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[DLibrasnow]

What is old Morten up too these days??

As Xen knows I may be relocating to the West Coast soon also....

[BondNumber7]

Originally posted by DLibrasnow
As Xen knows I may be relocating to the West Coast soon also....

In a way that would be cool, but I doubt you want to come to California for obvious reasons.

[Athena007]

Originally posted by DLibrasnow
I'm afraid Morten came down 15 mins ago.
You seem to be holding up okay with a double dose of Angie in the AM. Or are you too...distracted...to notice?

YOU took HIM DOWN!!! :eek: Fine, I have my own place now, I'll put him up in there...

Angie? o_0 what... who... huh... are you talking about?

Originally posted by DLibrasnow
What is old Morten up too these days??  
As Xen knows I may be relocating to the West Coast soon also....

Morten Harket is still with the other 2 guys in "A-Ha"... they're still making music and having concerts over in Norway. Hey broke up for a while and he did his own music by himself. But ya, A-Ha is still together and playing wonderful music... at least I like them.

Ah ya, move to cali and you can join all us craZy Cali Bond fans

[zencat]

Originally posted by Athena007
Angie? o_0 what... who... huh... are you talking about?

o_O Angie? Angelia Jolie? Tomb Raider? Those two gigantic movie posters of a half-nude woman holding two massive guns that hang on both sides of my, well...you know.

Tell me, will Morten be the only man allowed in the new Chamber of Athena?

[Athena007]

Oooo THAT Angie... I didn't realize you were on a nick name bacis with her.

Originally posted by zencat
Tell me, will Morten be the only man allowed in the new Chamber of Athena?

Well... you know if Pierce Brosnan happens to drop by then I'll let him in too... and... eh, what the hell if you want to come visit I'll allow it... a few times.

[zencat]

Originally posted by Athena007
...eh, what the hell if you want to come visit I'll allow it... a few times.

I promise to keep my elbows down.

Anyhoo (yikes! now you got me doing it), Lost in Translation is still a good movie well worth seeing, and not just for the Bond references. yah.

[Loomis]

So a particularly dangerous female member of CBn and I saw LOST IN TRANSLATION last week (new Sofia Coppola flick with Bill Murray and Scarlett "the future Mrs. zencat" Johansson), and not only is it an EXCELLENT movie, but it contains two Bond references. I won't spoil it, but the first is powerfully pro-Moore (hence my placement in this thread) and the second is, well...why not just go see the movie, silly.

Powerfully pro-Moore? I don't know, zencat. In that scene, Bill Murray's character seems to indicate that he considers Connery to have been a better Bond. In fact, he's kind of coerced into being pro-Moore.

Talking of coercion, everyone in the world should be made to see LOST IN TRANSLATION, which has finally opened here in the UK. Not sure I've ever seen better acting by two leads in any film - the looks that Murray shoots Scarlett Johansson (surely one of the most beautiful women on earth, BTW) in the karaoke lounge to communicate his feelings for her are alone worth the price of admission.

Incredible work, too, by writer/director Sofia Coppola and the cinematographer and editor(s), whose names I - shamefully - do not know but will look up. A really splendid motion picture. By comparison, my favourite movie of 2003, KILL BILL VOLUME 1, looks like a particularly inept early short by an especially dimwitted student at a bottom-of-the-league-table film school.

[zencat]

So a particularly dangerous female member of CBn and I saw LOST IN TRANSLATION last week (new Sofia Coppola flick with Bill Murray and Scarlett "the future Mrs. zencat" Johansson), and not only is it an EXCELLENT movie, but it contains two Bond references. I won't spoil it, but the first is powerfully pro-Moore (hence my placement in this thread) and the second is, well...why not just go see the movie, silly.

Powerfully pro-Moore? I don't know, zencat. In that scene, Bill Murray's character seems to indicate that he considers Connery to have been a better Bond. In fact, he's kind of coerced into being pro-Moore.

Yeah, I know what you mean. They are poking fun at Moore at bit. But what I meant by pro-Moore is that it shows a world where Roger Moore IS James Bond. That Moore was Bond to a whole generation who are now

[Roger Moore's Bad Facelift]

Yeah, it's always nice to see Roger getting a little recognition every now and then as Bond, isn't?
Sadly, too much of the mainstream public (or at least, movie going teenagers these days) are only aware of two James Bonds: Connery and Brosnan. The funniest thing is, MOST don't even know Connery was the first. I've had so so many arguments with fellow students who claim Connery was NOT the first Bond. I guess it largely due to the fact that Sean Connery still makes a movie every couple of years or so that appeals to the younger demographic (The Rock, Entrapment, LXG) so he's never really out of the public eye and teens still know who he is. As opposed to Dalton or Moore who have been out of the limelight for some time, so they're names are usually recieved with a "Roger who?" "Tim who?".
Hence, they are thought of as being the first Bond, and in a way, long forgotten ancient history, I guess.
Sad, but true.

Personally, I found the Moore refernce to be the highlight of the film. I've seen it twice now and I still don't see what the fuss is about. The first time I saw Lost in Translation I was with six good friends of mine and they ALL hated it. Towards the end of the film, one group of audience members seated towards the back, threw their trash at the screen which was then followed by applause. Near the very, very end, everyone in the theatre was talking except for my small movie-watching group. Truthfully, by the time the credits started rolling, the entire theatre reminded me of highschool:how in homeroom, early in the morning before classes start everyone is talking loud as all hell. Figuring, the noise may have affected my opinion on the film, I saw the film by myself for a second time. Suffice to say it is the most overated tripe I have seen in a good long while. Nothing more than a travelogue that wishes oh-so hard to be deep. Scenes of girls looking out a window lost deep in thought or Murray in a bathtup does not = good filmaking. Personally, i prefer my films to have a plot and dialogue and scenes that don't seem improvised the night before.. .But, hey maybe thats just me.

Edited by Roger_Moore's_Bad_Facelift, 10 January 2004 - 12:11 AM.

[Loomis]

[quote name='zencat' date='9 January 2004 - 18:14'] Yeah, I know what you mean. They are poking fun at Moore at bit. But what I meant by pro-Moore is that it shows a world where Roger Moore IS James Bond. That Moore was Bond to a whole generation who are now

[zencat]

But I kind of tested your theory out, zencat, over the weekend, asking a number of friends (all mid-20s to early 30s) whom they felt was the "classic" James Bond. Without hesitation or exception, all replied "Moore", and a couple of people added: "He's the only James Bond."

Mind you, I guess I just have a pretty weird collection of friends. They all love Moore, and most seem to consider OCTOPUSSY the best Bond flick.

Sounds like you have my kind of friends.

[Loomis]

Sounds like you have my kind of friends.

Oh yes, you'd love them. Ask them what is the best Bond film ever, and if they don't pick OCTOPUSSY they're guaranteed to go for THE SPY WHO LOVED ME or MOONRAKER. They've never heard of Timothy Dalton, never read a lick of Fleming, and probably think "Colonel Sun" is the bad guy in DIE ANOTHER DAY. They're disappointed in the Brosnan era (chiefly because they view Brosnan as a preening, self-admiring poser, and the films as being heavy-action-and-nothing-but), but think that Moore's 007, clad in a safari suit or, as St. John Smythe, announcing "I'm English", represents the absolute pinnacle of everything James Bond ought to be about.

[zencat]

Sounds like you have my kind of friends.

Oh yes, you'd love them. Ask them what is the best Bond film ever, and if they don't pick OCTOPUSSY they're guaranteed to go for THE SPY WHO LOVED ME or MOONRAKER. They've never heard of Timothy Dalton, never read a lick of Fleming, and probably think "Colonel Sun" is the bad guy in DIE ANOTHER DAY. They're disappointed in the Brosnan era (chiefly because they view Brosnan as a preening, self-admiring poser, and the films as being heavy-action-and-nothing-but), but think that Moore's 007, clad in a safari suit or, as St. John Smythe, announcing "I'm English", represents the absolute pinnacle of everything James Bond ought to be about.

I have 4 words for these people: Bond Collector's Weekend Seven!