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Post by Jack Burton on Jan 20, 2008 14:48:19 GMT -5
As for the "Licence to Kill-TV actor" debate, I submit that Wayne Newton was in it. And he rocked. Hard. "Bless your heart!"
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Post by vanhagar3000 on Jan 20, 2008 18:09:11 GMT -5
So what I do on my Saturday night alone, without a girlfriend and the bars are closed... Aloserdoeswhat? I know you're kidding, but stop it. Just take my word on it, it'll help.
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Post by Mighty Jack on Jan 20, 2008 18:15:58 GMT -5
So what I do on my Saturday night alone, without a girlfriend and the bars are closed... Aloserdoeswhat? I know you're kidding, but stop it. Just take my word on it, it'll help. What, stop making websites on a Saturday night or stop wanting a girlfriend or stop being a loser? Sorry, Saturday nights, my day off, they've been tough of late. I tend to get down. If I were 007 I wouldn't be alone damn it! Maybe I just need to go spy on someone ;D
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Post by vanhagar3000 on Jan 20, 2008 18:17:21 GMT -5
Stop, the down attitude man. That's all I got to say.
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Post by Mighty Jack on Jan 20, 2008 18:22:57 GMT -5
Can tiger change it's stripes? I'll work on it. thanks
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Post by vanhagar3000 on Jan 20, 2008 19:45:31 GMT -5
K
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Post by Jack Burton on Nov 17, 2008 20:50:24 GMT -5
They were handing out free Quantum of Solace posters at the theater, so I picked one up and now that it's hanging up in my work space, I noticed that the little squiggly thing at the bottom of the Q in "Quantum" looks like waves. Perhaps a subtle indication that the villain's predominant goal was going to be controlling all of the water in Bolivia? Or am I just imagining things?
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Post by Captain Hygiene on Nov 17, 2008 20:56:52 GMT -5
Hey, it's this thread!
I've been planning to rewatch Goldfinger and/or From Russia with Love some evening, so I can really figure out how they stack up next to Casino Royale (which I just watched before the new movie was released).
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Post by Mighty Jack on Nov 18, 2008 1:33:35 GMT -5
I remember this thread, yeah and I can see I was in a plesant happy frame of mind as usual. lol (Now I know why my nickname was Eeyore)
Quantum set new Bond records, opened with 70.4 mil on the weekend, suprassing Die Another Day, which made 47 - Casino hit around 40 but it had legs and eventually passed Die as the top 007 moneymaker.
Don't know how inflation changes this but with the money they spent making this, they really needed a blockbuster (not only the niche band of fans flocking to the theaters).
Also Craig has signed on for 2 more films.
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Post by NiceGuyCody on Nov 18, 2008 21:55:16 GMT -5
I really hate to comment on something nearly a year old, but since this thread has resurfaced on it's own anyway, something that bears pointing out: The screenwriters clearly never heard of James Bond, or watched any of the previous films, before they scribbled out this one. Bond gets married??? Bond does not get married. James Bond; super globe-trotting, life-risking, trust-nobody, mission-above-all, cold-blooded-killer, secret agent is going to settle down? Can you imagine Bond on any of his adventures, doing all the things that he does, with a wife waiting back home? Come on. A one-woman-guy? A married man? That is not the character. He's a womanizer. A ladies man. Use them to get the job done, love 'em and leave 'em and occasionally kill 'em. . . . hm. I think the screenwriters were quite familiar with Bond, and knew exactly what they were doing. Why so? Because OHMSS is one of the more faithful and literal adaptations of the source book. Say what? Book? Yup. James Bond's roots are literary. Ever notice how they call him "Ian Flemming's 007"? Mr. Flemming is his author and creator (along with Chitty Chitty Bang-Bang, go figure) and decided in his eleventh book James Bond should be married. And he certainly knew what he was doing, given the context of how said marriage is arranged, how Tracey and Bond grow towards each other, how it ultimately ends in tragedy, and how it affects him and fuels his desire for revenge against Ernst Stavro Blofeld (which was handled infinitely better in the books than the next film). It serves to forever cement the notion that Bond, and men like him, are damned to their service and can never lead a "normal" life. Check the books out, they range in quality, but the majority are quite good, and OHMSS is probably the best of 'em. That aside, I think my favorite would have to be From Russia With Love. It's the one that best captures the proper espionage feel I personally associate with Bond.
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Post by Mighty Jack on Nov 19, 2008 5:30:31 GMT -5
Hmm I didn't catch that the first time through here. Your right, OHMSS as well as From Russia and Casino are the most faithful to the novels (of the ones I've read, I haven't read them all)
I watched On Her Majesty's Secret Service again not so long ago and it certainly ages well. Every time I see it I like it more and it climbs in my ratings. Right now it's #4 (behind Goldfinger, Russia and Casino)
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Post by Captain Hygiene on Nov 19, 2008 10:46:32 GMT -5
Anyone here have any thoughts on QoS's opening theme and credits sequence? I've talked a bit about it with MJ, but I'm curious if there's a general consensus. Opening creditsI honestly thought they were pretty bad. I like the intro, but once the vocal section starts up, the songs's style just seems so wrong, like it should be anywhere but a James Bond film. I don't know, it just sounds more like it belongs more in a move about urban gangs or something I felt the credits were a bit lacking as well; they somehow looked cheaper and more generic to me. I found the the Casino Royale credits and theme to work much better stylistically, and the song really grew on me. The musical style just seems so much more fitting, and the song seems to flow a lot better.
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Post by Mighty Jack on Nov 19, 2008 13:14:02 GMT -5
As you know, I agree completely. The Royale one I love so much that when I watch the movie, I'll actually replay it about 5 times! It rocks! Quantum: The song as you said, has it's moments but as a whole it stinks. I'd rank it among my bottom 5 and the credit sequence is pretty dull. The sand girl was a nice idea but the execution was lacking. Overall flat.
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Post by NiceGuyCody on Nov 19, 2008 14:13:59 GMT -5
^ I'll throw in my chips with you guys as well. Love Casino Royale's opening song and number, but during QoS's it felt to me like Madonna all over again. Thought it was pretty awful, nothing about it felt 007.
I'd love it if, for the next one, they steered away from the overuse of modern rock and pop and tried harkening back to something bold and brassy, like the John Barry days.
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Post by GProopdog on Nov 22, 2008 12:01:07 GMT -5
starting from the Pierce Brosnan days, the theme songs for the Bond movies, to me, got worse and worse. Tina Turner's Goldeneye song was great, Sheryl Crow's Tomorrow Never Dies was good, but screechy in some parts, The World is Not Enough by Garbage was just that, and Die Another Day by Madonna? *Shudder* No....just no.
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