AVTAK has its problems but I think it was actually a great swansong for Moore.
Back on Topic: I was watching the Goldfinger yesterday and the car crushing scene kind of took me out of the film slightly. It would've been incredibly effective if they sat a dummy in the back seat of the car but as it stands you can clearly see that the car is 100% empty. Still an classic scene though.
Also Goldfingers dubbing is laughable in some parts but I rather enjoy that for some reason. )
....and the best he ever managed was a sermon on the mount.
I too enjoy AVTAK but it's probably only out of my liking of Sir Roger.
Although as with all Bonds it has a few great scenes. I love Zorin
Shooting the official in his office and Bond's reaction. -{
"I've been informed that there ARE a couple of QAnon supporters who are fairly regular posters in AJB."
A New one from Octopussy. The tracker in Bonds watch is clearly beeping like mad when he wakes up in the monsoon palace so surely the bad guys would've heard it beeping throughout the time they took him to the palace and taken it off him. Unless the egg was out of range 8-)
....and the best he ever managed was a sermon on the mount.
LTK: Felix talking to Bond on the telephone near the end and being cheery despite that the fact he lost his wife and nearly died himself. Also the fact that Felix was now employed by the DEA instead of the Central Intelligence Agency could have better explained in the dialogue since I understand that many fans were a little confused as to who Felix was employed by when they saw the film.
Of the three you listed, this is probably the only one that's not the fault of the script or the actor. Infamously, nobody told David Hedison that his wife would not only die, but--err--"be given a great honeymoooooon" by Dario. Hedison apparently filmed the scene as if he'd been mauled by a shark, but didn't know anything about Felix losing his wife and acted the scene as if he still had his wife!
I had a similar thought only I thought if it had have been Q who'd
been killed, perhaps dying in Bond's arms. It would have really
Cranked up the revenge element.
"I've been informed that there ARE a couple of QAnon supporters who are fairly regular posters in AJB."
Why did Hugo Drax want Bond dead after the first meeting? Bond wasn't even investigating Drax himself, but the whereabouts of the missing Moonraker shuttle. By arranging for Bond to be killed, Drax had put himself under suspicion at that point.
Have you ever heard of the Emancipation Proclamation?"
Why did Hugo Drax want Bond dead after the first meeting? Bond wasn't even investigating Drax himself, but the whereabouts of the missing Moonraker shuttle. By arranging for Bond to be killed, Drax had put himself under suspicion at that point.
Probably because he knew Bond would find him out sooner or later...better to have the next best try and work it out than THE best -{
It could also be that Drax was based on Hitler, so probably thought of himself as Invincible, and
after all Bond was just a lowly intelligence agent, so an accident could be arranged. Without
causing any problems. -{
"I've been informed that there ARE a couple of QAnon supporters who are fairly regular posters in AJB."
When the villains find out who Bond is and instead of killing him outright insist on either imprisoning him so he can escape or reveal their operation so he can make plans to destroy it or have time to call in some kind of backup to help him defeat the villains.
Credit Fleming and the screenwriters for at least allowing Bond to fight his way out of being killed and escape (Grant fight in the train, GF on the jet, torture by Le Chiffre, end of SF, etc), rescued by a third party (Le Chiffre torture scene, Tracy at the ice rink) or talk his way out of it (GF).
I guess the whole point of the villains even engaging with Bond instead of just having him shot outright is to show their vanity (and their out and out insanity).
The shopping channel music that cuts in when Bond regains control of the helicopter in the FYEO PTS. Totally massacres a great stunt sequence. Blofeld should have fed Bill Conti to his piranhas for that.
QOS in Haiti and Bolivia where they can’t decide what language to speak in. One guy speaks in French then someone else replies in English.
Roger Moore going all cockney at the end of TMWTGG.
James Villiers’s voice.
How short the fight with Gobinda is in OP. Could have been like the fight with Red Grant but on top of a plane mid-flight.
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^ An interesting list there, King Kamal. I'll have too look out for those in the next viewing! -{
"The tough man of the world. The Secret Agent. The man who was only a silhouette." - Ian Fleming, Moonraker (1955).
I'll definitely pay closer attention to the end of TMWTGG, I never noticed
Roger's voice changing. ) , I be keeping an ear out in future. -{
When he takes Nick Nack up on deck in the suitcase? I thought his voice went all a bit Ray Winstone for a split second.
Its not me going mad again is it?
Gave it a quick listen. yes it is a " Shaddap ! ", 40s American Gangster film style. )
The main thing I can't understand about the end of TMWTGG, is why Scaramanga kept
So many empty wine bottles on his shelves ? )
"I've been informed that there ARE a couple of QAnon supporters who are fairly regular posters in AJB."
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" I don't listen to hip hop!"
The score is one of the few things I really enjoyed about AVTAK.
Back on Topic: I was watching the Goldfinger yesterday and the car crushing scene kind of took me out of the film slightly. It would've been incredibly effective if they sat a dummy in the back seat of the car but as it stands you can clearly see that the car is 100% empty. Still an classic scene though.
Also Goldfingers dubbing is laughable in some parts but I rather enjoy that for some reason.
Although as with all Bonds it has a few great scenes. I love Zorin
Shooting the official in his office and Bond's reaction. -{
" I don't listen to hip hop!"
1. GoldenEye 2. Goldfinger 3. Skyfall 4. OHMSS 5. TWINE
Well, luckily every time foreign people are talking among themselves, like a room full of Russian generals, they speak English with an accent :007)
Yes, that's very helpful.
Of the three you listed, this is probably the only one that's not the fault of the script or the actor. Infamously, nobody told David Hedison that his wife would not only die, but--err--"be given a great honeymoooooon" by Dario. Hedison apparently filmed the scene as if he'd been mauled by a shark, but didn't know anything about Felix losing his wife and acted the scene as if he still had his wife!
been killed, perhaps dying in Bond's arms. It would have really
Cranked up the revenge element.
And also had anyone who was either a casual fan or hadn't read the books up in arms...
" I don't listen to hip hop!"
Start shagg*ng his female staff !
Probably because he knew Bond would find him out sooner or later...better to have the next best try and work it out than THE best -{
after all Bond was just a lowly intelligence agent, so an accident could be arranged. Without
causing any problems. -{
Credit Fleming and the screenwriters for at least allowing Bond to fight his way out of being killed and escape (Grant fight in the train, GF on the jet, torture by Le Chiffre, end of SF, etc), rescued by a third party (Le Chiffre torture scene, Tracy at the ice rink) or talk his way out of it (GF).
I guess the whole point of the villains even engaging with Bond instead of just having him shot outright is to show their vanity (and their out and out insanity).
QOS in Haiti and Bolivia where they can’t decide what language to speak in. One guy speaks in French then someone else replies in English.
Roger Moore going all cockney at the end of TMWTGG.
James Villiers’s voice.
How short the fight with Gobinda is in OP. Could have been like the fight with Red Grant but on top of a plane mid-flight.
Roger's voice changing.
When he takes Nick Nack up on deck in the suitcase? I thought his voice went all a bit Ray Winstone for a split second.
Its not me going mad again is it?
" I don't listen to hip hop!"
The main thing I can't understand about the end of TMWTGG, is why Scaramanga kept
So many empty wine bottles on his shelves ?