used to hate Bond filmsā¦donāt think i ever actually mananged to watch a full oneā¦unitl Casino Royale which i thought was brilliantā¦Craig moved away from the previous Bonds who were uppercrust English ācheeky chappysā with sparkling teethā¦this Bond is a bit more cold and ruthlessā¦more like what iād imagine an secret agent to be likeā¦
I love Bond; have all the books all the movies and loads of other shite.
While its one of those franchises that everyone has an opinion on; it is also a franchise that appeals to all generations. I love the locations, the glamour, the cars, the knick knacks; even the campness. But I donāt really how or when my affair with James Bond started. But Sean Connery might have had something to do with it.
Someone told me once its because Ian Fleming would have hated my very existence; and the notion that a gobby lefty female might remark or critize his body of work would have sent him into another mysogonist stupor.
Dame M would have had the snobby drunken fucker on sucide watch; and is IMO; the greatest piece of casting since Broccoli shook the knobs hand.
Iām aghast to see Dalton getting three votes here; not only was he the worst 007 the movies were equally bad. There is better production sets and scripts in 1970ās porn.
For me the Meath Knacker Pierce Brosnan was the best; I have a loyalty to Connery but there is a tendacy to pisstake in his Bond roles that Pierce Brosnan rose above. And Brosnan did look better than any of them in a tux.
But I just canāt get Craig; I have watched Casino Royale a half a dozen times and he still doesnāt work for me. Heās trying to be a dog rough and raw Connery but with Brosnanās competent macho slickness.
I hope the car chase is good.
What do I love most about Bond movies?
The cheering in the picture house.
[quote=āMairegangaireā]I love Bond; have all the books all the movies and loads of other shite.
While its one of those franchises that everyone has an opinion on; it is also a franchise that appeals to all generations. I love the locations, the glamour, the cars, the knick knacks; even the campness. But I donāt really how or when my affair with James Bond started. But Sean Connery might have had something to do with it.
Someone told me once its because Ian Fleming would have hated my very existence; and the notion that a gobby lefty female might remark or critize his body of work would have sent him into another mysogonist stupor.
Dame M would have had the snobby drunken fucker on sucide watch; and is IMO; the greatest piece of casting since Broccoli shook the knobs hand.
Iām aghast to see Dalton getting three votes here; not only was he the worst 007 the movies were equally bad. There is better production sets and scripts in 1970ās porn.
For me the Meath Knacker Pierce Brosnan was the best; I have a loyalty to Connery but there is a tendacy to pisstake in his Bond roles that Pierce Brosnan rose above. And Brosnan did look better than any of them in a tux.
But I just canāt get Craig; I have watched Casino Royale a half a dozen times and he still doesnāt work for me. Heās trying to be a dog rough and raw Connery but with Brosnanās competent macho slickness.
I hope the car chase is good.
What do I love most about Bond movies?
The cheering in the picture house.[/quote]
There was no cheering in Wexford after Quantum!
Good point NCC. Anything that glorifies m15/m16 should be ridiculed. Apart from that I just donāt get the whole fascination with it. Would have been frowned upon in my house to like Bond I imagine and for that I can only be thankful. Heard a debate about lack of gadgets and one liners in this movie. Bizzare stuff.
during the car chase in Die another Day; I could have sworn I was in Thurles. Even the booing at Madonnaās fucking crap song.
Saw it on Saturday. I liked it.
Itās ditched the whacky on-liners and the fact that Bond would never get a cut or bruise or have a hair out of place.
These new bond movies have Bond cut and bruised full time.
For that reason it very much resembles Jason Bourne.
The the plot is not great but has brilliant extended action sequences.
Ina way itās like Mission Impossible 3.
Then again MI1 was better than 2 or 3.
What I did miss was the 5 minutes of every bond film where āQā shows all the new gadgets and Bond gets to use them all in interesting circumstances.
Overall, itās not a waste of money to go to this, but itās not like the Bonds we grew up with.
Also, bond girls. 1 is a cracker and the other is ??? (I look better myself with the lippy on)
Yours in reviews,
GSH.
From Russia With Love on hereā¦ Not one of the classics but ideal Sunday evening entertainment.
The Russian accents on Goldeneye. 
Izabella Scorupco is just lovely.
Ana de Armas is new Bond girl
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No Blofeld?
bit rich for the man who nearly killed off the bond franchise.
So woke
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Bond, Jemma Bond ā¦
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Goldeneye was good to be fair.
They could just be James Bond. Names no longer have gender designations, please woke yourself
He saved it originally.
Maybe James will just have an op to become female ā¦ that would be most woke
The living daylights on ITV4. The much maligned Timothy Dalton was an excellent Bond.
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