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I am watching every Bond movie: please kill me (3 Viewers)

Surprised by the FYEO hate. One of my favorites. Moore is serious and the plot is plausible. A little slow in a sense, but given that a lot of folks complained about the unrealistic, too fast paced Moonraker, it seems to me like much more a "spy" movie. Also like that the girl is classically beautiful without being easy. Oh well. Different strokes....

 
ConstruxBoy said:
Surprised by the FYEO hate. One of my favorites. Moore is serious and the plot is plausible. A little slow in a sense, but given that a lot of folks complained about the unrealistic, too fast paced Moonraker, it seems to me like much more a "spy" movie. Also like that the girl is classically beautiful without being easy. Oh well. Different strokes....
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Just a bunch of haters. They're all great.

 
Christo said:
ConstruxBoy said:
Surprised by the FYEO hate. One of my favorites. Moore is serious and the plot is plausible. A little slow in a sense, but given that a lot of folks complained about the unrealistic, too fast paced Moonraker, it seems to me like much more a "spy" movie. Also like that the girl is classically beautiful without being easy. Oh well. Different strokes....
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Just a bunch of haters. They're all great.
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I can't hate or love For Your Eyes Only. It just seems average to me. It's certainly better than what follows though. FYEO seems to check all the boxes that made up the formula. It has a car chase, a ski chase, an underwater fight but all were done better in other 007 movies. The villain is especially dull although Bond's sidekick Columbo is one of the best of the series.

I think the last half hour or so at the villain's mountain lair is probably the pinnacle of Roger Bond. 007's line about detente was a lot more meaningful in 1981. However I can't excuse the stupid parrot trick to move the story from the boat to the villain's hideout. Bond is the world's greatest spy. There are any number of ways for him to discover the way to get from point A to point B but the filmmakers relied on a parrot. For me, this typifies the laziness and willingness to settle for the silly joke that plagued the series for so long.

 
ConstruxBoy said:
Surprised by the FYEO hate. One of my favorites. Moore is serious and the plot is plausible. A little slow in a sense, but given that a lot of folks complained about the unrealistic, too fast paced Moonraker, it seems to me like much more a "spy" movie. Also like that the girl is classically beautiful without being easy. Oh well. Different strokes....
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Yeah it was nice to have a little more serious take on it. Although Moore is really showing his age.

 
Eephus said:
Bogart said:
Insein said:
I actually like Dalton. The first Bond film I ever saw was Living Daylights. I was only 7 or 8 at the time but it was awesome to me with the ski chase and explosions and such.
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There is something to be said for the first Bond you see being your favorite or ranked higher than they should be. That's the way I am with Moore.
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My first was Diamonds Are Forever. Even that doesn't make it any better.
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My first was Octo####y, and as a 12 year old, it was spectacular
 
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JackReacher said:
Eephus said:
Bogart said:
Insein said:
I actually like Dalton. The first Bond film I ever saw was Living Daylights. I was only 7 or 8 at the time but it was awesome to me with the ski chase and explosions and such.
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There is something to be said for the first Bond you see being your favorite or ranked higher than they should be. That's the way I am with Moore.
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My first was Diamonds Are Forever. Even that doesn't make it any better.
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My first was Octo####y, and as a 12 year old, it was spectacular
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Imagine how spectacular it would have been if it was steamed

 
ConstruxBoy said:
Surprised by the FYEO hate. One of my favorites. Moore is serious and the plot is plausible. A little slow in a sense, but given that a lot of folks complained about the unrealistic, too fast paced Moonraker, it seems to me like much more a "spy" movie. Also like that the girl is classically beautiful without being easy. Oh well. Different strokes....
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Part of why I liked Connery and his movies is because the plot is more serious and spy-like. But I guess Moore didn't sell it well for me. His Bond is more goofy and unrealistic and all of a sudden we have this movie that is all caught up with itself right after he porked some girl in space. Add that to a boring villain and a meandering plot and it didn't work for me. Maybe if I watched it as a stand alone I would feel different but I watched it as 12 out of 23.

 
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Eephus said:
Christo said:
ConstruxBoy said:
Surprised by the FYEO hate. One of my favorites. Moore is serious and the plot is plausible. A little slow in a sense, but given that a lot of folks complained about the unrealistic, too fast paced Moonraker, it seems to me like much more a "spy" movie. Also like that the girl is classically beautiful without being easy. Oh well. Different strokes....
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Just a bunch of haters. They're all great.
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I can't hate or love For Your Eyes Only. It just seems average to me. It's certainly better than what follows though. FYEO seems to check all the boxes that made up the formula. It has a car chase, a ski chase, an underwater fight but all were done better in other 007 movies. The villain is especially dull although Bond's sidekick Columbo is one of the best of the series.

I think the last half hour or so at the villain's mountain lair is probably the pinnacle of Roger Bond. 007's line about detente was a lot more meaningful in 1981. However I can't excuse the stupid parrot trick to move the story from the boat to the villain's hideout. Bond is the world's greatest spy. There are any number of ways for him to discover the way to get from point A to point B but the filmmakers relied on a parrot. For me, this typifies the laziness and willingness to settle for the silly joke that plagued the series for so long.
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I understand what you are saying, I just don't think the parrot is as bad as you do. I think it is more of the theme of the movie of a more "human" Bond that he needs help/gets lucky in finding the villains. Maybe I'm going too deep though. Also liked that Brosnan's wife is it. Cute coincidence.

 
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Capella said:
ConstruxBoy said:
Surprised by the FYEO hate. One of my favorites. Moore is serious and the plot is plausible. A little slow in a sense, but given that a lot of folks complained about the unrealistic, too fast paced Moonraker, it seems to me like much more a "spy" movie. Also like that the girl is classically beautiful without being easy. Oh well. Different strokes....
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Part of why I liked Connery and his movies is because the plot is more serious and spy-like. But I guess Moore didn't sell it well for me. His Bond is more goofy and unrealistic and all of a sudden we have this movie that is all caught up with itself right after he porked some girl in space.Add that to a boring villain and a meandering plot and it didn't work for me. Maybe if I watched it as a stand alone I would feel different but I watched it as 12 out of 23.
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Can't argue with that. I liked a little of the earlier Moore goofiness, but appreciated FYEO more than something like Moonraker. And you're probably right about the stand alone part. For most people that like Connery the best, watching them all in a row is just going to get worse and worse.

 
I really want to not only do this now, especially see FYEO again. I loved it as a kid and teen. Need to watch it as an old man with short attention span now.

 
Bogart said:
I really want to not only do this now, especially see FYEO again. I loved it as a kid and teen. Need to watch it as an old man with short attention span now.
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I'm the same age now as Moore was when he made FYEO. It'll be a sad year when I reach A View to a Kill vintage.

 
Wife is out of town all week for work so I could knock like 5 of these out. That's kind of boring though. Might do one or two.

 
How happy would Mrs. Cappy be when she walks in the front door, puts down her suitcase and leftover airport Cinnabon, and the first words she hears is:

"It is finished. All done with Bond."

 
Bogart said:
How happy would Mrs. Cappy be when she walks in the front door, puts down her suitcase and leftover airport Cinnabon, and the first words she hears is:

"It is finished. All done with Bond."
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:no:

She can hope, but ultimately she must taste the disappointment of more Bond flicks.

 
Inspired by this thread I started with Dr. No and have been going through them chronologically as well. A couple of weekends ago during a marathon I swear I heard some offer Bond a drink describing it as "stirred, not shaken". Was I hearing things? I think maybe it was Dikko Henderson in You Only Live Twice?

 
Statcruncher said:
Inspired by this thread I started with Dr. No and have been going through them chronologically as well. A couple of weekends ago during a marathon I swear I heard some offer Bond a drink describing it as "stirred, not shaken". Was I hearing things? I think maybe it was Dikko Henderson in You Only Live Twice?
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Went back and checked it last night. It's about 22 minutes into You Only Live Twice when Bond first meets Dikko Henderson after the sumo match. Henderson prepares Bond a drink and as he hands it to Bond he says something along the lines of it being stirred, not shaken. Bond replies "perfect". Is that simply an errant line by Henderson that they missed in editing, or am I missing something obvious here?

 
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Statcruncher said:
Statcruncher said:
Inspired by this thread I started with Dr. No and have been going through them chronologically as well. A couple of weekends ago during a marathon I swear I heard some offer Bond a drink describing it as "stirred, not shaken". Was I hearing things? I think maybe it was Dikko Henderson in You Only Live Twice?
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Went back and checked it last night. It's about 22 minutes into You Only Live Twice when Bond first meets Dikko Henderson after the sumo match. Henderson prepares Bond a drink and as he hands it to Bond he says something along the lines of it being stirred, not shaken. Bond replies "perfect". Is that simply an errant line by Henderson that they missed in editing, or am I missing something obvious here?
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shaken,_not_stirred

The shaken Martini is mentioned twice in the first Bond film Dr. No (1962.) Once when Bond had presumably ordered a drink from Room Service to his hotel room, it is mixed by a waiter, who says "one medium dry vodka martini mixed like you said, sir, but not stirred" (a slice of lime was in the bottom of the glass.) Later, Dr. No presents Bond with a drink — "A medium dry martini, lemon peel. Shaken, not stirred."

Bond did not vocally order one himself until Goldfinger (1964). However, in the 1967 film You Only Live Twice, Bond's contact Henderson prepares a martini for Bond and says "That's, um, stirred not shaken. That was right, wasn't it?" To which Bond replies politely, "Perfect." Since then, each Bond has himself ordered the drink, except for two.

 
Statcruncher said:
Inspired by this thread I started with Dr. No and have been going through them chronologically as well. A couple of weekends ago during a marathon I swear I heard some offer Bond a drink describing it as "stirred, not shaken". Was I hearing things? I think maybe it was Dikko Henderson in You Only Live Twice?
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Funny, I remember hearing that too.

Wife gets back on Friday. In lieu of a nice dinner and evening out I think we'll stay home and watch a near 70 years old James Bond gum some villains to death.

 
Buckychudd said:
Statcruncher said:
Statcruncher said:
Inspired by this thread I started with Dr. No and have been going through them chronologically as well. A couple of weekends ago during a marathon I swear I heard some offer Bond a drink describing it as "stirred, not shaken". Was I hearing things? I think maybe it was Dikko Henderson in You Only Live Twice?
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Went back and checked it last night. It's about 22 minutes into You Only Live Twice when Bond first meets Dikko Henderson after the sumo match. Henderson prepares Bond a drink and as he hands it to Bond he says something along the lines of it being stirred, not shaken. Bond replies "perfect". Is that simply an errant line by Henderson that they missed in editing, or am I missing something obvious here?
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shaken,_not_stirred

The shaken Martini is mentioned twice in the first Bond film Dr. No (1962.) Once when Bond had presumably ordered a drink from Room Service to his hotel room, it is mixed by a waiter, who says "one medium dry vodka martini mixed like you said, sir, but not stirred" (a slice of lime was in the bottom of the glass.) Later, Dr. No presents Bond with a drink — "A medium dry martini, lemon peel. Shaken, not stirred."

Bond did not vocally order one himself until Goldfinger (1964). However, in the 1967 film You Only Live Twice, Bond's contact Henderson prepares a martini for Bond and says "That's, um, stirred not shaken. That was right, wasn't it?" To which Bond replies politely, "Perfect." Since then, each Bond has himself ordered the drink, except for two.
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The Bond in Skyfall that ordered a Heineken. :o

 
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