Zama Posted November 5, 2006 Report Share Posted November 5, 2006 I for one am going to see the new Bond movie, are there any other members going to see it ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ursus Posted November 5, 2006 Report Share Posted November 5, 2006 I understand it is a reboot of the franchise? I hope it gives Bond a fresh new persepctive. The last few Bond movies have been horrible. The post-Cold War world has not been kind to male escapist espionage fantasies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spittle Posted November 5, 2006 Report Share Posted November 5, 2006 (edited) If you've seen one Bond film you have seen them all. Anyone who desires any realism, or even just intelligent 'suspension of disbelief' cannot sit through a Bond film without feeling annoyed. Why is he never put in awkward situations.... "By the way, Q, the toilets broken. I can't get it to flush. Sorry ". Edited November 5, 2006 by spittle Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phil25 Posted November 6, 2006 Report Share Posted November 6, 2006 The original Ian Fleming novel "Casino Royale" certainly put James in an "awkward situation" - a very sadistic and painful one too. The scene is so central to the novel that it was always regarded as unfilmable - hence the spoof from the 60s with Niven, Woody Allen, Sellars etc. (In one shot a carpet-beater is glimpsed as a symbolic reminder to readers of the novel - if you don't get the reference you don't need to know!) As the first novel, Broccoli and Salzman did not have the film rights, so it was an opportunity for another film-maker to do something different. Personally, I wish they would do a TV series (of Morse standard production values and casting), faithful to the novels and set in the right period. I think it might work well - though it would be pretty adult viewing, but no worse than ROME for nudity or sex i would have thought. Phil Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pantagathus Posted December 4, 2006 Report Share Posted December 4, 2006 Just saw the film yesterday. I LOVED It. I've not enjoyed the Bond movies in ages (even though I liked the casting choice of Pierce as Bond) but this was definitely a reboot... Best Bond movie in ages and Daniel Craig is the best Bond since Sean Connery. No campiness, no extremely unrealistic stuff. If you have ever at one time liked Bond but lost faith and quit enjoying the movies, go see Casino-Royale. Even if it's just to see Eva Green in her cocktail dresses.... :wub: (And Phil, the torture scene is in there... ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M. Porcius Cato Posted December 4, 2006 Report Share Posted December 4, 2006 I've been a Bond fan as long as I've been watching movies, but even I thought the franchise was getting stale--until Casino Royale. It's definitely the best Bond film in a long, long time. It even has a wonderful series of scenes at picturesque Lake Como (isn't Ginevra from there?). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Antiochus of Seleucia Posted December 4, 2006 Report Share Posted December 4, 2006 Yayayayayaya now I must go see it. I hated the last guy who played bond in the one set in North Korea, in fact I hated it so much I don't remember the title. Looking foreward to this one! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FLavius Valerius Constantinus Posted December 5, 2006 Report Share Posted December 5, 2006 Already saw the movie, it was good because the action this time was so intense and the movie seemed fluid. HOWEVER, that torture scene must have made every male in the audience feel uncomfortable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
docoflove1974 Posted December 5, 2006 Report Share Posted December 5, 2006 I, too, was highly impressed. I enjoyed Pierce Brosnan as Bond, but the scripts just weren't there for me. But this script was pretty solid (ok, just let your mind go sometimes...it is a movie, afterall), and Daniel Craig has me almost drooling. His face isn't much to look at...but that body! He rocked the gym to get ready for the roll, you can tell that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ursus Posted December 5, 2006 Report Share Posted December 5, 2006 Good to know the series has some life left in it. I shall await the DVD. So, Pan, the Bond girls are still hot? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pantagathus Posted December 5, 2006 Report Share Posted December 5, 2006 and Daniel Craig has me almost drooling. His face isn't much to look at...but that body! He rocked the gym to get ready for the roll, you can tell that. Doc, I went with my girlfriend & my sister... Needless to say, they were beside themselves with glee :wub: So, Pan, the Bond girls are still hot? Indeed... Eva Green Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DecimusCaesar Posted December 5, 2006 Report Share Posted December 5, 2006 I am looking forward to seeing this film. I probably won't be able to catch it in the cinema but I will probably see it on DVD. I notice that Eva Green starred in Kingdom of Heaven as the Queen of Jerusalem. I don't remember much of that movie. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P.Clodius Posted December 5, 2006 Report Share Posted December 5, 2006 I would say this is probably the best Bond movie ever. Certainly upto date...And yes, the Bond girls are hot, though I've had dibs on Eva G for a while now so hands off, all of you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pertinax Posted December 5, 2006 Report Share Posted December 5, 2006 I attended the Kinematograph to view the item discussed, my findings were: 1.It is advisable to avoid purchasing property in Venice. 2.Nail guns can be dangerous. 3.Never drive avgas bowsers at high speed. Back to basics is good, the lethal pugnacity of the books has been rekindled. Excellent use of Miss Green's assets. ps:please note use of a herb described by Dioscorides in the attempted assassination of Bond-Digitalis( cardiac glycoside). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pertinax Posted December 7, 2006 Report Share Posted December 7, 2006 sing along here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RuftPAl6Ypg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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