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Hamlisch was on fire at time. Not only from The Way We Were; he did The Sting, another huge scorei in '73, and in '75 did the music for A Chorus Line, one of the biggest Broadway successes of all time and won both a Tony and Pulitzer Prize for it. …
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echo wrote: » M is the Bond girl in SF. It's ingenious. Depends on your tolerance of the characterization of M. I've disliked the Dench portrayal of M putting Bond down early on and always seeming like she has to try much harder to make an i…
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I don't agree every MI film has tried to copy Bond. There are bound to be variations of stunts in all sorts of films. Bonds have done variations of earlier films over and over again for years and have borrowed from other films themselves, so I wo…
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Re: the whole criticism of previous Bonds, some of us have stayed consistent in our views and opinions over the years. I was one - or at least it felt like it at the time - of the very few Dalton defenders, both during his tenure, afterward and t…
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If there was a time when MI seemed to copy Bond it was in MI2, which seemed to borrow a lot from GE. The Nyah relationship was quite forced and seemed an attempt to make Hunt more like Bond and in the process made him less interesting. At least Juli…
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I was fine with CR and QoS being mostly gadget-free. Who misses them when the story and action are good? OHMSS is another prime example. Again, if it's something that's helpful we haven't seen before and is in the realm of reality, then fine. Oth…
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A couple of small details in GF I thought were interesting: On the side of a building in the teaser sequence when Bond changes out of his scuba suit and puts in the boutonniere is an advertisement for Pepsi. Another ad I noticed is in the pro …
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Just make them practical or cutting edge we can't get commercially yet. Remember when Bond films did that? My least favorite case of a too-convenient gadget was YOLT when he runs across Osato's safe and just happens to have a mini safecracker in …
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Revelator wrote: » BT3366 wrote: » Bond being so virile he turns a woman who was "immune" is too much and when Fiona Volpe references it in TB it makes it all the more apparent. And yet in multiple Bond films women fall into his arms in…
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Some of the points brought up above just bring up more issues I have with the film. Saying none of the Bond plots hold up to close scrutiny is a true enough statement, but if GF is supposedly the best then by that criteria it just lumps it in wit…
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Revelator wrote: » BT3366 wrote: » I'd also argue the point above that someone thinks there's more action in GF than in FRWL. GF seems to have the least action of any Bond film. Not how I'd describe a film that features Bond blowing up …
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Is it wrong, though, to not bow at the alter of GF? Since I was a young fan all I've heard was how it was the pinnacle of the series and I just cannot agree. Despite watching it countless times over the years to try and see if it changes my view, it…
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Shardlake wrote: » Social Network lost to The Kings Speech, granted Firth probably deserved it but Eisenberg was incredible. That's another one I meant to include. It's another example of the Academy rewarding historical films while ignoring …
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I don't think Kronsteen was underused. He had just enough screen time to leave an impression without overstaying. I really like the way the screenplay has Kronsteen, Klebb and Blofeld in the early scenes and then they disappear for the bulk of th…
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The Goodfellas snub was a disgrace. Scorsese routinely got screwed for so many years, I also think back to Ordinary People over Raging Bull. Thing is the Academy voting members were a largely older crowd, and they still get it wrong on so many occas…
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Superhero movies are there and I can take or leave them. There may be oversaturation, but I think back to when I was a comic-mad kid in the '70s and all we had were the Incredible Hulk and Spider-Man television series and Captain America TV movies t…
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At the time, MI3 was a fresh approach to the series, especially after the mess that was 2. And Abrams was hot off Lost and Alias, so he was a good choice then. A criticism of MI, both the TV version and movies, is that you don't get to know the c…
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PanchitoPistoles wrote: » Why do these great Bond directors always have appreciation for the WRONG Bond movie? First Sam Mendes & LALD, now Cary Fukunaga and AVTAK. Sigh... I thought the same thing. Doesn't Craig appreciate LALD as it was…
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bondjames wrote: » BT3366 wrote: » Right, that's what I thought about the transmitter. But the whole thing was for Silva to get caught anyway, so who knows, but it just adds to the puzzle of things that don't add up and why I think this film i…
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Right, that's what I thought about the transmitter. But the whole thing was for Silva to get caught anyway, so who knows, but it just adds to the puzzle of things that don't add up and why I think this film is so overrated. I've tried to give the…
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-Small thing, but how about using CGI to edit out the gloves Craig or his double are wearing on the motorcycle chase. They appear and disappear and they never put any scene of him pulling them on. Strange in the modern era that such a thing is so ap…
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Creasy47 wrote: » ClarkDevlin wrote: » Depends on how it's executed. If it's not nukes, it's something else. I'd rather they keep grief, anger and revenge away and focus on recreating the mind games to manipulate the odds into their favor, jus…
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bondjames wrote: » What amazes me is the image of Bond girls vs. what I see as the reality. They have a bad reputation in general due to when these films were introduced to the public and the imagery, but I think some of that reputation is unfound…
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Mendes4Lyfe wrote: » Like how a certain member feels about Kara, I feel the same way about Vesper. Not the character but how she is portrayed by Eva Green. For me she isn't beguiling but instead just irritating. As an example, who uses the phrase …
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First off, I disagree that QoS is the film everyone loves to hate as stated in the introduction. I've seen it gain momentum recently, evolving into one of the underrated films in the series by a lot of fans on these boards and polarizing would be a …
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Pierce2Daniel wrote: » CommanderRoss wrote: » bondjames wrote: » Pierce2Daniel wrote: » bondjames wrote: » Torgeirtrap wrote: » bondjames wrote: » Torgeirtrap wrote: » bondjames wrote: » Torgeirtrap wrote: » b…
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patb wrote: » Wow, that puts Cruises career into perspective. Just look at the talent that he has worked with re top flight directors. Exactly. When I see people criticize him as crazy and controlling and whatever I just point to that list as…
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Cool link. I'm surprised nobody has written a detailed book about the history of the MI film series. I know commentaries on home video are considered the main sources, but they can only cover so much when there are multiple stories to be told about…
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This discussion is interesting when you consider the MI TV series was a team of 5: A team leader, master of disguise, female distraction, a strongman and an electronics expert, operating on their own. The movie universe often combines these roles…
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PanchitoPistoles wrote: » BT3366 wrote: » Can any casual fans even recognize Fiennes, Harris or Whishaw by name? Sure, a lot will know Fiennes "Sure, a lot will know Fiennes"??? I'm pretty sure you can't find a SINGLE person on the planet…
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