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As far as Bond themes are concerned, "All Time High" is definitely the all-time low. I mentioned earlier in the thread that "For Your Eyes Only" probably would've been more palatable if someone with a stronger singing voice than Sheena Easton had done it; I mention it again because on my binge watch, I've just gotten to the part of Miami Vice where Crockett falls in love with and marries her within the space of a single episode.
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I do like All Time High as a song, but it's admittedly not a very good Bond song. I always skip Moonraker though when listening through the CD, I think it's super boring and a disservice to the voice who blasted out Goldfinger so perfectly. And for the record: Chris Cornell did a lot of songs that are better than You Know My Name, even though that one is excellent in its own right. I do have to admit however that I had no idea who Chris Cornell was and the song's existance got me to check him out so another win for my trusty Bond CD (I'm not much of a music guy if you can't tell). Jeb! Repetition posted:I got kind of bored watching Spectre after an hour and a half and haven't been fully paying attention as it plays on my second monitor and now I don't know why anything's happening
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Mar 24, 2018 22:32
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Jeb! Repetition posted:I got kind of bored watching Spectre after an hour and a half and haven't been fully paying attention as it plays on my second monitor and now I don't know why anything's happening That mouse was Blofeld the whole time.
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Mar 24, 2018 23:04
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Goldfinger, Live And Let Die, Nobody Does It Better, A View To A Kill, You Know My Name... and the rest.
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Mar 25, 2018 00:09
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OHMSS' theme is perfection.
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Mar 25, 2018 01:26
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Another Way To Die is underrated, probably because it's attached to such a jank flick.
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Fart City posted:Another Way To Die is underrated, probably because it's attached to such a jank flick. People hated it when it was announced but I loved it. Still do. It’s got a great interpolation of the main theme, big vocals, and thematically appropriate lyrics. It’s everything a Bond theme should be, in my opinion, and deserves to be in the upper echelon of Bond themes along with Goldeneye, The World Is Not Enough, Live and Let Die, and Diamonds Are Forever. (On the other hand I have no idea what people hear in You Know My Name, which I find to be tuneless, toothless, and, most significantly, boring. I have the same complaints about Writing’s On The Wall).
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Mar 25, 2018 04:17
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Goldfinger is a fantastic song until Shirley Bassey rhymes “Goldfinger” with “cold finger”, which is pretty much right away
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Mar 25, 2018 04:54
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You Only Live Twice, nancy had such a great voice
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Mover posted:Goldfinger is a fantastic song until Shirley Bassey rhymes “Goldfinger” with “cold finger”, which is pretty much right away One of the few Bond songs about prostate exams.
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Mar 25, 2018 07:36
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Its Shirley Bassey. Not any song in particular, just her going out there and crushing it.
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Mar 25, 2018 17:16
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One of the reasons I haven't watched Casino Royale is that it could never live up to the opening
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Mar 25, 2018 17:26
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Goldeneye will always be one of my favorites because of how sexy all the lead actresses where. I also had no idea Natalya was in Reigh of Fire - I thought she just disappeared.
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Mar 25, 2018 18:41
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old.flv posted:I also had no idea Natalya was in Reigh of Fire - I thought she just disappeared. Pretty sure that's the same as disappearing.
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Mar 25, 2018 18:46
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Talking about bond themes and nobody says live and let die smh
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BENGHAZI 2 posted:Talking about bond themes and nobody says live and let die smh lelandjs posted:It’s everything a Bond theme should be, in my opinion, and deserves to be in the upper echelon of Bond themes along with Goldeneye, The World Is Not Enough, Live and Let Die, and Diamonds Are Forever. I’m not a huge fan of Macca’s post-Beatles work but Live and Let Die is a great song (even if it’s really three songs smashed together).
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Mar 25, 2018 21:48
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lelandjs posted:I’m not a huge fan of Macca’s post-Beatles work but Live and Let Die is a great song (even if it’s really three songs smashed together). He's a big fan of that style.
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old.flv posted:Goldeneye will always be one of my favorites because of how sexy all the lead actresses where. Yeah Xenia is my type in every way. I don't know if that's because I saw the movie when I was impressionably aged or what
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Would not be surprised if Xenia is the source for my love of legs tbh. GoldenEye almost definitely explains my love of Russian women tho
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lelandjs posted:(On the other hand I have no idea what people hear in You Know My Name, which I find to be tuneless, toothless, and, most significantly, boring. I have the same complaints about Writing’s On The Wall). With you on this. It just seems so rambling and... pointless? Maybe it's popular because it blends in some aspects of the classic Bond theme, but I just find it boring and uninspired. Then again, I'm not known for my music taste and Bond themes are generally pretty terrible. Bizarre confession - I grew up on Moore and Dalton, I've seen the Craig films but I've never watched a Brosnan Bond film.
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Mar 27, 2018 07:39
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dude stop whatever you're doing and watch GoldenEye.
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Mar 27, 2018 07:43
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Goldeneye is one of the all time greats and each subsequent Brosnan film decreases in quality by about 50% per installment.
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No matter how good Goldeneye is I just can't take Brosnan seriously in that role. He's just far too cheesy. He belongs on the cover of lovely romance novels and nowhere else.
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Steve2911 posted:No matter how good Goldeneye is I just can't take Brosnan seriously in that role. He's just far too cheesy. He belongs on the cover of lovely romance novels and nowhere else. In the last Bond megathread, someone described Brosnan as a "greatest hits" Bond rather than really having his own approach, which is pretty much bang on the money.
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I really liked Brosnan as Bond and don’t care much for Craig. Moore and Brosnan are probably my favorites because of the humor they bring to the role.
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I love Brosnan as Craig because he can handle the sexy or more serious side of playing Bond very well, he's dashing as hell, but yeah he also brings the comedy-- but not too much comedy. Sadly GoldenEye was the only one to really balance this well, though The World is Not Enough did let him get pretty serious and beat down. But that movie has a slew of dumb rear end problems mostly unrelated to Bond and his relationship with the main antagonist, which is really great stuff. e: I loved Craig Bond in Casino Royale, but that was about it. It's another situation of me not being sure if he doesn't suit the role or if he just got mostly lovely movies after CR.
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Ever since they brought up Brosnan's melodramatic "pain acting" on the James Bonding podcast I've have had trouble taking him 100% seriously.
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that tank chase in Goldeneye is a strong contender for coolest thing ever
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Mar 28, 2018 00:10
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Goldeneye is the all time best theme. Cornell’s You Know My Name was a good change of pace but I think the reason it’s wrll regarded is due to the intro fanfare that leads into the song. It’s memorable. Skyfall and Spectre feel more a return to form of classic Bond than something a bit more “raw” as strange as it sounds for Casino and Another Way to Die. It was different enough.
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Uncle Boogeyman posted:that tank chase in Goldeneye is a strong contender for coolest thing ever brass loving balls to do that scene not two years after the white house was shelled, with tanks
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Gatts posted:Goldeneye is the all time best theme. Truth. You can't beat Tina Turnter.
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Gatts posted:Skyfall and Spectre feel more a return to form of classic Bond I'll give you Skyfall, but Writing's On The Wall was literally a demo take and it's loving awful. It might actually edge Die Another Day for worst theme.
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esperterra posted:Truth. You can't beat Tina Turnter. ...must resist Ike Turner joke, will failing... send help
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R. Guyovich posted:brass loving balls to do that scene not two years after the white house was shelled, with tanks Someone bombed the white house around 1990?
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The Russian White House.
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Uncle Boogeyman posted:that tank chase in Goldeneye is a strong contender for coolest thing ever My favorite part is how the Russians barely react to the tank on the streets, just kind of stepping out of the way like it's another car. It's actually totally realistic for Russia
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Mantis42 posted:Ever since they brought up Brosnan's melodramatic "pain acting" on the James Bonding podcast I've have had trouble taking him 100% seriously. Can you link the episode where they talk about this?
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Jeb! Repetition posted:Can you link the episode where they talk about this? Pretty much every Brosnan episode.
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esperterra posted:dude stop whatever you're doing and watch GoldenEye. It's weird because I was the right age for it (16-17)and all my friends raved about it. I just never got round to it. Probably also didn't help that I wasn't a console gamer so I never played the game (which I remember looked amazing). From the clips I've seen I always thought Brosnan looked like a perfect Bond but I never got round to checking it out. I'm going to remedy that as soon as I have the house to myself.
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Dog_Meat posted:It's weird because I was the right age for it (16-17)and all my friends raved about it. I just never got round to it. Probably also didn't help that I wasn't a console gamer so I never played the game (which I remember looked amazing). v good. Trip report after you get a chance to watch!
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