AJB live commentary on Casino Royale 1967

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  • Golrush007Golrush007 South AfricaPosts: 3,418Quartermasters
    The climax scene is loaded with inexplicable elements, but for me the seals are hard to beat.

    And then of course there are those teepee parachutes.
  • Thunderbird 2Thunderbird 2 East of Cardiff, Wales.Posts: 2,774MI6 Agent
    edited June 2020
    And then the (thankfully final) Plot went BOOM!!!

    Jimmy goes up.... and the Casino and the entire character set with him....
    This is Thunderbird 2, how can I be of assistance?
  • BarbelBarbel ScotlandPosts: 36,053Chief of Staff
    One of the Keystone Kops is Geraldine Chaplin
  • Number24Number24 NorwayPosts: 21,703MI6 Agent
    I miss the grounded, plot heavy early part of the film
  • Shady TreeShady Tree London, UKPosts: 2,965MI6 Agent
    Barbel wrote:
    Anyone spot the Golden Girls?

    :p :p :p
    Critics and material I don't need. I haven't changed my act in 53 years.
  • Golrush007Golrush007 South AfricaPosts: 3,418Quartermasters
    I do like Belmondo looking up "Ooch" is his phrasebook.
  • BarbelBarbel ScotlandPosts: 36,053Chief of Staff
    Music “End Credits” Vocal by Mike Redway
  • BarbelBarbel ScotlandPosts: 36,053Chief of Staff
    Well...

    The music is fabulous.
    David Niven is just fine, providing a calm centre to this uncentred movie.
    The ladies are lovely.

    ...and that's about it for the good points.
  • Golrush007Golrush007 South AfricaPosts: 3,418Quartermasters
    Barbel wrote:
    One of the Keystone Kops is Geraldine Chaplin

    I've never come across this bit of trivia before. :)
  • Shady TreeShady Tree London, UKPosts: 2,965MI6 Agent
    The Red Indians descending on ropes through the roof window. Suspiciously close to the descending ninjas that Eon would have been filming. I return to my theory that there must have been a mole at work in the rival production.
    Critics and material I don't need. I haven't changed my act in 53 years.
  • Number24Number24 NorwayPosts: 21,703MI6 Agent
    Gymkata wrote:

    A gorilla with a toupee

    It's not very polite saying that about Sean Connery!
  • Golrush007Golrush007 South AfricaPosts: 3,418Quartermasters
    Number24 wrote:
    Gymkata wrote:

    A gorilla with a toupee

    It's not very polite saying that about Sean Connery!

    :)) :)) :)) :))
  • HigginsHiggins GermanyPosts: 16,618MI6 Agent
    I‘ll never say a bad word about QoS‘ editing......
    President of the 'Misty Eyes Club'.

    Dalton - the weak and weepy Bond!
  • Shady TreeShady Tree London, UKPosts: 2,965MI6 Agent
    A Bond film which actually ends with an apocalyptic atomic explosion. If the ambition was to destroy Bond films for good with the definitive spoof, it didn't work!
    Critics and material I don't need. I haven't changed my act in 53 years.
  • Thunderbird 2Thunderbird 2 East of Cardiff, Wales.Posts: 2,774MI6 Agent
    Well, that happened. Who is still in one relatively sane untraumitised piece?


    If You answered “Me” go home, or consider a career in espionage.

    If you said wobble, sack quack, Mary had a little Lamd it’s fleece was custard and creame Hood Ha Ha squweee! Go to the SABs, and pick up your free double.

    Of anything 12% proof or stronger.
    Tea for the tea totallers amongst us.... It is the only way you will sleep.
    This is Thunderbird 2, how can I be of assistance?
  • Number24Number24 NorwayPosts: 21,703MI6 Agent
    Barbel wrote:
    Well...

    The music is fabulous.
    David Niven is just fine, providing a calm centre to this uncentred movie.
    The ladies are lovely.

    ...and that's about it for the good points.

    I think there are some great lines and pretty good sequences too.
    The movie is also plotless and completely insane.
  • BarbelBarbel ScotlandPosts: 36,053Chief of Staff
    Peter Sellers had made a career out of playing characters unlike himself. For this film, he wanted (paraphrasing) to play himself just like Cary Grant or John Wayne played themselves in a movie. This caused conflict with the (various) directors and the producer, leading him to walk off the movie with his part unfinished. He was persuaded (£££) to return for the final scene.
  • BarbelBarbel ScotlandPosts: 36,053Chief of Staff
    Higgins wrote:
    I‘ll never say a bad word about QoS‘ editing......

    Oh, the editing here is not the problem
  • Shady TreeShady Tree London, UKPosts: 2,965MI6 Agent
    I actually like this film a lot. But this is from the same guy whose favourite official Bond movie is DAF.
    Critics and material I don't need. I haven't changed my act in 53 years.
  • Thunderbird 2Thunderbird 2 East of Cardiff, Wales.Posts: 2,774MI6 Agent
    Higgins wrote:
    I‘ll never say a bad word about QoS‘ editing......

    Good Lord Higgins! That is going TOO far! Remember this isn’t a Bond film. (Shudders)
    This is Thunderbird 2, how can I be of assistance?
  • HigginsHiggins GermanyPosts: 16,618MI6 Agent
    The only positive about that movie is that the ladies are equally gorgeous and minimally dressed
    President of the 'Misty Eyes Club'.

    Dalton - the weak and weepy Bond!
  • Shady TreeShady Tree London, UKPosts: 2,965MI6 Agent
    Barbel wrote:
    Peter Sellers had made a career out of playing characters unlike himself. For this film, he wanted (paraphrasing) to play himself just like Cary Grant or John Wayne played themselves in a movie. This caused conflict with the (various) directors and the producer, leading him to walk off the movie with his part unfinished. He was persuaded (£££) to return for the final scene.

    According to John Cork and Steven Jay Rubin, he was also having problems in his marriage with Brit Ekland which drew him away from the film.
    Critics and material I don't need. I haven't changed my act in 53 years.
  • BarbelBarbel ScotlandPosts: 36,053Chief of Staff
    Shady Tree wrote:
    Barbel wrote:
    Peter Sellers had made a career out of playing characters unlike himself. For this film, he wanted (paraphrasing) to play himself just like Cary Grant or John Wayne played themselves in a movie. This caused conflict with the (various) directors and the producer, leading him to walk off the movie with his part unfinished. He was persuaded (£££) to return for the final scene.

    According to John Cork and Steven Jay Rubin, he was also having problems in his marriage with Brit Ekland which drew him away from the film.

    It's no doubt true.
  • Golrush007Golrush007 South AfricaPosts: 3,418Quartermasters
    The way I would summarise Casino Royale is that it is an absolute mess, but almost every scene has a joke that I find amusing at the very lest, and sometimes even properly funny. I also love the score, and I do enjoy the vast ensemble of talented cast members. So, despite its numerous flaws, this is still a film that I enjoy rewatching from time to time. In fact, strangely I probably rewatch it nearly as regularly as some of the EON-Bond films. That is something I could never say about NSNA - I think I've only ever watched that film all the way through on 1 or 2 occasions.
  • BarbelBarbel ScotlandPosts: 36,053Chief of Staff
    Golrush007 wrote:
    That is something I could never say about NSNA - I think I've only ever watched that film all the way through on 1 or 2 occasions.

    Well, NSNA (for all its good lines) lacks the fun element that CR67 has
  • Number24Number24 NorwayPosts: 21,703MI6 Agent
    On the other hand NSNA has a plot
  • Shady TreeShady Tree London, UKPosts: 2,965MI6 Agent
    Critics and material I don't need. I haven't changed my act in 53 years.
  • BarbelBarbel ScotlandPosts: 36,053Chief of Staff
    Number24 wrote:
    On the other hand NSNA has a plot

    Yes, it does- it's called "Thunderball"
  • Number24Number24 NorwayPosts: 21,703MI6 Agent
    Barbel wrote:
    Number24 wrote:
    On the other hand NSNA has a plot

    Yes, it does- it's called "Thunderball"

    So true :))

    But CR-67 could have used the plot of Casino Royale as a framework to build the jokes around.
  • BarbelBarbel ScotlandPosts: 36,053Chief of Staff
    Number24 wrote:
    CR-67 could have used the plot of Casino Royale as a framework to build the jokes around.

    It does that, for only about 10 or 15 minutes- and badly!
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