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Alan wrote:

GhostHost wrote:Also, get rid of the gratious sex Die Another Day put in the film, kids watch these things.

well it is rated PG13 for "violence and sexuality". If kids are concerned about sexual content, then they shouldn't watch it because they were warned by the rating.

regardless it is still stupid to have it in a movie that would otherwise be approiate when it isn't even intregal to the plot.

GhostHost wrote:

Alan wrote: well it is rated PG13 for "violence and sexuality". If kids are concerned about sexual content, then they shouldn't watch it because they were warned by the rating.

regardless it is still stupid to have it in a movie that would otherwise be approiate when it isn't even intregal to the plot.

But sex is integral to James Bond's personality. He's a suave and sophisticated Ladies Man, as well as an international superspy. I haven't seen Die Another Day yet (is that good or bad?), so I don't know about the sex scene in question, or whether or not it's integral to the part. But it's a James Bond movie, it's expected to have three things:
1. Bond Girls
2. Lots of Shooting and Explosions
3. James and the Bond Girl getting together in the end (along with saving the world, obviously!)

Escapay

Last week, I almost complete my James Bond 007 collection. with the following movies:

1. "Dr. No"
2. "From Russia With Love"
3. "Goldfinger"
4. "Thunderball"
5. "You Only Live Twice"
6. "On Her Majesty's Secret Service"
7. "Diamonds Are Forever"
8. "Live and Let Die"
9. "The Man With the Golden Gun"
10. "The Spy Who Loved Me"
11. "Moonraker"
12. "For Your Eyes Only"
13. "Octopussy"
14. "A View To A Kill"
15. "The Living Daylights"
16. "License To Kill"
17. "Tomorrow Never Dies"
18. "Never Say Never Again" (Not part of the 007 Series)

The other Bond films are never complete are:

1. "Goldeneye"
2. "The World Is Not Enough"
3. "Die Another Day"

GhostHost wrote:sex often has nothing to do with love. Violence never harms people seriously. I played Doom when I was 8 or 9 and I have never killed anyone. I am 20 now BTW.

But it is an act that is asociated as the ultimate act of love. Violence is mainly a bad thing, yet that's fine to show. Better a kid asks how to have sex over asking how to use a gun.

MusicRadio77, you haven't said whether you intend to buy these James Bond movies on DVD or not. Why not see them the way they were intended? Widescreen and in full stereo sound, and no commercials, and especially no edits.

There are 22 Bond titles, and most of them can be found in a good Used DVD store. You should not pay more than $8 a piece for the titles, and it shouldn't take you too long to collect all of them. "Casino Royale" and "Never Say Never Again" are still available to buy in regular stores like Best Buy for $9.99. Most all of the other James Bond titles with the exception of "Die Another Day" are OOP.

There's also a brief appearance of JB (Lazenby) on The Return Of The Man From U.N.C.L.E.

Of interest too.. The Secret Life Of Ian Fleming, with Connery's son playing Ian in a Bond like life.

Since I was watching "License To Kill" with Timothy Dalton, there was the song at the end of the movie was Patti LaBelle singing the original version of "If You Asked Me To". No way, I love Celine Dion's version better. Celine's version was the best. If I can listen to a better song, I should stick with Celine's version.

musicradio77 wrote:Since I was watching "License To Kill" with Timothy Dalton, there was the song at the end of the movie was Patti LaBelle singing the original version of "If You Asked Me To".

Hmm, I had no idea that "If You Asked Me To" was from "Licence to Kill", having never seen it yet.

Trying to think of other James Bond songs that were covers later on. The only one I can think of is "Diamonds Are Forever"...

Escapay

There are two recommendations for all Bond fans:

1) OK Connery or Operation Double 007. Yes Sean's brother Neil Connery made a low budget spy movie complete with Bernard Lee and Lois Maxwell in similar roles. It is unbelievably bad movie (made in Italy) in a funny way and the MST3000 episode is hilarous. (although not on DVD.)

2) On the other hand, Hitchcock's North By Northwest is a model of the Bond series. You have:
*A suave lead, Cary Grant who was the first choice to play Bond
*Hot blond girl counterspy Eva Marie Saint who does a lot "apoligizing" at the end.
*Sinister evil baddies - James Mason at his best
*Ridiculous action sequences - The cropduster!!!
*Local flavor - When in South Dakota, why not climb on Lincoln's nose.
*Bad one liners - "What could a man do without his pants for 20 minutes. Could he have taken an hour." or "Apparently the only performance that will satisfy you is when I play dead. " Your very next role, and you'll be quite convincing, I assure you. "
*An unbelievably bad visual pun with a train and a tunnel.
Being Hitchcock it highlights suspense so the action may seem a limited for Bond fans. But it is a fun movie.