Bond, James Bond: Thread of 007 Action

[BreakABone]

Originally Posted by Angrist

Saruman was already scary back then.

Good eye.

It's time to get back on track, and this may or may not be good.
But I watched the trailer for the next movie as I often do, and I honestly can't remember this one. So I don't know if that is good or bad.

But the next movie goes out to all those singles out there, The spy Who Loved Me


This is and only gonna guess Roger Moore's 3rd turn as James Bond and also the 10th James Bond movie in total.


Our Bond girl is Agent Triple X, who would return to us later on as Vin Diesel.


Bond villain is Karl Stromberg,


And another memorable Bond henchman is introduced, Jaws,


This film has people in it and stuff happens. And some stuff blows up. Like I said I really don't remember it.

The Trailer

The Intro/Theme

While I don't remember the movie, I do love the theme.

[BreakABone]

I was informed by KG that I was slipping, but that isn't the case the marathon still goes on I've just been a bit busy. So to catch you up to speed.

There's only so much one person can hide from their destiny.
Ladies and gentlemen the next movie in our Bond marathon is For our Eyes Only :P
Not quite yet, we go to Moonraker. One of Bond's more... special adventures.


Our Bond for the 4th time is a one Mr. Roger Moore,


Our Bond girl is the non-punny named Holly Goodhead,


Our villain is the strangest looking villain in a Bond film yet, Hugo Drax


Jaws is back but as the movie goes on he becomes less and less of a threat... until.. well you will find out.

This Bond movie is (in)famous for being the first movie to actually send Bond out into outerspace for the final climatic battle.

The Trailer

The Intro/Theme Song
Not really a fan, but sure some are.


I know a little off this week, but my work schedule has been hectic, what can you do?

Anyhow the discussion is already brewing, but this post is For Your Eyes Only.

We have come to James Bond's 12th adventure and Roger Moore's 5th turn as everyone's favorite superspy.


Our Bond girl is Melanie Havelock,


Our villain is Aristotle K.


The Trailer

The Intro/Theme Song
A pretty good song.

This movie is notable for several reasons-
The demise of Ernst Blofeld finally.
No more Bernard Lee as M
And really its much different than most of Moore's film. Partially cuz I guess was written with a new Bond in mind.

[KillerGremlin]

you have been slacking....but i can't blame you. i'd be slacking if i had to go through the moore era too.

hurry up so we can get to goldeneye, one of the franchise bests.

[BreakABone]

Originally Posted by KillerGremlin

you have been slacking....but i can't blame you. i'd be slacking if i had to go through the moore era too.

hurry up so we can get to goldeneye, one of the franchise bests.

I haven't been slacking.. just a tad busy which does happen from time to time. And no one else seems to be partaking even Swan quit out on me.

So yeah schedule is all out of sync. Gonna attempt the rarely tried Dalton-thon tomorrow and then do Pierce/Craig next week. We are near the finish line. It's as if we have A View....

Yeah it is! A View To a Kill (A Kill as some would say )


This is Roger Moore's 7th and final run as our favorite superspy, James Bond

He was way past his physical prime at this point, but eh.

Our Bond villain is Max Zorin, who is played by Christopher Walken maybe one of the most profilic people to play a Bond villain.


Our evil Bond girl is May Day, who is a little crazy


The good one, Stacey Sutton,


The Trailer

The Intro/Theme Song
ONe of the better themes and an interesting intro.

Speaking of intros wasn't a fan of the California Girls song during the pre-credits sequence.

Anyhow, it's there.

[KillerGremlin]

A View To a Kill is pretty awful. Definitely a candidate for worst Bond film. At least Christopher Walken is a fun guy to watch.

but the 80s definitely suck. hard.

[BreakABone]

Sorry about the sporadic schedule recently. Was out of town for the weekend which usually puts a damper on movie watching.

Anyhow Im back got some time to kill so its The Living Daylights


The Living Daylights ushers in the era of the 4th James Bond, Timothy Dalton


The Bond girl is Kara Milovy,


The Bond villain, General Georgi Koskov


I don't believe we have any funky henchman in the Dalton era as he was a return to the more hardcore Bond.

The Intro/Theme Song
It's an enjoyable enough song.

The Trailer

Personally, think Dalton is the only Bond with a perfect record. (Wont count Lazenby as he has one movie and Craig still has time to screw up)

[Angrist]

My friend once told me that Timothy Dalton had 'killed' James Bond. But I will give him a fair chance when I (ever) start watching the Bond movies.

Tonight I dreamed about a Bond movie. I think I played Bond. We had to redo this scene over and over again:

The girl and me enter a room, the villain is there. All I have is a glass bottle, which I smash into the wall to turn it into a weapon. I sit down on a bench, next to a bad guy. I say "I forgot my suitcase", which is apparently some oneliner. The girl and me get tied up. I wait for the girl to do something stupid and I cut loose my rope and attack the villain. I throw him into a machine that pulvarizes his and some other bad guys' bodies. The girl gets caught in it too, but I stop the machine in time.
I wondered why there was no blood. Or pulvarized bodies. I figured if the villain maybe got away. I woke up and wondered why I would dream about Bond...

[BreakABone]

Originally Posted by Angrist

My friend once told me that Timothy Dalton had 'killed' James Bond. But I will give him a fair chance when I (ever) start watching the Bond movies.

Tonight I dreamed about a Bond movie. I think I played Bond. We had to redo this scene over and over again:

The girl and me enter a room, the villain is there. All I have is a glass bottle, which I smash into the wall to turn it into a weapon. I sit down on a bench, next to a bad guy. I say "I forgot my suitcase", which is apparently some oneliner. The girl and me get tied up. I wait for the girl to do something stupid and I cut loose my rope and attack the villain. I throw him into a machine that pulvarizes his and some other bad guys' bodies. The girl gets caught in it too, but I stop the machine in time.
I wondered why there was no blood. Or pulvarized bodies. I figured if the villain maybe got away. I woke up and wondered why I would dream about Bond...

Better than the last guy you dreamt about...

Going to see if could get them all in before the end of the month if not by the end of the weekend.

If I don't, my License to Kill should be revoked.

Yeah the next movie is License to Kill, which personally was one of my favorite movies. Let's see if it holds up

I know cover to book, but I prefer it to the cover of the movie which looks kind of cheesy.

For the second and final time our James Bond is Timothy Dalton,


Think only Bond movie where he actually gets two Bond girls who are alive at the end


The villain is pretty sweet as well, Franz Sanchez


The Trailer

The Intro/Theme Song
Also a huge fan of the song as well.

So yeah didn't hide my feelings. really love this movie.
James bond revenge movies are awesome. Just imagine if DAF was done properly.

[BreakABone]

It probably makes no sense updating this thread, but might as well finish it out.

Gonna attempt to get in two movies today. Or just extend into weekend, but I did pretty decent.

The next movie in our marathon is probably the most famous movie due to the game that shares its name, Goldeneye.


This movie marks the start of one of the more controversary runs with Pierce Brosnan as some love him as he has the biggest media success with aforementioned game and he is a Bond to the current generations, others dont feel he is up to snuff.



Our Villain is a rogue Double 0 agent, 006


The Bond girl is Xenia Onatopp and Natalya I Hate Escorting You through the Library


The Trailer

The Intro/Theme Song
I like the song, but its always bothered me that it seems to be singing about a person while Goldeneye is actually a satellite or missile in the movie.
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Gonna have to start stacking them in order to get them all done in time.

And being that there is no time like the present and that Tomorrow Never Dies. We are moving on.

Yeah the next movie in the marathon is Tomorrow Never Dies


Pierce returns for his second go-around as Commander Bond,


Our villain is Elliot Carver, while he isn't Bond's most physical opponent or even his greatest mental challenge, I do enjoy him for some reason


We get two Bond girls again, first we get a geek's dream girl as she was both a Bond Girl AND Lois Lane in Paris Carver and Wai Lin.


The Intro/Theme Song
I actually like this song a great deal and the alternative Surrender.

The Trailer


Tomorrow Never Dies, but this thread is closing to an end.

[Angrist]

Keep em coming, I enjoy it. I will probably start a 007 marathon in a few weeks. I've only seen like 3 of them.

[BreakABone]

The next movie in this marathon got delayed slightly because for some strange reason only DVD in my set that doesn't work

but a broken disc isn't enough to stop me from watching... hell The World is Not Enough

Yeah the next movie in our Bond-tastic marathon is The World is Not Enough


The World is Not Enough is Pierce's 3rd outing as James Bond,


It also has the distinction of being the first Bond movie in which the evil mastermind behind everything is a Bond girl, Elektra King


The other Bond girl is Christmas Jones, who most people remember from the stunning one-liner about her....


The other villain is Renard, a man who feels no pain because of the location of a bullet.



The Trailer

ntro/Theme Song

And ladies and gentlemen.. that's The World is Not Enough

I actually watched this movie last night but was too pissed to post the actual thread update for it.

So ladies and gentleman the final Brosnan films and one of the greatest movies to grace our eyes, Die Another Day


As stated above this is Pierce's 4th and final run in movies as Bond,


The Bond girl is Ms. Halle Berry as Jinx, which is a rather fitting name for where it left the franchise.


The villain is Gustav Graves or something like that, he had surgery


The Trailer

Intro/Theme Song
Interesting idea to advance the story during the opening sequence.

So while watching this movie, I realized there is so much wrong with it, but it dawned on me that it was the culmination of the Brosnan era.

I doubt it is a fault of his own, but after Goldeneye every film seemed to attempt to make Bond vulnerable in some manner or another.

First he had Wai Lin who was pretty much his female equal. And I think TND worked because it didn't make Bond weak, it made the female strong.

TWINE actually injured Bond for the entire film which was key in a scene or two. And I just don't think it worked for a man who has survived lot worse.

Than DaD showed him as his most vulnerable being captured and tortured and then finding out what its like to be useless.

However, this movie has a lot worse going for it than Bond's potrayal.

Personally, I still put it above Diamonds. :lol

[BreakABone]

And I guess it is time for this little exercise to end.

It was a fun ride with some ups and downs, but we come to the most recent one. And it's really hard to work in a cheap pun with it so double down, it's Casino Royale.



This is the first film to star Daniel Craig as secret agent 007, and also the first to really tell his origins.


The Bond girl is Vesper Lynd, because once you taste it, it's the only thing you will ever want.


The main baddie is Le Chiffre, who bleeds... from his eyes!


The Trailer

The Theme Song/Intro
One of my favorite theme songs.

Well, sure we've had the discussion before, the movie isn't that old, but first time I will watch on Blu ray so that's nice.

[KillerGremlin]

I love TWINE. It's underrated and right up there with Goldeneye. Torture scenes are a big part of the Bond novels, I guess it's symbolic for "holding the male character down" or something. Maybe it's the fact that I had a teenage crush on Denise Richards, or the sneaky appearance of Sophie Marceau's nipple throughout the film (she's such a milf!), but I think TWINE really works as a Bond film.

Too bad we ran out of Bond films.

[BreakABone]

Originally Posted by KillerGremlin

I love TWINE. It's underrated and right up there with Goldeneye. Torture scenes are a big part of the Bond novels, I guess it's symbolic for "holding the male character down" or something. Maybe it's the fact that I had a teenage crush on Denise Richards, or the sneaky appearance of Sophie Marceau's nipple throughout the film (she's such a milf!), but I think TWINE really works as a Bond film.

Too bad we ran out of Bond films.

That isn't necessarily true, we could do the original Casino Royale and Never Say never Again just to be completist.

[Angrist]

Are those unofficial Bond movies? I know that Sean Connery came back for 1, was it Never Say Never Again?