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A belated appreciation for the Lazenby Bond.
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A belated appreciation for the Lazenby Bond.
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Best Bond Ski Movie per original post before splats buzz wore off:
https://youtu.be/RaEU_A405zA
Duh. What a dork. Wake and bake was brutal this am, changed the title.
That's a good one but #1 is Goldfinger, #2 Dr. No
You can’t go changing the damn title. How is that even possible anyway?Quote:
Originally Posted by splat
Best Bond Movie is way different than Best Bond Ski Movie.
I thought OHMSS was the one where Rick Sylvester did the jump.Quote:
Originally Posted by mcski
You ruined my fantasy. I knew someone who was in some of the scenes in OHMSS.
If you go advanced on an edit, it can be done. The change stands..
So who is the best bond girl?
Diana Rigg.Quote:
Originally Posted by JimmyCarter
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fzCIbhLUUA0
Maybe best Bond stunts...my intro to Bond was the parachute ski jump but I like this one more. Someone on the set did it for cash if I recall correctly
ThisQuote:
Originally Posted by GeezerSteve
Not going to watch the new one, ever.
Goldfinger has to be #1.
The Spy Who Loved Me for the ski scene and Carly Simon's "Nobody Does it Better" theme for #2.
Die Another Day. Epic.
Octopussy
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I fify’d myselfQuote:
Originally Posted by Harry
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That is up there in the top 10 awesome things that anyone has ever done on skis.Quote:
Originally Posted by mcski
I hope whoever decided to put the slide whistle in there lost their job.Quote:
Originally Posted by wickstad
Probably blasphemy to some, but
#1 Skyfall
#2 Casino Royale (2006)
What kind of bindings are they using?Quote:
Originally Posted by splat
Asking for a friend.
There is an almost feverishly cultish love of OHMSS out in the wilds of the Webz...
http://www.google.com/search?client=...UTF-8&oe=UTF-8
For me, the Union Jack base jump from The Spy Who Loved Me is straight up tits in regards to skiing stunts culled from the Bond archives.
But my personal favorite film is For Your Eyes Only. It has the least amount of hokey gadgets and Roger Moore plays the role rather straight. I re-watched it recently and it's aged pretty well, plus I have a bit of a soft spot for it in terms of nostalgia as it was the second Bond film I ever saw in the theater (Moonraker was the first).
Definitely my #2 theme song as well. My #1 is Sheena Easton's "For Your Eyes Only":Quote:
Originally Posted by Garth Bimble
Agreed! The theme song still gives me the feels when I hear it.Quote:
Originally Posted by dookey67
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I'm torn on WHICH Bond, though. I usually say that Connery was the best Bond hands down, but I'm pretty partial to Roger Moore as well but that could also be nostalgia talking since I grew up with his films as a kid. He was a damn good Bond no matter what, though.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8kNksLL0sv4
Weren't those intros just the greatest?! Dang. Now I need to go on (yet another) 007 binge watch. I own all of them but the newest film.
This was definitely not one of the best Bond films ever, but I always enjoyed the opening scene of A View To A Kill. One of the first mainstream snowboard scenes. Tom Sims if I recall correctly.
https://youtu.be/XoLU3Jdbybw
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Liked the Cortina scenery and skiing in the bobsled run...Quote:
Originally Posted by dookey67
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Originally Posted by jerlane
Did Sims do a swallowtail board? He wasn't Winterstick was he?
For me #1 is Casino Royale (2006)
I wanted to fuck Barbara Carrera sooooo badly back in the day.
Have you heard that Billie Eilish is going to sing the new James Bond theme, No Time To Die? What do you think about it?
I adore Kusturica's movies. As for Bond, I like Casino Royale.
totally agree.Quote:
Originally Posted by cbgarrett
Jumper Bones!!!! Nice to see you drop by ever so often.
I agree with the first post.
George Lazenby. Understated bond
The only bond to get married. Then she dies. Ohh the irony
The song is already out and to my mind it came out pretty Bondish. I like it.Quote:
Originally Posted by jfak7670
Anybody seen this post-Bond Lazenby Ozploitation classic?
Mr. Lazenby discussing how he got Bond role:
https://www.express.co.uk/entertainm...No-Time-To-Die
“Becoming Bond” seems like it’ll be a good documentary
Brolin, James Brolin...
https://screenrant.com/james-bond-ro...-audition/amp/
Die Another Day
What is your quarantine wish list?
I have a long-awaited array of movies to finish
- The Shawshank Redemption
- Good Will Hunting
- Forrest Gump
- Pulp Fiction
- American Beauty
- The Usual Suspects
- Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
- The Green Mile
- Requiem for a Dream
- Fight Club
- Memento
- AI- Artificial Intelligence
- Schindler's List
- Confessions
- Inglourious Basterds
- Django Unchained
- Gattaca
- Blue Valentine
- The Pianist
These are some of them. It's a never-ending one though.
A.I. Artificial Intelligence is a gleaming and emotionally wrecking masterwork that is simply overlooked. For years I've heard about this film. When I sat down to watch it little did I know that I would be blown away! The characters have the depth to them, and it really is amazing how well Spielberg made the character of David. Mainly because he is an IoT service/AI based who is unfortunately blighted with sentience. His "Mother" makes a poor choice that yes at the moment gave her a child, but in the end, David will always be looking for his mother. He will constantly be looking for his mother's love. The ending is truly heartbreaking but overall is pretty amazing how well done it was. Haley Joel Osment is brilliant in this movie. His play in this film especially during the climax tears me to shreds. The emotional beats are there clearly, but I've always appreciated the world-building in this film. It really isn't that far fetched when you sit and think about the technology we have today and the technology that we will have in the future. Stanley Kubrick in 1968 showed the world that A.I can be fairly dangerous when given too much power. Steven Spielberg, on the other hand, shows us that giving something that is immortal and machine sentience and the need for love will leave it alone. Which is really what we all fear right? The feeling of being alone, but you see we all have something that David did not have. Something he wanted from the moment he was left by his mother. We are real humans. We have emotions and we have loving connections. Sadly David will never have that. At least, of course, that's what Joe and many seemed to believe. The end like I said with the aliens who live in a time where there are no shreds of humanity left. They give David what he always wanted. Love from his mother, and to be a real boy. Though he will never wake up he will be happy forever. Isn't that beautiful. AI is an overlooked masterpiece that I implore you to seek out. You won't regret it.
I think that Casino Royale is the best Bond movie
In you are looking for something to do whilst quarantining/SIPing, you could always undertake the task of watching all the Bond films in chronological order...
https://www.ign.com/videos/theres-on...rds-chronology
Barbara BachQuote:
Originally Posted by JimmyCarter
Daniela Bianchi
Britt Ekland
Diana Rigg
Halle Berry