not being able to pull off OHMSS. He was one of the geniuses of 60s Bond, and a very talented actor -- specifically I think a lot more of that talent is on display as Bond, possibly more than often thought. It's hard to imagin…
  • @CommanderRoss sure no worries. I'm glad you mentioned it actually as I'd heard of that book long ago but forgot its existence till now. So it's going on my list too.
  • CommanderRoss wrote: » Strog wrote: » @MaxCasino I think Dahl would've been excellent as a continuation author. He and Fleming got on well, had similar backgrounds, especially working in intelligence during the war. (He was also like Fleming a…
  • Birdleson wrote: » Thunderfinger wrote: » Inspired by the films thread: I prefer Wood s TSWLM novelization to Fleming s TSWLM. Love them both, but in my book Fleming wins hands down. Haven't yet read Wood's novelization but I ca…
  • Dan Stevens is an interesting, and welcome, addition to the lackluster gallery of prospects. I'm familiar with him from Downton Abbey. Not much of a Bond audition, that show. However, I did instantly lose interest when he and his character departed,…
  • ClarkDevlin wrote: » The action sequences in TND would mop the floor with anything seen in both GE and TWINE. I think both the printing press fight and the fight in Wai Lin's base are among the series' worst fisticuffs. (Although on the whole…
  • anyone wrote: » So Legionnaire, peter, and TripAces all had a rebirth or Jung type observation about the film? Did anyone else? Did it feel obvious? Or sound like nonsense? I guess I've kind of wondered what a Jungian analysis of SF would loo…
  • FoxRox wrote: » It’s the fad that’s annoying to me above all other things. Hearing about them all the time anywhere I go. I wish attention to other movies would be more evenly distributed along with the superhero films. They seem to just overshado…
  • Torgeirtrap wrote: » Is there any indication that there will be less superhero films the next few years? Feels like there's a new one out each month. No, and I'm not sure the genie is going back in the bottle any time soon, tbh. Even if super…
  • GoldenGun wrote: » However, always quite felt LTK had a ‘last film’ vibe to it. Maybe more ‘end of an era’ feel though. Classic Bond finishes there in 1989 with the final tunes of Patti LaBelle’s end title song. Modern Bond quite appropriately sta…
  • Thunderfinger wrote: » Total Recall with Colin Farrell is far better than the Arnold Schwarzenegger movie. Ebert liked it, too. Although I'm not sure better than the original. Murdock wrote: » Ooof. I thought it was just as bad as that 2…
  • mattjoes wrote: » Incidentally, I also very much enjoy his physical acting in some of the action scenes, where he finds a perfect balance between the physical elegance and gracefulness of Bond and a slightly clumsy demeanor (such as when escaping …
  • DN: Connery's introduction done like Paul Muni's in JUAREZ (1939) DAF: Bambi and Thumper from BAMBI (1942); Bambi, a Life in the Woods was the book on which the movie was based, but Thumper was not a character, so taken as a pair I guess the refe…
  • mattjoes wrote: » I just read the short story I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream. Loved it. I'll definitely seek out more Ellison. I have a collection of his short stories (The Beast That Shouted Love At the Heart of the World). Read through i…
  • Shardlake wrote: » LeChiffre wrote: » Roger Moore could act occasionally. I think whereas some members go to pains to downgrade DC's acting abilities, I think some Sir Roger fans try to argue he's a lot more subtle a performer than he's b…
  • @Fire_and_Ice_Returns Think I've seen you mention that a few times, about how many podcasts you listen to. Let me know what you think. Once you get through the Hitch series, and if you like it, the same guy is currently in the middle of a big series…
  • Recently found this and wanted to flag it for the Hitch fans here. There's a podcast called "The Secret History of Hollywood" which did a nearly 20-hour biography/history of Hitch and his films. It's in three parts: https://podfanatic.com/podc…
  • Agent_99 wrote: » Round this time of year I often re-read Ray Bradbury's The Halloween Tree and The October Country. They're not super scary (I don't like horror) but he's such a good writer and they're very atmospheric. Second the Bradbury m…
  • Grown The entire second four-film block (YOLT, OHMSS, DAF, LALD) has really grown on me. For anyone who wants to argue that it's as strong a run of films as the first four, I wouldn't argue (probably for the controversial thread). YOLT improved i…
  • They've mined the final Fleming novels fairly well in the last two with SF (YOLT, TMWTGG) and SP (TB, OHMSS), so I'm good if they go elsewhere for the heart of the plot. AgentM72 wrote: » Interesting piece here. https://www.indiewire.com/201…
  • Birdleson wrote: » 1 and 2, GF and FRWL, are pretty well set. 3 and 4, OHMSS and CR, go back and forth. Same with 5 and 6 (DN and TSWLM). 7 and 8 are pretty solid, LALD and TB, respectively. 9 - 12 is an ongoing battle between YOLT, GE, QOS and S…