Cereal to add--I've never seen any of the Dalton films, so I can't compare him to Brosnan.
Willow: Yes. Hi. You must be Angel's handsome, yet androgynous, son. Connor: It's Connor. Willow: And the sneer's genetic. Who knew?
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Kathy A - Feb 22, 2006 7:18:16 am PST #621 of 10001
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
erikaj - Feb 22, 2006 7:34:40 am PST #622 of 10001
Always Anti-fascist!
I've seen a lot of them, but the last few didn't make much impression. I thought PB was good, though. It was the rest of the stories that missed, imo.
Scrappy - Feb 22, 2006 7:50:06 am PST #623 of 10001
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
Count me in as Brosnan fan.
Polter-Cow - Feb 22, 2006 8:15:07 am PST #624 of 10001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
I loved Brosnan as Bond. Goldeneye was great, but the movies got progressively worse.
I watched Dr. No and was struck by how slow and boring it was.
Strega - Feb 22, 2006 8:43:22 am PST #625 of 10001
Liked the movie, think Lazenby was a mannequin, but love, love, LOVE Diana Rigg. She makes up for a lot.
Yup.
Connery frequently seemed like a brute. And was therefore the best. I have hopes for Craig because he looks brutish. I do like Brosnan, although I only saw the first two because I don't see movies much any more. The Moore movies are mostly embarrassing. Live & Let Die is still fun, but that's what started them down the road of goofiness.
I do still have a soft spot for Christopher Walken as a "sadistic Nazi KGB entrepreneurial genius." HBO kept describing him that way when they were running View To A Kill, and it made us laugh every time. Hilarious commercial. Terrible movie. Great theme song, though.
I just watched Casino Royale a few weeks ago. Terence Cooper was pretty hot.
I watched Dr. No and was struck by how slow and boring it was.Tsk.
The thing I like about the Connery movies is that they actually make something like sense. I'd seen them on TV so much growing up that they were like background noise, but occasionally when Spike runs them I'll watch one and try to really pay attention. Turns out that he's following up on clues and stuff. I had no idea.
Here ends my Bond-related brain-dump.
§ ita § - Feb 22, 2006 9:00:06 am PST #626 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I love Dr No! It's the only one I own. Rocking movie. And that's not just jingoism.
Kathy A - Feb 22, 2006 9:14:20 am PST #627 of 10001
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
My favorite Bond film is Goldfinger. It has Oddjob, "No, Mr. Bond, I expect you to die!", the wonderfully named Pussy Galore, and all the elements that make a classic Bond flick without being too over the top.
Nutty - Feb 22, 2006 9:29:06 am PST #628 of 10001
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
Um, Pussy Galore isn't over the top??
My top is lower than yours.
Kathy A - Feb 22, 2006 9:31:00 am PST #629 of 10001
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
Well, the name is, but the character wasn't, as opposed to Famke Jansen's Onatopp in Goldeneye (killing guys by crushing them with her long legs?).
Fred Pete - Feb 22, 2006 9:36:58 am PST #630 of 10001
Ann, that's a ferret.
And Pussy Galore is no more over the top than Moonraker's Holly Goodhead.