The OFFICIAL Quantum of Solace Thread

[Koray Savas 2,251]

For Your Eyes Only and The Spy Who Loved Me are Roger Moore's best Bond films. I also enjoy Moonraker because it has Jaws.

Goldeneye is not the best Bond movie, but it is probably my favorite. The one I would rather watch over and over.

[JoeinAR 1,949]

TSWLM can be entertaining enough from time to time, but from the Moore films I much prefer For Your Eyes Only.

I always thought FYEO was considered the best Moore Bond.

Mark, please as a long timer remember your primers, we've been over this, The Spy Who Loved Me is considered the top Roger Moore Bond, as is the song, as is the score (Moore era), do I need to sit you in the back with the newbies, jeez.

The movie has some seriously bad acting from Lynn Holly Johnson, to regular bad actor Julian Glover(yes Donovan himself). The beautiful french actress Carole Bouquet (with the male spelling of Carol) is as wooden as it gets. It gets 15 demerits for the so obvious bad bald cap the actor portraying Blofeld is wearing. I'm not saying its not good it is, any film with Topal and pistachio nuts is, but in an era where Bond films were supposed to be "fun" this one is rather raw, and not quite as good as Spy.

damn, now I must listen to Bond 77

[Neimoidian 14]

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damn, now I must listen to Bond 77

Damn, I wish I had never listened to it... What made John's Star Wars so influentail is that it stood against the type of music represented by Hamlish's Bond 77... The main song is stellar though and it's without doubt the best thing from Spy,... next to Barbara Bach's boobs, of course.

[JoeinAR 1,949]

your loss, great period piece of James bond music, yeah its Bond disco, but get over it, its a great piece of music.

and from a far better bond score than we've seen in 20 something years.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fRlOUV9uk9I

well off back to bed now.

[Neimoidian 14]

your loss, great period piece of James bond music, yeah its Bond disco, but get over it, its a great piece of music.

and from a far better bond score than we've seen in 20 something years.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fRlOUV9uk9I

well off back to bed now.

It's almost as unberable for me now as the use of Beach Boys cue in the AVtaK prologue.

Good night, Joey!

--- Chris, starting his day at work.

[JoeinAR 1,949]

Im only up because the deer are mating in the side yard and they are quite noisy, they woke my dog Frances, who in turn woke me.

[Mr. Breathmask 555]

Mark, please as a long timer remember your primers, we've been over this, The Spy Who Loved Me is considered the top Roger Moore Bond, as is the song, as is the score (Moore era), do I need to sit you in the back with the newbies, jeez.

I'm quite certain Moonraker generally gets rated above The Spy Who Loved Me, scorewise.

For Your Eyes Only is also a song that I still regularly hear on the radio, unlike Nobody Does It Better. Over here anyway.

Just because you love the movie so much doesn't mean everyone considers it the greatest Moore film, Joe.

[JoeinAR 1,949]

just because you don't rate it that high doesn't mean its not marc. And the song Nobody does it better is considered a standard now. Plus Im not basing it on my personal preference Im talking about many sources beyond personal opinion.

as for the score this board hasn't always been kind to TSWLM, but then its so youth oriented today, fewer and fewer even know it.

[Wycket 36]

just because you don't rate it that high doesn't mean its not marc. And the song Nobody does it better is considered a standard now. Plus Im not basing it on my personal preference Im talking about many sources beyond personal opinion.

as for the score this board hasn't always been kind to TSWLM, but then its so youth oriented today, fewer and fewer even know it.

I frequent quite a few Bond boards and never have I seen TSWLM score rated higher than Moonraker or even A View to a Kill. Personally, I tend to like FYEO better as a film due to the fact that its not simply a remake of YOLT (space ship replaced by subs). I think its hard to argue that they are Moore's best, however.

[Neimoidian 14]

Here is the snippet from the upcoming teaser trailer of QoS. Looks promising.

[JoeinAR 1,949]

I do hope they add a bit more humor to this upcoming Bond movie, it needs it, and the title is awful.

[Koray Savas 2,251]

Not enough puns for ya in Casino Royale?

[Unlucky Bastard 7,782]

Bring Roger Moore back!

[Koray Savas 2,251]

I miss the blatant sexual innuendo names for the Bond girls.

Miss Goodhead

Pussy Galore

Xena Onnatop

[JoeinAR 1,949]

Not enough puns for ya in Casino Royale?

not necessarily puns, but something to lighten it just a bit, it was lacking something, hell a wink of an eye.

[Unlucky Bastard 7,782]

Ah, I know exactly what it needs... an invisible car.

[JoeinAR 1,949]

don't piss me off Drax, with you stupid Potter cracks.

I like Bond not quite so dark, thats what makes him different. And get rid of the over the top stunts like on the cranes, that wasn't believable, it wasn't even particularly staged well. The fight at the airport looked like the fight in Desert Chase except on a runway.

I still liked the movie, but it could be so much better.

[Unlucky Bastard 7,782]

I didn't say anything about Potter, but I guess I'll die another day.

[FattyMcButterpants 1]

I like Bond not quite so dark, thats what makes him different.

Casino Royale is dark, that's what makes it different from other Bond films; and the series needed it quite badly.

The fight at the airport looked like the fight in Desert Chase except on a runway.

So, every time two people have a fight in a car, it's like the Desert Chase?

[JoeinAR 1,949]

are you dense Fatty?

it was obviously staged similarly to the Desert Chase, right down to the door breaking partially loose, and it wasn't a car, it was a truck.

[FattyMcButterpants 1]

Ok, so it's a truck ... *sigh*

That doesn't change anything - two people fight in a TRUCK! I don't know how often it's been done, and it doesn't always come down to the desert chase in Raiders.

[JoeinAR 1,949]

Ok, so it's a truck ... *sigh*

That doesn't change anything - two people fight in a TRUCK! I don't know how often it's been done, and it doesn't always come down to the desert chase in Raiders.

well then you must have never seen Raiders then, because it is very similarly staged once inside the cab.

I can't believe you don't even begin to understand the fundemental difference between a truck and a car

[FattyMcButterpants 1]

So, according to your logic, every time two people give it to each other in a car (or a truck, I don't know what the hell you're aiming at), it's "obviously" borrowed from the desert chase?

[JoeinAR 1,949]

ok fatty quit being just outright plain stupid.

If you can't see the similarities in the two fight sequences then you are blind.

[#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265]

Yes there are some similarities, but what exactly is your point?

Also, you are from the Moore era, yet you disaprove of over-the-top stunts?

Sometimes you make Morlock look good, pal!

[JoeinAR 1,949]

Yes there are some similarities, but what exactly is your point?

Also, you are from the Moore era, yet you disaprove of over-the-top stunts?

Sometimes you make Morlock look good, pal!

actully Stefan you're being as dense as fatty,

and thats pretty damned dense.

I have said this film looks more like a Timothy Dalton film, but I want more of the Connery humor, Moore humor, or Brosnan humor, hell even Lazenby got to have a bit of fun. Give the blonde Bond less of a cold heart. Perhaps if they didn't force that point so much. At the end I was like I get it, he's a cold hearted ba****d. The closest bit of humor was the I love you too line, which was good. I don't want these to get too funny, but if they are going to be Jason Bourne movies then whats the point.

[Unlucky Bastard 7,782]

Perhaps younger Bond is cold, ruthless and rather humourless, but as time goes on, we see him develop that "armor" that Vesper observes into a personality of humour and wisecracks in order to deal with his emotionally taxing job.

[FattyMcButterpants 1]

ok fatty quit being just outright plain stupid.

If you can't see the similarities in the two fight sequences then you are blind.

Of *course* there are similarities, that's the whole freaking point! Movies unintentionally copy other movies all the time! Of course I can see the similarities, but you make it sound as if Casino Royale intentionally copied Raiders.

[Neimoidian 14]

Actually there was humour in CR. Moreover, it was much funnier and wittier than the one in Moore era or last two Brosnan flicks, at least as far as I'm concerned. Bourne movies, though well made, never had the charm of Bond flicks and CR easily beats all of them in that matter. The good thing that latest 007 borrowed from Bourne series was the down-to-earth approach, which - as a matter of fact - was also present in early Connery and Dalton era.

As for stylistic similarities between Bond and Bourne series, the action scenes of the newest 007 flick were set up by the same guy, who was responsible for it in the Bourne movies, so there will be even more Bourne feel than CR.

[JoeinAR 1,949]

Actually there was humour in CR. Moreover, it was much funnier and wittier than the one in Moore era or last two Brosnan flicks, at least as far as I'm concerned. Bourne movies, though well made, never had the charm of Bond flicks and CR easily beats all of them in that matter. The good thing that latest 007 borrowed from Bourne series was the down-to-earth approach, which - as a matter of fact - was also present in early Connery and Dalton era.

As for stylistic similarities between Bond and Bourne series, the action scenes of the newest 007 flick were set up by the same guy, who was responsible for it in the Bourne movies, so there will be even more Bourne feel than CR.

I'd like to know where?

[#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265]

Give it up Chris, for Joe humour is Roger Moore dressed as a clown, or swining on a vine with the Tarzan yell dubbed in.

[JoeinAR 1,949]

Give it up Chris, for Joe humour is Roger Moore dressed as a clown, or swining on a vine with the Tarzan yell dubbed in.

et to Brute

[#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265]

I rather like Octopussy, The Spy Who Loved me and For Your Eyes Only.

But they are not really what I think of as James Bond.

[JoeinAR 1,949]

as for humor Steef I was more thinking along the lines of....

Do you expect me to talk,

I expect you to die, Mr. Bond.

Connery's Bond, and thats good situational humor.

[#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265]

There was some good stuff of that during the "ball-mincing" scene.

[Neimoidian 14]

Give it up Chris, for Joe humour is Roger Moore dressed as a clown, or swining on a vine with the Tarzan yell dubbed in.

I could not argue with that

as for humor Steef I was more thinking along the lines of....

Do you expect me to talk,

I expect you to die, Mr. Bond.

Connery's Bond, and thats good situational humor.

I can subscribe to that.

[Neimoidian 14]

Ok, the new one is already on-line

http://www.mi6.co.uk/sections/articles/bon...os&id=01943

It looks terrific IMO. Will I say the same after watching the complete movie? Time will tell.

[JoeinAR 1,949]

whats its release date?

[Mr. Breathmask 555]

Yay, 007.

And an extremely trailer-fied version of the Bond theme.

whats its release date?

Well, if you'd bothered to watch the trailer or even just click on Neimoidian's link, you'd have seen it was November 7 for North America and October 31st for the UK.

[Unlucky Bastard 7,782]

Wow! Looks good!

[Morlock 11]

The trailer doesn't look great, but doesn't look bad. The Casino Royale trailer was terrible, so I'm putting less stock than usual into this trailer.

[JoeinAR 1,949]

Yay, 007.

And an extremely trailer-fied version of the Bond theme.

whats its release date?

Well, if you'd bothered to watch the trailer or even just click on Neimoidian's link, you'd have seen it was November 7 for North America and October 31st for the UK.

if I was where I could watch the trailer I would, but I'm not, so I won't. but thanks for the date, even if you seem inconvienenced

[Koray Savas 2,251]

Trailer was great, looks awesome.

[Mr. Breathmask 555]

if I was where I could watch the trailer I would, but I'm not, so I won't.

Oh. Well, forget I mentioned it then.

But it was in the article (albeit tucked away at the bottom).

[JoeinAR 1,949]

if I was where I could watch the trailer I would, but I'm not, so I won't.

Oh. Well, forget I mentioned it then.

But it was in the article (albeit tucked away at the bottom).

well I will look at it when I get home, I forgot that today was the release of it.

[MSM 126]

It might have been the perfect new Bond film, if Brosnan had starred.

I liked Brosnan. A lot. But he's not as good an actor as Craig, IMO. His best roles have been Bond and anti-Bonds (Matador, Tailor of Panama). I haven't seen much beside that. Though he is immensely likable to be sure.

I have seen him Road to Perdition where he is a total psychic. But he is a good actor. Still I would have preferred Clive Owen for the role.

[Koray Savas 2,251]

Clive Owen would be a great Bond. I'm watching the BMW Films right now actually.

[Morlock 11]

My post is confusing...the roles I mentioned were Brosnan ones. I haven't seen Craig in much, but I've loved him where I've seen him. I thought he was absolutely fantastic in Road to Perdition (though the cast was uniformly excellent in that one).

[Koray Savas 2,251]

Road To Perdition is a film I should watch more often. I watched it recently and forgot how good it is.

[Morlock 11]

It's one of my favorite films of recent years.

Clive Owen would be a great Bond. I'm watching the BMW Films right now actually.

Thanks for reminding me, I felt like watching those again. Beat The Devil is probably the best work Tony Scott has done.