Moderators PowerButchi Posted May 19, 2012 Moderators Share Posted May 19, 2012 (edited) Carry On movies suck, dude.Oh fuck off. Other than "At your convenience", which was well off the mark (and that's why the "On The Buses" film was the UK's biggest grossing film that year), they were fantastic working class social commentary.And it's not as if there wasn't some massive comedy heavyweights in them. James, Scott, Williams and FUCKING BUTTERWORTH were all fantastic. Edited May 19, 2012 by PowerButchi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members bAzTNM#1 Posted May 19, 2012 Paid Members Share Posted May 19, 2012 Sean Connery plays "Never Say Never Again" like a Roger Moore "Bond" movie. Odd to see. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vamp Posted May 19, 2012 Share Posted May 19, 2012 Sean Connery plays "Never Say Never Again" like a Roger Moore "Bond" movie. Odd to see.I'm not sure that's true. One of the saving graces of NSNA is that they don't completely ignore Bond being an old man which is the complete opposite of the Roger Moore movies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Egg Shen Posted May 19, 2012 Paid Members Share Posted May 19, 2012 does the opening sequence to Never Say Never Again hold up? with the zip-line? me and my buddy used to watch that over and over when we were about 7, we'd watch it, rewind it and watch it again, ive never actually seen the whole movie. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members JohnnyChimpo Posted May 19, 2012 Paid Members Share Posted May 19, 2012 Last night I had a bond double bill of From Russia with Love and The Spy Who Loved Me. Both excellent editions of the Bond series. The Spy Who Loved Me raised a question for me though; how many Bond films have had an action/chase sequence involving Bond skiing down a mountain? There was The Spy Who Loved Me, A View To a Kill and at least 1 Bronsan film (I Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loki Posted May 19, 2012 Share Posted May 19, 2012 Isn't On Her Majesty's Secret Service set in a ski resort for a big chunk? I remember Lazenby skiing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnum Posted May 19, 2012 Share Posted May 19, 2012 Old Japanese proverb say 'bird never make nest in bare tree'.I quoted that one endlessly when I got my first chest hairs through. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loki Posted May 19, 2012 Share Posted May 19, 2012 http://uk.movies.ign.com/articles/746/746573p1.html  IGN's attempt at a Bond code. Gladders and Butch will NOT be happy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clumsy Dad Posted May 19, 2012 Share Posted May 19, 2012 (edited) how many Bond films have had an action/chase sequence involving Bond skiing down a mountain? There was The Spy Who Loved Me, A View To a Kill and at least 1 Bronsan film (I Edited May 19, 2012 by smp Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members JohnnyChimpo Posted May 19, 2012 Paid Members Share Posted May 19, 2012 Ah yes, smp, that was the other snow scene I was thinking of. Thank you to both you and Loki. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members WWFChilli Posted May 20, 2012 Paid Members Share Posted May 20, 2012 Fun fact: Patrick McGoohan turned down the role of Bond twice, pre and post Connery. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Astro Hollywood Posted May 20, 2012 Moderators Share Posted May 20, 2012 Carry On movies suck, dude.Oh fuck off. Other than "At your convenience", which was well off the mark (and that's why the "On The Buses" film was the UK's biggest grossing film that year), they were fantastic working class social commentary.And it's not as if there wasn't some massive comedy heavyweights in them. James, Scott, Williams and FUCKING BUTTERWORTH were all fantastic.The Carry Ons are indeed superb, although I'm going to have to disagree slightly here, because '...At Your Convenience' is one of the Top 10 British-produced movies ever, let alone the Carry Ons. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators PowerButchi Posted May 20, 2012 Moderators Share Posted May 20, 2012 I felt ...At your convenience let itself down in the way it handled Trade Unions though. Making them look silly and even having the leader being shit scared of him mum. Whereas the On The Buses film had Jack Harper as all powerful shop steward, banging all the hot chicks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Astro Hollywood Posted May 20, 2012 Moderators Share Posted May 20, 2012 I felt ...At your convenience let itself down in the way it handled Trade Unions though. Making them look silly and even having the leader being shit scared of him mum. Whereas the On The Buses film had Jack Harper as all powerful shop steward, banging all the hot chicks.In the Carry On world though, it totally works, as they were never going to make a gritty Ken Loach take. Funneling all that through toilets and Kenneth Cope's cucked-by-his-mum "Everybody out!" makes for this weird mix of regular Carry On, where Kenneth Williams is still going "Ooh!" and Sid is still leching etc, but with more depth than the usual (still awesome) tits and bums and double-entendres, and it really, really works. Sid and Joan's relationship is beautifully played, really subtle and heartbreaking, unlike any of the others where men and women who fancy each other just roll around on the floor and smack each other's arses (again, still great). I've not seen the On The Buses film recently enough to remember anything about it.Convenience might be the film I've seen the most times, out of any film. There's so many fantastic little moments in it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators PowerButchi Posted May 20, 2012 Moderators Share Posted May 20, 2012 I do love the daytrip to Brighton in ...At Your Convenience. A fantastic passage of film. Â The On The Buses film is fantastic fun. The sequels are the absolute shits, but the first is a great way to spend a sunday afternoon, so why not spend this afternoon? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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