02-27-2020, 12:59 PM
(02-27-2020, 06:37 AM)Greg Wrote: Best Bond song of the new era.
I've never understood why you like that song so much. It did nothing for me. Was he Irish or something?
I long for the days of Shirley Bassey.
(02-27-2020, 09:00 AM)cranefly Wrote: It just seemed incredibly dumbed down, and should have born a warning, Don't try this at your local casino.
The book was pretty mild too actually. It was Bond's first mission and he fails.
(02-27-2020, 09:00 AM)cranefly Wrote: Though I have to admit, it was almost made worth the while when Moneypenny pulled all those pennies out of her cleavage.
Moneypenny is introduced in this film, but only passingly, so much so that it was kind of annoying. She was a great character in the Connery films and all the others are in her wake. One of the aspects of the book Bond that never made it to the films was that he had tremendous respect for M, which made it even more poignant when he is reprogrammed to assassinate him.
(02-27-2020, 10:07 AM)Greg Wrote: Felix Leiter from the CIA helped him buy back in after Vesper shut him down.
Yup. Honestly, I wasn't that fond the Craig Leiter. The way he kept called Craig 'brotha' made it feel like pandering to the black audience. Didn't Leiter lose both his arms in the books? Eaten by sharks or something, and then replaced by bionic arms, or some precursor to bionics... maybe I'm imagining that. It's all so muddled now.
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