AJB live commentary on FRWL

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  • HigginsHiggins GermanyPosts: 16,619MI6 Agent
    Hello attache!

    Llewelyn was wearing around the prop for years!
    President of the 'Misty Eyes Club'.

    Dalton - the weak and weepy Bond!
  • BarbelBarbel ScotlandPosts: 38,077Chief of Staff
    Still no toupe here, btw, but plenty of hair thickener, scalp paint etc
  • Shady TreeShady Tree London, UKPosts: 3,013MI6 Agent
    The only Q scene that Desmond Llewelyn played completely straight... and he does it brilliantly. Apparently he was paid £30 for this, wasn't invited to the premiere, and saw the film in his local cinema in Hastings!
    Critics and material I don't need. I haven't changed my act in 53 years.
  • BarbelBarbel ScotlandPosts: 38,077Chief of Staff
    Music- “James Bond With Bongos” Barry recorded this version specifically for the film
  • BarbelBarbel ScotlandPosts: 38,077Chief of Staff
    Gymkata wrote:
    Barbel wrote:
    Still no toupe here, btw, but plenty of hair thickener, scalp paint etc

    you absolutely anticipated my next post! So, it's GF where he starts with the rug?

    Yes, and it's much better there than his subsequent ones.
  • HigginsHiggins GermanyPosts: 16,619MI6 Agent
    Why is he flying PanAm from London to Istanbul?
    President of the 'Misty Eyes Club'.

    Dalton - the weak and weepy Bond!
  • BarbelBarbel ScotlandPosts: 38,077Chief of Staff
    Love the shots of Istanbul. This is all very Flemingesque.
  • BarbelBarbel ScotlandPosts: 38,077Chief of Staff
    Higgins wrote:
    Why is he flying PanAm from London to Istanbul?

    Harry got a deal from them?
  • Shady TreeShady Tree London, UKPosts: 3,013MI6 Agent
    edited May 2020
    Back in 63, the very act of air travel, passing through an airport and getting a car for hotel check-in... was an exciting enough fantasy for most folk in the audience, to warrant Bond theme scoring in the film!
    Critics and material I don't need. I haven't changed my act in 53 years.
  • Number24Number24 NorwayPosts: 22,424MI6 Agent
    edited May 2020
    For some reason the KGB often used Bulgarians for assassination missions. I don't know why.
  • BarbelBarbel ScotlandPosts: 38,077Chief of Staff
    The lovely lady leaving Kerim's room will reappear in GF- more significantly (not to say shockingly)!
  • BarbelBarbel ScotlandPosts: 38,077Chief of Staff
    Music- The “James Bond Theme”, the original version. A Peter Hunt decision, not a John Barry choice
  • Shady TreeShady Tree London, UKPosts: 3,013MI6 Agent
    The great Pedro Armendariz... a brilliant and courageous performance
    Critics and material I don't need. I haven't changed my act in 53 years.
  • HigginsHiggins GermanyPosts: 16,619MI6 Agent
    Shady Tree wrote:
    Back in 63, the very act of air travel, passing through an airport and getting a car for hotel check-in... was an exciting enough fantasy for most folk in the audience, to warrant Bond theme scoring in the film!

    I actually remember the Jamaika arrival scene from Dr. No everytime that I am leaving an airport after having arrived
    President of the 'Misty Eyes Club'.

    Dalton - the weak and weepy Bond!
  • Number24Number24 NorwayPosts: 22,424MI6 Agent
    edited May 2020
    Connery is much better than Lazenby at searching for bugs. Lazenby looked behind pillows in the sofa!
  • superadosuperado Regent's Park West (CaliforniaPosts: 2,656MI6 Agent
    Higgins wrote:
    Are these boots kind of. Military spec?

    Red Grant has small looking feet :))
    "...the purposeful slant of his striding figure looked dangerous, as if he was making quickly for something bad that was happening further down the street." -SMERSH on 007 dossier photo, Ch. 6 FRWL.....
  • HigginsHiggins GermanyPosts: 16,619MI6 Agent
    I never find the bug-search scenes dull.
    Very Fleming imo
    President of the 'Misty Eyes Club'.

    Dalton - the weak and weepy Bond!
  • BarbelBarbel ScotlandPosts: 38,077Chief of Staff
    superado wrote:
    Higgins wrote:
    Are these boots kind of. Military spec?

    Red Grant has small looking feet :))

    Robert Shaw's gonna need a bigger boot.
  • HigginsHiggins GermanyPosts: 16,619MI6 Agent
    Grey day in Istanbul
    President of the 'Misty Eyes Club'.

    Dalton - the weak and weepy Bond!
  • Number24Number24 NorwayPosts: 22,424MI6 Agent
    Higgins wrote:
    I never find the bug-search scenes dull.
    Very Fleming imo

    I like this one too.
  • Shady TreeShady Tree London, UKPosts: 3,013MI6 Agent
    Gymkata wrote:
    Shady Tree wrote:
    Back in 63, the very act of air travel, passing through an airport and getting a car for hotel check-in... was an exciting enough fantasy for most folk in the audience to warrant Bond theme scoring!

    If they think THAT'S something, wait until Connery checks his room for bugs with the theme score blaring at a volume level of 11.

    Yeah, it doesn't feel germane. But it certainly glorifies the whole foreign travel fantasy of every travelling salesman of the day.

    SPECTRE is everywhere (as Mr White might have said in 'SPECTRE')... even in the hotel reception! And Nikki van der Zyl is everywhere too!
    Critics and material I don't need. I haven't changed my act in 53 years.
  • BarbelBarbel ScotlandPosts: 38,077Chief of Staff
    Gymkata wrote:
    What I love about this movie: everyone is competent at their jobs. Connery doesn't 'win' by the enemy acting stupidly, he 'wins' because he happens to make the best decisions at any given time.

    100% agree
  • Number24Number24 NorwayPosts: 22,424MI6 Agent
    Barbel wrote:
    superado wrote:
    Higgins wrote:
    Are these boots kind of. Military spec?

    Red Grant has small looking feet :))

    Robert Shaw's gonna need a bigger boot.

    :)) :)) :))
  • Shady TreeShady Tree London, UKPosts: 3,013MI6 Agent
    Barbel wrote:
    superado wrote:
    Higgins wrote:
    Are these boots kind of. Military spec?

    Red Grant has small looking feet :))

    Robert Shaw's gonna need a bigger boot.

    :)) :)) :))
    Critics and material I don't need. I haven't changed my act in 53 years.
  • HigginsHiggins GermanyPosts: 16,619MI6 Agent
    +1

    Instead we are always seeing Bond being confronted with his inner conflicts :s
    President of the 'Misty Eyes Club'.

    Dalton - the weak and weepy Bond!
  • BarbelBarbel ScotlandPosts: 38,077Chief of Staff
    The underground scene. Taken almost verbatim from Fleming- one reason why I love this film!
  • Number24Number24 NorwayPosts: 22,424MI6 Agent
    I had trhe oportunity to visit the reservoars once, but I chose another place to visit. I think it was have been the harem. This was before I really became a Bond fan.
  • Shady TreeShady Tree London, UKPosts: 3,013MI6 Agent
    More authentic spying here...
    Critics and material I don't need. I haven't changed my act in 53 years.
  • HigginsHiggins GermanyPosts: 16,619MI6 Agent
    Hard to believe that Armendariz got ill so soon that he barely could do the shoulder scene
    President of the 'Misty Eyes Club'.

    Dalton - the weak and weepy Bond!
  • BarbelBarbel ScotlandPosts: 38,077Chief of Staff
    Ah, now we go to the camp gypsies- I mean, the gypsy camp.
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