Miranda Wilding checks in with another Bond review, this time for Roger Moore’s Moonraker (1979).
The first James Bond movie I ever saw in a theater was The Spy Who Loved Me. My older brothers had seen it first and I remember them chattering excitedly about the ski jump and the submarine car and this crazy [...]
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The ’60s are dead. Long live the ’60s.
Continuing today with the informal and random James Bondathon now happening on an Internet near you, Miranda Wilding joins the chorus of boos for Quantum of Solace. Interestingly, her likes and dislikes are about the same as mine, but to different degrees. The end result is that I liked [...]
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Ok, so I saw Quantum of Solace today. The review is forthcoming, but suffice it to say that for the second time this year (have we really forgotten Indy IV already?) I’ll be forced to defend a much maligned entry in a tired movie franchise — at least based on the reviews of the people I know. [...]
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In case you’re just tuning in, this is the 2nd part of what is shaping up to be an informal expression of enthusiasm for the James Bond franchise carried out by whoever is interested in chiming in. No one is in charge and there are no rules, but if you have something to add to [...]
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A couple of months back, something Daniel Getahun said in a comment thread got me to thinking about doing a multi-blog look at James Bond in anticipation of the release of Quantum of Solace. Well, I’m good at coming up with ideas, but pretty miserable at following through on them. Nevertheless, as proof that you can’t [...]
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“It’s a wonderful situation because you’ve got it all, but you can’t put the fight on because you don’t have the money and there isn’t a man in all London who’ll let you have a shilling. You’ve got it all, but you’re a dead man Harry Fabian; a dead man.”
–Phil Nosseross in Night and the [...]
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