The camp aspects of DAF.
#1
Posted 29 July 2002 - 04:24 PM
I must warn you folks, that this is quite long...in fact, it took 3 pages of computer paper to write.
The Gunbarrel/James Bond theme(As heard during the hovercraft scene)/Wint and Kidd theme - some of the campiest bits of music in any Bond.
The way that Connery has his hands up in the pre-titles.
Wint and Kidd - They love each other so much, that they can finish each others sentences. Awww...
Mrs. Whistler - A teacher putting stolen diamonds in a hollow Bible. That heathen.
Tiffany Case - Just how many wigs did she have?
Peter Franks squealing like a girl during the elevator fight.
Bond's membership to the Playboy club.
Connery's non-matching hairpiece.
That tacky cremation music.
Shady Tree - "You dirty double crossing limey fink, those god d*mn diamonds are phonies!"
The cheesy casino music.
The fat guy next to Plenty at the casino - What was he thinking with that shirt and that tie?
Plenty O'Tool's name.
The gangster's in the hotel room - I must say...I liked the way they turned on the lamps on cue.
Connery's protruding gut makes its first and last appearance in a Bond movie.
The elephant at the slot machine.
When Bond slaps Tiffany. With a glove no less!
Dr. Metz - Am I the only one who thinks his accent is mildly funny?
Out dated slang - "Keep leaning on that tooter, Charlie, and you're gonna get a shot in the mouth!"
Just in general, how many agents named Hamilton are there?
The way that the "real" cat reacted to the "fake" cat. This is my territory, damnit!
Bert Saxby getting shot - Is it just me, or did he sound like a horse when he got shot? And just how did he know to kill Whyte?
Bambi and Thumper - I think Thumper actually said a Roger Moore-style pun when she said, "We're going to have a ball.", and knees him in the groin.
Willard Whyte - "Bert Saxby? Tell him he's fired!"
Blofeld in drag.
The faux YOLT ending.
The uniformed guards - At least they weren't color coded.
Tiffany Case changing into a bikini, on an oil rig.
Tiffany actually calling Blofeld by his first name.
Bond actually calling Tiffany a bitch.
Connery's legendary pastel pink tie.
The really horrible special effects.
Whew!
#2
Posted 29 July 2002 - 11:06 PM
Also, Bond and Tiffany seeing the satellite from the QEII without the aid of a telescope.
#3
Posted 30 July 2002 - 12:58 PM
#4
Posted 31 July 2002 - 07:22 AM
#5
Posted 31 July 2002 - 06:25 PM
#6
Posted 28 August 2002 - 08:37 AM
#7
Posted 19 September 2002 - 02:16 AM
As for the pink tie, it's gradually becoming a legend in its own right.
#8
Posted 12 October 2002 - 07:43 AM
Here are my favorite lines from DAF.
-Anything by Wint and Kidd.
-Felix: Welcome to America (I love the delivery)
-Tiffany: You don't just kill James Bond and wait around for the cops to show up! (What the hell is that? I thought he was a SECRET agent. Cops in Amsterdam?)
-Plenty: Wait just a second lover.
-Mobster: I didn't know there was a pool down there.
-"That isn't a toy!"
-Sheriff: There's that SOB and sabatuer.
-Mr. Wint (on the QEII): Wooooooooooooo!
And my number 1 favorite line from Diamonds Are Forever come from Mr. Willard Whyte...
"I'll take it on the john."
#9
Posted 19 October 2002 - 07:07 AM
"Providing the collars and cuffs match" in response to his preference for blondes or redheads. In terms of the campyness, all I can say is aahh, the seventies.
#10
Posted 18 November 2002 - 01:01 AM
I watched DAF last night because I'm really trying to like it. One thing that amused me was the pervasive kinkiness throughout the movie (Wint and Kidd's flagrant, mincing homosexuality, Blofeld's cross-dressing and even Bond himself insinuating an interest in kinky sex with his "collars and cuffs" remark). It seems like the sexual revolution that the Bond films helped usher in had caught up with and surpassed Bond and the producers were trying too hard to keep up with society's changes.
#11
Posted 21 November 2002 - 05:00 PM
#12
Posted 21 November 2002 - 06:45 PM
Man, did that moon buggy chase ever suck from an action perspective. The stupid buggy is going like five miles an hour and none of the cars could catch up with it?
#13
Posted 21 November 2002 - 07:25 PM
Rich
#14
Posted 22 November 2002 - 05:26 AM
#15
Posted 22 November 2002 - 05:36 PM
#16
Posted 24 November 2002 - 09:42 PM
Would you believe that Connery was younger in Diamonds are Forever than Moore was when he starred in Live and Let Die?Originally posted by David Somerset
Connery looked really old after Lazenby.
Neil
#17
Posted 11 December 2002 - 03:14 AM
And "I speak English! Who is...your floor?"
#18
Posted 30 December 2002 - 11:11 AM
This film, out of all the Bonds so far is, is at the bottom of my list. Not that I hate it but it's just my least favorite. I can't believe Leonard Maltin gave this 3 1/2 stars as compared to FOR YOUR EYES ONLY getting only 3!
#19
Posted 30 December 2002 - 06:17 PM
You know Bond is nuts when he resorts to kissing himself! And you know that you have a dumb smuggler when he doesn't notice the hair on the backs of Bond's 'girlfriend''s hands!
#20
Posted 07 January 2003 - 03:12 PM
Unfortunately, for DAF I do not think it was a good idea to go that way through the whole movie.
What's interesting though to me is how the first 3 Bonds, Connery, Lazenby, and Moore were all so good at the humor. Very good at it.
#21
Posted 07 January 2003 - 04:33 PM
#22
Posted 07 January 2003 - 06:04 PM
You never would know.
#23
Posted 15 January 2003 - 08:07 PM
#24
Posted 16 January 2003 - 03:43 AM
#25
Posted 16 January 2003 - 07:04 PM
Where the Hell is the 'Peg?
#26
Posted 16 January 2003 - 09:37 PM
I always loose it on those Piz Gloria scenes, was Lazenby doing that on his own? It's amazing they could keep a straight face.
#27
Posted 23 January 2003 - 06:27 AM
#28
Posted 23 January 2003 - 06:46 AM
Originally posted by Jriv71
True. But OHMSS is one of the few where I actually read the book first, then saw the movie. When I read the last page, I practically threw the book down and stared at it for fifteen minutes. I was stunned. FAAAAANNNNN-TASTIC ending. Then to see the movie ending...almost word-for-word. Shot the way I (and Fleming) visualized it. Well, hardly a comedy.
Where the Hell is the 'Peg?
Yeah, hardly a comedy, but I think the funny bits may have emphasised the fantastic ending.
PS. 'The 'Peg' is short for Winnipeg. As in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Someone finally asked!
#29
Posted 24 January 2003 - 02:06 PM
#30
Posted 27 January 2003 - 04:55 AM
and T.V shows from the early '70's look campy and dated by today's
standards. I think the screenwriters were guilty of trying to make a
Bond influenced less by Fleming and more by Hugh Hefner and the Rat
Pack, which though it may have been entertaining in 1971 would look
outdated by the time TSWLM was released!
I can't recall what the returns were for DAF, but I believe it WAS a
success at the time(unlike OHMSS) and the public accepted it as a
legitimate Bond film. This is not to defend DAF, but to put it in it's
proper context as a flawed, entertaining but badly dated film. One
other positive... It's responsible for this VERY funny thread.
(what about the asian guy crashing through the paper wall, sliding
across the floor like a bowling ball and crashing into a wall while he
mouths-without his lips moving!- "Ca-ca-cairo!")