Now I'm hearing some of Reynolds' lines in Connery's accent... I've done this to myself!
The James Bond Film Discussion Thread (With Bonus Lazenby!)
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As Connery said when his Oscar fell off the wall, “I have only my shelf to blame.”
***GROAN!***
I am (clears throat) The Man With The Golden Pun
James Brolin as James Bond would have been interesting
Ya gotta live and let fly
And when is Weird Al going to make Chicken Pot Pie (chord) Chicken Pot Pie?
I remember around the time of the Guns n Roses cover reading that he wanted to do this but McCartney vetoed it because it “glorified meat-eating.”
I don't know how to post the clip from my phone, but if anyone wants to see how Burt Reynolds might have handled the role of James Bond, go to YouTube and type in 'Burt Reynolds Impasse'.
It was a movie he did in the Philippines in 1968, about the time they were looking to replace Connery.
There's a clip of a running/fight sequence that kinda shows that Burt could have handled at least the physical parts of the role.
It was a movie he did in the Philippines in 1968, about the time they were looking to replace Connery.
There's a clip of a running/fight sequence that kinda shows that Burt could have handled at least the physical parts of the role.
I was looking through my book on science fiction films, trying to come up with a movie for the Great Sci-fi Movies thread, when I read the review for OHMSS and the author gave his thoughts on the three actors who had played Bond. (This book was published before Dalton took over the role.)
He said Connery was the "Schoolyard Bully", Lazenby the "Pretty Face", and Moore the "Suave, debonair, man about town".
He said Connery was the "Schoolyard Bully", Lazenby the "Pretty Face", and Moore the "Suave, debonair, man about town".
I gotta say....Lazenby wasn't truly the pretty face.
Well, Lazenby was a model before being cast as Bond, so maybe that's what the author was referring to.
Oh I get it, but Roger was prettier.
One thing I will say, OHMSS had the best villain in Stavro Blofeld. Savalas played him perfectly. Even Dr No was less menacing.
We'll have to try to find him singing it live.
When we were young, Bernie's Deli was down the block
(Ooh ooh ooh ooh)
He made a great liver pate
(You know he did, you know he did, you know he did)
But if there's one thing in this world that I like better
Than a corned beef on rye
It's Chicken Pot Pie
Chicken Pot Pie
Personally, I don't think any of the actors portraying Blofeld have been particularly good in the role.
Oddly enough, Vincent D'onofrio's portrayal of Wilson Fisk (Kingpin) in Marvel's Daredevil, is closer to the description of Blofeld in his first appearance in the novel Thunderball, than any other onscreen appearance.
Oddly enough, Vincent D'onofrio's portrayal of Wilson Fisk (Kingpin) in Marvel's Daredevil, is closer to the description of Blofeld in his first appearance in the novel Thunderball, than any other onscreen appearance.
Do you know how Christmas trees are grown?
I still firmly believe there's a parallel universe where Wattz played Le Chiffre and Mikkelsen played Blofeld.
I should have mentioned this as well. It's how the scene pays off. (And it's in the book, is it not?)
You know how much people hate Ladies First from Goldeneye? That's how much I hate that song.
If OHMSS had been filmed in place of say, Thunderball or YOLT, would Connery been more invested in the role?
He was almost checked out by the time of YOLT.
Of course, we would have gotten a different director and a different Tracy, but would they have gone with the downbeat ending.
There's no way they would have kept Bond married, unless they killed Tracy off at the beginning of the next movie, whatever that might have been.
He was almost checked out by the time of YOLT.
Of course, we would have gotten a different director and a different Tracy, but would they have gone with the downbeat ending.
There's no way they would have kept Bond married, unless they killed Tracy off at the beginning of the next movie, whatever that might have been.
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