AJB live commentary on SPECTRE

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  • Thunderbird 2Thunderbird 2 East of Cardiff, Wales.Posts: 2,816MI6 Agent
    The character is shallow and obvious.
    I felt the actor was give so little to work with. Pity, he is damned good in other things.
    This is Thunderbird 2, how can I be of assistance?
  • BarbelBarbel ScotlandPosts: 37,854Chief of Staff
    Shady Tree wrote:
    I do get a strong OHMSS Piz Gloria vibe from the clinic, its setting and interiors.

    Also Madeleine is the daughter of a high-level crook, just like Tracy.
  • Shady TreeShady Tree London, UKPosts: 2,998MI6 Agent
    I like Madeleine Swann's look for her first scene.

    Q in the field... like Desmond Llewelyn in LTK (or OP)
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  • The Spy Who Never DiesThe Spy Who Never Dies UKPosts: 644MI6 Agent
    Gymkata wrote:
    There's just no spark here between Lea and Daniel. No chemistry here at all.

    I don't think there is in the whole movie :(
  • BarbelBarbel ScotlandPosts: 37,854Chief of Staff
    "No! Stay!" :)) :)) :))
  • Number24Number24 NorwayPosts: 22,330MI6 Agent
    "No, Stay!" :D :007)
  • Shady TreeShady Tree London, UKPosts: 2,998MI6 Agent
    Bond's "Stay!" to the security guy... calls back to Moore's "Sit!" to the tiger in OP (which was an allusion to TV dog-trainer eccentric Barbara Woodhouse)?
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  • Number24Number24 NorwayPosts: 22,330MI6 Agent
    I actually like this chase scene
  • Thunderbird 2Thunderbird 2 East of Cardiff, Wales.Posts: 2,816MI6 Agent
    Shady Tree wrote:
    Bond's "Stay!" to the security guy... calls back to Moore's "Sit!" to the tiger in OP (which was an allusion to TV dog-trainer eccentric Barbara Woodhouse)?

    Don't remind Me!
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  • Shady TreeShady Tree London, UKPosts: 2,998MI6 Agent
    Q in the cable car... calls back to a scene where Bond is stalked by heavies ahead of the ski run in FYEO (as well as to a deleted scene with Bernard Horsfall in OHMSS)
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  • HigginsHiggins GermanyPosts: 16,619MI6 Agent
    Why Bond doesn‘t put a bullet in his head I don‘t understand
    President of the 'Misty Eyes Club'.

    Dalton - the weak and weepy Bond!
  • BarbelBarbel ScotlandPosts: 37,854Chief of Staff
    Shady Tree wrote:
    Bond's "Stay!" to the security guy... calls back to Moore's "Sit!" to the tiger in OP (which was an allusion to TV dog-trainer eccentric Barbara Woodhouse)?



    Also to Michael Caine in "Goldmember" to a guard-

    "Have you got any idea how many anonymous henchmen I've killed over the years? I mean, look at you. You don't even have a name tag. You've got no chance. Why don't you just fall down?"
  • Shady TreeShady Tree London, UKPosts: 2,998MI6 Agent
    Number24 wrote:
    I actually like this chase scene

    Yes, it's a good traditional, spectacular Bond action sequence. The plane's shorn wings are another callback to LALD.
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  • Number24Number24 NorwayPosts: 22,330MI6 Agent
    Higgins wrote:
    Why Bond doesn‘t put a bullet in his head I don‘t understand

    Because movie
  • Shady TreeShady Tree London, UKPosts: 2,998MI6 Agent
    Tangier saturated in urine.
    Critics and material I don't need. I haven't changed my act in 53 years.
  • Number24Number24 NorwayPosts: 22,330MI6 Agent
    Shady Tree wrote:
    Number24 wrote:
    I actually like this chase scene

    Yes, it's a good traditional, spectacular Bond action sequence. The plane's shorn wings are another callback to LALD.

    And LTK too
  • The Spy Who Never DiesThe Spy Who Never Dies UKPosts: 644MI6 Agent
    So Bond stops searching the room when he finds a bottle of booze!
  • BarbelBarbel ScotlandPosts: 37,854Chief of Staff
    Gymkata wrote:
    Number24 wrote:
    Higgins wrote:
    Why Bond doesn‘t put a bullet in his head I don‘t understand

    Because movie

    My big contribution to this site is going to be the introduction of this phrase, isn't it?

    :)) I'll add it to the glossary, crediting you!
  • Shady TreeShady Tree London, UKPosts: 2,998MI6 Agent
    I don't quite get that Bond and Madeleine are starting a process of falling in love... though I know the movie wants me to believe that...
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  • Number24Number24 NorwayPosts: 22,330MI6 Agent
    edited June 2020
    Given all the drinking that goes on in Bond films it's nice to see someone actually getting drunk. Lea does a good job of it, and I think we get some good chemistry in this scene.
  • Shady TreeShady Tree London, UKPosts: 2,998MI6 Agent
    The 'Daddy issues' stuff is nicely played.
    Critics and material I don't need. I haven't changed my act in 53 years.
  • BarbelBarbel ScotlandPosts: 37,854Chief of Staff
    So Bond stops searching the room when he finds a bottle of booze!

    Seems fair enough
  • BarbelBarbel ScotlandPosts: 37,854Chief of Staff
    It's a pity that there isn't music for this scene called "Bond Smells a Rat". It's sort of a tradition :D
  • Shady TreeShady Tree London, UKPosts: 2,998MI6 Agent
    Bond's blank stare at the drunk Madeleine is a little too Travis Bickle.

    This Bond/rodent encounter isn't a patch on the one in DAF... but it does serve the plot a little, I suppose...
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  • Shady TreeShady Tree London, UKPosts: 2,998MI6 Agent
    Madeleine's tears when she sees how her alienated father kept pictures of her and must have loved her... contrasts with Bond's blank reaction to discovering the Vesper tape.
    Critics and material I don't need. I haven't changed my act in 53 years.
  • Number24Number24 NorwayPosts: 22,330MI6 Agent
    Bond should have found a button to open a secret door after teh mouse made him aware of teh hidden room. Just breaking down the wall is just so brawn over brain ....
  • BarbelBarbel ScotlandPosts: 37,854Chief of Staff
    MGW cameo! With son and heir!
  • Number24Number24 NorwayPosts: 22,330MI6 Agent
    I love train scenes in Bond movies!
  • Shady TreeShady Tree London, UKPosts: 2,998MI6 Agent
    Denbigh's been talking to the Home Secretary...

    Priti Patel would never close down the Double O Section.

    She shouldn't take that as a compliment.
    Critics and material I don't need. I haven't changed my act in 53 years.
  • HigginsHiggins GermanyPosts: 16,619MI6 Agent
    Love the aerial shot of the train!
    President of the 'Misty Eyes Club'.

    Dalton - the weak and weepy Bond!
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