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Field's first name was STRAWBERRY?!
I missed a lot more in that movie than I thought.
[EDIT] I'm reading imdb/wikipedia to catch up on everything I missed. Also, now I am seeing the irony/what-have-you of leaving Greene a can of motor oil to drink. (I'm pretty sure irony is not the word I'm looking for, but I'm having trouble coming up with a more accurate term...?)
Also, did I forget to mention that Greene's character is totally a creeper? Seriously... Disturbing.
A-ha, so Leiter was a recurring character more than just Casino Royale... I thought so. I swear I can remember Connery's Bond talking to/about him.
Taubman's character's bowl cut (/bangs): also extremely disturbing.
From wikipedia: "He [the director] was surprised that he was approached for the job, stating he was not a big Bond film fan through the years, and that he would not have accepted the project had he not seen Casino Royale prior to making his decision: he felt Bond had been humanised in that film, arguing since travelling the world had become less exotic since the series' advent, it made sense to focus more on Bond as a character." You know, that is a really good point. Same kind of goes for technological advancements... BUT FOR THE LOVE OF GOD PLEASE BRING Q BACK (I love John Cleese too much)
Almost forgot, what was Leiter talking about when he told the CIA guys he only told Bond what they'd agreed on?
Again from wiki, about the writer: "Haggis located his draft's climax in the Swiss Alps,[40] but Forster wanted the action sequences to be based around the four classical elements of earth, water, air and fire." Neat trivia. (And admittedly, Bond movies are what got me into movie trivia... That and Indiana Jones, though roughly around the same time, methinks. When did Die Another Day come out?)
More: "Because Bond plays it real, I thought the political circumstances should be real too, even though Bond shouldn't be a political film. I thought the more political I make it, the more real it feels, not just with Bolivia and what's happening in Haiti, but with all these corporations like Shell and Chevron saying they're green because it's so fashionable to be green. During the Cold War, everything was very clear, the good guys and the bad guys. Today there's much overlapping of good and bad. It isn't as morally distinct, because we all have both elements in us." (Marc Forster on the political landscape of the film) I think that is part of why I like this film. Trying to keep the good-guy-bad-guy feel of Bond movies while making us realize that sometimes we (Y HALO AMERICA) are just as capable of being the bad guys as the people we are being told are. I find this especially to be true after reading that article a month back about how much our media today echoes the anti-communism sentiments of the cold war. With terrorism and all that... That's pretty depressing, to me.
Just reading about the script... They had this sort of running-editing thing going, it seems, which may be why it's a bit confusing. (That and the lack of steadicam, amirite,![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
astrid087?) See also: PotC 2/3, mayhaps?
Also, the Tosca scenes? FLIPPING AMAZING. I kind of want to see Tosca now, because I really have no idea what it is but that particular staging looked modern enough to catch my interest, as I am generally okay with opera. (Barber of Seville, though? You can kiss my ass. WORST OPERA EVER)
(Also I'm still kind of offended that Aida is a musical. I'll just head off to fangirl on Carmen now... [ILU BIZET]) I really don't see that much opera, tbh...
I missed a lot more in that movie than I thought.
[EDIT] I'm reading imdb/wikipedia to catch up on everything I missed. Also, now I am seeing the irony/what-have-you of leaving Greene a can of motor oil to drink. (I'm pretty sure irony is not the word I'm looking for, but I'm having trouble coming up with a more accurate term...?)
Also, did I forget to mention that Greene's character is totally a creeper? Seriously... Disturbing.
A-ha, so Leiter was a recurring character more than just Casino Royale... I thought so. I swear I can remember Connery's Bond talking to/about him.
Taubman's character's bowl cut (/bangs): also extremely disturbing.
From wikipedia: "He [the director] was surprised that he was approached for the job, stating he was not a big Bond film fan through the years, and that he would not have accepted the project had he not seen Casino Royale prior to making his decision: he felt Bond had been humanised in that film, arguing since travelling the world had become less exotic since the series' advent, it made sense to focus more on Bond as a character." You know, that is a really good point. Same kind of goes for technological advancements... BUT FOR THE LOVE OF GOD PLEASE BRING Q BACK (I love John Cleese too much)
Almost forgot, what was Leiter talking about when he told the CIA guys he only told Bond what they'd agreed on?
Again from wiki, about the writer: "Haggis located his draft's climax in the Swiss Alps,[40] but Forster wanted the action sequences to be based around the four classical elements of earth, water, air and fire." Neat trivia. (And admittedly, Bond movies are what got me into movie trivia... That and Indiana Jones, though roughly around the same time, methinks. When did Die Another Day come out?)
More: "Because Bond plays it real, I thought the political circumstances should be real too, even though Bond shouldn't be a political film. I thought the more political I make it, the more real it feels, not just with Bolivia and what's happening in Haiti, but with all these corporations like Shell and Chevron saying they're green because it's so fashionable to be green. During the Cold War, everything was very clear, the good guys and the bad guys. Today there's much overlapping of good and bad. It isn't as morally distinct, because we all have both elements in us." (Marc Forster on the political landscape of the film) I think that is part of why I like this film. Trying to keep the good-guy-bad-guy feel of Bond movies while making us realize that sometimes we (Y HALO AMERICA) are just as capable of being the bad guys as the people we are being told are. I find this especially to be true after reading that article a month back about how much our media today echoes the anti-communism sentiments of the cold war. With terrorism and all that... That's pretty depressing, to me.
Just reading about the script... They had this sort of running-editing thing going, it seems, which may be why it's a bit confusing. (That and the lack of steadicam, amirite,
astrid087?) See also: PotC 2/3, mayhaps?Also, the Tosca scenes? FLIPPING AMAZING. I kind of want to see Tosca now, because I really have no idea what it is but that particular staging looked modern enough to catch my interest, as I am generally okay with opera. (Barber of Seville, though? You can kiss my ass. WORST OPERA EVER)
(Also I'm still kind of offended that Aida is a musical. I'll just head off to fangirl on Carmen now... [ILU BIZET]) I really don't see that much opera, tbh...
