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Posted: Mon Jun 23, 2008 7:04 pm
by stwrt
cdnchris wrote:Yes! Odd selection of titles to be the first batch, but at least they're including most of the Connery titles including my favourite Bond film, From Russia with Love
Just watched that again after reading the book again after a gap of years. Robert Shaw was probably the best ever Bond villain, would have been a good choice to play Bond, in fact. Loved the scene n the movie where Bond suspects that Grant is not the Englishman he claims to be ("Red wine with fish?") : in the book Bond's hackles are roused by the windsor tie knot Grant wears, "often the mark of a cad". None of this humour would find its way into today's Bond scripts.
Posted: Mon Jun 23, 2008 7:36 pm
by OliverB
So does this mean that we will never again see the Bond films revisited on SD-DVD or ever get halfway decent packages of the Connery films without upgrading to BR?
Posted: Mon Jun 30, 2008 3:38 pm
by John Cope
Posted: Mon Jun 30, 2008 7:03 pm
by Antoine Doinel
It looks like a direct retread aesthetically, stylistically from Casino Royale which isn't a bad thing at all. Bond looks badass walking over the hill with a gun, and more Jeffrey Wright is great too.
I'm still worried about Pacino (and his hair) making a cameo though.
Posted: Mon Jun 30, 2008 7:24 pm
by flyonthewall2983
Antoine Doinel wrote:The film has now jumped the shark. Al Pacino will make a
cameo as (one of?) the villains.
How the hell did I miss that?
Posted: Tue Jul 01, 2008 4:20 am
by Len
Looks really good:
1080p -
720p -
480p
Posted: Mon Jul 28, 2008 4:16 pm
by dx23
According to
dvdactive, the 3 disc Collector's Edition and 2 disc BD are coming on October 19th.
Title: Casino Royale
Starring: Daniel Craig
Released: 21st October 2008
SRP: $29.95
Further Details:
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment has announced a 3-disc collector's edition of Casino Royale which stars Daniel Craig and Eva Green. The film will be presented in 2.40:1 anamorphic widescreen, along with an English Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround track. Extras will include 2 commentaries, deleted scenes, multiple behind the scenes featurettes, a Chris Cornell Music Video, Bond Girls are Forever (2006), a James Bond: For Real Documentary, a Becoming Bond documentary, filmmaker profiles, Catching a Plane: From Storyboard to Screen, and "e-Movie Cash" to see Quantum of Solace. A 2-disc Blu-ray release will also be available for $38.96. We've attached a small shot of the package artwork below:
Posted: Mon Jul 28, 2008 4:32 pm
by aox
Die Another Day is now a "Classic Bond Film"? It is probably Brosnan's worst Bond film and arguably the worst Bond film ever.
Posted: Tue Jul 29, 2008 10:05 pm
by Antoine Doinel
Alicia Keys and Jack White
pen the song that no one will remember anyway.
Posted: Tue Jul 29, 2008 11:23 pm
by flyonthewall2983
Far as I'm concerned, there's just "Live And Let Die" "A View To A Kill", and the rest is muzak.
Posted: Mon Aug 04, 2008 8:07 pm
by colinr0380
Joe Cornish (of Adam and Joe) has a try at the Quantum of Solace
song, which he describes in their
podcast as a mixture of David Bowie and Madonna.
Adam Buxton's song can also be heard
here!
Posted: Tue Aug 05, 2008 3:21 am
by fdm
OliverB wrote:So does this mean that we will never again see the Bond films revisited on SD-DVD or ever get halfway decent packages of the Connery films without upgrading to BR?
Oh come on, it's Bond. Out of print every two or three years, reissued every two or three years...
Posted: Tue Aug 05, 2008 6:25 am
by Cde.
In a just world, the producers would have taken him up on the offer and we'd all be hearing that in a theatre come November.
Posted: Thu Aug 21, 2008 11:27 pm
by bdsweeney
Posted: Wed Sep 10, 2008 2:11 am
by Antoine Doinel
New
trailer. Amalric looks good as the villain.
Posted: Wed Sep 10, 2008 3:55 am
by tugboat5555
Looks pretty great/fun up until that "your prison is up there" line...
Bad reminder of the "littlest finger" scenes that really tried to sink that first film.
Posted: Wed Sep 10, 2008 3:26 pm
by Len
Bond is looking very Steve McQueen. Black shawl collar cardigan and all.
Looks good tho.
Posted: Thu Sep 11, 2008 8:28 pm
by Antoine Doinel
Posted: Sat Sep 13, 2008 6:51 pm
by cdnchris
indiephantom wrote:Why did they change the date from Nov. 7 to 14th. 7 seemed like a good number.
The Harry Potter movie was moved to next summer so a few movies have shifted their release dates around that, either moving them to an earlier release date or later release date hoping to maximize the money they take in the first weekend, something the Potter movie would have cut into.
Posted: Thu Sep 18, 2008 4:49 pm
by Antoine Doinel
Listen to the song you're going have to endure during the opening credits here.
Posted: Thu Sep 18, 2008 4:55 pm
by mfunk9786
Endure? It's great.
Posted: Thu Sep 18, 2008 4:56 pm
by Antoine Doinel
We must have heard completely different songs.
Posted: Thu Sep 18, 2008 6:01 pm
by sonofkinski
I'm not a fan of Alicia Keys of Jack White, but putting the song within context, it works just fine. It's representative musically of the time that the particular Bond film is being released, has the "epic" bom-bom-bom Bond flourishes, and features a contemporary, soulfully-voiced female vocalist.
Posted: Thu Sep 18, 2008 6:59 pm
by Mr Sausage
Antoine Doinel wrote:Listen to the song you're going have to endure during the opening credits here.
That's just awful. It starts off by erratically quoting a bunch of Bond-type chords from different eras (none of which coalesce into an actual beat), and then sinks into the worst kind of pop music.
Posted: Thu Sep 18, 2008 7:02 pm
by mfunk9786
That's what they get for hiring creative musicians to perform the Bond song for once. Bring back Madonna!