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I’ve made no secret that I’m against this act of cultural appropriation. Bond has had over 50 incredible successful years in the movies of being a mix of Caucasian European heritage, longer if we include the books, so to suddenly shift it to a perso…
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Can’t recall whether anyone has a posted a link for The Witch: Part 1. The Subversion (2018). 2h 5min movie by Hoon-jung Park who wrote I Saw The Devil? It looks pretty good.
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NicNac wrote: » Apparently a few months after refusing a new contract he tried to talk Cubby into taking him back, but Cubby had moved on. Can’t remember where I read that. I read somewhere that it was a couple of years later, not so much mon…
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Yes, I agree that there’s something of Moore in Ogilvy. As a matter of fact I’m actually surprised Ogilvy’s name didn’t first crop up before OHMSS, due to his popularity in The Witchfinder General and The Sorcerers in the Sixties. I think had Cub…
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Yes, Lazenby was offered a 6-picture-deal contract to entice him to back after Eon clumsily forgot to get him to sign a contract in the first place. Moore was offered less (3 movies) perhaps because of his age? Dalton, I believe was tied-in to a 3 p…
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A period Bond won’t work for the simple reason that the studio and producers rely on current product placements to co-finance their movies. They can’t very well have Bond boarding a Pan Am flight and using a bulky Polaroid One-Step for industrial es…
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Mendes4Lyfe wrote: » bondsum wrote: » It'll be mostly down to the casting as the majority of actors, Daniel Day Lewis the exception, mostly play an extension of themselves. By that I mean their own personalities tend to break out regardless of…
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Thanks for the info @SeanCraig. Wasn’t Thunderball called “James Bond 007 – Feuerball” and DAF Diamantenfieber, which translates to Diamond Fever, along with FYEO being completely renamed “In todlicher Mission” which translates to Deadly Mission? …
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SeanCraig wrote: » „Shatterhand“ will sound like a joke to the general german audience, since nearly everybody will associate this with the Winnetou westerns of the 60s. No way it will have this title over here. I hope for „Property Of A Lady“ …
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@fanboy123 raises a good point. Ogilvy was one of the other names being mooted in the UK press, though Collins was by far the most popular candidate choice at the time. We’ll never know whether Collins had the staying power in the role @SaintMark…
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bondjames wrote: » barryt007 wrote: » I havent seen that before,good find @bondjames !! My pleasure. I had no idea that he was a serious contender back then (this thread has been very informative for me). Like you I would have liked to…
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In my view, it should’ve happened with FYEO. A Bond film clearly written for a new actor to takeover the role, but with Roger Mooreisms grafted on once he’d renegotiated his contract.
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bondjames wrote: » I thought it was alright but didn't think it was brilliant. It evidently was a phenomenon of sorts, and I'm glad it succeeded as it did. This has put to rest a lot of preconceptions and prejudices, and hopefully will enable more…
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From what @ColonelSun has added and from what little we know of Collins actual meeting with Cubby, it does sound like Collins might have overplayed his hand and simply been too cocky or bigheaded. Had Saltzman still been co-producer, it’s quite poss…
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patb wrote: » The issue is , we are looking at Dalton as the finished article within 2 fully funded Bond movies etc etc, it takes a great leap of imagination to imagine Collins under the same frame of reference. Its easy to go for Dalton when we k…
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PanchitoPistoles wrote: » bondsum wrote: » PanchitoPistoles wrote: » Shardlake wrote: » but critically you've not seen a blockbuster grab these kind of reviews since TDK. Mad Max: Fury Road. Seriously, the critical reception os…
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Reading some of the comments here, it does appear that some would rather choose a soft thespian type over an actor that has the right physical attributes and naturally gifted cajones because a) They have yet to prove themselves as a lead in any othe…
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Surprisingly, The Man Who Killed ... has got an 89% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes.
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PanchitoPistoles wrote: » Shardlake wrote: » but critically you've not seen a blockbuster grab these kind of reviews since TDK. Mad Max: Fury Road. Seriously, the critical reception os M:I 6 is not miles above the critical reception Sk…
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Benny wrote: » On a side note, I often see members refer to the Craig films as Babs and Co or that Barbara Broccoli made this decision, or Babs did that. Does Michael G Wilson not figure? Is it not possible that he championed some of the more unp…
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Benny wrote: » I didn't say he was well known though. I said he'd had experience playing a lead before Bond. True. But will you concede that those 3 movies didn’t prove that Craig could carry the role of James Bond either, especially as they…
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I’d say: Yes, Bond has definitely been overtaken in the big stunts department by MI. One would have to be a fervent Bond acolyte living in denial not to see it. That’s not to say, the current Bond producers can’t bring back what Saltzman and Cubby d…
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Whilst there’s little to no martial arts featured in YOLT, apart from the Ninja attack on the volcano, I’m not entirely sure which movie trend that you’re referring to in ‘67 that the producers were following @RichardTheBruce? Japanese movies were a…
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Mendes4Lyfe wrote: » RC7 wrote: » Mendes4Lyfe wrote: » PanchitoPistoles wrote: » Mendes4Lyfe wrote: » where they dramatically misjudge what the audience is asking for. The audience is asking for horse manure. The very last thi…
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talos7 wrote: » I was unfamiliar with Michiel Huisman; he’s got the right look. From what I’ve read , he lives in my city, New Orleans. He’s Dutch, so can be immediately discounted, along with Fassbender (too old now) and Hardy (too short and…
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Creasy47 wrote: » Bone Tomahawk Another excellent slow-burning genre film from the underrated S. Craig Zahler - terrific cast (though I wish some had bigger roles to play), and it contains one of the most painful death scenes I think I've ever …
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Creasy47 wrote: » So tired this morning, but that was worth it. I'm still out of it, was such a late night going out to see it and I demand another viewing to get all my thoughts together, but I'm certain that's easily my favorite in the series. T…
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BT3366 wrote: » bondsum wrote: » talos7 wrote: » Last minute? Does that mean a week, two weeks, a month or more? I would think he had at least a month’s notice; a lot could have been done in that time. He also didn’t allow his brows to be…
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talos7 wrote: » Last minute? Does that mean a week, two weeks, a month or more? I would think he had at least a month’s notice; a lot could have been done in that time. He also didn’t allow his brows to be tamed and his hairpiece was not top notc…
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Pierce2Daniel wrote: » talos7 wrote: » Ford played Indiana Jones and Han Solo and Jack Ryan. Stallone played Rocky and Rambo. Cruise is doing Ethan Hunt and Maverick Of course an actor can successfully portray yup Ivonic characters. T…
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