Looking for James Bond information
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I've been waiting a while and so far can't find any information on why all the Bond movies are out on blu-ray except my favorite "Diamonds Are Forever". Does anyone know why this movie is not being released?
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Agent 0006 came around here just as poorly briefed. Do you know what happened to him? Moonraker every day for a month.
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"All" of the Bond movies (other than your personal favorite) are not yet out on BD...only 14 are (including the unofficial "Never Say Never Again")....that leaves 9 more still to be given the Blu-ray treatment:
You Only Live Twice
On Her Majesty's Secret Service
Diamonds Are Forever
The Spy Who Loved Me
Octopussy
A View To A Kill
The Living Daylights
Goldeneye
Tomorrow Never Dies
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I only recognize the first Connery movies and the first two Roger Moores, everything else doesn't come close. I had not realized that I did not have You Only Live Twice, I guess my disappointment over Diamonds are forever clouded my judgment.
For those who wonder, 0008 is from Our Man Flint.
For those who wonder, 0008 is from Our Man Flint.
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What's especially weird is that he only recognizes the first two Roger Moore movies (Live and Let Die, and The Man with the Golden Gun), even though The Spy Who Loved Me and For Your Eyes Only are both much better.
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Hrm....I dunno. To me...I consider the strong Connery ones great, I REALLY REALLY don't remember the Dalton or Moore films I may have seen scenes from them, and Goldeneye followed by Casino Royale. Based off what I have seen. Seems like Bond had a lot of crap.
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Not really a Saltzmen, more of a Guy Hamilton, Terrence Young fan. Especially Hamilton - 1) Goldfinger 2) Diamonds Are Frever 3) Live And Let Die 4) The Man With The Golden Gun. The Moore movies after Hamilton got too comedic. I was disappointed in Timothy Dalton run as I thought he was a great choice but the movies just didn't have the Bond feel for me. The most recent Bonds seem to have taken a step toward the orginal Bond feel and I have enjoyed them but just not enough to purchase them. If I stumble on them cheap I will probably pick them up.
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I have a feeling that the next time you watch Diamonds are Forever, you may realize just how lousy it really is. It has just as much dopey humor as the Moore pictures.
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Agreed. Diamonds are Forever is truly awful. I think many people give it a pass, because of Connery, but objectively, it's one of the weakest Bond films by far.
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Not really a Saltzmen, more of a Guy Hamilton, Terrence Young fan. Especially Hamilton - 1) Goldfinger 2) Diamonds Are Frever 3) Live And Let Die 4) The Man With The Golden Gun. The Moore movies after Hamilton got too comedic. I was disappointed in Timothy Dalton run as I thought he was a great choice but the movies just didn't have the Bond feel for me. The most recent Bonds seem to have taken a step toward the orginal Bond feel and I have enjoyed them but just not enough to purchase them. If I stumble on them cheap I will probably pick them up.
And I will again ask: can anyone explain why it is that they can fawn over the Daniel Craig era with praise...while dismissing Timothy Dalton's turn as Bond? No offense to Craig, but he's drowning in accolades for doing what Dalton did 20 years earlier.
I like some elements of the movie (Jill St. John as Tiffany Case, Connery's nonchalance as Bond, the elevator fight scene, and believe it or not, Kidd and Wint as creepy henchmen), but I really don't go for some of the others (Charles Gray was the least interesting Blofeld in the series, the James Bond Playboy Club card--the first allusion that Bond is actually famous--and most of the stuff in Vegas). It's a very mixed bag.
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I saw all of the Dalton films in the theater. He was extremely acclaimed when the movies were released after Moore had well over-stayed his welcome!