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- tejastech08
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Re: Title of new James Bond film revealed
Quantum of Solace has been a rumored title for it seems almost every Bond flick since GoldenEye. I call bullshit. Hard bullshit.
Hope you didn't lay down any money on your "call." 
Re: Title of new James Bond film revealed
I was never a Bond freak, although I did like some of the Roger Moore films as a kid. The Goldeneye video game was amazing for its time. I still haven't watched the last Bond film.
Dalton your favorite Bond? Thats a bold statement.
- Communist China
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I think most Bond movies are disappointing. I think Goldfinger was one of the worst movies I've ever seen. But I liked Casino Royale for the most part. Hopefully this one is as good.
Re: Title of new James Bond film revealed
In my own defense, Eon's teased that title before without biting. For the producers who felt compelled to change "Licence Revoked" to "Licence to Kill" because they feared Americans wouldn't understand what "Revoked" meant, I'd be surprised if the mouthful that is "Quantum of Solace" actually sticks this time. If it does ... whatever. Their days of coming up with strong titles ended when the Fleming well started to run dry. Hell, I still remember when "Die Another Day" was "Beyond the Ice."
Anyway, James, yes Dalton is absolutely my favorite. It's funny he gets a lot of hate flung his way, I think it's because, being Bond for only two films and playing the character dramatically different than Roger Moore had before him, Dalton was never identified as Bond by an entire generation the way Connery or Moore or even to some extent Brosnan was. He's got the George Lazenby syndrome, except Lazenby sealed his own fate by bitch talking his way out of a second turn and having the quentessential Bond of Connery come back out of retirement for a special engagement to essentially re-replace himself, leaving Lazenby all but irrelevant. For Dalton, "Licence to Kill" was so dark and so poorly promoted and undersold, going into production during a writer's strike (deja vu), coupled with competition from the likes of Burton's "Batman" and "Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade," unfortunately it ended his tenure with a whimper and not a bang. By the time all of Eon's legal shit got sorted out in the mid-90s, Dalton had walked and left us with the foppish Pierce Brosnan. Now, Brosnan was directed well in "GoldenEye," his best turn as Bond, by Martin Campbell. Since Campbell then returned to direct Daniel Craig in "Casino Royale," it's really up to this second movie to make or break him in the role. The quality of Brosnan's films as Bond overall sucked, and I just never thought he was quite right.
My favorite Bond movies:
"Live and Let Die"
"Licence to Kill"
"Casino Royale"
My favorite Bond girls:
Maryam d'Abo, "The Living Daylights"
Eva Green, "Casino Royale"
Britt Ekland, "The Man with the Golden Gun"
My favorite Bonds:
Timothy Dalton
Roger Moore
Daniel Craig
I like making lists.
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Come on guys, show love for "A View To A Kill", not only the best film, but the best soundtrack...
Re: Title of new James Bond film revealed
Best soundtrack for sure. I love Duran Duran. Can't get behind you on best film though, despite my love for the Moore era. Not his worst though. Walken and Grace Jones made a badass killer combo.
Roger Moore, in order from best to worst:
Live and Let Die
The Man with the Golden Gun
For Your Eyes Only
Octopussy
The Spy Who Loved Me
A View to a Kill
Moonraker
By the way, by worst I don't mean any are bad movies. Moore's Bond kicks ass.
- tejastech08
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Re: Title of new James Bond film revealed
In my own defense, Eon's teased that title before without biting. For the producers who felt compelled to change "Licence Revoked" to "Licence to Kill" because they feared Americans wouldn't understand what "Revoked" meant, I'd be surprised if the mouthful that is "Quantum of Solace" actually sticks this time. If it does ... whatever. Their days of coming up with strong titles ended when the Fleming well started to run dry. Hell, I still remember when "Die Another Day" was "Beyond the Ice."
Nice piece of trivia there. It was originally License Revoked? I think they should've been less concerned with whether Americans would understand it, and more concerned with the fact that it sounds kind of lame as a title. But, "Beyond the Ice"?! Ouch! Sounds like a behind the scenes documentary about the Ice Capades.
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I loved Casino Royalle. I've been watching Bond since i was 10. I've seen every one a couple times at least and i thought Casino Royalle did a great job sort of reviving the franchise since Tommorow Never Dies and that other one after it and Die Another Day were major let downs.
In truth though, i have liked all of them.
