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That does indeed look awesome.

Is SPECTRE going to be Craig's last Bond movie? That sucks -- I loved him as Bond -- definitely my favorite Bond by far.

Funny, when they first announced that he would be the next Bond in Casino Royale I thought he was the worst Bond ever -- the hair, the eyes, what is wrong with Hollywood?

But they definitely showed me, that's for sure :)

Is there rumor that this is his last Bond flick? If so, I agree, that really sucks. I actually think he is my favorite Bond, almost tied with Sean. Almost.
 
Is there rumor that this is his last Bond flick? If so, I agree, that really sucks. I actually think he is my favorite Bond, almost tied with Sean. Almost.

I'm not disagreeing with you. :) Connery and Craig are both excellent Bonds in different ways. Connery's dripped with personality and a masculine sexuality such that women were compelled to throw themselves at him versus Craig's Bond who has to work at it. ;)

However, Craig's Bond is a more complex and talented character portrait imo were Connery was more shallow and one dimensional. I could be remembering it wrong, but I don't remember Connery's Bond ever falling for a woman. He was more like a tom cat on the prowl.
 
I'm not disagreeing with you. :) Connery and Craig are both excellent Bonds in different ways. Connery's dripped with personality and a masculine sexuality such that women were compelled to throw themselves at him versus Craig's Bond who has to work at it. ;)

However, Craig's Bond is a more complex and talented character portrait imo were Connery was more shallow and one dimensional. I could be remembering it wrong, but I don't remember Connery's Bond ever falling for a woman. He was more like a tom cat on the prowl.

Agreed with what you have said. They are different, and different from any of the other Bonds that have been in the movies. To me they are what Bond is. I know there have been others, but they were not Bond, and I grew up on the Roger Moore era of Bond. Didn't like him. I liked some of the bad guys, but didn't like Bond.
 
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That does indeed look awesome.

Is SPECTRE going to be Craig's last Bond movie? That sucks -- I loved him as Bond -- definitely my favorite Bond by far.

Funny, when they first announced that he would be the next Bond in Casino Royale I thought he was the worst Bond ever -- the hair, the eyes, what is wrong with Hollywood?

But they definitely showed me, that's for sure :)
It is confirmed to be the last with Director Sam Mendes.
 
It is confirmed to be the last with Director Sam Mendes.

That is significant, placing an unknown quality on the future of the franchise. Most directors have an individual stamp they affix to their movies. I saw this specifically with X-Men: The Last Stand after Bryan Singer had left the director's chair, a let down.
 
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That does indeed look awesome.

Is SPECTRE going to be Craig's last Bond movie? That sucks -- I loved him as Bond -- definitely my favorite Bond by far.

Funny, when they first announced that he would be the next Bond in Casino Royale I thought he was the worst Bond ever -- the hair, the eyes, what is wrong with Hollywood?

But they definitely showed me, that's for sure :)
Oh I dunno I thought Timothy Dalton wasn't bad...



























:p
 
So Daniel Craig has said he is done playing Bond.
http://time.com/4065408/daniel-craig-james-bond-slash-wrists/
The actor—who’s portrayed the British spy for three films and will take on the suave, secretive playboy for a fourth time in the upcoming Spectremovie—told TimeOut London he’d rather commit suicide than take on Bond again.

“Now? I’d rather break this glass and slash my wrists,” Craig said, when asked if he would do another Bond film. “No, not at the moment. Not at all. That’s fine. I’m over it at the moment. We’re done. All I want to do is move on.” Craig has not hidden his desire to end his run as Bond: In an interview with Esquire in September, he hinted that Spectre was his last take on the role but didn’t completely rule out a future project, saying, “I have a life and I’ve got to get on with it a bit. But we’ll see.”

Craig was candid with TimeOut London about the one reason he’d even consider a fifth venture as the steely spy: “It would only be for the money.”
 
I stopped caring about 007 after Die Another Day (2002).

My favorite Bond film surprisingly is from the much maligned Timothy Dalton in Licence To Kill (1989). He isn't suave like Connery or Brosnan or as campy as Moore, but like Jackie Chan, he does his own stunts. And Bond is supposed to be serious like in the novels.

I wasn't a big fan of Skyfall. My favorites are LTK, Goldfinger, The Spy Who Loved Me, and The World Is Not Enough. James Bond films can be fun though. Nice women, cars, gadgets, and locations. My favorite location was in You Only Live Twice. A boring film but where location (Japan) and the title song stood out.

To complement a James Bond marathon, it can be quite fun to include the Pink Panther movies (Peter Sellers ones), Austin Powers, and Johnny English. The Pink Panther films are not LOL funny to me but I like the vibe it brings.

I probably only seen 15 out of the 23 films and didn't see the unofficial one like Casino Royale with Sean Connery. I probably enjoyed about 6 films of what I saw. Moonraker was the absolute worst one for me. I did enjoy Octopussy and GoldenEye.
 
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Spectre is a yawn.

Yeah, Daniel Craig still gives good glower and I really want one of those new bulletproof Aston-Martins, but this movie seems to go on forever.

C-
 
I enjoyed Spectre. I felt it was better than both Skyfall and Quantum. Nothing has yet to come close to Casino Royale though.

I could see Tom Hardy pulling off a decent Bond if Spectre was to be Craig's last one. As far as I'm concerned though, nobody was better than Timothy Dalton.
 
I enjoyed Spectre. I felt it was better than both Skyfall and Quantum. Nothing has yet to come close to Casino Royale though.

I could see Tom Hardy pulling off a decent Bond if Spectre was to be Craig's last one. As far as I'm concerned though, nobody was better than Timothy Dalton.

Good news indeed as I lreally like Quantum. :)

I can see Thomas Hardy as a good if not great Bond, but Craig has the character embodied almost perfectly coming in second to in his prime Sean Connery, hansome and charismatic (Connery), with sex appeal which even I could feel. :p Sean Connery's Bond was just as dedicated to a random sexual encounter with a beautiful women, as he was to getting the bad guys. I don't get this from Craig.

What was the authors' vision of the character in this regard? It's been so long since I've read a Bond novel, I don't remember. :oops:

Yes, that's how I felt too. Spectre is a duty screening. No matter how low my beloved franchises fall, I must bear witness to all of their cumulative glory.

This franchise has gotten so good that I am riveted as soon as a trailer fkashes by on the tele.
 
I liked Casino Royale a lot and is possible the best of the Bond movies. Looking forward to the new one.
 
Dalton was the worst Bond. Of course the 80s bond movies sucked.

Personally I think Roger Moore was the best. I would put Daniel Craig up there as he plays the part more to the book.

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Casino Royale, reeeeealy? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casino_Royale_(1967_film) :p
Roger Moore was "the Saint", and he could barely pull that off.

George Lazenby was the worst Bond.

Orson Welles was perfect in Casino Royale (67)
 
For a 53-year old film franchise, I wouldn't consider myself a huge James Bond fan but I watch them when I can and don't hate the franchise. Being only 2nd to Godzilla with longevity and amount of films, 007 is a much better franchise than alot of what is out there including those stupid Fast & Furious films. Another movie with Vin Diesel being a macho poseur! Yay! His act gets old as fast as Wesley Snipes. I don't care if he is "Muhammad I'm Hard Bruce Lee!"

Parents said Spectre told me it was a good film. They rarely go the theater but considering Mission: Impossible Rogue Nation didn't exactly blow me away after they said it was good too, my expectations should be kept to a minimum. I did enjoy Rogue Nation but not as much as Ghost Protocol. The only film for me to watch in the theater within the next FIVE months is Star Wars 7. After that would be Captain America: Civil War and Batman v Superman.

I see IMDb gives Spectre 7.4 and Rotten Tomatoes gives it 62%. If you are a true 007 fan, it probably deserves higher scores than that. I plan to binge on ALL the James Bond films this month when I can. The link below gives me hope I might enjoy Spectre. As long as it is BETTER than Skyfall. I agree with the guy below saying some people tend to overrate Skyfall. My younger, 21-year old brother who enjoys 007 more than me loved Skyfall because it was a throwback. I saw it with my buddy who is also a Bond fan three years ago in the theater and we felt it was underwhelming.

I want the FUN back in 007. I'm hoping Spectre will bring it back for Daniel Craig's 007 sendoff. And watching Monica Bellucci even if she is over 50 is always a pleasure. If Spectre is on par with Octopussy, I would be satisfied. I don't expect Top 5 favorite Bond films for me. But between 6-8 fav can do.

Review
http://jalopnik.com/spectre-the-classic-bond-movie-i-was-definitely-not-ex-1741078954
 
What was the authors' vision of the character in this regard? It's been so long since I've read a Bond novel, I don't remember. :oops:
Flemming wrote James Bond as a ruthless agent who was dark and not afraid to kill. The movies turned bond into a player.
 
Flemming wrote James Bond as a ruthless agent who was dark and not afraid to kill. The movies turned bond into a player.

I don't remember any sex in the books.

1 Hour countdown, leaving house in 30 min to see SPECTRE... Wish me luck! ;)

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Roger Moore was "the Saint", and he could barely pull that off.

George Lazenby was the worst Bond.

Orson Welles was perfect in Casino Royale (67)
Does anyone consider the Lazenby film to even be a normal Bond film or an abnormality.
 
I don't remember any sex in the books.

1 Hour countdown, leaving house in 30 min to see SPECTRE... Wish me luck! ;)

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I'm back, the verdict: You can't win every time. :-\

Great potential and a great Bond start, but I don't remember Connery's Bond ever being consistently in trouble with his boss as much as Craig's Bond has been, lol.

Mexico city sequence- thumbs up. Some have critized it, but I liked it!

However, SPECTRE as the master villianous organization (as portrayed) was seriously short changed. The shroud was lifted off this mysterious and evil organization without flair or justification, just expedited as this entire plot seems to be. Quantum was much more mysterious in comparison.

Included an unwelcome flashback to the unlikely stunts of Pierce Bronson Bond's (a scene involving an airplane) but not completely impossible I guess. :p

Fight on a train. Where have I seen that before? ;)

I usually love Christopher Waltz, but his Blofeld was a bust, needed more baritone, especially his motivations and past with Bond which was reworked from the original movie series. (See The Huge Problem With SPECTRE's Villain- includes plot spoilers and the spoiler tag in this post if you dare. ;))

Although the atmosphere felt true to the 3 previous movies, also felt rushed and flat, with moments of decent action (the car, what a waste), but the plot imo was too ambitious and failed to deliver. This might have even been a case where two movies could have been better. It had a let's wrap this up feeling. Craig seemed tired maybe the Director Sam Mendez was too.

If you address these comments, please use spoiler tags.

Although Bond works through several clues the SPECTRE boardroom felt curiously similar to the Quantum opera scene, and IMO should of been the culmination of a couple of movies with Bond trying to take SPECTRE down. Blofeld caught in one movie? Hmm.

I object to the notion that a person could take a drill bit into both sides of his jaw and would still be fit to function. I'd presume they'd be in shock.

The end of airplane chase scene required serious suspension of disbelief. :p

I seriously doubt a woman who expects to die at any minute would be that interested in sex (I guess it's not impossible ;)), and it diminishes Bond's character that he would seduce a women in such a predicament (unless it was his version of a good deed, a couple minutes of fun for her), and Craig's Bond was not the character to do that. The Director made him do it. ;)

A single bullet blows the entire SPECTRE facility up? How convienent, efficient, and short changed. At least in Solace, the conflagration advanced in steps. :-/

I don't see countries pooling their intelligence organizations to the degree this story tries to make plausible.

Bond and Blofeld- I'm confused, so was he raised in Scotland (Skyfall, maybe I assumed?) or in the Alps, and was it coincidence that Mr. White was also hiding out in the Alps? And Bond gives no hint he know his step brother. Ernst, is that you? This part of the plot confused me. Was the guy who raised him related to his parents?

So making James suffer because of unknown slights, other than the dodo analogy, by the hand of his vindictive step brother was what primarily motivated Ernst? Help! :p

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Looking around the net, I was reminded of several things. Donald Peasant's Blofeld (who I did not like) was the basis for Mike Myer's Austin Power's- Dr. Evil (who was better the DP), I confirmed that Charles Grey (Diamonds Are Forever) was the best Blofeld, but I also remember liking a scenes where Blofeld was petting a Persian, but you did not see his face, great voice. I had forgotten Telly Savalas (OHMSS), and Max Von Sydow, (NSNA) both played him. :)
 
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Wow! This scathing review from HitFix.com says it all. It's accurate, but includes hard core spoilers. My quotes are safe. ;)

Review: 'SPECTRE' manages to majorly muddy Daniel Craig's James Bond legacy

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Still, there are plenty of Bond films that have some good parts while never really working as a sum of those parts, and taken simply as a long spy movie with occasional bursts of action, "SPECTRE" is entirely mediocre. It's no "Moonraker" or "A View To A Kill," so for that reason alone, some Bond fans will shrug off all criticism. That's fine, except with "Casino Royale," the producers made a huge mistake. They made it too well. They have tried, with this Daniel Craig run of films, to elevate the Bond movies so they are more than just acceptably silly spy movies, and one of the reasons "SPECTRE" is so frustrating is because it feels like the collapse of that ambition, and it is in one moment that you can see the entire thing burn to the ground.

Regarding Bond and Blofeld quote:
And it makes me want to never watch a ****ing James Bond movie again. That is such a stupid, pathetic, ignorant choice for a creative team to make, and it demonstrates a complete misunderstanding of anything that has ever been part of James Bond, either in print or on film, that I genuinely struggle to understand how anyone could justify it.
 
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