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Post by Grand Moff Muffin on Dec 1, 2007 10:27:39 GMT
Possibly my favourite James Bond film is showing on ITV at 3.05pm today.
It's got everything - a boat chase, a double-decker bus chase (complete with low bridge), an aeroplane chase (on the ground), crocodiles, sharks, snakes, restaurants with revolving walls, secret passages and tables that descend into the floor, compressed air bullets that blow bad guys up like balloons ("Well, he always did have an inflated opinion of himself"), voodoo ceremonies, Sheriff J.W. "What the f-" Pepper, the lovely Solitaire, all that and a villain with a claw for a hand.
Unjustly criticised for being racist just because in this film Bond is pitted against a black criminal organisation (as if there wasn't such a thing), I think it gets just about everything right in terms of tone. Roger Moore's first Bond film puts the tongue firmly back in the cheek without descending to the campness of later offerings.
"Oh, a snake. I forgot, I should have told you. You should never go in there without a mongoose."
"J.W., let me have a word with ya. J.W., now this fellow's from London, England. He's a Englishman workin' in co-operation with our boys, a sorta... secret agent."
"Secret agent?! On whose side?"
"Why it's just a hat, darling, belonging to a small-headed man of limited means who lost a fight with a chicken."
"That look like a boat stuck in the Sheriff's car there, Eddie?"
"Boy, where you been all your life? That there's one of them new car-boats."
"Yes, Mr. Bleeker... I know you 'can't just glue the wings back on.'"
In short, it has everything that I felt was missing from Casino Royale.
Martin
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Post by Shockprowl on Dec 1, 2007 11:22:44 GMT
Although I am deffo a Connarian when it comes to Bond, Live and Let Die is one of my fave Bond films and Moore's best film of the series IMHO. It is a cracking film with a cracking sound-track to match used brilliantly throughout the film. Impressive how Moore took hold of the role, following on almost impossibly from Connary, and made it his own, blessed as he was by a top top script. Great action throughout as you say Mart. And I think the racism is a crazy thing to be levelled at it. I STILL haven't seen Casino so can't compare it to that, but as gooda Bond film as you'll ever see. Stands right up there with 'em. Top marks from Shockprowl!
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Post by legios on Dec 1, 2007 14:34:18 GMT
Now everyone has missed out on perhaps my favourite line from this film. Felix's casual :-
"Great disguise Bond. White face in Harlem."
Not sure why that line works for me so well, it just does.
Not a huge fan of the film in all honesty. I prefer it to most of the Moore -era but it doesn't really do much for me. (And Jane Seymour is not a patch in the looks department on Luciana Paluzzi in "Thunderball").
Karl
(Hang on, if "Live and Let Die" is on this week... does this mean I managed to miss OHMSS or did they skip past it?)
l
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Post by Philip Ayres on Dec 1, 2007 19:38:05 GMT
I like Live and Let Die..... But I think my favorites are the next 2 - Man with the Golden Gun and The Spy Who Loved Me
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Post by The Doctor on Dec 1, 2007 22:17:41 GMT
One of the weaker Bonds for me, I don't think it holds up today, though the theme tune is fantastic.
-Ralph
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Post by Grand Moff Muffin on Dec 2, 2007 7:34:11 GMT
(And Jane Seymour is not a patch in the looks department on Luciana Paluzzi in "Thunderball") You and your redheads. Martin |
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Post by gloriana on Dec 2, 2007 10:47:58 GMT
One of the few Bonds I'm pleased to say I own. Great for Sunday afternoons when the weather is so dreadful all you can do is sit inside and keep warm.
Martin, Karl's into redheads? Interesting ...
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Post by The Doctor on Dec 2, 2007 11:20:07 GMT
He isn't the only one. I too have that weakness. But aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaanywaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay, back to Bond. Now experience fear: www.youtube.com/watch?v=zHfrRtPU-xsI still shudder at the memory. -Ralph |
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Post by gloriana on Dec 2, 2007 11:25:15 GMT
Yes I am truly terrified now. Been told that the books by Charlie Higgins are pretty much OK though, but I haven't read them yet. My lodger has managed to half-inch my entire collection of the JB books and now I'm going to have to raid his room to get them back. Damn you Ralph for getting me thinking of James Bond again!
/me whispers think I ought to keep it a secret that I am a redhead?
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Post by legios on Dec 2, 2007 11:45:06 GMT
You and your redheads. Martin *shrugs* I'm nothing if not consistent. Karl |
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Post by The Doctor on Dec 2, 2007 11:47:38 GMT
If it's any help, I now have that horrid James Bond Jr song in my head now. Gah!
-Ralph
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Post by legios on Dec 2, 2007 11:49:33 GMT
If it's any help, I now have that horrid James Bond Jr song in my head now. Gah! -Ralph Now that is really and truly a horrible fate. I thought I had been doing badly when I had Reba West doing "My Time to be a Star" going round and round in my head on Wednesday (sleep deprivation is a horrible thing), but I think you have definitely gotten the worst end of it there. Karl |
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Post by The Doctor on Dec 2, 2007 11:54:21 GMT
Garharrrrrrrrrrrrwarfargle!
-Ralph
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Post by gloriana on Dec 2, 2007 11:56:22 GMT
Look on the bright side. At least it's not Leona Lewis' latest offering which bugged me all the way home on Friday night. Argh!
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Post by The Doctor on Dec 2, 2007 11:57:05 GMT
I am not familiar with that. Perhaps it's for the best.
-Ralph
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Post by legios on Dec 2, 2007 12:09:22 GMT
Garharrrrrrrrrrrrwarfargle! -Ralph Oops. My bad. Karl |
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Post by Shockprowl on Dec 2, 2007 13:57:02 GMT
Ahh Babbo!
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Post by Shockprowl on Dec 2, 2007 14:29:38 GMT
/me whispers think I ought to keep it a secret that I am a redhead? That's what The Hub's missing, a bit of flirting! I thought about flirting with Karl, but I reckon he's outa my league... |
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Post by gloriana on Dec 2, 2007 15:48:35 GMT
Flirtatious? Moi? Perish the thought. Alas, I know I'm at least out of Karl's postal district. I have no idea whether I am out of his league. Besides, I'm 99.99% sure he knows who I am. Which would mean flirting is out of the question. And before anyone asks, Karl has copyright over that particular bit of backplot so I won't be fessing up.
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Post by Shockprowl on Dec 2, 2007 15:57:22 GMT
We'll just have to relay on The Doc' flirting with Cullen then or something...
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Post by gloriana on Dec 2, 2007 16:09:27 GMT
I'd agree with you but I don't know either of them. So I'll have to remain neutral on this. Which brings me to a (moderately) pertinent question: how many women members are there?
Oh you've twisted my arm. I'll flirt with Karl if he promises not to hold it against me. Purely in the interests of delivering what the Hub needs of course...
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Post by Philip Ayres on Dec 2, 2007 16:49:50 GMT
You're the first on the new hub I think
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Dec 2, 2007 18:08:47 GMT
Ralph for reminding us of James Bond jr I sentence you to one hour in the agoniser.
Andy
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Post by gloriana on Dec 2, 2007 18:36:10 GMT
Oh no, the first woman! Does that mean that I have to flirt with everyone?
Andy, I'll second your sentence of Ralph. It was thoroughly mean of him and probably explains my inability to write coherently today.
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Post by Cullen on Dec 2, 2007 18:40:59 GMT
We'll just have to relay on The Doc' flirting with Cullen then or something... Hello? I watched Live and Let Die on saturday. Cracking film, but The Spy Who Loved Me is my favourite Moore Bond film. |
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Post by The Doctor on Dec 2, 2007 19:57:08 GMT
Ralph for reminding us of James Bond jr I sentence you to one hour in the agoniser. Andy Have piiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiittyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy! -Ralph |
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Dec 2, 2007 20:24:14 GMT
You who are without mercy now plead for it? I thought you were made of sterner stuff.
Andy
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Post by The Doctor on Dec 2, 2007 20:42:42 GMT
Possibly the first time a Davros quote has been replied to with an Optimus Prime quote.
-Ralph
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Post by panderson on Dec 3, 2007 12:41:48 GMT
Flirtatious? Moi? Perish the thought. Alas, I know I'm at least out of Karl's postal district. I have no idea whether I am out of his league. Besides, I'm 99.99% sure he knows who I am. Which would mean flirting is out of the question. And before anyone asks, Karl has copyright over that particular bit of backplot so I won't be fessing up. GAHH thats worse than a cliffhangern ending at the end of Doctor Who...KARL..must tell...gossip circuits overheating Flirting is good for the soul through can be dangerous to the face ie the slaps |
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Post by gloriana on Dec 3, 2007 20:53:20 GMT
Er.... no. I'll not tell. Suffice it to say that I'm a redhead. Perhaps you can work out the rest.
And I was right, he knew who I was from practically my first post. I await the flurry of posts trying to work out how Karl and I know each other.
Karl, this could be quite fun!
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