Fair point but at least that one has gratuitous explosions and killing. The Man with Three Nipples is just boring.I will throw out the last hour of Moonraker as competition.He has to make it through the last hour of The Man with the Golden Gun first. That's about as bad as 007 gets.I like that one but feel that way about the last 2 Moore and Brosnan films.If you make it through "The Living Daylights" you are a better man than me.
The people making the Bond films literally lost the plot after The Lazenby Affair. The three movies that followed (DAF, LALD & TMWTGG) made very little sense. The plots were just excuses to string together chase scenes and side characters popped in and out with no rhyme or reason. I guess they figured the audience would be happy as long as they were give enough action. The first two of the movies were financially successful so maybe the filmmakers were right. The Man with Golden Gun continued with this formula but for some reason (budget?, shooting schedule?), the action was really toned down. The car jump, complete with slide whistle, is the only memorable bit from the movie. Other than that, it's probably the the most static and dull of the 007 movies. The storyline is extremely flimsy (especially in the second half) and there aren't any good supporting characters except for Scaramanga.
The Man with Three Nipples would have locked her in the trunk of his flying carWife just walked out of the room in disgust.
I love that she opened the trunk, looked out, then closed it. That's not even like the 12th-most unbelievable thing that's happened.The Man with Three Nipples would have locked her in the trunk of his flying carWife just walked out of the room in disgust.
In the next one, his car does something else you don't see every dayPLANE CAR
I am dying here.
The best thing about the flying car is that it's an AMC Matador. Scaramanga gets $1M per job, has a solid gold gun that shoots gold bullets, has three nipples and want to control the world. But he drives a Rambler because he's a sensible sociopath.In the next one, his car does something else you don't see every dayPLANE CAR
I am dying here.
You'll never guess.They're going back to that stupid funhouse aren't they?
this may be the worst hour.You'll never guess.They're going back to that stupid funhouse aren't they?
My kids became big 007 fans after we took them to a big Bond exhibit at the Science Museum in London. They've seen all of them except for Dr. No because my daughter hates spiders. They were probably 11 and 7 when we watched The Man with Golden Gun. Even they saw the climax coming about 15 minutes before the movie dragged to its conclusion.
She and her legal team are currently reviewing your marriage vows to see if the words "A View to a Kill" are explicitly mentionedBond is working on the solar beam and wife says "maybe he'll get blown up and we won't have to watch 20 more of these."
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She and her legal team are currently reviewing your marriage vows to see if the words "A View to a Kill" are explicitly mentionedBond is working on the solar beam and wife says "maybe he'll get blown up and we won't have to watch 20 more of these."
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Yeah, he was always a favorite of mine. He gets a little more screen time 'out in the field' later on. You will here his name in "The Spy Who Loved Me". Here is a website on his Bond appearances: http://jamesbond.wikia.com/wiki/Q_(Desmond_Llewelyn)Big fan but seems underused.Cap, how do you like "Q" ?
The briefcase full of diamonds blew up in his face...the man still had diamonds lodged in his face nine months later.Was it really that bad? I thought it was better then The World is Not Enough....That's it...wow. I put it out of my memory...so very awful. I'm physically angry for having seen that movie.Die Another DayWhich one had the guy with diamonds in his face? That thing was absolute dreck...could there possibly be one worse than that one?
If so...I need to queue it up just because I'm a glutton for punishment and refuse to believe there's any in this series worse than that pile of elephant excrement.
Brosnan best to worst: Goldeneye, Die Another Day, Tomorrow Never Dies, The World is Not Enough
I may have to jump into a marathon as well. I remember liking Octo##### and a View to a Kill, but I only 10 or so. Guess the nostalgia gets me.
I hope creating this thread doesn't lead to updates in the "Marriage...When is it over?" thread.Bond is working on the solar beam and wife says "maybe he'll get blown up and we won't have to watch 20 more of these."
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Nah. We just took a 3-week road trip where we went to a bunch of college football games and the hockey hall of fame. She's been a bucs season ticket holder for four years with me. This won't break her.TheAristocrat said:I hope creating this thread doesn't lead to updates in the "Marriage...When is it over?" thread.Capella said:Bond is working on the solar beam and wife says "maybe he'll get blown up and we won't have to watch 20 more of these."
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Not to be outstaged in the Bond director "I give up, this script is incredibly dull and stupid" hall of shame ... until Tarzan.Capella said:SLIDE WHISTLE!!!!
No ####, I posted that on her Facebook status last night, along with this:
I still love seeing the old geezer perform this one.I think these movies may be rotting your brain. Live and Let Die theme = GOAT.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hh0VF6s-UYUYoutube of slide whistle? I'm drawing a blank and I feel like I've seen all these.
We had that on last night and my 12 y.o. boy asks at the scene with Halle Barry and the lasers "Why don't they just kill her?" Smart kid.tdoss said:The briefcase full of diamonds blew up in his face...the man still had diamonds lodged in his face nine months later.B Maverick said:Was it really that bad? I thought it was better then The World is Not Enough....tdoss said:That's it...wow. I put it out of my memory...so very awful. I'm physically angry for having seen that movie.Mr. Ected said:Die Another Daytdoss said:Which one had the guy with diamonds in his face? That thing was absolute dreck...could there possibly be one worse than that one?
If so...I need to queue it up just because I'm a glutton for punishment and refuse to believe there's any in this series worse than that pile of elephant excrement.
Brosnan best to worst: Goldeneye, Die Another Day, Tomorrow Never Dies, The World is Not Enough
I may have to jump into a marathon as well. I remember liking Octo##### and a View to a Kill, but I only 10 or so. Guess the nostalgia gets me.
It still angers me.
Is this also the one where Bond parachuted off a cliff into wind surfing a giant wave? Or that freaking laser that might set off the landmines between North and South Korea?
God...I don't know anymore...I really had a deep hatred for this series during Brosnan's run.
I'm back onboard now but during his run it was like a parody. It was worse than Austin Powers because it tried to come off as serious and not just schtick like Austin Powers.
I may have to go back and try to watch that run again...hopefully time has healed those wounds.
I still want to run up and slap someone on the street...anyone...HARD...and yell, "THAT was for casting Remington F'ING Steele!!!"
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The sad part is it's really a brilliant stunt and they add in the slide-whistle and cheapen it. The stunt driver must have been pissed when he saw the final take.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hh0VF6s-UYUYoutube of slide whistle? I'm drawing a blank and I feel like I've seen all these.
I couldn't place the slide-whistle reference at all.
How did they pull that off. Was it just a flat ramp on the other side that let one front wheel off early?Youtube of slide whistle? I'm drawing a blank and I feel like I've seen all these.
The Tarzan call. Yeah, totally forgot about that in Octo#####. Hmmm, maybe my 10 year-old self's sense of "entertainment" may be clouding my judgement on that movie.Not to be outstaged in the Bond director "I give up, this script is incredibly dull and stupid" hall of shame ... until Tarzan.Capella said:SLIDE WHISTLE!!!!
I think it was a curved ramp similar to the one they landed on. You can see the car start to rotate before it leaves the ramp.Youtube of slide whistle? I'm drawing a blank and I feel like I've seen all these.
Holy crap, this is very cool. Top Gear attempts to replicate the stunt....and fails miserably.Youtube of slide whistle? I'm drawing a blank and I feel like I've seen all these.
I'm gonna bet that they used two cars to do this. One to show the leaving the ramp and one to show the landing. The one that they sent out off the ramp to start was unmanned and just ended up in the river. The second likely was done from an elevated height and maybe on some sort of curve, or they let the front left drive keep on the gas while the right side of the car had the road run out and it was flat. They shot is a cutaway and isn't a complete shot of the whole sequence, or could have been stitched together with the technology at the time (Think parent trap).Youtube of slide whistle? I'm drawing a blank and I feel like I've seen all these.
I can't complain. I was 13 and my take away on that movie was I need to figure out how to make that yo-yo saw work.The Tarzan call. Yeah, totally forgot about that in Octo#####. Hmmm, maybe my 10 year-old self's sense of "entertainment" may be clouding my judgement on that movie.Not to be outstaged in the Bond director "I give up, this script is incredibly dull and stupid" hall of shame ... until Tarzan.Capella said:SLIDE WHISTLE!!!!
Still love the super cheesy theme song from that one. "We're an all time hiiiiiiiiigggggggggghhhhhhhhhhhhh!"
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