put together, that is
― mh 😏, Tuesday, 14 February 2017 23:42 (seven years ago) link
it is fun to imagine the desert base explosion and the helicopter crash, meeting each other for the first time, then awkwardly settling on drinks, not coffee
― El Tomboto, Wednesday, 15 February 2017 02:08 (seven years ago) link
then mh glances at them out together, from his booth, and thinks "this displeases me"
― El Tomboto, Wednesday, 15 February 2017 02:10 (seven years ago) link
... and wonders 'should i be enjoying this?'
― kellyanne amway (remy bean), Wednesday, 15 February 2017 02:12 (seven years ago) link
the shadowy silhouette of Waltz looks on as one assassin auditions for the job by killing another
then a minute later he's addressing Bond with too much dialogue
― mh 😏, Wednesday, 15 February 2017 02:25 (seven years ago) link
Genuinely forgot most/all of the plot points on this.
― Elvis Telecom, Wednesday, 15 February 2017 04:52 (seven years ago) link
A month(ish) later, I already find the film fading from memory, but I still think that Waltz's brand of ham is just what the series needed.
― some sad trombone Twilight Zone shit (cryptosicko), Wednesday, 15 February 2017 05:46 (seven years ago) link
Nolan doing Bond #25?
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/C-68zccXoAsD3mi.jpg
― Dan Worsley, Wednesday, 3 May 2017 18:30 (six years ago) link
From
IMDbPro - because this is totally info worth paying for. pic.twitter.com/jW4LwWwqbv— Phil Nobile Jr. (@PhilNobileJr) May 3, 2017
― Dan Worsley, Wednesday, 3 May 2017 18:32 (six years ago) link
uh-oh
― gnaw on my meat oreo (bizarro gazzara), Wednesday, 3 May 2017 18:39 (six years ago) link
might be a good time to start that 'nolan vs mendes: which is lix's most bad and hated' poll i've had in mind for a while
― gnaw on my meat oreo (bizarro gazzara), Wednesday, 3 May 2017 18:45 (six years ago) link
i can imagine a Nolan 007 being better than the Mendes ones. i mean i think Nolan is capable of making movies that are not boring and ever so slightly less portentous.
― nomar, Wednesday, 3 May 2017 18:48 (six years ago) link
Might nip to the bookies and put a tenner on Tom Hardy as next Bond.
― Dan Worsley, Wednesday, 3 May 2017 18:49 (six years ago) link
Mendes is the director who portrays in his films a dumb person's idea of an emotional, thoughtful manNolan is the director who portrays in his films a dumb person's idea of a thinking man
― a landlocked exclave (mh), Wednesday, 3 May 2017 19:18 (six years ago) link
or maybe they make movies for people who think they're emotional/deep thinkers but are not
otm
― gnaw on my meat oreo (bizarro gazzara), Wednesday, 3 May 2017 19:21 (six years ago) link
the best Bond director since the peak era has been Martin Campbell, who is exactly what Bond requires: someone skillful and unflashy and who understands exactly what makes Bond movies good. the humorously smug, very smart, and slightly more woke Bond of Casino Royale was pretty damn perfect, it's actually kind of depressing how the last three films made him humorlessly smug, dumb, and completely retrograde.
― nomar, Wednesday, 3 May 2017 19:57 (six years ago) link
― a landlocked exclave (mh), Wednesday, 3 May 2017 20:01 (six years ago) link
Agree. Also, weirdly, License to Kill has some exceptional action scenes - exciting, well-choreographed and shot, nifty stunt ideas - and the slow bits are luxurious and fun. It's (obvs) much better than Glen's other Bonds. I don't really understand second units and editors and cinematographers - presumably a change of hands there?
― Chuck_Tatum, Wednesday, 3 May 2017 21:29 (six years ago) link
I wondered if anyone would rescore the opening sequence, they dropped the ball by not using the Radiohead song.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o4mIWoLg69Y
― Dan Worsley, Thursday, 7 December 2017 20:30 (six years ago) link
It's better, not that it's hard to top the Sam Smith doodle. Tomorrow Never Dies's intro rescored with kd lang's song is the best of these.
― Einstein, Bazinga, Sitar (abanana), Thursday, 7 December 2017 21:05 (six years ago) link
i love that kd lang song
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 8 December 2017 00:14 (six years ago) link
I love the Radiohead theme, though I can sort of see why they didn't go with it - you can't really make out the lyrics.
― chap, Friday, 8 December 2017 12:09 (six years ago) link
But yeah the Sam Smith one really is crap.
― chap, Friday, 8 December 2017 12:10 (six years ago) link
The Kd Lang song is nice, yes, but the actual Sheryl Crow theme is one of the best in Bond.
― abcfsk, Friday, 8 December 2017 12:11 (six years ago) link
Really? Not even top 10, tbh.
― chap, Friday, 8 December 2017 12:12 (six years ago) link
Surely there has been a poll for the bond songs, right ?
― AlXTC from Paris, Friday, 8 December 2017 12:16 (six years ago) link
I think the much hated post-Goldeneye Brosnan era was strong in terms of themes that were just playful enough and not just Shirley Bassey pastiche ala Adele and Sam.
― abcfsk, Friday, 8 December 2017 12:21 (six years ago) link
A poll would be good
― abcfsk, Friday, 8 December 2017 12:24 (six years ago) link
I'm convinced there's already been one, but I can't find it.
― chap, Friday, 8 December 2017 12:30 (six years ago) link
voilà !
What's the best Bond theme?
― AlXTC from Paris, Friday, 8 December 2017 12:50 (six years ago) link
but it's a bit old... might need a re-match
The rightful winner is shamefully low.
― chap, Friday, 8 December 2017 12:55 (six years ago) link
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― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Friday, 8 December 2017 13:31 (six years ago) link
I love kd but the sheryl tune has a way better melody, and an actual chorus, whereas the kd is just an (admittedly fun) mess of Bassey pastiche atmospherics
Still better than Smith or Adele though
Imo "license to kill" is the great underrated bond theme
― Chuck_Tatum, Friday, 8 December 2017 14:43 (six years ago) link
I somehow don't hate the Smith one but it's still not a contender in the Bond theme sweepstakes
― mh, Friday, 8 December 2017 14:44 (six years ago) link
also the moody string bit after the 2nd chorus on the sheryl is goooorgeous
― Chuck_Tatum, Friday, 8 December 2017 14:47 (six years ago) link
I don't understand why they haven't asked Goldfrapp yet, or would that be too obvious?
― licorice oratorio (baaderonixx), Friday, 8 December 2017 16:10 (six years ago) link
presumably it's because they look at how much of a profile the act has in the US, unfortunately
― mh, Friday, 8 December 2017 16:15 (six years ago) link
do usa’ers give a fuck about sam smith?
― straightedge is just volcel for vegans (bizarro gazzara), Friday, 8 December 2017 16:23 (six years ago) link
Right before he performed the SPECTRE theme:At the 57th Annual Grammy Awards, held on 8 February 2015, at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, Smith performed "Stay with Me" and also received four Grammy Awards: Best New Artist, Record of the Year and Song of the Year (for "Stay with Me") and Best Pop Vocal Album (for In the Lonely Hour)
with a few exceptions (Cornell, maybe) nearly all of the last 20 years of Bond themes has been artists either at their commercial peak in the US, or with a couple top singles within the last year
― mh, Friday, 8 December 2017 16:27 (six years ago) link
they just offer it to whoever got the most solo vocal artist grammy awards half the time
I assume there's a preference towards acts on Sony labels -- Cornell, Jack White, Alicia Keys, Adele were all on Sony. Sam Smith wasn't.
― Einstein, Bazinga, Sitar (abanana), Friday, 8 December 2017 18:24 (six years ago) link
A View To A Kill is the only one that seems to get regular play as just a pop song from its era. Just heard it played in this restaurant in fact.
― El Tomboto, Friday, 8 December 2017 23:12 (six years ago) link
god that was rubbish
― you shoulda killfiled me last year (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, 2 January 2018 13:54 (six years ago) link
Quite enjoyed it in the cinema, but caught a bit of it on TV last night and wasn't at all impressed.
― chap, Tuesday, 2 January 2018 13:56 (six years ago) link
Well.....I mean you've seen mendes other bonds?
― remember the lmao (darraghmac), Tuesday, 2 January 2018 13:58 (six years ago) link
this was the first Craig one i didn't see on a big screen, landscape porn and booming sound system would've improved the experience but i feel like somebody should've written a story for it
― you shoulda killfiled me last year (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, 2 January 2018 13:58 (six years ago) link
how does anybody fucking waste Christoph Waltz?
― you shoulda killfiled me last year (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, 2 January 2018 13:59 (six years ago) link
only the fact that i was watching it with my mum stopped me from putting my foot thru the telly