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purple · Post by **purple** » Tue May 13, 2014 9:23 am

oh I see...

purple · Post by **purple** » Wed May 14, 2014 8:19 am

http://www.denofgeek.com/movies/james-b ... nd-24-role

Also in line for the role - which is not the more traditional Bond girl role (whatever the traditional Bond girl role is now) - are Disa Ostrand and Ida Engvoll. The lead female role in the movie, however, is set to be a British one.

So the whole Penelope Cruz rumour was probably just a rumour.

CockHargreaves · Post by **CockHargreaves** » Fri May 23, 2014 1:32 pm

purple wrote:
SmittenDramaKitten wrote:I read half of 'Goldfinger'. It was a giveaway with a magazine. I couldn't get on with it because it was so plain to tell that it was written in the 1950's when it was a completely different world. I admired Fleming's attention to detail though...
I see. I have just finished Live and let die and I will start Diamonds are forever. Actually I am very surprised to find his books so entertaining of course there are things which I consider blatantly revolting but I try to take into account the time when they were written. As for the technically outdated aspects I just think of them as vintage. All in all I think the books are much much better than the movies with the exception of Casino Royale of course. And I simply love Bond the way Fleming created him. I know it has been said already but it is SO close to the way DC portrays him.

I know this post by Purple is an old one, but I wanted to go back to it as I've just managed to pick up Live and Let Die, Octopussy, The Living Daylights and Diamonds are Forever in my local charity shop. I will hopefully read them soon (although I've got a couple of library books to finish first). I hope I enjoy them as much as you have, Purple.

purple · Post by **purple** » Fri May 23, 2014 1:56 pm

CockHargreaves wrote:
purple wrote:
SmittenDramaKitten wrote:I read half of 'Goldfinger'. It was a giveaway with a magazine. I couldn't get on with it because it was so plain to tell that it was written in the 1950's when it was a completely different world. I admired Fleming's attention to detail though...
I see. I have just finished Live and let die and I will start Diamonds are forever. Actually I am very surprised to find his books so entertaining of course there are things which I consider blatantly revolting but I try to take into account the time when they were written. As for the technically outdated aspects I just think of them as vintage. All in all I think the books are much much better than the movies with the exception of Casino Royale of course. And I simply love Bond the way Fleming created him. I know it has been said already but it is SO close to the way DC portrays him.
I know this post by Purple is an old one, but I wanted to go back to it as I've just managed to pick up Live and Let Die, Octopussy, The Living Daylights and Diamonds are Forever in my local charity shop. I will hopefully read them soon (although I've got a couple of library books to finish first). I hope I enjoy them as much as you have, Purple.

I hope you will enjoy them Cocky

I tried to read them in order (today I went to the bookstore again and I bought The spy who loved me and On her majesty secret service).

Out of the books you mentioned I read Diamonds are forever and Live and let die. Octopussy and The living daylights are collections of stories I think which I plan to read in the end when I finish all the novels.

I truly and genuinely enjoy Fleming's writing and I suspect I have fallen head over heels with Mr Bond

My favourite books so far are Moonraker, Live and let die and Diamonds are forever - probably because I absolutely love the female characters in each of them. Oddly enough, I am not very found of Casino Royale but I think this is because I think the movie is so much better

Personally I have never felt annoyed or furious as it happens to me during old Bond movies; I don't have the feeling the way Fleming depicts women is revolting. Old fashioned sometimes, but it has nothing to do with the movies. Fortunately. In fact many of his female characters are very independent and they assume their sexuality. Quite a feministic approach I dare say.

As for the racists/homophobic remarks, well I just tried to ignore them.

In Diamonds are forever, I was a bit dissapointed that Fleming seemed not to grasp the unique charm and vibrance of New York...ok I will stop here, I am curious to learn how you feel about the books

Sylvia's girl · Post by **Sylvia's girl** » Fri May 23, 2014 5:54 pm

SAM MENDES TALKS BOND 24

Director says that he's currently making sure there are no holes in script.

Director Sam Mendes discussed the state-of-play with James Bond 24 this week, stating that the script is currently being worked on, and explaining how watching Daniel Craig on stage has inspired him.

Speaking at a BFI screening, Mendes said, “The next one – it’s being written... It’s ongoing. For me, so much of it is about script. It’s like the building of a boat – once the boat gets on the current, it’s gone. If there’s a hole in the boat, you’re f**ked. So you’ve got to make sure there’s no holes in the boat, and that’s what we’re doing now.”

He also said that watching Daniel Craig on stage had inspired him to go further with the character. “I went to see Daniel Craig in Betrayal and I was reminded what a fantastic actor he is outside of James Bond,” he explained. “It inspires you to think of other ways to use him and allow him to express that. Ralph Fiennes is another great example.”
Mendes was also promoting his London production of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, and revealed how both projects have complemented each other.

“At a certain point, there’s no question that working on Skyfall and Charlie at the same time, as I was for three or four years, one fed the other” he explained. “They are two great iconic characters, by iconic writers - Fleming and Dahl - both of them quite strange. Both of them in a sense became more famous after they were dead. More lauded now than when they were alive. Considered populist and perhaps not entirely to be taken seriously. And yet now seem to be two of the greater writers of the 20th century in this country. Both had odd relationships with the country itself. And they created these two great iconic characters - Willy Wonka and James Bond.

"So there was lots of back-and-forth going I felt. And they did of course come into contact, with Dahl writing the screenplay for Ian Fleming’s Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, and they knew each other. So they were drawn to each other as well. So it’s interesting that there are parallels.”

http://www.ign.com/articles/2014/05/23/ ... ks-bond-24

Germangirl · Post by **Germangirl** » Fri May 23, 2014 6:11 pm

Good find. Thanks

CockHargreaves · Post by **CockHargreaves** » Fri May 23, 2014 6:28 pm

Ooh, that's whetted my appetite even more to see what they will do with Bond next

Germangirl · Post by **Germangirl** » Fri May 23, 2014 6:37 pm

Considering there were quite a few plot holes in SF, they better get this right. I never understood, WHY there are so often plotholes in pricey films. And they had the time and no strike like for QOS. But the critic was that was on and so hopefully, they try to avoid it next time.

purple · Post by **purple** » Sat May 24, 2014 4:52 pm

Sylvia's girl wrote:
“I went to see Daniel Craig in Betrayal and I was reminded what a fantastic actor he is outside of James Bond,” he explained. “It inspires you to think of other ways to use him and allow him to express that. Ralph Fiennes is another great example.”

We certainly agree on that Mr Mendes!

Sylvia's girl · Post by **Sylvia's girl** » Fri May 30, 2014 12:48 pm

Well...hmmm..

Is Blake Lively The New Bond Girl?

http://www.dailygawk.com/2014/05/29/is- ... bond-girl/

Germangirl · Post by **Germangirl** » Fri May 30, 2014 1:00 pm

I don't believe, we have to worry here

CockHargreaves · Post by **CockHargreaves** » Fri May 30, 2014 4:01 pm

http://www.tv3.ie/entertainment_article ... cle=135987
Aw, bless. Little Harry Potter wants to be a Bond villain with a "brooding presence". I believe he's only 5ft 6. Still, at least he'd make DC look really, really tall

Alina · Post by **Alina** » Fri May 30, 2014 6:23 pm

CockHargreaves wrote:http://www.tv3.ie/entertainment_article ... cle=135987
Aw, bless. Little Harry Potter wants to be a Bond villain with a "brooding presence". I believe he's only 5ft 6. Still, at least he'd make DC look really, really tall

Two Daniels in one movie?

Radcliffe is as intimidating as my cousin's son from a junior high. Please....
Amalric is small too, but at least he can act and create some veneer of menace. Although many complain that his villain was a "weasel" type.

Lady Geisha ‏@GEISHA_MANIA 1 min
@DanielCraig_007 Sir Harry Drax? Dr. Julius Potter? MMMMMMM ... I THINK NOT.

purple · Post by **purple** » Sat May 31, 2014 12:03 am

Alina: looooool

As fof Black Lively I don't know what to say. ..she is a bit too fashionista imo or maybe this is my image of her. I was more intrigued by those sa.candinavian actresses they seemed to have more substance...

SmittenDramaKitten · Post by **SmittenDramaKitten** » Mon Jun 02, 2014 6:03 pm

Sorry ladies... this isn't so much a piece of {exciting} news but a personal observation.... I was thinking at lunchtime today about how it would be cool to see a female Bond villain in Daniels next Bond outing who is like Famke Janssen's Xenia Onatopp from Goldeneye... A truly bad Bond Girl is so much more interesting than a good one I think... I don't think that Daniels Bond has encountered such a character yet. You could hardly class Vesper Lynd as a bad girl when you consider that what she did was kind of as a result of blackmail and emotional manipulation......

On another note, the road to Bond 24 still feels extraordinarily long and I am feeling the Dry Spell a bit yet again. It's SO quiet around here....