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Have you read the novel? Craig certainly played the Bond that Fleming wrote.

The original Sean Connery, seemingly cold and ruthless was close, but the hidden caring and loyal side of Bond didn't really come out. In the books, the women all leave him if they don't end up dead first (he even marries one of them but she gets killed on their way to the honeymoon by one of his nemeses sp?), not the other way around even if he is very sexist. Craig's reaction---both wanting revenge for her sake but also raising emotional barriers---is spot on. His automatic protectiveness of women as well.

The torture scene is straight out of the book (maybe not the dialogue, but the physical setup; it's hard to believe that it was allowed in a PG-13 film, times have changed for sure). It's been a couple of decades since I read Casino Royale (in college, I've managed to find about half of the books in used bookstores, I am going to breakdown and purchase the rest one of these days) so I can't remember how much of it was 'true' to the book, but my memory says it was a faithful though updated version.

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Errol Flynn at his handsomest and liveliest.

I could have sworn I read somewhere that Flynn had to stand on something to be tall enough next to Olivia, but I went to check his height and it is listed at 6'2" so now I am wondering what actor I read that about. Maybe I misunderstood because Olivia was only 5'3" so she would have had to stand on something to get the right shot...my brother is 6'1" and his wife a foot shorter so I know she has to look way back to see up into his eyes, lol.

Ah well, now I can go back to thinking Flynn is as manly a man as I thought he was. ;)

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My favourites as a teenager.

You read any of the nonFleming Bond novels. Been wondering if they felt like Fleming or if you can really tell the difference.
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Last I watched Nightmare on Elm Street. This is a Horror Movie. Mostly i like to Watch comedy Movies. But Some Horror Movies are also my Favorite.

Only horror films I can tolerate are the old mummy and vampyre movies. Anything newer than the 50s upset me too much, I am too visual of a person and images can haunt me. Even if they aren't actually scary, I find the gore and ugliness very distasteful.

Honestly I can't imagine how so many people enjoy being scared. Don't get horror movies, don't get wild rides that throw you around enough to make you barf. Do get rock climbing and sky diving as you are doing it yourself, experiencing a new environment but controlling it at least to a certain extent but being passive and having stuff done to you. Equivalent of torture for me...mild torture, of course, but still not on the list of things I ever want to do.

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It's too bad they feel the need to make it so life like I guess. There are some great movies I'd have like to have seen too. There use to be a machine that you hook to your t.v. that replaced the swear words. Have you heard of those? Maybe they are no longer available or it was a Utah thing.

ClearPlay was one of them. A friend of ours used to work for them. Haven't heard what they are doing lately though.

add-on: still going: http://www.clearplay.com/ Last I heard you could buy the machines at Target. You can probably get them online.

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If the language is crude and vulgar I can't stand to watch a movie.

Bothers me worse than most violence for some reason (though I won't watch war violence or portrayals of real events because I know that people really suffered that way and it just hurts to watch it knowing that). I know one is that the language gets stuck in my head and even if I don't say it, I am 'hearing' it pop up for a few days after a significant exposure so I avoid all movies even when it might be appropriate. Edited by calmoriah
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Perhaps people have just watched their language when I have been around, but my experience is that among those with higher education there tends to be a lot less vulgarity than is often portrayed on screen or in books. My husband has never commented on such either and I think they would be more relaxed around him than me if that was ever an issue.

It seems to me movies use vulgarities to add to the 'grittiness' of a scene but that is just taking the easy way rather than actually requiring some thought to the dialogue and acting.

I did have to smile the other day when one of my visiting teachers who is this delicate little fairylike creature of 80 years (just celebrated her 61 wedding anniversary) came out with "crap". I had been given the impression by other Utahans that this was a swear word, but now I feel much more comfortable saying it (where I grew up it wasn't considered swearing, well maybe swearing but not vulgar). ;)

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You read any of the nonFleming Bond novels. Been wondering if they felt like Fleming or if you can really tell the difference.

I read one, it was very 90s'ish. I enjoyed it during my Frederick Forsyth-Jack Higgins phase, but even then I didn't enjoy it nearly as much as the Ian Fleming books. There is a very obvious difference. Fleming might not have written the most gifted literature, but he definitely had a unique style and verve that isn't easily copied. Have you ever read any of the Ashment stories? They are interesting to compare with the kind of spy Fleming wrote.

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No and I don't have a clue what you are talking about and google didn't help so please a link or more details so I can discuss them with you. :)

I agree about Fleming's style. Not classic prose, but a great storyteller that pulls you in.

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Finally saw Act of Valor. I've been wanting to see it for awhile, and I'm glad I did. It's an action war film featuring actual active duty Navy SEALs, and it's absolutely amazing. The acting and storyline are "ehh" but the action sequences are PHENOMENAL. Probably the best action I've ever seen. Those who trash the movie for it's acting and plot are, I feel, missing the point. It's not meant to tell a good story, it's meant to showcase these heroes and what they do for a living. And it works. The ending hit me harder than almost any other movie has, and I'll admit it -- I cried. It really instills a sense of patriotism in you; a sense of not just being grateful to our military, but being proud of them. Absolutely powerful.

If you're okay with very strong, graphic violence and some language, then please, go see this movie.

Act of Valor was awesome. It's one of those "R" rated movies that I will take my older teenage son to. If it didn't have the "R" rating, I would have taken the younger. I really don't understand why it had the "R" rating.

"Taken" was awesome and I use the "But if you don't, I will look for you, I will find you, and I will kill you" line all the time. Awesome man quote. "Taken 2" comes out next month.

The LOTR series, especially the extended series is awesome. My boys and I have started watching the movies at five in the afternoon and didn't finish until six the next morning and now the first part of "The Hobbit" is coming out and hopefully the extended version of it will be four or so hours long and then when the second part comes out, another four hour extended version. That will be over 20 hours of fine viewing pleasure.

Okay, "The Avengers" is, to me, the ultimate hero movie, especially the scene where Loki tries to put Hulk into his place, but the Hulk resists:

Loki
: Enough! You are, all of you are beneath me! I am a god, you dull creature, and I shall not be bullied by...

[Hulk flattens Loki with repeated smashes into the floor]

The Hulk
: [leaving] Puny god.

[Loki groans weakly from his crater in the floor]

My boys and I still giggle like little girls every time we see this part and the DVD is coming out soon.

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No and I don't have a clue what you are talking about and google didn't help so please a link or more details so I can discuss them with you. :)

I agree about Fleming's style. Not classic prose, but a great storyteller that pulls you in.

Google didn't help for a very simple reason. I botched the name. Meant to say Ashenden, Somerset Maugham's gentleman spy. He is a lot more passive than Bond, but there are definite influences.

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Google didn't help for a very simple reason. I botched the name. Meant to say Ashenden, Somerset Maugham's gentleman spy. He is a lot more passive than Bond, but there are definite influences.

I undoubtedly have heard of him as I have collected in the past mystery and spy booklists, just don't remember because I haven't had a chance to read anything of him yet. Will be on the lookout.
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Having seen the photos of 'real' spies,there is a definite disconnect.

Aren't they all stunningly beautiful and ruggedly handsome?
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I undoubtedly have heard of him as I have collected in the past mystery and spy booklists, just don't remember because I haven't had a chance to read anything of him yet. Will be on the lookout.

My favourite of the stories are the Hairless Mexican and Mr. Harrington's Washing. The latter story involves a New England businessman in the Russian Revolution.

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Speaking of spies, I decided to re-watch Mission: Impossible III earlier today (probably my favorite Mission: Impossible movie). Awesome stuff.

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Real spies fade into the woodwork as far a looks go. Being in the spy business they like it that way. We tend to remember the drop dead gorgeous people we meet. Something real spies don't want.

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Real spies fade into the woodwork as far a looks go. Being in the spy business they like it that way. We tend to remember the drop dead gorgeous people we meet. Something real spies don't want.

Not entirely true. Certain spies- we can call them "Champagne spies"- operate in high society, depending upon their contacts in the military and government, so fading into the woodwork is not an effective strategy. Far better to be charismatic and display the kind of personality that generates a sense of trust. Eli Cohen and Wolfgang Lotz are two Israeli examples.

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The last film I watched was at a Church fireside at my local chapel the Liverpool Stake Centre. The movie we watched was 'The Other Side of Heaven.'

'John Groberg, a farm kid from Idaho Falls, crosses an ocean to become a missionary in the remote and exotic Tongan islands during the 1950's.'

I highly recommend this movie to anyone who hasn't yet seen it.

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Decided to watch Jerry Maguire earlier today. One of the greatest movies ever made (some nudity and language, however). Tom Cruise is incredible in it. Say what you want about the guy, but there's no denying he's a fantastic actor.

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