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      CommentAuthorSouthall
    • CommentTimeNov 5th 2011
    Oh, I liked Licence to Kill. I think all the Brosnan films other than Goldeneye are execrable.
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    • CommentAuthorTimmer
    • CommentTimeNov 5th 2011
    Southall wrote
    Oh, I liked Licence to Kill. I think all the Brosnan films other than Goldeneye are execrable.


    What a shame that Brosnan's best Bond film has such an awful Bond score.

    I was just thinking about memorable Bond villians and, unbelievably, I have to go back to 1985 to find the last half way decent and memorable Bond villain with Christopher Walken as Max Zorin, since then it's been a procession of lame charisma-less nobodies.
    On Friday I ate a lot of dust and appeared orange near the end of the day ~ Bregt
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      CommentAuthorDemetris
    • CommentTimeNov 5th 2011
    Bond = Sean connery and maybe some pierce brosnan. End of story,
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    • CommentAuthorTimmer
    • CommentTimeNov 5th 2011
    Christodoulides wrote
    Bond = Sean connery and maybe some pierce brosnan. End of story,


    For most people this depends on which Bond you were brought up with.
    On Friday I ate a lot of dust and appeared orange near the end of the day ~ Bregt
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      CommentAuthorDemetris
    • CommentTimeNov 5th 2011 edited
    Sean Connery. But it's also what bond is.
    Love Maintitles. It's full of Wanders.
  6. I was lucky enough to have seen literally all Bond movies many times. Sean Connery wins, I'd say Craig is next to me. Then would be Roger Moore, then Brosnan, then Lazenby and Dalton together.

    With all this actor discussion there is something I'd like to delve more into, aside of the actor discussions. Has anyone noticed how Bond movies basically change according to the changes in action movie trends? They were always - filming-wise - state of the art. Watching all the Bond movies chronologically shows how action cinema changed. I think that's pretty interesting.
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    • CommentAuthorTimmer
    • CommentTimeNov 5th 2011
    The difference is that Bond was once the leader when it came to action, now he merely follows.
    On Friday I ate a lot of dust and appeared orange near the end of the day ~ Bregt
  8. Yes, the series don't define action anymore. Bourne does.
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    • CommentAuthorTimmer
    • CommentTimeNov 5th 2011
    Exactly!
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      CommentAuthorDemetris
    • CommentTimeNov 5th 2011
    He looks like any other fast food entertainment but utterly forgettable action film these days.
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    • CommentAuthorTimmer
    • CommentTimeNov 5th 2011 edited
    Christodoulides wrote
    Sean Connery. But it's also what bond is.


    Here's Ian Fleming's image of Bond for an early cartoon newspaper strip

    JAMES BOND

    Apparently it was based on Fleming himself and Hoagy Carmichael.

    HOAGY CARMICHAEL

    I agree with you though D, SEAN CONNERY it is! I believe that Fleming wasn't too taken with the idea of Connery as Bond but after seeing Dr No was so won over that he even gave Bond some Scottish heritage in his next book.
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      CommentAuthorMarselus
    • CommentTimeNov 5th 2011
    Timmer wrote


    Worst is LICENCE TO KILL closely followed by OCTOPUSSY and DIE ANOTHER DAY.


    Thanks for the reminder vomit
    Anything with an orchestra or with a choir....at some point will reach you
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      CommentAuthorThor
    • CommentTimeNov 5th 2011
    Christodoulides wrote
    Bond = Sean connery and maybe some pierce brosnan. End of story,


    To me, Bond is Craig and some Brosnan. Don't care for the rest.
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      CommentAuthorDemetris
    • CommentTimeNov 5th 2011
    How Come ?
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      CommentAuthorThor
    • CommentTimeNov 5th 2011
    Christodoulides wrote
    How Come ?


    Because I didn't grow up with these films like apparently everyone else, and I saw most of them for the first time only a few years ago. I've always found them very cheesy (except certain particular moments) and not my cup of tea. So more about the films than the actors portraying Bond, I guess.
    I am extremely serious.
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      CommentAuthorSteven
    • CommentTimeNov 5th 2011
    I've grown up with them, and although I do have some nostalgia towards them due to that, I'm still not a Bond fan. I'm a fan of Barry's themes, most of David Arnold's scores and Casino Royale - but I'm not a Bond fan at all.
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      CommentAuthorDemetris
    • CommentTimeNov 5th 2011
    Thor wrote
    Christodoulides wrote
    How Come ?


    Because I didn't grow up with these films like apparently everyone else, and I saw most of them for the first time only a few years ago. I've always found them very cheesy (except certain particular moments) and not my cup of tea. So more about the films than the actors portraying Bond, I guess.


    Aren't you older than me ? Did you grow in a closet ?
    Love Maintitles. It's full of Wanders.
    • CommentAuthorTimmer
    • CommentTimeNov 5th 2011
    No, Asgard I believe.
    On Friday I ate a lot of dust and appeared orange near the end of the day ~ Bregt
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      CommentAuthorSteven
    • CommentTimeNov 5th 2011
    This is why I don't mess with Thor.
  20. PawelStroinski wrote
    Yes, the series don't define action anymore. Bourne does.


    I'd agree about QOS there, since the action was an unwatchable version of BOURNE. But CASINO ROYALE is much closer to the classical shooting style of the Bond second unit over the last few films.

    On Bond villains... I liked the idea of Sean Bean as 006. Mads Mikaelson (or however his name is spelt) was good in CR, because, a bit like Bond himself in that film, he was finding his way in a world where people actually try to kill him.

    I do agree about ON HER MAJESTY'S SECRET SERVICE though. Fine film. But for whatever popcorn's worth, I'd still go with CR personally.
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      CommentAuthorMarselus
    • CommentTimeNov 5th 2011
    Christodoulides wrote
    Did you grow in a closet ?


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    Anything with an orchestra or with a choir....at some point will reach you
  22. I asked David on Twitter if he had been signed on for the new Bond but he was non-comittal, "They've not announced anything yet" was his reply.
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    • CommentAuthorTimmer
    • CommentTimeNov 5th 2011
    I suspect Sam Mendes wants his own choice.
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      CommentAuthorThor
    • CommentTimeNov 5th 2011 edited
    Christodoulides wrote
    Thor wrote
    Christodoulides wrote
    How Come ?


    Because I didn't grow up with these films like apparently everyone else, and I saw most of them for the first time only a few years ago. I've always found them very cheesy (except certain particular moments) and not my cup of tea. So more about the films than the actors portraying Bond, I guess.


    Aren't you older than me ? Did you grow in a closet ?


    He, he....it would seem so.

    I don't know why, but I never really connected to these films. I remember them being on tv during my childhood, but after having seen bits and pieces of them, my attention drew elsewhere. I think the only Bond film I saw in full was in the early 90's or so when I saw all of ON HER MAJESTY'S SECRET SERVICE. That was ok, but it didn't spur me to check out more of the old ones, only the Brosnan ones that were going on at the time.

    Then in the mid 2000's, I decided to go through them all (since it was embarassing not to at least have seen this pop cultural phenomenon), chronicled in this FSM thread:

    http://www.filmscoremonthly.com/board/p … ;archive=1

    However, having no nostalgia connection to them, and judged against more contemporary, serious action films that are more to my liking (BOURNE etc.), they just came off as cheesy, campy etc.

    I know I'm the odd one out on this, but there you go.
    I am extremely serious.
    • CommentAuthorAnthony
    • CommentTimeNov 5th 2011
    Timmer wrote
    Worst is LICENCE TO KILL closely followed by OCTOPUSSY and DIE ANOTHER DAY.


    I like Licence To Kill. The darker and more violent tone means it hasn't as aged as badly as the others.
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      CommentAuthorMartijn
    • CommentTimeNov 6th 2011
    The one trueJames Bond was David Niven.
    'no passion nor excitement here, despite all the notes and musicians' ~ Falkirkbairn
    • CommentAuthorTimmer
    • CommentTimeNov 6th 2011
    Martijn wrote
    The one trueJames Bond was David Niven.


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    • CommentAuthorTimmer
    • CommentTimeNov 6th 2011
    Anthony wrote
    Timmer wrote
    Worst is LICENCE TO KILL closely followed by OCTOPUSSY and DIE ANOTHER DAY.


    I like Licence To Kill. The darker and more violent tone means it hasn't as aged as badly as the others.


    I go by how much fun they are to watch which is why I have no problem with most of the Roger Moore films.

    Licence To Kill is miserable and isn't helped by Michael Kamen's gloomy and dense score.
    On Friday I ate a lot of dust and appeared orange near the end of the day ~ Bregt
    • CommentAuthorollala
    • CommentTimeNov 7th 2011 edited
    PawelStroinski wrote
    On FilmTracks Jon Broxton said that there are rumors persistent in Hollywood that MGM does NOT want to break the relationship Mendes has with Thomas Newman.


    Where did he say that? Can you give us a link?

    Southall wrote
    I believe negotiations are ongoing with a composer who is not David Arnold.


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  30. Welcome to the board ollala. I can see you felt strongly enough about these questions that you joined in order to ask! Be sure to introduce yourself over in the introduction thread.
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