Don't they steal the Moonraker in the PTS?
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Don't they steal the Moonraker in the PTS?
CR's opening sets-up Bonds arc for the film -- thematically, if not functionally.
In the Goldfinger opening, but learns a lethal potential of electricity -- knowledge that would save his life in the climax.
As far as TND, in the opening Bond states he hates back seat drivers, yet later in the film he literally drives a car from its back seat.
In the Goldfinger opening, but learns a lethal potential of electricity -- knowledge that would save his life in the climax.
As far as TND, in the opening Bond states he hates back seat drivers, yet later in the film he literally drives a car from its back seat.
This. The opener shows him getting the requisite two kills to be promoted to 00 status, and his actions in the film's first act (presumably his first mission since becoming 007) lead to M openly questioning whether it was too soon to promote him.
Yes. And it's referenced by M later in the film.
That's a reach.
Ehhhhh....
Since it looks like folks have been talking about their first: my first in the theater was For Your Eyes Only (which I’ve always thought one of the better ones); my first on television was Diamonds Are Forever.
My two favorites for repeats, though, were You Only Live Twice and The Spy Who Loves Me. The former had young me grumbling at the screen during For Your Eyes Only, “Hey! Did you forget? James Bond is a ninja!”
My two favorites for repeats, though, were You Only Live Twice and The Spy Who Loves Me. The former had young me grumbling at the screen during For Your Eyes Only, “Hey! Did you forget? James Bond is a ninja!”
Then there's the theory that Lazenby drops to his knee in the gunbarrel because the creators wanted to reference Bond getting married in OHMSS.
That's one I haven't heard before.
Yes they do, I always forget that because sometimes the inciting incident happens in the PTS (TSWLM) and sometimes it doesn't (The St Georges sinks in the body of the film in FYEO0
I think those are nice callbacks in GF and TND but they're nothing to do with the plot (though as discussed Henry Gupta is at the arms bazaar buying the encoder, which is plot relevent.
That's an assumption. It might have been his first mission as a 00 or his third, or his firth. If there was some reference that Dryden had been selling secrets to the organisation Le Chiffre worked for that would be something, but there's no connection.
Im sure that I read somewhere the sinking of the St George and the assassination of Sir Havelock was supposed to be the PTS in FYEO and the transition point would have been the zoom in on Melina looking at the camera clutching the shawl.
Presumably they felt it would have been too much time without Bond being on screen.
Speaking of time issues, would I be right to guess that the pre-credit sequence for TWINE was the longest until DAD's?
Anyways, putting the Bond/Tracy's grave/Blofeld sequence at the very beginning allowed Cubby Broccoli to take another well-deserved poke at Kevin McClory and both reference and reinforce Bond in-universe continuity.
I think TWINE is longer than DAD
Apparently -
From Russia with Love - 3:00
Casino Royale - 3:11
Quantum of Solace - 3:36
Live and Let Die - 4:30
Thunderball - 4:32
Diamonds Are Forever - 4:32
Goldfinger - 4:52
Moonraker - 5:32
You Only Live Twice - 5:47
A View to a Kill - 5:59
For Your Eyes Only - 6:16
On Her Majesty's Secret Service - 6:32
The Living Daylights - 7:14
Octopussy - 7:16
The Spy Who Loved Me- 7:40
The Man with the Golden Gun - 7:55
Licence to Kill - 8:32
Tomorrow Never Dies - 9:12
GoldenEye - 10:10
Spectre - 12:26
Skyfall - 12:33
Die Another Day - 13:12
The World is Not Enough - 14:05
No Time to Die - 23:30
From Russia with Love - 3:00
Casino Royale - 3:11
Quantum of Solace - 3:36
Live and Let Die - 4:30
Thunderball - 4:32
Diamonds Are Forever - 4:32
Goldfinger - 4:52
Moonraker - 5:32
You Only Live Twice - 5:47
A View to a Kill - 5:59
For Your Eyes Only - 6:16
On Her Majesty's Secret Service - 6:32
The Living Daylights - 7:14
Octopussy - 7:16
The Spy Who Loved Me- 7:40
The Man with the Golden Gun - 7:55
Licence to Kill - 8:32
Tomorrow Never Dies - 9:12
GoldenEye - 10:10
Spectre - 12:26
Skyfall - 12:33
Die Another Day - 13:12
The World is Not Enough - 14:05
No Time to Die - 23:30
DAD's was actually a whole minute shorter than TWINE's. But NTTD beats them all at 23:45.
DAD's was actually a whole minute shorter than TWINE's. But NTTD beats them all at 23:45.
No doubt. Thanks to Bond title similarity, I typed in DAD when I meant to type in NTDD. I'm spending so much time on Gamma Hydra 2 and it's clearly warping my judgement.
I will say that the only three times I ever wondered ''where are the opening credits'' for Bond films were GOLDENEYE, WORLD, and of course, NO TIME.
Today we're used to all credits--even main titles----being saved to the very end. It's not only due to Christopher Nolan, and it might be hovering at around 50 percent now on the action films. I remember time when the only three flicks I saw that tried it were ROBOCOP 2, APOCALYPSE NOW....and possibly the very first withholder, BRING ME THE HEAD OF ALFREDO GARCIA. Short silent films obviously don't count, as there was simply no time to credit OR live OR die on ANY day.
I never joke about my work, 007
Jeez, is it still a pre-credit sequence when it's long enough to be an episode of a TV show, or is that just the first act of the movie?DAD's was actually a whole minute shorter than TWINE's. But NTTD beats them all at 23:45.
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