SPECTRE Review Thread

[dvdmike]

Originally Posted by dallywhitty

You know, I'd like that line so much more if it actually sounded like Sean Connery. I've never understood why it sounds so different. Was it dubbed over by somebody else entirely? It takes me out of the film every time.

ADR back then was never great to begin with

[BladeRunner2007]

Originally Posted by StingingVelvet

Man, I fu**ing LOVE the Goldeneye score and don't care who knows it.

I love it too. One of my favorites.

[dvdmike]

[imsounoriginal]

Originally Posted by tob

The sillyness in GoldenEye is not as bad compared to the other Brosnan Bond films.

The only thing silly about TWINE is Richards; underrated Bond movie, could've been Brosnan's best were it not for one ghastly casting error.

[Geoff D]

Originally Posted by dvdmike

ADR back then was never great to begin with

It still isn't

[Geoff D]

Originally Posted by StingingVelvet

Man, I fu**ing LOVE the Goldeneye score and don't care who knows it.

Same here. Eric Serra Europop score FTW!!!

[imsounoriginal]

Originally Posted by StingingVelvet

A certain amount of cheesy fun is just part of Bond for me. I enjoy it, 99% of the time. Some of Moore's stuff went a tiny bit too far, but I don't think Living Daylights does. That's why I say TLD feels more like a Bond film compared to LTK, though I love both.

A certain amount of cheese is fine, but if a movie wants to be a more serious, realistic Bond, it really can't have Bond and the girl sledding across the border in a cello case

[Geoff D]

"Nothing to declare!"

[imsounoriginal]

Originally Posted by Geoff D

"Nothing to declare!"

[Vlad Draculi]

Originally Posted by imsounoriginal

The only thing silly about TWINE is Richards; underrated Bond movie, could've been Brosnan's best were it not for one ghastly casting error.

Richard's is just one of the major problems that movie has though. The other is it being predictable and boring. I think DAD is better than TWINE. However, TWINE has one of the best Bond songs ever and the first 40 minutes or so is quite enjoyable.

[Kevin Holly]

Denise Richards is one of the best parts of TWINE. At least she's something to look at.

Which begs a larger question, why is it that there seems to be an inverse relationship between the hotness of Bond girls and how useful they are as characters? I'm not saying it's unilateral, but when you think of Honey Ryder, Mary Goodnight, Stacy Sutton, and such, and the do jack sh!t throughout their respective films besides be really hot, but then the more competent/"well rounded female character" girls tend to be less scorching?

[Richard--W]

Kevin Holly, who's that beauty in your avatar?

Regarding the discussion about Pierce Brosnan, his casting is what I like best in his Bond films. I think he got stuck with poor writing and the wrong approach by the producers, but he himself took Bond seriously and did the best he could. I wish he'd been allowed to do his version of Casino Royale.

[levcore]

rewatched The November Man at the weekend, Brosnan's still got it big time.

[imsounoriginal]

Originally Posted by Vlad Draculi

Richard's is just one of the major problems that movie has though. The other is it being predictable and boring. I think DAD is better than TWINE. However, TWINE has one of the best Bond songs ever and the first 40 minutes or so is quite enjoyable.

DAD is enjoyable in a "so bad it's entertaining" kinda way, but I will say that until Bond gets re-recruited by M in the Underground, it's a solid Bond flick (once the virtual reality glasses come in it's all downhill...). I'll never understand why TWINE gets so much "meh"; not saying it's the best Bond ever but almost everything about it is solid. Story is relatively grounded, the villain(s) are quite good, it has some killer action sequences, and (like you said) a good song and even better score.

[Vlad Draculi]

I love the beginning of DAD, especially when Bond is being tortured in the opening song. Like I said, my biggest issues with World stem from Denise Richards and the movie is just boring. It's only one space station away from being as bad as Moonraker.

Originally Posted by Kevin Holly

Denise Richards is one of the best parts of TWINE. At least she's something to look at.

You like women who look like they have plastic injected into their lips and were hit in the face with a dump truck? Sorry, but when I think of Denise Richards, I do not think of attractive. If it came down to the two of us being the last humans on Earth, I would rather let the human race die than reproduce with her. She is almost as ugly as Megan Fox and Kristen Stewart. Not to mention she can't act for ****.

[Infernal King]

Originally Posted by Vlad Draculi

You like women who look like they have plastic injected into their lips and were hit in the face with a dump truck? Sorry, but when I think of Denise Richards, I do not think of attractive. If it came down to the two of us being the last humans on Earth, I would rather let the human race die than reproduce with her. She is almost as ugly as Megan Fox and Kristen Stewart. Not to mention she can't act for ****.

So hideous that the human race might as well not continue to exist.

[imsounoriginal]

Originally Posted by Vlad Draculi

You like women who look like they have plastic injected into their lips and were hit in the face with a dump truck? Sorry, but when I think of Denise Richards, I do not think of attractive. If it came down to the two of us being the last humans on Earth, I would rather let the human race die than reproduce with her. She is almost as ugly as Megan Fox and Kristen Stewart. Not to mention she can't act for ****.

Put me in the game coach!

[MechaGodzilla]

Originally Posted by Vlad Draculi

You like women who look like they have plastic injected into their lips and were hit in the face with a dump truck? Sorry, but when I think of Denise Richards, I do not think of attractive. If it came down to the two of us being the last humans on Earth, I would rather let the human race die than reproduce with her. She is almost as ugly as Megan Fox and Kristen Stewart. Not to mention she can't act for ****.

[MrBlonde]

Originally Posted by Vlad Draculi

You like women who look like they have plastic injected into their lips and were hit in the face with a dump truck? Sorry, but when I think of Denise Richards, I do not think of attractive. If it came down to the two of us being the last humans on Earth, I would rather let the human race die than reproduce with her. She is almost as ugly as Megan Fox and Kristen Stewart. Not to mention she can't act for ****.

That's just selfish, man. smh

[Foggy]

Originally Posted by Vlad Draculi

You like women who look like they have plastic injected into their lips and were hit in the face with a dump truck? Sorry, but when I think of Denise Richards, I do not think of attractive. If it came down to the two of us being the last humans on Earth, I would rather let the human race die than reproduce with her. She is almost as ugly as Megan Fox and Kristen Stewart. Not to mention she can't act for ****.

That was a...colourful read...