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Bruce's big screen comedic outings have been rather "Hit and Miss" to say the least, with often sharply divided love / hate opinions, perhaps because many of them are satires or black comedys which often fail to connect with the mass audience Bl…
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I'd prefer to see Fiennes come back as a villain, it's what he's best at Amon Göth (Schindler's List): Fiennes' portrayal of the cruel and sadistic SS officer Amon Göth is chilling and deeply disturbing. He received critical acclaim for his perf…
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Well I guess with Adele we get some idea of what a Bond theme by Amy might have sounded like. Not suggesting they are the same or anything, but both powerful female singers with deeper voices. I'm guessing "Back To Black" was the song that made t…
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Bruce's movies are something of a mixed bag for me, but there were plenty to enjoy. A few late period efforts I haven't seen mentioned above are 16 Blocks, an old school cop movie, which allows Bruce some acting room to play a "veteran cop with …
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Lulu is a great singer and performs well in almost any style, but I'd rather they had given her a Bond song that allowed her to show her "To Sir With Love" aspect. IMO the pop rock style of TMWTGG works better for Alice I've always felt "Best …
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Here's a cool video of Tom singing Thunderball, complete with all the James Bond trimmings, back in 1987
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PrinceKamalKhan wrote: » The year after TB was made an Italo-Spaghetti-Eurospy film was released using that nickname: The Giuliano Gemma film is a spy spoof, probably one of the better ones, although it loses it's way in the second half, as…
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I've never heard the Warwick version before, only the Bassey one, but I like it I've never been a fan of TB the song, the tag line just doesn't work for me "He strikes like Thunderball" what does that even mean? Tom's rendition is a bit too e…
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mtm wrote: » Nobody Does It Better. It’s an interesting point of GoldenGun’s that, alongside GF, it might be the most iconic Bond theme with the biggest life beyond the films. I guess maybe LALD might be up there too? Funny how it’s not necessaril…
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mtm wrote: » I guess you can choose to ignore these elements and write your own film in your head, but personally I think you'd be missing out on the good stuff Spielberg was doing. Fair enough, we each take from it what we want, I don't "c…
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GoldenGun wrote: » mtm wrote: » I'd say there's been quite a few movie tunes as impactful and iconic as Goldfinger (and indeed I think most would probably rate the James Bond theme itself above that), but it's subjective I guess. I woul…
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Univex wrote: » mattjoes wrote: » This is interesting, and can be looked at from multiple perspectives. Among others, thedove already discussed the perspective of the artists' respective popularity. Here are my own thoughts. In the case of …
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thedove wrote: » @Seve you mention the producers put Connery out to pasture after YOLT. No I didn't, you have misunderstood what I wrote, sorry if it was not clear "OHMSS wasn't a different direction from Connerys because of Lazanby hims…
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mtm wrote: » Seve wrote: » On the other hand AWTD is more catchy than NGAG to my ears and full of tawdry drama, so I can understand why it could be chosen over the more restrained Bassey number (restrained by Bassey standards anyway) It…
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mtm wrote: » ... Indy has undergone character development: he's a different person by the end. Not for me He experiences different things and his relationship with other characters may change, which is fine, but he always remains the same …
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007HallY wrote: » Maybe this is a controversial opinion on my part - I think both are, in my honest opinion, forgettable and generically 'Bondian' sounding songs that don't do it for me. They could play over a Bond parody or knock off and I'd beli…
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mtm wrote: » It absolutely does resolve by the end of it, and Indy has undergone character development: he's a different person by the end. Yes, it is certainly character development, I was just meaning the father / son thing was not a "t…
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"Surrender" sticks in my mind more than "No Good About Goodbye" But both are superior to the songs that were chosen ahead of them to be the actual main theme
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mtm wrote: » Yeah it could well be that. I wonder if it was all sorts of little issues just combining to make the perfect storm in a way, because I don't think it's a bad film at all- it's not amazing but it's pretty fun. I'm not sure I'e ever com…
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mtm wrote: » Well the character development of Indy is fairly front and centre in the films, surely you noticed his relationship with his dad resolves in the third one at least? True dat, but it's the only one of the three I've watched wher…
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mtm wrote: » Seve wrote: » Good points, but on the other hand there weren't nearly as many sequels made at all back then. Also any sequel has to have a certain level of continuity, that goes without saying, otherwise it wouldn't be a sequel.…
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mtm wrote: » Seve wrote: » However, if you recall, my original post was critical of expecting or wanting a strict "timeline" (as defined by me), you were the one who brought up "continuity". Well it's in terms of Indiana Jones: from the…
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mtm wrote: » Seve wrote: » Continuity has become the fashion, but for most of my life it wasn't, so I don't understand the current obsession with it. Gosh I could name any number of films and their sequels which maintained continuity an…
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mtm wrote: » Seve wrote: » mtm wrote: » I think it would need to be a reboot to some extent just because there's not much space left in Indy's timeline as it is! And I'd say Captain Kirk was Shatner for many years but effectively recast. …
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thedove wrote: » To those saying you can have other actors playing Bond. Yes you can because the character can be taken in different directions. Does Indy have this in his character? Do we go with a more smart ass Indy? I am not sure it plays as w…
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Univex wrote: » Sure, I guess both of you are right. One option is not antithetical of the other. But M_Balje did take the time to look, so one does respect that, immensely. Yes, it demonstrates that Villeneuve has been studying his craft a…
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I'm not convinced, I'm sure I could find equivalents of all these parallels in many other films, if I were to spend the time looking. My impression is that they are familiar types of shot, that have been used on numerous occasions before across t…
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Ludovico wrote: » DEKE_RIVERS wrote: » Ludovico wrote: » The issue with adapting Robin Hood (and King Arthur) : In my opinion, they should adapt Ivanhoe. No nonsense, just an adaptation of the book. The issue with adaptin…
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Venutius wrote: » The devil-worshippers may have been lifted from Robin of Sherwood, where Anthony Valentine played a Satanist baron and Rula Lenska played the abbess of a nunnery who was actually the leader of a Satanic coven. Now that's a…
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Venutius wrote: » I do think there's plenty of scope to mix real historical events into the films, though. Eg. an actual event is the basis of the famous scene in several versions where Robin and the outlaws encounter Richard the Lionheart in Sher…
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