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Year: 1964
Director: Guy Hamilton
Plot: With Goldfinger, the James Bond series took a turn away from relatively straightforward spy thrillers and toward campy gadgetry, extravagant sets, and kitschy jokes. Bond (Sean Connery) has to prevent a notorious gold smuggler, appropriately named Goldfinger (Gert Fröbe), from robbing Fort Knox. Goldfinger is surrounded by evil henchmen such as the sexy female pilot Pussy Galore (Honor Blackman) and Oddjob (Harold Sakata), who kills with his steel-rimmed bowler hats. In order to stop Goldfinger, Bond has to survive several perilous situations, including a huge, deadly laser. Goldfinger is one of the most popular films in the James Bond series, and it set the tone not only for the rest of the series but also for most of the action/adventure films of the late '60s and early '70s. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Movie Guide
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]]>Sat, 15 Aug 2009 20:59:32 GMTGoldfinger1964Guy HamiltonWith Goldfinger, the James Bond series took a turn away from relatively straightforward spy thrillers and toward campy gadgetry, extravagant sets, and kitschy jokes. Bond (<a href="/players/P____10646/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Sean Connery</a>) has to prevent a notorious gold smuggler, appropriately named Goldfinger (<a href="/players/P____25163/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Gert Fröbe</a>), from robbing Fort Knox. Goldfinger is surrounded by evil henchmen such as the sexy female pilot Pussy Galore (<a href="/players/P_____6466/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Honor Blackman</a>) and Oddjob (<a href="/players/P____62684/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Harold Sakata</a>), who kills with his steel-rimmed bowler hats. In order to stop Goldfinger, Bond has to survive several perilous situations, including a huge, deadly laser. Goldfinger is one of the most popular films in the James Bond series, and it set the tone not only for the rest of the series but also for most of the action/adventure films of the late '60s and early '70s. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Movie Guide37Tag Target (>10)32843http://www.spout.com/ProductImages/u26336iya54.jpghttp://www.spout.com/films/Goldfinger/13723/default.aspxFilm http://www.spout.com/blogs/karina/archive/2008/11/12/37263.aspx Post By: Karina
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Body: Maxim has named Quantum of Solace actress Olga Kurylenko “the hottest Bond Girl ever.” How does one even make such an assessment, when there are so many memorable Bond Girl moments? Remember Ursula Andress, rising from the sea in a bikini? Or Halle Berry, rising from the sea in a bikini? Or Famke Janssen sex-attacking Pierce Brosnan in GoldenEye? (Oh, Famke. You really know how to pick a paycheck.) If you answered “Sure. Whatever.” to one or both of those first two examples, I have a statistic that I’d like to share with you. Did you know that there’s an extremely high rate of death amongst Bond Girls who have worn a bikini? It’s true. Based on my extraordinarily scientific research, out of 11 Bond girls who had “bikini moments,” to borrow the terminology used on JamesBondWiki, five died before the end of the film. That’s 45 percent, making the wearing of a two piece bathing suit in the company of James Bond just about the most dangerous activity a woman could engage in anywhere on the planet at any time in history. In the hopes that future Bond Girls will learn the lesson of their forebears and stay away from the skimpy garments of death, I’ve compiled a five point dossier on how and why these bathing beauties met their mortal ends. Jill Masterson (Shirley Eaton) in Goldfinger Auric Goldfinger’s ladyfriend is quite the multi-tasker: the bikini-clad, binocular-toting Bond Girl manages to help her boyfriend cheat at cards and work on her tan at the same time! Apparently less impressed than I, Goldfinger eventually paints her gold and she dies of “skin suffocation.” Years later, Mythbusters investigated whether or not such a death is actually possible (answer: probably not), and actress Shirley Eaton appeared on the show to refute rumors that she actually died while encased in gold paint for the movie. Fiona Volpe (Luciana Paluzzi) in Thunderball This bad Bond Girl is a SPECTRE asassin who eventually takes a bullet that was meant for James. But not before, in the inimitable words of her character’s Wikipedia profile, “she waits for Bond in his bathtub, she seduces him and they have erotic sex.” That’s the best kind to have! Rosie Carver (Gloria Hendry) in Live and Let Die Another Bond villainess, Rosie was the first black Bond Girl. A rogue CIA agent, she checks into Bond’s hotel room as “Mrs. Bond” so that she can be there to seduce him when he arrives. Rosie manages to keep her true identity a secret through a day of deep sea fishing, but eventually James figures out that his new lover is actually a baddie and confronts her, at which point she runs away, only to be killed by another underling of the bad guy she’s been working for. Naomi (Caroline Munro) in The Spy Who Loved Me It is important for helicopter pilots to wear bikinis. Especially helicoptor pilots who flirt with James Bond while trying to shoot him. Unfortunately, this skimpily-dressed helicopter pilot/would-be 007 assassin didn’t get her man, in either a mortal sense or a sexy one, because James blew up her helicopter with a torpedo. Solange Dimitrios (Caterina Murino) in Casino Royale Solange, the wife of one of main bad guy Le Chiffre’s men, is first seen riding a horse on the beach in her bikini. After Bond wins her husband’s Aston Martin in a poker game, he gives Solange a ride back to his hotel. They’re all set to Do It when the phone rings, and Solange ends up leaking the info that Bond will need to thwart her husband’s terrorist attack on Miami. Yay for Bond (and Miami), bad for Solange, who is tortured and killed as a result. Originally posted on:SpoutBlog » Karina Longworth
]]>Wed, 12 Nov 2008 22:02:17 GMTKarinaKarina on SpoutBlog11/12/2008 5:02:17 PMMaxim has named Quantum of Solace actress Olga Kurylenko “the hottest Bond Girl ever.” How does one even make such an assessment, when there are so many memorable Bond Girl moments? Remember Ursula Andress, rising from the sea in a bikini? Or Halle Berry, rising from the sea in a bikini? Or Famke Janssen sex-attacking Pierce Brosnan in GoldenEye? (Oh, Famke. You really know how to pick a paycheck.) If you answered “Sure. Whatever.” to one or both of those first two examples, I have a statistic that I’d like to share with you. Did you know that there’s an extremely high rate of death amongst Bond Girls who have worn a bikini? It’s true. Based on my extraordinarily scientific research, out of 11 Bond girls who had “bikini moments,” to borrow the terminology used on JamesBondWiki, five died before the end of the film. That’s 45 percent, making the wearing of a two piece bathing suit in the company of James Bond just about the most dangerous activity a woman could engage in anywhere on the planet at any time in history. In the hopes that future Bond Girls will learn the lesson of their forebears and stay away from the skimpy garments of death, I’ve compiled a five point dossier on how and why these bathing beauties met their mortal ends. Jill Masterson (Shirley Eaton) in Goldfinger Auric Goldfinger’s ladyfriend is quite the multi-tasker: the bikini-clad, binocular-toting Bond Girl manages to help her boyfriend cheat at cards and work on her tan at the same time! Apparently less impressed than I, Goldfinger eventually paints her gold and she dies of “skin suffocation.” Years later, Mythbusters investigated whether or not such a death is actually possible (answer: probably not), and actress Shirley Eaton appeared on the show to refute rumors that she actually died while encased in gold paint for the movie. Fiona Volpe (Luciana Paluzzi) in Thunderball This bad Bond Girl is a SPECTRE asassin who eventually takes a bullet that was meant for James. But not before, in the inimitable words of her character’s Wikipedia profile, “she waits for Bond in his bathtub, she seduces him and they have erotic sex.” That’s the best kind to have! Rosie Carver (Gloria Hendry) in Live and Let Die Another Bond villainess, Rosie was the first black Bond Girl. A rogue CIA agent, she checks into Bond’s hotel room as “Mrs. Bond” so that she can be there to seduce him when he arrives. Rosie manages to keep her true identity a secret through a day of deep sea fishing, but eventually James figures out that his new lover is actually a baddie and confronts her, at which point she runs away, only to be killed by another underling of the bad guy she’s been working for. Naomi (Caroline Munro) in The Spy Who Loved Me It is important for helicopter pilots to wear bikinis. Especially helicoptor pilots who flirt with James Bond while trying to shoot him. Unfortunately, this skimpily-dressed helicopter pilot/would-be 007 assassin didn’t get her man, in either a mortal sense or a sexy one, because James blew up her helicopter with a torpedo. Solange Dimitrios (Caterina Murino) in Casino Royale Solange, the wife of one of main bad guy Le Chiffre’s men, is first seen riding a horse on the beach in her bikini. After Bond wins her husband’s Aston Martin in a poker game, he gives Solange a ride back to his hotel. They’re all set to Do It when the phone rings, and Solange ends up leaking the info that Bond will need to thwart her husband’s terrorist attack on Miami. Yay for Bond (and Miami), bad for Solange, who is tortured and killed as a result. Originally posted on:SpoutBlog » Karina Longworth http://www.spout.com/blogs/spoutblog/archive/2008/11/12/37262.aspx Post By: SpoutBlog
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Body: Maxim has named Quantum of Solace actress Olga Kurylenko “the hottest Bond Girl ever.” How does one even make such an assessment, when there are so many memorable Bond Girl moments? Remember Ursula Andress, rising from the sea in a bikini? Or Halle Berry, rising from the sea in a bikini? Or Famke Janssen sex-attacking Pierce Brosnan in GoldenEye? (Oh, Famke. You really know how to pick a paycheck.) If you answered “Sure. Whatever.” to one or both of those first two examples, I have a statistic that I’d like to share with you. Did you know that there’s an extremely high rate of death amongst Bond Girls who have worn a bikini? It’s true. Based on my extraordinarily scientific research, out of 11 Bond girls who had “bikini moments,” to borrow the terminology used on JamesBondWiki, five died before the end of the film. That’s 45 percent, making the wearing of a two piece bathing suit in the company of James Bond just about the most dangerous activity a woman could engage in anywhere on the planet at any time in history. In the hopes that future Bond Girls will learn the lesson of their forebears and stay away from the skimpy garments of death, I’ve compiled a five point dossier on how and why these bathing beauties met their mortal ends. Jill Masterson (Shirley Eaton) in Goldfinger Auric Goldfinger’s ladyfriend is quite the multi-tasker: the bikini-clad, binocular-toting Bond Girl manages to help her boyfriend cheat at cards and work on her tan at the same time! Apparently less impressed than I, Goldfinger eventually paints her gold and she dies of “skin suffocation.” Years later, Mythbusters investigated whether or not such a death is actually possible (answer: probably not), and actress Shirley Eaton appeared on the show to refute rumors that she actually died while encased in gold paint for the movie. Fiona Volpe (Luciana Paluzzi) in Thunderball This bad Bond Girl is a SPECTRE asassin who eventually takes a bullet that was meant for James. But not before, in the inimitable words of her character’s Wikipedia profile, “she waits for Bond in his bathtub, she seduces him and they have erotic sex.” That’s the best kind to have! Rosie Carver (Gloria Hendry) in Live and Let Die Another Bond villainess, Rosie was the first black Bond Girl. A rogue CIA agent, she checks into Bond’s hotel room as “Mrs. Bond” so that she can be there to seduce him when he arrives. Rosie manages to keep her true identity a secret through a day of deep sea fishing, but eventually James figures out that his new lover is actually a baddie and confronts her, at which point she runs away, only to be killed by another underling of the bad guy she’s been working for. Naomi (Caroline Munro) in The Spy Who Loved Me It is important for helicopter pilots to wear bikinis. Especially helicoptor pilots who flirt with James Bond while trying to shoot him. Unfortunately, this skimpily-dressed helicopter pilot/would-be 007 assassin didn’t get her man, in either a mortal sense or a sexy one, because James blew up her helicopter with a torpedo. Solange Dimitrios (Caterina Murino) in Casino Royale Solange, the wife of one of main bad guy Le Chiffre’s men, is first seen riding a horse on the beach in her bikini. After Bond wins her husband’s Aston Martin in a poker game, he gives Solange a ride back to his hotel. They’re all set to Do It when the phone rings, and Solange ends up leaking the info that Bond will need to thwart her husband’s terrorist attack on Miami. Yay for Bond (and Miami), bad for Solange, who is tortured and killed as a result. Originally posted on:SpoutBlog
]]>Wed, 12 Nov 2008 22:02:00 GMTSpoutBlogSpoutBlog on spout.com11/12/2008 5:02:00 PMMaxim has named Quantum of Solace actress Olga Kurylenko “the hottest Bond Girl ever.” How does one even make such an assessment, when there are so many memorable Bond Girl moments? Remember Ursula Andress, rising from the sea in a bikini? Or Halle Berry, rising from the sea in a bikini? Or Famke Janssen sex-attacking Pierce Brosnan in GoldenEye? (Oh, Famke. You really know how to pick a paycheck.) If you answered “Sure. Whatever.” to one or both of those first two examples, I have a statistic that I’d like to share with you. Did you know that there’s an extremely high rate of death amongst Bond Girls who have worn a bikini? It’s true. Based on my extraordinarily scientific research, out of 11 Bond girls who had “bikini moments,” to borrow the terminology used on JamesBondWiki, five died before the end of the film. That’s 45 percent, making the wearing of a two piece bathing suit in the company of James Bond just about the most dangerous activity a woman could engage in anywhere on the planet at any time in history. In the hopes that future Bond Girls will learn the lesson of their forebears and stay away from the skimpy garments of death, I’ve compiled a five point dossier on how and why these bathing beauties met their mortal ends. Jill Masterson (Shirley Eaton) in Goldfinger Auric Goldfinger’s ladyfriend is quite the multi-tasker: the bikini-clad, binocular-toting Bond Girl manages to help her boyfriend cheat at cards and work on her tan at the same time! Apparently less impressed than I, Goldfinger eventually paints her gold and she dies of “skin suffocation.” Years later, Mythbusters investigated whether or not such a death is actually possible (answer: probably not), and actress Shirley Eaton appeared on the show to refute rumors that she actually died while encased in gold paint for the movie. Fiona Volpe (Luciana Paluzzi) in Thunderball This bad Bond Girl is a SPECTRE asassin who eventually takes a bullet that was meant for James. But not before, in the inimitable words of her character’s Wikipedia profile, “she waits for Bond in his bathtub, she seduces him and they have erotic sex.” That’s the best kind to have! Rosie Carver (Gloria Hendry) in Live and Let Die Another Bond villainess, Rosie was the first black Bond Girl. A rogue CIA agent, she checks into Bond’s hotel room as “Mrs. Bond” so that she can be there to seduce him when he arrives. Rosie manages to keep her true identity a secret through a day of deep sea fishing, but eventually James figures out that his new lover is actually a baddie and confronts her, at which point she runs away, only to be killed by another underling of the bad guy she’s been working for. Naomi (Caroline Munro) in The Spy Who Loved Me It is important for helicopter pilots to wear bikinis. Especially helicoptor pilots who flirt with James Bond while trying to shoot him. Unfortunately, this skimpily-dressed helicopter pilot/would-be 007 assassin didn’t get her man, in either a mortal sense or a sexy one, because James blew up her helicopter with a torpedo. Solange Dimitrios (Caterina Murino) in Casino Royale Solange, the wife of one of main bad guy Le Chiffre’s men, is first seen riding a horse on the beach in her bikini. After Bond wins her husband’s Aston Martin in a poker game, he gives Solange a ride back to his hotel. They’re all set to Do It when the phone rings, and Solange ends up leaking the info that Bond will need to thwart her husband’s terrorist attack on Miami. Yay for Bond (and Miami), bad for Solange, who is tortured and killed as a result. Originally posted on:SpoutBlog http://www.spout.com/blogs/spoutblog/archive/2008/11/10/37148.aspx Post By: SpoutBlog
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Body: “Shaken, not stirred.” “Hello, Moneypenny.” “Bond, James Bond.” These are some of the classic lines you hear in nearly every James Bond film. Then there are lines that are unique to each film, and that stick with you after you’ve seen them. Lines like: “No Mr. Bond, I expect you to die!” - Auric Goldfinger in Goldfinger “Good choice, she is very sexiful.” - Tiger Tanaka in You Only Live Twice “Now put your clothes back on and I’ll buy you an ice cream” - James Bond in For Your Eyes Only But what Bond movies excel at — besides action, intrigue, and sex — is pure, unadulterated cheese. These films have given us some of the cheesiest lines in the history of filmmaking, and the updated Daniel Craig movies are no exception. From Sean Connery on down, the actors in Bond films have had to deliver cringe-inducing dialog from time to time. We remember the worst after the jump. Goldfinger Pussy: “My name is Pussy Galore” Bond: “I must be dreaming.” Now, this isn’t exactly cheese per se, but it did establish the long-running gag of having women with names that drip with sexual innuendo. You could probably argue that Ursula Andress first established this in Dr. No as Honey Ryder, but there probably hasn’t been as blatant a name as Pussy Galore until Austin Powers met Alotta Fagina. Although Holly Goodhead from Moonraker might rate a close second, and you can’t forget Octopussy from… Octopussy. In the new Casino Royale they poke fun at this naming scheme when Daniel Craig’s Bond jokingly tells Vesper that her cover name is “Stephanie Broadchest.” Diamonds Are Forever Blofeld: “The satellite is at present over… Kansas. Well, if we destroy Kansas the world may not hear about it for years. Perhaps New York, with all that smut and traffic… might give them a chance for a fresh start. Washington, DC. Perfect. Since we have not heard from them, they will hear from us.” - Blofeld in Diamonds Are Forever Admittedly, this is my favorite Bond film, and it pains me to include this line, but it just doesn’t work. Blofeld is a criminal mastermind, and preparing to obliterate a massive target with his diamond-powered superlaser, and this bit of cheese is the best thing they could come up with? Yes, he’s an evil arch-villain and all that jazz, but that doesn’t mean he’s coocoo for Cocoa Puffs. I wonder how people who lived in Kansas felt about this line. They probably either chuckled, or else swore off all Bond movies from that moment on. It’s just too goofy for a classic villain to be say before firing what amounts to a miniature Death Star. Even though the guy was bald and carried a white cat around, he was still a pretty creepy nemeis for Bond. On Her Majesty’s Secret Service Bond: “This never happened to the other fellow.” - George Lazenby’s James Bond, directly to the camera When Sean Connery finally retired from James Bond duty, producers tapped George Lazenby to fill his shoes. In the opening scene of the movie, Lazenby’s Bond rescues a girl from drowning, carries her to shore, and then is attacked by thugs. Although he eventually beats them, the girl zooms off in her car, leaving Bond with only her shoes in his hands. Then he delivers the above line to the camera. In today’s terms the producers would have been texting each other saying “LOLZ! Get it?! OMG WTF! LMFAO!” Seriously, did we really need this line? Maybe in a tongue-in-cheek commercial or something, but not in the first film introducing a new Bond. It makes it all a bit too meta and goofy. The Spy Who Loved Me M: “Moneypenny, where’s 007?” Monneypenny: “He’s on a mission sir. In Austria.” M: “Well, tell him to pull out. Immediately.” Of course, the scene then cuts to a scene of Bond in bed with a woman. Ah, the comic high-larity! Roger Moore’s James Bond films somehow gave themselves a license to cheese, with Moore himself often delivering some of the campiest lines. In this movie’s final scene, Bond and his female Russian superspy counterpart Triple X (nice name, eh?) are found in bed together by their respective bosses. When asked what he’s doing, Bond replied, “Keeping the British end up, sir.” It wouldn’t be his last trip into the cheese. For Your Eyes Only The Prime Minister (on the phone): “Ah, Mr. Bond. I wanted to call you personally and to say how pleased we all are that your mission was a success. Thank you.” Parrot: “Thank you, thank you.” The Prime Minister: “Don’t thank me, Mr. Bond. Your courage and resourcefulness are a credit to the nation. Denis and I look forward to meeting you. Meanwhile, if there is anything I can do for you… Parrot: “Give us a kiss, give us a kiss.” The Prime Minster: “Well, really, Mr. Bond.” Continuing yet another tradition in the Bond movies of having Bond getting back into bed with a woman he’s met over the course of the film, this movie was no different. Except it continued Moore’s habit of cheesy lines at the end of the films. Bond puts the phone down near a parrot when the Prime Minister calls to congratulate him, and ends up speaking to the parrot. Were they saying that the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom was as stupid as a post and couldn’t tell when she was a talking to a bird? Still, as cheesy as it is, it’s still not as bad as… Moonraker Sir Frederick Gray, Minister of Defense: “My God, what’s Bond doing?” Q: “I think he’s attempting re-entry, sir.” At the end of this movie, the Minister of Defense calls to congratulate Bond on another job well done, and they dial him up on a space-age video phone to the space shuttle that Bond and Dr. Goodhead are in. Of course, they’re wrapped up in silver sheets and having some zero-gravity intercourse, which Bond must feel the urge to do every time he’s saved the world. In Q’s defense he’s looking at a graphical represenation of Bond’s flight, which still doesn’t forgive this ultra-cheesy line. A View To A Kill May Day: “Wow! What a view!” Max Zorin: “To a kill!” Easily my least favorite James Bond film, and it also has another pet peeve of mine in it: characters say the name of the movie script. Grace Jones’ May Day and Christopher Walken’s Max Zorin characters are hovering over Silicon Valley, about to see their plan work, and these are the two lines you get? Although you can’t really expect anything more out of this movie. Between Walken’s wild-haired Zorin, Grace Jones’ creepy May Day, and Roger Moore as James Bond in New York wearing a leather jacket to look “cool,” there wasn’t much to offer. Sadly, the Duran Duran title song was the best thing about this movie. License to Kill Bond: “I guess it’s… a farewell to arms.” Timothy Dalton’s Bond was a good deal darker and grittier than Roger Moore, and he played the role in a much more serious manner. In this movie, Bond hands in his resignation and goes rogue in order to take down the killers who brutally murdered the new wife of his close friend Felix Leiter. M immediately strips him of his Double 0 status and demands he hand in his firearm. This scene would have a lot more impact if Bond could have managed it without the quip at the end. In Dalton’s previous outing as Bond, The Living Daylights, he refers to a female sniper, “Whoever she was, I must have scared the living daylights out of her.” GoldenEye Xenia Onatopp: “You don’t need the gun.” James Bond: “Well, that depends on your definition of safe sex.” Besides giving us a brand new Bond who represented a complete return to the joking days of Roger Moore with Pierce Brosnan, this movie also gave us another Bond girl with a sexual name, Xenia Onatopp. It also gave us new cheesy lines, like the one above. James Bond making a safe sex joke about a gun is certainly something you’d never experience back in the Connery days. Somehow Brosnan was able to pull off his glib remarks better than Moore ever did. Moore always seemed like he was about to crack up, but Brosnan kept it under a cool exterior. Although he did provide us with the cheesiest line in the history of James Bond movies… The World Is Not Enough James Bond: “I was wrong about you.” Christmas Jones: “Yeah, how so?” James Bond: “I thought Christmas only comes once a year.” People I know still groan and quote this line from the end of the film which finds Brosnan’s Bond and Denise Richards’ Dr. Christmas Jones in post-coital bliss. You had to know there was going to be some kind of a Christmas joke based on past Bond movies, but this one really was like a punch in the stomach. I remember thinking, “Oh he didn’t just say… he did. Holy crap, Pierce Brosnan, you’re dead to me.” I’ve probably mellowed out these past few years, but you just can’t buy Denise Richards as an extremly busty girl who dresses in short shorts and is trying to pass herself off as a nuclear physicist. Originally posted on:SpoutBlog
]]>Mon, 10 Nov 2008 17:01:10 GMTSpoutBlogSpoutBlog on spout.com11/10/2008 12:01:10 PM “Shaken, not stirred.” “Hello, Moneypenny.” “Bond, James Bond.” These are some of the classic lines you hear in nearly every James Bond film. Then there are lines that are unique to each film, and that stick with you after you’ve seen them. Lines like: “No Mr. Bond, I expect you to die!” - Auric Goldfinger in Goldfinger “Good choice, she is very sexiful.” - Tiger Tanaka in You Only Live Twice “Now put your clothes back on and I’ll buy you an ice cream” - James Bond in For Your Eyes Only But what Bond movies excel at — besides action, intrigue, and sex — is pure, unadulterated cheese. These films have given us some of the cheesiest lines in the history of filmmaking, and the updated Daniel Craig movies are no exception. From Sean Connery on down, the actors in Bond films have had to deliver cringe-inducing dialog from time to time. We remember the worst after the jump. Goldfinger Pussy: “My name is Pussy Galore” Bond: “I must be dreaming.” Now, this isn’t exactly cheese per se, but it did establish the long-running gag of having women with names that drip with sexual innuendo. You could probably argue that Ursula Andress first established this in Dr. No as Honey Ryder, but there probably hasn’t been as blatant a name as Pussy Galore until Austin Powers met Alotta Fagina. Although Holly Goodhead from Moonraker might rate a close second, and you can’t forget Octopussy from… Octopussy. In the new Casino Royale they poke fun at this naming scheme when Daniel Craig’s Bond jokingly tells Vesper that her cover name is “Stephanie Broadchest.” Diamonds Are Forever Blofeld: “The satellite is at present over… Kansas. Well, if we destroy Kansas the world may not hear about it for years. Perhaps New York, with all that smut and traffic… might give them a chance for a fresh start. Washington, DC. Perfect. Since we have not heard from them, they will hear from us.” - Blofeld in Diamonds Are Forever Admittedly, this is my favorite Bond film, and it pains me to include this line, but it just doesn’t work. Blofeld is a criminal mastermind, and preparing to obliterate a massive target with his diamond-powered superlaser, and this bit of cheese is the best thing they could come up with? Yes, he’s an evil arch-villain and all that jazz, but that doesn’t mean he’s coocoo for Cocoa Puffs. I wonder how people who lived in Kansas felt about this line. They probably either chuckled, or else swore off all Bond movies from that moment on. It’s just too goofy for a classic villain to be say before firing what amounts to a miniature Death Star. Even though the guy was bald and carried a white cat around, he was still a pretty creepy nemeis for Bond. On Her Majesty’s Secret Service Bond: “This never happened to the other fellow.” - George Lazenby’s James Bond, directly to the camera When Sean Connery finally retired from James Bond duty, producers tapped George Lazenby to fill his shoes. In the opening scene of the movie, Lazenby’s Bond rescues a girl from drowning, carries her to shore, and then is attacked by thugs. Although he eventually beats them, the girl zooms off in her car, leaving Bond with only her shoes in his hands. Then he delivers the above line to the camera. In today’s terms the producers would have been texting each other saying “LOLZ! Get it?! OMG WTF! LMFAO!” Seriously, did we really need this line? Maybe in a tongue-in-cheek commercial or something, but not in the first film introducing a new Bond. It makes it all a bit too meta and goofy. The Spy Who Loved Me M: “Moneypenny, where’s 007?” Monneypenny: “He’s on a mission sir. In Austria.” M: “Well, tell him to pull out. Immediately.” Of course, the scene then cuts to a scene of Bond in bed with a woman. Ah, the comic high-larity! Roger Moore’s James Bond films somehow gave themselves a license to cheese, with Moore himself often delivering some of the campiest lines. In this movie’s final scene, Bond and his female Russian superspy counterpart Triple X (nice name, eh?) are found in bed together by their respective bosses. When asked what he’s doing, Bond replied, “Keeping the British end up, sir.” It wouldn’t be his last trip into the cheese. For Your Eyes Only The Prime Minister (on the phone): “Ah, Mr. Bond. I wanted to call you personally and to say how pleased we all are that your mission was a success. Thank you.” Parrot: “Thank you, thank you.” The Prime Minister: “Don’t thank me, Mr. Bond. Your courage and resourcefulness are a credit to the nation. Denis and I look forward to meeting you. Meanwhile, if there is anything I can do for you… Parrot: “Give us a kiss, give us a kiss.” The Prime Minster: “Well, really, Mr. Bond.” Continuing yet another tradition in the Bond movies of having Bond getting back into bed with a woman he’s met over the course of the film, this movie was no different. Except it continued Moore’s habit of cheesy lines at the end of the films. Bond puts the phone down near a parrot when the Prime Minister calls to congratulate him, and ends up speaking to the parrot. Were they saying that the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom was as stupid as a post and couldn’t tell when she was a talking to a bird? Still, as cheesy as it is, it’s still not as bad as… Moonraker Sir Frederick Gray, Minister of Defense: “My God, what’s Bond doing?” Q: “I think he’s attempting re-entry, sir.” At the end of this movie, the Minister of Defense calls to congratulate Bond on another job well done, and they dial him up on a space-age video phone to the space shuttle that Bond and Dr. Goodhead are in. Of course, they’re wrapped up in silver sheets and having some zero-gravity intercourse, which Bond must feel the urge to do every time he’s saved the world. In Q’s defense he’s looking at a graphical represenation of Bond’s flight, which still doesn’t forgive this ultra-cheesy line. A View To A Kill May Day: “Wow! What a view!” Max Zorin: “To a kill!” Easily my least favorite James Bond film, and it also has another pet peeve of mine in it: characters say the name of the movie script. Grace Jones’ May Day and Christopher Walken’s Max Zorin characters are hovering over Silicon Valley, about to see their plan work, and these are the two lines you get? Although you can’t really expect anything more out of this movie. Between Walken’s wild-haired Zorin, Grace Jones’ creepy May Day, and Roger Moore as James Bond in New York wearing a leather jacket to look “cool,” there wasn’t much to offer. Sadly, the Duran Duran title song was the best thing about this movie. License to Kill Bond: “I guess it’s… a farewell to arms.” Timothy Dalton’s Bond was a good deal darker and grittier than Roger Moore, and he played the role in a much more serious manner. In this movie, Bond hands in his resignation and goes rogue in order to take down the killers who brutally murdered the new wife of his close friend Felix Leiter. M immediately strips him of his Double 0 status and demands he hand in his firearm. This scene would have a lot more impact if Bond could have managed it without the quip at the end. In Dalton’s previous outing as Bond, The Living Daylights, he refers to a female sniper, “Whoever she was, I must have scared the living daylights out of her.” GoldenEye Xenia Onatopp: “You don’t need the gun.” James Bond: “Well, that depends on your definition of safe sex.” Besides giving us a brand new Bond who represented a complete return to the joking days of Roger Moore with Pierce Brosnan, this movie also gave us another Bond girl with a sexual name, Xenia Onatopp. It also gave us new cheesy lines, like the one above. James Bond making a safe sex joke about a gun is certainly something you’d never experience back in the Connery days. Somehow Brosnan was able to pull off his glib remarks better than Moore ever did. Moore always seemed like he was about to crack up, but Brosnan kept it under a cool exterior. Although he did provide us with the cheesiest line in the history of James Bond movies… The World Is Not Enough James Bond: “I was wrong about you.” Christmas Jones: “Yeah, how so?” James Bond: “I thought Christmas only comes once a year.” People I know still groan and quote this line from the end of the film which finds Brosnan’s Bond and Denise Richards’ Dr. Christmas Jones in post-coital bliss. You had to know there was going to be some kind of a Christmas joke based on past Bond movies, but this one really was like a punch in the stomach. I remember thinking, “Oh he didn’t just say… he did. Holy crap, Pierce Brosnan, you’re dead to me.” I’ve probably mellowed out these past few years, but you just can’t buy Denise Richards as an extremly busty girl who dresses in short shorts and is trying to pass herself off as a nuclear physicist. Originally posted on:SpoutBlog http://www.spout.com/blogs/aidanbrack/archive/2008/8/15/34047.aspx Post By: aidanbrack
Post To: The Bigger Picture
Post Date: 8/15/2008 1:27:05 PM
Body: It's been a while since I last did a top 5 list but my appetite for Bond has been whetted by the news that there will be Blu-Ray releases this year for Dr No, From Russia With Love, Thunderball, Live and Let Die and Die Another Day. Now, one of those films may be my least favourite Bond movie of all time (and another one of those is certainly bottom half of my league table) but nonetheless the news has me pumped. So when I thought to myself "What top 5 should I tackle next?" the choice was obvious. Bond has been in my blood since I first saw The Spy Who Loved Me when I was five or six and I quickly became hooked on the series. The first films I bought on DVD when I went to University were the Bond films and I watched and rewatched them throughout my time there, on at least two occassions marathoning the films and watching them back to back. I have seen only two movies at the theatre - the last two - and I cannot wait to see Quantum of Solace on the big screen. Suggestions that we might see a return to the gadgets disappoint me but hopefully Daniel Craig's performance will give me something to really latch onto. Without further ado - here are my top 5 Bond movies: 5. Licence to Kill - The two Dalton movies were the last two "classic" Bonds I saw but both rank amongst my favourites these days. Licence to Kill is an interesting picture - certainly darker and more bloody than other Bond films but with a focus on the character that I found irresistible. I love the way Bond's history is used to give him a personal connection to what is taking place - it really adds something to the storyline and helped me to invest in it. Sure, this film has its flaws. It feels distinctly of its time period (but then, don't the films from the 60s and 70s?) and its female lead feels a little bland. However its dark humour and excellent action sequences are amongst the best the series ever offered and for that reason it makes the cut. 4. From Russia With Love - No doubt some people would accuse me of pushing out Goldfinger to make room for From Russia simply to be iconoclastic but permit me a second to make my case. From Russia With Love is gritty and has three wonderful performances at its heart. Robert Shaw is superb as Red Grant - smart and brawny, he also has an intensity that complements Connery's style beautifully. The actress playing Rosa Klebb is a very different, interesting Bond villain - smart and manipulative. The action sequences are excellent and the supporting cast of characters really stand out. Little wonder that Sean Connery himself lists it as his favourite movie from the series. 3. Live and Let Die - Moore's debut is thrilling and a real departure of style from the previous entries. The action is superb, the humour cheeky without being too over the top and it features the magnificent Jane Seymour. It is a shame that Moore's Bond would quickly degenerate into wisecracks and eyebrow raising but here he is charming, ruthless and cold all at the same time. His best performance and one of the best Bond movies. 2. Casino Royale - No, not the Woody Allen version - this is the 2006 Bond blockbuster that really put the franchise back on the right track, at least as far as I am concerned. Daniel Craig is intense and really plays beautifully off Eva Green. The romantic scenes between the two of them are full of tension and layers of understanding. There is one scene which gets to me every time. Not to mention a scene which holds the honour of being the only torture scene to make me laugh. 1. On Her Majesty's Secret Service - Lastly my favourite Bond film and one of my favourite films, period. Lazenby is under-rated as Bond, turning in a gripping and emotional performance opposite Diana Rigg. The setting is stunning (and definitely cries out for Blu Ray conversion) whilst the action is gripping. I love the texture of this film and the awkward alliance between Bond and Tracy's father. There is so much going on here that at some point soon I'll have to give it a review-type post of its own, but from its opening scene to its self-aware quips to its sixties "free love" influences this never puts a foot wrong for me. It's just a shame that Lazenby did not want to do more of these - he could well have developed into a great Bond.
]]>Fri, 15 Aug 2008 17:27:05 GMTaidanbrackThe Bigger Picture8/15/2008 1:27:05 PMIt's been a while since I last did a top 5 list but my appetite for Bond has been whetted by the news that there will be Blu-Ray releases this year for Dr No, From Russia With Love, Thunderball, Live and Let Die and Die Another Day. Now, one of those films may be my least favourite Bond movie of all time (and another one of those is certainly bottom half of my league table) but nonetheless the news has me pumped. So when I thought to myself "What top 5 should I tackle next?" the choice was obvious. Bond has been in my blood since I first saw The Spy Who Loved Me when I was five or six and I quickly became hooked on the series. The first films I bought on DVD when I went to University were the Bond films and I watched and rewatched them throughout my time there, on at least two occassions marathoning the films and watching them back to back. I have seen only two movies at the theatre - the last two - and I cannot wait to see Quantum of Solace on the big screen. Suggestions that we might see a return to the gadgets disappoint me but hopefully Daniel Craig's performance will give me something to really latch onto. Without further ado - here are my top 5 Bond movies: 5. Licence to Kill - The two Dalton movies were the last two "classic" Bonds I saw but both rank amongst my favourites these days. Licence to Kill is an interesting picture - certainly darker and more bloody than other Bond films but with a focus on the character that I found irresistible. I love the way Bond's history is used to give him a personal connection to what is taking place - it really adds something to the storyline and helped me to invest in it. Sure, this film has its flaws. It feels distinctly of its time period (but then, don't the films from the 60s and 70s?) and its female lead feels a little bland. However its dark humour and excellent action sequences are amongst the best the series ever offered and for that reason it makes the cut. 4. From Russia With Love - No doubt some people would accuse me of pushing out Goldfinger to make room for From Russia simply to be iconoclastic but permit me a second to make my case. From Russia With Love is gritty and has three wonderful performances at its heart. Robert Shaw is superb as Red Grant - smart and brawny, he also has an intensity that complements Connery's style beautifully. The actress playing Rosa Klebb is a very different, interesting Bond villain - smart and manipulative. The action sequences are excellent and the supporting cast of characters really stand out. Little wonder that Sean Connery himself lists it as his favourite movie from the series. 3. Live and Let Die - Moore's debut is thrilling and a real departure of style from the previous entries. The action is superb, the humour cheeky without being too over the top and it features the magnificent Jane Seymour. It is a shame that Moore's Bond would quickly degenerate into wisecracks and eyebrow raising but here he is charming, ruthless and cold all at the same time. His best performance and one of the best Bond movies. 2. Casino Royale - No, not the Woody Allen version - this is the 2006 Bond blockbuster that really put the franchise back on the right track, at least as far as I am concerned. Daniel Craig is intense and really plays beautifully off Eva Green. The romantic scenes between the two of them are full of tension and layers of understanding. There is one scene which gets to me every time. Not to mention a scene which holds the honour of being the only torture scene to make me laugh. 1. On Her Majesty's Secret Service - Lastly my favourite Bond film and one of my favourite films, period. Lazenby is under-rated as Bond, turning in a gripping and emotional performance opposite Diana Rigg. The setting is stunning (and definitely cries out for Blu Ray conversion) whilst the action is gripping. I love the texture of this film and the awkward alliance between Bond and Tracy's father. There is so much going on here that at some point soon I'll have to give it a review-type post of its own, but from its opening scene to its self-aware quips to its sixties "free love" influences this never puts a foot wrong for me. It's just a shame that Lazenby did not want to do more of these - he could well have developed into a great Bond. http://www.spout.com/blogs/mully/archive/2008/3/1/25749.aspx Post By: Mully
Post To: Mully Blog
Post Date: 3/1/2008 8:18:51 AM
Body: What's left to say about Goldfinger. Without a doubt it's the best of the Connery-films and a strong contender for best Bond-film of all time. All the ingredients are there and they all work. There's a Bond-girl named Pussy Galore (I love how Connery pronounces it "Poohsy"), a great villain with a cool evil scheme, a classic opening title track, Connery wearing that fabulous grey suit and much more. Quite simply a brilliant film, entertaining from start to finish.
]]>Sat, 01 Mar 2008 13:18:51 GMTMullyMully Blog3/1/2008 8:18:51 AMWhat&#39;s left to say about Goldfinger. Without a doubt it&#39;s the best of the Connery-films and a strong contender for best Bond-film of all time. All the ingredients are there and they all work. There&#39;s a Bond-girl named Pussy Galore (I love how Connery pronounces it &quot;Poohsy&quot;), a great villain with a cool evil scheme, a classic opening title track, Connery wearing that fabulous grey suit and much more. Quite simply a brilliant film, entertaining from start to finish. http://www.spout.com/blogs/chesterfilms/archive/2007/8/27/18902.aspx Post By: chesterfilms
Post To: chesterfilms Blog
Post Date: 8/27/2007 3:32:00 PM
Body: 1. The Misfits: A devastating film with the last performances from Marilyn Monroe, Clark Gabe, and Montgomery Clift. One of John Huston's best films, and for some reason, a completely underrated and under-seen film. The band is a fantastic Horror-Rock/Punk band.2. Godfinger: The third and possibly best film in the Bond series (Casino Royal has made me reconsider this statement). Everything that made me love the bond films as a kid can be found here. 3. They Might Be Giants is a very cool modern day take on Sherlock Holmes. George C. Scott (as aways), gives a great performance. 4. Black Sabbath: I love Boris Karloff films, even when they are bad. This is one of his better non Universal Monster series films. I think we all know the band.5. HONEYMOON KILLERS: A very good and very disturbing 1970's film about a newly married couple who enjoy a little killing now and then. Scorsese was originally hired to direct, but was but go over creative differences.
]]>Mon, 27 Aug 2007 19:32:00 GMTchesterfilmschesterfilms Blog8/27/2007 3:32:00 PM1. The Misfits: A devastating film with the last performances from Marilyn Monroe, Clark Gabe, and Montgomery Clift. One of John Huston&#39;s best films, and for some reason, a completely underrated and under-seen film. The band is a fantastic Horror-Rock/Punk band.2. Godfinger: The third and possibly best film in the Bond series (Casino Royal has made me reconsider this statement). Everything that made me love the bond films as a kid can be found here. 3. They Might Be Giants is a very cool modern day take on Sherlock Holmes. George C. Scott (as aways), gives a great performance. 4. Black Sabbath: I love Boris Karloff films, even when they are bad. This is one of his better non Universal Monster series films. I think we all know the band.5. HONEYMOON KILLERS: A very good and very disturbing 1970&#39;s film about a newly married couple who enjoy a little killing now and then. Scorsese was originally hired to direct, but was but go over creative differences. http://www.spout.com/groups/Bond_Beyond/Re_Rank_James_Bond_Films/10/17827/1/ShowPost.aspx Post By: pgiglio
Post To: Bond & Beyond
Post Date: 8/11/2007 1:50:59 AM
Body: As a long time fan of the James Bond franchise, I have altered this list many times over the years. This is where I currently stand.On Her Majesty's Secret Service (4 stars)From Russia With Love (4 stars)Casino Royale (3 1/2 stars)Dr No (3 1/2 stars)Goldfinger (3 1/2 stars)The Living Daylights (3 1/2 stars)For Your Eyes Only (3 stars)Diamonds Are Forever (3 stars)The Spy Who Loved Me (3 stars)Thunderball (3 stars)Goldeneye (3 stars)Octopussy (3 stars)You Only Live Twice (2 1/2 stars)The Man with the Golden Gun (2 1/2 stars)License To Kill (2 1/2 stars)The World is Not Enough (2 1/2 stars)Live and Let Die (2 stars)Tomorrow Never Dies (2 stars)Die Another Day (2 stars)A View To a Kill (1 1/2 stars)Moonraker (1/2 star)The only two films listed here that I really thought were out of place in the series were A View to a Kill and Moonraker. Daniel Craig does a nice job of filling the role of bond and I look forward to the Casino Royale sequel. For those interested, Never Say Never again and the original Casino Royale are not part of the James Bond franchise. Interesting side note: Bond titles that mention death in any of its wonderous forms for some reason usually don't meet the expectations of the series. Thank you.
]]>Sat, 11 Aug 2007 05:50:59 GMTpgiglioBond & Beyond8/11/2007 1:50:59 AMAs a long time fan of the James Bond franchise, I have altered this list many times over the years. This is where I currently stand.On Her Majesty&#39;s Secret Service (4 stars)From Russia With Love (4 stars)Casino Royale (3 1/2 stars)Dr No (3 1/2 stars)Goldfinger (3 1/2 stars)The Living Daylights (3 1/2 stars)For Your Eyes Only (3 stars)Diamonds Are Forever (3 stars)The Spy Who Loved Me (3 stars)Thunderball (3 stars)Goldeneye (3 stars)Octopussy (3 stars)You Only Live Twice (2 1/2 stars)The Man with the Golden Gun (2 1/2 stars)License To Kill (2 1/2 stars)The World is Not Enough (2 1/2 stars)Live and Let Die (2 stars)Tomorrow Never Dies (2 stars)Die Another Day (2 stars)A View To a Kill (1 1/2 stars)Moonraker (1/2 star)The only two films listed here that I really thought were out of place in the series were A View to a Kill and Moonraker. Daniel Craig does a nice job of filling the role of bond and I look forward to the Casino Royale sequel. For those interested, Never Say Never again and the original Casino Royale are not part of the James Bond franchise. Interesting side note: Bond titles that mention death in any of its wonderous forms for some reason usually don&#39;t meet the expectations of the series. Thank you. http://www.spout.com/groups/Bond_Beyond/Rank_James_Bond_Films/10/16722/1/ShowPost.aspx Post By: Windbreaker
Post To: Bond & Beyond
Post Date: 7/28/2007 3:27:46 PM
Body: I haven't seen any signs of recent life on this board, but will throw out a suggestion... RANK THE BOND FILMS. Against each other, of course, not necessarily individual ratings. A friend of mine challenged me to re-watch them chronologically and as quickly as possible. We each made our own notes along the way and ranked them. The ranking below was created prior to DIE ANOTHER DAY, so I need to consider where it fits in. I will tell you exactly where CASINO ROYALE fits in (see below). This is all very subjective, but I'd be interested to see other's thoughts. For example, do you loathe YOU ONLY LIVE TWICE because of its finale or do you forgive that portion and rank it higher? Enough babbling, on with my ranking.From Russia with LoveThunderballGoldeneyeCasino RoyaleOn Her Majesty’s Secret ServiceThe Living DaylightsDr NoTomorrow Never DiesThe Spy Who Loved MeLicense To KillGoldfingerFor Your Eyes OnlyLive and Let DieThe World Is Not EnoughOctopussyThe Man with the Golden Gun Die Another DayA View To A KillDiamonds Are ForeverMoonrakerYou Only Live TwiceThe order will certainly change, but I doubt too dramatically. I'm now re-watching the newly remastered DVDs. FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE looked and sounded awesome.
]]>Sat, 28 Jul 2007 19:27:46 GMTWindbreakerBond & Beyond7/28/2007 3:27:46 PMI haven&#39;t seen any signs of recent life on this board, but will throw out a suggestion... RANK THE BOND FILMS. Against each other, of course, not necessarily individual ratings. A friend of mine challenged me to re-watch them chronologically and as quickly as possible. We each made our own notes along the way and ranked them. The ranking below was created prior to DIE ANOTHER DAY, so I need to consider where it fits in. I will tell you exactly where CASINO ROYALE fits in (see below). This is all very subjective, but I&#39;d be interested to see other&#39;s thoughts. For example, do you loathe YOU ONLY LIVE TWICE because of its finale or do you forgive that portion and rank it higher? Enough babbling, on with my ranking.From Russia with LoveThunderballGoldeneyeCasino RoyaleOn Her Majesty&rsquo;s Secret ServiceThe Living DaylightsDr NoTomorrow Never DiesThe Spy Who Loved MeLicense To KillGoldfingerFor Your Eyes OnlyLive and Let DieThe World Is Not EnoughOctopussyThe Man with the Golden Gun Die Another DayA View To A KillDiamonds Are ForeverMoonrakerYou Only Live TwiceThe order will certainly change, but I doubt too dramatically. I&#39;m now re-watching the newly remastered DVDs. FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE looked and sounded awesome. http://www.spout.com/groups/The_Casting_Futon/Re_Dreaded_Sequels/305/9195/1/ShowPost.aspx Post By: Jymkata
Post To: The Casting Futon
Post Date: 5/22/2007 9:37:34 PM
Body: I am with you on the whole list except for #1 - I really enjoy the idea of updating Bond to compete with the more successful Jason Bourne and Ethan Hunt franchises. Bond is supposed to be suave, but it got to be a joke with the Roger Moore and the post-Goldeneye Pierce Brosnan films' cheesiness. Bond had to be a badass to get his 007 certification and this last film was really well done (still not as good as The Bourne Supremacy though). Looking back at the revered series I personally only like a handful of the films and I only think two are top notch in writing and directing for action thrillers- Goldfinger and On Her Majesty's Secret Service. I think this last one is the sign of better things to come. You are right about the Indiana Jones series ending perfectly - I just don't know how they can satisfy their audience with a fourth. I agree with you on the Terminator series too - that would be a great concept for the continuing of the series. I was so underwhelmed with both of the first two Spiderman movies that I can't imagine sitting through a third. Shrek and Austin Powers were good ideas for the first movies maybe even the second, but I can't gather any excitement to ever watch any more from either. George Lucas showed that making sci fi action films is a young man's game - I can't believe how much he betrayed his original trilogy fans with one bad idea after another (casting, Jar Jar, the accents.....etc.). I have no sympathy anymore and I think he is completely irrelevant to today's audiences and if I was Spielberg I would worry about having him on my team for Indiana Jones. I will never watch anything else with his name attached unless it receives univeral acclaim (good luck with that) from some credible sourcess. Good post. BTW - did you hear they are making a new Incredible Hulk movie for 2008 with Edward Norton attached and the director of the Transporter series. I can't believe fine actor Norton signed up for a sequal of a not well recieved movie that isn't even being directed by Ang Lee anymore.
]]>Wed, 23 May 2007 01:37:34 GMTJymkataThe Casting Futon5/22/2007 9:37:34 PMI am with you on the whole list except for #1 - I really enjoy the idea of updating Bond to compete with the more successful Jason Bourne and Ethan Hunt franchises. Bond is supposed to be suave, but it got to be a joke with the Roger Moore and the post-Goldeneye Pierce Brosnan films&#39; cheesiness. Bond had to be a badass to get his 007 certification and this last film was really well done (still not as good as The Bourne Supremacy though). Looking back at the revered series I personally only like a handful of the films and I only think two are top notch in writing and directing for action thrillers- Goldfinger and On Her Majesty&#39;s Secret Service. I think this last one is the sign of better things to come. You are right about the Indiana Jones series ending perfectly - I just don&#39;t know how they can satisfy their audience with a fourth. I agree with you on the Terminator series too - that would be a great concept for the continuing of the series. I was so underwhelmed with both of the first two Spiderman movies that I can&#39;t imagine sitting through a third. Shrek and Austin Powers were good ideas for the first movies maybe even the second, but I can&#39;t gather any excitement to ever watch any more from either. George Lucas showed that making sci fi action films is a young man&#39;s game - I can&#39;t believe how much he betrayed his original trilogy fans with one bad idea after another (casting, Jar Jar, the accents.....etc.). I have no sympathy anymore and I think he is completely irrelevant to today&#39;s audiences and if I was Spielberg I would worry about having him on my team for Indiana Jones. I will never watch anything else with his name attached unless it receives univeral acclaim (good luck with that) from some credible sourcess. Good post. BTW - did you hear they are making a new Incredible Hulk movie for 2008 with Edward Norton attached and the director of the Transporter series. I can&#39;t believe fine actor Norton signed up for a sequal of a not well recieved movie that isn&#39;t even being directed by Ang Lee anymore. http://www.spout.com/blogs/jimbell/archive/2007/5/5/8227.aspx Post By: JimBell
Post To: JimBell Blog
Post Date: 5/5/2007 3:22:00 AM
Body: Although I’d seen the majority of the James Bond films a long time ago, I’d missed Goldfinger (1964). Although I appreciated the slow, more natural pace of the film, and although I appreciated being able to hear the dialogue, I really objected to the phoney sexism at the heart of the film. Bond is neither a strong man nor a great martial arts fighter. Nor, in this movie, is he particularly clever—he is held captive for a good chunk of the film. His two talents are booze and broads. While we only get whiffs of his alcohol expertise, we see him have instant seductive powers on a variety of women who are one-dimensional bimbos. I expected to watch the movie for some brainless entertainment, but this went too far.
]]>Sat, 05 May 2007 07:22:00 GMTJimBellJimBell Blog5/5/2007 3:22:00 AMAlthough I&rsquo;d seen the majority of the James Bond films a long time ago, I&rsquo;d missed Goldfinger (1964). Although I appreciated the slow, more natural pace of the film, and although I appreciated being able to hear the dialogue, I really objected to the phoney sexism at the heart of the film. Bond is neither a strong man nor a great martial arts fighter. Nor, in this movie, is he particularly clever&mdash;he is held captive for a good chunk of the film. His two talents are booze and broads. While we only get whiffs of his alcohol expertise, we see him have instant seductive powers on a variety of women who are one-dimensional bimbos. I expected to watch the movie for some brainless entertainment, but this went too far. http://www.spout.com/members/0/tags/Great/MemberTagFilms.aspxGreat
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