[Tim Glover]

Good stuff Mike. You've raised your own bar. Not bad...and actually got me in the mood for Casino Royale again!

[MikeRS]

Thank you kindly, Tim.

Analyzing the film actually got me in the mood as well.

[Holadem]

Someone desperately needs to get laid, and it ain't James Bond

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H - (lotsa pent up stuff...)

[Brian D H]

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Originally Posted by Holadem

Someone desperately needs to get laid, and it ain't James Bond

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H - (lotsa pent up stuff...)

Um, yeah. But I would never subject any woman to that.

(Can we all just relax a bit?)

[BrettB]

Good one Holadem. LMAO.

[TheLongshot]

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Originally Posted by Richard--W

No I'm not and no he wasn't. Paul was trying to derail my post with his idiotic putdowns. Paul doesn't need you to defend him. Let him stick up for himself or let him shut up.

I'm not defending him as much as agreeing with him. You need to lighten up. Fact is, people are going to disagree with you. Get used to it.

Going back to your main point, that this Bond is neutered by PC-ness, I disagree. You claim that M wins all the arguments, but actually she doesn't. She wants to reign him in, but he goes out there and proves his worth by going out on his own and getting the information she needs. But, there is a lot of times that she's right because she has experience on her side. This isn't a male vs female thing, but a youth vs experience thing.

Let's take one instance. M taking Bond to task for his over-the-top behavior in the first mission. Her criticism is well earned, and really takes to task one of my wife's biggest beefs with Bond: he doesn't act like a good spy. In the previous movies, he'd get into a bunch of these rather public scrapes, having the police after him all over the place. Hell, sometimes he doesn't even bother with a cover identity. You'd think that in reality, his behavior would make him useless as a spy pretty quickly, considering that everyone would know his face.

It makes for nifty film, but hurts believability. For most Bond films, it has primarily been male fantasy.

Casino Royale is a great film because it makes Bond human again. It doesn't wink at the audience.

Jason

[Tino]

What a hilarious thread.

Btw, LOVE the film!

[Richard--W]

I work with script writers and actors every day. I'm used to discussing character motivation and story structure on a deeper and more professional level than is reflected in the above posts in which you ridicule me. If you think my post was funny, you should hear what experienced, working actors and script writers are saying about this movie. Ridicule is easy and childish. You're entitled to your opinions as fanboys and members of the audience, but you wouldn't last a microsecond in the real world. Talking to you is a waste of time.

[BrettB]

LMAO

l8r dude

[Paul McElligott]

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Originally Posted by Richard--W

I work with script writers and actors every day. I'm used to discussing character motivation and story structure on a deeper and more professional level than is reflected in the above posts in which you ridicule me. If you think my post was funny, you should hear what experienced, working actors and script writers are saying about this movie. Ridicule is easy and childish. You're entitled to your opinions as fanboys and members of the audience, but you wouldn't last a microsecond in the real world. Talking to you is a waste of time.

Backs slowly out of the room, throwing a slab of raw meat into the corner as a distraction.

[Paul_Scott]

this is my last word on this (off the rails)subject- but I was sending a PM last night and I noticed I had gotten one from Richard a couple months back. Apparently, out of this whole forum, he is the only other person who knew who Gordon Scott was when I posted the obit notice. He also at that time graciously offered to hook me up (i'm assuming free of charge) with copies of some certain films that remain curiously unavailable in legitimate R1 editions.
I declined, but I did thank him for the o