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Movie Theater Let's have an argument -- Which is the Best Bond Movie...
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I actually like View to a Kill only because Christopher Walken was such a great bad guy. And it was set in the early days of silicon valley. And I think that one had the Coors Light little jet in it. Which was a great Bond Scene!
My bad... Jet was in Octopussy. Another forgettable Roger Moore Bond.
Sirhr
Yes, but sooooooo.... 1980's! Just like Live and Let Die was soooooooo.... 1970's. And From Russia With Love was soooooo 1960's! One can even say that Dr. No was really from the '50s.
They definitely reflect their era! So much kitsch!
One of the things I love to do when watching the old ones is think how much some of those locations, back then, were still un-changed... some since the turn of the century. No "Bed Bath and Beyond"... not a single McDonalds in sight. Truly exotic locales that were unspoiled by commercialism and tourism in many cases.
Sirhr
Live and Let Die, I kind a like the way Roger Moore Played Bond. Loved the chase scenes in the Louisiana Bayous.
Next, the new Casino Royale. Daniel Craig was darned good and plot kept surprising.
Next, the new Casino Royale. Daniel Craig was darned good and plot kept surprising.
Pertaining in a circular manner, but I'd like to see a movie about Sir William Stephenson. After all, it is he whom "James Bond" is based after (loosely) in real life.
Somewhat.
They did that movie on Alan Turing and many others whom 'led the way' (both male and female) so this would be a good backing.
Somewhat.
They did that movie on Alan Turing and many others whom 'led the way' (both male and female) so this would be a good backing.
Agree! The Man Called Intrepid is one of the great books of the WW2 espionage period.
That said, the 'real' pioneer was Mansfield George Smith Cumming, the first head of SIS. Why they all have the title "C" (Bond used M...) to this day.
Cumming, who had a wooden leg from a car accident in 1914... used his wooden leg as part of candidate interviews for positions in SIS. He would pull out a dagger or letter opener and stab himself in the leg with it. Gauging the reaction of the interviewee.
His story would make an equally-interesting movie!
Sirhr
On Her Majesty's Secret Service, because much much much less gagetry, casino stuff, etc. and more climbing, killing bad guys with machine guns and grenades.
It is so badass it has a disclaimer about the red cross helicopters as transport being naughty!
Lazenby is entirely good in it, I have no issues with him here.
It is so badass it has a disclaimer about the red cross helicopters as transport being naughty!
Lazenby is entirely good in it, I have no issues with him here.
Beat me to it. Pussy GaloreHow can you not like Goldfinger...I mean Pussy Galore alone as a name is enough to make you watch the movie.
Looking back to those times, im a bit surprised that name got past the censors.
They definitely lost me at Grace Jones...
She should have been pulling a plow in Georgia. Not making movies.
Sirhr
And who wrote that? Daniel Craig's agent?
Ah hah ahahaha.....
The original Casino Royale was actually a Great Bond movie, because it was such a perfect spoof... at a time when noone did spoofs!
Remind anyone of anyone?
Cheers,
Sirhr
Fill er up? At $6 pre gallon that could get costly, James. I guess if you have the queen's Amex no problem.
It didn't for TV. Remember being in Cub Scouts and the whole troop was, after activities, allowed to sit in the basement an watch the first TV airing of it. We knew about it, groaned when they (badly) dubbed it as... kitty maybe? I forget.Beat me to it. Pussy Galore
Looking back to those times, im a bit surprised that name got past the censors.
She was a skank.
Now, Bambi and Thumper..........
"Burt Saxby ! ?"...............
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The WA2000 is such a badass looking rifle. Completely over engineered and now unobtainable. I think the last one sold for over 100k.Goldeneye. Although,
Living Daylights
Not too mention the vintage laser
For me, it's definitely From Russia With Love. Remember that Fleming wrote most of his books in the '50s during the cold war. From Russia With Love debuted in '63 and reflected that period. Fleming's Bond was based on characters he knew during WWII experience in British Navy Intelligence. His knowledge of trade-craft also reflects this. The literary Bond was a hard drinking, chain smoking, gruff character. The Bond of FRWL drives an old Bentley drop head and it's most hi-tech feature is a car phone (two-way radio).
Fast forward four our five years and I'm at Fort Holabird MD USAINTS (US Army Intelligence School) going to school for 97C MOS. On our reading list are Fleming's books.
Fast forward four our five years and I'm at Fort Holabird MD USAINTS (US Army Intelligence School) going to school for 97C MOS. On our reading list are Fleming's books.
Agreed. James Bond character was best portrayed by Timothy Dalton (brought back the ruthlessness to the character) with Daniel Craig as the runner-up. Sean Connery had the ruthlessness about the character, but Sean Connery was not a nice person in real life (wife beater). I am also not too keen on Pierce Brosnan as bond, but Golden eye was his best bond film. Roger Moore, seemed a very nice person but by then the films were too much comedy and for laughs.
Very difficult and subjective to pick a best bond film. Of the newer ones, then for me Casino Royal with Daniel Craig, but I much prefer the older bond films.
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He drove a pre-war Bentley in the books, too. A 4L... which was a rare one. Last before the company went Bankrupt. Had a Graham supercharger on it... fitted as an aftermarket. The 4L was supposed to be the new model for Bentley, but the Depression came along and that was that. Rolls-Royce, which bought Bentley, assembled a few dozen from parts and sold them off before retiring the brand until 1933 when RR introduced the 3.5L "Derby" model. So for Fleming to even have a 'Clue' what a 4L was, he had to know his cars!!!
Bentley 4 Litre - Wikipedia
One theory is that the fictional Bond character "bought" his cars at Paddon Bros, on Cheval Place near Harrods. They were a very high-end Knightsbridge car dealership dating back to 1906 when Thomas Sopwith and his friend Phil Paddon started selling cars. And they could easily have fitted a supercharger in their works. The reason for this theory (and Bond's supposed choice of a 4L Bentley in the books).
So what's the relationship to the Bond 'books?'
Phil Paddon and his senior salesman, Commander Hugh Keller, both were in Naval Intelligence in WW2. And a young Ian Fleming, who almost certainly knew both through his Naval Intelligence service in WW2, would have known about Paddon Bros. and been familiar with the cars they sold. Phil Paddon was also a bit of an 'inventor' boffin. He invented the movable car radiator shutters, for example, having gotten the idea from the Aldis lamps on ships. He had the idea in WW1 while floating in a lifeboat. IIRC, Paddon had 2 or 3 ships sunk out from under him. There is a possibility that some of "Q" is based on Phil Paddon the "Boffin." At the very least, the pair of them (and their 'Smart and fast' cars probably made an impression on young Mr. Fleming!
Paddon Bros. was still selling cars into the 1980's. Now the place is condos. Very expensive condos. Their ads in Motorsport were fantastic!
So the Bond Bentley's were legit. The Aston Martin was an Albert Broccoli thing. Aston Martin would not loan them a car. So they blew most of the Goldfinger budget buying one secondhand. Aston Martin was reportedly furious. Until the movie made it the hottest car of the day!
Cheers,
Sirhr
The list is long with very impressive names like Pussy Galore, Chu Mee, and (whatever) Goodhead.
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My favorite: Skyfall
Maryam D'abo was definitely sexy.
I liked Connery in all of them, and flame suit zipped up tight, I like Daniel Craig over the rest, just ahead of Brosnan.
Timothy Dalton was a fucking idiot and couldn't act his way out of a paper bag. For the role, if I had a choice between him and Juicy Smolette, Dalton would be parking cars at a country club.
Maryam D'abo was definitely sexy.
I liked Connery in all of them, and flame suit zipped up tight, I like Daniel Craig over the rest, just ahead of Brosnan.
Timothy Dalton was a fucking idiot and couldn't act his way out of a paper bag. For the role, if I had a choice between him and Juicy Smolette, Dalton would be parking cars at a country club.
She was a skank.
Now, Bambi and Thumper..........
"Burt Saxby ! ?"...............
You can't talk about Bambi and Thumper and completely dismiss Jill St. John
Or Plety O'Toole
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Yeah, but. Dr. Holly Goodhead was a close second to the most suggestive Bond Girl name.
Skyfall (because I too am old broken and angry 
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All the Sean Connery movies
Casino Royal (DC version)
)All the Sean Connery movies
Casino Royal (DC version)
On the topic of James Bond, Critical Drinker on YouTube ranks the Bonds in order and I have to say I pretty much agree with everything he says
Oh that adorable little overbite...
Do it, I just changed my undies. I can do it again. Jeebuz that wuz funny.
Oh, and nice choice above, but........
Well, Ursula, technically. But she did have a super turd-cutter. So... I'll give you that.
Sirhr
Yeah... She was hot, too!Do it, I just changed my undies. I can do it again. Jeebuz that wuz funny.
Oh, and nice choice above, but........
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