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[Ry]

From CBn's Main Page... ""Dr. No" Screening in Hollywood" March 23 at 8:00pm

The Arclight is the perfect cinema to see a Bond film as they always get quality prints and there is reserved seating. Anyone who is in the area I recommend they try and come to the screening.

[zencat]

Dr. No, huh? I saw Dr. No on the big screen once in Westwood, so...

Wait. The Arclight has that nice bar inside the theater, right?

I'm there.

Bryce-!!!?

[Ry]

I am going to email the person who is running this to see if they are going to be doing any further Bond films as well. Hope all the LA Bond crew can attend!!!

[zencat]

Didn't Purvis & Wade ask us to tell them about any future L.A. Bond screenings? Well?

I think I saw Wade slip his phone number to Athena, so...

[Bryce (003)]

The First Bond?

On the big screen?

At the Arclight?

BAR!

With this much notice, I can promise that the mysterious Miss Bellucci and I will be there and I might even get Flicka and that wanker 004 along for the fun!

The LA CBn Crew rides again!

and yes, somebody *cough*Athena*cough* call Neal and Robert.

Haven't seen Doctor No on the screen since 1990 at a film fest in San Diego.

As we'll be in Hollywood again, maybe Musso and Frank's deserves a return visit.

Thanks for the scoop Ry...Hopefully you can make dinner this time and Athena won't have to drink your Milk-tini.

[Qwerty]

Very cool! That should be a very spectacular event indeed.

[licensetostudy]

I'm soooo disappointed. I live in L.A. but I'm too busy with my studies and research to see Dr. No on the big screen. It would be cool to see an old Bond movie on the big screen. Well, whoever lives in the area and gets to see it I hope they enjoy the show.

[Solex Agitator]

Having been out of town for the last two LA events, I will not miss this special evening! I am greatly looking forward to raising a glass with my wonderful CBN colleagues!

[Athena007]

I hope everyone has their tickets... we do

[zencat]

Looking forward to a night out with the L.A. Bond crew.

[Qwerty]

Have fun everyone.

[Wade]

OK, this time, I'm not working on a big Bond night in L.A. So, L.A. crew, where are you all meeting up? Musso and Frank's? Somewhere else? What times? I must know so I can be on hand and meet you all in person. Someone message me privately with details.

And yes, I have my ticket. I'm all a'tingle. I've got goosebumps. Why, just look at this arm!

[Athena007]

Well, let's see... movie starts at 8pm. How about we all meet for drinks, appetizers, ect at the ArcLight Theater Bar 6:00pm? Or... 6:30?

[Ry]

sounds delicious to me!!

[Bryce (003)]

6-6:30 ArcLight Bar.

See ya there.

[Problem Eliminator]

A great movie at a great theater. It doesn't get any better than that. Sadly, I will be out of town and unable to attend . I'm sure the LA CBNers will keep the British end up as usual. Have fun everyone.

[Ry]

Everyone excited and ready for tomorrow night? So who's going again?

[zencat]

Everyone excited and ready for tomorrow night? So who's going again?

Athena and I will be there.

[Bryce (003)]

It looks like it will be Miss Bellucci and I. Flicka gets back from her London trip tonight and will probably be wiped out.

I'm still waiting to hear from the other wanker though.

He might make it.

First martini's (and Ry's milk-tini) are on me.

See ya there everyone!

[Genrewriter]

I won't be able to make it sadly, 11-8 shift at work.

Wish there was a way to make a good living without working.

[Athena007]

Wish there was a way to make a good living without working.

Tell me about it...
One day, G... you'll be there.

So everyone else... I'll see you tonight!

[Joyce Carrington]

Have fun.

I miss you guys!

[Bryce (003)]

Well, yet another successful event for the infamous CBn LA Crew.

The screening was great as was the company and the shop-talk.

As usual.

Myself, Zencat and Athena, Ry and (our newest member of the LA contingent) Wade, met at the ArcLight and had a quick bite before taking in the film that started it all.

It was a pretty full house and the audience was lively.

The initial "Bond, James Bond." got a rousing cheer from the crowd as did other key moments.

Dr. No is still a lean, smart film and a treat to see up on the big screen.



and Wade! Great to meet you and thanks for the post screening drinks.

[zencat]

A great time as always and a pleasure to meet "Wade." Welcome to the CBn LA crew!

A full house and a surprisingly young audience. Film got a great reaction throughout. I'm always struck just how far out and space age Dr. No really is. What's all this "back to basics" talk? The "basics" are exotic locals, outrageous villains, weird lairs, world domination, control rooms, and women in bikinis. Not a bit of "grit" in sight last night and the audience LOVED it!

When Dr. No came on screen he got a huge cheer. That was interesting. Really tells you one of the key ingredients to a Bond is a very memorable villain, a rival to Bond in the charisma department, whose introduction should be as memorable and iconic as Bond's. Man, did the filmmakers lose this idea in the Brosnan era!

Also struck by how cool it is to watch Dr. No and know that is the Jamaica of Fleming.

[Qwerty]

When Dr. No came on screen he got a huge cheer. That was interesting. Really tells you one of the key ingredients to a Bond is a very memorable villain, a rival to Bond in the charisma department, whose introduction should be as memorable and iconic as Bond's.

Yes! By far the most important role, next to Bond. Maybe even as important as Bond.

[Wade]

Ry, Bryce, Zencat and the alluring Athena:

Glad to meet the L.A. crew and take in a night of fellowship and meditation, plus some liquor and fatty foods. And Bond? Well, that was just gravy.

And later, we all drank a toast to the Bond that never was -- Mr. Clive Owen. (Gee, I hope his career recovers ... ;-) )

To next year ... and "Casino Royale"!

Bond is back! We hope.

Edited by Wade, 25 March 2005 - 01:39 AM.

[Ry]

Always good times with the LA CBners. Great to meet you Wade and I hope you can come out to whatever the next event is.

Dr. No was of course amazing on the big screen. I was actually taken with how fast the movie really tends move. The pacing is quite well done and a tribute to Peter Hunt's editing. As Terence Young once said about the film it is all about Connery and he is right. As new as Connery was to everything he really hits it right out of the park with Dr. No.

I also completely agree with Zencat on what a Bond film should be. There might be some grittiness to Dr. No, but it does really have all the ingredients which EON needs to find again I think. (see his post for all the RIGHT details).

Great screening, great audience and great conversation before and after the film. What more can you ask for? This is one of the reasons why I live in LA.

[Loomis]

Sounds like there was a great atmosphere, of the kind that you probably only get at Bond screenings (there was a sort of "rock concert" atmosphere when I saw GOLDENEYE and, later, YOU ONLY LIVE TWICE on the big screen with packed houses; obviously, a Bond flick can be just a regular trip to the cinema, but if it's an "event" like a premiere or a showing of an old film, and if the audience is "up for it".... well, you don't need me to tell you ).

What's all this "back to basics" talk? The "basics" are exotic locals, outrageous villains, weird lairs, world domination, control rooms, and women in bikinis.

Granted. But DR. NO does not feature an invisible car, a "buttkicking babe" who's 100% Bond's Equal™, machine gun battles and colossal explosions every five minutes, puerile humour ("You always were a cunning linguist, James" ) and unnecessary and unfunny attempts at "comic relief", and bags and bags of pretentious and po-faced tosh about Stockholm Syndrome and the like.

Note that the exotic locales in DR. NO are not only exotic but also authentic; and the picture is soaked in genuinely sophisticated wit, some real suspense, and a very weird atmosphere that's not to be found in any other Bond film, not even FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE or GOLDFINGER. The "grit" is there, I think, but it's all in Connery's (superb) performance - you believe this Bond is very dangerous indeed, but the filmmakers don't have to make the point with "personal missions" and scenes of anger and angst, because it's all there in Connery's attitude.

So I don't think people who talk about "back to basics" are talking at cross purposes with those who want to go "back to DR.NO/Terence Young".

The following thread may be of interest to DR. NO fans: http://debrief.comma...opic=15238&st=0.

[zencat]

Good points. I'm just always very troubled when P&W talk reverently about "going back" to the gritty feel of "all those great 60s spy movies." I don't think they realize they are trying to emulate the films that took an anti-Bond approach. Bond is fantasy...so we go very real. They were films that were meant to be the unBond...kitchen sink spy films...and these are the films P&W are looking to for inspiration? (To be fair, I don't know if P&W still talk this way. They did around TWINE and it sort of stuck in my head.)

The only inspiration should be Bond himself. P&W have at least 15 very excellent examples of how to do it right. Even though the critics complain about how it's always the same thing and sometime we sample other flavors (Bourne), that doesn't mean we want New Coke.

In other words, don't with Cubby's formula. I was sitting with a very young audience last Wed and I can tell you the old formula still works great!