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Maybe he'll make like a tree!

― David R. (popshots75`), Monday, 6 November 2006 16:24 (nineteen years ago)

FYEO has some excruciatingly good 80s italoflair on the OST. Recommended.

― FACTS: I'M A WAITER (TOMBOT), Monday, 6 November 2006 16:32 (nineteen years ago)

which brings up another point about brosnan bond: the soundtracks blow ass, what up broccolis.

― FACTS: I'M A WAITER (TOMBOT), Monday, 6 November 2006 16:33 (nineteen years ago)

My other fave part of FYEO is at the end with the Soviet general/KGB guy

"That's detente, comrade. You don't have it. I don't have it."

― Elvis Telecom (Chris Barrus), Monday, 6 November 2006 17:08 (nineteen years ago)

the soundtracks blow ass

yeah, i don't remember anything about the music, except for the remixing of the bond theme that occasionally pops up in TND. The title theme isn't too bad, tho, w/ sheryl crow doing the breathy thing.

― kingfish prætor (kingfish 2.0), Monday, 6 November 2006 17:12 (nineteen years ago)

Why has no one got Alison Goldfrapp to do a Bond theme yet?

― chap who would dare to welcome our new stingray masters (chap), Monday, 6 November 2006 17:13 (nineteen years ago)

Because Chris Cornell needs teh cash!

― David R. (popshots75`), Monday, 6 November 2006 17:15 (nineteen years ago)

How else could he afford blowouts and styling on all of that hair?

― Beth S. (Ex Leon), Monday, 6 November 2006 17:52 (nineteen years ago)

I'd only consider seeing another Bond if was a '50s period piece.

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Monday, 6 November 2006 18:10 (nineteen years ago)

What if it were set in 1949 or 1960?

― chap who would dare to welcome our new stingray masters (chap), Monday, 6 November 2006 18:21 (nineteen years ago)

no dice

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Monday, 6 November 2006 18:30 (nineteen years ago)

booo. What was Bond supposed to have done during the war? Some sorta SAS/OSS/SOE thing?

― kingfish prætor (kingfish 2.0), Monday, 6 November 2006 18:32 (nineteen years ago)

Pretty much, yes. The books establish his earliest work as being just pre-WWII.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Monday, 6 November 2006 18:45 (nineteen years ago)

possibly details of his war exploits are contained in the times obit for him in ohmss -- which unfortunately is one of the ones i don't currently own (it's the one where he tries to kill M)

as he is "commander bond" i sorta assume he was naval prior to being secret, and vaguely remember this to be so (but may be mistaken)

1948 is mentioned in CR -- as the date of an agent's assassination prior to the events of the book -- so i would tentatively place these as 1950-52 (date = pub.of book = 1953)

― mark s (mark s), Monday, 6 November 2006 18:50 (nineteen years ago)

oops x-post -- ned, details please!

― mark s (mark s), Monday, 6 November 2006 18:51 (nineteen years ago)

pah of course the details are on the net

― mark s (mark s), Monday, 6 November 2006 18:52 (nineteen years ago)

HAH i am a genius -- date of events of casino royale established (in goldfinger) (ie CANON) as 1951

― mark s (mark s), Monday, 6 November 2006 18:56 (nineteen years ago)

HAH i am a genius talkin nonsense -- the obit in in "You Only Live Twice" which i DO own

"To serve the confidential nature of his duties, he was accorded the rank of lieutenant in the Special Branch of the RVNR and... ended the war with the rank of Commander"

― mark s (mark s), Monday, 6 November 2006 19:06 (nineteen years ago)

(RVNR = Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve)

and the one where he tries to kill M = man w.golden gun

in my defence this is a pretty mediocre bond which i have not read since i wz about 14, even tho its villain scaramanga has THREE NIPPLES

― mark s (mark s), Monday, 6 November 2006 19:14 (nineteen years ago)

Sony sunk $250 million into this? Crazy.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Friday, 10 November 2006 18:50 (nineteen years ago)

I think they prefer the term "invested," Ned.

― David R. (popshots75`), Friday, 10 November 2006 18:54 (nineteen years ago)

No doubt.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Friday, 10 November 2006 18:55 (nineteen years ago)

Saw the trailer on the big screen before Borat the other night, and it got me really quite excited.

― chap who would dare to welcome our new stingray masters (chap), Friday, 10 November 2006 19:00 (nineteen years ago)

I think this will be the best non-Connery Bond movie, but maybe the hype is warping my mind.

― polyphonic (polyphonic), Friday, 10 November 2006 19:03 (nineteen years ago)

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve

what did these guys usually do? coastal defense, or did they ship out with the regulars?

― kingfish prætor (kingfish 2.0), Friday, 10 November 2006 19:08 (nineteen years ago)

Variety review from Todd McCarthy

and here's where the rest of the review will be

― kingfish prætor (kingfish 2.0), Friday, 10 November 2006 20:29 (nineteen years ago)

but final stretch contains two indelible interludes crucial to defining this new incarnation of Bond. Constrained nude to a bottomed-out chair, Bond is tortured by Le Chiffre who repeatedly launches a hard-tipped rope upon his nemesis' most sensitive area,

hey, whaddayaknow, the sequence IS in the flick.

― kingfish prætor (kingfish 2.0), Friday, 10 November 2006 20:34 (nineteen years ago)

The things you can get away with when you've got a PG-13.

― The Dusty Baker Selection (Charles McCain), Friday, 10 November 2006 20:37 (nineteen years ago)

perhaps that explains why we don't hear about Bond's illegitimate children?

― latebloomer and his 'Cyborg Companion', Hacker (latebloomer), Friday, 10 November 2006 21:02 (nineteen years ago)

(re: ball-lashing)

― latebloomer and his 'Cyborg Companion', Hacker (latebloomer), Friday, 10 November 2006 21:02 (nineteen years ago)

though i'd love to see a movie where Bond confronts a supervillain who *spoiler*turns out to be his bastard son!*end spoiler*

it could be called The Bastard Who Hated Me

― latebloomer and his 'Cyborg Companion', Hacker (latebloomer), Friday, 10 November 2006 21:04 (nineteen years ago)

i just set myself up for some austin powers jokes, didn't i *shoots self*

― latebloomer and his 'Cyborg Companion', Hacker (latebloomer), Friday, 10 November 2006 21:06 (nineteen years ago)

That's actually a really good idea. Employees of United Artists who may be reading: Steal Latebloomer's idea.

― chap who would dare to welcome our new stingray masters (chap), Saturday, 11 November 2006 20:47 (nineteen years ago)

anybody seen this yet?

RT is now up to 96% for 119 reviews, and the Onion liked it.

― kingfish prætor (kingfish 2.0), Friday, 17 November 2006 22:40 (nineteen years ago)

Craig is still ugly.

― I.M. From Hollywood (i_m_from_hollywood), Friday, 17 November 2006 22:43 (nineteen years ago)

thank you for your thought-out contribution

― kingfish prætor (kingfish 2.0), Friday, 17 November 2006 22:50 (nineteen years ago)

I might actually have to see it given the reception. ARMOND WHITE liked it.

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Friday, 17 November 2006 22:53 (nineteen years ago)

Bond film smashes b.o. record in Britain!

"stinks" that bad, eh?

(i make pun!)

― latebloomer (latebloomer), Friday, 17 November 2006 22:59 (nineteen years ago)

not that I was planning on seeing this anyway but Paul Haggis is involved = fuck that

― Shakey Mo Collier (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, 17 November 2006 23:12 (nineteen years ago)

I think I'll go to this tonight. TS: seeing it here (horrible shitty sound system but only 10 blocks away) vs. seeing it in Tupelo (moderately crappy sound system, 35 miles away, + sushi).

― Django Blowhardt (Rock Hardy), Friday, 17 November 2006 23:17 (nineteen years ago)

metacritic >>>> rottentomatoes

― milo z (mlp), Friday, 17 November 2006 23:22 (nineteen years ago)

dude, it only takes 30 minutes to drive that far, don't be a pussy

― gbx (skowly), Friday, 17 November 2006 23:23 (nineteen years ago)

haha shakey you really think paul haggis injected some simplistic urban malaise subtext into this?

― gear (gear), Friday, 17 November 2006 23:25 (nineteen years ago)

haha no but it would be kinda funny if he did! he's just got such a horrible track record I don't want to be anywhere near anything he's had a hand in.

but I've never really "gotten" the cult of Bond anyway, so no big loss.

― Shakey Mo Collier (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, 17 November 2006 23:27 (nineteen years ago)

well i mean considering a good 2/3rds of bond films are mediocre at best it's understandable and i only saw the last three brosnan films by complete accident (i personally don't know why brosnan is regarded as this awesome bond, i guess he's just generic enough not to offend any dumbass fanboys?). this one looks and sounds a lot better than his work, at least.

― gear (gear), Friday, 17 November 2006 23:30 (nineteen years ago)

Metacritic has this at 80% for 34 reviews, so there ya go.

Also, Haggis was only _one_ of the scriptwriters assoc. w/ the script, but not _the_.

― kingfish prætor (kingfish 2.0), Friday, 17 November 2006 23:32 (nineteen years ago)

I'm interested in seeing this. Anything that reminds me of the Timothy Dalton glory days has gotta be good.

― adam (adam), Friday, 17 November 2006 23:55 (nineteen years ago)

oh FFS. according to IMDB, they don't play baccarat in this flick. they play fucking TEXAS HOLD-EM.

― kingfish prætor (kingfish 2.0), Saturday, 18 November 2006 01:01 (nineteen years ago)

http://i18.ebayimg.com/03/i/06/86/24/18_1_b.JPG

― gear (gear), Saturday, 18 November 2006 01:03 (nineteen years ago)

It's not the canon-breaking that i disagree with, it's that they replaced one of the trademarks(one which exemplifies Bond's usual exotic, upper-class, european shenanigans) with such a bullshit ordinary american pop trend. It's like setting a climatic scene at a nascar race.

Of course, one could hold that they did this 23 years ago and it worked then, in Never Say Never Again(with the vid games).

― kingfish prætor (kingfish 2.0), Saturday, 18 November 2006 01:11 (nineteen years ago)

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