Dave Markowitz
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My fav Bond movie is "License to Kill." Timothy Dalton was excellent. Carey Lowell was HOT, and she knew how to use that 12 gauge pump.
Your favorite Bond movie?
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TonyB
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OK here's one for the Bond trivia crowd...Never say Never Again.....it was starring Sean Connery in his last bond film...it came out the same time as one of the Moore films(maybe Octapussy)and I think it wasn't an Ian Flemming film....it's never offered w/ any Bond film packages and isn't mentioned in any retrospective......
I like it because it's Bond as an older kind of clapped out agent.......Connery is awesome,and it has Kim Bassinger in it too.....
I like it because it's Bond as an older kind of clapped out agent.......Connery is awesome,and it has Kim Bassinger in it too.....
TonyB you are pretty close.
Never Say Never Again is set apart from the other Bond films because it was done by a different studio without approval of EON Productions and MGM/UA, the last Fleming based Bond film was Man With the Golden Gun (Fleming's last book).
It doesn't get included in any of the packages because it isn't an "official" Bond film. There was quite a broohaha about it IIRC.
Never Say Never Again is set apart from the other Bond films because it was done by a different studio without approval of EON Productions and MGM/UA, the last Fleming based Bond film was Man With the Golden Gun (Fleming's last book).
It doesn't get included in any of the packages because it isn't an "official" Bond film. There was quite a broohaha about it IIRC.
TXBera
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Smoke, yeah, he had his P99 at this point and pulls it out in the silo to shoot Renard.
Ever notice how the barrel doesn't have the threads one second and the next he's putting the suppressor on without changing barrels?
Edit: Did he have the watch at the end of this one. I know they remarked about it being his 20th watch. Of course now that I think about it, they had him remove it on the doublecross. Something about the "toys".
Ever notice how the barrel doesn't have the threads one second and the next he's putting the suppressor on without changing barrels?
Edit: Did he have the watch at the end of this one. I know they remarked about it being his 20th watch. Of course now that I think about it, they had him remove it on the doublecross. Something about the "toys".
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Never Say Never Again was actually a re-make of an older Connery bond movie, and it was indeed based on a Ian Flemming story.
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In reference to a BIG gun...
TonyB
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Man you guys are good.....gun AND James Bond Geeks.....
I'll have to check out Thunderball now.......thanks for the info..
I'll have to check out Thunderball now.......thanks for the info..
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I'd have to say "Die Another Day", mainly because of Halle Berry.
In terms of guns and violence, I think "Tomorrow Never Dies" is the best. However, I haven't seen many of the classic Bond movies.
In terms of guns and violence, I think "Tomorrow Never Dies" is the best. However, I haven't seen many of the classic Bond movies.
cslinger
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Tomorrow Never Dies because I really like Ted Turner as a super villain. Besides Bond finally more or less officially adopts a real caliber. I know he used a P38 and a P5 here and there but the P99 was really the first big screen moment where Bond steps up to something bigger than a mouse gun.
I also really like Thunderball.
Chris
I also really like Thunderball.
Chris
BHPshooter
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My favorite Bond is Sean Connery.
My favorite Bond movies are Dr. No, From Russia With Love, and Goldeneye. Why? Because they are the most plausible ones. The other ones are a mockery to the intelligence of audiences.
I like that he has a P99 now, but the PPK really is the Bond "signature gun."
<rant>I friggin HATED Die Another Day. I hated the careless gun handling and use, I HATE the stylized cinematography bull????, and really, Halle Berry just isn't that great in a lead role. She ten times better suited for a supporting role.
So we go from a great, gritty story where Bond is captured and tortured for 2 years to driving cars through a hotel made entirely of ice. That's fantastic. They build you up, and tear you down.
Why do they spend their time making the Bond movies into a joke, when they really could be a great, realistic series of films? They just get worse and worse.
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Wes
My favorite Bond movies are Dr. No, From Russia With Love, and Goldeneye. Why? Because they are the most plausible ones. The other ones are a mockery to the intelligence of audiences.
I like that he has a P99 now, but the PPK really is the Bond "signature gun."
<rant>I friggin HATED Die Another Day. I hated the careless gun handling and use, I HATE the stylized cinematography bull????, and really, Halle Berry just isn't that great in a lead role. She ten times better suited for a supporting role.
So we go from a great, gritty story where Bond is captured and tortured for 2 years to driving cars through a hotel made entirely of ice.
That's fantastic. They build you up, and tear you down. Why do they spend their time making the Bond movies into a joke, when they really could be a great, realistic series of films? They just get worse and worse.
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cslinger
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Just for the record, and I respect everybody who is looking for and likes the more "realistic" Bond films, but I must say realism is the last thing I watch Bond films for.
Bond films are escapism at it's best for me. It is a stylized action comic or men's adventure novel for the screen. I love all the crazy gear, stunts and the fact that Bond always gets his woman.........well all of them actually. It's so farfetched and out of this world it give me great pleasure to escape into that world for a couple of hours.
Can you imagine a 100% realistic spy movie? 0700 hours, went through embassy trash found chinese food menu. 0932 hours did meaninless data entry job for the umpteenth day in a row while looking for intel.
Bond films are escapism at it's best for me. It is a stylized action comic or men's adventure novel for the screen. I love all the crazy gear, stunts and the fact that Bond always gets his woman.........well all of them actually. It's so farfetched and out of this world it give me great pleasure to escape into that world for a couple of hours.
Can you imagine a 100% realistic spy movie? 0700 hours, went through embassy trash found chinese food menu. 0932 hours did meaninless data entry job for the umpteenth day in a row while looking for intel.
I like "From Russia With Love", and think is a really good spy thriller, but just doesn't seem "Bond" to me.
For Bond to be Bond, you need escapism and loads of OTT stuff, although I think some of the later ones (esp. Die Another Day) can be a little too silly at times, and too relient on technology to solve problems. (And I'm sure they're using a random name generator for the titles).
Overall, I think my favourite film is "Tomorrow Never Lies" (OTT but not implausible villain, sexy-but-tough girl, cool-but-not-stupid gadgets).
Worst film: Moonraker, with that one where they tried to flood Silicon Valley close behind.
Best Bonds:
Connery (at his best)
Brosnon
Dalton (great "super spy", but a bit too serious for a Bond)
Lazenby (everyone hates him, but I thought he was quite good)
Moore at his best
Connery at his worst
Moore at his worst
Sexyest Bond Girl: Halle Berry
Most contrived girls' names:
Pussy Galore,
Onyatop,
Plenty ("I'm sure you are"). Plenty O'Tool ("Named after your father then")
Best Villains: Goldfinger, Blofeld (some versions), Sean Bean, anyone bent on resurrecting the USSR.
Best Villainess: The one in (darn. All the names are running together and I can't remember which is which). The Turkish oil baroness who was working with the terrorist that she was pretending was trying to kill her.
Best weapons: anything concealed or disguised, esp the briefcase in From Russia With Love
Stupidest weapon: Jaws' teeth. (Actually, there's probably something worst)
Best gunfight: Sliding down the banister with an AK in Octopussy.
Worst gunfight: Lasers in Moonraker.
Best gadget: Dentonite(TM) Toothpaste
Stupidest gadget: the invisible car.
Best Car: Original Aston Martin, followed by the Lotus.
Worst car: 2CV
Best car chase: Tank in Goldeneye
Worst car chase: Moonbuggy in Diamonds are Forever.
Best Bond line: Dunno. "I always wanted to have Christmas in Turkey"?
Best Villain's line:
Bond: "You expect me to talk?"
Gondfinger: "No, Mister Bond. I expect you to die!"
Surprisingly good Roger Moore film: Octopussy
For Bond to be Bond, you need escapism and loads of OTT stuff, although I think some of the later ones (esp. Die Another Day) can be a little too silly at times, and too relient on technology to solve problems. (And I'm sure they're using a random name generator for the titles).
Overall, I think my favourite film is "Tomorrow Never Lies" (OTT but not implausible villain, sexy-but-tough girl, cool-but-not-stupid gadgets).
Worst film: Moonraker, with that one where they tried to flood Silicon Valley close behind.
Best Bonds:
Connery (at his best)
Brosnon
Dalton (great "super spy", but a bit too serious for a Bond)
Lazenby (everyone hates him, but I thought he was quite good)
Moore at his best
Connery at his worst
Moore at his worst
Sexyest Bond Girl: Halle Berry
Most contrived girls' names:
Pussy Galore,
Onyatop,
Plenty ("I'm sure you are"). Plenty O'Tool ("Named after your father then")
Best Villains: Goldfinger, Blofeld (some versions), Sean Bean, anyone bent on resurrecting the USSR.
Best Villainess: The one in (darn. All the names are running together and I can't remember which is which). The Turkish oil baroness who was working with the terrorist that she was pretending was trying to kill her.
Best weapons: anything concealed or disguised, esp the briefcase in From Russia With Love
Stupidest weapon: Jaws' teeth. (Actually, there's probably something worst)
Best gunfight: Sliding down the banister with an AK in Octopussy.
Worst gunfight: Lasers in Moonraker.
Best gadget: Dentonite(TM) Toothpaste
Stupidest gadget: the invisible car.
Best Car: Original Aston Martin, followed by the Lotus.
Worst car: 2CV
Best car chase: Tank in Goldeneye
Worst car chase: Moonbuggy in Diamonds are Forever.
Best Bond line: Dunno. "I always wanted to have Christmas in Turkey"?
Best Villain's line:
Bond: "You expect me to talk?"
Gondfinger: "No, Mister Bond. I expect you to die!"
Surprisingly good Roger Moore film: Octopussy
TXBera
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iapetus, are you thinking of Sophie Marceau playing Electra King as the best villianess?
I feel ya fumegator, hitting a guy at 75-100 yds with a suppressed Beretta.
But of course for me, Rosemund Pike in that white/black outfit in the final fight scene is pretty good looking.
Miranda: "It was so good of you to bring your gun to bed with us."
Bond: "Occupational hazard."
I feel ya fumegator, hitting a guy at 75-100 yds with a suppressed Beretta.
But of course for me, Rosemund Pike in that white/black outfit in the final fight scene is pretty good looking.
Miranda: "It was so good of you to bring your gun to bed with us."
Bond: "Occupational hazard."
seeker_two
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I'm with cslinger on this one. If you're looking for realism in a Bond movie, you're lost in the wrong neighborhood.
As for worst Bond movies: Anything starring Roger Moore & DIE ANOTHER DAY rank there for me. I refuse to buy any of those on DVD or watch them on TV. I have better things to do with my life.
To the producers, directors, & writers of the next Bond movies:
!!!BOND ALWAYS ESCAPES!!! He doesn't get captured & tortured for six months. In the DAD situation, he would have either jumped from the cliff, used one of his gadgets, or found another way to escape. The first 20 minutes of DAD was intolerable. :banghead: !!!GET IT RIGHT, NEXT TIME!!! :banghead:
As for worst Bond movies: Anything starring Roger Moore & DIE ANOTHER DAY rank there for me. I refuse to buy any of those on DVD or watch them on TV. I have better things to do with my life.
To the producers, directors, & writers of the next Bond movies:
!!!BOND ALWAYS ESCAPES!!! He doesn't get captured & tortured for six months. In the DAD situation, he would have either jumped from the cliff, used one of his gadgets, or found another way to escape. The first 20 minutes of DAD was intolerable. :banghead: !!!GET IT RIGHT, NEXT TIME!!! :banghead:BHPshooter
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Without aiming, no less.
:banghead: 
No, I'm not looking for straight, by-the-book REALISM, I'm looking for PLAUSIBILITY. Escapism is great, I love it. But if I want escapism, I'll watch star wars or lord of the rings. When I watch Bond, or most anything with guns, I want a little bit of realism. Is that too much to ask?
It's okay if Bond get's the girl every time or always gets away... but let's do away with the plot elements that mock the Bond franchise.
Wes
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This movie was an Ian fleming book, Never say never. But it was not made in such a way that sean connery saw fit . So he re did it the way of the book.
Albert R Broccoli was not involved. so therefore it is not official.
My favorite movie is from russia w/love.
The book is 10x's better.
Does anyone know what the fist Bond film is and who played him?
ChickenHawk
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Hawk, Chicken Hawk
BHPshooter
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I've got this one. The first Bond film was Casino Royale with Woody Allen as James Bond. Yes, THAT Woody Allen.
Wes
TXBera
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LOL, fumegator
That would have to be Dr. No 1962 with Connery as 007.
Who was the first to be in the gunbarrel opening?
That would have to be Dr. No 1962 with Connery as 007.
Who was the first to be in the gunbarrel opening?
seeker_two
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Finger, Goldfinger....
BHPshooter
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That was the first official James Bond movie, if I remember correctly, but there was an earlier production of Ian Fleming's Casino Royale and Woody Allen played Bond. Seriously. I still don't dare watch it.
I believe the first gun barrel scene was in Dr. No... I assumed it was Sean Connery, but now that I think about it, with that hat and all, I'm not so sure.
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