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emblazonet · 1 year

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A Bond Newb Encounters Casino Royale

Because it was my partner Az's dad's birthday, of course we were going to visit and bring a present and watch a film with him! He is a cinemaphile. He has a gigantic tv, the best sound system in the city— and he's sweet and very enthusiastic about James Bond. And he is invested in introducing me to all of Daniel Craig's stint, which I'm told is five movies that make up a cohesive story (and this is what, in fact, makes the infamous Quantum of Solace worth watching, quoth he).

Ok, sure. Let's go! Now, most of what I know about Bond I know through the lens of queer folk:

When I was an undergraduate working at the uni library, I found a short story collection about gay men, and one of the short stories was about two old men whose very favourite thing to do was to meet up and discuss Bond. Wholesome story.

I have seen one (1) Bond film courtesy of my ex, a transwoman, and it was Goldeneye I think. It had a jungle and a helicopter and I seem to have blocked most of it from my memory.

The biggest Bond fans I know in my life are gay men, which includes Az's dad.

This is all enough to make me give Casino Royale a fair shake. After all, if I loathed it, I could also politely tell Az's dad that I'd prefer to watch Star Trek or something.

Well, I didn't loathe it, so that's something.

But I did dislike it generally and have Thoughts. And because I'm sifting through all the reasons why I don't like Bond, I'm having fun(?), and am perfectly willing to watch the others just so I can rip lightly into them and shake them around in my jowly jaws.

I'll start off with what I DID like, and then put the negative stuff behind the cut.

The Good:

The parkour guy at the beginning? I looked him up, his name is Sébastien Foucan, he is demonstrably talented, and I spent the entire rest of the movie wistfully wishing it was about him. What a phenomenal chase scene!

M. She's Judi Dench, she's great, watching her chew into Bond was fun.

Mads Mikkelsen's bleeding eye, that was very fun, I loved his sinister design.

There were lots of pretty shots and compositions. The action scenes were well choreographed and pretty enjoyable all around.

Ok, that's about where my positivity ends and everything else picks up so onto the cut!

Spoilers for this part: it's more 'lol I don't like this thing' than an actual review of Casino Royale.

Where to begin, where to begin.

I mean first off the movie is in the aughts, the worst decade with the worst aesthetic. I hated living through it except for a few things that made the decade as a whole bearable—LotR, the early wild west internet full of porny fanfic and art—but looking back on it... The worst fashions, ye gods, the worst make up, bad choices all around. Not that modern stuff is much better, I think we're all clear on how I view aesthetics.

This movie could have been custom tailored to be the antithesis of everything I enjoy in an action film. There's lots of buff dudes—ew, please put your shirt back on Daniel Craig!; the chief linchpin action is a card game—I am not a fan of card games; and there's lots of vehicles and almost no horses. And they managed to put two whole women into the refrigerator!

So that was all pretty funny honestly. I think it's a good thing to occasionally immerse yourself in someone else's culture.

I did very much want to enjoy that torture scene. I can absolutely see why queer peeps might be all over that scene of Mads Mikkelsen wailing on Bond's balls. I almost enjoyed it! But Daniel Craig's titties got in the way. I'm a small titty person and I like very narrow feminine men, I'm sorry everyone. And I know Mads Mikkelsen is a tumblr sexyman or whatever, but he's also not my type. I feel like I would like both of these men outside of their acting roles, like if we grabbed a coffee and talked.

I think the thing that really kept me going through this movie—apart from finding Az's dad's enjoyment very pleasant and adorable—was knowing that Daniel Craig hates Bond. It's a fun lens to view a film, trying to put yourself in the mindset of an actor playing A Culturally Established Character with whom his Values Clash so much. It meant that everytime Bond was tender or kind—moments that are very few and far between—I was trying to see the truth of those actions in Daniel Craig's presentation, which made them somehow work better.

I will say that Craig's Bond managed to have a touch more sexual chemistry with the leading ladies than Harrison Ford as Indiana Jones, which was the last four movies I watched (I didn't review them, did I? I guess I'll have to do an Indie overview soon. Suffice to say wow, Ford has like no chemistry with most of the ladies! So I am damning with faint praise.) But the small bit of almost-chemistry wasn't enough... towards the end of the movie when Vesper starts throwing herself at him, it was so forced and badly established that both Az and I were cringing at the intimacy scenes. Ew!

Vesper in general is a mess of a character whose motivations make no sense. Why is she attracted to him when the dude she loves is presumably still alive? Why'd she bother to buy Bond's life, what, how'd that make sense at all?? Like. What? What is going on here. Anything interesting about her character pretty much dried up once she had to go into the role of being someone who apparently actually loved Bond or something. Whatever. Don't buy it. Didn't work for me.

Maybe this is just part of the Bond formula, or maybe it's better writing than other Bond film. Idk. The thing is, as far as a smart review that goes into plot structure or whatever goes, I'm not qualified to offer that. I know there are like hundreds of Bond films with multiple different leading men with different takes on the character. I can't compare them. I know there's a formula. It's felt in the way the movie cannot question its premises, like why Bond is the main character at all, or whether the good guys are in fact the good guys. The movie never bothered trying to convince me to root for Bond: it just assumed I would.

On another note, the pacing was ... something. Every time I thought the movie was over, a new action piece started up. The movie did me more dirty than the end of RotK. When it was over I would have sworn it took 3-4 hours to watch, but apparently it's only a 2 hour film. So, uh, kudos for expanding my lifespan.

Not gonna lie, I'm very curious as to where Quantum of Solace will take us.

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thefilmsimps · 2 years

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Tomorrow Never Dies (dir. Roger Spottiswoode)

-Jere Pilapil- 8.5/10 Double-0 Status: Well I had this marked as a 3.5/5 on Letterboxd before but I’ve always liked it. Still do! Theme: “Tomorrow Never Dies” by Sheryl Crow. If I’m being honest, I’m always gonna be a little biased against this song because I know Pulp submitted their own “Tomorrow Never Dies” (later retitled “Tomorrow Never Lies” and released as a B-side) and got rejected. If any British rock singer deserves to have a Bond theme credited to his name, it’s Jarvis Cocker. No shade to Sheryl Crow, whom I adore, but her song is a bit faceless and generic, but fine. The end credits theme by k.d. Lang is incredible. The Crow song is a 5/10 though. Tomorrow Never Dies is the 1997 James Bond movie starring Pierce Brosnan, and my favorite of his four. There is a chance that it’s because it was the first one I had on VHS as a teen (I later found The Living Daylights in my parents’ collection), so I watched it over and over again. On this rewatch, though, I think it’s a well-crafted bit of 90s schlocky action movie goodness. Like Goldeneye before it, it acts as a bridge between the kinds of action movies we had during the Cold War and what they’d become afterwards. A lot of individual pieces sit uncomfortably next to each other, as a result, but at its core it’s Pierce Brosnan furrowing his brow, pursing his lips, and firing guns as nameless bad guys until inanimate objects blow up around everyone. This time around, the movie begins with Bond escaping a Russian-adjacent weapons bazaar while spying on a terrorist in possession of the MacGuffin: this time, a GPS encoder. You can tell GPS was new at the time, because the hot-headed American general helpfully spells out “global positioning system”. The terrorist is just a nerd, though, who works for the real villain: an even bigger nerd named Elliott Carver (Jonathan Pryce). Carver’s a media baron whose plan is, in a broad sense, one of the more plausible bad guy plans for a Bond movie, but its specifics are almost Nathan Fielder-esque in its specifics. The plan? Use an undetectable submarine and the GPS encoder to trick British naval boats into trespassing into Chinese waters before firing a nuke at Beijing, starting World War III and instigating a Chinese military coup through his partnership with a Chinese general, who would then reward Carver’s media company with exclusive broadcasting rights in China. You got that? Carver’s entire character is a nice half-assed attempt at social commentary, as he routinely instigates terrorism in order to be the first to report the details (the number of NDAs he must issue has to be insane, and he seems to type all the news stories himself?). His operation seems a little sloppy: he gets on MI6’s radar because he publishes an article about dead seamen before the bodies had been discovered. Maybe that’s based on what they say about serial killers leaving clues because they want to be caught, who knows. Thankfully, Pryce goes big, hamming up the role with everything he’s got. It’s a good contrast with Brosnan’s effortless cool that anchors the movie in a subtle but easily digestible dynamic as the two match wits by proxy.

The action here is the point, unlike some of the older, more investigation/tourist-y iterations, and we’ve got some real knockouts. There are some nifty and thrilling moments in the cold open, with Bond evading and escaping the weapons farmer’s market in a jet with an assailant in the backseat. We get a thrilling car chase with a car Bond drives via a phone (a fun idea that IRL would get a lot of people killed!). The centerpiece, though, is an elongated chase scene that finds Bond and Wai Lin handcuffed to each other and on a motorcycle, evading various menaces, blowing up a bunch of shit and speeding through the streets of Saigon. Every action scene is unique and has a tactile feel that, well, hey, listen, I know it’s cliche to complain about all the CGI action in modern movies, but it does make a difference on an emotional level. (Did Brosnan’s era have more vehicular action than the other Bonds? Maybe I’ll keep track of that from here on out.)

Compared to that escape in Saigon, though, the movie can’t really scale up, and the entire closing sequence, while dramatic and well-crafted, can’t help but feel like the filmmakers are just tying up loose ends like the main bad guy, the stolen nukes, and the main henchman (Götz Otto as Stamper, bringing real “We have Rutger Hauer at home” energy). The bright side is that for this stretch, Brosnan and Yeoh have good chemistry - I’d love to see them in something else together. Like the best Bond movies, this one hangs together thanks to the cast and their interactions between the big setpieces. This one sags here and there (Teri Hatcher as Carver’s wife is terrible), but overall checks all the boxes it needs to in order to be a series highlight.

#movie review #8.5/10 #Bond #James Bond #007 #spy movies #martial arts #Michelle Yeoh

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slamsams-blog · 4 years

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Skyfall - #24WeeksofBond

We are officially past the halfway mark, and what a way to kick off the second half of 24 Weeks of Bond then with “Skyfall”? It’s hard to place “Skyfall” when it comes to comparisons between all the other Bond films because it is just so unique. Looking at the entire film collection up to this point you could place these movies in two different sub-catagories, Action Bond & Comedy Bond. Skyfall falls under its own sub-catagory - Thriller Bond. This visually stunning masterpiece has a hair raising plot with eerie characters, brooding cinematography and it is topped off with a dusting of humor. Not only is it incredible to look at, but the writing and directing make you connect with the characters of Bond more so than any other film. Plus, it’s the film that ties all the classics in together to give us the cast of characters we had been missing prior. M, Moneypenny, & Q are now all established and everything is right in the world of 007.

Back in 2006 when Daniel Craig first came on, Barbara Broccolli and Michael G. Wilson, the main producers of the Bond series, had decided to essentially hit the reset button, and bring us back to give us the journey of how Bond came to be Bond, James Bond: License to Kill 007. These first three Daniel Craig films are building blocks for the continuation of the world of James Bond that we all know and love. But that meant 3 Bond movies that didn’t have cool gadgets delivered to Bond by a snarky head of Q-Branch, didn’t have a sassy, flirtaious Moneypenny at the desk of M, and worst of all, had no gun barrel sequences. That was probably what made me more frustrated than anything, the first three movies with Daniel Craig, and not one gun barrel sequence to open up the film...it’s just not Bond without it!

But by the time you had left the theatre after seeing Skyfall in IMAX, you felt a sense that everything was back to normal. They even threw a gun barrel sequence in at the end, which didn’t appease me, but when I went to go see “Spectre” in theatres, I was literally PRAYING that they would put the bun barrel sequence in the beginning. Once I saw that white circle in the middle of the screen, I literally yelled out loud with excitement.

But that is the end of the film, let’s keep with the theme of the film, and go back in time to the beginning of the film.

This is the story of M, and the coldness and callous thats required to do her job, and it’s also the story of how that affects those that fight for her and their country. Never before has M been so deeply entrenched in the plot to the point where M is the main character. Her decision making about her operatives who are in the field is quickly highlighted in the pre-title sequence of the film where everyone is out looking for a stolen data base of all NATO agents who are undercover - putting them all in danger of being exposed. Bond comes across another field agent Ronson who appears to have been shot. Bond tries to save him, but M directs Bond to “just leave him”. Then later, after Bond has caught up to the man we will know as Patrice (after a classic scene where Bond jumps to a disconnected moving train car and shoots his cuffs), Bond and Patrice are struggling on top of the train where M directs Moneypenny to take a shot at Patrice - even though M was told it wasn’t a clean shot and that she might hit Bond. Well, she does hit Bond and Bond dies...(but not really of course).

You will start to notice a pattern with the Daniel Craig movies...he always finds a way to lose his job. He is either resigning, getting stripped of his license, getting suspended, or dying. I hear he retires in “No Time To Die”. lol.

This would be the first out of two movies to be directed by Sam Mendes who wasn’t really known for making action movies. Sam Mendes is a storyteller and a visual artist and he makes that known here. Everything about the cinematography in this film is just absolutely stunning. The shots in Shanghai where Bond is swimming and later catches up with Patrice in a high rise office made of glass (one of my favorite fight scenes). The shots in the Macou casino, the breathtaking views of the hills of Scotland and firelit shots of Skyfall Manor after it had been blown to smithereens. All these scenes are just a feast for the eyes, and gives the film a sort of suspenseful energy making this film to be classified as a thriller.

On top of that, we have Raoul Silva who is played by the incredible Javier Bardem. There was a lot of hype surrounding this casting choice as he was pretty fresh off of “No Country for Old Men” fame. People waiting on pins and needles to watch his performance...unfortunately we don’t get to see him until halfway through the movie. But when we do see him, we are introduced with one continuous shot of Silva walking towards Bond and delivering a long monologue about rats and coconuts. As a former actor myself, that is not easy to do. Bardem gives Silva a nightmarish psychotic coat of paint, but can also make you laugh with just the slightest look accompanied with a bit of sass.

The story is that Raoul Silva had worked as an MI6 agent who was apparently M’s favorite. But Silva had gotten caught along the way, and was tortured, but never gave M up. He tried to kill himself with cyanid, to make sure he wouldn’t break and protect MI6 - but the cyanid didn’t kill him. This left his face scarred for life and left him broken and vengeful that M had given him up so easily. Now Silva has concocted a master plan to get captured, only to escape because of his forward thinking ability to hack someone who is trying to hack him, and get M into a position where he can get a clean shot to kill her. Pretty straight forward plot, but to say “This time, it’s personal!” may be putting it mildly here.

Inserted into this plot, is a slightly confusing run in with a women named Severine, who is ultimately Bond’s gateway to get to Silva. The reason I say it is confusing is because I don’t know what her directives are for the scene where she gets a drink with Bond. Severine is being controlled by Silva so her job is to be at the casino for Patrice when he comes and cashes in the chip that he had - but it ends up being Bond cashing in the chip. So, was the plan to have a drink with Patrice and kill him too? Or were they trying to get Bond to let his guard down so that they could kill him easier? And why were they going to kill him? So they didn’t have to pay up? Was Severine still a sex slave or was she merely Silva’s mistress? Not much is known about her, but she is clearly afraid of Silva and adds to Silva’s build up nicely.

Toward the end of the film, after some cat and mouse between Bond and Silva, Bond kidnaps M, uses her as bait (how does it feel, M?), and lures Silva to Skyfall Manor, which is the house Bond grew up in as a kid. Bond picks Skyfall because he knows of the gun room they had there, but Kincade, who had been the gamekeeper there since Bond was a boy, tells him that they had sold the guns to someone in Idaho. So now Bond, M, and Kincade have to get creative and “Home Alone” this house with booby traps. Any kid who grew up watching Home Alone would have been reminded of that movie right away after watching this. However, we see M getting shot in her side during the scuffle with the baddies and that will lead us to Silva’s killing, and M gasping her last breath in Bond’s arms. It sure was bittersweet to see Judi Dench leave the role. In my opinion, she is the best M of them all merely because of all she got to do with it. Not Bernard Lee’s fault, he just wasn’t given the depth of character that Dench got.

Between Sam Mendes’ commitment to directing the film, Adele gifting us with her incredible voice for the theme song, Javier Bardem playing the villain, and the 4 years it took to get this film into the theatres, this was one of the most anticipated Bond films ever - and it lived up to, or exceeded, everyone’s expectations. Skyfall is a beautiful and nerve-wracking action thriller that is just on another level as far as Bond films go. My only gripes with the film is how it slows down towards the end of an already long film, and all the mentions of Bond getting old...why mention his age when we are always going to have Bond movies?

But so many fun moments, like Q asking Bond if he was expecting an exploding pen (Goldeneye shout out), and bringing back the famous Aston Martin car from Goldfinger - that got an audible pop from the audience when I saw it in the Theatres. Skyfall is definitely Craig’s peak as Bond, but of course he has one more left. Only time will tell if he ends on a high note with “No Time to Die”, or if “Skyfall” was the high note of Daniel Craig’s Bond tenure. I’m sure there is more to say about this film, but I can’t think of them right now, so I will say goodnight!

What did you think? Let me hear you!

Reviews from Friends:

Andrew Albertsen

I read that Judi Dench has more screen time in this movie alone than Desmond Llewelyn has in 17 films as Q. I also read that there was talk of Sean Connery playing Kincade. God that would’ve been stupid.

My Mom

This was a fantastic movie. mark recently talked me into surround sound. I now have to look at little black speakers all over my living room. As I sat enjoying this film on my couch my heart was skipping a beat thinking intruders were sneaking up behind me. Turns out to be Daniel Craig and crew ambushing me with sounds of footsteps and guns. Terrifying.

Jake Benrud

Loved this movie. This is one of my favorites. Always a good Bond flick when there's a turned 00 agent.

24 Weeks of Bond Will Return Next Monday With -

Die Another Day

#24WeeksofBond #Skyfall #daniel craig #javier bardem #judi dench #James Bond

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fortheheavenssake · 5 years

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💜💜 PG MM Anon💜💜 Interpretation Collection- 6

Anon said:

You go PG!!! 😊😊😊🌸🌸🌹🐼🐼🐝🐝👍👍👍💖💖💖🌻🌻🌼🌼🌼😊😊😍😍💜💜🌹🌹🌹🌺🌺🌺💙💙💙🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸🌹🌹🌹❤❤❤👍👍👍👍 Violets 🌼

Anon said:

💗🌲🌞😺 hi Skippy this is for PG and JG🏡🌲🥰🥰🧚‍♀️👑👑🐱🐰🦋🦋🦋🦋🦋🦋🦋🦋🐥🌺🌹🌼🌸💐🐿

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💜💜PG INTERPRETATION OF MM ANON💜💜

MM Anon

MM ANON … In their Teflon bubble …… roast grief and Yorkshire pud… 👪🥘🍺……PR’what PR…… “ we believe you Harry”……💩💩💩PA💩💩💩…… “All you’re effort to no avail lillibet”…… send in the gowns ⚖️💼…… thank God for the G grandchildren ……” I’m the Queen of the castle!!!” …… A little patience!!…… O’ no!! She’s coming next week. ……”I bloody hope not!!”

💜💜🙏🏻THANK YOU MM ANON🙏🏻💜💜

In their Teflon bubble

The royals, the ones that are at Balmoral, HMTQ,PP and others are sheltered from media unless they want to access it. The horses, the outdoors and various beloved memories are a welcome respite although the issues, to put it mildly are still there and desperately needing to be dealt with.

Roast grief and Yorkshire pudding 👪🥘🍺

🤣🤣🤣 l laughed so hard when l read the news, oops PR article of PH, mm, amw taking a meal at the local😂😂😂, vegan eating roast beef 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣making point PH drinks several drinks but she only had water…fuel her PR of another pregnancy. Oh they had a cot and amw never stirred or made a sound🤣🤣🤣🤣THATS BECAUSE THIS DIDNT HAPPEN AND HE IS A RUBBER DOLL!!

PR what PR

PR has been off the charts, some seems to be done by LG , but lots of Megan name first in article s, you know it’s PR.

“ we believe you Harry”…

Those of us loyal and took time to watch the signals know and realize PH has been acting a role. We believe you Harry, you’re serving HMTQ!

💩💩💩PA💩💩💩

PA is in deep doo doo, he will have to be interviewed. The headline today was VRG singling him out! He is in deep trouble!

“All you’re effort to no avail lillibet”

This is most definitely PP talking, that’s the sweet name for the Queen. All of the work trying to deal with mm to no avail. Also past denials re PA. But this is mostly mm.

Send in the gowns ⚖️ 💼

In the UK system as in our, black robes are worn by the attorneys and the judge, white wigs also. This clearly means charges and cases to be filed in court imminently.

Thank God for the G grandchildren

These are our beloved Cambridge trio of little angels we all love so much. Such a welcoming distraction!!!

“I’m the Queen of the castle!”

And you’re the dirty rascal, anyone remember that?😁 There are definitely times when HMTQ has to put her foot down and rule/make the final decision. And she has decided as is described in this riddle.

A little patience

We need to be patient a little bit longer , softly softly…. remember from yesterday . Next week awaits…..

O ‘no she’s coming next week! I bloody hope not!!

Mm is coming to Balmoral next week, the second line is absolutely PP.

So we are asked to be patient just a bit longer. Next week, at Balmoral, there will be an intervention/confrontation. The charges will have been filed, per earlier in this riddle, l do believe this to be telling us that next week this will end!

GSTQAOBC 🇨🇦

💜💜🙏🏻THANK YOU MM ANON🙏🏻💜💜

Wonderful! Thank you so much dear PG! We love you! We love you too MM Anon!😊💜💜💜

Aug 28th, 2019

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💜💜🙏🏻THANK YOU MM ANON🙏🏻💜💜

Difficulty level off the charts. I feel like nothing here that l have done is even close to correct. I am so so sorry everyone, l just cannot figure out most of this properly. I am embarrassed to submit it 😞☹️ l submit this with a heavy heart due to the extreme difficulty of this riddle for me. Whatever you do PLEASE don’t laugh at me, l have always tried my best and today is no different.💜🙏🏻😊👋

MM ANON … under-Cover flight … she played a Dummy… the accounting doesn’t ADD up!!…… a questionable salary …… this engagement Rings of petulance … a net-flick opportunity …… “ she can’t act’ and she can’t f@#ing spell”. …… “but it’s him in the bloody photo”!!…… an old grey friend …… “ fix this for the family Ian”…… an Atlantic backhander …… “ once smitten, twice sly”… “don’t fret, I’ve buried it!

Under-Cover flight

Might mm fly to the U.S. very quietly, ie under-cover for the U.S. Open? Who else is Under-Cover watching her and all she does. Will she make the cover of newspapers by her appearance there? Oh wouldn’t she just love that.

She played a Dummy

A Dummy can be something fake meant to look real ie Archieficial. She has been using that fake baby for months. She doesn’t have to really play a Dummy as she isn’t that intelligent just look at her grammar etc.

The accounting doesn’t ADD up

Is this the Sussex Foundation? The cost of her clothes? All sorts of marching going on.

A questionable salary

Salary for SL and Natalie Campbell resigned from the Sussex Foundation. Also mm taking her percentage of items on their Instagram.

this engagement Rings of petulance

Petulance is childishness, sulkiness. Will she appear at Balmoral in this manner?

She also changes her engagement rings with her mood , on a whim. Nothing precious or to be cherished, it’s all fake.

a net-flick opportunity

Videos of various people,l read code names as isle, combover and liar along with a certain female, l read today being shopped around for paid viewers. This allegedly took place in the souther U.S. but who knows?

“she can’t act and she can’t f@#ing spell

ThisLittlePetal, Twitter is exactly this, We know she couldn’t act her way out of a paper bag. But her grammar, spelling and attempts to use English colloquiums as she calls them, colloquialisms is the correct spelling and has totally different meaning that the other word. This is PP, l can hear his voice!

but it’s him in the bloody photo!!

This too is PP. riled up about the photo of PA, VRG and GM that is years old but once again is all over the media. Questions have now arisen questioning its authenticity.

an old grey friend

LG , continues to be close at hand, assisting in all aspects of this that he is able.

“fix this for the family Ian”

HMTQ asking for assistance to sort things out for her family.

Is she asking intelligence, MI5, MI6(SIS)to fix this, bring in the cleaners?

Ian Fleming

Ian Lancaster Fleming (28 May 1908 – 12 August 1964) was an English author, journalist and naval intelligence officer who is best known for his James Bondseries of spy novels. Fleming came from a wealthy family connected to the merchant bank Robert Fleming & Co., and his father was the Member of Parliament for Henley from 1910 until his death on the Western Front in 1917. Educated at Eton, Sandhurst and, briefly, the universities of Munich and Geneva, Fleming moved through several jobs before he started writing.

While working for Britain’s Naval Intelligence Division during the Second World War, Fleming was involved in planning Operation Goldeneye and in the planning and oversight of two intelligence units, 30 Assault Unit and T-Force. His wartime service and his career as a journalist provided much of the background, detail and depth of the James Bond novels.

an Atlantic backhander

US Open, might she attend? Might that be a poor choice considering there are legal issues pending? Might she be compelled to remain there?

“once smitten, twice sly”

Once bitten twice shy, basically one learns after an experience that is bad not too do it again. However our Harry is sly and onto her, he has been all this time working on behalf on HMTQ,

“don’t fret, I’ve buried it”

PP? has hidden something very incriminating where it’s unreachable . The possible evidence of guilt or threats has been buried deep , unreachable by anyone except the one who hid it, l believe is PP.

GSTQAOBC 🇨🇦

Dear PG! No one would laugh at you…and just people know….we only laugh with people here..not at them..(except Mm and gang). We appreciate you doing this riddle, although you found it difficult…..you still did a fantastic job! We thank you😊💜💜💜💜

Aug 29th, 2019

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MM Anon

As usual PG did a fantastic job. But can I add this

She played a Dummy

In association football, rugby league, rugby union and Australian rules football, a dummy or feint is a player deceiving the opposition into believing he is going to pass, shoot, move in a certain direction, or receive the ball and instead doing something entirely different, thus gaining an advantage.

🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧

Thank you😊❤️❤️❤️❤️

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Aug 29th, 2019

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💜🙏🏻THANKS FROM PG 🙏🏻💜

💜💜🙏🏻💜💜Thank you everyone for your kind words about today’s and other riddles. I found today’s very hard but l am committed to any role l can be part of in helping our Queen and her family, l will do. Somedays, like today are more difficult but that’s all ok. God bless all of you Thank you 🐼💜🐼🙏🏻😊🐼💜, for allowing us into this space.💜💜💜💜GSTQAOBC 🇨🇦

Thank you dear PG! You are the best🙏🏻💜💜💜💜

Ask Skippy submission

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MM Anon

💜💜🙏🏻THANK YOU MM ANON🙏🏻💜💜

MM ANON ( Dedicated to all riddle busting anons). …… The Prince And the Show-girl and a duchess??…… he’s innocent until proven innocent …… 🎼if you leave me now I’ll take away the biggest part of you 🎼…… “ what!!! She didn’t sign a bloody pre-nup”…… “My client suggests a compromise” …… Tower Bridge is solid …… Westward “Hoe”……” dear boy ,everything’s bugged “… a sealed envelope. …👧👩🏼‍🏫🍎📚🎀…… a fall in fall

The Prince and the Showgirl and a duchess?

Great old movie, check it out, Marilyn Monroe. A traveling party of royals from central Europe arrives in England in 1911, as the host country prepares to celebrate the coronation of a new king. But when the visiting Regent , goes to a musical theater, his attraction to American performer makes it hard to stay focused. Soon, the female performer learns of a potential coup in the Regent’s home country, and it’s up to her to smooth things out – or watch as the nation hurtles toward instability.So is this the suggestion this is PC as potential Regent, MM as showgirl, and duchess, l say her because duchess is not capitalized, for any other Duchess it most definitely would be. However in this scenario she has no caring what happens to the monarchy. She is me me me, money money money.

🎼if you leave me now I’ll take away the biggest part of you 🎼……

Ooooo no baby please don’t go, l love this song. MM threats to PH ,no pre-nup, she will take everything in terms of finances etc.and quite possibly secrets and embarrassments as well be revealed.

He’s innocent until proven innocent

PA, family and friends are stalwart and stand firm. He has done no wrong.

What!!! She didn’t sign a bloody pre-nup?

OMG! No pre-nup for mm and PH . They may well have quite a payment to end the marriage, which l still have my doubts about annulment being the way to go. But l am not privy to information.

My client suggests a compromise

PA attorney suggesting a compromise on how, when and in what manner he may be interviewed by the F.B.I. or answer questions. President Trump had written questions submitted to him, which he answered in written form and returned. Might this be the way things will go?

Tower Bridge is solid

This is code name for HMTQ. Reassuring us that she is well and handling things. She is solid and committed to the course of action chosen.

Westward “hoe”

Used to be a hotel chain minus the letter e, abbreviation for hospitality. Sounds like our girl is definitely heading to the U.S. for the tennis and then what??? If she goes, l can pretty certainly say, she will not be allowed re-entry to the U.K. She is not a citizen, and l highly doubt she has applied for a longer VISA. No one tell her shhhhh🤫🤫🤫🤫🤫🤫

Dear boy, everything’s bugged.

Soho, all places are bugged, wired, that’s how they catch people, blackmail them…this is someone talking to PH, likely PP, yet again the wise one. Any place where wealthy, Royal, celebrities politicians let their hair down so to speak, or have conversations there is surveillance absolutely.

A sealed envelope.

Contains secrets, photos? in exchange for $$£££££€€€€,who is presenting the envelope. Or is it a subpeona? Sealed envelopes containing a myriad of options of items inside.

👧👩🏼‍🏫🍎📚🎀

School resumes next week, and the pink bow refers especially to our beloved Princess Charlotte joining Prince George at Battersea. How exciting for her! She is growing up so fast!

A fall in the fall

A fall, l sooooooooooooo want Humpty Dumpty off the wall and gone to America. Please! Please! If l read this correctly that is what will happen

GSTQAOBC 🇨🇦

HMTQ, PP, PH and all are in my prayers

💜💜🙏🏻THANK YOU MM ANON🙏🏻💜💜

Thank you so much dear PG. Sounds good! Much appreciated!😊💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜

Ask Skippy submission

Aug 30th, 2019

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💜💜🙏🏻THANK YOU MM ANON🙏🏻💜💜

We remember today, in 1997, our beloved Diana, left us tragically 🙏🏻💜. My prayers for her boys🙏🏻🙏🏻💜

MM ANON

MM ANON … “bloody hell No!! Stick her in the lodge” …… A tabloid tirade …Sunday surprise??……”and the moral is?”…… sex lies and video tape ……… YOU CANNOT SHOW THIS!!!!!…… “tell Ann to talk to her”…… “ sooner or later “…… 🇬🇧🏰🎣🧘🏾‍♀️💅🏼…… the 4/10 or 12 bore Harry?……… “ private or public flight …… “ O b#&@cks more bad press”…… no cameras,no cameras!

“bloody hell No!! Stick her in the lodge”

This is our beloved, l say that word a lot don’t I?, but it’s true, our beloved PP!

No way, no how is she setting one grimy craggy toe into Balmoral? I say, put her in the barn!🤣

A tabloid tirade

Oh how predictable, a Markle distraction at its finest?? Can l use that word to describe it? Grandpa Markle comes out his shed to yammer at the world wanting to see Archie? Give him the website link to where Darren dolls are sold, he can look all he wants and even but his own. A loud distraction, a defensive distraction by the home team nearing the end of this game. She must be in dire straits to be using the grandpa card!

Sunday surprise!

I await this with bated breath, what’s coming tomorrow!! Pictures, videos, who knows. But we are very near the end game here my friends!😊

and the moral is?

Every story has a moral, sometimes good, sometimes very bad. Now we all know this whole ‘story’ or the life that we know of, of mm, and her past, but more importantly the last two years and the present has been, lies, obfuscation, manipulation, disrespect, vulgarity, l could go on and on. The moral is, rather the lesson is, karma. Life all comes back at you by your deeds, if not in this world, than God judges. I actually do pray for her soul, l want no one to not be redeemed. But we choose our behaviour and by those choices, there are consequences. We have seen the devastation on the face of Our Harry for a very long time now, the entire family, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿, the 🇬🇧,Canada 🇨🇦and the Commonwealth. You reap what you sew/sow. As in sowing seeds. Justice awaits, if she goes to the 🎾, the U.S. Open, will there be men in suits waiting at the airport? IRS? If she goes and than tries to return to the U.K. will she be allowed entry? I think not, she is not a U.K. or. Commonwealth citizen, she has no job or Visa to work in the U.K. and she certainly has no family “that she never had”. She doesn’t think, consequences don’t affect her. Nothing bothers her, she has no conscience l now please understand, l am a Christian, it pains me to describe a human being this way, but l am also a realist which a lot of experience dealing with people with severe personality disorders. THEY DON’T CHANGE, EVER! , unless years of therapy, but the underlying personality is there.

sex, lies and videotape

We had this in a riddle awhile ago, at least, my answer was Steven Soderbergh film of the same title. We know that our girls’ life has been full of these things. I wonder if finally the videos will crawl from the depths and become public!

YOU CANNOT SHOW THIS!!!

Wow! 😮, how bad is the information/photos/videos that they uppercase exclamation marks indicate it’s VERY bad. Who is on the information, does it include important friends/family. I shudder at the thought. In revealing her truths, how much more damage will she continue to do. This sounds very dire!

“Tell Ann to talk to her”

The Princess Royal is such a sound individual, smart, elegant, amazing, dedicated to the Crown and her family. She is also tough as nails, very like her father , perhaps they think if she spoke with, the one who shall not be named, she might be able to get somewhere. I don’t know, they have all the information. I think she is never one to be reasonable, but l am on the outside and privy to nothing. So they must think, with whatever is the data, Princess Ann can get through to her.

Sooner or later

Sooner or later, this has to end, things will be made public, the law will come calling, people have turned their backs on her who were her ‘friends’, backers. By the way, where is her bestie of all besties MA? Where is he? He has literally vanished. Odd odd.

🇬🇧🏰🎣🧘🏾‍♀️💅🏼

While the country waits political issues, like Brexit, what will happen with BJ , DC etc, by the way, if you can see the film Brexit with Benedict Cumberbatch, l highly recommend it, not only because l love😍🥰BC, but he plays Dom Cummings so so well. It’s a great watch. But l digress, as l tend to do. While HMTQ and family are at Balmoral, fishing outdoors activities is she doing yoga and having her nails done? Is she going there at all??? Spending time with the family she never had oops never will have. Sorry, not sorry!

the 4/10 or 12 bore Harry?…

Bore, in weaponry, the interior of the barrel of a gun or firearm. In guns that have rifled barrels, e.g., rifles, pistols, machine guns, and artillery or naval guns, the diameter of the bore is termed the calibre. … The measurement of the bore in shotguns is expressed in terms of gauge.

The .410 bore or .410 gauge, is the second-smallest caliber of shotgun shell commonly available. A .410 bore shotgun loaded with shot shells is well suited for small game hunting . The .410 started off in the UK as a garden gun. The “12” 12-gauge “ means you can make 12 lead balls, each of equal diameter to the gun barrel, out of 1 pound of lead.

Now with that out of the way, sounds like if not there already, Harry will be at Balmoral for some hunting and these are probably the weapons he prefers that are on offer/available for him to use. Oh he needs a good long rest/ holiday, doing things he loves. Physical activities like hunting to get the accumulation of stress out of his body.

“Private or public flight”

Debate about how to get mm to come to a Balmoral? Certainly not PH, he flew commercial when he went to Italy for the Polo. Mind you, maybe they think he needs away from the public even the flight to Aberdeen. I have done that flight about four times, Aberdeen to London is like you’re up and you blink and you’re landing, it’s about an hour-ish, very short flight. So l certainly think most would not need private for such a short flight, but if they want her there for a confrontation/intervention type of meeting, a private flight might be an inducement to get her there. I wonder what’s all happening that we are not privy to!

“ O b#&@cks more bad press”

This is most definitely PP, angry about the Markle grandfather yammering away a wanting too see Archie, l can only imagine how this riles the BRF up. The lady thing they want/need is this guy crawling out of the woodwork again. Is this the never ending story? That was a great film, but this is not a film and it’s not great!

no cameras,no cameras!!

Again the Grand Dame of PR, wants no pictures taken as she goes to Balmoral, if she goes. I do not know how close l am. I just cannot see her going there. But there might be a very important reason to get her out of England!!

GSTQAOBC 🇨🇦

My thoughts and prayers are with you William and Harry.💜💜🙏🏻🙏🏻💜💜

Thank you MM ANON 💜🙏🏻💜

Thank you so much dear PG! Much appreciate all you do!🙏🏻💜💜💜💜💜💜💜

Aug. 31

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💜💜PG INTERPRETATION OF MM ANON💜💜

🎼 “and the clouds are grey” 🎼…

California dreaming on a winters day..ongoing PR of D and DOS looking for a mansion in L.A. oh she is delusional. I doubt California wants her.

It’s rainy today as HMTQ attended church, Princess Anne looked stunning. Her husband was also there, The Duke and Duchess of Cornwall. I was glad to see PC face and hands were not so red and swollen today. I worry he has some sort of autoimmune issue he struggles with. The issues the BRF are grey as well, not sunny and bright.

anticipation of street-parties

It’s a very British thing to do whenever a major royal event. Tables set up, everyone outside celebrating the wedding or the Jubilee etc Are we anticipating a street party once madam is gone? I sure think so!!! There will be dancing in the streets all over the world!

little black orphans, “apply in writing “

So she has given up on using a surrogate again, she wants to join the celebrity club of women that adopt third world children. She has an exception though, the orphans must be able to write and in English, l am not sure she knows other languages. Oh what a humanitarian she will be to adopt a BLACK child. Just fits her pathetic narrative. This truly angers me.

“playing bloody golf”

PA spent the last two weeks in Sotogrande, golfing a lot. I hear PP in this comment, disgust PA is on holiday memories golfing while this massive PR and potentially legal crisis looming overhead!

“ fly public, you’re joking,”

this is madame, refusing to fly public to Balmoral or anywhere! Still ever the narcissist!

👨‍👩‍👧‍👦🎒🍎🏫

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, Prince George and Princess Charlotte will all arrive together at Battersea for the first day of school on September 5th. I can hardly wait for the photos!!

A waving poppet

Princess Charlotte loves to wave and interact with crowds. We will get the cutest waves when she starts school.

👩🏻‍🦳🙏🏻🧢🏃‍♀️

This emoji is tough. Someone with grey hair, were it HMTQ there would be a crown, someone is praying while, someone disguised themselves with a hat.and does a runner. Or does she plan to dye her, hair, put on hat and do a runner praying it works? I am sorry, this should be obvious but it’s not!

I know Betty, you can pick your friends “

This is a very close friend or lady in waiting, l am not certain, but in talking she is telling HMTQ the old line, you can pick your friends but you cannot pick your family. This is likely in discussions about PA, and the worry she has for her son.

… it’s the constitution, we’ve no choice …

They have to follow the constitution, how many times has Skippy said that. The “of the body “ law applies. It’s not a royal baby. They must act. They have no choice. Keeping the charge of a baby that isn’t PH in line of succession is treasonous.

…D&DOC and family 2020 commonwealth tour?

WOW, I know they, as a couple are doing an Asia tour in the fall, security must be a nightmare in that region 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻. How exciting would a tour of the entire family be. Oh heavens, l am twitterpadded at the thought😊😊😊🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻💜💜💜😁😁😁😁

GSTQAOBC 🇨🇦

Thank you so much dear PG! You do such an amazing job! We love you!🙏🏻💜💜💜💜💜💜💜

Emojis

Grey hair lady…..Diana as she would be today

Praying hands

Blue cap

Jogger running

gstqaobc

BRILLIANT SEE, I SAID IT WAS OBVIOUS, SHE ALWAYS WORE HAT COMING OUT OF THE GYM IN HER SHORTS!! Thank you for seeing what l just couldn’t. But I KNEW IT SHOULD BE OBVIOUS,, GSTQAOBC 🇨🇦

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Sept. 2

💜THANK YOU MM ANON💜

MM ANON …… “ love is a smoke made with the fume of sighs”…… heart of darkness …… which-doctor …… dis-ease with one another …… no photo-op worthy …… a phoney die-anna …… a controversial decision …… legal discord within …… thinly covered deception …… images of happy anger. ……🦟🦟👶💉🧸

“ love is a smoke made with the fume of sighs”…

MM ANON does love Shakespeare, this is from Romeo and Juliet.

Act 1 Scene 1

“Love is a smoke made with the fume of sighs;

Being purg’d, a fire sparkling in lovers’ eyes;

Being vex’d, a sea nourish’d with lovers’ tears;

What is it else? A madness most discreet,

A choking gall, and a preserving sweet.”

ROMEO

Yes, this is what love does. My sadness sits heavy in my chest, and you want to add your own sadness to mine so there’s even more. I have too much sadness already, and now you’re going to make me sadder by feeling sorry for you. Here’s what love is: a smoke made out of lovers’ sighs. When the smoke clears, love is a fire burning in your lover’s eyes. If you frustrate love, you get an ocean made out of lovers’ tears. What else is love? It’s a wise form of madness. It’s a sweet lozenge that you choke on. Goodbye, cousin.

Are there possibly feelings between PH and mm? Is the Stockholm syndrome rumours true?

Heart of darkness

Great book by Joseph Conrad. An Englishman becomes obsessed with an ivory trader. This is referring to PH love of Africa, perhaps some could call it obsession, he finds it very peaceful. I can’t imagine his inner conflict having to be on parade , so to speak, with mm, leads to another part of the riddle, images of happy anger.

which-doctor …

Play on words witch doctor is medicine person in many tribes around the world. Also which doctor will administer the necessary vaccines to amw and mm. Is she using some mumbo jumbo herbal stuff like she was thought to have been using whilst “pregnant “.

dis-ease with one another

Dis-ease is a play of words from disease to dis-ease, meaning PH and mm are not at ease one another. Let alone being together for an extended tour on behalf of HMTQ. There is also obvious dis-ease with every member of the BRF and mm.

no photo-op worthy

There will be no opportunity for photos on most of this ‘tour’. Even though it’s on behalf of HMTQ, it will be private🤨🙄

…… a phoney die-anna

Phoney PR mm has blighted us with regarding the late Princess Diana. Plans to go visit her grave with PH and amw. How she has yearned to know her, when in fact she has be stealthily researching her for years and her goal was and remains to be Diana 2.0

a controversial decision

Travelling to Africa with a baby, the public will go mad!!! More $$$$£££££££££€€€€€€ spent, on what? Givenchy that doesn’t fit? Faux-humanitarian makes me very angry and 😡🤢🤢🤮.

legal discord within

There is some legal disagreement in how to proceed. I believe this is regarding PA interview or questioning but the F.B.I.

thinly covered deception …

She, mm, is almost not covered in her deceptions. THATS ALL SHE DOES! Lie, obfuscate, now reactivating gramma markle into the mix right on cue!

…… images of happy anger. …

Fake PR trip, photos of the family appearing happy but seething underneath. Anger shows in non verbal communication, actually all feelings show. Non-verbal communication is about 85% of how we, as humans communicate. Although with social media, that might alter.

🦟🦟👶💉🧸

This is the need for regular vaccinations of a child along with the vaccines needed for Africa especially malaria. This is a high risk trip for such a young baby. It’s hilarious that another article, l think in the Express, stating they’re postponing the North America trip because amw is too young!😏🧐🤨

GSTQAOBC 🇨🇦

💜🙏🏻 THANK YOU MM ANON🙏🏻💜

Interesting….the Stockholm syndrome…..PH has been acting since Toronto IG…..doesn’t live with her, never has….is never alone with her….only sees her at events….so interesting….. Great job once again dear PG😊💜💜

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How The Protégé Brings Maggie Q and Michael Keaton Back to Their Action Hero Roots

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The Protégé is the story of three deadly assassins, trained killers for seemingly their entire lives, whose paths cross in unexpected ways. Maggie Q plays Anna, who was rescued as a child by Moody (Samuel L. Jackson) and raised by him to become the world’s most dangerous killer for hire. When her father figure/mentor himself is slaughtered, she goes after those responsible — but has to go through a mysterious man named Rembrandt (Michael Keaton), himself a professional assassin with whom a mutual yet suspicious attraction develops.

The Protégé is directed by Martin Campbell, the New Zealand-born filmmaker best known for two of the biggest James Bond films of all time, 1995’s GoldenEye with Pierce Brosnan and 2006’s Casino Royale with Daniel Craig. Campbell, whose other credits include the groundbreaking 1985 UK series Edge of Darkness, 1998’s The Mask of Zorro, and the 2017 Jackie Chan thriller The Foreigner, knows the action genre inside and out but was drawn to The Protégé by several unique elements.

“There were two things,” he tells Den of Geek. “I thought the story was really interesting, there are surprises in it, and it’s quite complex. But secondly, the relationships between Anna and the Sam Jackson character and Anna and the Michael Keaton character, Rembrandt — it was those relationships, plus the narrative itself. Plus, it’s sort of sprinkled with a sense of humor throughout the whole thing. So it was a combination of all of those.”

Campbell says he was also eager to work in this genre with a female protagonist. In Maggie Q, whose credits include the CW series Nikita and films like Rush Hour 2, Divergent, Mission: Impossible III and Fantasy Island, he just happened to team up with an actress known for her own considerable action abilities — although he wasn’t aware of that when she came onto his radar.

“Ironically I knew nothing about [her action chops] when I cast her,” Campbell says. “I actually saw a clip with Ethan Hawke — a love story, I think — and her performance was excellent. So I based it on that. And her ability with action, I had no clue about until afterwards, so obviously, that was a real plus.”

Working with a star who’s very capable of doing much of her own stunt work has its pros and cons, says the director, citing both the flexibility it gives him as a director while also being aware that one misstep can land his star in the hospital and set back the entire production.

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“She did most of her stunts herself,” he reveals. “I think these days with face replacement and so forth, everyone thinks those things are digitally enhanced. But for me, I was just very lucky that she could do all that. I barely had to double her throughout the whole movie. That was a huge advantage. It always is, because inevitably when you double, of course, you end up having to do face replacement.”

While Maggie was a known quantity in terms of her ability to handle action, Campbell says he was most surprised by Keaton. Nearly 30 years removed from his last stint as Batman (until now, as we all know), Keaton has gravitated more toward dramatic roles in recent years and even his villainous turn as the Vulture in Spider-Man: Homecoming was largely digital when it came to the action. But that was not the case with The Protégé.

“Michael is clearly not as trained as [Maggie] is,” says Campbell. “But again, with all that sort of action, what you need is really commitment from the actors to go for it and rehearse it and train for, and he did. He did well. Of course, I had to double him a little bit more than Maggie, but he really stepped up to it. I think he was determined to prove that he can do it all justice the same way as Maggie.”

Campbell adds that whether it’s the action scenes or the dramatic turns that the story takes, having actors like Keaton, Jackson and Maggie Q all playing off each other elevates the game for all of them — especially when it comes to the friction between Keaton’s coolly lethal killer and Maggie’s vengeance-driven one-woman army.

“The great thing about the script is the sort of competitive edge between them,” Campbell says. “I mean, [Keaton and Maggie] are both assassins and both equally good. She’s certainly equal to him. There’s sexual tension between [Keaton and Maggie], but there is this competitive edge all throughout the film, which clearly at the end has to be resolved one way or another. I thought Richard Wenk, the writer, did a great job in terms of making that relationship work.”

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Without giving away too much, it’s safe to say that Anna’s quest ends with her in a different place than where she started — but there’s room for Maggie Q to take the character into new territory should the opportunity arise. “Nobody’s talked about a franchise with this,” says Campbell about the possibility of continuing Anna’s story. “It’s a kind of one-off, but in this industry, anything that even smells of a franchise they leap on and want to do Part 2. And I think Maggie would be terrific doing a sequel.”

The Protégé is out in theaters this Friday (August 20).

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The 10 Best Drinks Movies of All Time (and What to Sip While Watching)

Relaxing with a great drink in your hand and an excellent movie cued up on your screen is one of life’s great, simple pleasures. It’s also something many of us have more time to do now than ever before.

Perhaps it’s no coincidence that many of the best movies of all time include a heavy focus on imbibing, from ongoing thematic references to entire booze-soaked plots: The night of excess and its regrettable decisions; the plot hatched in the bar’s back booth; the frat house party; the alcohol-fortified hero.

If discovering the perfect match between a glass of wine and a bite of cheese amplifies the pleasure of both, then why not do the same by finding the just-right drinks to pair with the best drinks movies?

Of course, even if you’re stuck Netflix-and-chilling by yourself, there are now ways to get friends in on the fun virtually. For instance, with Netflix Party, you can synchronize playback through Google Chrome while participating in a group chat through the same interface.

From iconic films to debauched comedies, here’s what to watch — and what to drink while you do.

10. The 007 James Bond Franchise

Few movie characters are as inclined to imbibe as James Bond. Author Ian Fleming both giveth and taketh away, though. While he’s responsible for the creation of the Vesper, his words haven’t always been to the betterment of booze: Some say that “shaken not stirred” stunted the advancement of cocktails for decades. (Hate-mail disclaimer: Martinis are a personal matter, so make them as you please).

As you’re working your way through the anthology and arrive at “GoldenEye,” switch up your drink to the cocktail of the same name. It’s the house cocktail at the GoldenEye Resort in Jamaica, and was concocted by Chris Blackwell, Rock & Roll Hall of Famer, creator of Blackwell Rum, and owner of the estate since the mid- 1970s.

According to Blackwell, the drink, which fittingly is a visual match for its name, was a creation of convenience. “I simply put equal amounts of pineapple juice and rum in the cocktail shaker and took a sip,” he says. “It was too sweet, so I added some fresh-squeezed lime to taste. And there it was.”

It’s a welcome drink for his guests, and a new drink for you to sip on while watching Brosnan-era Bond. Blackwell is even collaborating on a 007 Limited Edition of his rum, which will be released this fall in conjunction with the franchise’s 25th effort, “No Time To Die.”

9. Wine Country

The newest edition to the list of best drinks movies is 2019’s “Wine Country.” Directed by Amy Poehler, and starring a six-strong cast of female comedic heavyweights, the movie is centered on a 50th birthday weekend getaway in Napa Valley.

When you can’t head out for a weekend of in-person wine tasting, bring the wine into your living room. A number of Napa Valley wineries are currently offering virtual tastings. The list includes AXR Winery, B Cellars, Clos du Val, Round Pond Estate, and St. Supéry Estate Vineyards & Winery.

Sign up for one, do the tasting, then start the movie and polish off all those bottles you just opened. Or pair with any Napa Valley wine to feel the “Wine Country” vibe.

8. Cocktail

“Cocktail” stands tall 32 years later as the zenith of bad 1980s cocktail culture. Neon lights, flair bartending, and cringeworthy shot names — it’s all there, now with some measure of nostalgic appeal (who doesn’t want to sidle up to a beachfront bar these days?).

Of course, there’s no shortage of options for what you should be imbibing while watching. One needs only to pull up the “The Last Barman Poet” scene, in which Tom Cruise mentions a dozen different concoctions: “The Sex on the Beach, the Schnapps made from peach, the Velvet Hammer, the Alabama Slammer. I make things with juice and froth. The Pink Squirrel, the 3-Toed Sloth. I make drinks so sweet and snazzy. The Iced Tea, the Kamikaze, the Orgasm, the Death Spasm, the Singapore Sling, the Ding-a-ling.”

Thankfully, if you can’t quite settle on any of the above, Cruise’s character has mercy on us at the end of his recital: “America you’re just devoted to every flavor I got. But if you want to get loaded, why don’t you just order a shot?”

7. The Frat Party: Animal House and Old School

“Old School” and “Animal House” together represent the classic new and, well, old school takes on the frat movie. You’re probably never going to agree with your dad on which is better, either. It’s a generational preference whether you lean into the John Belushi-powered 1978 film, or the 2003 flick with Will Ferrell, Vince Vaughn, and Luke Wilson.

What everyone can agree on is that you’re drinking beer for this movie-drinks pairing; there’s no way around that. And not a 4-pack of your favorite triple dry-hopped, semi-naturally fermented, seasonal farmhouse hazy IPA, either. This calls for a case of your cheap, collegiate, macro beer standby. Maybe it’s Schlitz, maybe it’s PBR. You do you.

6. The Hangover (Three-Part Series)

We’ve all been there. A night gets a little out of hand. Memories are foggy. Everything hurts. Of course, this doesn’t usually involve tigers, Mike Tyson, potential kidnappings, and hastily arranged marriages. The antics only continue in later films, from Tyson-style face tattoos in Thailand to hasty trips to Tijuana. That’s what makes “The Hangover” great: It’s hilarious and relatable while still letting you off the hook, in an “at least my friends and I aren’t that bad” kind of way.

The truth is, you’re most likely watching this while nursing your own hangover. So mix up a Bloody Mary or something low-ABV with fresh juice to bring yourself back up to speed.

5. Swingers

“Swingers” sports the classic scene of Jon Favreau ordering a Scotch, “A Scotch on the rocks, please. Any Scotch will do, as long as it’s not a blend, of course. A single malt. Glenlivet, Glenfiddich perhaps. Maybe a Glengow… any Glen.”

The movie is also a favorite of the drinks industry today. “I love the movie ‘Swingers,'” says Elayne Duff, a consultant and strategist with Duff On The Rocks. For her, the 1996 movie brings back memories of the era. “We had a very cool version of this secret bar with a swing band [in the Lower East Side of New York]. I went there almost every Saturday night and drank Cosmopolitans; it was the ’90s, after all. This movie was money, as they like to say, so many great lines and Vince Vaughn was at his best.”

“Maybe I’ve been incepted by all the movie posters I’ve seen with Vince Vaughn, Martini in hand, or maybe it’s the way I can relate to both Mike and Trent at different times in my life, but I don’t think I’ve ever watched that movie without some form of drink in hand,” says Trevor Frye, the president of Wash Line LLC, who has also been running the B.A.R.E. SolidariT-shirt fundraising project, selling shirts and stickers to provide donations to hospitality professionals.

So drink a Cosmo, a Martini, any Glen you can find, or, in Frye’s case, just the whiskey of your choice. “I’d sip on a whiskey with some bite to it. E.H. Taylor Barrel Proof and Noah’s Mill are currently open on my desk, and either would do just fine,” Frye says. “And water; like a deli quart’s worth of water.”

4. Casablanca

If you asked any film buff to name the most famous movies, “Casablanca” would likely be on the list. This Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman vehicle happened to be set, predominantly, in a nightclub and casino, Rick’s Café Américain. (Word to wise: Don’t bother if you and when you find yourself in Morocco; the actual establishment may fall short of what you’ve envisioned).

There’s plenty of drinking in the movie, as you’d expect, and much of it is centered around Champagne. You’ll want to drink some bubbles yourself while watching, ideally out of a coupe glass to match the stylish, classic vibes. Intersperse that with the occasional French 75 or Champagne Cocktail, both of which are mentioned, to keep the mood going all night long.

3. Lost in Translation

What does Bill Murray whisper to Scarlett Johansson in the final scene of “Lost in Translation”? We may never know. What we do know is the line he says over and over again while filming his character’s television commercial, “For relaxing times, make it Suntory time.”

Unless you’re sitting on a secret cache of Yamazaki 18 year-old or Hakushu 18 year-old — in which case, we’ll be right over — a Highball is the way to go here, deploying a blended whisky like Suntory Toki and your favorite high-carbonation soda water.

2. Sideways

We all remember Paul Giamatti’s infamous quote: “I am NOT drinking any f*cking Merlot!” So devastating was the impact, that a decade and a half after the release of “Sideways,” California Merlot is only recently rebounding in the mind of consumers.

When you watch, consider doing the opposite of Giamatti and finding an excellent bottle of Merlot to accompany the film. There’s no shortage of serious, truly delicious Merlots coming out of California right now.

1. The Big Lebowski

The Dude and a White Russian. Name a more iconic duo; we’ll wait. The comedy classic from the Coen brothers is the perfect excuse to wear your pajamas all day long while steadfastly maintaining a drink in one hand.

The cocktail is easy to make, too: Just pour two ounces vodka and one ounce coffee liqueur over ice in a rocks glass. Top with an ounce of heavy cream. A flick of your wrist is the only stirring you really need. Up for an epic drinking-game challenge? Drink not only when The Dude drinks, but when the word “dude,” is spoken, which is apparently 160 times. Good luck!

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The 10 Best Drinks Movies of All Time (and What to Sip While Watching)

From iconic films to debauched comedies, here’s what to watch — and what to drink while you do.

10. The 007 James Bond Franchise

9. Wine Country

Sign up for one, do the tasting, then start the movie and polish off all those bottles you just opened. Or pair with any Napa Valley wine to feel the “Wine Country” vibe.

8. Cocktail

7. The Frat Party: Animal House and Old School

6. The Hangover (Three-Part Series)

The truth is, you’re most likely watching this while nursing your own hangover. So mix up a Bloody Mary or something low-ABV with fresh juice to bring yourself back up to speed.

5. Swingers

The movie is also a favorite of the drinks industry today. “I love the movie ‘Swingers,‘” says Elayne Duff, a consultant and strategist with Duff On The Rocks. For her, the 1996 movie brings back memories of the era. “We had a very cool version of this secret bar with a swing band [in the Lower East Side of New York]. I went there almost every Saturday night and drank Cosmopolitans; it was the ’90s, after all. This movie was money, as they like to say, so many great lines and Vince Vaughn was at his best.”

4. Casablanca

3. Lost in Translation

2. Sideways

1. The Big Lebowski

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Goldeneye - CCCC1/2

I can’t remember a time when James Bond wasn’t part of my life or at least somewhere in it, I remember knowing about James Bond before I even seen one of his movies as a child. In a society growing more and more tiresome two dimensional movie characters films dominated with strong handsome white males make no mistake James Bond IS the the ultimate male fantasy character and for the most part at least for as long as I am alive is probably character one most men (and women, well not all women but some) want to be like. He is the archetype where all cool male characters have directed from in my opinion over the past 50+ years.

James Bond for the most part is as two dimensional as them come in terms of characters branded in pop culture. Yes there has been many actors who have come in to add depth, realism, comedy, you name it to the character but in the end they are always the same character always asking for the same drink the same way, always dressed the same, always a white British male, always having the same kind of sexual relationships with the same kind of women, always driving nearly the same cars always doing the same old things with the same old lines but it is like watching a Friday The 13th movie or listening to AC/DC; you know what you are getting and when done right it you are reminded as to why this character and the movie series in of itself remains tattooed in pop culture and why again James Bond IS the ultimate male fantasy character.

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I can’t remember my first James Bond or if Goldeneye was my first James Bond but Goldeneye is the first James Bond movie I remember watching and it was the first James Bond for I think much of my generation but to tell you the truth even after this movie I wasn’t entirely a fan of James Bond.

I can’t tell you why I was only 10 or 11 at the time I assume it was because I felt I had better things to do with my time as a kid and felt doing other things outside of watching from what I felt was old dated ‘spy’ films. It wasn’t until 2 years later when I watched of all movies Never Say Never Again that I watched another James Bond film and there I started to get interested. The icing not he cake however was Goldeneye 64 which remains at least for my money one of the great video games to come out in the 90s, a game I still play now and then and still have to play with my cousins every time I visit family during Christmas time.

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Not to long after I found myself watching more and more James Bond movies and more and more and after The Man With The Golden Gun I became a fan and to this day a sort of closet James Bond nerd.

I remember when I still lived in Fort McMurray right before the death of VHS me and my dad went to this auction place which was selling all of the James Bond movies at the time on VHS (Dr. No to The World Is Not Enough) and I had to have it but I had to get to work so I told my dad to bid for me and as long as it was not over 100 bucks I would buy it and I think I got it all for around 75 dollars. I remember coming home to find the whole collection waiting for me in my basement and I had 2 days off.......doesn’t take a smart person to figure out what I did for those two days? I decided to marathon through the ENTIRE James Bond collection. Suffice to say for the next year I had Bond on the brain and not too long later I think Die Another Day came out.

To tell you the truth unlike some fans I am not very critical of Bond movies mainly because I don’t take them seriously AT ALL. I think one would have to be a terrible film maker to screw up a Bond movie and for the most part outside of a few movies there are not very many bad Bond movies in my opinion it really depends on what you want out of your Bond film. Die Another Day was the first one I seen in the theatre and ever since I have never missed going to see a Bond movie in the theatre.

However, to tell you the truth I am probably one of the few Bond fans who is not a fan of Sean Connery. I just don’t see the appeal that he has over the other James Bonds, outside of George Lazenby I truly think Connery is the next worst Bond. I will leave it at that but in the end Goldeneye I believe is my first Bond and over the years I have been divided with it, not in whether I like it or not but rather whether I think it is the best Bond movie ever or just one of the best.

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In the prelude to the movie we find James Bond 007 working with fellow spy and friend 006 doing some typical espionage when it happens to go bonkers. 006 gets killed but James Bond manages to escape finishing the mission in a fashion built to remind as well as show James Bond is back and the man playing him this time (Pierce Brosnan at his most sexiest) is well equip to playing him.

Some time later we find James Bond is still James Bond but times have sort of changed as they sort of did since the last movie (Licence To Kill), Russians are no longer the go to enemy/threat they once were and the Cold War is over but that does not mean that ones in Russia whom were still apart of the Cold War have all disappeared.

James Bond is sent to investigate the the possibility of a technological threat called Goldeneye which is a satellite which emits a sort of laser or pulse on a particular large scale area which would render all electronic devices useless. Even for 1995 this sort of thing would be catastrophic and leave whatever area it hit completely defenceless to an attack.

James Bond soon meets this woman named Xena whom not long after hijacks this helicopter which is the only piece of machinery known at that time to be able to defend against this electronic pulse (it does not shut down if in the range of the Goldeneye pulse). Xena and her unknown partner hijack the helicopter and go to Siberia in order to steal the technology needed in order use this Goldeneye weapon. It is here we meet Natalya whom is working for the Russian government. Xena and her unknown partner swoop in and murder everyone in their path and she barely survives and is the only witness to the crime. not too long after she meets up with James Bond and both of them work together in order to stop Xena and her partner from using Goldeneye to basically hold the major powers of the world hostage.

As you can tell I am trying to keep this review spoiler free though I know chances are most of you have seen this movie but for those who haven’t I really want to keep it a secret. Its not really that much of a surprise since most if not all James Bond movies are not really heavy on plot but I think the fact that this one is a sort of surprise goes a long way in showing how good Goldeneye is.

Over the years I have been again divided as to what I feel is the best James Bond movie. In the beginning Never Say never Again a say favourite till i found out it was just a remake of Thunderball and I watched the rest to find it was more of a parody than movie (which isn’t really part of the series to begin with). For awhile it was Man With The Golden Gun for no real reason I just enjoyed it more but Goldeneye was always high on the list.

Over the years I feel like the more I think about it I do don’t know if I can ever state which James Bond movie is the best because it will often reflect what I want out of the series at the time but suffice to say I will say that Goldeneye is about as perfect of a James Bond movie as there ever was or ever will be in the series.

it has everything just about every James Bond fan would want in a Bond movie and is orchestrates a perfect storm of tying them all together; every over done clique and every tradition that this series has spawned is mixed and seemingly reinvigorated for a new generation (at the time) and seemingly felt fresh (again at the time). It just does everything well and it is spot on in just about every detail. It is the one James Bond movie where one would be hard pressed to find a weakness as every James Bond movie has at least one.

One of those is often the plot as James Bond movies are often just action movies with sex (think the Fast & the Furious series) but with a little espionage. This one however I feel outside of most of James Bond movies actually has a very good plot (for a James Bond film) and the character though fairly traditional int he context of the series are original and new. In this one we have two strong female leads whom never if ever are damsels in distress however if there is one thing James Bond critics can’t attack the series on is the lack of strong female leads; over sexualize yes, over objectified oh hell yeah but not weak.

I would say Goldeneye is probably the most feminist James Bond movie there is. Natalya while not an ass kicker does not allow herself to be pushed around by anyone and can hold her own. Yes she is taken prisoner a few times but more often than not she can handle herself and besides M she is the smartest person in the movie. She is not sexually objectified in this movie either, yes she wears a bikini in one scene and does sleep with James Bond then they are in Cuba (or some Caribbean place) and it is 90s Pierce Brosnan.

Xena is quite possibly the biggest bad ass in the movie, she is the female James Bond, you could probably make her James Bond an this movie would have still succeeded in my eyes. She has sex with who she wants, dominates who she wants.

Then we have M whom played by Judi Dench provides a breath of fresh air as a woman in charge of a male dominate world and putting guys including James Bond in their place.

Bottom line is regardless of what movie is your favourite, Goldeneye is probably in your top ten, it is in my top five and one regardless of what mood I am in I still enjoy as much as I did as a kid. I give it CCCC1/2 on the Corey Scale.

#Pierce Brosnan #goldeneye #james bond #Famke Janssen #sean bean #martin campbell

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The James Bond franchise is one of the most famous, most lucrative, and longest-running film series in the world. The franchise has been hugely influential, affecting almost every form of spy fiction written, filmed, or developed since the 1960s in some way. Moreover, the brand has stayed relevant for far longer than most comparable mega-franchises: Marvel’s 80-year existence and Disney’s seemingly perpetual presence on Earth pre-date Bond’s 1953 print debut, and they stand as some of the only similar properties to prevail. Conversely, attempts to reinvigorate big IP such as Back to the Future or The Mummy have not been successful enough for studios to continue making them.

To remain part of the zeitgeist for so long is no easy task, and despite some missteps, James Bond has defied the odds time and again, reinventing itself repeatedly to avoid being left behind. Some of those reinventions are obvious, such as the changing of actors, writers, and directors, or even come in the form of distinct reboots–the hardest of which came in 2006 with the 21st Eon-produced film, Casino Royale. Others, however, are a little more tricky: Bond has had to change even more drastically to fit new media, such as for the first 007 video game, a 1982 text adventure title for the ZX Spectrum named Shaken but Not Stirred. Unfortunately, the Bond games have endured an uneven run over the years, with some great games, some poor ones, and none at all since 2012’s poorly received 007 Legends.

To dive deeper into the continued evolution of the British spy, I spoke to Bruce Feirstein, screenwriter of three Bond films–GoldenEye, Tomorrow Never Dies, and The World is Not Enough–and writer of the video games From Russia With Love, Everything or Nothing, Blood Stone, and 007 Legends.

GameSpot: How does writing a Bond game differ to writing a Bond film?

Bruce Feirstein: It’s not all that different. You’re still trying to tell an interesting story, with unique settings and compelling characters. So the actual process isn’t that different. It’s just as collaborative, and in some aspects easier. For example, in Everything or Nothing, the original sequence was written in Hong Kong. There was some problem having to do with visual rights–I think some of the buildings were trademarked, and we’d need permission–so I suggested putting the opening sequence in Athens. Everyone agreed, and in ten minutes we moved forward. A change like that in a film could take a month to get through all the decision makers and the clearances.

How did writing for Sean Connery differ to writing to Pierce Brosnan and Daniel Craig?

Each is a little bit different. I was writing the Brosnan Bond that I wrote in the films, so it wasn’t much of an adjustment. Daniel Craig’s is terser, so his dialogue was cut back to reflect the Bond he created on the screen. And Connery was the Bond I always had in my head, having been the first Bond I saw. He and I actually talked about this.

Can you talk a little more about the creation of Judi Dench’s M? What was your reaction when you saw her death in Skyfall, and how do you think Ralph Fiennes is handling the role now?

While I was working on GoldenEye, [director] Martin Campbell and I met at the studio one morning to discuss what we should do about updating M. I said it was just a bunch of guys talking in a room, and Martin replied, “Why don’t you try it as a woman?” So the idea came from him. I wrote the “sexist misogynist dinosaur” scene in three hours, and pretty much what you see on the screen is what I wrote that first morning. As far as her death, Judi Dench brought great grace and originality to her role as M. She was amazing, and always took what we wrote and made it better. So I was sad to see that she wouldn’t be playing M anymore, but that’s the inevitable process in these films. And just as Judi defined the role in her way, Ralph Fiennes is bringing his own touch to the role now. He’s a terrific actor.

Is there anything you would have changed if you’d been involved in the films and games since you stopped working on the franchise?

No. If the franchise hadn’t evolved over the past 55 years, it wouldn’t exist anymore. Barbara Broccoli and Michael Wilson have created–in my opinion–the perfect Bond for the post 9/11 era. Along with Daniel Craig, of course, and the writers, Neal Purvis and Robert Wade. I wouldn’t change a thing. They’ve done an extraordinary job, and all deserve huge credit.

Which game do you think, looking back, offers the truest representation of Bond?

I think they all represented Bond well. But the most influential game was the original GoldenEye. I didn’t work on that game–but it had a huge impact on gaming. Funny enough, these days, I keep meeting people who are let down when they find out I only co-wrote the GoldenEye movie, and not the game.

I remember Everything or Nothing really resonating with players, too. Why do you think that is?

I suspect that this is because it was an entirely original story, with a new villain and all new supporting characters. So the whole experience was new. And we got very lucky in having Willem Dafoe as the bad guy. He gave a great performance.

How does working on an original story for a game compare to converting a film into a game? Which do you think works best for a game: creating a bespoke story or converting the iconic films?

An original story is more fun because you’re working from a clean slate. Anything is possible. With an adaptation, you’ve got to adhere as much as possible to the source material. Both are enjoyable experiences, but creating something new is more interesting.

From a writing perspective, what defines Bond as a character?

Bond is a lone warrior with a license to kill who hides his inner conflicts about what he does by striking a cool, dispassionate demeanor, and never allowing anyone to get too close to him.

We’ve seen the series tackle text adventures, first-person shooters, third-person action games, strategy, and more. In your eyes, what’s does a hypothetically perfect Bond game look like?

In any format, the perfect Bond game allows the player to enter an alternate reality of James Bond’s world, and experience a James Bond adventure. The platform is less important than the execution.

Were you involved with the canceled Casino Royale game?

There’s a lot of misinformation and speculation on the internet about Bond games that were cancelled or didn’t exist in the first place. As I recall, what some think of as a canceled Casino Royale game was actually an earlier version of either Bloodstone or Everything or Nothing that was stopped at one developer and moved to another. But I could be wrong.

Why do you think there hasn’t been a Bond game for a while?

I can only speculate here, as I haven’t discussed this with Eon. I don’t know why there hasn’t been a recent Bond game. But I do know that in general, there are fewer games based on movies these days. I’ve heard lots of reasons for this: 1) Huge game makers like Activision or Electronic arts would rather develop their own franchises. 2) As it now takes 18 months to make a first class game, day/date releases (meaning the game is released on the same day as the movie) aren’t practical. 3) The market for original games–Halo or Call of Duty–is much larger than the market for game tie-ins. Again, I don’t know how much of this impacts Bond, or has anything to do with Eon’s plans for future games. I’m just talking about movie games in general.

Would you like to be involved in another Bond game or film if the opportunity presented itself?

Barbara Broccoli and Michael Wilson have been incredibly loyal to me over the years. Being asked to write the games was flattering, and a great gift, for which I am very grateful. If they asked me to write another one, I’d be there in a minute. And if they didn’t, I’d be the first in line to buy it, and cheer them on, and hope for it’s great success. I am blessed to have been a small part of the franchise in any way at all.

Finally, as a bit of fun: who’s your favourite Bond actor from the film series? And who would you like to see take on the role after Craig steps down?

They say the first Bond you saw is always your favorite Bond. Connery was my first Bond, but the truth is that I like, respect, and admire everyone who has played the role. They were all perfect a reflection of their time: Connery in the cold war, Roger during the Reagan years, Tim Dalton during the end of the USSR, Pierce in post-cold war era, and Daniel Craig in the post 9/11 era. And, more importantly, from someone who worked inside the franchise: Every one of them made the next one possible.

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GoldenEye (1995)

Today Drew is forced to watch and recap 1995’s GoldenEye, the seventeenth James Bond adventure. It’s time for a new Bond, baby! After a potentially devastating satellite is hijacked, it’s up to Bond to find out who’s behind the theft and what they’re planning. Can this new Bond grapple with the skeletons in his closet long enough to prevent an orbital apocalypse?

Keep reading to find out…

Eli, thanks for bearing with me while I’ve been slacking off on my One of Us! duties! I know you’re in the midst of a 2.5 streak right now, quite understandably given the level of quality The Golden Palace is known for, but I hope you’re still enjoying this last gasp of fun before your time with the Girls is done! Speaking of, my brief time with Timothy Dalton is behind me, and that means it’s time for me to get used to brand new Bond! I’m sure these next few movies will be the best ones yet!

Buttocks tight!

Screenplay by Jeffrey Caine, Bruce Feirstein, Michael France & Kevin Wade, film directed by Martin Campbell

After a revamped gun barrel sequence, we start off with some high stakes action as Agent 007, James Bond (Pierce Brosnan), and Agent 006, Alec Trevelyan (Sean Bean), storm a Soviet chemical weapons plant with the intention of blowing it sky high. The agents are discovered before Bond can finish planting the bombs, and Trevelyan is executed by General Ourumov (Gottfried John). Man, even when you know Sean Bean is inevitably going to die you still hate to see him go before we’re even out of the cold open! Bond manages to make it out of the facility and hitches a ride on a plane that’s just about to crash. He flies to safety as the facility explodes behind him.

We cut to our opening credit sequence, featuring a lot of hammers and sickles (so you know those Russians are up to no good once again), eye imagery, explosions and sexy ladies half-heatedly destroying Soviet monuments with sledgehammers. All of this plays out while Her Majesty Queen Tina of Turner belts out the film’s titular tune, “GoldenEye”.

Jumping a few years into the future, Bond is terrorizing an MI6 agent sent to evaluate him by driving recklessly and pursuing a sexy lady (Famke Janssen) in a sexy red car. The agent’s had enough of this and orders him to pull over, so he does and they bang. Oh, James! Bond catches up with the sexy lady at a casino (I’m beginning to realize Bond just might have a gambling problem, dude spends a whole lot of time in casinos). They flirt over baccarat and the lady introduces herself as Xenia Onatopp. Bond gets a little too curious about Onatopp and she makes a speedy retreat on the arm of an admiral. Bond checks in with Moneypenny (Samantha Bond) through his car radio, and she informs him that Onatopp has ties to the Janus crime syndicate.

Meanwhile, we find out that Onatopp is a F-R-E-A-K. She kills the admiral she left the casino with by choking him to death with her thighs while she apparently nuts and someone steals the admiral’s credentials. The mystery thief uses the stolen credentials to board a French Navy ship where a fancy new helicopter is being shown off. Bond snoops around and finds the real admiral’s dead as hell body while Onatopp and her mystery pal start killing people left and right and steal the helicopter while everyone else thinks they’re just flying it as part of the demonstration.

We cut to Severnaya, Siberia, where some nerds are busy doing some nerdy satellite stuff. One of the scientists, Boris Grishenko (Alan Cumming), has fun sexually harassing his colleague, Natalya Simonova (Izabella Scorupco). Simonova goes for coffee while Grishenko goes up for a smoke. His smoke break is interrupted, though, by the arrival of the stolen helicopter. It turns out Onatopp’s fake admiral friend is none other than General Ourumov! Oh shiiit! Ourumov has the personnel of the facility give him the control disks to the GoldenEye satellites, and then every single nerd in the facility is gunned down by a sopping wet Onatopp. Every nerd, that is, but Simonova, who was safely in the kitchen while all her friends were being massacred.

Onatopp and Ourumov bring one of the GoldenEye satellites online, but one of the guards in the facility stays alive long enough to trip an alarm. Onatopp discovers Simonova hiding in the kitchen’s ventilation shaft and fills the ceiling with lead in an attempt to kill her before she and Ourumov beat it in their helicopter.

Bone arrives at MI6 and we get our first look at our new Moneypenny, who holds her own against Bond’s flirtations and honestly just seems cool as hell. Bond gets the skinny on the Siberia Situation from a fellow agent who makes a point to mention what a bitch the new M is, but, uh-oh, M (living legend and all-around icon Dame Judi Dench) is standing right behind him. Back in Siberia, it turns out that Simonova tricked Onatopp and was actually hiding in some cabinets. She emerges just as one of the GoldenEye blasts the whole facility to hell, destroying several nearby jets in the process. Simonova barely manages to survive the chaos around her, but even though she’s still alive she’s now stuck in a non-functioning underground facility she can’t get out of. Luckily the roof nearby collapses, allowing her to climb to the frigid Siberian surface. She stumbles across a team of sled dogs mourning their former master, and hallelujah she’s saved.

M and Bond he a little tête-à-tête and M reveals that Ourumov is likely involved in all of this. Bond is still smarting from the death of 006, and M knows he’s got a vendetta on his mind. M gives one of the best monologues I’ve seen in this series, laying out exactly what Bond thinks of her, what she thinks of him and her willingness to send him on the mission to shut down GoldenEye even if it will get him killed. She still tells him to come back alive, though, and I think this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship.

General Ourumov reports to his higher-ups and tries to blame the whole thing on some pesky separatists while also lying about there being more than one GoldenEye satellite in the skies. Ourumov reveals that our good pal Grishenko was not found among the dead at the lab, and he learns that Simonova also survived. Uh-oh, now he’s got a witness to deal with!

Bond visits Q and gets a new car with all the bells and whistles, a belt with a grappling belt and an explosive pen. These Svoboda’s Condoms are really starting to pile up! Bond flies to Saint Petersburg where he meets… No… No, it can’t be! Joe Don Baker? AGAIN?! What in the name of hell is that dude doing back in a Bond movie? This is like J.W. Pepper all over again! Ugh. This time Joe Don is playing CIA operative Jack Wade. And the way we get to see Bond confirm his identity is by showing him a rose tattoo on his ass. I honestly can’t take this. Meanwhile, Simonova is doing it for herself and, after sledding back to civilization, makes contact with the very much alive Grishenko and he tells her to meet him at a church. He brings Onatopp with him to the meeting, so Simonova is able to deduce that her gross friend was in on the workplace massacre she barely survived.

Wade arranges for Bond to meet with Zukovsky, a business rival of the mysterious Janus. Zukovsky agrees to set up the meeting, but later Bond is met by not Janus but Onatopp. Onatopp begins to fightfuck Bond, but he’s able to overpower her. He holds her at gunpoint and she takes him to Janus’ collection of dismantled Soviet statures. Bond makes his way in to confront the mysterious Janus. Turns out Janus is none other than Alec Trevelyan, very much alive and evil as hell! Oh shiiiiit!!! Trevelyan explains how he’d become disillusioned with MI6 and life as a spy and how now he’s just in it for himself. He’s also mad at Bond for surviving the incident back at the weapons facility, because Bond was supposed to die back there but he got away and set off the bombs, resulting in Trevelyan getting some nasty burn scars all over his mug.

Bond is shot with a tranq dart and the next thing he knows he’s tied up in the stolen helicopter with Simonova. The helicopter’s rockets fire, but they’re programmed to blow up the very helicopter they were just birthed from. Bond is able to activate the ejector at the last second and he and Simonova manage to survive. Unfortunately they’re immediately swarmed by troops and locked up in a prison somewhere. Bond demands answers from Simonova, and after some gentle roughing up she relents.

A Russian interrogator arrives and demands to know where the controls for GoldenEye are. Bond says he doesn’t have them and the Russian doesn’t believe him. The two squabble before Simonova cuts in and admits that she saw Ourumov get the controls, and finally clues the Ruskie in on the fact that there’s a second, still-functioning GoldenEye satellite to worry about. Speak of the devil, a disheveled Ourumov storms in and promptly shoots the interrogator and the guard. He tosses Bond his own gun so he can make it look like he killed Bond while he was trying to escape. Bond gets the drop on him and he and Simonova actually do manage to escape while narrowly avoiding being pumped full of lead curtesy of the General’s guards. Through some bad luck Simonova winds up being captured by Ourumov, but Bond manages to escape.

He’s not letting Ourumov go that easily, though, and he pursues the General through the streets of Saint Petersburg in a goddamn tank. Wait a second, we all know these movies have a long, long history of chase scenes, but I think this might be the first time Bond has been the one actually doing the chasing! We really are in a new era, folks! Ourumov manages to get Simonova onto a train before Bond can catch him. Oh, and Onatopp’s here, too. Simonova is introduced to Trevelyan, who promptly forces himself on her and if she hadn’t landed a well-timed slap I shudder to think what that Two-Face lookin’ jerk would have done to her. Bond’s always a quick thinker, so he simply parks his tank in the path of the train and causes it to crash. Bond boards the train and holds Trevelyan at gunpoint, but Trevelyan points out that he’s got the only bargaining chip in this situation. He has Ourumov bring Simonova in at gunpoint, and tells Bond to choose between shooting him or saving Simonova. Bond attempts to bluff Trevelyan and say he doesn’t care about Simonova, but Trevelyan doesn’t buy it and he makes a break for it. Bond shoots Ourumov to save Simonova, and that’s one less name I have to keep copying and pasting while I type this up.

Trevelyan informs Bond via radio that he’s going to blow up the train like Bond blew up his jacked mug, but Simonova realizes she can use the computer on the train to track GoldenEye’s satellite dish. She hacks into Grishenko’s system and gets to work while Bond laser cuts a way out of the locked train and Grishenko tries to stop her hack. Simonova is not to be deterred, however, and she figures out that the dish is in Cuba. Bond yanks her out of the train right before it explodes. She’s hot to trot after almost dying, so we take a break from the action to watch them make out.

We jump right to Cuba, where Bond is met by… uggghhhhh… Wade. We only have to deal with him long enough for him to give them a plane to do an aerial search for the dish with, then we hang out with Bond and Simonova for the night before getting back to that plot thing. They’re soaring through the skies, looking for that dish, when a rocket comes out of nowhere and shoots them down. They both survive, but they’re knocked out and the next thing Bond knows Onatopp is rappelling out of a helicopter toward him. They scrap for a minute, then Bond uses her machine gun to shoot down the helicopter she’s still attached to, causing her to be crushed by her own harness against a tree.

In his Cuba facility, Trevelyan pressures Grishenko to get the dish ready sooner than he’d like. Turns out the reason no one could find this giant satellite dish is because it was disguised as the basin of a dam, but once the water is drained it’s ready to broadcast. Trevelyan spots Bond and Simonova and has his men go after them while he and Grishenko prepare to fire GoldenEye. Bond and Simonova make it into the facility and Bond allows himself to be captured, leaving a handy mine on a gas tank behind him. While everyone’s distracted with him, Simonova gets to work hacking into the system to stop GoldenEye. Unfortunately for Bond, Trevelyan is familiar with Q’s handiwork and knows he can disable the mine Bond left behind with his wristwatch. Now that he’s so close to the action, Bond figures out that Trevelyan is having Grishenko hack into the Bank of England and steal all its money right before GoldenEye is fired. GoldenEye is basically an EMP, so it’ll erase any traces of Grishenko’s dirty work and leave Britain’s economy in ruins while Trevelyan is rolling around on a mattress covered in spondoolies like that kid from Blank Check.

Bond attacks Trevelyan’s ego by calling him a petty thief. Simonova is captured, but not before she activates a decryption. Simonova is brought face to face with Grishenko, and my girl decks him flat on sight! It’s truly a delight. Bond notices that Grishenko is clicking away at that exploding pen Q gave him, but more on that later. Trevelyan tells Grishenko to go undo whatever Simonova did, but Grishenko is so busy being a cock and insulting Simonova’s programming abilities that he’s taken off guard when an alarm alerts him to the fact that Simonova’s told GoldenEye to fall into the atmosphere. Trevelyan holds a gun on Simonova and tells her to fix his satellite, but Grishenko insists he can do it himself. He’s clicking away at that pen but not enough to activate it, so eventually Bond gets bored and just tosses the pen into the tank of gasoline from earlier and causes a massive explosion. Bond and Simonova both make it to an elevator and split up, with Simonova heading for a helicopter and Bond attempting to manually disable the GoldenEye dish. Trevelyan leaves a guard holding a gun on Grishenko while he tries to do something with the computers and Trevelyan himself goes after Bond.

Trevelyan catches up to Bond and the two get into a knock down, drag out fight that ends with Trevelyan holding Bond at gunpoint. Bond escapes by falling down a ladder, but Trevelyan is right behind him. After a quick twist and tussle, Bond sends Trevelyan falling down onto the GoldenEye dish after making sure he’s not just doing it because it’s his duty. GoldenEye burns up in the atmosphere and Simonova holds a helicopter pilot hostage so she and Bond can get a ride out of there. The machinery of the dish falls onto Trevelyan and kills him, and Grishenko dies when some liquid nitrogen explodes and freezes him solid. Talk about a tidy ending!

Now safe, Bond and Simonova begin to make out until… ugghhhhh… Wade shows up and informs them that they’re surrounded by hidden Marines. They all head off to Guantanamo and Bond and Simonova presumably have sex in a helicopter.

The End

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What a wild ride! This is one of the few Bond movies I’d seen before starting this phase of the blog, and it was just as much fun this time as it was the first time I saw it. I love Simonova, and I felt Brosnan did a fantastic job as Bond. As much as I loved my dear Roger Moore, I felt that Brosnan managed to make the character a bit more serious without majorly overcorrecting and taking himself way too seriously like Timothy Dalton did. Sean Bean was a great villain, but for me Judi Dench really stole the show as M. I’ve never had much of an opinion about M one way or another before now, but I absolutely loved Dench’s take on the character. I actually also really loved Samantha Bond’s take on Moneypenny even though we didn’t get to see much of her, and I hope she gets a bit more screen time in the future. Also, Grishenko was obviously the worst, but I’ll always have a soft spot in my heart for Alan Cumming. Aside from all these great performances, the story of this movie was tight and fun, and never got too convoluted or overly ambitious with a bunch of unnecessary side plots. Just to show you how much I enjoyed this movie, I’ll admit that I usually find the chase scenes in these movies to be… well, let’s just say I think most of them could be a lot shorter. But seeing Bond in a tank in this movie was fantastic! I really had a blast with this flick, and I can’t say enough good things about it.

What the hell, I’m giving GoldenEye a full QQQQQ on the Five Q Scale!

The good times just keep on rolling around here, and before you know it Eli will be back to share his recaps of the problematic as hell “Camp Town Races Aren’t Nearly as Much Fun as They Used to Be” and the not as problematic “It's Beginning to Look a Lot (Less) Like Christmas”, the next two episodes of The Golden Palace, and after that I’ll drop my latest hot recap on you as I cover the next James Bond film: Tomorrow Never Dies.

Until then, as always, thank you for reading, thank you for hacking and thank you for being One of Us!

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Quantum of Solace - #24WeeksofBond

And we are back with another Daniel Craig installment of the James Bond franchise for this week’s Bond movie, “Quantum Of Solace”. Don’t ask me about the name of the film because I don’t really get it. I know that the organization’s name is Quantum, but that’s as far as my understanding goes. Is it in reference to Camille’s story of her family being pillaged and burned and how she comes to deal with it? Who knows, but confusion is kinda the theme here with this movie...it’s just a little confusing. For those of you who watched this for the first time and completely understood it, then I applaud you. I’ve seen this movie countless times and still can’t figure it out. I’d be willing to bet that I’ve watched Quantum more than any other Bond movie because, for a while, it was just always on TV. Seriously, everyday I would see this movie playing somewhere.

This is a direct sequel to Casino Royale, the 2006 film where EON productions and producers Barbara Broccoli and Michael G. Wilson decided to hit the reset button on the franchise to freshen it up and give the Bond movies a little more grit, thrill, and depth. This was just odd seeing as all the previous Bond movies were stand alone installments that you could just pick up and not really have to wonder what the hell was going on. But now we are forever stuck with a Bond movie that is so reliant on the story of Casino Royale that one cannot simply pick this up and enjoy it. The Bond fan and traditionalist in me dies a little when I watch this movie for that reason.

This film, even when knowing the story of Casino Royale, is difficult to follow. There are so many different avenues this film takes with little to no explanation. It gets to a point where you are hearing new bits of information about the plot in the final scenes of the movie. I’m not going to lie - I’m still not too sure I have all the answers but I will do my best.

Basically, this is the story of a pissed off Bond who is carrying the weight of Vesper’s death with him. (Vesper is his love interest in Casino Royale - sorry for the spoiler if you haven’t seen it.). At this point we are still building up to the James Bond that we know and love...the James Bond we will eventually get come “Spectre”. Bond had just gotten to double 0 status, so he is not exactly seasoned - quite the opposite, actually. Bond is so blinded by revenge on the man who betrayed and played Vesper into what she does in Casino Royale that he ends up killing every lead he comes across. Bond is sloppy, and M is losing trust in him.

Lol, look at that GIF above...I’m noticing that guy in the background isn’t sweeping the floor...hahaha.

This movie opens up with a pre-title sequence of a high speed car chase for a reason unbeknownst to us. This car chase, like all the other action scenes in this film, is so choppy and hard to watch without it giving you a headache. The shots are so fast and cut to hell that they are hard to follow and difficult to understand what is happening. Bond gets away and opens up the trunk where Mr. White is lying. Mr. White is the man at the end of Casino Royale who Bond delivers his famous “Bond, James Bond” line to.

Mr. White explains that his organization has people everywhere and that they are so hidden, MI6 doesn’t even know they exist. This is made more evident when one of M’s men, who’d worked for her for years, ends up trying to kill her. Now M really needs to know how this organization has slipped through their fingers. So Bond is out to find out and to avenge Vesper in the process. After Bond accidentally kills a lead, he does some improv that would earn him a spot on Second City’s main stage and runs into Camille who was supposed to be the target of a hit. I do enjoy that scene where Bond jokingly says “I think someone wants to kill you”, then subsequently flips that guys bike. Makes me chuckle.

Camille (Olga Kurylenko) plays a Bolivian secret service agent who has infiltrated the organization in question to satisfy a revenge mission of her own. She is out to kill General Medrano for murdering her family and burning her house down when she was just a little girl. Olga Kurylenko does fine in this film as far as dark, brooding, mysterious, and spiteful goes, but her performance is rather un-inspiring, and not on my most memorable “Bond Girl” list.

Dominic Green (Mathieu Amalric) turns out to be the man heading this secret band of fools, a band in which - to my understanding - does all the logistics work for a dirty politician to gain power for a price. Enter General Medrano who is a dictator at heart and is seeking to overthrow the current Bolivian government to make way for his tyrannical leadership. So now we have Bond on the heels of Greene to get to Vesper’s betrayer, and Camille on the heels of Green to get to Medrano.

One scene that I find enjoyable in this film is where Bond follows Greene to the opera where his secret organization is to discretely meet and chat over ear piece in the audience while the show is going. (I would’ve been hushing them the whole time). Bond has infiltrated and gotten ahold of an ear piece and interrupts the conversation letting them know they are comprised. I love it when Bond cleverly bests the bad guys.

Like Camille, Mathieu Amalric’s performance as Dominic Green doesn’t really do much for me. His end goal with Medrano’s partnership is to basically become the Comcast of his water supply. Monopolize and then charge whatever you want. Not exactly super villain material. This happens because he has tricked Medrano into giving him ownership of land that Medrano thinks he wants for the oil. It’s actually the water Greene is after. He has created a drought in Bolivia and now everyone will need to turn to him for their lives. Well, when I put it like THAT then I guess that could be somewhat super villain.

The plot doesn’t exactly scream “get off your couch and pick this movie up now”, and it has some really dark undertones of sexual violence. General Medrano is an all around creep and scum bag who rapes and kills, and we see that on full display at the end when a poor cocktail waitress almost falls victim to his “needs”. It’s rather uncomfortable.

We also have Fields (Gemma Arterton) who is basically there to give us the “Goldfinger” shoutout to Jill Masterson with her dead body lying on the bed covered in oil, black oil. (You’ll get that joke when we watch Goldfinger). We also have the return of Mathis who was Bond’s contact for Casino Royale who Bond mistakingly accused as being a traitor. Well he got an acquittal, and now finds himself helping Bond again after Bond’s cards and passport was frozen. Mathis eventually gets killed at the hands of one of his connections who ends up betraying him. Plenty of betrayal to go around.

In the end, Bond ends up sparing the life of Greene to find out more about Quantum - the name of the organization that we just find out about at the very end of the film. Bond leaves him in the middle of the desert. Then he spares the life of the man who betrayed Vesper - leaving M to be impressed with Bond’s newfound restraint. He’s slowly becoming James Bond!

Apart from some amusing scenes and a great Bond theme by Jack White and Alicia Keys, Quantum Of Solace is Craig’s least inspired film. Only time will tell how “No Time To Die” ends up being, but I’ve noticed that the longer we have to wait for a Bond movie, the better the film is going to be....

After Licence To Kill we waited 6 years and got Goldeneye, after Die Another Day we waited 4 years and got Casino Royale, after Quantum we waited 4 years and got Skyfall...we’re on year 5 now, so you can imagine that No Time To Die has potential to be amazing! (Its slated to be the longest Bond movie in history.)

Too much confusion, open ended questions, and hard to follow action makes Quantum of Solace one of my least favorite Bond films. That isn’t to say that I can’t follow complexity, I love a good puzzle as much as the next guy...but this just feels like it is confusing on accident. It is worth noting that this film was in production during the infamous writers strike of 2007, not sure if that is to blame or not, but it is not well thought out or executed. And that, my friends, is all I got to say about that. What did you think?

Let your voices be heard! See you next week!

Reviews from Friends:

My Mom

I am relieved to hear that you "younguns" did not follow this film either. It is very frustrating to turn the volume up so high that the ensuing music blasts lifts the speakers off the wall, and you still don't understand what they are talking about. I agree that Dominic Green was not the most interesting villain. Just kind of creepy. I have never seen Casino Royale, so I guess I'll be in for a treat. Here is what I googled about the title: "It was the name of a short story in Ian Fleming's anthology For Your Eyes Only (1960). The film is related to the title in one of its thematic elements: "when the 'Quantum of Solace' drops to zero, humanity and consideration of one human for another is gone."

Tyler Dahlgren

Yep don’t like any part of this one. The only part I was liking was Mathis...and then they kill him.

Jake Benrud

I feel like I understood this movie and the plot progression, but it was still just kind of meh. If you didn't see Casino Royale, you would be really lost.

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Pierce Brosnan talks about his new movie 'The Foreigner,' but isn't in the mood to discuss James Bond

With a career that spans over three decades in TV and movies, Pierce Brosnan has done it all — from belting out songs in the “Mama Mia!” movie to playing James Bond four times.

Since handing in his license to kill as 007 in 2002, following the release of “Die Another Day,” Brosnan has continued his career through a diverse collection of roles. His latest is “The Foreigner,” where he plays a former-IRA-member-turned-British-government-official, who finds himself in a cat-and-mouse game with a persistent father (Jackie Chan) whose daughter died in a terrorist act. And it's one of his best in recent years. The movie also teams Brosnan with director Martin Campbell, who made his first Bond movie, “GoldenEye.”

Business Insider spoke with Brosnan about working again with Campbell, and acting across from Jackie Chan but never actually meeting the man (we’ll let him explain) — but our James Bond questions led to a brief awkward moment.

This interview has been lightly edited for clarity.

Jason Guerrasio: At this point in your career do you not even entertain a project unless it has really interesting pieces to it, like Jackie Chan, or returning to work with someone like Martin Campbell?

Pierce Brosnan: Well, you always try to have interesting elements. You want to be able to get out of bed and kind of go to work and put in a 14-16 hour day, so yes, it better have some point of interest and some meaningful wordsmith or storytelling. And in this particular case it's Martin Campbell. We have a friendship and a relationship of many years. And Jackie, I'm just a huge Jackie Chan fan. I grew up on Bruce Lee and then it was Jackie Chan. He's just one of the great all-around entertainers.

Guerrasio: Did you know Jackie at all before going into this?

Brosnan: No. No, I never knew the man.

Guerrasio: Did you need a little get-to-know-you meet with him before getting into the intense scenes you two have in this movie? Meet for a drink or something?

Brosnan: No. Not at all. [Laughs] Just showed up for work and if you're cast correctly, and the script has meaning, and you're in the hands of a great director, then everyone knows their job and they know what to do. Jackie and I didn't socialize. We were scheduled for dinners which didn't happen for one reason or another. Mainly because of work. When I wasn't working, Jackie was, and then if he wasn't working, he was back in China working on another movie. The man is completely work obsessed.

Guerrasio: So did that heighten the scenes because you didn't know him and he's playing a character that's so different from what he's done in the past?

Brosnan: Jackie was 100% committed to the work at hand, and Martin is a taskmaster in the most glorious fashion. He just doesn't leave the set until the scene is enlivened by the performers. What can I say, I wasn't with Jackie Chan, I was with his character Quan, and that's always wonderful. I fully believed who he was.

Guerrasio: As the production goes on is there anyone on the cast or crew brave enough to come to you or Martin and ask some "GoldenEye" questions or ask for some stories from set?

Brosnan: Oh yes. Yes. It's a very communal and easy-going atmosphere. And Martin and I would occasionally reference the movie.

Guerrasio: That's interesting. Something would come up on set that would bring back memories of "GoldenEye?" Would it go as far as how to tackle a certain scene? "Martin, remember what we did on 'GoldenEye?'"

Brosnan: No. Nothing like that. Just a quiet understanding of history and what we have done. That's in the past.

Guerrasio: As the years go by of being removed from Bond do you appreciate it more, or does it become more of a burden? You've said in the past you're marked for life with that role. How do you see it now at this moment in your life?

Brosnan: It was a great job. It was a wonderful part to play.

Guerrasio: As the years go by do you have a different affection for it?

Brosnan: I’ve always had affection for it. I still have affection for it.

Guerrasio: Were you shocked Daniel Craig came back for the role?

Brosnan: No. It would have been rude not to.

Guerrasio: Because I would think that's such a hard role to walk away from. Can you relate to what Craig has gone through? For you, was it hard to walk away from Bond?

Brosnan: What's this got to do with “The Foreigner?"

Guerrasio: Oh, well, I've asked questions about the movie, this is a Q&A, I'm just touching on everything — if that's okay? This is my last one on the topic, Mr. Bronson, was it hard to walk away from Bond?

Brosnan: My name is Brosnan, not Bronson.

Guerrasio: Did I say that? I'm sorry.

[Pause]

Guerrasio: Is it hard to walk away from that role?

Brosnan: Completely in keeping with the times. Guerrasio: Another movie I wanted to bring up is "The Thomas Crown Affair," which you also produced. Were you surprised you were never able to do a sequel?

Brosnan: Not in the least. I never wanted a sequel. The studio wanted a sequel.

Guerrasio: Oh really. Well, one sequel you are doing is "Mama Mia!," are you prepping?

Brosnan: I’m on a plane tomorrow to Croatia.

Guerrasio: Excited to get back into the singing again?

Brosnan: Oh, absolutely. These are dear friends and it's a kick in the pants to play in that movie. It's criminal how much fun we have.

Guerrasio: And Andy Garcia is coming on this time around.

Brosnan: That I had no idea. Well, you know more than I do.

Guerrasio: I think that was announced recently. Do you know Andy at all?

Brosnan: I don't. I'm sure it will be fun. I enjoy his work very much. I think I know who he's playing, though. He's going to be great.

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Pierce Brosnan talks about his new movie 'The Foreigner,' but isn't in the mood to discuss James Bond

AP/Business Insider, Anaele Pelisson

With a career that spans over three decades in TV and movies, Pierce Brosnan has done it all — from belting out songs in the “Mama Mia!” movie to playing James Bond four times.

This interview has been lightly edited for clarity.

STX EntertainmentGuerrasio: Did you know Jackie at all before going into this?

Brosnan: No. No, I never knew the man.

Guerrasio: Did you need a little get-to-know-you meet with him before getting into the intense scenes you two have in this movie? Meet for a drink or something?

Guerrasio: So did that heighten the scenes because you didn't know him and he's playing a character that's so different from what he's done in the past?

Guerrasio: As the production goes on is there anyone on the cast or crew brave enough to come to you or Martin and ask some "GoldenEye" questions or ask for some stories from set?

Brosnan: Oh yes. Yes. It's a very communal and easy-going atmosphere. And Martin and I would occasionally reference the movie.

Brosnan: No. Nothing like that. Just a quiet understanding of history and what we have done. That's in the past.

United ArtistsGuerrasio: As the years go by of being removed from Bond do you appreciate it more, or does it become more of a burden? You've said in the past you're marked for life with that role. How do you see it now at this moment in your life?

Brosnan: It was a great job. It was a wonderful part to play.

Guerrasio: As the years go by do you have a different affection for it?

Brosnan: I’ve always had affection for it. I still have affection for it.

Guerrasio: Were you shocked Daniel Craig came back for the role?

Brosnan: No. It would have been rude not to.

Guerrasio: Because I would think that's such a hard role to walk away from. Can you relate to what Craig has gone through? For you, was it hard to walk away from Bond?

Brosnan: What's this got to do with “The Foreigner?"

Brosnan: My name is Brosnan, not Bronson.

Guerrasio: Did I say that? I'm sorry.

[Pause]

Guerrasio: Is it hard to walk away from that role?

Brosnan: Not in the least. I never wanted a sequel. The studio wanted a sequel.

UniversalGuerrasio: Oh really. Well, one sequel you are doing is "Mama Mia!," are you prepping?

Brosnan: I’m on a plane tomorrow to Croatia.

Guerrasio: Excited to get back into the singing again?

Brosnan: Oh, absolutely. These are dear friends and it's a kick in the pants to play in that movie. It's criminal how much fun we have.

Guerrasio: And Andy Garcia is coming on this time around.

Brosnan: That I had no idea. Well, you know more than I do.

Guerrasio: I think that was announced recently. Do you know Andy at all?

Brosnan: I don't. I'm sure it will be fun. I enjoy his work very much. I think I know who he's playing, though. He's going to be great.

"The Foreigner" opens in theaters October 13.

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