Amph 60+ Years of James Bond 007

What

 

Is "Treasury woman" Vesper Lynd?

 

I would say so. In which case she told him off for wearing a padded shoulder Italian sut (Brioni) and had him wear a tailored dinner jacket from... Brioni.

And perhaps during a cutscene they went to Tom Ford for some classic English cut suits.



or no, that's wholly incorrect.

 

Just noticed that MSN has put up their rankings of the Bond movies. Some of their choices are...interesting.
http://www.msn.com/en-us/movies/gal...ed-from-worst-to-best/ss-BBia1Cv?ocid=DELLDHP

 

I don't know that I could really argue with the top-3, but I ... some of those other choices... I mean, I approve of always putting Quantum of Solace and License to Kill low at all times, if only because Ender will scream "bloody Yanks!!!" at the top of his lungs, but yeah...

Also, I was glad in The Man With The Golden Gun write-up they mention the car-corkscrew stunt in particular. One of the most influential stunts in movie history, even if I'm not a huge fan of it in particular.

 

I was prepared to mock its choices, but in fact they weren't too far from my own views. I would have put License to Kill as one of the better Bond movies rather than one of the lesser, perhaps swapping positions with The Man with the Golden Gun, and there are a few other instances where I think he's off-base, but on the whole I can't say I was particularly outraged in general by the rankings. In fact, I'm not sure if I'm ever really surprised by how differently fans view the Bond films anymore.

 

That list is so wrong, it's a little amazing when they get things right like OHMSS being underrated or rating Dr. No that highly.

 

Agreed. I mean, I unreasonably enjoyed it -- but it's undoubtedly an objectively bad movie...

 

WHY IS LIVING DAYLIGHTS SO LOW. I AM 3 INTO THIS LIST AND ALREADY AN ANGRY CHAP.

EDIT: Quantum of Solace was a character piece you mouth-breathing idiots...

This is not going well...

FYEO at 17? IT WAS THE ONLY OBJECTIVELY JAMES BONDIAN FILM MOORE DID.

OHMSS AT 10? IT'S 1 OR 2 AT BEST, IF YOU PREFER CASINO ROYALE!

I hope the authors all get AIDS, and then cancer on their AIDS. If there's a feedback section I will tell them myself.

 

The night shoot in Italy continues with scenes captured near the Vatican. Despite the principal cast having departed Rome for the UK and continued work on sets at Pinewood, James Bond's second unit has been hard at work on the streets of Rome for a shoot that rivals the infrastructure and presence of their Austrian visit earlier this year. The Aston Martin DB10 and Jaguar C-X75, now with stunt-drivers behind the wheel, roared up the streets of Rome - and along the banks of the Tiber capturing scenes they were spotted rehearsing earlier - as well as passing near to the iconic Vatican city. The timing of this shoot is poignant: this week 20 years ago the Bond family was orchestrating another fantastic battle of the badges between Ferrari and Aston as Brosnan and his co-star Famke Janssen shot the famous downhill run in Monaco for "GoldenEye". HERE

 

I'm still not sold on the DB10, personally. It's not that it's ugly, it's just that Aston released some gorgeous cars, lost their designer to Jag, and came up with... this.

OK, fine, it's ugly.

 

Seeing it in these action shots and videos, it's starting to grow on me some. But I still vastly prefer the Vanquish, Vantage, and DB series.

 

... and by "DB series" above, I obviously wasn't meaning to include the DB10. I was referring to the current DB9, as well as the DBS as seen in Casino Royale and QoS.

 

http://www.007.com/stephanie-sigman-joins-spectre/

We are pleased to announce that Stephanie Sigman has joined the cast of SPECTRE as Estrella. The Mexican actress had the lead role in the Academy Awards nominated Miss Bala (2011) and also starred in Norway’s submission for Best Film at this year’s Oscars®, Pioneer (2013). Her recent TV appearances include, The Bridge (2013) and Narcos (2015).

I've not seen any of her work, and haven't read the leaked script so I'm not sure who Estrella is. But, announcements!

 

Yeah, apparently the thinking is that she'll just appear in the opening / pre-credits scene, which is supposed to be set in Mexico.

 

they need at least one blonde girl in the Craig era

 

To balance out there seeming obsession with French women (not that I'm complaining or anything)

 

Lea Seydoux is in Spectre.

 

oh that's right. i wasn't sure how light her hair was going to be

 

Isn't it, like, always blonde?

 

SPECTRE teaser poster released tomorrow!

 

And here it is:

 

Love that title design.