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thischarmingman

14/10/2008, 4:04 PM

Anyone else looking forward to (awful title aside) Quantum of Solace? As a long time Bond fan I loved CR, especially after the turgid offerings directly prior to it. QoS has a pretty good director, Marc Forster in charge and looks like it might be able to follow up what was the best Bond in years. Anyone else counting down the days?

Trailer:
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=mLPp8y-mEhw

The ‘serious’ new Bond film has not only excitement but critical credibility in its sights
http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/film/article4907724.ece

Pike B

14/10/2008, 4:15 PM

Loved Casino Royale, and as a life long Bond fan, I really like the direction the francise is going. QOS should be a cracker. They are going all Dark Knight on it, with Bond getting nasty. Should be a treat.

jebus

14/10/2008, 4:32 PM

Loved Casino Royale but I'm a bit worried that they are turning the franchise into a 2hr product advertisement. I hear he even orders a Coke Zero instead of a martini at one point in this, really hope it's not true but all the same :eek:

Bluebeard

15/10/2008, 8:19 AM

Gagging for it. Life long Bond-head and I cannot wait. Currently reading Moonraker as preparation, though I haven't read QoS yet.

I hear he even orders a Coke Zero instead of a martini at one point in this, really hope it's not true but all the same :eek:

:eek: That would be awful: while it could be said that there is a hell of a lot of (unsolicited) product placement in the books, this would be a disaster, IMO.

anto1208

15/10/2008, 8:37 AM

This is the first bond film im looking foward to, bar CR the rest are terrible films.

thischarmingman

15/10/2008, 5:01 PM

This is the first bond film im looking foward to, bar CR the rest are terrible films.

Rubbish.

Doctor No? Goldfinger? From Russia with Love? Diamonds Are Forever? Goldeneye?

don ramo

16/10/2008, 2:15 AM

goldeneye rocks, CR i wasnt overly impressed, brosnan was great untill die another day, i agree he had to go after that ****e, i love bond so im hope craig will redeem himself in this one, he really is a brutal actor, he has no emotions, how do you do dark with no emotions:eek:

anto1208

16/10/2008, 12:14 PM

Rubbish.

Doctor No? Goldfinger? From Russia with Love? Diamonds Are Forever? Goldeneye?

Your correct they are rubbish ;)

Pike B

16/10/2008, 3:53 PM

Your correct they are rubbish ;)
Watch From Russia With Love, and tell me it's rubbish.. You'd be lying my friend..

holidaysong

16/10/2008, 4:01 PM

Rubbish.

Doctor No? Goldfinger? From Russia with Love? Diamonds Are Forever? Goldeneye?

You're missing Thunderball, the best Bond film. :) I love the James Bond franchise (my brother has every one of them on DVD back in my parents' house and I'd watch them over and over). I thought Casino Royale was brilliant. It was easily the best one since Goldeneye.. Some of those later Brosnan ones were dodgy - Die Another Day with the invisible car? :o This new direction they are taking with Craig is very promising!

Pike B

16/10/2008, 4:21 PM

You're missing Thunderball, the best Bond film. :) I love the James Bond franchise (my brother has every one of them on DVD back in my parents' house and I'd watch them over and over). I thought Casino Royale was brilliant. It was easily the best one since Goldeneye.. Some of those later Brosnan ones were dodgy - Die Another Day with the invisible car? :o This new direction they are taking with Craig is very promising!
One thing I do miss though is the really great Henchmen.. Oddjob, Jaws, etc.. Looks like nothing like that in new one either.. Pity.

holidaysong

17/10/2008, 1:57 PM

One thing I do miss though is the really great Henchmen.. Oddjob, Jaws, etc.. Looks like nothing like that in new one either.. Pity.

Yeah I'd have to agree with that, some of the older henchmen were class. Although Jaws became a sap in Mookraker, becoming 'good' at the end and going off with that pigtailed girlfriend of his.. Mookraker is easily the worst Bond film actually - so many cringe moments in it!

thischarmingman

18/10/2008, 2:46 PM

I have a soft spot for OHMSS.

thischarmingman

18/10/2008, 2:47 PM

I'm sorry, but any excuse to post this:

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TonyD

19/10/2008, 1:18 PM

I'm sorry, but any excuse to post this:

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Brilliant. :D :D. Vintage Partridge.

stann

19/10/2008, 4:03 PM

"Stop getting Bond wrong!!!" :D

Somebody should show that to the current people in charge.
I caught the end of a very 007-esque Coke Zero ad on telly last night, so looks like your disaster has come to pass Bluebeard. Just this second I see Craig whoring it up on ITV with Sony HD for another tie-in. That finishes it with James Bond for me.

Bluebeard

20/10/2008, 9:51 AM

Bluebeard

21/10/2008, 10:57 AM

Sadly, these two proposed theme tunes for the new flick did not get selected.

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John83

21/10/2008, 12:45 PM

Funny stuff, Bluebeard. Cheers for that.

passinginterest

21/10/2008, 12:56 PM

I have a soft spot for OHMSS.

Probably the best story of them all. I liked Lazenby too, very understated performance.

max power

31/10/2008, 1:30 PM

going to see it this evening at 5.10, really really looking forward to it.

max power

31/10/2008, 1:31 PM

It's got to be Goldfinger. The Bond with it all. Aston Martin, Pussy Galore, great villain, Oddjob, and Connery on top form. 10/10..

sounds like a dream evening for most men:D

passinginterest

31/10/2008, 1:41 PM

sounds like a dream evening for most men:D

Don't forget an oddjob! :)

max power

31/10/2008, 1:58 PM

Don't forget an oddjob! :)

well some sort of job;):D

holidaysong

01/11/2008, 12:42 PM

I went to see QoS yesterday..

I thought it was ... very disappointed with it to be honest.. Nowhere near as good as Casino Royale. Not a great story line, useless villains and generally quite boring..

micls

01/11/2008, 12:47 PM

BohsPartisan

01/11/2008, 12:54 PM

From Russia with Love is my all time fav and also has my all time fav Bond girl. Also a big fan of Dr. No and I too like, OHMSS. Casino Royale was great but I'm worried about what I've been hearing about QoS, suppose its best if I just go and find out. Like Lazenby, I think Dalton is underrated and was far better than Brosnan. In fact all the Brosnan films were rubbish with the exception of Goldeneye.

thischarmingman

01/11/2008, 12:59 PM

Seeing it at 8:30 tonight.

Dr. Ogba

04/11/2008, 2:04 PM

ashamed to say that I actually quite enjoyed it. was expecting it to be crap given the poor reviews but it wasn't that bad....

thischarmingman

04/11/2008, 8:43 PM

Went in with low expectations given the reviews and was pleasantly surprised. The beginning was incomprehensible, and the film was quite disjointed but some scenes were very well done and the middle part of the movie worked well I thought. Given that it's the 'middle movie' in a three-film story arc as far as I know, I have high hopes for the next one. It did the job anyway.

Pike B

06/11/2008, 12:24 PM

Good, but not as good as Casino Royale. I think The Dark Knight has spoiled all sequels for me. I now expect way too much.. :(

John83

06/11/2008, 9:21 PM

Like Lazenby, I think Dalton is underrated and was far better than Brosnan.
I've never seen the original Casino Royal, so I can't offer any opinion on Lazenby, but I liked Dalton. He didn't get a good film in though.

In fact all the Brosnan films were rubbish with the exception of Goldeneye.
Yes they were, though I don't think Brosnan can be particularly blamed for any of that. He was a good Bond, but most of the films he was in were badly written.

I'm in the US at the moment, so I've another 8 days of bad reviews to go before I can see QoS. At this rate, I may not bother.

Bluebeard

07/11/2008, 9:16 AM

I've never seen the original Casino Royal, so I can't offer any opinion on Lazenby, but I liked Dalton. He didn't get a good film in though.

Yes they were, though I don't think Brosnan can be particularly blamed for any of that. He was a good Bond, but most of the films he was in were badly written.

Uh, the original Casino Royale was a TV film with a yank Bond, and a British Leiter. Then the first film was a horrible spook with Bond played principly by David Niven, and also Peter Sellars, Woody Allen, Ursula Andress, etc, etc.

George Lazenby was Bond for On Her Majesty's Secret Service. In my opinion, he looks most like Bond.

I agree on Brosnan and Dalton, though something like For Your Eyes Only is much worse than either film that the two had. My thinking on Brosnan, prior to Craig's emergence, is that he looks most like Bond, but for Lazenby, he is the most actiony Bond, but for Connery, he is the most suave Bond, but for Moore, and the best actor as Bond, but for Dalton. He is in many ways, the very nearly Bond. I quite like him, some of the scripts are ok, generally the dialogue works better than early Moore and some Connery; gadgets and product placement abound though, to distraction. And we got Denise Ricards in crop-top and shorts, and there is nothing wrong with that!

Longfordian

07/11/2008, 12:59 PM

I saw it yesterday and I thought it wasn't bad though not as good as Casino Royale. It advanced the story arc further as has been said and the action scenes were well done. Craig was very good again I thought. It wasn't overlong either which was the only real criticism I had of Casino Royale.

John83

07/11/2008, 7:13 PM

Uh, the original Casino Royale was a TV film with a yank Bond, and a British Leiter. Then the first film was a horrible spook with Bond played principly by David Niven, and also Peter Sellars, Woody Allen, Ursula Andress, etc, etc.

George Lazenby was Bond for On Her Majesty's Secret Service. In my opinion, he looks most like Bond.
:eek::o Oops. You're right, of course.

I agree on Brosnan and Dalton, though something like For Your Eyes Only is much worse than either film that the two had. My thinking on Brosnan, prior to Craig's emergence, is that he looks most like Bond, but for Lazenby, he is the most actiony Bond, but for Connery, he is the most suave Bond, but for Moore, and the best actor as Bond, but for Dalton. He is in many ways, the very nearly Bond. I quite like him, some of the scripts are ok, generally the dialogue works better than early Moore and some Connery; gadgets and product placement abound though, to distraction.
Interesting perspective. I always found the gadgets took from Brosnan's films after Goldeneye - they just seemed a tired plot device, even if I never grew tired of watching Desmond Llewellyn showing Bond around the lab. The product placement just got obnoxious.

And we got Denise Ricards in crop-top and shorts, and there is nothing wrong with that!
Mmm... you nearly tempted me into my maiden post in Totty Watch there, but I'm where I dare not click on anything marked NSFW.

OneRedArmy

11/11/2008, 4:42 PM

Really enoyed Casino Royale, thought this was bad.

Really bad.

Even the shortness of the film didn't stop me feeling bored and wishing for it to end sooner.

Bond is finished. The novelty of a new, dark Bond has worn off quickly and its now just one long fight scene/special effects, with precious little dialogue and little evidence of a clever script.

Its a poor man's Die Hard, without the witty one-liners.