Why I believe Tomorrow Never Dies is the best Bond flick of all time:

POSTED BY: chrisisall
UPDATED: Thursday, January 29, 2009 22:26
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CHRISISALL

Monday, January 26, 2009 10:54 PM

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over here in the UK when the film was released Sean Bean was already a pretty well known actor.

See, I had no idea that he was gonna come back at the middle, and that was a major 'whoah' for me.

The ignorant Chrisisall

CHRISISALL

Tuesday, January 27, 2009 2:38 AM

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it's certainly nowhere near as bad as Die Another Day. And the invisible car ain't the worst bit, I'll save that for Madonna (shudders at the thought of her).

Sadly, Die Another Day started out promising, then degenerated into another Moonraker, IMO.

The harsh Chrisisall

CHRISISALL

Tuesday, January 27, 2009 5:18 PM

Continuing my Bond movie month, I just watched Goldfinger, and aside from the nostalgia of it, it has more holes in it than swiss cheese.
Why tell the "hood's convention" of the plan if he was just gonna kill 'em all anyway?
Why have Oddjob shoot the hood in the car, and crush it with the gold inside, just to have to smelt it down to retrieve it?
Why let Bond walk around the premises with only ONE guard (Pussy)??
Sure it's fun, but it confirms that Thunderball is the best of the 'gadget' Bonds with Connery. Now I have to watch From Russia With Love to see how that stacks up (been a while for that one).

The double D'oh Chrisisall

LWAVES

Tuesday, January 27, 2009 9:23 PM

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Continuing my Bond movie month

The double D'oh Chrisisall

Are you planning on rewatching all of them or just a select few?
Does Sonisall like Bond? Do you let him watch them (I forget his age - 9??).

I like the idea of having 'themed' film seasons and it's something we do. We decide on a theme and then find films to fit that theme. Some times the themes are very strange, depending on what the person comes up with. Currently it's the Potter movies, then (I believe) it's Brit zombie movies next time and my oldest mate, Gary, decided he wants to theme one called 'Movies You'd Never Let Your Granny See'. I imagine that means lots of violence, swearing and very little of couples in a candlelit, soft focus room with billowy white curtains.

"I don't believe in suicide, but if you'd like to try it it might cheer me up to watch."

LWAVES

Tuesday, January 27, 2009 9:33 PM

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Having him as a fellow agent was great but as soon as he died I knew immediately that he was the one behind it all and had turned rogue.

I'd never heard of him before Goldeneye, and I sussed that out. But Bond movies aren't really known for revelatory plot twists (not to me, anyway), so it didn't bother me. The point was Bond didn't know, and that worked well enough.

"I thoroughly disapprove of duels. If a man should challenge me, I would take him kindly and forgivingly by the hand and lead him to a quiet place and kill him."

I agree they aren't really known for their revelatory plot twists but this was a new Bond and I kind of thought they may have gone that way to bring the character more up to date. As it happened I was never given the chance to suss it out and that is something I like to try to do, I love a twisting plot.
I still really like the film though.

I don't know what else Sean Bean had done before Goldeneye without looking it up but in the UK he'd played Sharpe in several TV shows that were really popular. I'm sure it works the other way with US stars that Brits have never heard of.

"I don't believe in suicide, but if you'd like to try it it might cheer me up to watch."

CHRISISALL

Tuesday, January 27, 2009 9:56 PM

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Are you planning on rewatching all of them or just a select few?

Just my favourites/best ones. I'm surprised how intolerant I've become towards silly stuff; Diamonds Are Forever used to be my favourite Connery Bond, now it seems to be Thunderball. I flat out got rid of Die Another Day. And now Goldfinger had me grimacing some... could it be the effect of Casino Royale being so straight up serious acting upon my subconscious?

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Does Sonisall like Bond? Do you let him watch them (I forget his age - 9??).

9 & 11/12<<

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I like the idea of having 'themed' film seasons and it's something we do.

Yeah, I have Buffy month, Firefly 1/2 month, Dark Angel month, space movie month, adventure month, etc.

The that's entertainment Chrisisall

STORYMARK

Tuesday, January 27, 2009 9:59 PM

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Originally posted by lwaves:
I don't know what else Sean Bean had done before Goldeneye without looking it up but in the UK he'd played Sharpe in several TV shows that were really popular. I'm sure it works the other way with US stars that Brits have never heard of.

"I don't believe in suicide, but if you'd like to try it it might cheer me up to watch."

His main US role prior to Goldeneye was as the villain in Patriot Games, but at the time, I didn't recognize him.

"I thoroughly disapprove of duels. If a man should challenge me, I would take him kindly and forgivingly by the hand and lead him to a quiet place and kill him."

STORYMARK

Tuesday, January 27, 2009 10:01 PM

1/2 a month for Firefly Chris? I usually tear through it in a weekend (as I just did with my shiny new Blu Ray editions).

"I thoroughly disapprove of duels. If a man should challenge me, I would take him kindly and forgivingly by the hand and lead him to a quiet place and kill him."

CHRISISALL

Tuesday, January 27, 2009 11:42 PM

Okay, 1/4 month to be a little bit more precise...

The Chrisisall

PIRATECAT

Wednesday, January 28, 2009 2:46 AM

Best Bond that's a tuffy. PB broke all the records. There all great. What makes a good Bond. The time, the story, gadgets, hot chics, cast, score, and first time stunts. Cary Grant and Roger Moore were originally picked to play 007. Grant was to old. Moore would have been just as good. But Connery was perfect for the 60s. Mistakes made Sean should have made OHMSS. George Lazenby big mistake. Moore should have started with DAF. Rachel Welch should have played Domino in TB. Jaclyn Smith should have been in the 80s bond flicks. PB should have started with Octupussy. Danny Craig takes some warming up to but gets it done. Now in QOS, I could have swore that the old dude smoken the stogie in the hotel where 007 picks up the suit case is Sean Connery. I could be wrong but it looks just like him. Also mitchell was in the end of Casino Royale when Bond is following Vesper. He is a stunt man also in DAD. Now Mitchell does get the drop on Bond in the Bell tower but fired 7 rounds and was out. Makes sense 6 in the clip and one in the chamber. Bond flicks pay attention to detail, I like that.

"Battle of Serenity, Mal. Besides Zoe here, how many-" "I'm talkin at you! How many men in your platoon came out of their alive".

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