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peter

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peter
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Toronto
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Favourite Fleming Novel
Moonraker
Favourite Bond Film
No Time To Die
Favourite Bond Actor
Daniel Craig
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  • Haha, @mtm, I have never liked this sequence all that much... And for the very first time, after all my viewings of SPECTRE, I got goosebumps. The music just boosted my enthusiasm by a thousand points.
  • peter wrote: » LucknFate wrote: » Not trying to upset anyone, just highlighting that Hennessey has tipped British actor Damson Idris as a model/spokesperson. Seems like the past few years have been spent trying to "launch" Damson as a hot comm…
  • LucknFate wrote: » Not trying to upset anyone, just highlighting that Hennessey has tipped British actor Damson Idris as a model/spokesperson. Seems like the past few years have been spent trying to "launch" Damson as a hot commodity or rising sta…
  • SecretAgentMan⁰⁰⁷ wrote: » peter wrote: » SecretAgentMan⁰⁰⁷ wrote: » Suspicion increases among Bond fans when a director who loves Bond names a project "Secret". I would be surprised if that isn't Bond 26. @SecretAgentMan⁰⁰⁷ , this …
  • You’re absolutely correct @DarthDimi … Bond’s sinful pelvis can have whomever he likes (but I like it when he earns it through seduction (and I am one of the ones who may feel an unease with the Severine shower scene, but I do love it at the same ti…
  • Reflsin2bourbons wrote: » To me this is like asking: "Should every continuation novel have a 250 page limit?" Nobody cares. The only thing that matters is the quality of the story 💯… although some people do make an issue out of the length o…
  • Troy wrote: » I did not accuse you as a person of not being an adult. I suggested that your interpretation of the scene was inline with contemporary / woke / Me Too / liberal / politically correct (delete as appropriate) perception, and not fully…
  • Troy wrote: » peter wrote: » 007HallY wrote: » Honestly, the barn scene in GF and the scene with the nurse in TB are, at best, crudely humorous (my go to line whenever I've watched them with people is 'this a me-too moment waiting to happe…
  • talos7 wrote: » On the other hand, the one waiting in the shadows may have the stars align and make it to the big screen. Agreed, sir…
  • Reflsin2bourbons wrote: » Don't really see the pages and pages of needless dialogue to overexplain refers to. Most Bond films are brief, self-contained and pacy so any exposition required to introduce the new cast of characters is replaced by seam…
  • Colonel_Venus wrote: » I really don't understand why some directors attach themselves to this many projects. Sure, attaching yourself to more than one makes sense, but FIVE projects? Lining up ducks, and hot streaks dont last forever, plus,…
  • DarthDimi wrote: » peter wrote: » There's plenty of subtext in the Craig films, but Mende loves to be hyperbolic… pages and pages of dialogue to hammer home themes is just patently false. It’s false, and these pages and pages and pages he’s ta…
  • talos7 wrote: » But this does not include the mystery project that must see the light of day quickly, correct? Correct @talos7
  • There's plenty of subtext in the Craig films, but Mende loves to be hyperbolic… pages and pages of dialogue to hammer home themes is just patently false. It’s false, and these pages and pages and pages he’s talking about don’t exist. @DarthDimi i…
  • Mendes4Lyfe wrote: » DarthDimi wrote: » Mendes4Lyfe wrote: » The problem is screenwriters, for whatever reason have lost the art of subtlety in their scripts, so what was once communicated through the actors performances, or through a sing…
  • Informe_James_Bond wrote: » TheSkyfallen06 wrote: » Huh, must've been an error then. No, It is not an error. Simply that on IMDb Pro it has the name of the title. ;) Thanks @Informe_James_Bond …!
  • SecretAgentMan⁰⁰⁷ wrote: » Suspicion increases among Bond fans when a director who loves Bond names a project "Secret". I would be surprised if that isn't Bond 26. @SecretAgentMan⁰⁰⁷ , this “secret project” on the free IMDb has been identif…
  • 007HallY wrote: » Honestly, the barn scene in GF and the scene with the nurse in TB are, at best, crudely humorous (my go to line whenever I've watched them with people is 'this a me-too moment waiting to happen' or something along these lines) an…
  • TheSkyfallen06 wrote: » peter wrote: » TheSkyfallen06 wrote: » Don't know if this has been brought up already, but recently, Dennis Villeneuve has announced he's working on a "secret project" along other three right now, and if you look up…
  • TheSkyfallen06 wrote: » Don't know if this has been brought up already, but recently, Dennis Villeneuve has announced he's working on a "secret project" along other three right now, and if you look up his IMDb page, that project seems to have no n…
  • DEKE_RIVERS wrote: » peter wrote: » DEKE_RIVERS wrote: » peter wrote: » My mother and father are original fans. I’ve actually posted about this before: my mother had a problem with Connery, and she did not enjoy the barn scene. Ever…
  • DEKE_RIVERS wrote: » peter wrote: » My mother and father are original fans. I’ve actually posted about this before: my mother had a problem with Connery, and she did not enjoy the barn scene. Ever (and Connery was King in our house (my brot…
  • My mother and father are original fans. I’ve actually posted about this before: my mother had a problem with Connery, and she did not enjoy the barn scene. Ever (and Connery was King in our house (my brother, father and I worshipped him). I ne…
  • CraigMooreOHMSS wrote: » peter wrote: » DEKE_RIVERS wrote: » James Bond has licence to kill. "Problematic" is his middle name. Once again, cool 👍🏻. Bang on. You got it. You’re sooo correct. 🙄… James "Problematic" Bond. A…
  • DEKE_RIVERS wrote: » James Bond has licence to kill. "Problematic" is his middle name. Once again, cool 👍🏻. Bang on. You got it. You’re sooo correct. 🙄…
  • All one really has to do to measure their comfort with these scenes is watch them with your daughters or granddaughters…. I was watching Goldfinger with one of my daughters (she was late teens at the time), and I was mortified…. To pretend tha…
  • Mendes4Lyfe wrote: » peter wrote: » Mendes4Lyfe wrote: » peter wrote: » Mendes4Lyfe wrote: » peter wrote: » Mendes4Lyfe wrote: » Informe_James_Bond wrote: » Checking now Denis Villeneuve's filmography on IMDb. There are…
  • DarthDimi wrote: » peter wrote: » DarthDimi wrote: » Well, all joking aside, I don't necessarily need sex in my Bond films, but I want them to be sexy, if that makes sense. 😂 me too, absolutely… I find what Monica brought to Spectre…
  • DarthDimi wrote: » Well, all joking aside, I don't necessarily need sex in my Bond films, but I want them to be sexy, if that makes sense. 😂 me too, absolutely… I find what Monica brought to Spectre was class and sexiness all the way, and w…
  • DarthDimi wrote: » peter wrote: » DarthDimi wrote: » peter wrote: » CraigMooreOHMSS wrote: » peter wrote: » CraigMooreOHMSS wrote: » 007HallY wrote: » It's rather an odd quirk of Bond's job that he's occasionally ordere…