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BRZED · Nov 3, 2015

Spectre is being released this Thursday. I hope it's going to better than Skyfall was three years ago.

The Aston Martin DB10 was created by Aston Martin for Spectre.

Not sure right now what other domestic must-see movies are still going to be released this year, Right now I can think only of The Force Awakens and The Hateful Eight.

Rand · Nov 3, 2015

Fallout 4 > any movie this year.

Garak · Nov 3, 2015

Originally Posted By: BRZED
The Aston Martin DB10 was created by Aston Martin for Spectre.

Apparently, there was some involvement from Williams in the car.

Doog · Nov 3, 2015

I'll be going...or may just buy the DVD

BRZED · Nov 4, 2015

Originally Posted By: Rand
Fallout 4 > any movie this year.

Strays a little far from the subject, but for what it's worth, I can't wait for Uncharted 4 - A Thief's End. Was supposed to come out this year, but has been delayed till 2016.

A_Harman · Nov 4, 2015

I've never bought into Daniel Craig as James Bond.

Kira · Nov 4, 2015

Hello, I HUR (hear, understand and respect) your opinion on Daniel Craig. I disagree.

I think he's a great 007. I think his performances serve the franchise well.

The Bond movie catalog took a big hit with the very bad Moore films (not the good Moore examples) and the Brosnan flicks were weak in spots.

Does Craig do two or three more after this one? Kira

cat843 · Nov 4, 2015

Bridge of Spies is worth watching this fall.

Benzadmiral · Nov 4, 2015

I wasn't 100% on board with Craig at first. But the filmmakers have realigned the franchise with the original Fleming character while at the same time making him current for the 21st century. Craig does give me the impression of the "blunt instrument of government policy," as Fleming called Bond -- as tough and dangerous in his way as Connery's and Dalton's Bonds. (It's a relief not to have to wince at Roger Moore's portrayal any more. A great "Saint" he was; Bond, no.)

And Skyfall is one of the great Bond films. You get high adventure, M quoting Tennyson, the recasting of Q against the expected type and of M with a character whom we'd dismissed earlier in the film as a hidebound bureaucrat (and who proves himself a man of action when the chips are down). Then there's a glimpse into Bond's past; Bond taking the initiative to defeat their adversary, when nothing else has worked; his special relationship with M . . . There hasn't been a Bond film this good in a long time. I have high hopes for Spectre.

KitaCam · Nov 4, 2015

Originally Posted By: A_Harman
I've never bought into Daniel Craig as James Bond.

He reminds me of Robert Shaw in "From Russia....."

BRZED · Nov 4, 2015

Originally Posted By: cat843
Bridge of Spies is worth watching this fall.

https://bobistheoilguy.com/forums/ubbthreads.php/topics/3900202/Re:_Bridge_of_Spies#Post3900202

BRZED · Nov 4, 2015

Originally Posted By: Kira

Does Craig do two or three more after this one? Kira

He is under contract for Bond 25.

He has bveen quotes as saying, although, it is getting more physically ddifficult, he would like to do two more Bond movies after SPECTRE/ But then on October 25 he told joirnalists: "Now? I'd rather break this glass and slash my wrists. No, not at the moment. Not at all. That's fine. I'm over it at the moment. We're done. All I want to do is move on." He has also bee quited as saying he would cnsider doig another one only for the money.

http://www.theverge.com/2015/11/3/9665430/james-bond-007-spectre-movie-review-daniel-craig

MCompact · Nov 4, 2015

Originally Posted By: Benzadmiral
I wasn't 100% on board with Craig at first. But the filmmakers have realigned the franchise with the original Fleming character while at the same time making him current for the 21st century. Craig does give me the impression of the "blunt instrument of government policy," as Fleming called Bond -- as tough and dangerous in his way as Connery's and Dalton's Bonds. (It's a relief not to have to wince at Roger Moore's portrayal any more. A great "Saint" he was; Bond, no.)

And Skyfall is one of the great Bond films. You get high adventure, M quoting Tennyson, the recasting of Q against the expected type and of M with a character whom we'd dismissed earlier in the film as a hidebound bureaucrat (and who proves himself a man of action when the chips are down). Then there's a glimpse into Bond's past; Bond taking the initiative to defeat their adversary, when nothing else has worked; his special relationship with M . . . There hasn't been a Bond film this good in a long time. I have high hopes for Spectre.

I share your thoughts for the most part, although I do have to say that Moore's performance in For Your Eyes Only was actually quite good. Not a lot of gadgets, a minimum of hokey gags, and one of the best cold-blooded killings in the franchise(although, in his autobiography Moore claimed that it was "out of character":

Benzadmiral · Nov 5, 2015

Originally Posted By: MCompact
Originally Posted By: Benzadmiral
(It's a relief not to have to wince at Roger Moore's portrayal any more. A great "Saint" he was; Bond, no.)

I share your thoughts for the most part, although I do have to say that Moore's performance in For Your Eyes Only was actually quite good. Not a lot of gadgets, a minimum of hokey gags, and one of the best cold-blooded killings in the franchise(although, in his autobiography Moore claimed that it was "out of character":

That scene is dynamite, and is the kind of thing Fleming's Bond would have done. Recall the scene in Live and Let Die the novel, when the minor villain the Robber, who dumped Bond's friend Felix Leiter into a tank with a shark, is hanging by his hands over the trap. Bond gets the information he needs, and then, in a moment of "blind rage," kicks out and dumps the Robber in his turn into the shark tank.

Benzadmiral · Nov 5, 2015

Originally Posted By: KitaCam
Originally Posted By: A_Harman
I've never bought into Daniel Craig as James Bond.

He reminds me of Robert Shaw in "From Russia....."

A good point. Shaw's Red Grant is scary; but Bond should be also when he's in action against the enemy. You should know immediately that when he whips out his gun, he's going to use it and someone is going to get very dead. Connery, Craig, and Dalton brought that; Lazenby and Moore less so. I've never watched a Brosnan Bond film all the way through, but I've caught a scene now and then, and he seems to be capable of it as well.

Another good point in the Craig films is that they show him getting tired or injured, one of the most realistic points of the original novels. Think of Bruce Willis's John McClane in Die Hard. By the end, he's pretty badly banged up and exhausted, not fresh as a morning in springtime!

Kira · Nov 5, 2015

Hello, I agree with Mcompact's praise of the "cold blooded killing" scene from FYEO.

What I liked about it was that Bond committed himself to the tunnel when he took aim at the bad guy.
Had he missed the bad guy would've run him down.

He EARNED the right to avenge Ferrara's death. Good man, Bond!

BRZED · Nov 6, 2015

So I saw SPECTRE tonight. Compared to the three previousmovies it's more of a throwback to the older movies when Bond always had a supervillain foe. By now probably everybody knows that Blofeld is back. Waltz is underused for most of the movie. Also odd that Blofeld is apparently evil because he still has unresolved daddy issues in his late 50s.

Menopausal Monica Beilucci!

Andrew Scott made a fine sociopath, but who didn't see that coming the moment he appears on the screen?

We learn about Bond's upbringing. Apparently he is really Oliver Twist. Mwahahaha!

Voldemort has joined the good guys and he does a good job, although I much preferred him in The Grand Hotel Budapest, which is an awesome movie.

Q got rid of his zits but still hsn't learned to say "No."

We get a glimpse of Dench as M, which is nice.

The story has some parallels to Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation, most notably the bulletproof glass scene and all the tedious teamwork stuff.

BRZED · Nov 6, 2015

Originally Posted By: Kira
Hello, I agree with Mcompact's praise of the "cold blooded killing" scene from FYEO.

What I liked about it was that Bond committed himself to the tunnel when he took aim at the bad guy.
Had he missed the bad guy would've run him down.

He EARNED the right to avenge Ferrara's death. Good man, Bond!

Something tells me you didn't like it much when Bond literally blew up Mr. Big in LALD.

MCompact · Nov 6, 2015

My wife and I saw SPECTRE tonight; we give it two thumbs-up. As was the case with the three previous Craig outings, the plot drives the film, and is not merely an excuse to link a series of over-the-top set pieces. In addition to references to the three prior films, there are several subtle nods to the early Bond films as well as the Fleming novels.

Schmoe · Nov 9, 2015

Saw it yesterday, freakin' EXCELLENT. It helps if your "up" on your James Bond. There are a lot more references to older Bond films that aren't so obvious.

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