Do the Connery films( DN,FRWL,GF,TB) seem dated to you?

TecoloteTecolote Mississippi,USAPosts: 121MI6 Agent
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I don't think so personally,but I first read DR NO the year before the movie version came out. I'd be interested in your opinions and reasoning either way.

Thanks in advance.

Regards,

Tecolote
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  • chrisisallchrisisall Western Mass, USAPosts: 9,062MI6 Agent
    Yes, they do seem dated, much like Le Mans & Jaws. Movies of their times, as it were.
    Dalton & Connery rule. Brozz was cool.
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  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy Behind you !Posts: 63,792MI6 Agent
    Sure a bite dated ( or having a classic look ;) ) which I enjoy as they
    Give a feel to the era Fleming was writing in . :D although if you compare
    Them to other films of the time, they look more contemporary. -{
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  • BIG TAMBIG TAM Wrexham, North Wales, UK.Posts: 773MI6 Agent
    Dated!? Good grief! Classic is the word. The '80s films look more dated.
  • HigginsHiggins GermanyPosts: 16,619MI6 Agent
    "Do the Connery films( DN,FRWL,GF,TB) seem dated to you?"

    Wait until Blackleiter sees this thread.
    He'll slap you badly :D

    However I'd argue that he never left the 60s :)) :)) :))
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  • AlphaOmegaSinAlphaOmegaSin EnglandPosts: 10,926MI6 Agent
    I would use the Word 'Classic' and not 'Dated'

    :)
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  • Virgil37Virgil37 Posts: 1,212MI6 Agent
    To answer that question, I have to go back to the 80s, when I first watched the movies. I've seen them so many times now, that I can't tell. I simply like them.

    I did not see the Bond movies in chronological order, of course. First was OP. Then AVTAK, MR. Then I rented DN, and I must admit it felt dated. Of course I realised the cars, clothes, the hair styles, etc, were different, but I think it had more to do with the stunts (or lack thereof compared to 80s movies), lack of gadgets, no Q, the music (Monty Norman's score is pure 50s, but from the Bond theme arranged by Barry).

    Then I saw FRWL, GF and TB and they didn't feel dated, even though they were made with 1-3 years difference. More stunts, gadgets, and John Barry's scores made them feel modern.
  • welshboy78welshboy78 Posts: 10,320MI6 Agent
    I also see these as "classic" not dated however strangely find Licence to Kill dated (and a few of the Moore ones)

    I guess the 80s have that effect :))
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  • Napoleon PluralNapoleon Plural LondonPosts: 10,467MI6 Agent
    What goes around comes around. Someone on this site said that on a reshowing of FRWL in the cinema in 1980, everyone laughed at the scene with the map showing the train passing through countries, it seemed a bit dated and Casablanca. Then, a few months later, they have a similar scene near the start of Raiders of the Lost Ark, and it seems cool.

    Much of the Bond films is set in areas of natural beauty (Crab Key, the Swiss Alps, underwater etc) which just don't date, but in the urban scenes like Kentucky in GF, or some of the scenes outside Shrublands in TB, it looks dated. Again, classic cars like the Aston don't date, but Lippe's vehicle does.

    NSNA is an example of a horribly dated movie, but even then they don't have topical references to the current President by name.

    Some of the more gimmicky films like TB and YOLT date, because the latest thing always does.
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  • HigginsHiggins GermanyPosts: 16,619MI6 Agent
    welshboy78 wrote:
    I also see these as "classic" not dated however strangely find Licence to Kill dated

    No - LTK is crap :D
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  • welshboy78welshboy78 Posts: 10,320MI6 Agent
    Higgins wrote:
    welshboy78 wrote:
    I also see these as "classic" not dated however strangely find Licence to Kill dated

    No - LTK is crap :D

    Surely better then NSNA!
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  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy Behind you !Posts: 63,792MI6 Agent
    As they are products of their time, they might not look as
    Contemporary as more modern film, but I'd hardly say
    Dated. As in a way we get to travel back in time to the
    Early 60s. -{
    I also watch many of the old Basil Rathbone Sherlock Holmes
    Movies, in b/w set in the 40s, not contemporary but still brilliant. -{
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  • The Domino EffectThe Domino Effect Posts: 3,638MI6 Agent
    There are elements that look rather dated, but as they were (for the most part) well made, I agree with the description of 'classic' rather than dated.

    NSNA, on the other hand, just looks dated, and irredeemably so. It will never be confused with classic!
  • AlphaOmegaSinAlphaOmegaSin EnglandPosts: 10,926MI6 Agent
    Higgins wrote:
    welshboy78 wrote:
    I also see these as "classic" not dated however strangely find Licence to Kill dated

    No - LTK is crap :D

    I beg to differ :v
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  • HigginsHiggins GermanyPosts: 16,619MI6 Agent
    AlphaOmegaSin wrote:

    I beg to differ :v

    Ok, TLD and NSNA are crap as well :p
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  • AlphaOmegaSinAlphaOmegaSin EnglandPosts: 10,926MI6 Agent
    All in the Eye of the Beholder :))
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  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy Behind you !Posts: 63,792MI6 Agent
    Of the three, only NSNA fails to hit the spot. With
    TLD & LTK being stunning examples of the Bond film. {[]
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  • AlphaOmegaSinAlphaOmegaSin EnglandPosts: 10,926MI6 Agent
    TLD and LTK are always in my top five -{
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  • BlackleiterBlackleiter Washington, DCPosts: 5,615MI6 Agent
    Higgins wrote:
    "Do the Connery films( DN,FRWL,GF,TB) seem dated to you?"

    Wait until Blackleiter sees this thread.
    He'll slap you badly :D

    However I'd argue that he never left the 60s :)) :)) :))

    As others have pointed out, Dear Higgins, the Connery films are "classic", not "dated". Like me! :D
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  • AlphaOmegaSinAlphaOmegaSin EnglandPosts: 10,926MI6 Agent
    Blackleiter wrote:
    Higgins wrote:
    "Do the Connery films( DN,FRWL,GF,TB) seem dated to you?"

    Wait until Blackleiter sees this thread.
    He'll slap you badly :D

    However I'd argue that he never left the 60s :)) :)) :))

    As others have pointed out, Dear Higgins, the Connery films are "classic", not "Fossilized". Like me! :D


    ;)
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  • BlackleiterBlackleiter Washington, DCPosts: 5,615MI6 Agent
    AlphaOmegaSin wrote:
    Blackleiter wrote:
    Higgins wrote:
    "Do the Connery films( DN,FRWL,GF,TB) seem dated to you?"

    Wait until Blackleiter sees this thread.
    He'll slap you badly :D

    However I'd argue that he never left the 60s :)) :)) :))

    As others have pointed out, Dear Higgins, the Connery films are "classic", not "Fossilized". Like me! :D


    ;)

    I know you changed something, sonny - just wish I could remember where I put my bifocals so I could see it!
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  • AlphaOmegaSinAlphaOmegaSin EnglandPosts: 10,926MI6 Agent
    I think TP has them :))
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  • BlackleiterBlackleiter Washington, DCPosts: 5,615MI6 Agent
    AlphaOmegaSin wrote:
    I think TP has them :))

    Thanks. Can you ask him if he has my teeth, too? :))
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  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy Behind you !Posts: 63,792MI6 Agent
    They're all behind the bar at the SBS. :))
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  • Charmed & DangerousCharmed & Dangerous Posts: 7,358MI6 Agent
    Ahem, back on thread... :D

    The Connery/60s films are the only ones that don't seem too dated. There's something about the pared down style of the clothes that's never out of fashion, and Connery has a timeless look about him that works in every decade- sadly unlike Sir Roger's clothes, or Dalton's LTK haircut (and also Brosnan's Goldeneye hairdo) for example.

    However some of the gadgetry in the60s films looks a bit dated now, such as the FRWL scene with Bond using a hideous Bakelite car phone... But that's to be expected.
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  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy Behind you !Posts: 63,792MI6 Agent
    The pager in FRWL is also a curious item, as it was at first
    Cutting edge, then old fashioned, then modern again
    ( before Mobile phones) and now it looks like a curiosity. :D
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  • Charmed & DangerousCharmed & Dangerous Posts: 7,358MI6 Agent
    :# hmmm it was the pager I was thinking of, not the cad phone - been a while since I watched FRWL.
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  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy Behind you !Posts: 63,792MI6 Agent
    The Cad phone, I like that, he is a bit of a bounder ! :))
    ( I know a simple typo but funny ) ;)
    The memory thing comes to all of us of a certain age. :p
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  • BarbelBarbel ScotlandPosts: 37,866Chief of Staff
    You beat me to that one, TP! :))
  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy Behind you !Posts: 63,792MI6 Agent
    :)) I enjoy a good beating ! :))
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  • Agent KinoAgent Kino New YorkPosts: 202MI6 Agent
    The Connery movies are very dated. However, I showed a buddy of mine Dr. NO for the first time as an introduction to James Bond. He was speechless at the end and he said verbatim, "That was not what I expected." I mean this is the effect James Bond has on you. It lives within you and grabs your full attention during the film.
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