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[col_007]

anyone noticed the helicopters when they get to piz gloria look like they have been CGI on the new version of the dvd

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[BoogieBond]

Its a great film. The action IMO is among the most exciting in the series.

There are a couple of scenes I can watch over and over.

1. The PTS. Just its such a sharp action packed sequence. I like it also that Bond is tough and physical and you can feel(and hear very loudly) the punches thrown. The loudness of scene I also like(you couldn't dose off in this scene).

2. Where he escapes from Piz Gloria and is just skiing away. Add to that the whole skiing sequence.

3. The car chase and 2nd Skiing scene where they escape from the barn and "He had lots of guts"

4. The final blitz on Piz Gloria with Bond sliding on the ice machine gunning Blofeld's henchmen.

[sharpshooter]

Beautiful locations mixed with sweeping cinematography and a sublime soundtrack is a sure masterpiece.

The plot is strong as it is based closely on one of Fleming's very best novels. A human story in the world of violence. In the days of wanting realism, suspense, less gadgets and hard hitting fight scenes, OHMSS delivers on all fronts.

The 'one off' nature of the film has given it something of cult classic status. Addiction to the film is a given.

[Marty McFly]

I try to watch the film whenever I have time, it never gets old and is simply stunning.

[col_007]

i'll never forget what my dad told me he said he nearly walked out when he went to watch it in 1969 with my mum but i think he was a connery fan as most of the british pubilc so maybe he could'nt take a new guy in the role when i told him ohmss was one of my favourite bond films his face was priceless although he went to watch other bond films with my mum so they must of liked them

Edited by col_007, 24 March 2008 - 03:47 AM.

[quantumofsolace]

After watching CR I wasn't sure if this still was the best film. I watched them together six months later and , it was close, but OHMSS wins

[sharpshooter]

Yeah, it is a close race between them. I think OHMSS may just beat it out, I'm not sure about the tanker chase from CR.

[Colossus]

Casino Royale is more of a Hollywood actioner, not really like FRWL or OHMSS.

Edited by Colossus, 24 March 2008 - 11:17 PM.

[Turn]

Casino Royale is more of a Hollywood actioner, not really like FRWL or OHMSS.

I disagree. DAD was more of a Hollywood actioner. Tomorrow Never Dies was more of a Hollywood actioner. CR was very much in the spirit of those films.

CR is so visibly different and apart from the rest of the series and the common Hollywood action film. A small-scale precredits teaser followed by two big action sequences followed by a mostly long stretch with just one action scene and a concentration on character and story and a big action scene at the end. I would hardly call that a typical Hollywood actioner.

[Colossus]

Casino Royale is more of a Hollywood actioner, not really like FRWL or OHMSS.

I disagree. DAD was more of a Hollywood actioner. Tomorrow Never Dies was more of a Hollywood actioner. CR was very much in the spirit of those films.

CR is so visibly different and apart from the rest of the series and the common Hollywood action film. A small-scale precredits teaser followed by two big action sequences followed by a mostly long stretch with just one action scene and a concentration on character and story and a big action scene at the end. I would hardly call that a typical Hollywood actioner.

Well it was made in the style of one, just like its immediate predecessors as well, only they didn't try to hide their identities.

[sharpshooter]

Oh, and I will add that I love the quick edit style that OHMSS has throughout. No other Bond film has it. It makes the fight scenes more intense, particularly the hotel room fight. It helps that Lazenby shifts his body when he punches and puts all his power into them. The locations of the fights are imaginative as well, such as the shack full of bells.

[BoogieBond]

Yes, I think the film had a perfect balance of action and story. Always moves briskly and doesn't drag despite being around 2 hrs 20 mins.

Mentioning the fight in the shack full of bells reminds me. There was a lot of fight sequences in OHMSS - beginning on the beach, at Tracy's hotel room, on entry to Draco's, in Piz gloria before escaping, the bell shack fight(I can think of at least 6 or 7 memorable ones), and they were all good.

Edited by BoogieBond, 25 March 2008 - 12:06 PM.

[Colossus]

Yes they did put Lazenby's fighting skills to good use. Shame he didn't continue in more movies, and had his own Red Grant archnemesis to have a big battle with, how utterly epic it could have been...

And have to agree that despite the length, it never once feels drawn out or boring. Ah the difference pacing makes. A contrasting example would be the lengthy Thunderball, botched and blundered pacing leading to drearyness.

Edited by Colossus, 25 March 2008 - 10:41 PM.

[Mr. Blofeld]

Oh, and I will add that I love the quick edit style that OHMSS has throughout. No other Bond film has it.

Actually, all the Bond films before it have that style in places, but none do after...

A contrasting example would be the lengthy Thunderball, botched and blundered pacing leading to drearyness.

Really? I thought (in comparison to the films that bookend it, Goldfinger and YOLT) that Thunderball was moderately well-paced, and that -- though the final underwater battle drags a little -- it ranks up there as one of the best of the '60s Bonds, alongside FRWL and OHMSS.

[Colossus]

I rank Thunderball as my least favorite 60s Bond, but it still remains in the upper section overall anyway. Looking at it objectively though it is 2nd least behind YOLT, but i like YOLT more!

[BoogieBond]

Yes they did put Lazenby's fighting skills to good use. Shame he didn't continue in more movies, and had his own Red Grant archnemesis to have a big battle with, how utterly epic it could have been...

I have to agree, there would have been a few uppercuts in that battle.
I have to say I like the Gumbold visit scene, with the only gadget in the film(the safecracker) but it irk's me a little when we see Bond gazing at Playboy. This is Commander Bond after all, not a pimply teen.
It has just the right mix between plot and action. Sort of unique structure. Action packed for the first 20 mins, then plot for the next hour 10min, but the last 50 mins or so(with a few exceptions) is just action packed again.

Edited by BoogieBond, 03 April 2008 - 07:52 PM.

[col_007]

Yes they did put Lazenby's fighting skills to good use. Shame he didn't continue in more movies, and had his own Red Grant archnemesis to have a big battle with, how utterly epic it could have been...

but it irk's me a little when we see Bond gazing at Playboy. This is Commander Bond after all, not a pimply teen.

what's wrong with bond looking at playboy i hear there's some erm great articles in it

[BoogieBond]

Yes they did put Lazenby's fighting skills to good use. Shame he didn't continue in more movies, and had his own Red Grant archnemesis to have a big battle with, how utterly epic it could have been...

but it irk's me a little when we see Bond gazing at Playboy. This is Commander Bond after all, not a pimply teen.

what's wrong with bond looking at playboy i hear there's some erm great articles in it

He can look at those interesting articles at home, not entering a lift from Gumbold's office. But I can't see he would have the time to read any magazines, with Diana Rigg to love and Baddies to beat up

Edited by BoogieBond, 03 April 2008 - 01:51 PM.

[john.steed]

well at my brothers wedding last year i said to him and his wife now you have all the time in the world my brother laughed his head off

Now that you mention it, that would be a good wedding song!

Me and my wife did,we had it as our first dance song! Sort of a John Barry thing going on,she walked down the aisle to the Somewhere In Time theme!

It was also our first dance song at my wedding 10 years ago.

My wife and I did not have it for our first song. (We had "At Time Goes By".)

However, I did have a Bond based bachelors party in which I wore part of a tux. We watched a couple of Bond films, Goldfinger and Diamonds Are Forever.

[dee-bee-five]

I have copies of all the films to play on my Archos player as I travel a lot. Because of space, I can't have them all on the memory at once. But OHMSS and Casino Royale are the only two that never get removed. Enough said!

[dodge]

I only watched it once last night--I think I may be recovering. And I only replayed the great ski chase six times.

[Piz Gloria 1969]

This movie was so f-in good that I wouldn't have minded it being around 3 hrs long....hell yeah

[col_007]

i aint watched it for a good few weeks now

[dodge]

i aint watched it for a good few weeks now

any side effects, my friends, you'd care to share with those who can't go more than a day?

[RazorBlade]

i aint watched it for a good few weeks now

Well, pardner, that's too long.

[bondrules]

I still haven't seen this one

[I never miss]

[/quote]
Now that you mention it, that would be a good wedding song!
[/quote]

Couldn't agree more - my wife and I chose it as our first dance song at our wedding reception in 2003. I suggested it and she loved it. At the time she didn't realise it was from a Bond movie.

As we drove off from the wedding party in a convertable covered in wedding bows, I even had the nerve to say "Now we have all the time in the world"!!

I got away with it - she's still with me!

[Mr. Blofeld]

As we drove off from the wedding party in a convertable covered in wedding bows, I even had the nerve to say "Now we have all the time in the world"!!

I got away with it - she's still with me!

You sure you didn't see a bald fellow drive past you with a red-haired lady waving a machine gun?

[I never miss]

As we drove off from the wedding party in a convertable covered in wedding bows, I even had the nerve to say "Now we have all the time in the world"!!

I got away with it - she's still with me!

You sure you didn't see a bald fellow drive past you with a red-haired lady waving a machine gun?

Now that you come to mention it.....

[AgentPB]

I put that song on a mix for my better half and to my surprise she likes it so much that im starting to get sick of it. Maybe she just plays it because she knows im a Bond Geek though.