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AVTAK
Feb 16, 2009 15:33:50 GMT -5
Post by skywalker on Feb 16, 2009 15:33:50 GMT -5
I really like AVTAK despite it's obvious flaws. Moore although he's looking a little wary still delivers a fine performance and the film still has a bondian feel to it which is more than can be said of the last 2.
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AVTAK
Feb 14, 2009 14:50:27 GMT -5
Post by skywalker on Feb 14, 2009 14:50:27 GMT -5
Please rate Sir Roger's final outing as Bond out of 10. As usual please feel free to add comments.
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Post by skywalker on Feb 8, 2009 17:43:43 GMT -5
Congratulations to formerBondfan who now has - a 1000 posts! Indeed. Well done FBF!!!
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Post by skywalker on Jan 14, 2009 13:57:26 GMT -5
Sure, why not. After all he does so well with them. She's Sea Sick I can't seem to find the stationery. Can you help me? That comment sums up the franchise for me. Not good enough and not Bond.
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Post by skywalker on Dec 27, 2008 12:24:38 GMT -5
Hope everyone has had a great Christmas and wishing all a wonderful New Year.
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Post by skywalker on Dec 5, 2008 13:58:03 GMT -5
You should have gone to Butlins for two weeks - and spent the money saved on Daniel Craig memorabilia. Congratulations, and have a nice trip. Thanks Harry.
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Post by skywalker on Dec 5, 2008 13:56:21 GMT -5
7/10. I think it's Moore's best flick. It certainly boasts some of his best Bond related acting. I think the film really benefits from the return of John Barry. 8/10
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Post by skywalker on Dec 2, 2008 16:57:21 GMT -5
Congratulations to skywalker. If it isn't too much trouble please bring me back a stick of rock from Cancun. ;D I'll try my best, however if I can't quite manage it you might have to settle for a stick and a rock.
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Post by skywalker on Dec 2, 2008 16:55:53 GMT -5
Congrats, Skywalker. Will it be a big production ala Lazenby, or one of those shady affairs like Connery staged in Japan (which I'm not sure was even legally recognized)? Unfortunately for Skywalker, the soon to be Mrs Skywalker wanted and has subsequently got the big budget Lazenby wedding.
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Post by skywalker on Dec 2, 2008 16:53:17 GMT -5
Skywalker has invited everyone on the forum to go with him. Just send a PM for your tickets. ;D Not quite everyone. Sorry Alvin your Craig positivity is a bit too much for me. ;D
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Post by skywalker on Dec 2, 2008 8:01:38 GMT -5
Mr Skywalker is finally taking the plunge this weekend and will have an official Mrs Skywalker by Saturday evening. Then off to Cancun for 2 weeks.
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Post by skywalker on Dec 2, 2008 7:59:35 GMT -5
Octopussy (1983) is the thirteenth spy film in the James Bond series, and the sixth to star Roger Moore as the fictional MI6 agent James Bond. Produced by Albert R. Broccoli and Michael G. Wilson, Octopussy was released in the same year as the non-EON Bond film Never Say Never Again. Written by George MacDonald Fraser, Richard Maibaum, and Michael G. Wilson, the film was directed by John Glen.
As usual please rate out of 10 and add your comments
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Post by skywalker on Dec 2, 2008 7:55:08 GMT -5
Luke does it again!!! Not my good self, but Alternative007's very own Mr Quantrill. Brilliant review and highly amusing. For anyone yet to read this masterpiece, please use the below link. www.alternative007.co.uk/107.htm
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Post by skywalker on Dec 1, 2008 14:41:46 GMT -5
I think BB wanted Sean Bean as Bond, but Cubby was still around in the 90's and choose Brosnan. Bean got the consolation prise of being 009. Anthony Hopkins would have been a great baddie. Or a great 'M'. Tom Cruise thought so and cast him in MI2 Sean was excellent in Goldeneye and although not right for Bond would make a better 007 than Daniel Craig. For me Sean is iconic and one of my favourite actors. I'm a big fan of Sharpe!!!
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Post by skywalker on Nov 30, 2008 17:13:25 GMT -5
Following a mix of both positive and negative reviews, I finally decided to watch the latest Bond movie ‘Quantum of Solace’. Although I’ve been openly critical of Casino Royale and of the choice of lead actor in the past, I was fully prepared to wipe away any pre-conceived doubts and fears that had risen during the build up to the films release. So with popcorn at the ready I sat down in preparation along with 7 other people to see for myself if Daniel Craig’s latest adventure would finally win me over.
The film picks up from the end of Casino Royale with Bond involved in a high speed pursuit with the captured Mr White in the boot of his stylish Aston Martin. Unfortunately, the great choice of location and brilliant stunt work was painfully ruined by director Marc Forster’s truly awful camera shots that removed any flow or tension to what should and could have been a very impressive pre title sequence. Following on from the car chase, Bond arrives at his chosen location and cue the title track which after initially dismissing it, I actually found it to be a pretty decent Bond theme.
The plot revolves around an angry and violent Bond seeking revenge for the death of his former partner Vesper Lynd. The death of Lynd had badly affected him and the focus of his revenge was the Quantum organisation and in particular Dominic Greene (played by Mathieu Amalric). With locations in Austria, Panama and Italy coupled with some authentic set pieces, the film had a nice feel to it, yet the direction by Marc Forster was far from nice. Forsters over reliance on ‘jumpy-cam’ badly affected pretty much every action scene in Quantum of Solace and given that the basis of the film was heavily action orientated, the film really suffers.
The suave, sophisticated and charming Bond of the previous 20 films is sadly a distant memory and has ultimately been replaced by a dour, gloomy, killing machine in Daniel Craig’s version. This new style and direction is more akin to the Bourne series of films yet ultimately lacks the edge of Bourne and doesn’t come close to delivering the right balance between all out action and the vulnerability that is perfectly delivered by Keifer Sutherland’s ‘Jack Bauer’. At times, the almost constant cold killing was reminiscent of watching the Terminator. Un-reasonable, lacking emotion and almost program like in terms of getting the job done.
To summarize the film, I would say Quantum of Solace delivers an all action and generally humorless Bond film. Gone are the gadgets and touch of class which used to accompany all Bond films only to be replaced by a cold and often lifeless Jason Bourne clone.
For me the series is now at an all time low. A James Bond movie used to be the trend setter and had it’s own unique and enjoyable style, yet this current direction and style tries too hard to copy the successful formula employed by the Bourne, Bauer and McClain characters yet fails to reach the same levels. I find it so hard to truly believe that Daniel Craig’s Bond can be so raw and juvenile yet look so old.
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