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  • Dragonpol wrote: » Matt_Helm wrote: » Ludovico wrote: » Bring back no one. Regarding the current talent pool of thriller writers this sounds like a quite sensible solution. Come to think about it, a really talented guy wouldn't agree …
  • Ludovico wrote: » Bring back no one. Regarding the current talent pool of thriller writers this sounds like a quite sensible solution. Come to think about it, a really talented guy wouldn't agree to write someone else's creation.
  • Walecs wrote: » Matt_Helm wrote: » Walecs wrote: » Oscar awards mean absolutely nothing. The fact that neither Harrison Ford or John Barry's Bond scores ever received one is the scientific proof of that. Harrison Ford??? Yes.…
  • Walecs wrote: » Oscar awards mean absolutely nothing. The fact that neither Harrison Ford or John Barry's Bond scores ever received one is the scientific proof of that. Harrison Ford???
  • Love it or loathe it, but it was GF that made Bond fit for eternity.
  • PanchitoPistoles wrote: » A lot of people here believe that a great score has to be melodic and any score without a theme is bland and generic. Guess what? These people are wrong. Newman created a very rich and modern score for Skyfall but it s…
  • Shardlake wrote: » I actually think his QOS score is his best but Saintmark has such loathing for QOB as he calls it, he's unlikely to acknowledge anything good about it. I'd watch it over a good few entries in a heartbeat personally. I much r…
  • SaintMark wrote: » I think that the movies can be spaced shorter than every 4 years, which means that an actor playing 007 ages easily 12 years within 4 movies. Based upon SF I do not see where they put the huge budget? which is something the Pr…
  • StoneShi wrote: » Best news yet, get the team back. Newman added texture, mood to the movie. Severine". "Jellyfish". Not perfect but like someone else said the best Bond score since 1987. Or as I say boring in the extreme. Newman (in SF at …
  • Just another reason not to expect much of Bond 24.
  • talos7 wrote: » doubleoego wrote: » I want Quantum to return and to be a very sinister threat but without overt baggage of bringing up Vesper. Gritty, visceral fisticuffs. I want the fight scenes of Bond 24 to make the fights in CR and Qo…
  • DaltonCraig007 wrote: » SuzanneStone wrote: » - No plotholes. Has there ever been a Bond movie with no plotholes? :P In fact plenty of them. Sure there are quite a few Bond flics burdened with illogic/implausibilities, but real p…
  • Shardlake wrote: » I love the way some people post their opinion as it's gospel, I bet BB & MGW are having a good cry at Getafix's constant bitching about SF and can't believe they made such a terrible film. We get the picture you weren't a…
  • Ludovico wrote: » SuperheroSith wrote: » I don't mind TND that much. It's just not the best. I like the BMW chase (who doesn't?) and Dr. Kaufman is hilarious and menacing at the same time, but Carver's plan is ridiculous and the bond girls are…
  • RC7 wrote: » boldfinger wrote: » thelivingroyale wrote: » They've made one film in this series. It didn't do as well as expected at the box office and it got a very mixed reception (personally I was one of the people that thought it was cr…
  • fromswedenwithlove wrote: » chrisisall wrote: » fromswedenwithlove wrote: » M said it herself! To many peole is dying because of her, that's why Bond takes her to Skyfall. That's a bunch of contrived nonsense. Too many people were dyi…
  • chrisisall wrote: » 4EverBonded wrote: » Dumb is what the script made M do in TWINE. LOL, quite. 0K, what exactly is it what is so ridiculous about Ms' actions? When she goes in the field to join Electra her motivations are quite…
  • MayDayDiVicenzo wrote: » Matt_Helm wrote: » actonsteve wrote: » Soundofthesinners wrote: » Birdleson wrote: » I don't know, it seems that even with the criticisms, GE gets rated fairly high on almost everyone's lists. For me t see…
  • actonsteve wrote: » Soundofthesinners wrote: » Birdleson wrote: » I don't know, it seems that even with the criticisms, GE gets rated fairly high on almost everyone's lists. For me t seems to move between 9 and 11. Where as the younger f…
  • SharkBait wrote: » So, when he will again play a role in one of Spielberg's films? Since they're pals and all. Anyway, keep that cut. Even with the cap on you look like Bond should B-) You mean tall,elegant and distinguished?
  • Getafix wrote: » Yes, there was definitely an element of me knowing too much already before seeing SF, whereas I practically knew nothing about QoS before going in. I still believe that QoS works very well in terms of what it sets out to achiev…
  • MayDayDiVicenzo wrote: » 007reportingforduty wrote: » @MayDayDiVicenzo they weren't suggestions, it was a mere idea that I wanted clarification on and it's done so move on. You are now discussing the possibility of Smiert Spionam return…
  • Germanlady wrote: » TheWizardOfIce wrote: » Germanlady wrote: » No, like I wrote, I referred to Turkey, there was some car and later the bike chase. In the end, its a chase through crowded streets. I would love something different, like cl…
  • TheWizardOfIce wrote: » Getafix wrote: » TheWizardOfIce wrote: » Getafix wrote: » Zekidk wrote: » 1. One or two more big action set pieces 2. A better score 3. Better production design. 4. Gadgets. "What where you expecting - an…
  • RC7 wrote: chrisisall wrote: 0BradyM0Bondfanatic7 wrote: I find it interesting on an action level but much more on a cerebral level. I find it to be a great character study on Bond and those around him, which is about as interesting as it…
  • LeChiffre wrote: If Bond 24 turns out half as good as Skyfall I'll be more than happy! Mendes knows what he's doing! half as good as Skyfall? You know how to make a man shiver!
  • ColonelSun wrote: Ludovico wrote: Let's not forget that Bond movies are first spy dramas/adventures before being action movies. In the novels the amount of action varies widely (sometimes there are barely any) and classics such as DN, FRWL and…
  • SaintMark wrote: France - Germany might be already decided with some German players having the flu. Which must be a bitch on your team. As for Brasil - Columbia, I do hope to see the team from Columbia go through. The whole world will be watchi…
  • WillyGalore wrote: QoS is one giant plot hole. No wonder you are a fan of SF!
  • Walecs wrote: Creasy47 wrote: Sammm04 wrote: Quantum of Solace is not only the worst Bond film, it is worse than Casino Royale '67. That's controversial for sure in my eyes, as I'm sure it is for a few others. Worse than other typic…