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Birdleson wrote: » MakeshiftPython wrote: » TripAces wrote: » Getafix wrote: » Pierce2Daniel wrote: » jetsetwilly wrote: » Pierce2Daniel wrote: » WhyBond wrote: » SkyFall is too boring to be the best one. It is just lik…
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Birdleson wrote: » And there is more conventional wisdom in adhering close to Fleming. As has been pointed out many times, the widely beloved entries, almost across the board, are the ones that remain closest to the source (admittedly, great libe…
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mtm wrote: » jetsetwilly wrote: » mtm wrote: » jetsetwilly wrote: » Pierce2Daniel wrote: » jetsetwilly wrote: » Pierce2Daniel wrote: » WhyBond wrote: » SkyFall is too boring to be the best one. It is just like TWINE par…
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FoxRox wrote: » With SF at least they don’t stray far from Fleming and they allow the exploration to have some time to marinate. With SP it’s non-Fleming and feels far more rushed and unnecessary IMO. You could take the exploration of Bond element…
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jobo wrote: » 00Agent wrote: » jobo wrote: » I appreciate the Fleming purists out there, but honestly, the man has been dead for almost sixty years. I am aware there are still segments of unused Fleming material existing, and you could pot…
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Escalus5 wrote: » There are many things about SKYFALL that annoy the hell out of me. I recall the film beginning to get on my nerves soon after the opening credits, when it's revealed that Bond went off to the beach to drink and sulk and didn't bo…
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mtm wrote: » jetsetwilly wrote: » Pierce2Daniel wrote: » jetsetwilly wrote: » Pierce2Daniel wrote: » WhyBond wrote: » SkyFall is too boring to be the best one. It is just like TWINE part deux with. It suffers from a lack of loc…
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GoldenGun wrote: » I dislike the childhood digging as well. I applaud the way Tracy's and Vesper's deaths haunt 007, or Leiter's suffering at the hands of Sanchez. But making up one trauma after another just to deliver some faux-intellectual nons…
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Pierce2Daniel wrote: » jetsetwilly wrote: » Pierce2Daniel wrote: » WhyBond wrote: » SkyFall is too boring to be the best one. It is just like TWINE part deux with. It suffers from a lack of locales and the action fell flat. It didn't h…
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Pierce2Daniel wrote: » WhyBond wrote: » SkyFall is too boring to be the best one. It is just like TWINE part deux with. It suffers from a lack of locales and the action fell flat. It didn't help that the villain was a Hannibal Lecktor clone. …
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TripAces wrote: » jetsetwilly wrote: » Perdogg wrote: » I thought SF was Mendes' ode to his own pompous and pretentious ego. I think you are reading waaay too much into this movie. I think it is clear what Mendes thought of Fleming's crea…
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A Barry score would have lifted NSNA to a much higher level, the same way a Barry score did with films like DAF and MR (2 of his best). I find those films more enjoyable partly because of the score, and I definitely think it would have improved NSNA…
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Perdogg wrote: » I thought SF was Mendes' ode to his own pompous and pretentious ego. I think you are reading waaay too much into this movie. I think it is clear what Mendes thought of Fleming's creation. Exactly what I was thinking. I thi…
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FrankXavier wrote: » Since I don't want to bring negativity to other threads, I'm gonna post this here. -I'm probably not alone on this- The idea of Madeleine having a secret driving the plot just doesn't sit well with me. It feels like a trope…
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007Blofeld wrote: » ToTheRight wrote: » Birdleson wrote: » matt_u wrote: » Birdleson wrote: » But a 20-25% drop from the previous film is a bad sign, regardless. Like it or not that, that initial success at the box office (opening…
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I'm sick to death of the DB5 now. It's been overdone to the max, as much as I love the car. I'm all for the Aston from TLD, which is a nice surprise for NTTD. What would be even nicer is the 1969 Aston from OHMSS. Now THAT car I would like to see…
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Getafix wrote: » peter wrote: » Getafix wrote: » Hope there is very little of P&W's writing left in B25. This is what I heard definitively, before the walls went up and all secure source(s) have now gone dead quiet; I was told P…
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jake24 wrote: » It's probably just the lighting. Superintendent wrote: » Octopussy wrote: » This is certainly shaping up to be one of the most stylish Bond films from a fashion perspective, IMO. That award goes to QoS, IMO. The…
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Getafix wrote: » It may surprise some if I say I found LTK very disconcerting when I first watched it. It didn't feel like Bond at all. With subsequent rewatches I now see it's a traditional Bond film at its core. The next one to throw me was G…
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Getafix wrote: » Yes I do hope Fukunaga has had enough leeway to leave his imprint. It sounds like he's very much a details man, which is what Bond really should be about. Fleming was all into the little details. Hoping CJF's own clear sense of st…
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JeremyBondon wrote: » Octopussy wrote: » DrClatterhand wrote: » Denbigh wrote: » JeremyBondon wrote: » NeverSayNeverAgain wrote: » I think what a lot of people seem to forget when talking about casting, especially the media is …
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IGotABrudder wrote: » To me, this all demonstrates what an unforgivable task the film makers have. QOS doesn’t feel Bondian because it’s not fantastical enough. But DAD doesn’t feel Bondian because it’s too fantastical. Somehow the film makers …
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Denbigh wrote: » JeremyBondon wrote: » NeverSayNeverAgain wrote: » I think what a lot of people seem to forget when talking about casting, especially the media is that you need someone who can front a multi-picture contract. Most of the ti…
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RichardTheBruce wrote: » I wouldn't place that limitation on Bond films. It always goes back to how it's done. What's different for Skyfall and Spectre is some of the action takes place in London. After a certain point it would be odd if MI6 …
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Resurrection wrote: » Univex wrote: » I'll be saying this in the coming years: Good were the old days when Bond liked to be clean shaved with a cut throat razor just because he preferred to do things the old way. Back then people understood wh…
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The Scooby gang can stay on board, as long as they remain firmly in the background. I don't want to see any of them used in action sequences ever again.
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Gatecrasher wrote: » Where does Bond go after Craig? Hopefully back into the realm of intrigue, adventure, sex, and FUN. Apart from Casino Royale, I never jump to any of DC’s films if I want to be entertained - that’s what Connery’s films do fo…
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Shardlake wrote: » Quentin Tarantino needs to stay away from Bond, his ego wouldn't be able to cope with the constraints. I say this as a QT fan but are growing tired this so called idea he knows everything, especially when he mocks Kincaid and…
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Getafix wrote: » ColonelSun wrote: » Octopussy wrote: » Interesting topic, but it depends on how you define definitive? Bronsnan never gave what I would consider a definitive interpretation of the character, by which I mean one that was in…
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talos7 wrote: » Well, Moore , Lazenby and Connery are contemporaries and are the “same” James Bond. The young Bond in 62’s Dr No is the same Bond as the old one in 85’s AVTAK. I actually consider Dalton, because of his age, the first re-boot. His …
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