The Bond 23 Thread

[regwec]

Still holding out for Portishead, like I was before QoS.

Yeah, that would be brilliant.

By the way, I think that "Diamonds are Forever" is amongst the more definitive Bond themes. It is a bit less explosive than "Goldfinger", but it has a kind of sensuality that seems to really fit.

 

[ChickenScratch]

How 'bout Brokenclaw?

Never read it, but it's a cool title. t: Half the time they only use the title, anyway.

Brokenclaw was pretty cool. Most of it is set around Washington state and the villain is a Native American/Chinese named Brokenclaw because of a deformity of one of his thumbs. Great story, Bond got put through some serious torture (like a spear through the thigh).

 

[Spoonman]

To be honest QOS was a completely wasted opportunity. Ever since they failed to properly follow up OHMSS, we've been waiting for a true revenge Bond/Bond on rampage film (Dalton doesn't count). But the movie was trying so hard to be Jason Bourne, it was very distant. Despite having a great Bond, two potentially good Bond girls (played by good actresses, no less!) and a potentially great Bond villain its actor....it just is a lot of noise.

Really the only things that stand out about the movie is the opera scene, the brief role Malick had in it and the final scene where Bond confronts the man who used Vesper. Otherwise it was just a waste.

Oh and yeah, I like Jack White and alicia Keys, but that was the worst Bond theme in decades. CR had a great one and sans Madonna, all of Brosnan's Bond songs were quite good....but oy, the song for QOS--like almost everything else--missed the mark, in my opinion.

Why Dalton doesn't count? I thought his portrayal was mostly seen in good light by Bond fans.

 

[The Englishman]

Muse's "Undisclosed Desires" from their latest album The Resistance would have been a perfect Bond song.

This song would have been perfect for a Bond theme...

 

[Paste Pot Pete]

I totally love License to Kill.

For me, it's the better Dalton movie. It's a total 80s action movie, like James Bond was just dropped into Lethal Weapon, but that's why I love it.

Robert Davi is always awesome, especially when he's got a diamond-wearing iguana as a pet. t:

Benecio del Toro is hysterical as a coked-out psycho henchman. "Don't worry. We gave her a niiice honeymoooooon."

And best of all, Q in the field!

 

[Doctor Jones]

Muse's "Undisclosed Desires" from their latest album The Resistance would have been a perfect Bond song.

I called this a long time ago. t: That song would be perfect.

 

[Sawyer]

Muse doing a Bond song would blow my mind.

 

[Mrs. Sawyer]

I totally love License to Kill.

For me, it's the better Dalton movie. It's a total 80s action movie, like James Bond was just dropped into Lethal Weapon, but that's why I love it.

Robert Davi is always awesome, especially when he's got a diamond-wearing iguana as a pet. t:

Benecio del Toro is hysterical as a coked-out psycho henchman. "Don't worry. We gave her a niiice honeymoooooon."

And best of all, Q in the field!

Loved License to Kill. I also thought it was better than the Living Daylights.

As much as I loved Pierce Brosnan in Goldeneye. Part of me still wonders how Dalton would've done in the role. I also heard that Goldeneye also had a much darker tone when Dalton was still attached to the role.

 

[Paste Pot Pete]

Loved License to Kill. I also thought it was better than the Living Daylights.

As much as I loved Pierce Brosnan in Goldeneye. Part of me still wonders how Dalton would've done in the role. I also heard that Goldeneye also had a much darker tone when Dalton was still attached to the role.

That would've been very interesting. Even as it stands, Goldeneye, to me, feels more in line with the Dalton movies than the rest of Brosnan's tenure.

 

[Raiden]

That would've been very interesting. Even as it stands, Goldeneye, to me, feels more in line with the Dalton movies than the rest of Brosnan's tenure.

I like Brosnan, but aside from Goldeneye I am very disappointed about rest of his Bond films. And ending his Bond series with Die Another Day is very much like a whimper instead of triumph. I'm just glad to see Craig having the success that he has with 007.

 

[Mrs. Sawyer]

His exit was still better than Moore's, and Connery didn't go out any better haha.

 

[Sawyer]

Hey hey hey!!!

A View to a Kill was amazing.

 

[regwec]

It was a ghastly movie. Grace Jone's impossibly firm buttocks were the only highlight.

I mean, who really wanted to see a fifty year old James Bond making a shepherd's pie?

 

[Doc Ock]

Goldeneye is da best! I love just about all the Bond films though including Die Another Day. Although I have never seen On Her Majesty's Secret Service.

 

[Octoberist]

I watched Die Another Day recently. I can only see someone liking it as a guilty pleasure with it's awful CGI and tedious pacing. But as a film, it's pretty bad.

 

[Mrs. Sawyer]

A View to a Kill had so many problems. I have no problem with humor in films, but it got really bad in A View to Kill along with old Moore, Tanya Robert's terrible acting along with the facts that she's even more useless than the usual Bond Girl. And the gadgets got ridiculous.

 

[Mrs. Sawyer]

I called this a long time ago. t: That song would be perfect.

To the tubedubber! It may take some time to load though.

Quantum of Solace combined with Undisclosed desires.

http://tubedubber.com/#2v_W6Bjx_Vo:bWTuKd2lTo4:0:100:30:0:true

 

[regwec]

I am a connoisseur of guilty pleasures, but DAD holds much more pain for me. Only the scrumptious Halle Berry offers any charm.

I realize that I may sound a bit obsessive about nubile black women.

 

[The Englishman]

A View to a Kill had so many problems. I have no problem with humor in films, but it got really bad in A View to Kill along with old Moore, Tanya Robert's terrible acting along with the facts that she's even more useless than the usual Bond Girl. And the gadgets got ridiculous.

He was ready for his ****ing pipe and slippers in that film!! Awful movie

To the tubedubber! It may take some time to load though.

Quantum of Solace combined with Undisclosed desires.

http://tubedubber.com/#2v_W6Bjx_Vo:bWTuKd2lTo4:0:100:30:0:true

Do you see how much better the QOS titles are now with Muse over the top?? t:

 

[Sebastos]

Great video combining scenes from both Casino Royale and Quantum of Solace:

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Has me excited for Bond 23.

 

[TheVileOne]

So will Judi Dench be back as M?

Will we be introduced to a new Q or Major Boothroyd?

Will there be a new Moneypenny?

Will Quantum be a factor?

Didn't the actor for Mr. White say he wouldn't play the character again. Came off like a real jerk when he talked about it publicly.

 

[Webhead2006]

judi is likely to be back i dont see why she wouldnt be.

Q/moneypenny would be great to see again. We will just have to see what happens there.

Quantum, i would like if its still around or factors into things.

Vile the whole thing with mr.white actor was blow out of propostions and he never said what folks thought he said.

 

[terry78]

It was a ghastly movie. Grace Jone's impossibly firm buttocks were the only highlight.

I mean, who really wanted to see a fifty year old James Bond making a shepherd's pie?

Well, incontinence is somewhat of a problem when you get up in age.

 

[Brian Braddock]

It was a ghastly movie. Grace Jone's impossibly firm buttocks were the only highlight.

I mean, who really wanted to see a fifty year old James Bond making a shepherd's pie?

The Dolph Lundgren 'blink and you'll miss it before he was famous cameo' is always something to look out for and well, the villain is freakin' Christopher Walken (which is always a good thing - apart from Balls of Fury) but you've probably described the movie perfectly - it was ghastly.

 

[Ajendo]

Goldeneye is da best! I love just about all the Bond films though including Die Another Day. Although I have never seen On Her Majesty's Secret Service.

Do yourself a favour and go watch OHMSS. It's a fantatsic Bond movie!