Powerage5 Posted February 27, 2013 Share Posted February 27, 2013 Solitaire may be the hottest Bond girl ever. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Georgy Zhukov Posted February 27, 2013 Share Posted February 27, 2013 Solitaire may be the hottest Bond girl ever. WIth you on that one. Easily top 5. A lot of people (women) think being a Bond girl means you have to be hot and curvy or fit. If that were the case, Teri Hatcher and Halle Berry would have been fine. It takes class and an actress who knows sex appeal. Jane Seymour got that down Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Bond Posted February 27, 2013 Author Share Posted February 27, 2013 I think I mentioned it elsewhere in the thread, but what makes Solitaire one of the hottest Bond girls is the fact that she is still hot. Jane Seymour has aged ridiculously well. I don't care that she's like 62 now. I still would. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DieselDaisy Posted February 27, 2013 Share Posted February 27, 2013 I think I mentioned it elsewhere in the thread, but what makes Solitaire one of the hottest Bond girls is the fact that she is still hot. Jane Seymour has aged ridiculously well. I don't care that she's like 62 now. I still would. If they wanted to cure - stop - the aging process, merely bottle what Seymour has and sell it. Well I suppose she does age in fact but, merely ages into sexiness. It is a real u-turn on the whole ageism thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Georgy Zhukov Posted February 27, 2013 Share Posted February 27, 2013 James Bond. Any reason why DAF and Live and Let Die made so much money? Live and Let Die is the fourth highest grossing Bond film adjusted and DAF is number 9 and the fourth highest for Connery behind YOLO, Goldfinger and Thunderball Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Bond Posted February 27, 2013 Author Share Posted February 27, 2013 Live and Let Die is the real shocking one. I was always under the impression that Roger didn't really take off at the box office until TSWLM until I actually looked at the numbers years later. I think part of it was Roger being very well known at that point from both The Saint and The Persuaders. It was good timing for him to land the role, and the film was favorably reviewed.Diamonds I think just has to do with Connery's return. A predominantly American setting probably helped the domestic box office too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Powerage5 Posted February 27, 2013 Share Posted February 27, 2013 Currently watching NSNA. I'm only half way through it. FUCK. It just feels so goddamn long. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Georgy Zhukov Posted February 27, 2013 Share Posted February 27, 2013 (edited) I think the end credits for Live and Let Die gives a good explanation. A lot of product placement (lots of promotion) and cooperation with various agencies, local governments, and law enforcement which probably generated a lot of buzz.Like you said James Bond, it was the tight time. Maybe the public was interested in seeing how Moore would pull it off.Also being set in America helps. Edited February 27, 2013 by Georgy Zhukov Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Powerage5 Posted February 27, 2013 Share Posted February 27, 2013 Eh, now I remember why I only watch NSNA every 5 years or so. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Georgy Zhukov Posted February 27, 2013 Share Posted February 27, 2013 (edited) The Man with the Golden Gun moves pretty slow. I think the plot suffers from the energy crisis. Just make it a cat and mouse game between Bond and Scaramanga. Edited February 27, 2013 by Georgy Zhukov Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Powerage5 Posted February 27, 2013 Share Posted February 27, 2013 It's my favorite Moore film.Enjoying EON so far...on Lazenby's segment right now. Shame they couldn't get Connery to be in it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Georgy Zhukov Posted February 27, 2013 Share Posted February 27, 2013 Britt Ekland just simply isn't my type but Moore did have good chemistry with her. Even better with Maud Adams, no wonder they brought her back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Powerage5 Posted February 27, 2013 Share Posted February 27, 2013 Even though I don't love Brosnan by any means, you can't deny how passionate he is about Bond after seeing EON. Also nice to see he looks back on some of the shit he had to do and has the same opinion of it as us.On another topic, I found an article on RS that ranks all 23 EON films plus NSNA best to worst, thought it was an interesting (i.e. shitty) list:1. Goldfinger2. From Russia With Love3. On Her Majesty's Secret Service4. Casino Royale5. Skyfall6. Dr. No7. You Only Live Twice8. The Spy Who Loved Me9. Thunderball10. Die Another Day11. Live And Let Die12. For Your Eyes Only13. Never Say Never Again14. The Man With The Golden Gun15. Moonraker16. Octopussy17. A View To A Kill18. Diamonds Are Forever19. Goldeneye20. The World Is Not Enough21. Tomorrow Never Dies22. The Living Daylights23. Licence To Kill24. Quantum Of Solacehttp://www.rollingstone.com/movies/lists/james-bonds-best-and-worst-peter-travers-ranks-all-24-movies-20121109 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Georgy Zhukov Posted February 27, 2013 Share Posted February 27, 2013 I'd switch YOLO and Dr. No with Licence to Kill and The Living Daylights. I'd put Die Another Day at the end of the list. Holy shit that film made me embarrassed to be a Bond fan. Quantum of Solace nor any of those films deserved to be below DAD. I would rather have Dr. No, GoldenEye or Octopussy at ten. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Bond Posted February 27, 2013 Author Share Posted February 27, 2013 I love that bit in EON when Brosnan laughs about the CGI surfing scene in Die Another Day. He's passionate about the character but he has a sense of humor too.What a weird list. The top 5 is pretty fair, but Die Another Day in the top 10 and both Dalton films near the bottom with Quantum dead last? Crazy. Typical critic list though - lets rank the most hyped Bond films first and throw the ones that "nobody liked" at the bottom. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazyman Posted February 27, 2013 Share Posted February 27, 2013 Did I seriously just read a ranking with Thunderball ONE spot ahead of DAD?!Seriously?...seriously?!!! :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Powerage5 Posted February 27, 2013 Share Posted February 27, 2013 Yep. And DAD 12 ahead of TLD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazyman Posted February 27, 2013 Share Posted February 27, 2013 I know it's everyone's own individual opinion and whatnot, but that seriously has got to be the worst ranking of the movies I've ever seen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Georgy Zhukov Posted February 27, 2013 Share Posted February 27, 2013 What's better is their explaination of the ranking Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Georgy Zhukov Posted February 28, 2013 Share Posted February 28, 2013 There's a reason many think The Spy Who Loved Me is Moore's best film. It was funny at the right moments and you forget how silly the plot seems because it is so well paced. The final act is one of the best in the series, Bond isn't some superhero who single handedly destroys the villain's lair, kills the bad guy and gets the girl, he has a small army of sailors to help and he clevery devises a plan to blast a way into the control room by using a detonator from a nuclear warhead. Always loved that scene and credit that to brilliant writing. It makes the film a bit more intelligent than some of its predessors. Wasn't just a mindless shoot 'em up. Think about the scene in Die Hard where McClane uses the C-4 to stop the fellas with the rocket launcher, or Bond using the TNT to blow up propane tanks to take down a helicopter. All and all it is a fun film. Moonraker and Octopussy took it a little far, For Your Eyes Only and surprisingly A View to a Kill took things a little too seriously but Roger Moore doesn't fit with seriousness. That is for the next guy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Powerage5 Posted February 28, 2013 Share Posted February 28, 2013 Clarification question after watching EON - Dalton says they'd begun work on his third film when everything ground to a halt. Was Dalton's third film Goldeneye as we know it, was it a similar film, was it unrelated, or do we have no idea? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Georgy Zhukov Posted February 28, 2013 Share Posted February 28, 2013 I've read Dalton's third film was to be set in Hong Kong. I believe it was based on Colonel Sun. The plan was evenetually scrapped and GoldenEye was written. http://www.007.info/the-007-film-that-never-was-daltons-third-bond/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Bond Posted February 28, 2013 Author Share Posted February 28, 2013 I've read lots of rumors about Dalton's supposed third film over the years, but I'm 99% sure what ever it was going to be would have just been an earlier form of GoldenEye. In other words, whatever was being worked on naturally turned into GoldenEye over time. I've read they were set on using The Property of a Lady as the title but I've never heard anything official about it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Georgy Zhukov Posted February 28, 2013 Share Posted February 28, 2013 (edited) They have kept tight security on their scripts. Not sure how the rumor about M's death got out but it seems obvious since Judi Dench is not getting any younger. Bond 24 they are going to seal all the leaks. But I think around the time Dalton left they started writing GoldenEye. Make the film about making Bond relevant. Is there any explanation why did Bond switch from a PPK that he used since Dr. No (briefly using the P5 in Octopussy and NSNA) to a P99 from TMW to CR and back to a PPK in QoS and Skyfall? I always assumed Walther just wanted to promote their new firearm but the P99 seems a little bulky to be hidden but it sure looks nice with a supressor. Edited February 28, 2013 by Georgy Zhukov Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Bond Posted March 1, 2013 Author Share Posted March 1, 2013 I think the P99 was introduced in the Brosnan films to be a bit more modern but still stay true to the film Bond's preference for the brand. I'm guessing that the switch back was to keep a classic Bond element there amidst the reboot and changing around of the formula. Walther still manufactures the gun so I see no reason why Bond shouldn't continue using it. I think Skyfall was the first time he ever used the slightly smaller PPK/S. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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