I will say doing A Full Series Rewatch as we did over the course of last year and this (along with all the commentaries and special features and etc) served watching this well, there are several deep cuts. (And one utterly obvious one.)
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 8 October 2021 04:37 (two years ago) link
title kind of misleading tbh
― mh, Friday, 8 October 2021 20:32 (two years ago) link
oh my god this was so fucking good
― STOCK FIST-PUMPER BRAD (BradNelson), Saturday, 9 October 2021 00:05 (two years ago) link
:D
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 9 October 2021 01:08 (two years ago) link
Going in 45
― Gardyloominati (Neanderthal), Saturday, 9 October 2021 01:16 (two years ago) link
best since casino royale easy while not quite as excellent (but cr feels like lightning in a bottle at this point)
― STOCK FIST-PUMPER BRAD (BradNelson), Saturday, 9 October 2021 01:45 (two years ago) link
the most visually striking bond film since… idk. the sam mendes films were often gorgeous but this one goes even further imo
― STOCK FIST-PUMPER BRAD (BradNelson), Saturday, 9 October 2021 03:26 (two years ago) link
and the hans zimmer score was mostly him on a tour through established bond themes but that’s exactly what i wanted to hear. hearing the strains of the ohnmss theme… what a dream
― STOCK FIST-PUMPER BRAD (BradNelson), Saturday, 9 October 2021 03:27 (two years ago) link
ohmss*
Yeah that was a series of nods I wasn't expecting. But I did love it.
― Ned Raggett, Saturday, 9 October 2021 03:29 (two years ago) link
there were a number of subtle tweaks that I hadn’t expected, and for all of the “oh no, it’s been script doctored to be funny” doomsayers about phoebe waller-bridge’s inclusion, I thought the dialogue was pretty crispwhat’s the record for longest intro sequence in a Bond movie before the title card and theme drop? this one seemed pretty long
― mh, Saturday, 9 October 2021 14:09 (two years ago) link
The longest easily.
― Ned Raggett, Saturday, 9 October 2021 14:53 (two years ago) link
the new version of chekov's gun: if you remind people you're a commander in the royal navy...
― mh, Saturday, 9 October 2021 15:49 (two years ago) link
taking my folks today. my dad's a huge Bond fan, first time we'll have seen a movie together since after he was hospitalized.
just gonna make sure he uses the bathroom before we go!
also good because by 1 am I was starting to doze last night. can't do the laties anymore.
― Gardyloominati (Neanderthal), Saturday, 9 October 2021 15:55 (two years ago) link
Sooooo good
― Gardyloominati (Neanderthal), Saturday, 9 October 2021 22:59 (two years ago) link
Seeing it tomorrow. How bad are we gonna regret doing it in 3D with moving seats?
― maf you one two (maffew12), Sunday, 10 October 2021 01:13 (two years ago) link
during the opening scene u might puke
― Gardyloominati (Neanderthal), Sunday, 10 October 2021 01:17 (two years ago) link
Ideal timing then with all the spacing they're doing now!
― maf you one two (maffew12), Sunday, 10 October 2021 01:20 (two years ago) link
Could/should I take an 11 year old to see this?
― calstars, Sunday, 10 October 2021 01:49 (two years ago) link
hmm.
only one "fuck".
violence mostly not grisly or graphic, but there are young ppl in danger. lotsa car chases. one scene of Blofeld with no eye patch
― Gardyloominati (Neanderthal), Sunday, 10 October 2021 02:00 (two years ago) link
There are approximately 90 minutes of footage of the hero firing machine guns into human beings
― bobo honkin' slobo babe (sic), Sunday, 10 October 2021 02:17 (two years ago) link
that describes just about every Bond film made in the last 30 years
― Gardyloominati (Neanderthal), Sunday, 10 October 2021 02:18 (two years ago) link
the Ana De Armas cameo might have been my favorite bit about this. going from nervous and socially awkward upon meeting Bond and transitioning into smooth, assured, confident and in-charge as the mission begins and then shit starts hitting the fan.....she makes the best use of her short screen time.
― Gardyloominati (Neanderthal), Sunday, 10 October 2021 02:47 (two years ago) link
THIS WAS GREAT i enjoyed myself immsenely & look forward to many rewatches in the future
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Sunday, 10 October 2021 22:28 (two years ago) link
HOWEVER: good lord I don’t ever need to see Lea Seydoux’s snotty nose on a giant movie screen ever again
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Sunday, 10 October 2021 23:09 (two years ago) link
Lol my friend said EWW SHE GOTS A BOOGER
― Gardyloominati (Neanderthal), Sunday, 10 October 2021 23:11 (two years ago) link
Charmingly realistic I thought.
― Profiles in Liquid Courage (WmC), Sunday, 10 October 2021 23:18 (two years ago) link
I'm sure I'd be blowing nose bubbles all over the place. The problem I kept having was the preternaturally calm child.
― Profiles in Liquid Courage (WmC), Sunday, 10 October 2021 23:19 (two years ago) link
as soon as Billy Magnussen showed up I knew he was gonna be a double agent because he always plays sons of bitches
― Gardyloominati (Neanderthal), Sunday, 10 October 2021 23:19 (two years ago) link
just about EVERYTHING in Italy was gorgeous
― Gardyloominati (Neanderthal), Sunday, 10 October 2021 23:20 (two years ago) link
was the missile silo a real location or a build?it looked amazing
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Sunday, 10 October 2021 23:21 (two years ago) link
i) not iircii) I would not show an eleven-year-old Goldeneye, but I didn't ask
(also I saw the last movie and didn't remember all the continuity stuff; someone who was five years old at the time might be even more bemused)
― bobo honkin' slobo babe (sic), Monday, 11 October 2021 06:44 (two years ago) link
196 people died in You Only Live Twice. suffice it to say people dying is a staple of Bond films.
― Gardyloominati (Neanderthal), Monday, 11 October 2021 14:04 (two years ago) link
they had a lot of guts
― STOCK FIST-PUMPER BRAD (BradNelson), Monday, 11 October 2021 14:09 (two years ago) link
as a kid, dad had on For Your Eyes Only once and the murder of the Havelocks did upset me a bit.
mostly cos the dad never got to read his book
― Gardyloominati (Neanderthal), Monday, 11 October 2021 14:10 (two years ago) link
i was def too young to watch licence to kill when i watched licence to kill, the opening is so grim
― STOCK FIST-PUMPER BRAD (BradNelson), Monday, 11 October 2021 14:12 (two years ago) link
plus a head explodes in that movie. rated r
― STOCK FIST-PUMPER BRAD (BradNelson), Monday, 11 October 2021 14:13 (two years ago) link
and sharks!
― So who you gonna call? The martini police (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 11 October 2021 14:17 (two years ago) link
License to Kill was unusually over the top violent, probably inspired by other movies of that ilk that were growing popular in the 80s.
I only saw it 5 or 6 years ago and, daaaaamn. definitely wouldn't have been ok with that as a kid.
Living Daylights not so bad.
― Gardyloominati (Neanderthal), Monday, 11 October 2021 14:17 (two years ago) link
of the many bond movies that no time to die echoed i really enjoyed the parts that reminded me of licence to kill. felix :(
― STOCK FIST-PUMPER BRAD (BradNelson), Monday, 11 October 2021 14:22 (two years ago) link
The Living Daylights is a top ten Bond for me, despite Dalton giving the impression that martinis suck and he'd rather be in Twelfth Night.
― So who you gonna call? The martini police (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 11 October 2021 14:24 (two years ago) link
for me too, prob my favorite cold open of any of them. also best suite of bond themes
― STOCK FIST-PUMPER BRAD (BradNelson), Monday, 11 October 2021 14:26 (two years ago) link
Yeah it was the first one I saw in a theater -- up to that point it was cable or network TV -- and that combined with Dalton's approach means it'll remain a sentimental favorite, though as with all the John Glen-directed films his approach can best be called 'sturdy.'
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 11 October 2021 14:27 (two years ago) link
Alfred weren't you the one in another Bond thread that said Dalton always played Bond like he was in a production of Othello?
(it was apt, I think I've stolen that IRL)
― Gardyloominati (Neanderthal), Monday, 11 October 2021 14:30 (two years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FWrecLbn4KE
such a banger
― STOCK FIST-PUMPER BRAD (BradNelson), Monday, 11 October 2021 14:37 (two years ago) link
Billy Magnussen‘s character being referred to as “the book of mormon” was a good quick laugh
― mh, Monday, 11 October 2021 14:48 (two years ago) link
haha yeah.
― Gardyloominati (Neanderthal), Monday, 11 October 2021 14:49 (two years ago) link
why do I have the suspicion that there was an internal debate on whether Blofeld would say “Hello, Clarice” when he’s moved in to have his face-to-face with Bond
― mh, Monday, 11 October 2021 14:55 (two years ago) link
haha probably!
― So who you gonna call? The martini police (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 11 October 2021 15:04 (two years ago) link
I did like how they played with Bond's long-standing paranoia, particularly after Vesper. One might think his ditching of Madeline was abrupt, but the way they framed it seemed like it might be convincing. He gets bombed after she brings him to Italy, after he visits Vesper's grave, she mentions having secrets and tells him in the car she has something to tell him (which is probably that she's pregnant). but I think the big one is the bags being downstairs. He thinks she was trying to get the fuck out of town after selling out her husband, when in reality, he'd told her 'when I get back, tell us where we're going next', so she had probably just made those plans and was going to tell Bond where they were going when he got back.
― Gardyloominati (Neanderthal), Monday, 11 October 2021 15:08 (two years ago) link