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F**K yeah!

Forget Greece, forget planned invasions of Iran, this is the news story that matters. 50 years of Bond with Skyfall becoming the 23rd installment. Surprised this hasn't already been posted.

All star cast includes Javier Bardem, Ralph Fiennes, some French chick, and English chick, Albert Finney, and Sam Mendes directing.

Now I've said it before, I like America (Canada and the USA) and the people that live there, BUT

You can stick Ronald Reagan, Constitutions, Twinky bars, Tea Party, Ron Paul, Sarah Palin, Baseballcaps, bagels, 2nd amendment, Bunker Hill, Jimmy Carter, Texas, John Wayne, Mcdonalds, Hasslehoff, George Bush, P-40 kittyhawk, sherman tanks, pretzls, remake of total recall, remake of footloose, remake of point break, deep fried pizzas, coca cola, 5th amendment, 1776, new hampshire's rubbish roads, etc etc where the sun don't shine!

The greatest nation on earth (England) is back, and it's oozing class, charm, sophistication, and of course miss moneypenny.

Rant over!

PS I know that James Bond has a Scottish background in the books, but I'm overjoyed!

No Daniel Criag? He runs a close 3rd to my favorites Moore and Connery sharing the top spot. Moore is too posh and Connery is too...scotch. If only we could mid thier DNA...

As long as it's better than Quantum of Solace, I'll be happy.

And Daniel Craig is still 007

Your not English are you mate.. That "rant" was fething embarrassing in front of our fine American friends.

Also coca cola is good for a treat, Bagels are nice, Bunker Hill was a fething quality battle in which the Royal Marines were awarded a VC, and Mcdonald's has a certain appeal.

That aside, I like a Bond film. I think Daniel Craig is good as bond as well, and Casino Royale was nice and gritty.

QOS was pretty meh though.

mega_bassist wrote:As long as it's better than Quantum of Solace, I'll be happy.

And Daniel Craig is still 007

Quantum of Solace was so horrific it soured me on Bond films forever. Absent its declaration to be the best movie since Hot Fuzz, I'll pass.

mattyrm wrote: Your not English are you mate.. That "rant" was fething embarrassing in front of our fine American friends.

It was a bit underwhelming...

mattyrm wrote: Bunker Hill was a fething quality battle in which the Royal Marines were awarded a VC

The VC existed before Victoria??? I is confused!!!!

Do_I_Not_Like_That wrote:
You can stick Ronald Reagan, Constitutions, Twinky bars, Tea Party, Ron Paul, Sarah Palin, Baseballcaps, bagels, 2nd amendment, Bunker Hill, Jimmy Carter, Texas, John Wayne, Mcdonalds, Hasslehoff, George Bush, P-40 kittyhawk, sherman tanks, pretzls, remake of total recall, remake of footloose, remake of point break,

Stop!

You forgot the upcoming remake of Straw Dogs, taking place in the deep south (of the States)

Yeah.

JEB_Stuart wrote:

mattyrm wrote: Your not English are you mate.. That "rant" was fething embarrassing in front of our fine American friends.

It was a bit underwhelming...

mattyrm wrote: Bunker Hill was a fething quality battle in which the Royal Marines were awarded a VC

The VC existed before Victoria??? I is confused!!!!

They give out posthumous battle honours when battles are made of win.

I read that to quickly and saw it as being awarded VD.

Also, say hello to the new Miss Moneypenny.

Frazzled wrote:

mega_bassist wrote:As long as it's better than Quantum of Solace, I'll be happy.

And Daniel Craig is still 007

Quantum of Solace was so horrific it soured me on Bond films forever. Absent its declaration to be the best movie since Hot Fuzz, I'll pass.

I consider myself a pretty big Bond fan, but that movie had NOT ONE redeeming quality. I found myself thinking "What the feth just happened?" and had to read the Wiki page to understand it better...which is strange because Casino Royale was really good...I'm just hoping that the new story will be better and will look like it wasn't directed by someone with EXTREME ADD and Parkinson's

I didn't hate QoS that much as I enjoyed the understated nature of it that reminded me of the Fleming short stories, but I could see where if one is only used to the bigger, more bombastic films it would be a bit of a letdown. I also assumed it was more of a bridge film that was setting up a major showdown with the Quantum group and reintroduction of a certain recurring mastermind in the next film.

I hated both quantum of solace and casino royale, they felt far too much like generic action films for me to enjoy them.

I liked Daniel Craig as bond.. but my favorite was pierce brosnan. Dunno why. Sean connery was great, but his bond movies are all old, and I just don't like old movies.

Daniel Craig is awesome as Bond. Casino Royale was one of my favorites, where as QoS was one of my least liked Bond films. I will give the third one a chance.

Wait, so you make a thread about a cool movie franchise, and ruin it with American bashing? Please slap yourself, itll make your country feel better



Interesting cast line up, I like the first 2 mentioned, in fact Ralph Fiennes, I think is just a badass. One of my fav films with him is Red Dragon. And everybody loved that crazy Mexican hitman in no country for old men, so this might keep going well enough

Yeah, what's with the anti-American sentiment? Makes you look a bit of a divvy.

The USA is pretty much the coolest planet on earth, UK excluded. I mean, every day I wake up and thank my lucky stars that I'm British, but I'd be pretty chuffed to be a Yank too. They're sound.

If this doesn't involve sky pirates with a flying aircraft carrier I will be disappointed.

Yeah, I f==king hate America. That's why I went on holiday there this year, It's why I'll be going again next year, it's why 90% of my DVD collection is Hollywood films, it's... a waste of time trying to explain. If people fail to grasp the concept of tongue in cheek humour, well, it's too bad.

Anyway, back on topic. Just learnt that one of the scriptwriters for skyfall wrote for the Script for Johnny English, and done some work on Eastenders! My initial excitement has faded.

corpsesarefun wrote:I hated both quantum of solace and casino royale, they felt far too much like generic action films for me to enjoy them.

Yes, this.

The problem with James Bond movies is that most generic action movies have basically copied what made the originals so damn good. So the challenge is for Bond movies to break away from the generics in a memorable way.

I suggest more Oddjob.

biccat wrote:I suggest more Oddjob.

Or Jaws? He was always one of my favorites..."I'm so mad I'm going to lift this boulder and try and smash your van with it!!!"[/Spy Who Loved Me]

Is this a good thread to discuss favourite Bond moments...



...Oops, I meant this one

"I like you, Boy!"


J.W. Pepper crackes me up

Flashman wrote:Is this a good thread to discuss favourite Bond moments...

Was that the one Bond girl that was born a man? I dont remember, I just know of it

KingCracker wrote:

Flashman wrote:Is this a good thread to discuss favourite Bond moments...

Was that the one Bond girl that was born a man? I dont remember, I just know of it

No, that's Barbara Bach ( Catherine ( Daisy Duke) Bach's sister)...

Personally, I just can't get into any of the "new" Bond's , Connery and Moore will always be the "only" Bonds for me.

The trailer was gak IMO, all those quick cuts and not being able to tell what the heck was going on.

KingCracker wrote:

Flashman wrote:Is this a good thread to discuss favourite Bond moments...

Was that the one Bond girl that was born a man? I dont remember, I just know of it

Mr. Cossey (or Tula) played the important role of "Girl at Pool" in For Your Eyes Only. Ms. Bach starred in The Spy Who Loved Me (as agent Anya Amasova).

Although I think the best Bond girl would have been Ursula Andress in Dr. No.

Oops, I thought you said worst Bond girl.

biccat wrote:Mrs. Cossey (or Tula)

Fixed. She's not only transsexual but also intersexed (specifically Klinefelter's with an XXXY genotype), so as you can now see, to call her "Mr." would be especially crass. Not to mention the years of transphobic abuse she had to suffer after that bastion of quality reporting, the (thankfully now dead) News of the World outed her.

biccat wrote:Although I think the best Bond girl would have been Ursula Andress in Dr. No.

Eva Green (Casino Royale's Vesper Lynd) gets my vote. An excellent, not stereotypically Bond-ish choice for a film that was trying to bring in new audiences. I can definitely imagine that she might have lured in more than a few artsy, bohemian or geeky types, many of whom might have just ignored the film otherwise. Plus, her character was interesting, too. She wasn't an Action Girl, but nor was she a Damsel In Distress. She was an ordinary, civilian professional, who reacted like a civilian when the gak hit the fan, but was otherwise smart, confident, sharp and in control. I liked her a lot. Here's hoping there's going to be more like her. (...Of course, it also helps that Eva was by far the closest approximation to "my type" of all the Bond actresses. )

Or, if there's not going to be more like her, here's hoping Bond will at least continue bucking other trends. While Olga Kurylenko's character in QoS wasn't exactly one of my favourites, I absolutely loved the fact that there was no romance between her and Bond. It was so refreshing to see a female ally for Bond who wasn't just a disposable love interest - someone with their own agenda and goals beyond Bond. I liked that. I don't want him to stop being a womanising cad, but there's no reason we can't also have young women who Bond sees as off-limits, or who simply won't give him the time of day.

Pumpkin wrote:

biccat wrote:Mr. Cossey (or Tula)

Fixed. She's not only transsexual but also intersexed (specifically Klinefelter's with an XXXY genotype), so as you can now see, to call her "Mr." would be especially crass. Not to mention the years of transphobic abuse she had to suffer after that bastion of quality reporting, the (thankfully now dead) News of the World outed her.

Corrected. Klinefelter syndrome affects human males, not females. While I'm sure we could have a wonderfully interesting discusson on the issue, the fact remains that the actor in question is properly classified as a human male.

As for Vesper Lynd, a lot of the more modern attempts at Bond girls have fallen flat on their face (see the aforementioned Dr. Christmas Jones). The writers were trying to shoehorn in a "modern" female role where it wouldn't fit, leaving most of the girls uninteresting and out of place. While I agree that Ms. Green's portrayal was effective of the character (far, FAR better than Ms. Richards' acting), the character herself didn't fit well.

Then again, I really don't like any Bond movies with Daniel Craig.

Pumpkin wrote:Eva Green (Casino Royale's Vesper Lynd) gets my vote. An excellent, not stereotypically Bond-ish choice for a film that was trying to bring in new audiences. I can definitely imagine that she might have lured in more than a few artsy, bohemian or geeky types, many of whom might have just ignored the film otherwise. Plus, her character was interesting, too. She wasn't an Action Girl, but nor was she a Damsel In Distress. She was an ordinary, civilian professional, who reacted like a civilian when the gak hit the fan, but was otherwise smart, confident, sharp and in control. I liked her a lot. Here's hoping there's going to be more like her. (...Of course, it also helps that Eva was by far the closest approximation to "my type" of all the Bond actresses. )

Or, if there's not going to be more like her, here's hoping Bond will at least continue bucking other trends. While Olga Kurylenko's character in QoS wasn't exactly one of my favourites, I absolutely loved the fact that there was no romance between her and Bond. It was so refreshing to see a female ally for Bond who wasn't just a disposable love interest - someone with their own agenda and goals beyond Bond. I liked that. I don't want him to stop being a womanising cad, but there's no reason we can't also have young women who Bond sees as off-limits, or who simply won't give him the time of day.

I agree with all of this, except for of course Eva being closest to "my type". But then again I also like George Lazenby better than Roger Moore as Bond as well.