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James bond thread

by zed

Apr 9 *
For all things related

To refresh myself I'm gonna watch them all in order

6/10 Dr No (1962) - Connery the big wuss, you can see plainly with the trantula scene its not crawling on him, but a plate of glass. Bond gets his comrade killed by having the bright idea of attacking a tank with a couple of hand pistols. It was night, they could of just hid in the dark. He saves the day by causing a nuclear meltdown. I'm sure the people of Jamaica applauded him on the way out, thank you for irradiating the islands. Still whilst nothing special ok opening, What they got right was the theme tune & the opening credits.
Ursula Andress 8/10
Dr No 3/10 oh no his metal hands were his downfall, useful for crushing cans though

6/10 From Russia with Love (1963) - Pretty boring and was gonna rate it 6/10 but the boat stunt scene brought it up a point. Bond was actually pretty incompetent throughtout most of the film, something that got removed later on in the series. Actually decided nah 6/10 is more honest
Daniela Bianchi 8/10
Grant 6/10 bested James but no real personality, I love the pre 1970s male strongmans body, which consits of someone with no real muscles just holding in their stomach and puffing out their chest

7/10 Goldfinger (1964) - The first film to really show gadgets & a decent car. Btw Goldfinger had the most obvious earpiece when he was playing that cargame, how did he explain that away. The last 30 mins didn't make sense at all, pure stupidity, Sure its a film thus don't overthink but it was stretching the bounds of implausibility.
Shirley Eaton 8/10, Tania Mallet 7/10 Honor Blackman 7/10
Oddjob 8/10 Goldfinger 9/10 (Obviously the inspiration for hogans heroes)

6/10 Thunderball (1965) - I'm not sure you could land a plane on water like that, so much that could of gone wrong just land it on the very close island. The dubbing was done well, I assume they spoke in english. Very nice underwater fight. For all their wealth & power you'ld think Spectre would just make their own bomb. At over 2 hours its too long. The fast forward footage at the end is like WTF. also what about the other dude that escaped from the boat they just left him in the ocean.
Claudine Auger 7/10 Luciana Paluzzi 6/10
Emilio Largo 7/10

5/10 You Only Live Twice (1967) - For a minute there I thought he done his own stunt but rewinding I see what happened. A couple of very abrupt scene changes also a lot of bad writing in this.
Scores very high on the racist & sexist scale. I was embarassed watching bond when they tried to disguise him as a japanese man, nearly as bad as when john wayne portrayed gengis khan. Bond was meant to have all his chest hair etc shaved but hes as hairy as ever later on when he removes his shirt.
Karin Dor 6/10 Akiko Wakabayashi 6/10 Mie Hama 5/10
Donald Pleasance 7/10


6/10 On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969) - They often have inappropriate noises, a fav are bullets richochetting off metal in the woods or car wheels squealing like they're doing burnouts on a road, but they're on grass, here the burn outs are happening on a sand beach. Oddly the aussie actor sorta looks like an ozzie mate of mine, wearing same clothes also, I'll have to ask him if it was an influence, the actors wasn't that bad. pretty weak and fill of filler and not really a bond film as theres a genuine love interest. FFS we don't want 'grown up' stories, bond is all about trashy BS. pretty lame effort saved by the ending and the cablecar scene.
Diana Rigg 8/10
Telly Savalas 8/10 pains me to say but better than pleasance



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Ballz says:
#1

Apr 9
I rewatched the pre-Daniel Craig movies last year. Not all of them are good, but even the lesser ones are still entertaining like your favorite, Moonraker.

Something I appreciate about those first 20 movies as a whole is how Bond is occasionally implied to be the same guy despite the actors changing and after Moore, getting younger. Even in Brosnan's last movie, he sees the jet pack from Connery's Thunderball and wonders if it still works.

That's over now though. I'm guessing the next movie will be another reboot like Casino Royale. It also wouldn't surprise me if they start remaking some of the older movies. (I know the Craig Casino Royale wasn't the original.)

I could say a lot more about the franchise. Haven't even mentioned the books or video games yet. I'm sure some people on here remember GoldenEye on the Nintendo 64 in the '90s. Loved that game.


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#2, Reply to #1

Apr 10
Dude, the player vs player on the Nintendo 64 GoldenEye game was epic at the time. I only have a few DVDS... I think Goldfinger, Thunderball, The Man With the Golden Gun, GoldenEye and Tomorrow Never Dies.


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Ballz says:
#6, Reply to #2

Apr 10
You don't have enough Roger Moore in your collection.


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#7, Reply to #6

Apr 10
I've seen em at least once.


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zed says:
#3, Reply to #1

Apr 10
wait! what, is craig's james bond not the same james bond?


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#4, Reply to #3

Apr 10
Most Bond fans don't wanna watch that bs. Go ahead watch or rewatch that garbage. Tell me honestly if Craig wants to be there or is he just phoning it in?


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Ballz says:
#5, Reply to #3

Apr 10 *
Pretty sure not. Spectre and No Time to Die in particular push things in a direction that make it unlikely Craig's Bond is meant to be the same Bond.


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Tromafreak says:
#8

Apr 10
I've never seen any of these movies.


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Znep27 says:
#9, Reply to #8

Apr 10
Me neither.


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zed says:
#11, Reply to #8

Apr 12
Well you should as they do have a 'trash' rating, yes they have a high budget but at the heart they are still trash, though this changed later on when they tried to go serious


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markus-san says:
#12, Reply to #11

Apr 14 *
I get the impression that Troma just tends to avoid watching anything "popular". Even if he might enjoy some of them. Well except perhaps Terminator movies.


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Tommix says:
#10

Apr 11
The artist Dan Goozee apparently just passed away. He did poster art for at least three James Bond movies, if I'm getting this right. Moonraker, Octopussy, and View to a Kill. RIP Dan Goozee.


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markus-san says:
#13

Apr 14
I think you should rate the villains too.


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zed says:
#14, Reply to #13

Apr 15
I did think it, but sometimes theres none, like the one in from russia with love, you only see him for a few few senconds and you don't see his face. I suppose I could do the blond guy


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markus-san says:
#16, Reply to #14

Apr 15 *
Yeah the blond guy is played by Robert Shaw and he's generally considered to be the "main" villain. He's pretty menancing, I like the scene where Bond catches him out when he orders red wine with fish. 7-8/10.


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#17, Reply to #16

Apr 15
"Cage goes in the water, you go in the water. Sharks in the water. Our shark. Farewell and adieu to you, fair Spanish ladies... Farewell......."


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zed says:
#18, Reply to #17

Apr 15
I went cage swimming with sharks in hawaii, fuckin seasick the whole times, so not fun


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#15

Apr 15
I like the way you did this overview. Rate the film on a whole, rate the girls and Markus is right, rate the villains. Complete...top marks Zeddie.


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markus-san says:
#19, Reply to #15

Apr 15
If zed doesn't give Scaramanga a 10/10 I will shit a brick.


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#20, Reply to #19

Apr 15
At least a 9/10.



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