The James Bond Film Discussion Thread (With Bonus Lazenby!)

[cooleddie74]

OHMSS footage and an appearance by George Lazenby begin around the 57:00 mark of the program.

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[cooleddie74]

BEAUTIFUL. And not just the fan trailer, but the remastered quality of the film footage.

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[Commander Richard]

Can I just say now that we're back on the subject, the whole thing with blaring the Bond theme at then bothered me way more this time than it ever has before.

I know it's been a thing for a long time and most people think the should have used a soft instrumental of piano melody
of All the Time. But I was thinking they shouldn't have used any music at all.

Just have one single live long shot where all you here is Lazenby's muffled weeping underneath the wind and the police officer calling-in a homicide. Maybe some sirens in the far distant background.

The only difficulty would the shot would have to be long enough to fit all the credits in. And Di would have had to remain perfectly still the whole time - if not holding her breath. But damn it would have been powerful.

The soft instrumental version of "We Have All the Time in the World" would also have worked being played over the bullet-marked windshield and the closing credits. One of OHMSS's small handful of annoying flaws is the choice of end credits music after such a heartbreaking scene.

Bond just lost the only woman he ever loved enough to want to spend his life with. The James Bond Theme blaring over Lazenby's grief just seems out of place even with that cool Moog synthesizer.

It seems that a lot of people didn't like the sudden transition to the blaring Bond theme but I liked it and found it quite effective. After a moment of sadness and tragedy, it reminded us that Bond would be back (and possibly emboldened for revenge).

 

[cooleddie74]

If only DAF had delivered on that revenge angle past the pre-credits sequence.

 

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[cooleddie74]

I didn't realize this thread turned 1 year old yesterday! I can't believe it's already been that long since then and the 50th Anniversary of the film. Anyways, I found this fantastic video analyzing the movie and wanted to share.

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[The Old Mixer]

'This that season again...

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[The Old Mixer]

FWIW, I'm currently watching immediate post-Blofeld Telly Savalas in 1970's Kelly's Heroes.

 

[cooleddie74]

Blofeld AND Big Joe, and all in less than one year. That man was incredible.

 

[cardinal biggles]

Even after all these years, George Lazenby can't get any respect.

(this post was made on 12/26; as of... five minutes ago, his account still hasn't gotten the magic blue check mark.)

 

[cooleddie74]

That sucks. I wasn't sure if it was just a joke when I first saw this Tweet.

#VerifyGeorge

 

[Henoch]

Twenty-something year olds at Twitter have no idea who George is. Sad.

#VerifyGeorge

 

[The Old Mixer]

The oldest living James Bond definitely deserves his due.

 

[cooleddie74]

And the most underrated Bond.

 

[The Old Mixer]

55th anniversary review of Thunderball.

 

[cooleddie74]

Thunderball is a good Bond film despite its shortcomings and Connery's growing boredom with the role by the time he filmed his fourth 007 movie. I used to be unimpressed by it but in recent years I've warmed to the plot and characters and this is arguably the best-looking Bond film prior to OHMSS and better-looking than any afterwards until at least The Spy Who Loved Me.

 

[The Old Mixer]

Fair point. As is often the case when I'm review-watching material that I'm already very familiar with, like Bond or Beatles films, I found myself paying more attention to note-taking than the film itself. If I find the time, it could probably use a more casual rewatch.

But it's definitely bloated and slow-paced as Bond films go.

 

[cooleddie74]

Yeah, a frequent critique of the film is that the underwater scenes drag on for too long, especially the scene where Largo's frogmen cover the Vulcan bomber with the camouflaged netting.

 

[TREK_GOD_1]

Twenty-something year olds at Twitter have no idea who George is. Sad.

Oh, you could insert endless subjects and people after "twentysomethings have no idea.." and you would be correct...

The oldest living James Bond definitely deserves his due.

Agreed. He made is mark on the series by not apeing Connery (too much) and humanizing Bond in way Connery did not, and the series would not see again until the prologue of 1981's For Your Eyes Only, which--ironically enough--is a direct reference to OHMSS.