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LeonardPine

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LeonardPine
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The Bar on the Beach
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Favourite Fleming Novel
Moonraker
Favourite Bond Film
Goldfinger
Favourite Bond Actor
Daniel Craig
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4,379

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  • Mathis1 wrote: » To think that they were originally going to cast Charlton Heston as Chief Brody, and I believe Spielberg wanted Sterling Hayden as Quint, but Shaw and Scheider are magnificent, great cast! The cast were so bloody perfect! t…
  • Reflsin2bourbons wrote: » The Arnold scores: 1. DAD (really cool, Bond theme takes are well done, and I Will Return would have been a great theme) 2. TWINE (Really easy listening, dramatic when it needs to be, M and the alarm clock is great as w…
  • Mathis1 wrote: » JAWS (1975) For it's 50th anniversary, another hugely satisfying watch, in glorious 4k disc, for what it is arguably Spielbergs finest film! What else is there to say, well written, direction of the highest calibre. fantastic cas…
  • Mathis1 wrote: » NOSFERATU (2024) My friend @LeonardPine will be delighted to hear that my brother purchased this for me for my birthday last week! So now, having watched it , I can tell him whether I regret not getting to see it in the cinema! W…
  • Ludovico wrote: » Luc Besson's Dracula: What can I say? Ouch. He didn't even try: this is beyond derivative, a carbon copy of Coppola's take. Maybe even dumber, if it's possible. Crikey, Coppola should sue! Nice photography though..
  • Fire_and_Ice_Returns wrote: » LeonardPine wrote: » ToTheRight wrote: » My soon to be wife (three days) ordered this for me: my favorite incarnation of The Man of Steel. Used to love watching this as a kid in the 70's. It was o…
  • Some great posts on here. All i can add is that he's a very creepy Bond villain. I liked his back story and Remi Malek plays him just right. I love that intense meeting between him and Bond. Outstanding scene. Another worthy villain to add to the…
  • JamesSpectre wrote: » Watch this and tell me you genuinely see James Bond… Not sure what this is supposed to prove. He's an actor. As in playing a different character to himself...
  • mtm wrote: » LeonardPine wrote: » I'll never get tired of Craig's badass stairway battle and i love the nonchalant way he shoots Safin. I really like that and I felt the same in the cinema: the Bond villain is just an irrelevance at tha…
  • Well into the teen numbers of viewings and still enjoying this film immensely. The ending doesn't bother me in the slightest anymore. I just admire Craig's acting and Zimmer's powerful music when i watch it now. I'll never get tired of Craig's ba…
  • ToTheRight wrote: » My soon to be wife (three days) ordered this for me: my favorite incarnation of The Man of Steel. Used to love watching this as a kid in the 70's. It was on British TV usually during the school holidays. Well done …
  • SonofSean wrote: » Breaking news: Aaron Taylor Johnson on the red carpet premiere of 28 Years Later said this to a reporter: "I can't tell you anything." Anyone else really tired of all this waiting around and silly speculation? I think Aaron Ta…
  • LeighBurne wrote: » Not sure how controversial this is these days, but Never Say Never Again is significantly better than some of the Eon movies. I agree. Certainly better than Diamonds Are Forever and a few others.
  • FoxRox wrote: » Probably very controversial here since I’ve seen GE’s soundtrack get so much hate, but I wish this track had been used instead for the tank chase: It’s still good in the movie but I like this one more. Seriously?!! I …
  • Jordo007 wrote: » I can see them going down the Top Gun Maverick route, it's just they're bad guys let's stop them. The threat feels very real world, but the villain's have no nation or state connected to them. I think Bond will do something si…
  • Live And Let Die.... Absolutely love Fleming's writing in this. His descriptions of Bond and Leiter's evening shenanigans in Harlem are so detailed and drip with atmosphere. Love it! I also like Fleming's creation of Mr Big, as the first successf…
  • mtm wrote: » One thing which feels weird to me now is Bond slaughtering dozens of innocent Russian soldiers as he escapes from custody in GoldenEye- I think if you bring in military then you've got be careful. GE tries to have its cake and eat it …
  • Tom Hates 'motion smoothing!!!'
  • Ryan wrote: » LeonardPine wrote: » Cruise also did an introduction on the (I think) MI:Fallout Bluray, asking viewers to turn off the 'motion smoothing' function on their TV's for the film to be experienced as intended. I must admit, movies…
  • Ludovico wrote: » 500 Days of Summer. I had watched it ten years ago, it hadn't made a great impression on me, I had found the male lead infuriating, but for some reason, rewatching it, I really enjoyed it. I'm not sure if it's a smart anti-romcom…
  • Cruise also did an introduction on the (I think) MI:Fallout Bluray, asking viewers to turn off the 'motion smoothing' function on their TV's for the film to be experienced as intended. I must admit, movies always look weird to me with the 'motion…
  • ToTheRight wrote: » A buddy of mine left a voicemail telling me he had gotten the NEVER SAY NEVER AGAIN haircut for the summer. I thought that was pretty funny. My wife is my hairdresser now. She vetoed the YOU ONLY LIVE TWICE haircut for me. Sh…
  • mtm wrote: » Quite cool to see some unused CR teaser poster concepts in this photo. I rather like the one he's pointing at: https://twitter.com/007/status/1932769794752729217 Seems Daniel really was involved with every aspect of the pr…
  • Mathis1 wrote: » LeonardPine wrote: » Mathis1 wrote: » SIN CITY (2005) Based on Frank Millers graphic novel, he also was involved in writing/directing along with Robert Rodriguez ( who not only writes, directs, edits, and music, he also …
  • Mathis1 wrote: » SIN CITY (2005) Based on Frank Millers graphic novel, he also was involved in writing/directing along with Robert Rodriguez ( who not only writes, directs, edits, and music, he also makes the tea!) Using a couple of stories from…
  • imranbecks wrote: » Headsculpt looks ok in some angles, but looks off in another. I still think it's ok and to think after all these years, this is the first ever official Daniel Craig headsculpt made... Is that the same head scul…
  • FoxRox wrote: » Having watched OHMSS again for the first time in a while, I still have a very high opinion of Lazenby's Bond performance. I've said before he's my third favorite one after Connery and Craig, and I'd probably still say so honestly, …
  • Mathis1 wrote: » Cheers mate! In the end never got to watch a Bond at our Bank Holiday! 😫 Outrageous!!!
  • MajorDSmythe wrote: » There's something off with the eyes, but I can't put my finger on what exactly it is. Definitely. It's a pretty poor likeness of Craig IMO..
  • Doesn't Star Wars have it's own discussion thread..? :D