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  • Creasy47 wrote: Unless my eyes deceive me, we are 17 posts in to this thread and you two are already at one another's throat. Why don't you two just PM one another and hash out your rage there? No point in derailing more threads and causing them t…
    in Steven Soderbergh shares his thoughts on O.H.M.S.S. Comment by Matt_Helm November 2013
  • StirredNotShaken wrote: Matt_Helm wrote: RC7 wrote: This bit is bang on... the anamorphic compositions are relentlessly arresting—and the editing patterns of the action sequences are totally bananas; it’s like Peter Hunt (who cut the fi…
    in Steven Soderbergh shares his thoughts on O.H.M.S.S. Comment by Matt_Helm November 2013
  • RC7 wrote: This bit is bang on... the anamorphic compositions are relentlessly arresting—and the editing patterns of the action sequences are totally bananas; it’s like Peter Hunt (who cut the first five Bond films) took all the ideas of the Fr…
    in Steven Soderbergh shares his thoughts on O.H.M.S.S. Comment by Matt_Helm November 2013
  • I am completly stunned about the arguments some of you are raising. I mean,if Fleming had only written only this very one opinion about countries and races there still could be not the slightest doubt, that he was a racist ( and please don't give me…
    in William Boyd calls Fleming an "unreflecting racist".....Groannnn. Comment by Matt_Helm November 2013
  • WillyGalore wrote: Matt_Helm wrote: WillyGalore wrote: minorMajor9th wrote: TWINE is the worst Bond film ever made. TWINE isn't great but it's certainly no worse than DAD. In fact it is great ( and don't bother to tell me…
    in Controversial opinions about Bond films Comment by Matt_Helm November 2013
  • WillyGalore wrote: minorMajor9th wrote: TWINE is the worst Bond film ever made. TWINE isn't great but it's certainly no worse than DAD. In fact it is great ( and don't bother to tell me 'bout its weak points,I know them all). But…
    in Controversial opinions about Bond films Comment by Matt_Helm November 2013
  • StirredNotShaken wrote: Matt_Helm wrote: SaintMark wrote: Fleming creation has become influential because of EON, otherwise he would have been in the forgotten catalogue of thrillerwiters of yesterday. EONs James Bond 007 has done more fo…
    in Controversial opinions about Bond films Comment by Matt_Helm November 2013
  • Creasy47 wrote: @Matt_Helm, why does it seem like you try to pick a fight with/antagonize everyone? I'm not from the UK, and after a simple search, I have no idea who Barbara Cartland is, so please, don't act like you know who I am. It's insulting…
    in Controversial opinions about Bond films Comment by Matt_Helm November 2013
  • Creasy47 wrote: @0BradyM0Bondfanatic7 nailed it: it's an opinion. I don't know how opinions can become misconstrued into facts, which leads to so many fights on these forums. Someone's favorite author could be Shakespeare while another's could be …
    in Controversial opinions about Bond films Comment by Matt_Helm November 2013
  • StirredNotShaken wrote: Matt_Helm wrote: StirredNotShaken wrote: Matt_Helm wrote: SaintMark wrote: Fleming creation has become influential because of EON, otherwise he would have been in the forgotten catalogue of thrillerwiters of…
    in Controversial opinions about Bond films Comment by Matt_Helm November 2013
  • StirredNotShaken wrote: Matt_Helm wrote: SaintMark wrote: Fleming creation has become influential because of EON, otherwise he would have been in the forgotten catalogue of thrillerwiters of yesterday. EONs James Bond 007 has done more fo…
    in Controversial opinions about Bond films Comment by Matt_Helm November 2013
  • SaintMark wrote: Fleming creation has become influential because of EON, otherwise he would have been in the forgotten catalogue of thrillerwiters of yesterday. EONs James Bond 007 has done more for the genre than Ian Flemings James Bond 007. …
    in Controversial opinions about Bond films Comment by Matt_Helm November 2013
  • Like so many of Connerys 70s Movie this one got it all. Tragedy and humour abound, adventure, real grandeur and some sense of self awareness of western history. that's actually -together with the arabian setting- the only thing it has got in common …
    in The Wind And The Lion Comment by Matt_Helm November 2013
  • 007InVT wrote: Does anyone have a preference for Len Deighton? I'm thinking of picking one up from the library and I suppose would start with The Ipcress File. Any others worth checking out? You can never go wrong with any of his spy novels…
    in When not reading Fleming - I would recommend ? Comment by Matt_Helm October 2013
  • Matt_Helm wrote: Creasy47 wrote: Matt_Helm wrote: Perilagu_Khan wrote: Ludovico wrote: @Matt_Helm, Terence Young was inspired by Hitchcock and there's at least one shot in FRWL inspired by Kubrick. He lacks imagination too I suppos…
    in Skyfall: 1 year later Comment by Matt_Helm October 2013
  • DarthDimi wrote: Matt_Helm wrote: Ludovico wrote: @Matt_Helm, Terence Young was inspired by Hitchcock and there's at least one shot in FRWL inspired by Kubrick. He lacks imagination too I suppose. Glad you mention it. The boat chase…
    in Skyfall: 1 year later Comment by Matt_Helm October 2013
  • Creasy47 wrote: Matt_Helm wrote: Perilagu_Khan wrote: Ludovico wrote: @Matt_Helm, Terence Young was inspired by Hitchcock and there's at least one shot in FRWL inspired by Kubrick. He lacks imagination too I suppose. If Matt_Hel…
    in Skyfall: 1 year later Comment by Matt_Helm October 2013
  • Perilagu_Khan wrote: Ludovico wrote: @Matt_Helm, Terence Young was inspired by Hitchcock and there's at least one shot in FRWL inspired by Kubrick. He lacks imagination too I suppose. If Matt_Helm was helming, he'd soon show us what ima…
    in Skyfall: 1 year later Comment by Matt_Helm October 2013
  • Ludovico wrote: @Matt_Helm, Terence Young was inspired by Hitchcock and there's at least one shot in FRWL inspired by Kubrick. He lacks imagination too I suppose. Glad you mention it. The boat chase at the end is a "Hommage" (I call it imit…
    in Skyfall: 1 year later Comment by Matt_Helm October 2013
  • 0BradyM0Bondfanatic7 wrote: @pachazo, If you haven't already dived into it, I highly recommend checking out Sam's insightful commentary for the film, where he notes that scene as his tribute to The Shining. I hadn't seen The Shining until a few m…
    in Skyfall: 1 year later Comment by Matt_Helm October 2013
  • SirHenryLeeChaChing wrote: @Matt_Helm- how quickly we forget my challenge that you responded to and quickly left the minute you were proven wrong. Yawn, again no substance but lots of hot air.
    in Skyfall: 1 year later Comment by Matt_Helm October 2013
  • Ludovico wrote: Matt you cannot prove a negative. The burden of proof is on you, is SF is as absurd as you say. It certainly would, if any of SFs defenders would even dare to raise a point of which they can claim it makes sense. After all I…
    in Skyfall: 1 year later Comment by Matt_Helm October 2013
  • WillyGalore wrote: Matt_Helm wrote: WillyGalore wrote: Always nice to see @Matt_Helm pop up on a Skyfall thread to spout off the same trite nonsense. So why don't you provide me with ANYTHING that makes sense in over 140 minutes of …
    in Skyfall: 1 year later Comment by Matt_Helm October 2013
  • Dragonpol wrote: WillyGalore wrote: Always nice to see @Matt_Helm pop up on a Skyfall thread to spout off the same trite nonsense. Is it? Feel yourself invited as well.
    in Skyfall: 1 year later Comment by Matt_Helm October 2013
  • WillyGalore wrote: Always nice to see @Matt_Helm pop up on a Skyfall thread to spout off the same trite nonsense. So why don't you provide me with ANYTHING that makes sense in over 140 minutes of SF?
    in Skyfall: 1 year later Comment by Matt_Helm October 2013
  • It is still worth noting,that there is still only ONE thing in DAD that can't be explained somehow -save the surfing scene of course- ( which is how Graves can establish himself in the british society so fast,that he is even to be made a knight/lord…
    in Skyfall: 1 year later Comment by Matt_Helm October 2013
  • Perdogg wrote: chrisisall wrote: So the Republican loonies flushed an estimated 24 BILLION dollars on this political stunt that only served to make them look like the immature fools that they are. In THIS economy. I think that should call for …
    in Crazy looks like this: My Government Comment by Matt_Helm October 2013
  • 0BradyM0Bondfanatic7 wrote: Great points, @SirHenry, especially regarding parties who ostracize those who don't follow their lead. As I am sure you know, in the wide spectrum of American politics full of jobs for just about anything, there are pe…
    in Crazy looks like this: My Government Comment by Matt_Helm October 2013
  • chrisisall wrote: SaintMark wrote: The US goverment becomes more the property of the very rich than it will ever be of the people. Scary, eh? OCP for real. I am constantly amazed how much foresight the makers of an all out action…
    in Crazy looks like this: My Government Comment by Matt_Helm October 2013