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WafflehouseJK
03/25/19 11:17:34 PM
#51:


Can someone explain to me the deal with the "original"(?) Casino Royale? Is that like, actually considered part of it? It's on the list of James bond films, but I don't see much reference to it.
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WafflehouseJK
03/25/19 11:18:59 PM
#52:


ledbowman posted...
Glad you're liking them. Imo you have the best of the series on either end with FRWL/Goldfinger then Casino Royale/Skyfall. The long middle is nothing special, sad to say, though you should see them for cultural reasons. Goldeneye is a good shot in the arm before Craig brings it roaring back.

I'm mostly in it for the villains tbh, I love me some good villains.

I also wanna plow my way to Goldeneye, cause that's the one I really want to see tbh. I wanna see Sean Bean.
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joe40001
03/25/19 11:28:32 PM
#53:


WafflehouseJK posted...
Can someone explain to me the deal with the "original"(?) Casino Royale? Is that like, actually considered part of it? It's on the list of James bond films, but I don't see much reference to it.


It is not a real part of the series, even never say never again and the lazenby one are more part of the series.
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Airhammy
03/26/19 1:21:36 AM
#54:


The original Casino Royale is more of a comedy and unrelated to the main series of films.
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spikethedevil
03/26/19 4:49:32 AM
#55:


joe40001 posted...
WafflehouseJK posted...
Can someone explain to me the deal with the "original"(?) Casino Royale? Is that like, actually considered part of it? It's on the list of James bond films, but I don't see much reference to it.


It is not a real part of the series, even never say never again and the lazenby one are more part of the series.


Never say Never again isn't a part of it at all, the Lazenby one (OHMSS) is and a character in that film gets mentioned a few times in the series. @joe40001
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spikethedevil
03/26/19 4:50:28 AM
#56:


AcFan87 posted...
TC you should watch Thunderball and You Only Live Twice. Those are the best of the Connery era.


Thunderball is terrible and YOLT is great but Connery just doesn't bother in it as he really wanted out at this point.
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joe40001
03/26/19 4:53:05 AM
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spikethedevil posted...
joe40001 posted...
WafflehouseJK posted...
Can someone explain to me the deal with the "original"(?) Casino Royale? Is that like, actually considered part of it? It's on the list of James bond films, but I don't see much reference to it.


It is not a real part of the series, even never say never again and the lazenby one are more part of the series.


Never say Never again isn't a part of it at all, the Lazenby one (OHMSS) is and a character in that film gets mentioned a few times in the series. @joe40001


I kinda thought so but I didn't bother looking it up.

Still OHMSS is the least official of the "official" ones
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r25
03/26/19 5:03:24 AM
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WafflehouseJK posted...
Just gonna go by release order I suppose.

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PrettyBoyFloyd
03/26/19 5:06:36 AM
#59:


Airhammy posted...
The original Casino Royale is more of a comedy and unrelated to the main series of films.

Some people seem to forget about the 1954 version.
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spikethedevil
03/26/19 5:13:54 AM
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joe40001 posted...
spikethedevil posted...
joe40001 posted...
WafflehouseJK posted...
Can someone explain to me the deal with the "original"(?) Casino Royale? Is that like, actually considered part of it? It's on the list of James bond films, but I don't see much reference to it.


It is not a real part of the series, even never say never again and the lazenby one are more part of the series.


Never say Never again isn't a part of it at all, the Lazenby one (OHMSS) is and a character in that film gets mentioned a few times in the series. @joe40001


I kinda thought so but I didn't bother looking it up.

Still OHMSS is the least official of the "official" ones


It's 100% official how the hell is it even remotely unofficial when it's directly referenced in For Your Eyes Only, Spy Who Loved me and Licence to Kill? @joe40001 the one that seemed to get semi ignored was Diamonds are Forever.

The ending to that film is iconic and is why the character it involved gets bought up a few times as well as well as the event leading to it.
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spikethedevil
03/26/19 5:17:49 AM
#61:


PrettyBoyFloyd posted...
Airhammy posted...
The original Casino Royale is more of a comedy and unrelated to the main series of films.

Some people seem to forget about the 1954 version.


We like to forget American butcherings of British IPs lol.
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WafflehouseJK
03/26/19 6:14:13 PM
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bump
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Airhammy
03/26/19 6:28:04 PM
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You Only Live Twice is my favorite of the Connery films. I'm curious what you'll think of it.
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Phantom_Nook
03/26/19 6:29:35 PM
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I started doing that a couple of years ago.
Got through the Connery years before I stopped. I don't remember why I stopped.
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MrMallard
03/26/19 6:30:57 PM
#65:


Hoo boy, get ready for some wacky "fair-for-its-day" sexism and racism!

though I suppose James Bond's friend getting burned alive by the "dragon" is already peaking over into that sort of thing.
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WafflehouseJK
03/26/19 6:35:51 PM
#66:


MrMallard posted...
Hoo boy, get ready for some wacky "fair-for-its-day" sexism and racism!

though I suppose James Bond's friend getting burned alive by the "dragon" is already peaking over into that sort of thing.

There's definitely been some questionable things so far, but nothing near as bad I was expecting with how everyone always seems to talk about it though. The sketchiest scene so far was the scene with Pussy Galore in the barn.

A friend of mine told me today that Thunderball has some sketchy moments, so we'll see, lol.
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Southernfatman
03/26/19 6:38:21 PM
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Lots of Bond topics lately it seems. I'm glad more people are enjoying JB movies though. Have fun.
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WafflehouseJK
03/26/19 6:44:16 PM
#68:


Southernfatman posted...
Lots of Bond topics lately it seems. I'm glad more people are enjoying JB movies though. Have fun.

Them bouncing back and forth between Hulu and Netflix is probably a big part of it. Never had enough interest to go out of my way to see them, but since they're all easily accessible at the moment, figured I might as well join in on the fun.
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PrettyBoyFloyd
03/26/19 9:15:58 PM
#69:


MrMallard posted...
Hoo boy, get ready for some wacky "fair-for-its-day" sexism and racism!

though I suppose James Bond's friend getting burned alive by the "dragon" is already peaking over into that sort of thing.

What's so racist about some black bloke getting kilt by some flame throwing tank machine?

Like nobody would give a shit if the dude was white?
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ledbowman
03/26/19 11:02:25 PM
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In Dr. No, he tells Quarrel "Fetch my shoes."
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MrMallard
03/27/19 12:22:58 AM
#71:


PrettyBoyFloyd posted...
MrMallard posted...
Hoo boy, get ready for some wacky "fair-for-its-day" sexism and racism!

though I suppose James Bond's friend getting burned alive by the "dragon" is already peaking over into that sort of thing.

What's so racist about some black bloke getting kilt by some flame throwing tank machine?

Like nobody would give a shit if the dude was white?

James Bond: that thing's like a tank! If we attack it we'll be killed! Let's just sneak around it and find our way into this hideout.

His friend, right after James makes his assessment: It's a dragon, just like the legends! Attaaaack!!!

*Movie proceeds to show his body burning for like 10 seconds after he bum-rushes a flame-throwing tank*

idk, something felt kinda wrong about that.
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MabusIncarnate
03/27/19 12:29:17 AM
#72:


Thunderball was actually one of my favorites overall, people rarely share my opinion. Curious to see how you feel about it.
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BigStevieCool
03/27/19 5:16:05 AM
#73:


I like Thunderball quite a bit, I think it's the point where Connery's performance hits the perfect note of 'laid back cool', before slipping into laziness with his next one.

I have to really be in the mood for it though. The pace is, to put it kindly, leisurely.
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WafflehouseJK
03/27/19 5:29:44 AM
#74:


Just finished Thunderball.

Well, at least we don't have to worry about my list being the exact same as the other guy's, right?

4.. Doctor No.
3. From Russia With Love
2. Goldfinger
1. Thunderball

Fairly sure I've committed some sort of blasphemy here, but I really, really enjoyed Thunderball. Not sure what the hate is for it tbh.

I really liked Largo as a villain, particularly his back and forth with Bond, with them each very much knowing everything about the other, and knowing that the other knows everything about them, but trying to play it off. I liked the inversion of Bond's own tropes, with Fiona not so subtlety referencing Goldfinger, with Pussy Galore's side-switching after fucking Bond, that was a great confrontation. I also really liked that Domino was the one who got to kill Largo. Usually they give the important kills to Bond, so that was a nice touch.

I'm also a sucker for underwater shots. They're super hard to do and pull off, and there's some really beautiful underwater cinematography here, especially for the time. I'd argue it's definitely the prettiest Bond film so far.

The giant underwater fight scene at the end jumped back and forth between being really fucking awesome and really fucking stupid, but that's kinda the tone I've gotten from the Bond films as a whole as of yet, so it fit well tonally IMO.

The only things that I didn't like were the jetpack at the beginning and the weird thing with the back stretcher thing at the health spa, or whatever that was? Both of those looked real dumb tbh, but those were both really early in the movie, nothing else looked nearly as goofy as those things in the rest of the film. Also, the health spa definitely had bond at his rapiest yet, so that wasn't great.

Those things aside though, I thought the film worked really well. I really enjoyed SPECTRE being back in play, this time with a coherent and interesting evil plot. (I honestly couldn't tell you what their plan was in From Russia, With Love other than "Get revenge on Bond!!!... and something else... I think....")

So, yeah. Apparently it's not a popular opinion, but Thunderball's my favorite so far. Still have a fuck ton to go though.

I might try to see if I can get ahold of the original Casino Royale simply for completion's sake, but if not then it looks like You Only Live Twice is up next.
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WafflehouseJK
03/27/19 5:44:54 AM
#75:


WTF, they turned down using Johnny Cash for the THunderball opening?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YmUriQ_PJjY" data-time="


I'm upset, that'd have been dope as fuck.
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spikethedevil
03/27/19 6:02:19 AM
#76:


Thunderball is terrible and has some abhorrent editing as well as Bond being at his rapeyist near the start.

The stupid sped up footage on the boat at the end.

Also in FRWL they wanted the Lector decoding device so I feel you may need to watch it again if you missed that huge plot point lol.

Goldfinger >>>>>>>>> Thunderball.

Original Casino Royale is an American Butcherisation. Jimmy Bond my arse.
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Airhammy
03/27/19 6:08:20 AM
#77:


So there's an unofficial remake of Thunderball called Never Say Never Again. A Warner Bros film from 1983 (Thunderball came out in 1965). It also stars Sean Connery as Bond.
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spikethedevil
03/27/19 6:08:57 AM
#78:


And is total shit with Connery being way to old.
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matteus70
03/27/19 7:53:39 AM
#79:


I'd love to see all the Bond movies for the first time again. I've seen them all in the theatres first week of release since The Spy who Loved Me.
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WafflehouseJK
03/27/19 8:32:12 AM
#80:


spikethedevil posted...
Thunderball is terrible and has some abhorrent editing as well as Bond being at his rapeyist near the start.

The stupid sped up footage on the boat at the end.

Also in FRWL they wanted the Lector decoding device so I feel you may need to watch it again if you missed that huge plot point lol.

Goldfinger >>>>>>>>> Thunderball.

Original Casino Royale is an American Butcherisation. Jimmy Bond my arse.

Oh yeah, completely forgot about the Lector. It was super boring and forgettable a plotpoint, hence me completely forgetting about it. Everything else was pretty good, but that was not a good evil plot IMO.
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MrResetti
03/27/19 8:33:25 AM
#81:


I've seen all of them minus Daniel Craig efforts. Actually watched You Only Live Twice again last night. Forgot Roald Dahl did the screenplay.
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spikethedevil
03/27/19 8:42:52 AM
#82:


The Craig movies are definitely worth a watch.
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WafflehouseJK
03/27/19 2:04:06 PM
#83:


Probably wont get to see the next one till tomorrow at the earliest.

Also bump for more people to yell at me for putting Thunderball over Goldfinger.

I don't know if it helps or not, but honestly they're pretty much equal to me. I just really fucking loved the underwater cinematography of Thunderball. They both had much better villains and evil plots than the first 2.
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spikethedevil
03/27/19 2:39:08 PM
#84:


That ducking speed up at the end and Domino just killing Lago out of no where /facepalm.
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ledbowman
03/27/19 2:44:19 PM
#85:


Aw fuck I can't believe you've done this.
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Parappa09
03/28/19 3:34:37 AM
#86:


ledbowman posted...
Aw fuck I can't believe you've done this.

i love that quote
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WafflehouseJK
03/28/19 7:02:56 PM
#87:


Bond bump
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WafflehouseJK
03/29/19 1:55:39 AM
#88:


I do want to circle back and watch the original Casino Royale at some point for the sake of completion, but IDK where I'd even find it without paying extra for it, so next up:

You Only Live Twice
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Airhammy
03/29/19 2:14:05 AM
#89:


I feel inclined to post this.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=itsuZT2Jydw" data-time="


You Only Live Twice was the first Bond movie I ever saw. My dad had a VHS copy and this Pink Panther cartoon would play before the film.
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WafflehouseJK
03/29/19 4:29:33 AM
#90:


First of all, I'd like to make a slight revision to my list so far: After further thought, I've realized that I like Goldfinger and Thunderball pretty much equally, and have decided to have the list reflect this by putting them both as tied for their positions.

As for You Only Live Twice... Ehhhhhhhhhhhh........

5. Doctor No.
4. You Only Live Twice
3. From Russia With Love
1. (Tied) Goldfinger
1. (Tied) Thunderball

It was ok. It did have some cool moments, but overall, it just didn't really hook me very much. Plus the racial stereotypes were through the roof in this one, even for a Bond film, and they were there from beginning to end, making it kinda hard to overlook.

Also; I get why he had Yellowface on; it makes sense plot wise, he's a spy, he needs to look like the people he's infiltrating, sure. I get it. It's no Breakfast At Tiffany's. But man, it still made me uncomfortable, lol.

I did like the general evil plot with the whole trying to start a war between Russia and the US by fucking with their spacecraft, that was a cool idea. It suffered though from not having a central, seen villain from beginning to end like we did with the past 2 films. Yes, we got the Blofeld reveal towards the end, and I did enjoy that, but the other like, 75% of the film we were left with just random henchmen essentially as the antagonists, and it made it kinda dull for me.

Really, what kept this from being my least favorite so far was the last 20-ish minutes. The whole ending once Bond's inside the crater was pretty damn cool and I enjoyed it a lot. The rest of the movie though was pretty lackluster to me.

Next up, looks like we're getting a break from Connery and getting some George Lazenby in On Her Majesty's Secret Service. It'll be my first non-Connery Bond film, so I'm intrigued.
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WafflehouseJK
03/29/19 4:37:50 AM
#91:


IDK when I'll be able to watch the next film; could be tomorrow, could be Sunday night.
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WafflehouseJK
03/29/19 5:43:07 AM
#92:


Also I'm sorry to disappoint you Airhammy. :(
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Airhammy
03/29/19 5:46:45 AM
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WafflehouseJK
03/29/19 2:45:04 PM
#94:


Bump
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spikethedevil
03/29/19 3:45:02 PM
#95:


After YOLT you have one of the best Bond movies but with the worst Bond.
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PrettyBoyFloyd
03/29/19 3:52:31 PM
#96:


WafflehouseJK posted...
WTF, they turned down using Johnny Cash for the THunderball opening?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YmUriQ_PJjY" data-time="

I'm upset, that'd have been dope as fuck.


I'm more upset that they didn't use Surrender by K.D. Lang as the opening for TND.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bRc4vrap5Ec" data-time="

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spikethedevil
03/29/19 4:30:44 PM
#97:


Surrender is so good.
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BruceWayneJr
03/29/19 4:33:09 PM
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I'm glad Surrender's getting respect.
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spikethedevil
03/29/19 4:35:09 PM
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Sad that homophobia may have played a part in why it got relegated to end credits.
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PrettyBoyFloyd
03/29/19 6:22:44 PM
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Honestly I feel that Surrender seems like a song meant for a Dalton like Bond.
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