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Mallory

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Mallory
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Favourite Fleming Novel
Casino Royale
Favourite Bond Film
Skyfall
Favourite Bond Actor
Roger Moore
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  • Tenet bowed to $53m internationally this weekend, against predictions of $40m. https://deadline.com/2020/08/tenet-christopher-nolan-the-eight-hundred-imax-china-international-box-office-1203024679/ EoN and Universal will probably be looking at…
  • My feeling on this is that we will have NTTD this November in a staggered worldwide release r.e. Tenet. My only feeling is that they should bring it forward a few weeks, perhaps Mid October. Reasoning is that *if* there’s a second lockdown this wint…
  • Thunderfinger wrote: » Is that a complete calendar, @QBranch ? And did you make it yourself, if so? Looks like the official NTTD Calendar, which is on the 007 store.
  • GadgetMan wrote: » I thought Jodie comer was rumoured to play NOMI. Lol I remember the fever pitch spectulation in the final few days before the Bond 25 (at the time) Jamaica reveal event We were supposed to have: Dakota Johnson Emma…
  • MakeshiftPython wrote: » Fans still salty over his color palette in SP? Spectre is a good looking movie save for the awful sepia filter over the opening Mexico sequence, which should have been bright and full of colour. It was shot on 35mm …
  • @mtm Its a lot like people who are “oh are you Xbox or Playstation” like you can only pick one? I like both. As is with the spy genre, I like all kinds of spy movies, not just Bond ones. I just dont understand that thought process. Maybe I …
  • Hot take: Bond doesnt need A-List directors. Bond needs better writers. Fukunga is a great director but I wouldnt say he is A-List at present.
  • The sound mix was *really* bad. I struggled throughout with what the characters were saying (all of them), they were just drowned out by the soundtrack. For a set-up and dialogue heavy film, that isnt great.
  • If Tenet is what Nolan’s idea of what a Bond film is, I hope he never makes one. They’ve really tried to sell Tenet as “Nolan’s crack at a Bond-esque spy movie” and the movie just isnt that. So either marketing are selling it wrong, or Nolan believe…
  • Also, an amusing connection (of sorts) to Skyfall (Spoiler)
  • @Denbigh Branagh is very inconsistent for me. I like him as an actor when he is more of a good guy, like in Murder on the Orient Express, or Dunkirk. Doesnt do villains very well. I think he was a Russian villain in Jack Ryan, this is a similar d…
  • Kananga wrote: » Who went to see the film today? Was it a packed house? With the socially distanced seating, probably two thirds in my 8.30pm imax viewing.
  • Just back from watching it in IMAX. I cant explain the plot. I think I just about got the gist of it but will require multiple viewings. Stunning cinematography - why Hoytema couldnt do this with Spectre I will never know. Good score, if very…
  • Mathis1 wrote: » mtm wrote: » Watching LTK on TV tonight.. how come, after he's rescued from the Hong Kong narcotics team, Sanchez's people have Bond's dinner suit cleaned and pressed, but they don't mention how his cummerbund features a hidde…
  • I dont get it, why bother going to the effort of filming it in 15/70mm if no one is ever going to be able to see it that way?
  • fjdinardo wrote: » What was the point of the pipeline bomb in TWINE? Just to lure Bond into a trap and kill him? To make it look like a terrorist attack on the pipeline, and as Bond says, to cover the plutonium they will use in the submarin…
  • I hope there will be a 15/70mm imax release of NTTD in November, especially as they have shot sequences in the format. Back in Feb when tickets opened, the BFI IMAX indicated they wouldnt, which was a massive shame. Hopefully they have changed th…
  • The Spy Who Loved Me A bit of an odd one for me, I like it but I would rank it fairly mid table. I suppose I prefer the more down to early, smaller espionage centred movies over the bigger, larger scale and more bombastic Bond movies (similiarly,…
  • Edge of Tomorrow (2014) I hadn't seen it for a very long time, the movie is great. Really well written and makes very good use of its central premise. Cruise is (as he always is) very good and so is Emily Blunt (I still hold hope we will have…
  • Have ordered some new 007 stuff for the first time in ages, Pop Funkos: M (Judi), Honey Ryder and Moneypenny (Naomi) James Bond Blue Logo T Shirt No Time To Die 2020-2021 Calendar Zavvi so far seem cheapest for the new NTTD Funkos when the…
  • In Octopussy, when they’re discussing the Octopus symbol in Q’s lab, the tuk tuk is being repaired on the monitors in the background.
  • I didnt notice Cubby Broccoli is in Moonraker until I watched Calvin Dyson’s recap of the movie.
  • I just booked my ticket for opening night (Weds 26th) in IMAX. Exciting times. I hope this is safe enough and successful enough to start a wave of other films to be released.
  • Why EoN and MGM just dont officially release a proper remastered Goldeneye N64 is beyond me. I know there was one done a few years back but it was tied up in legal issues. Surely they can all play nice and arrange it?
  • Mathis1 wrote: » Quantum of Solace Yet another great watch of this! Fabulous Bond film! Craig on top form, and looks terrific, Greene is a very underrated villain (love it when he goes nuts with that axe at the end!), Camille is superb Bond girl…
  • For me, DAF depends on how you view it. As a sequel to OHMSS Its tragic. And not in a good way. As it’s own stand alone film Its campy fun with some fun dialogue, a great Barry score and some fun performances - especially Whyte. Charles Grey…
  • I really like the N Peal Tactical Navy Sweater, as seen in the promotional images and posters from No Time To Die, and would like one, but there is no way I can justify spending £345 on it. Its not like a coat or jacket which I can wear everyday, it…
  • I am a huge fan of the Tom Ford suits and stylings that the Craig era has had. These are my faves, in no order: Quantum of Solace Bolivia Airport Suit Skyfall Macau Casino Midnight Blue Tuxedo Scotland/Skyfall Estate Sp…
  • 00Agent wrote: » Octopussy wrote: » Craig is by far the best dressed Bond in the series, IMO. Now that's a controversial opinion around here... But i'll go with that. He's definitly the most influential to me in that regard. For…
  • They’re now selling “Bowmore Black 1964 Whiskey housed inside a DB5 piston” for $65,000 each. The mind boggles on this one. https://hypebeast.com/2020/8/aston-martin-bowmore-black-db5-1964-whisky-release