Thirded.
The James Bond Film Discussion Thread (With Bonus Lazenby!)
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It also made Brosnan the first and only Bond to have been publicly let go. Lazenby quit. Whatever actually happened there is at least the polite (and possibly true) public story that Dalton was offered to come back when EON was finally ready to make another Bond and he declined.
After being (by at least some measurements) the most profitable Bond ever, that was their farewell to Pierce. Dammit.
Then they turned around and made pretty much exactly the harder edged Bond that Bronsnan had been wanting them to for 10 years.
An interesting fact that I just stumbled across, which might be common knowledge...the night Bruce Lee died, he had dinner with George Lazenby to discuss a prospective film project.
I did know that but I didn't learn it until recent years. Bruce Lee had the dinner meeting written in his day planner for the day he died.
I think they were due to dine together but didn’t actually (George had dinner with Raymond Chow). They had eaten to discuss the project a few nights earlier, however, according to this take: https://wegotthiscovered.com/movies/james-bond-vs-bruce-lee-the-movie-that-nearly-happened/
Ah, I misread the section of Lee's Wiki page describing it. It didn't say that Lee had actually had the dinner, just that it was scheduled.
It’s still a fascinating “what might have been”, especially given Lazenby’s physicality and prowess in fight scenes.
So in this case it DID happen to the other fellow.
Now playing between Zar and Xura…land of dreams unattained…
Raffles, maybe Jame Retief is more his style.
Jack Vance novels might be a good fit for Zack.
Raffles, maybe Jame Retief is more his style.
Jack Vance novels might be a good fit for Zack.
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Not sure anything is a good fit for Snyder. Certainly not Bond though. Don't get me wrong there is some stuff of his I actually like (Dawn of the Dead and Watchmen are both way better than they have any right to be, I didn't mind Man of Steel and was quite enjoying BvS for the first third) but on the whole I don't think he's a very good director at all, he clearly has an artistic eye but seems more suited to static imagery, which I'm guessing is part of the reason he loves slomo so much).
I still maintain that the Bond franchise needs to get back to more workmanlike journeyman directors rather than "auteurs". We don't need a Zach Snyder, or a Christopher Nolan TBH, we need a Martin Campbell. Frankly I'd get someone like Guy Richie to do it (ducks)
I still maintain that the Bond franchise needs to get back to more workmanlike journeyman directors rather than "auteurs". We don't need a Zach Snyder, or a Christopher Nolan TBH, we need a Martin Campbell. Frankly I'd get someone like Guy Richie to do it (ducks)
You had me at the first part.
I've literally fallen asleep all three times I've tried to watch the extended Justice League.
The one hour (approx) chapters are the only way to watch it. I couldn’t imagine trying to do it all at once.
The only way I could watch the entire Snyder Cut would be in a cinema. That would be a hell of a thing.
Otherwise I can't imagine getting that much uninterrupted / undistracted time with a TV set. I can't even watch Lawrence of Arabia all at a go. Of course Lawrence has an intermission. (Seriously, if people insist on making these 3 hour plus epics, bring back the intermission.)
Nevermind that Man of Steel is the only modern DC film I revisit somewhat regularly, Snyder had me at the scene where Lois brings the cops coffee. And when she walks outside the first thing she does is looks up, into the sky. (I despise BvS. Never seen it twice.)
Snyder's JL is a preposterous and self-indulgent impossibility of a film. And I love it.
Otherwise I can't imagine getting that much uninterrupted / undistracted time with a TV set. I can't even watch Lawrence of Arabia all at a go. Of course Lawrence has an intermission. (Seriously, if people insist on making these 3 hour plus epics, bring back the intermission.)
Nevermind that Man of Steel is the only modern DC film I revisit somewhat regularly, Snyder had me at the scene where Lois brings the cops coffee. And when she walks outside the first thing she does is looks up, into the sky. (I despise BvS. Never seen it twice.)
Snyder's JL is a preposterous and self-indulgent impossibility of a film. And I love it.
We're now in the 50th Anniversary year for The Man With the Golden Gun. It'll be interesting to watch how this particular Bond film is celebrated during 2024 since it's widely considered one of the weakest in the franchise, but on the other hand it has Christopher Lee as an incredible villain and Scaramanga's gun is one of the more iconic weapons in the Bond universe so it may get more love than some believe.
Damn, now where did I put my slide whistle?
Grrrr.
TMWTGG is less than the sum of its parts. And many of its parts don't add up to much. Christopher Lee and a John Barry score could not save this film.
It's the film that took down Harry Saltzman. The best thing about TMWTGG is that it gave us The Spy Who Loved Me.
Without the slide whistle that jump has to be one of the most amazing stunts of all time.
Harry Saltzman took down Harry Saltzman; his business dealings in the late '60s and early '70s were a hot mess, and Bond was probably the only good thing he had going.
Fair enough. But it was the elephant shoes that broke the something or other... That got away from me a bit.
Ironically, it was Saltzman's financial problems that eventually led to the instability and staggered releases during the Craig era. Saltzman sold his half of Danjaq, the holding company he and Cubby Broccoli had formed, to United Artists. Fast-forward to the 2000s and 2010s, and MGM (which bought UA in the '80s) seemed to be constantly staggering towards the fiscal precipice, which led to the 4-year gap between QoS and Skyfall, and certainly contributed to the 6-year gap between Spectre and NTTD (though COVID and a false start with Danny Boyle were bigger factors). But selling to UA was certainly a godsend for the series back in the mid-'70s.
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