AceHole
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- AceHole
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- Belgium, via Britain
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- Favourite Fleming Novel
- Moonraker
- Favourite Bond Film
- The Living Daylights
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- Timothy Dalton
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TripAces wrote: » Craig will be back if the following occur... 1. He feels physically able to play the part the way he wants to (which is to do a lot of his own stuntwork...for which, btw, few people seem to applaud him); 2. The script is good…
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Fountainbridge1 wrote: » Didn't help the film at all (other than for pre-credit)- totally forgettable - and unforgivable. There are better composers that could do justice to the Bond franchise. I was never a great fan of Arnold but at least I …
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bondjames wrote: » Outside of Connery, every actor has had a less commercially successful 2nd film (in comparison to the 1st) so the first one has to come out of the blocks strong. Isn't this just because the non-Bond fans who normally don'…
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@Tuulia - I was using it to illustrate a point. It's not directly influenced by TDKR as they were released 3 and a bit month apart, but EoN were quite clearly following Nolan's Batman franchise with keen interest - the 3rd film's premise will not ha…
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bondjames wrote: » AceHole wrote: » suavejmf wrote: » I suppose. Safe, lowest common denominator bet - 1994 - Brosnan (Cubby's last choice) though. Can't argue with that. Possibly the most populist creative decision ever in movie hi…
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DrGorner wrote: » I think in Bond 25, May ( his house keeper) will have to be introduced, and I'm Certain she too will have a mysterious past. Which will unfold over three or four films . :D Very droll :>
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bondjames wrote: » Having said that, there is a different way of looking at it ("it's all a matter of persective" as someone said in a recent trailer), and this is if one sees the DC era as an 'inception' of 'formation' era only. Then someone e…
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007bondUK wrote: » I think it needs a second viewing because honestly after it was over it felt a bit flat. Never had that feeling after Skyfall so sure the bar is set high but SPECTRE is too long and has some really stupid moments which make no …
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TheWizardOfIce wrote: » AceHole wrote: » TheWizardOfIce wrote: » (Spoiler) :D I momentarily opened your spoiler and randomly glimpsed just one word (well, a combined word actually). Boy has that made me curious now (not curious…
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suavejmf wrote: » I suppose. Safe, lowest common denominator bet - 1994 - Brosnan (Cubby's last choice) though. Can't argue with that. Possibly the most populist creative decision ever in movie history.
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TheWizardOfIce wrote: » (Spoiler) :D I momentarily opened your spoiler and randomly glimpsed just one word (well, a combined word actually). Boy has that made me curious now (not curious in that way, however...) ;)
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suavejmf wrote: » Cubby was the same. But she did take a commercial risk on casting DC, that worked. I disagree, partly. Sure, LALD & TMWTGG cashed in on the trends of their time, but OHMSS, FYEO and TLD most definitely did not. They w…
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The problem, to my mind, with the scenario implied by the title of this thread is this: If Craig ends it here he his 'reign' will forever be associated with the feeling that he had only just gotten his teeth into it. CR was a grand intro (as good…
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Thing is that EoN have been following the trends in cinema since Brosnan left: we had CR's 'reboot', Batman Begins style, then QoS' Bourne Ultimatum style, then SF's Dark Knight Rises homage. So I expect them to keep doing the same - the next one…
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WillyGalore wrote: » AceHole wrote: » WillyGalore wrote: » My initial thoughts after last night's viewing. A solid, fun filled Bond film. I'll need to see it a few more times but I think CR is still the best of the current era and I probab…
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WillyGalore wrote: » My initial thoughts after last night's viewing. A solid, fun filled Bond film. I'll need to see it a few more times but I think CR is still the best of the current era and I probably enjoyed SF more. However, for those who hat…
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Chris Nolan is an auteur-director, if you know what I mean, he would not likely give up any creative control over the project. I agree it would be interesting, but his Hitchcockian inclinations may not be suited to Bond. And Nolan uses so many refe…
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BlofeldsMoggie wrote: » roko wrote: » @BlofeldsMoggie SPOILERS!!! Cheers for that! Sorry, had to flag. My apologies, also to DrGorner - this was my first posting. In my defence, I would point out that both these uncharacteristically viole…
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SirHilaryBray wrote: » SPECTRE has a great first hour, reminds me of the start of Thunderball with Bond off solo in a fast pace hunt. The second half of the movie is not as strong, it felt like it lost its way. Because of that it does not sit well…
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CraigMooreOHMSS wrote: » 0iker0 wrote: » I insist that one should watch the movie and rate the score IN the movie. I haven't listened it, and I don't want to do it until I watch the movie the 6th of November. The flipside to that is tha…
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Agreed on Serra. But at least Conti managed to offer us something alive - he actually TRIED. I have no problem with a different take on the music - but it is blatantly obvious when a composer hasn't even really tried. If I offered this kind of…
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Why there is an 'appreciation' thread for someone who clearly doesn't understand nor care about James Bond or his musical legacy is beyond me. It's a bit like having a 'Madonna DAD appreciation thread'... Newman is not fit to score Bond, sorry. H…
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I'm not surprised in the least. I admire the enthusiasm of all the optimists here who's cheery outlook kept telling me to 'give Newman the benefit of the doubt', and 'it was only his 1st attempt' etc., but I had no faith whatsoever in this score. …
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delfloria wrote: » Fraid I'm old school and just want the James Bond theme played in full just once during the film. After that Newman can do whatever he wants. Agreed. Though I do like it being musically 'hinted at' in the PTS and perhaps …
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CraigMooreOHMSS wrote: » AceHole wrote: » minorMajor9th wrote: » Mansfield wrote: » Dismissing David Arnold's work as John Barry copy-paste is a gross exaggeration and pretty disrespectful. The only score he penned that can even slight…
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minorMajor9th wrote: » Mansfield wrote: » Dismissing David Arnold's work as John Barry copy-paste is a gross exaggeration and pretty disrespectful. The only score he penned that can even slightly bear that criticism is Tomorrow Never Dies. Cas…
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Ugh, now for the agonizing 3 week avoidance game… I only want to hear the score when I see the film for the 1st time. This is going to be hard.
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I remember being pleasantly surprised that EoN had gone with an original choice from left-field... "Thank goodness they actually chose a good ACTOR this time", I said out loud. As I've said - a lot of Bond fans don't realize how good they have it…
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To make a footballing (soccer) analogy - a player has to be more than just a very good technical exponent of the game, you have footballers who have a fantastic grasp of the technical side of the game - passing, shooting, dribbling, etc. but unless …
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For a composer to successfully score a Bond film he needs two things 1) Talent as an orchestral composer (lots of it) 2) A true understanding of the character, ie 'Getting what 007 is about' John Barry had both of these in spades. He was (1)…
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