AJB live commentary on Casino Royale 1967

Shady Tree

"Must be a commercial!" Could be a wry comment on the aesthetic of Bond films, which delivered 'a bump a reel'.

Thunderbird 2

The angled corridor set was reused for an episode of The Prisoner. Dance Of The Dead.

Caution cycadelic mess ahead.....

Golrush007

Barbel wrote:

Golrush007 wrote:

Oh god, flying saucer time...which is when I ask myself, 'How in the name of all that's holy have I been persuaded to watch this mess for a 20th time?'

Only 20th?

I know. It's not really good enough, is it?

Barbel

More influences for Austin Powers

Number24

Fact: Only 39.8% of the scriptwriters of CR-67 can remember the 1960's

Golrush007

Woody Allen shows up again, which in my opinion is a positive thing.

Barbel

Golrush007 wrote:

Barbel wrote:

Golrush007 wrote:

Oh god, flying saucer time...which is when I ask myself, 'How in the name of all that's holy have I been persuaded to watch this mess for a 20th time?'

Only 20th?

I know. It's not really good enough, is it?

Well, you've had CR06 for the last 14 years while I've had this for the last 53.

Barbel

Woody Allen, one of the best things in this film

Higgins

I should have watched the movie on a smaller tv.

Waste of electric power 8-)

Number24

Gymkata wrote:

We just had a UFO land.

In a James Bond film.

Yes, im' reminded of MR too

Shady Tree

The film's disregard for plot actually takes to a post-modern zenith the aesthetic of the 'spectacular' Bond films which prioritise over story the locations, costumes, music and spectacle.

The wonderfully designed HQ interiors here push forward in anticipation of the 'big set' Bond movies to follow...

Barbel

Gymkata wrote:

Not joking: this is in the top 5 of the 'worst films that I've ever seen in my entire life' list.

Oh, totally. Ed Wood ranks well above this

Number24

The big eye from QoS!

Thunderbird 2

Hey!! The space shuttle is cool, and the ISS is real.

Barbel

The absolutely delicious Daliah Lavi. If only there was someone who could do gifs?

Golrush007

Those with very sharp eyes can apparently spot Caroline Munro as one of Dr Noah's women.

Shady Tree

Jimmy Bond's mention of clones... anticipates the DAF Blofeld.

The overhead magnet... how Moore overcomes Jaws in TSWLM

Niven's mannequin... Moore's mannequin in TMWTGG

Shady Tree

Thunderbird 2 wrote:

Hey!! The space shuttle is cool, and the ISS is real.

Wonderful 'Stingray'-grade miniature effects.

Barbel

Shady Tree wrote:

Jimmy Bond's mention of clones... anticipates the DAF Blofeld.

The overhead magnet... how Moore overcomes Jaws in TSWLM

Niven's mannequin... Moore's mannequin in TMWTGG

Check out "Murderers' Row" a Matt Helm movie- and see influences on later Bond films

Barbel

Thank you Gymkata!

Shady Tree

Dr Noah is a classical pianist... like Drax in MR.

Thunderbird 2

And then the plot went High pitched Hic!!

The Detainer makes Jimmy swallow his own ‘medicine.’

Number24

Gymkata wrote:

Barbel wrote:

The absolutely delicious Daliah Lavi. If only there was someone who could do gifs?

Is this from The Fifth Element?

Thunderbird 2

Frankenstien’s Monster is an early part for Dave Prowse.... long before Darth Vader.

Shady Tree

Daliah Lavi's exchanges with Woody Allen are funny. Woody Allen wrote his own material for this film but refused to help with the writing for scenes he wasn't in.

Barbel

Thunderbird 2 wrote:

Frankenstien’s Monster is an early part for Dave Prowse.... long before Darth Vader.

And he'd play The Monster for real in 2 Hammer movies

Barbel

Music “The Big Cowboys and Indians Fight at Casino Royale”

Thunderbird 2

And then the plot went BOOM!!!

The drone like whirring Exploding roulette wheel.

Barbel

Anyone spot the Golden Girls?

Shady Tree

Allen's parody of the Bond villain and his psychosexual inadequacies is good, and arguably would apply even more to Pleasance's Blofeld figure (in two months' time) than to any of Pleasance's Bond villain predecessors. Of course, the 67 Blofeld is also the source of the later 'Dr Evil'.