Up skirt shot (Page 1 of 2)

It is a bafflingly strange and oddly long shot. You don't see anything, though, no.

I saw that too, but whether I saw more than I should have I have no idea as it was pretty dark up there.

I found this shot really baffling - I also thought we were seeing the 'real thing'. The fact that so many of us have assumed this, suggests that the shot doesn't belong in a James Bond film, let alone a 12a. A major artistic misjudgment, I think.

Shhhhhhhhhh . . . so they don't cut it out of the U.S. release.

It was very ood, the shot did seem to linger a while.

There's a shot that lingered in CR too. When Bond and Vesper are lying on the remote beach towards the end of the film, it seems to linger on Daniel Craig's muscley, sandy back. Or is that just me?

I'm absolutely 100% certain she is wearing panties, and so is my partner.

I think there is a reason for the shot, although we both thought it a little odd at the time.  However, on thinking about it, it could be there to show that she hasn't been raped.  She is still wearing her knickers and has therefore been saved that degredation.

I think it's film-maker's shorthand.

If we didn't see the knickers, we'd always be wondering why a rape scene was shown in a 12A.  As it is, we can see it was an attempted rape scene.

Mind you, I can't see the point in 12A.  Either a 12 year old can see it, or they can't.  What's having an adult with them going to change?

I dont know what yall are complaining about, I loved it.

;);)

~SNS

Maybe it was the Q*** of Solace:p

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I do think it's one of the most questionable parts of the film and I don't understand fully why it didn't end up cutting room floor material.

The threat of rape is there, the significance of how the scene plays out is all there in terms of how it relates to Camille's past so why such a gratuitous shot? I don't get it.

Hasn't been part of the series ever?

N'ah, for the time, the early Bonds pushed the envelope of what was considered prurient . . . right from the start with Sylvia Trench's sexy cigarette lighting at the gambling table and appearance in Bond's apartment wearing what appeared to only be high heels and Bond's dress shirt.  Those elements seem quaint by today's standards, but they made the Bonds at the time seem much more adult than their contemporaries; I even recall the warnings of "mature" content before the films were broadcast on TV in the 70s and my parents making me look away during certain parts that were considered too naughty.  I'm not saying the upskirt shot was classy or sexy by any stretch, but it is along the lines of pushing the envelope in an age where teens ejaculating in beer glasses and movies with "porno" in the title are de riguer.

Just enjoyed the film and as far as I've seen after freezing the scene she still has her panty's on.

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