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Butch And D-Mal's James Bond Learning Tree Thread


Devon Malcolm

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there was an interview a while back where the director (sam mendes) said that theres going to be more humour in skyfall compared to craig's other bond's

The script, written by returning Bond screenwriters Neal Purvis and Robert Wade, received added gravitas from Oscar-nominated writer John Logan (The Aviator, Hugo). Naomie Harris, who plays James Bond's MI6 co-worker Eve in Skyfall, was particularly wowed by Logan's improvements. "We had a fantastic script when I signed on to do the movie, then John Logan came on later and reworked things. I didn't think it could get better, but it did. He has the Midas touch. [There's] a lot more humor. It just seemed in keeping with the feel of a classic Bond movie." The gritty, reality-driven Casino Royale and Quantum of Solace were light on the laughs that peppered the previous 40 years of Bond history, but if there's a detectable difference between Skyfall, it's an urgency for 007's wry perspective. Craig explained, "Humor comes more out of a situation than it does out of gag lines. We've got some very funny lines in the movie, but who knows how the audience will find them. I remember in Casino there were some lines that we didn't think were particularly funny, but the audience really got a hold of. I'm just looking forward to showing it to an audience, and showing the dialogue we have and the situations we have to the audience. I think there are some funny moments, but I have a very dark humor." Harris suggests that many of the laughs stem from Bond relearning that he even has a sense of humor. "[A lot of the comedy] is his wit and getting his wit back. Situational humor as well. It's just interesting to see a scene that seems so serious and see how John can add something outside of it or a specific line that turns the scene on its head."

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It's the second best Bourne movie, in fact.

And about the 4th worst Bond film.I think Butch and I are going to have to take our services to a forum that actually wants to understand Bond films. After this debacle, a planned Carry On learning tree thread will have to go on hold, too.
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I'm with Seven on this. Carry On films suffer from the same thing old James Bond films do, in that they get a free pass from being shit because they're camp and cheesy "British institutions".

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Carry On movies suck, dude.

Your punishment for being wrong is having TripleA agree with you. Serves you bloody right.

Carry On films suffer from the same thing old James Bond films do, in that they get a free pass from being shit because they're camp and cheesy "British institutions".

I'm sure you won't be surprised to hear me tell you that you are talking utter bollocks.
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I really like Carry On films, they are what they are and I enjoy them for that.Off on a side but I read somewhere Sid James and Kenneth Williams hated each other and Charles Hawtrey was wasted more than he was sober.

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There is fuck all wrong with the Carry On films IMO, It's good fun and they fit the slot nicely of a movie that'll be on TV when I want to pass the time a bit.I still think Connery was the best Bond though, and that Dalton deserved a longer run. What was with George just doing the one film?

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