Which film was closest to Fleming?

[garyseven]

I think that From Russia with Love was quite close - particularly as it was made reasonably close to the date of the book.

[mh4213]

On Her Majesty's Secret Service was I think.

[agent47]

OHMSS and in second FRWL.

[harrypalmer]

Licence To Kill was a good modern version of Fleming. It had enough of the traditional elements to keep fans of the cinematic Bond fans happy. Or maybe it didn't as they always complain about it.

[Alec 006]

Hello,

"On Her Majesty's Secret Service", I think. Director Peter Hunt loved the book and said the movie script didn't need tweaking because according to Peter...the film "didn't need to be made better." Referring to Fleming's novel, Hunt said: "It was there...it was all there!"

George Lazenby kept the book by his bedside and kept re-reading the last part where Tracy tragically dies, in order to prepare for shooting that scene with Diana Rigg.

He said that every time he read it...he had tears streaming down his face.


"From Russia With Love"...is definitely in there.


"Dr. No" was a good interpretation as well. In the movie, Sir Sean wakes up in his hotel room to find a giant black tarantula crawling on him under his bed sheet.

However, in the novel, Ian Fleming describes a large, poisonous centipede on Bond's sweating, naked body...drawn to his body heat, inching ever so slowly towards his groin.

Reading that part of the novel gave me nightmares and still gives me the "heebie-jeebies" when I think of it!


Take Care!

[benny]

DN
FRWL
or
OHMSS.

[poirot]

I always felt that OHMSS was like watching a Fleming novel being brought to life. But pretty much all of the 60's films had a certain vibe that they were never able to recapture, imo.

Bond is essentially a Cold War character, and as he gets further away from that era, he has little choice but to become just another action hero. This is why, eventually, someone will probably decide to do faithful translations of all the stories (ala Sherlock Holmes).

For decades, Basil Rathbone was the definitive Holmes, but now younger fans find it difficult to relate to him. The problem is that his films were (largely) set in an updated (1940's) era, and were only loosely-based on Doyle's stories. Sound familiar? It's virtually the same problem that kids now have when watching Moore, Dalton, or even Brosnan's films.

Connery's biggest edge isn't that he was first, but that he got to make relatively faithful adaptations in a Cold War (and politically incorrect) era.

[harrypalmer]

Feb 16, 2008 23:20:38 GMT -5 poirot said:

I always felt that OHMSS was like watching a Fleming novel being brought to life. But pretty much all of the 60's films had a certain vibe that they were never able to recapture, imo.

Bond is essentially a Cold War character, and as he gets further away from that era, he has little choice but to become just another action hero. This is why, eventually, someone will probably decide to do faithful translations of all the stories (ala Sherlock Holmes).

For decades, Basil Rathbone was the definitive Holmes, but now younger fans find it difficult to relate to him. The problem is that his films were (largely) set in an updated (1940's) era, and were only loosely-based on Doyle's stories. Sound familiar? It's virtually the same problem that kids now have when watching Moore, Dalton, or even Brosnan's films.

Connery's biggest edge isn't that he was first, but that he got to make relatively faithful adaptations in a Cold War (and politically incorrect) era.

It's a shame that Eon have an iron grip on the filmed Bond. How come anyone can make a film or TV drama of Sherlock Holmes? Every year there is a new Sherlock Holmes adaption on UK TV; although it may be time for a well produced US tv version (maybe like the Nero Wolfe series few years ago) or a new film.

I'd love to see some TV adaptions of Bond in the same style as (Bond candidate at one time!) Jeremy Brett's Holmes series. Or even some different approaches to a cinema Bond.

I agree that Eon's present day Bonds will never recapture the spirit of the 1960's Bonds

[Van der Valk]

I dare say many people today would say the Craig films.

[Gambit]

Mar 8, 2013 7:20:53 GMT -5 Van der Valk said:

I dare say many people today would say the Craig films.

I don't think Fleming's Bond was some little fella obsessed with his childhood.

[Cpt. Sir Dominic Flandry]

Everyone says Craig is Fleming's Bond on screen. As Joseph Goebbels said if you repeat something enough times everyone believes it. ;D