Bond, James Bond: Thread of 007 Action

[BreakABone]

I guess should post my thoughts on the prior 2 movies.

I watched from Russia With Love and Goldfinger.

From Russia With Love is an awesome movie in a lot of ways, but also pretty different from what the series would become.

I think Red Grant is my favorite Bond villain as he is an equal both mentally and physically. The whole scene between the two on the train is some fine piece of cinema.

Goldfinger is a completely different beast, but its the beast that sets the formula for the rest of the series. Huge set-pieces, one-liners and an overuse of gadgets.

It has an awesome Bond girl in Pussy Galore. IT has the Aston. IT has gadgets. It has one of my favorite themes. And my favorite capture scene.

[BreakABone]

Sorry about the delay, but had this up and ready to go last night and then for some strange reason all the text disappeared. Was not a happy Penguin.

Anyhow, the next movie in our Bond-tastic October is Thunderball.


Our Bond for the 4th time is Sean Connery.


Our Bond girl Dominique Derval


Our bond villain is number 2 himself, Emilio Largo


This movie is famous for its VERY extended underwater chase scene.

Film intro/Theme

Alternate Theme

Thunderball Trailer

This seems like a two man operation with an Uber thrown in.

[Swan]

No time to watch Goldfinger tonight.

So shall watch 2 tomorrow to make up

[BreakABone]

Thunderball is a fun movie, but the climax is shot so oddly. It just comes off looking cheesy.

This thread may rise from day to day, but You Only Live Twice... or so it seems... Okay these are getting worse and worse, I admit.

But yeah the next movie in our marathon is You Only Live Twice.


And for the 5th time, Sean Connery is our James Bond.

Instead of Felix Leither, Bond gets some assistance from Tiger Tanaka


The first Mrs. Bond, Kissy


And our enemy who you get to see for the first time, Blofeld


The Trailer

The Opening Credits/Theme Song

One of my favorite themes.

[Swan]

Just finished Goldfinger.


A good movie. More fast paced then the previous 2 and he only lands 2 ladies.




So far have to say I prefer From Russia With Love

[Swan]

And just finished Thunderball. One of my favorite Bond themes so far.


Good again but was not that big a fan of the underwater scenes, which took up a good portion of the movie. Only 3 ladies done again, if I am not mistaken, thus making From Russia still the champ all thanks to the gypsy threesome.



And I noticed at the end they totally whipped out the skyhook manuever that Dark Knight totally stole


You Only Live Twice is on my agenda for tomorrow

[Angrist]

Saruman was already scary back then.

[BreakABone]

Originally Posted by Angrist

Saruman was already scary back then.

Good eye.

It's time to get back on track, and this may or may not be good.
But I watched the trailer for the next movie as I often do, and I honestly can't remember this one. So I don't know if that is good or bad.

But the next movie goes out to all those singles out there, The spy Who Loved Me


This is and only gonna guess Roger Moore's 3rd turn as James Bond and also the 10th James Bond movie in total.


Our Bond girl is Agent Triple X, who would return to us later on as Vin Diesel.


Bond villain is Karl Stromberg,


And another memorable Bond henchman is introduced, Jaws,


This film has people in it and stuff happens. And some stuff blows up. Like I said I really don't remember it.

The Trailer

The Intro/Theme

While I don't remember the movie, I do love the theme.

[BreakABone]

I was informed by KG that I was slipping, but that isn't the case the marathon still goes on I've just been a bit busy. So to catch you up to speed.

There's only so much one person can hide from their destiny.
Ladies and gentlemen the next movie in our Bond marathon is For our Eyes Only :P
Not quite yet, we go to Moonraker. One of Bond's more... special adventures.


Our Bond for the 4th time is a one Mr. Roger Moore,


Our Bond girl is the non-punny named Holly Goodhead,


Our villain is the strangest looking villain in a Bond film yet, Hugo Drax


Jaws is back but as the movie goes on he becomes less and less of a threat... until.. well you will find out.

This Bond movie is (in)famous for being the first movie to actually send Bond out into outerspace for the final climatic battle.

The Trailer

The Intro/Theme Song
Not really a fan, but sure some are.


I know a little off this week, but my work schedule has been hectic, what can you do?

Anyhow the discussion is already brewing, but this post is For Your Eyes Only.

We have come to James Bond's 12th adventure and Roger Moore's 5th turn as everyone's favorite superspy.


Our Bond girl is Melanie Havelock,


Our villain is Aristotle K.


The Trailer

The Intro/Theme Song
A pretty good song.

This movie is notable for several reasons-
The demise of Ernst Blofeld finally.
No more Bernard Lee as M
And really its much different than most of Moore's film. Partially cuz I guess was written with a new Bond in mind.

[KillerGremlin]

you have been slacking....but i can't blame you. i'd be slacking if i had to go through the moore era too.

hurry up so we can get to goldeneye, one of the franchise bests.

[BreakABone]

Originally Posted by KillerGremlin

you have been slacking....but i can't blame you. i'd be slacking if i had to go through the moore era too.

hurry up so we can get to goldeneye, one of the franchise bests.

I haven't been slacking.. just a tad busy which does happen from time to time. And no one else seems to be partaking even Swan quit out on me.

So yeah schedule is all out of sync. Gonna attempt the rarely tried Dalton-thon tomorrow and then do Pierce/Craig next week. We are near the finish line. It's as if we have A View....

Yeah it is! A View To a Kill (A Kill as some would say )


This is Roger Moore's 7th and final run as our favorite superspy, James Bond

He was way past his physical prime at this point, but eh.

Our Bond villain is Max Zorin, who is played by Christopher Walken maybe one of the most profilic people to play a Bond villain.


Our evil Bond girl is May Day, who is a little crazy


The good one, Stacey Sutton,


The Trailer

The Intro/Theme Song
ONe of the better themes and an interesting intro.

Speaking of intros wasn't a fan of the California Girls song during the pre-credits sequence.

Anyhow, it's there.

[Angrist]

My friend once told me that Timothy Dalton had 'killed' James Bond. But I will give him a fair chance when I (ever) start watching the Bond movies.

Tonight I dreamed about a Bond movie. I think I played Bond. We had to redo this scene over and over again:

The girl and me enter a room, the villain is there. All I have is a glass bottle, which I smash into the wall to turn it into a weapon. I sit down on a bench, next to a bad guy. I say "I forgot my suitcase", which is apparently some oneliner. The girl and me get tied up. I wait for the girl to do something stupid and I cut loose my rope and attack the villain. I throw him into a machine that pulvarizes his and some other bad guys' bodies. The girl gets caught in it too, but I stop the machine in time.
I wondered why there was no blood. Or pulvarized bodies. I figured if the villain maybe got away. I woke up and wondered why I would dream about Bond...

[BreakABone]

Originally Posted by Angrist

My friend once told me that Timothy Dalton had 'killed' James Bond. But I will give him a fair chance when I (ever) start watching the Bond movies.

Tonight I dreamed about a Bond movie. I think I played Bond. We had to redo this scene over and over again:

The girl and me enter a room, the villain is there. All I have is a glass bottle, which I smash into the wall to turn it into a weapon. I sit down on a bench, next to a bad guy. I say "I forgot my suitcase", which is apparently some oneliner. The girl and me get tied up. I wait for the girl to do something stupid and I cut loose my rope and attack the villain. I throw him into a machine that pulvarizes his and some other bad guys' bodies. The girl gets caught in it too, but I stop the machine in time.
I wondered why there was no blood. Or pulvarized bodies. I figured if the villain maybe got away. I woke up and wondered why I would dream about Bond...

Better than the last guy you dreamt about...

Going to see if could get them all in before the end of the month if not by the end of the weekend.

If I don't, my License to Kill should be revoked.

Yeah the next movie is License to Kill, which personally was one of my favorite movies. Let's see if it holds up

I know cover to book, but I prefer it to the cover of the movie which looks kind of cheesy.

For the second and final time our James Bond is Timothy Dalton,


Think only Bond movie where he actually gets two Bond girls who are alive at the end


The villain is pretty sweet as well, Franz Sanchez


The Trailer

The Intro/Theme Song
Also a huge fan of the song as well.

So yeah didn't hide my feelings. really love this movie.
James bond revenge movies are awesome. Just imagine if DAF was done properly.

[BreakABone]

It probably makes no sense updating this thread, but might as well finish it out.

Gonna attempt to get in two movies today. Or just extend into weekend, but I did pretty decent.

The next movie in our marathon is probably the most famous movie due to the game that shares its name, Goldeneye.


This movie marks the start of one of the more controversary runs with Pierce Brosnan as some love him as he has the biggest media success with aforementioned game and he is a Bond to the current generations, others dont feel he is up to snuff.



Our Villain is a rogue Double 0 agent, 006


The Bond girl is Xenia Onatopp and Natalya I Hate Escorting You through the Library


The Trailer

The Intro/Theme Song
I like the song, but its always bothered me that it seems to be singing about a person while Goldeneye is actually a satellite or missile in the movie.
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Gonna have to start stacking them in order to get them all done in time.

And being that there is no time like the present and that Tomorrow Never Dies. We are moving on.

Yeah the next movie in the marathon is Tomorrow Never Dies


Pierce returns for his second go-around as Commander Bond,


Our villain is Elliot Carver, while he isn't Bond's most physical opponent or even his greatest mental challenge, I do enjoy him for some reason


We get two Bond girls again, first we get a geek's dream girl as she was both a Bond Girl AND Lois Lane in Paris Carver and Wai Lin.


The Intro/Theme Song
I actually like this song a great deal and the alternative Surrender.

The Trailer


Tomorrow Never Dies, but this thread is closing to an end.

[Angrist]

Keep em coming, I enjoy it. I will probably start a 007 marathon in a few weeks. I've only seen like 3 of them.