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echo
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Favourite Fleming Novel
You Only Live Twice
Favourite Bond Film
On Her Majestys Secret Service
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Daniel Craig
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  • suavejmf wrote: » Denbigh wrote: » I think one of the problems I have with DAF is that it feels so out of place. It doesn’t feel like a James Bond film. Instead it feels like a 70’s cop show that was just heavily inspired by the 007 films. I t…
    in 007: What would you have done differently? Comment by echo April 2018
  • Sean Connery: 1962: Casino Royale 1963: Moonraker 1964: Goldfinger 1965: Live and Let Die (with Diana Ross as Solitaire) 1967: From Russia With Love George Lazenby: 1969: Dr. No 1971: Diamonds Are Forever Roger Moore: 1973: For Y…
    in Your Ultimate Bond Timeline Comment by echo April 2018
  • LFS wrote: » "Diamonds Are Forever" is the greatest Bond parody ever made. If you take DAF seriously, you´re lost. If you take it as a parody, it´s splendid. I´ve always loved it. Hamilton´s campiness so much more self-aware than Gilbert´s, who r…
    in Controversial opinions about Bond films Comment by echo April 2018
  • I don't mind the personal connections but I prefer they arise within the same film (006, Vesper). Die Hard was a huge influence on all action cinema--and I think that's why so many action films have a personal angle--but Die Hard only got personal …
    in No Time To Die: Production Diary Comment by echo April 2018
  • peter wrote: » Title Track: TMWTGG (sue me-- I love the grande with cheese of this song) Title Credits: TMWTGG Main Villain: Tie (Lee was terrific) Main Bond Girl: DN Henchman: TMWGG Overall Plot: Tie Dialogue: Tie Score: TMWTGG Settings: …
    in Dr. No versus the field: Skyfall Comment by echo April 2018
  • Helen Mirren would obviously be great. And she still has sex appeal, not easy at 72! https://www.cosmopolitan.com/entertainment/celebs/a19080636/helen-mirren-tequila-shot-oscars-2018/
    in No Time To Die: Production Diary Comment by echo March 2018
  • AlexanderWaverly wrote: » MadeleineSwann wrote: » Anyone want to give some more feedback before we move on? Just to note the script had things different than the film. --Foot chase with Sir Hilary's assistant, secretly working for Bl…
    in 007: What would you have done differently? Comment by echo March 2018
  • Birdleson wrote: » No sense doubling down on a mistake. Agreed. Save OHMSS/YOLT/TMWTGG for the next actor. It's too late for Craig after Mendes botched SP (and stripped YOLT for parts for SF).
    in No Time To Die: Production Diary Comment by echo March 2018
  • jake24 wrote: » echo wrote: » jake24 wrote: » Getting pretty tired of analyzing Craig's face for the past 3 months. In those pictures it is quite obviously the buzz cut that is contributing to the "roundness." Larry King looks a lot worse.…
    in No Time To Die: Production Diary Comment by echo March 2018
  • M16_Cart wrote: » RichardTheBruce wrote: » M16_Cart wrote: » I'm surprised they even mentioned Greene in Spectre. When I saw that scene in the movie, I thought they were going to just show Le Chiffre and Silva and pretend that QOS didn't …
    in Is anybody else hoping to continue off of Quantum of Solace? Comment by echo March 2018
  • jake24 wrote: » Getting pretty tired of analyzing Craig's face for the past 3 months. In those pictures it is quite obviously the buzz cut that is contributing to the "roundness." Larry King looks a lot worse. Hellooooo, Albuquerque!
    in No Time To Die: Production Diary Comment by echo March 2018
  • Impossible not to put the James Bond theme first. What surprised me is how low GF placed. Perhaps I've heard it too much? I'm so tired of the trend of too much JB theme in the title song (sampled, slowed down, sped up). Yes, I'm looking at you…
    in Rate the Bond movies, by title theme song Comment by echo March 2018
  • This thread can only go poorly....
    in Black In Bond - Have black actors had a fair crack of the whip in Bond movies? Comment by echo March 2018
  • Pierce2Daniel wrote: » Do we think that Purvis and Wade are totally out? I know the WGA have very strict rules on first draft writers (mainly as big productions often retool scripts). Both Guardians of the Galaxy and the first Avengers credit t…
    in No Time To Die: Production Diary Comment by echo March 2018
  • There's a vocal minority here saying that B25 will be a disaster, based upon nothing. The history of the Bond films is that there are rarely two great ones in a row. We're due for a great one.
    in No Time To Die: Production Diary Comment by echo March 2018
  • bondjames wrote: » Strog wrote: » Whenever Boyle's "twist" or "movie gold idea" is mentioned, we keep circling back to the period piece thing. The thought of picking up right where SP left off does make the stomach queasy, and if they're ever …
    in No Time To Die: Production Diary Comment by echo March 2018
  • bondjames wrote: » Blofeld was about to be retired permanently on account of pre-existing copyright arrangements anyway, so I can't imagine they cared too much about him & how his character may have been perceived. They didn't know that…
    in Controversial opinions about Bond films Comment by echo March 2018
  • Bond is and should be forward-looking. No flashbacks.
    in No Time To Die: Production Diary Comment by echo March 2018
  • I finished Colonel Sun. I hadn't read it before because it was out of print in the US for so long! So my expectations were high. I was...underwhelmed. I appreciate that it's a grittier, if dour, take than the films were back in the late '60s, …
    in Which Bond novel are you currently reading? Comment by echo March 2018
  • talos7 wrote: » I actually think that, other than the "snow scenes", which tend to be hard on the appearance of some actors , Craig looked great in Spectre. I don't see it as him trying too look "young", he's just better groomed. For the most part…
    in No Time To Die: Production Diary Comment by echo March 2018
  • bondsum wrote: » For all we know, the P&W script for B25 might already closely resemble the original YOLT novel. My guess is that Boyle has come up with something a bit more left-field than that. Something that's pertained within the Fleming's…
    in No Time To Die: Production Diary Comment by echo March 2018
  • TripAces wrote: » In short, bad Bond films are the result of bad scripts more than bad directors. And yet...Tamahori.
    in No Time To Die: Production Diary Comment by echo March 2018
  • http://deadline.com/2018/03/james-bond-movie-danny-boyle-script-details-john-hodge-1202338588/
    in No Time To Die: Production Diary Comment by echo March 2018
  • fjdinardo wrote: » What are the chances Boyle makes an True adaptation of YOLT? 10% unless Waltz really wants to work with Boyle.
    in No Time To Die: Production Diary Comment by echo March 2018
  • TripAces wrote: » Bernie99 wrote: » That recycling of the SF-Score was the idea of Mendes, right? So it's not Newman's fault Correct. The Newman hate on these boards is ridiculous. He's all so boring, Margo.
    in No Time To Die: Production Diary Comment by echo March 2018
  • thelivingroyale wrote: » @Pierce2Daniel I've given up hope on an adaptation of YOLT no matter who's directing. I think SP's reception will have put them off the idea and the long gap is the final nail in the coffin, I'm fully expecting a stand alo…
    in No Time To Die: Production Diary Comment by echo March 2018
  • DarthDimi wrote: » I've got two questions regarding DAF: - Did Connery perform the gun barrel walk for this film during its production or is that recycled material? - Why was the line, "... even though the industry prides itself on the loyal…
    in The James Bond Questions Thread Comment by echo March 2018
  • cwl007 wrote: » Just noticed / considered for the first time while whatching YOLT tonight . When Bond drops into Tanaka's office chair Tiger's cackle, laugh, voice and general faceless demeanour was a deliberate attempt to fool the audience of th…
    in I've never noticed that before... Comment by echo March 2018
  • j_w_pepper wrote: » Then what about the US "double dipper" of DAF and LALD? I'm not aware how DAF did (but it should have been dismal), but LALD was as American as a Bond could come as well. America-set films were very much the favor of th…
    in I've never noticed that before... Comment by echo March 2018
  • What is amazing is that a relatively weak novel (DAF, TSWLM) is often followed by a masterpiece (FRWL, OHMSS).
    in Rank the Fleming Bond Novels-Readability Comment by echo March 2018