Bond 26 (2 Viewers)

[jayembee]

Moonraker is one of the few Bond films I have never seen. When I saw the poster with Bond in a space suit I just couldn't bring myself to watch it.

Moonraker wasn't great Bond, but it was better than several others. If for no other reason, its existence is justified by how much of it was wonderfully imitated by Brad Bird for The Incredibles.

And a name like Holly Goodhead belongs in a National Lampoon or Mad Magazine spoof.

I can't argue with that, but then, it doesn't seem to me much worse than, say, Pussy Galore. Or Xenia Onatopp.

 

[Worth]

It never occurred to me that anyone in his profession should ever actually like what they're doing. It seems rather a "lie back, close your eyes, and think of Mother England" kind of job to me.

It does, but then you're probably better off sticking with Le Carré over Fleming.

 

[Sam Favate]

I know people insist it was outlandish, but I always liked Moonraker. The first three-fourths of the movie are classic Bond, and Moore is terrific in this one. Yes, the outer space stuff pushed the limits of believability, but no more so than the hollowed-out volcano in You Only Live Twice or the spacecraft-swallowing spacecraft in Diamonds Are Forever. Unlike Connery in those outings, Moore does not look bored in the role. And I’ll take Moonraker any day over the invisible car and frozen hotel in Die Another Day, which is the nadir for the series.

As for Craig, his first and last movies are great, but the three in between (yes, even Skyfall) suffer from writing that goes from bad to abysmal, not to mention the unrelenting grim tone and lack of levity. (And the whole plot of M as Bond’s substitute mommy would’ve made Connery laugh.)

There have been a few high points in the last 35 years, but I’ll take Bond’s first 25 years over anything that’s come since.

 

[Worth]

I can't argue with that, but then, it doesn't seem to me much worse than, say, Pussy Galore. Or Xenia Onatopp.

Or Honey Rider. I think many of the so-called excesses of the film series actually originate in the novels. Dr. No has metal hands and is drowned in bird guano in the book, while Bond engages in hand-to-tentacle combat with a giant squid.

 

[Worth]

Moonraker is very silly, but I think it's solidly made and has a consistency of tone, which is a lot more than you can say for the subsequent Moore and Dalton films, which lurch jarringly from goofy gags to harder-edged violence.

 

[jayembee]

It does, but then you're probably better off sticking with Le Carré over Fleming.

Well, I certainly do prefer Le Carré to Fleming.

 

[Mikael Soderholm]

And a name like Holly Goodhead belongs in a National Lampoon or Mad Magazine spoof.

Like Pussy Galore (I must be dreaming) or Plenty O'Toole (But of course you are, named after your father, perhaps?)
Bond girls had the stupidest names then.

 

[Desslar]

Like Pussy Galore (I must be dreaming) or Plenty O'Toole (But of course you are, named after your father, perhaps?)
Bond girls had the stupidest names then.

Stupidly amazing names.

 

[Malcolm R]

I think Austin Powers showed how ridiculous the names had become with Alotta Fagina.

"Pardon? A whole lotta what, now?"

 

[Alex...]

 

[Malcolm R]

Someone at Exhibitor Relations has too much free time on their hands.

 

[Winston T. Boogie]

Pondering Bond through Ian Fleming:

How did Fleming imagine what James Bond looked like? Like this...

Did he believe James Bond was a gentleman? Absolutely not. Fleming said Bond was "a cad, a snob, and a sexist" and this was what he loved most about his creation.

How would Fleming feel if you changed Bond from a cad, a snob, and a sexist? According to people that knew him, he would absolutely detest it. He did not want Bond softened in any way.

 

[Osato]

Some great 007 April fools day news!

Here’s another one:
It took me a minute….

Licence revoked for tobacco as cigarettes will be digitally removed from James Bond films

James Bond news at MI6-HQ.com

www.mi6-hq.com

 

[Mikael Soderholm]

Actually, that is not such a bad idea. Better than finding a way to resurrect Bond anyway.

 

[Nelson Au]

Some great 007 April fools day news!

Here’s another one:
It took me a minute….

Licence revoked for tobacco as cigarettes will be digitally removed from James Bond films

James Bond news at MI6-HQ.com

www.mi6-hq.com

I saw that about digitally removing the cigarettes. It had me going for a while.

 

[Winston T. Boogie]

Didn't Spielberg digitally remove guns from ET? I thought that was a thing.

 

[Alex...]

Fake trailer showing Henry Cavill as Bond (So do you think he would be perfect as the next 007?)

Henry Cavill James Bond Trailer Gets 2.3M Views Despite Being An AI Fake

Co-starring Margot Robbie is a nice touch.

www.hollywoodreporter.com

 

[jayembee]

I think he'd be fine (and I did before seeing this).

Even if I didn't know going in that this was a fake, it was obvious from any number of shots. Still, it was amusing.

 

[Worth]

I'd rather they go with a relative unknown, à la Connery, Dalton and Craig.

 

[Jake Lipson]

Henry Cavill is certainly a good actor. I wouldn't complain if it's him. But he's already done the spy thing with both Fallout and Argylle.