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007HallY wrote: » . I do wonder what some on here think of Toby Stephen’s take on Fleming’s Bond in the various BBC Radio 4 adaptations (if anyone here has listened to then)? Not saying that performance is right for a portrayal of the cinematic…
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SonofSean wrote: » Anyone watching Citadel on Amazon? Richard Madden is practically begging Barbara Broccoli to give him his Licence to kill! It is a blatant audition, but its a very, VERY good one. It looks gorgeous, with a whooping $250 millio…
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You wouldn’t really want Bond going hand to hand against a woman, but I think what would work well is the two facing off as snipers. It would be tense, it would play into Bond being an assassin, and I don’t think it is something we’ve had in the fra…
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007HallY wrote: » MajorDSmythe wrote: » He does reassess the situation based on him being an experienced agent, and both times Bond was proved to be correct. And in the case of Kara, that comes from the short story, almost word for word, so is…
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mtm wrote: » I think it works: it hasn't felt repetitive to me- no more repetitive than all of the other repetitions. She suspended him for a minute in QoS, then he got grounded at the beginning of Sp... that's it isn't it? He’s suspended in …
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Venutius wrote: » Mescal's Irish. Would BB drop the 'he should be British' stipulation for the right candidate? Cubby had no such qualms, obvs! I don’t see why not, Aidan Turner's name has been bandied about for the part without anyone sugges…
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mtm wrote: » sandbagger1 wrote: » mtm wrote: » 007HallY wrote: » To be fair he does disobey orders quite a bit in TLD. Especially when it comes to choosing not to kill people (ie. Karla, Pushkin). I suppose it falls under the banner…
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mtm wrote: » 007HallY wrote: » To be fair he does disobey orders quite a bit in TLD. Especially when it comes to choosing not to kill people (ie. Karla, Pushkin). I suppose it falls under the banner of taking his own initiative, which is ta…
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mtm wrote: » sandbagger1 wrote: » mtm wrote: » They complain about Bond going rogue, as if it's never happened before. I think you have perhaps misunderstood the complaint - it’s that it’s happened too many times before and is becomin…
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mtm wrote: » They complain about Bond going rogue, as if it's never happened before. I think you have perhaps misunderstood the complaint - it’s that it’s happened too many times before and is becoming a regular thing.
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‘Generic’ was the signature of the Brosnan era. They went for the safe choice every time to get the maximum audience because the franchise needed it at the time. I find most of those films bland, but they probably gave Eon the leeway to take risks l…
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I read the wrist-slashing comment as a good-humoured joke about how tired he was from the work, but yes, he should have been aware with print journalism comments can be taken in ways you don’t intend and chosen his words more carefully.
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Last_Rat_Standing wrote: » I wonder if Richard Madden really wants the role and Citadel is his Layer Cake to an extent. Not in terms of comparing the show/film, but the one that makes the producers really consider him. I think it looks too …
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One of the things that annoyed me the most in Spectre was the way Bond bounced back from the torture.
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The best film I’ve seen this year is Decision to Leave. Park Chan-wook is probably too arty for the Bond template, but he’s a real talent and I liked his adaptation of The Little Drummer Girl.
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Especially as the drink companies pay for product placement.
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LeonardPine wrote: » Nice to see 'You Know My Name' so popular! For me it was one of those odd occasions where I’d heard the track on TV several times and was unimpressed, but when I was in the cinema and the credit sequence started it blew m…
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007HallY wrote: » Interesting question. I guess broadly... Keep - The quality of the cinematography, editing, and production design from the last three films. - The focus on Bond as a character. I'll specify what I don't want to see, but …
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IMDb has this in its Raiders trivia section: Despite having the dream team of George Lucas and Steven Spielberg behind the film, it was initially turned down by every studio in Hollywood. Only after much persuasion did Paramount agree to do it. …
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ImpertinentGoon wrote: » https://www.theguardian.com/film/2023/apr/14/im-building-a-patchwork-quilt-nicholas-hoult-on-fame-fatherhood-and-playing-draculas-wingman Short interview piece with Hoult. No mention of Bond, but from what he's saying, …
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Too lightweight and fantasy based and you find yourself competing with Marvel, which you really don’t want to do. They might well give us a more triumphant ending than the ones we got in the Craig era, though. The only Craig film where Bond ends up …
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I’m really surprised that Moonraker did better than Dr. No.
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peter wrote: » https://www.express.co.uk/entertainment/films/1756456/james-bond-no-time-to-die-daniel-craig-comeback-return/amp This is the one I saw... it'll give the Craig-haters something more to seethe about (I kid (kind of)). It screa…
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Mendes4Lyfe wrote: » delfloria wrote: » peter wrote: » @defloria … the Bond films are producer-driven films so they could easily mentor the newbie, along with mentorship that would happen under the second unit team. Film is an exception…
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One of the reasons I still have fond memories of LALD is the way it threads the Wings track through the film in various ways. Of course it helps if you have a great title track to play with.
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It’s a thread designed for throwing in suggestions for who we’d like to see as Bond, and I find it fun because it’s just interesting enough to distract me from real-life issues I can’t do anything about and don’t want to obsess over. I’m sure others…
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timdalton007 wrote: » Not to mention that, given the jeering reactions from certain corners over the use of a couple of OHMSS cues popping up in the score of NTTD, I can imagine what 007 popping up would receive these days. It's like fandom has …
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The MI films have great action, but I can’t say I’m interested in the characters much (with the exception of Rebecca Ferguson’s Ilsa, but that’s largely down to Ferguson’s charisma - she’s great in everything), and that limits rewatchability for me…
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mattjoes wrote: » delfloria wrote: » sandbagger1 wrote: » Benny wrote: » After 44 plus years, is it time to bring back the 007 theme? Last heard in Moonraker, it's something that longtime fans have often wished for. Could it find a p…
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Eon have been trying to replicate the Skyfall formula for a while, it pleased the largest amount of people by combining the Craig era’s grittiness with several elements of the traditional Bond formula that had been absent since DAD. No matter what d…
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