James Bond In Skyfall - Part 3

[Airwings]

I haven't followed this thread, but I want to ask you why they dropped the Fleming titles (the route they begun with Casino Royale). Do you know the reason?
I think they could have used all of them, except 007 in New York.
The Property of a Lady, TPOAL, would have been nice. It has a touch of upper class to it, and might have been a way to make a more elegant Bond film again.

 

[spidey-dude]

Moving on though, I'm so excited for the new Q because I was a little worried after "Quantum of Solace" that the producers weren't real Bond fans and were trying to take the Bond elements out of it (like removing "the names Bond, James Bond"). The fact that they put a classic Bond character in this time makes me very happy.

Id say they are closer to real Bond fans than any people who are simply fans of the old Bond movies - comic fans get in uproars over CBMs that arent close enough to the comics, yet they finally make Bond closer to the books and it has the opposite reaction. I hope none of the cheese returns in Skyfall

 

[ChickenScratch]

I hear that man.

 

[Golgo-13]

The same producers who have been involved with the series for most of their lives suddenly not Bond fans?

I don't understand why some are so hung up on having certain lines in every film. QOS wasn't the first movie to not have "Bond, James Bond" in it. Roger Moore never said "Shaken, not stirred" himself in any of his movies. But if a movie leaves them out now, it's reason to freak out.

True; i personally am a little more peeved over the reasons they give the fans not to use them. My name is Bond line wasn't used because they said they couldn't make it work... The countless people he met for the first time in QoS, they would have required him to introduce himself, and they couldn't make it work? I don't like being addressed like i'm stupid. If the studio insisted it was in there, they'd find a way trust me.

Also it seems from alot of interviews that Craig himself has alot of iuput into these films; moreso that the other actors that preceeded him. He adamantly said that they'd never use the word die, kill any any Bond film he's in........my question is, what's so wrong with using those words in a movie where ppl are undoubtable going to be killed, and die...?

 

[The Englishman]

Deaver's Carte Blanch has Bond using his IQ-Phone quite a bit. It's filled with all kinds of great spy and intelligence gathering stuff. But still not too far from what one can reasonably expect to do with his own smartphone.

The Englishman - Bond's still a Commander. Still ex-Navy, nothing has changed, and why would it? They just changed the birth date from the 30's to the late 70's.

I never said that Bond was not a Royal Navy commander in this new rebooted series or that anything as changed, just thay i feel in my opinion that Craigs Bond would not be a commander in the navy but would be recruited to MI6 from somewhere like the Royal Marines, SAS or SBS.

Yes but apart from football and my DVD set of Only Fools & Horses I don't watch any UK TV now that Midsommer Murders and Lewis have started to go down hill, the former actually plunged off a cliff.

Wait so you are English and you dont know who Matt Smith is, where have you been hiding?? t:

 

[Sebastos]

Naomie Harris is having a blast on the set of 'Skyfall'

Skyfall (Bond 23) - 27-11-11

"Eve kicks ass. I'm loving it at the moment. I am such a pacifist, I never thought I would enjoy firing guns but, in the safety of the gun range and at a target board, it's so much fun."

She adds: "I'm doing gyrotonics (a fluid training style that blends movements of yoga, dance, gymnastics, tai chi and swimming on a machine) twice a week and I have a yoga teacher three times a week who also takes me jogging."

http://www.mi6-hq.com/news/index.php?itemid=9830&t=mi6&s=news

 

[Webhead2006]

Sounds like namoi is enjoying her character and filming.

 

[regwec]

I never said that Bond was not a Royal Navy commander in this new rebooted series or that anything as changed, just thay i feel in my opinion that Craigs Bond would not be a commander in the navy but would be recruited to MI6 from somewhere like the Royal Marines, SAS or SBS.

The SAS is an army regiment, but Bond could be a navy commander in the SBS, since that is a navy regiment.

He had commando training in his literary incarnation anyway, didn't he?

 

[Spider-ManHero12]

Sounds like namoi is enjoying her character and filming.

Yup, and that's a good thing.

 

[Doctor Jones]

So as I mentioned in the last movie thread, I liked Die Another Day. As ridiculous and cartoonish as it got at times, I enjoyed myself.

And the sword fight with Rosamund Pike and Halle Berry in the plane. Good God I ****ing loved it.

 

[THANOSRULES]

Didnt Vesper say or suggest Bond was ex- SAS in Royale?

I think you have differing generational views of "what is elite" In the 40s , Spec Ops was a larger secret and not generally considered the benchmark of a distinguished gentleman spy. A boat commander would have been more impressive to that audience.

Nowadays, Spec Ops would be considered more elite and more the job of someone who was a field agent of merit.

Ultimately Bond is a field Agent, so SAS or the SBS would fit him better.

 

[regwec]

Didnt Vesper say or suggest Bond was ex- SAS in Royale?

She guessed at it, when they were profiling each other based on their appearance. She was clearly "on the money", but not necessarily dead right.

I think you have differing generational views of "what is elite" In the 40s

Maybe, but I am sure that some of the Fleming novels indicate commando training during the war.

 

[THANOSRULES]

So as I mentioned in the last movie thread, I liked Die Another Day. As ridiculous and cartoonish as it got at times, I enjoyed myself.

And the sword fight with Rosamund Pike and Halle Berry in the plane. Good God I ****ing loved it.

Not me, I think its the worst Bond movie, and the chief culprit in the revulsion at any cheese in Bond Films.

Some low points in Bond history there.

-Surf infil into North Korea
-Wind surf escape from the ice wave
-Silly robot armor of the Nkorean
-Horrible acting by Brosnan
- Horrible play on " bond 00 status revoked for the 1,000 time

 

[The Englishman]

The SAS is an army regiment, but Bond could be a navy commander in the SBS, since that is a navy regiment.

He had commando training in his literary incarnation anyway, didn't he?

I think he was, was he a Royal Marine commando?
Anyway yes i know the SAS are an Army regiment so if he was in the Special Forces then it would most likely be the SBS. I was just using the SAS as an example because thats what Vespa Lynd mentions when shes figuring out Bonds background when they first meet on the train, She knows people like him who MI6 recruit,"SAS types"..

 

[regwec]

The whole thing was crap. It wasn't even faintly enjoyable crap, since most of the action sequences were so implausible and overblown that they became merely boring. I really can't find anything to love about that movie, apart from Halle Berry's bikini-clad body.

 

[Gold Samurai]

That's a fair point. M exists now for plot exposition purposes, as (s)he always did, but I think that Dench has become a bit...stale in the role.

It's safe to say that we've evolved beyond the basic Bond formula


After the title sequence we'd see Bond in bed with a girl

Bond get's a call from M or Moneypenny

Bond arrives in Moneypenny's office. He makes some innuendo and then enters M's office

M gives Bond his assignment

I do miss this office. It gave a real gentlemen's den vibe.

I always find it funny that for "Casino Royale" they just turned the desk diagonally

It's interesting to see that the set hasn't changed much since 1995!

 

[Van Petrol]

The part where Bond water-ski's using a sheet/door and a parachute was the icing on a very unscrumptious cake for me.

 

[Doctor Jones]

Not me, I think its the worst Bond movie, and the chief culprit in the revulsion at any cheese in Bond Films.

Some low points in Bond history there.

-Surf infil into North Korea - that was cool
-Wind surf escape from the ice wave - that was a bit much, and had too much CG
-Silly robot armor of the Nkorean - silly but not uneccessary, but not as bad as I thought it would be
-Horrible acting by Brosnan - I thought he did fine
- Horrible play on " bond 00 status revoked for the 1,000 time - I actually liked the plot of Bond tortured and imprisoned for years and then revoked because MI6 didn't know what he could have said

In contrast to watching CR today, yeah it's pretty ****ing out there, but I still enjoy it.

 

[THANOSRULES]

yeah what about all the lasers when he is getting evaluated..god awful

 

[obin_gam]

It's safe to say that we've evolved beyond the basic Bond formula


After the title sequence we'd see Bond in bed with a girl

Bond get's a call from M or Moneypenny

Bond arrives in Moneypenny's office. He makes some innuendo and then enters M's office

M gives Bond his assignment

I do miss this office. It gave a real gentlemen's den vibe.

I always find it funny that for "Casino Royale" they just turned the desk diagonally

It's interesting to see that the set hasn't changed much since 1995!

Ah, I miss the old office
I hope they dont make Q-branch all shiny and metallic and modern, I always loved the dirty garage-style setting of that in the old movies.

 

[chamber-music]

I like Dench as M. I liked when she said she would have Bond killed when he found out her name, lets him know she ain't to be messed with.

 

[Octoberist]

The part where Bond water-ski's using a sheet/door and a parachute was the icing on a very unscrumptious cake for me.

It's not so much the idea behind it but the CGI was so poor; it looked like a PS2 game.

 

[Doctor Jones]

yeah what about all the lasers when he is getting evaluated..god awful

That didn't bother me at all.

 

[Golgo-13]

Not me, I think its the worst Bond movie, and the chief culprit in the revulsion at any cheese in Bond Films.

Some low points in Bond history there.

-Surf infil into North Korea
-Wind surf escape from the ice wave
-Silly robot armor of the Nkorean
-Horrible acting by Brosnan
- Horrible play on " bond 00 status revoked for the 1,000 time

Well that's what the Craig films have been about too, and it's getting stale. It's also too Jason Bourn-ish.

 

[Van Petrol]

It's not so much the idea behind it but the CGI was so poor; it looked like a PS2 game.

That's precisely what killed it for me.