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So - best theme songs? I'm probably in the minority in liking both of the last two a lot. The Keys/White one has a nice lo-fi swagger and a good hook. But 'You know my name' is a mad power pop odyssey. Horrible brick wall mastering though, which spoils the dynamics of the song. sebmojo fucked around with this message at May 3, 2012 around 05:00 |
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Fag Boy Jim posted:Nobody Does It Better. It's a perfect melody combined with some fantastic late-70s power-ballad production, and, Carly Simon absolutely nails it. You may think this is a bad thing but if you think about it more you will realise it is the best thing.
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| # ¿ May 3, 2012 12:51 |
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HisFlyingFingers posted:I don't think the voices themselves are the issue. It's the production and arranging. Smart points all. I agree, though from memory the wonkiness is sort of what appeals to me. I loved in Casino Royale the way YKMN and the score hint at and play around the classic Bond theme all the way through, (I think YKMN even uses the Bond chords?) but saves the actual theme for the last shot. So badass.
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| # ¿ May 4, 2012 01:01 |
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Daniel Craig is looking kind of ... weathered these days. Like a badass mesa or something.
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| # ¿ May 22, 2012 00:29 |
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Loving Africa Chaps posted:Someone mentioned the throwback to that connery shot and it's something i love about the new bond films. The throwbacks to previous films really help to tie the series together and maintain the brand while allowing the character to develop. Imo craig's bond has to have more stylistic throwbacks as he is so much more raw then the ones of old. My favourite one of those is 'Bond. James Bond' at the end of Casino Royale. Followed by the music cue you've been subconsciously prepped to hear for 2 hours. Because I mean god drat.
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| # ¿ May 23, 2012 04:55 |
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LordPants posted:Casino is either excellent or "not the kind of Bond I like/want/remember" Personally I think it's comfortably the best Bond movie. It has some great badass lines, brutal violence and good 'spy doing spy stuff' scenes (see: setting off all the car alarms in the carpark). And it has a testicle torture scene, which is a hilariously exact copy of the scene in the book. Speaking of the book, a useful comparison is actually the RDJ Sherlock Holmes movie - IMO both SH and CR were quite faithful to the lead character as depicted in the books. And yeah, Quantum was rubbish. Fingers crossed for Skyfall. sebmojo fucked around with this message at Jul 3, 2012 around 23:40 |
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WebDog posted:And in the novel so was Tilly. The idea is Bond's masculinity is so potent that he's able to conquer "the sexual challenge all beautiful Lesbians have for men." And it needs to start and end with BALL TORTURE. It is apparent from Casino Royale this is a topic that had exercised Mr Fleming's mind quite considerable.
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| # ¿ Jul 6, 2012 10:33 |
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Rake Arms posted:I thought they were actually saying "Mum," and that was an acceptable replacement for "Ma'am" in England or something. Mum is lower class for mother. Ma'am is upper class for 'your majesty'. They sound identical.
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| # ¿ Aug 7, 2012 05:02 |
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WebDog posted:It's somewhat safer if you go with the modern followups or at least steel yourself for some terrifically offensive stereotypes and Fleming's warped views on masculinity (such as lesbians being the ultimate conquest). And a terrifying amount of drinking and smoking. And product placement. Hooooo boy there's product placement. I believe at one point Bond opines that he's 'surprisingly fond of negroes' so there's that too.
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| # ¿ Aug 18, 2012 06:49 |
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machinegunmessiah posted:Noted, sir. In the next Bond movie, Craig will not smoke because it isn't healthy and will drink only non-alcoholic beverages. I know you're just making a hilarious, but Fleming made the same joke in... Moonraker? It's been a while. Bond goes off to the health spa (because even in the 60's it was acknowledged that 80 cigs a day was suboptimal) and he comes back a changed man, chewing his multigrain toast and rhapsodising about peptides. Then he gets called for a mission and orders up some whiskey, smokes and fried bacon. KILLIN' FOOD.
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| # ¿ Aug 20, 2012 09:38 |
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CloseFriend posted:I didn't see this discussed in the last month, but rumor has it Adele will take the reins for Skyfall's theme song. Seems like an… interesting choice. ROLLING ON THE .. GROOOOOOOOOUUUUUNNDDD
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| # ¿ Sep 13, 2012 22:55 |
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feedmyleg posted:Last time that happened we had a bunch of people bitching about Another Way to Die. And that song was excellent. This is the correct opinion. Though You Know My Name was probably better.
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OldTennisCourt posted:A continuity exists but as I recall it's not so crazy it's impossible to follow or pick up in the middle. Casino Royale is really good, as is Moonraker. From Russia With Love is considered the best though. Start with Casino Royale. On Her Majesty's Secret Service is pretty ace too. The Spy who Loved Me is missable, and Diamonds are Forever is starting to feel a little rote.
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| # ¿ Oct 5, 2012 00:35 |
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ComposerGuy posted:I can't even fathom this. It's like fractally nested layers of WTF.
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| # ¿ Oct 15, 2012 07:04 |
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TEBOW 3 16 posted:Quantum just felt like a better action movie to me. I don't know. Everybody is entitled to their opinion. This guy recently crystallised for me why I can't stand the bolded phrase. But actually, you go on to explain exactly why you feel the way you do, so we cool. quote:I just don't like Daniel Craig. He feels like a wooden actor best suited to mindless action movies and he doesn't have any of the charm and the debonair demeanor that any of the previous Bonds had. Not to mention the two Craig movies took themselves way too seriously, had no gadgets, no Q in general and none of the kitsch factor the previous movies had. Casino and Quantum are just soulless action movies and really I hate them both so I think I'm just splitting hairs. Yep, you're a quiplover. The reason for the gogglage you're getting is that it's really hard to argue that Casino Royale isn't a better film than nearly every other Bond film. But I think you're saying it's not as good a Bond film, which is subtly different, and much more supportable.
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| # ¿ Oct 15, 2012 20:42 |
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bitterandtwisted posted:I wonder what use John Cleese expected Bond to get out of it. I mean, a car has to be the worst thing you could make turn invisible. It would be incredibly dangerous to drive on a public road, an Aston is hardly suitable for off-roading and other people would back into you if you left it in a parking space. "The Vanquish ... or as we like to call it ... THE VANISH" 5 gets you 10 it was some Aston Martin board member with a massive woody for that pun.
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| # ¿ Oct 16, 2012 21:21 |
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You mean technically irreproachable. I think.
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