BOND

LoveCurryPies · Post by **LoveCurryPies** » Sat Oct 02, 2021 5:18 pm

Anyone seen the new film?

LordBob · Post by **LordBob** » Sat Oct 02, 2021 5:23 pm

The name BOND is a dirty word in these parts.

Buxtonclaret · Post by **Buxtonclaret** » Sat Oct 02, 2021 5:36 pm

LoveCurryPies wrote: ↑
Sat Oct 02, 2021 5:18 pm
Anyone seen the new film?

Is he wearing a Stewards jacket?

LoveCurryPies · Post by **LoveCurryPies** » Sun Oct 03, 2021 9:10 am

Bond film was good. Some stunning special effects and spectacular locations as you would expect.

The young woman next to me was sobbing at the end.

claretblue · Post by **claretblue** » Sun Oct 03, 2021 9:45 am

LoveCurryPies wrote: ↑
Sun Oct 03, 2021 9:10 am
The young woman next to me was sobbing at the end

happens a lot on my dates too!

bobinho · Post by **bobinho** » Sun Oct 03, 2021 10:47 am

6.5/10. I thought it was quite poor.

Casino royale i awarded 9.5/10.

Overall I was disappointed.

LoveCurryPies · Post by **LoveCurryPies** » Sun Oct 03, 2021 10:56 am

I must admit I didn’t find the new baddie played by Rami Malek in the least bit scary or even very dislikeable, unlike those played by Javier Bardem as Raoul Silva or Mads Mikkelsen as Le Chiffre.

Myk · Post by **Myk** » Sun Oct 03, 2021 11:11 am

LoveCurryPies wrote: ↑
Sun Oct 03, 2021 10:56 am
I must admit I didn’t find the new baddie played by Rami Malek in the least bit scary or even very dislikeable, unlike those played by Javier Bardem as Raoul Silva or Mads Mikkelsen as Le Chiffre.

Nothing like world population destruction and a spot of gardening in your space time eh?

Burnley1989 · Post by **Burnley1989** » Sun Oct 03, 2021 12:03 pm

I thought it was brilliant, thinking of going to watch it again this week

LoveCurryPies · Post by **LoveCurryPies** » Sun Oct 03, 2021 1:37 pm

My neighbour Martyn Craven was the motor cycle stunt man in the scenes with the DB5. But not the bike rider who jumped the steps and wall. He’s been waiting 2 years to see his name at the end of the film.

Rileybobs · Post by **Rileybobs** » Sun Oct 03, 2021 1:56 pm

Looking through the cast list and it seems like British treasure Judi Dench has been dropped as M, so I'm gonna give this one a miss.

Bordeauxclaret · Post by **Bordeauxclaret** » Sun Oct 03, 2021 2:17 pm

Rileybobs wrote: ↑
Sun Oct 03, 2021 1:56 pm
Looking through the cast list and it seems like British treasure Judi Dench has been dropped as M, so I'm gonna give this one a miss.

Have some respect. RIP M.

LoveCurryPies · Post by **LoveCurryPies** » Sun Oct 03, 2021 3:09 pm

Rileybobs wrote: ↑
Sun Oct 03, 2021 1:56 pm
Looking through the cast list and it seems like British treasure Judi Dench has been dropped as M, so I'm gonna give this one a miss.

Did you want her to come back as a ghost?

burnley007 · Post by **burnley007** » Sun Oct 03, 2021 3:40 pm

Brilliant film.
God knows how they kept the plot secret

bobinho · Post by **bobinho** » Sun Oct 03, 2021 8:01 pm

At least those of us that have seen it will probably know why it took the direction it did... not only am i disappointed by the film, i'm disappointed by how the franchise has surrendered to the woke brigade.

Vegas Claret · Post by **Vegas Claret** » Sun Oct 03, 2021 8:04 pm

John?

taio · Post by **taio** » Sun Oct 03, 2021 8:32 pm

Just got back. Brilliant film. I had no idea about the direction

ClaretFelix · Post by **ClaretFelix** » Sun Oct 03, 2021 8:38 pm

taio wrote: ↑
Sun Oct 03, 2021 8:32 pm
Just got back. Brilliant film. I had no idea about the direction

Same here, and still not even heard anything having seen it a few days after release

bobinho · Post by **bobinho** » Sun Oct 03, 2021 8:44 pm

Seems i'm in the minority...maybe i should give it another look.

taio · Post by **taio** » Sun Oct 03, 2021 9:04 pm

bobinho wrote: ↑
Sun Oct 03, 2021 8:44 pm
Seems i'm in the minority...maybe i should give it another look.

I can understand why you feel like you do given how the plot unfolded

Iloveyoubrady · Post by **Iloveyoubrady** » Sun Oct 03, 2021 9:29 pm

For anyone who doesn’t already know you need to watch until after the credits...

ClaretAndJew · Post by **ClaretAndJew** » Sun Oct 03, 2021 9:43 pm

Just goe to prove the whole moniker and double 0 status of the character can be assigned to anyone, because there will be another actor playing Bond.

TheFamilyCat · Post by **TheFamilyCat** » Sun Oct 03, 2021 9:57 pm

bobinho wrote: ↑
Sun Oct 03, 2021 8:01 pm
At least those of us that have seen it will probably know why it took the direction it did... not only am i disappointed by the film, i'm disappointed by how the franchise has surrendered to the woke brigade.

Please tell me there are Bond boys instead of Bond Girls.

THEWELLERNUT70 · Post by **THEWELLERNUT70** » Mon Oct 04, 2021 12:42 am

A great Bond film trashed by the end and the desire to chase woke pound.
Yes I'll get brick bats for that on here but sometimes everyone needs just a bit of escapism now and again to drag us out of our normal day to day where the norm is to be offended on someone's behalf

The end of every James Bond film states "Bond Will Be Back" not "007 Will Be Back"

Anyway let's see how we go from here.

BabylonClaret · Post by **BabylonClaret** » Mon Oct 04, 2021 12:49 am

Was a 5/10 for me. Some decent stuff on a personal level with Bond and a couple of decent set pieces but the plot, the "villain" and the whole final denouement felt forced and weak to me.

I actually think it's not much better than Quantum

Stacks · Post by **Stacks** » Mon Oct 04, 2021 4:02 am

Rumour Hardy is the new bond. Thoughts?

Shaggy · Post by **Shaggy** » Mon Oct 04, 2021 6:53 am

I was excited going to see this one but for me it never really caught fire.

That ending was bizarre and unnecessary for a bond movie.

LoveCurryPies · Post by **LoveCurryPies** » Mon Oct 04, 2021 10:25 am

Iloveyoubrady wrote: ↑
Sun Oct 03, 2021 9:29 pm
For anyone who doesn’t already know you need to watch until after the credits...

Are you saying I and 90% of the audience missed something?

Can you say what without ruining it for people who haven't seen the film yet?

claret2018 · Post by **claret2018** » Mon Oct 04, 2021 10:30 am

It says the same thing that every Bond film says after the end credits.

Thought this was poor, only really liked Casino Royale of the DC lot.

Bond is in serious need of a reboot. Hope they can take it in an interesting direction and bring back some of the camp elements of the older ones. For me the Mission Impossible series overtook Bond a long time ago as the go-to action spy thriller.

Iloveyoubrady · Post by **Iloveyoubrady** » Mon Oct 04, 2021 10:55 am

LoveCurryPies wrote: ↑
Mon Oct 04, 2021 10:25 am
Are you saying I and 90% of the audience missed something?

Can you say what without ruining it for people who haven't seen the film yet?

Just says “Bond will be back” which suggests that the new double 0 will have a part but I doubt she’ll suddenly be called bond...

bobinho · Post by **bobinho** » Mon Oct 04, 2021 11:27 am

claret2018 wrote: ↑
Mon Oct 04, 2021 10:30 am
It says the same thing that every Bond film says after the end credits.

Thought this was poor, only really liked Casino Royale of the DC lot.

Bond is in serious need of a reboot. Hope they can take it in an interesting direction and bring back some of the camp elements of the older ones. For me the Mission Impossible series overtook Bond a long time ago as the go-to action spy thriller.

I thought the casino royale reboot was excellent but it’s gone stale for me. Quantum wasn’t great and this is easily the worst of the DC films.

The Jason bourne films have surpassed bond for me. Anyway, I’ll try again this afternoon as I don’t work Mondays.

claret2018 · Post by **claret2018** » Mon Oct 04, 2021 12:14 pm

Agreed, it felt stale from QoS.

I hope they go for a left-field choice next time, someone young and different with a sense of humour. Would like to see a return to wacky villains and gadgets rather than the po-faced dreary last few films.

Pstotto · Post by **Pstotto** » Mon Oct 04, 2021 12:42 pm

007 is named after the number 007 National Express bus whose route London to Dover.

Ian Fleming lived locally in Kent and there is a plaque on the wall of The Duck pub in Pett Bottom that says 'You Only Live twice' was written there.

In actual fact I am probably the real James Bond although I don't have a license to kill nor am I employed by the security services.

The proof is The Unifying Theory of Art which is the only possible saviour ideologically of The West and forever and can be the only foundation of any notion of 'multiculturalism', since the 2D data field is the base of all visual culture.

The fact that it has been damned by the establishment for over a decade, puts in context the world war that is going on, ideologically.

bobinho · Post by **bobinho** » Mon Oct 04, 2021 5:00 pm

Iloveyoubrady wrote: ↑
Mon Oct 04, 2021 10:55 am
Just says “Bond will be back” which suggests that the new double 0 will have a part but I doubt she’ll suddenly be called bond...

No it didn't... It said James Bond will be back.

Cirrus_Minor · Post by **Cirrus_Minor** » Mon Oct 04, 2021 7:36 pm

Pstotto wrote: ↑
Mon Oct 04, 2021 12:42 pm

Ian Fleming lived locally in Kent and there is a plaque on the wall of The Duck pub in Pett Bottom that says 'You Only Live twice' was written there.

The strange thing is that Roald Dahl wrote the screenplay for ‘You Only Live Twice’.

claret2018 · Post by **claret2018** » Mon Oct 04, 2021 8:01 pm

And I believe Ian Fleming wrote Chitty Chitty Bang Bang didn’t he?

AlargeClaret · Post by **AlargeClaret** » Mon Oct 04, 2021 8:26 pm

It’s decent enough as a big budget action film ,it’s a bit on the long side ,though quite enjoyed the villain .Yes we know Bond is a dinosaur but instead of smirking along with him , it’s almost as if the “ homage lines “ are delivered as a nudge nudge almost embarrasment rather than the comforting embrace of the Bond character . They’ve smoothed the edges of Bond to further “ woke him up “ . And the film
Ultimately could have just starred Nicolas Cage and been called “ killer uzi b1tches”. I thought Casino Royal and Skyfall were better but it’s a 6.5-7 /10 and a decent romp

Papabendi · Post by **Papabendi** » Mon Oct 04, 2021 9:16 pm

John BOND was awful

Claret Till I Die · Post by **Claret Till I Die** » Tue Oct 05, 2021 7:03 am

Saw it last night. Thought it was decent viewing, as any Daniel Craig Bond film is although probably more personal to Bond this time.

Had goosebumps at the music when the trailer for the new Top Gun came on too...

ŽižkovClaret · Post by **ŽižkovClaret** » Tue Oct 05, 2021 10:49 am

They will do a full reboot I reckon. New M, Q, Bond, Moneypenny, the lot

IanMcL · Post by **IanMcL** » Tue Oct 05, 2021 11:20 am

Stacks wrote: ↑
Mon Oct 04, 2021 4:02 am
Rumour Hardy is the new bond. Thoughts?

Well he did have the look at one time!
Then All Creatures Great and Small may have changed the perception!

Darthlaw · Post by **Darthlaw** » Tue Oct 05, 2021 9:17 pm

Just back from seeing it now and I have to say I’m a bit nonplussed by it.

Rami Malek suffered from standard ‘**** villain’ syndrome and the third act if I’m honest perplexed me with his actions once he’d reeled off his standard monologue.

I didn’t think the woke element really was too forced and if anything thought it was a shame to see so little of Ana de Armas’ Paloma, both because she was a great strong female character and beautiful too.

The main ‘twist’ was thoughtfully spoiled by some mouth breather on Facebook at the weekend, although I saw it coming from both nods to a previous JB film, and Hollywood’s new cliche ‘surprise ending’

Casino Royale was great as it took on board the success of the realism of the Bourne films, alas everything after (Skyfall aside) reverted to modus operandi silliness, shite villains and cardboard cutout ‘Bond is impervious to gunfire’ shoutouts and car chases.

I look forward to whatever they can come up with to shake it up, which for me does include a black Bond - my selection being Chiwetel Ejiofor (marvel-lous actor).

LoveCurryPies · Post by **LoveCurryPies** » Tue Oct 05, 2021 11:45 pm

A couple of people mentioned the Bourne films. I loved the first two but all the others were increasingly repetitive....flashbacks to what had happened before like we had forgotten....and that same piece of music was done to death.

Let’s hope the next Bond is as good as Daniel Craig and hopefully not a woman.

CaptJohn · Post by **CaptJohn** » Wed Oct 06, 2021 9:22 am

Went to watch it last night and enjoyed it. Since it was Daniel Craig's last appearance I was expecting something different at the end and was not disappointed. A touch of sadness at his leaving though as he has been a great 007. Some nice touches on the special effects and the black Miss Funnyfanny was lovely. Not sure if the new 007 is going to be the one introduced in the film though.

Quick question: Was "Q" in Paddington Bear because his voice seemed to ring a bell?

Darthlaw · Post by **Darthlaw** » Wed Oct 06, 2021 9:41 am

I think it's fairly safe to say that this 'franchise' version of Bond (I.e. the Daniel Craig bonds) is done and the next will be a relaunch. Also I thought the contrived portrayal of the female 007 backfired, given she failed 2/3 of her missions, was pretty petulant in her position and eventually seemed to be the only one bothered about the 007 moniker.

Fresh start, fresh ideas and back to realism please. A bit of Timothy Dalton style wouldnt go amiss to me.