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DarthDimi wrote: » mtm wrote: » 007HallY wrote: » QBranch wrote: » Not enough is said about the QOS cinematography and camera positioning - I could probably write an essay on it if time wasn't like a bullet. One cinematography m…
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Villeneuve plus Celine Dion for the title song, Risico! Barbara Broccoli is smart and knows that Bond is always an event film, perhaps one of the few franchises left to get people into theaters. She'll know what to do.
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peter wrote: » I've found myself watching it the last couple of weeks, must admit it's grown in my affections. I can go on about why this was a beautifully conceived and executed film, but I’m so happy to hear that you’re finding things …
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I think we will see Blofeld early in the next era because Eon won't be able to help themselves. Hopefully they can tone down the scar, the cat, the Nehru suit, the camp.
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mtm wrote: » sandbagger1 wrote: » Reflsin2bourbons wrote: » I think characters "becoming" Blofeld would very much disappoint me. He's not the mantle of a supervillain, he's just a man in charge of an organisation. There's also the fact tha…
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I think White/Christensen definitely had the potential to play TB-filmic Blofeld. And to play unhinged YOLT-novel Blofeld (we saw a glimpse in SP). He's that good an actor. The casting in CR was phenomenal. And it might have been interesting t…
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meshypushy wrote: » [T]here was the possibility of a fresh direction which just got slowly pulled back to formula. I blame Mendes.
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What if Waltz stayed simply Oberhauser and White was Blofeld in SP? That might have worked, and would have been a good twist in that everyone was expecting Waltz to be the ubervillain. Christensen was one of the casting highlights of the Craig…
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Blofeld is so businesslike in the early Bond films that I expected it in SP as well since it was the reboot era. I could see a "cuckoo" Blofeld working, but that's the later YOLT-novel Blofeld. It's like they skipped a step, or movie or two, wit…
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mtm wrote: » The quote is something along the lines of they always set out to make FRWL but end up making TB. I think that's more about the task of balancing out the core ideas of Bond alongside the spectacle needed for these movies. Agreed…
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mtm wrote: » Says who? I'm not going to get into a back and forth about this: my point was only that Spectre contains elements of Fleming's ideas and I've shown that, you've decided that the film should be subject to much greater inspection than …
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007HallY wrote: » If I'm going to guess, we could see something similar to what happened when the Connery era went into the Moore one. Obviously Connery's films had the thread of SPECTRE running through them and arguably DN/FRWL can't be understoo…
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We dodged a bullet here: Logan only had one good Bond script in him: a pansexual villain, kill M. Great ideas, great execution. To an extent that is true of Mendes as well. I can hope that the next writer(s) take some inspiration from Fleming, …
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CrabKey wrote: » I believe the greater challenge for the next Bond series will be Bond 27. Bond 26 will come with the hoopla of a new Bond. Typically that first outing with a new actor is a fairly impressive film. What comes after is often a bit o…
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Maybe Bond can die in every movie now, like Kenny.
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I will also surprisingly go with FYEO here.
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We will stand tall and face the wall...together.
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I would say that the nods are subtly necessary in that it keeps Bond films fresh and relevant, by adapting to the current cinema trends. It doesn't always work, though (*coughSPcough*).
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I didn't mind being dropped into the car chase, and I understand the gag is that White is in the trunk. Nice little payoff, there. What I did mind was the inexplicable, confusing, headache-inducing editing...it felt like all the rules of film ed…
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007ClassicBondFan wrote: » echo wrote: » I cannot take him seriously as Superman. Compare him to the late, great Christopher Reeve, who made me believe that Superman and Clark Kent were different people, even though both are tall and hunky. …
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RichardTheBruce wrote: » Amorous in CR would be the couple at Bond's recovery clinic knocking over equipment and falling off the bed. Or later in the hotel before the money must be gotten. Similarly Bond and Madeleine in the hotel at Matera we…
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I cannot take him seriously as Superman. Compare him to the late, great Christopher Reeve, who made me believe that Superman and Clark Kent were different people, even though both are tall and hunky. RIP Christopher Reeve. Cavill is the Lazenby…
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007ClassicBondFan wrote: » This perhaps stems from being a fan of his take on Superman, but I don’t see how Henry Cavill is as bad as some of you make him out to be. He’s continuing to receive work in Hollywood, and by all accounts sounds like a g…
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SecretAgentMan⁰⁰⁷ wrote: » mtm wrote: » I get a bit alarmed when folks only talk about directors in terms of where they're putting the cameras. Whilst that is part of their job (but also the DP's too) the director is the person who interprets …
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mtm wrote: » bondywondy wrote: » There has been fan backlash against Disney and Doctor Who. Not really no. I'm a Who fan and that doesn't correlate to what I see. It's a fandom so there's always some outspoken racists in there, but they…
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CommanderRoss wrote: » mtm wrote: » CommanderRoss wrote: » thedove wrote: » The dove loves some controversy with the nominees! ;) Thought I would throw in a different nomination, glad to see it sparking dialogue! The only con…
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Simon wrote: » mtm wrote: » it [YKMN] isn't really a proper rock song; it's all a bit cheesy and the unenthusiastic vocal makes it all very MOR. mtm wrote: » AWTD is far more of a proper rock song Musical taste and how diff…
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Slide whistle.
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CrabKey wrote: » @echo - On the heels of James Coburn and Dean Martin, which actors today would make a good Flint and Helm? Ryan Reynolds and Ryan Gosling? Those damn Canadians. ;)
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Jordo007 wrote: » CrabKey wrote: » Of the Craig films, CR is the best music and the best lyrics. My favourite song of the series, it perfectly fit Casino and Daniel's new harder edge interpretation of Bond. I don't know what it is bu…
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