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Mallory

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Favourite Fleming Novel
Casino Royale
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Skyfall
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Roger Moore
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  • August Bank Holiday Bond Double on ITV Skyfall (pre-watershed cut, likely not terrible) Saturday 26th August 20:30-23:15 ITV1 - UK No Time To Die (pre-watershed cut, likely terrible) Monday 28th August 20:00-23:10 ITV2 - UK then… Q…
    in TV Alerts Comment by Mallory August 2023
  • SIS_HQ wrote: » Anthony Sinclair is still alive? As in the brand, cant imagine he is.
  • AstonLotus wrote: » Univex wrote: » This is what Bond should be wearing, even today. Anthony Sinclair should do. It’s amazing isn’t it that a suit from a movie that’s nearly sixty years old wouldn’t look out of place today. I…
  • Appreciably going off topic quite a bit here, but yes Bond’s wardrobe in NTTD is all over the place. It’s not as consistently strong as QoS through Spectre. Hits - Blue Connolly Gubbino from Matera - Jamaica Tommy Bahama - Garage RGT Jacket an…
  • Gran Turismo It was a pretty decent time, and I am a GT player. Oddly the film was best when they got past the first 20 mins, which almost felt like an extended advert for the game, and into the actual training and racing.
  • Benjamin_Weekly69 wrote: » Please no plot that involves bond going anywhere near the states thanks. Given that NTTD performed poorly in the states, and that the Craig era never went there except for a small part of CR (Miami, and even then,…
  • @mtm absolutely bloody outstanding!
  • The producers need to look to Goldeneye as the template for Bond 26. - A new James Bond, but is presented as is. - Great villain, physically and mentally a match - Great supporting villains and henchwomn - Great secondary characters, all inter…
  • Both Quantum of Solace (Saturday Evening) and The World is Not Enough (Sunday afternoon) are on ITV1 this coming weekend. Similarly I would expect Skyfall and Die Another Day on Saturday 26th and Sunday 27th respectively, and Spectre on Saturday…
    in TV Alerts Comment by Mallory August 2023
  • Kandahar (2023) Gerard Butler’s latest action flick. It was decent enough although the film is exactly the same as Guy Ritchie’s The Covenant, but I felt that was better written and with characters I cared more about than the ones in Kandahar. …
  • I’m not sure if this has been shared yet, but an interesting look behind the curtain (literally): https://www.instagram.com/reel/CvptqamI4NM/?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==
  • Albert R Broccoli’s EoN Productions Presents…as Ian Fleming’s James Bond 007 in… a film by Christopher Nolan… Bit of a mouthful 😅 extra big poster required.
  • MajorDSmythe wrote: » matt_u wrote: » Bad times for M:I at the domestic boxoffice after a pretty bad $3M Friday. Fallout had $5.3M. 3rd weekend is gonna be a disappointing $10/11M. Full run in the US likely to end around $175M, lower than wha…
  • TLD is the better Bond film, but LTK is the better film. Hmmmmm….
  • Parachute Jump. I would be fearful of either the rope snapping, or smashing into the dam.
  • The mask thing is quite silly but it is an important and unique part of the series, so I always enjoy it when it pops up.
  • Jordo007 wrote: » I'll be honest I'm glad Jeremy Renner hasn't been in the last two films. Nothing against him personally, but his character wasn’t necessary. He's literally there to tell the audience how impossible the mission is in both Ghost Pr…
  • Zekidk wrote: » Pierce2Daniel wrote: » They should make Tom Holland the new lead I think the character needs a little more testosterone. He reminds me of a young Michael J. Fox. They already have an excellent actor to lead any Cr…
  • Risico007 wrote: » https://bondscenes.com/news/sam-mendes-turns-down-generous-offer-to-direct-bond-26/ Which if this is true this is interesting Amazing how quickly a poorly researched article travels. This is from early 2013. Its 1…
  • @Bernie99 If you’re trying to get the runtime down, little cuts like this all add up, even if they are cool. Shame theyre not in the movie, but Bond is the same. The opening chase in SF was heavily cut down, for example, with shots in the trailer no…
  • Bond going on a rampage and absolutely forgetting about Safin until it become plot relevant again is a pretty stupid move on his part. Right I have killed all the goons and opened the blast doors… la de dah time to leave this Island… wait what ab…
  • Fire_and_Ice_Returns wrote: » MajorDSmythe wrote: » Fire_and_Ice_Returns wrote: » MajorDSmythe wrote: » Fire_and_Ice_Returns wrote: » MajorDSmythe wrote: » Have you ever played a game, gotten to the final boss, and realised tha…
  • With MI the story is written around the stunts, so it was only a means to an end (doing the jump). I thought it was fine, even if, thanks to all the marketing hype, I knew what was coming. The skid and stunt do look cool, so no complaints here.
  • I read it as Benji knowing he was intentionally leading Ethan to the top, to the jump, but held of confirming it until he got to the top.
  • QBranch wrote: » Bond had a flying DB5 in episode 1 of James Bond Jr. Doors folded out to become wings, propeller in the grille. I vaguely remember that Chris Corbold pitched that idea for the opening of NTTD.
  • LucknFate wrote: » Feyador wrote: » By point of comparison with Bond, the Cruise character is so sexless and without style, such a marked contrast, and thus in keeping with our somewhat dour times, I guess. Has he ever had a romantic relati…
  • LucknFate wrote: » I might save my thoughts for later... doesn't top Fallout for me and likely won't be as regular in my repeat rotation, I can already tell. But it was still good stuff. I noticed a Neil? Corbould as the SFX Coordinator or Supervi…
  • SecretAgentMan⁰⁰⁷ wrote: » Sorry to ask, but for those who have seen it, does Lorne Balfe's score for the film tops his Fallout score? Difficult to say, it worked well in the film but need to give it a good listen. There is plenty of MI the…
  • matt_u wrote: » So it looks like it will collect $250/270M til Sunday. Besting Fallout and crossing $800M globally sounds quite likely with such an opening. For comparison, Fallout did $153m opening weekend worldwide in 2017, though I thin…