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[Guy Haines]

Anyone spotted this one on yahoo recently?

http://uk.movies.yah...nd-skyfall.html

If true - a big if with media coverage of Bond - it will be interesting to see how Craig copes with the pithy one liners, and indeed what kind of witticisms he gets to utter. While I've never been keen on the visual humour of the later Bonds, I've always liked the droll wit Messrs Connery, Lazenby & Moore displayed in difficult situations. I'm sure Craig could handle it, provided he's given some decent lines.

[Conlazmoodalbrocra]

Actually quite plaesed to hear this, as even though I've always preferred the serious Bonds (Dalton and Craig), the one-liners are certainly enjoyable when they're handled properly. I'm sure a man of Craig's integrity and acting skill can do a good job with them though as delivery has been one of his strong suits in the last two movies.

[S K Y F A L L]

"I'd say one of their aircraft is missing."

[thecasinoroyale]

"The insurance company is never going to believe this!"


Oh, wait....

[007jamesbond]

I want the "Shocking positive Shocking" line! I think Craig could pull it off

[S K Y F A L L]

Bond wakes up next to Berenice, "I must be dreaming."
I would love a Connery quote thrown in, even if its not from a Bond film.
"That's impossible, but doable." -Entrapment- or
"You're the man now dog."- Finding Forster -

[thecasinoroyale]

Yeah, I think they should slip a previous Bond quote in there...true fans would know, it'd cause no harm.

Sort of like I saw in the 'Total Recall' 2012 trailer, a nod to the 80s classic, Colin Farrell quoting "If I'm not me, who the hell am I?"


I hope so too S K Y F A L L.

[Aris007]

It'd be a nice touch, but it must not be overdone (see DAD). "Shocking, positively shocking would a nice PTS ending.

[marktmurphy]

He must have had a couple, hasn't he? Nothing springs to mind, but I remember on the crane in CR, when Mollaka runs out of bullets and Bond throws his gun back at him he was scripted to say 'learn to count!', but Craig does enough without saying anything. As long as they show that kind of restraint, I'll be fine with it.

[univex]

He must have had a couple, hasn't he? Nothing springs to mind, but I remember on the crane in CR, when Mollaka runs out of bullets and Bond throws his gun back at him he was scripted to say 'learn to count!', but Craig does enough without saying anything. As long as they show that kind of restraint, I'll be fine with it.

That´s true, he´s the Mcqueen Bond. Silent type. Better to stay silent than to say something stupid.

[AMC Hornet]

Also better to stay silent than to recycle lines from previous movies. If he were to say "Shocking..." there would be a flood of posts here and elsewhere lambasting P,W & M for their lack of imagination and originality. Would DAD have been better if Broz's dialogue had been cobbled together from the Connery scripts - or would that have been blasphemy?
Be careful what you wish for.

[Harmsway]

He must have had a couple, hasn't he?

"That last hand nearly killed me."

[Pussfeller]

I'd feel shortchanged. If there's a legitimate opportunity for Bond to make a quip, I want it to be a new quip.

[AMC Hornet]

Hear, hear. My point exactly.

[Harmsway]

Hasn't Bond used "Bon appetit" twice?

[Pussfeller]

Hasn't Bond used "Bon appetit" twice?

Yes. First in YOLT, when the big German is eaten by piranhas, and again in LTK, after stuffing Krest's henchman into the drawer of maggots. I think this illustrates the feebleness of a recycled quip. In YOLT it's cold and badass, but in LTK it isn't even appropriate to the scene. The henchman isn't dead, and isn't at any risk of being eaten by a few pounds of fishing grubs. Tim should have made a proper maggot-based quip, like "try wriggling out of this one" or "the worm has turned".

[thecasinoroyale]

They should run a competition and let us Bond fans pick a pun for him to use, we've got millions!

[Vauxhall]

Radio Times is running a compilation on previous one-liners: http://www.radiotime...s-and-innuendos

"Do you mind if my friend sits this one out? She’s just dead." possibly my favourite from that particular list.

[thecasinoroyale]

Hm, not sure about their intro..."As Daniel Craig prepares to reveal a new 'camp' comedy side to his James Bond..." That's a bit much isn't it? It's not Carry On Bonding!

“He suggests a trade. The egg for your life.”
“Well, I heard the price of eggs was up, but isn’t that a little high?”


Guilty pleasure from 'Octopussy'!

[PPK_19]

New quips please. And no more of Craig's overuse of the words 'thank you'. CR was riddled with that phrase.

[thecasinoroyale]

Thank you PPK.

[PPK_19]

Thank you PPK.

!!!

[S K Y F A L L]

Well I wasn't suggesting they fill the film with Connery quotes, just one if that. Bond's not Shakespeare, he's doesn't share the vocabulary and after 50 years and 23 films I think people expect him to repeated himself. Then again we already have to hear, Bond, James Bond and shaken not stirred, usually every film.

[thecasinoroyale]

I think it wouldn't be that bad if he did repeat himself. Judging by how we love our harking-back-to-the-golden-era of Bond films, people would love a little Bond quip we've heard before. I guarantee it will be so different than the previous version, and Craig would make any old quip his own.

[Vauxhall]

I guess the danger of using an old one-liner is that for every person who sees it as a nice tribute to previous films, there will be another who merely sees it as the writers recycling old lines because they can't think of anything better.

[thecasinoroyale]

...true.

I think sticking with a few...and that might mean a very few...original puns. Less is more, and we don't want to lose our Bond that Craig has built up to tacky quips that seem out of character.

[PPK_19]

And no more homages please! I thought the Fields-covered-in-oil throwback to Goldfinger was a little too 'close to the lens', as it were.

We can already see Bond will be dressed in a more 60's-looking suit for SF, which is a nice nod to the Connery look of the early films. We have the classic DB5, the PPK... i'd say all that coupled with a few original quips is enough to satisfy the most ardent of Bond fans.

[thecasinoroyale]

You're right about the 'Goldfinger' homage...good point. Thank you PPK.

[PPK_19]

Thank you PPK.

Am i going to have to make the short train journey to B'Stoke and kick your , TCR?

[S K Y F A L L]

I've noticed that since DAD each film has had some throwbacks in it. And I think I've already read that SF will have throwbacks in it like DAD. I think understand what you mean by "to close to the lens," the throwbacks work best when they have the least amount of attention towards them, IMO.