tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291823984059320518.post7771244344298086745..comments2024-03-26T17:48:56.627+00:00Comments on 'Do You Write Under Your Own Name?': From Russia With LoveMartin Edwardshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16082485795280777670noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291823984059320518.post-13168751821040609202009-05-01T00:05:00.000+01:002009-05-01T00:05:00.000+01:00Many thanks for these comments. Soctt, I've realis...Many thanks for these comments. Soctt, I've realised more clearly in recent times how many gaps there are in my knowledge and I'm gradually trying to fill a few of them. The first Bond film I saw, not long after it came out, was Thunderball - but I just never got round to watching the earlier ones until now.<br />Nik, I agree about the scripts.Martin Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16082485795280777670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291823984059320518.post-32388591970648826532009-04-30T20:45:00.000+01:002009-04-30T20:45:00.000+01:00The bonus of these early Bond films (Dr No, From R...The bonus of these early Bond films (Dr No, From Russian With Love, Goldfinger, Thunderball, OHMSS) was that their scripts stuck quite closely to the books.Nik Mortonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10060923673065456386noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291823984059320518.post-63194658935941556232009-04-30T20:10:00.000+01:002009-04-30T20:10:00.000+01:00FRWL, along with FYEO, are my two favorite Bond fi...FRWL, along with FYEO, are my two favorite Bond films. Sure, GF and TB are more fun but, until CR, FRWL and FYEO felt more real. FRWL is not a story with a megalomaniac out to rule the world. It is a small, intimate story: get the cipher. And the villains, Red Grant and Rose Klebb, are out to kill Bond for no other reason than he is the enemy. FYEO is like this, too. And I may be in the minority but The Living Daylights also falls in with these films.<br /><br />So, Martin, how was it you never saw these films?Scott D. Parkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15293540073601809197noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291823984059320518.post-46061588688407100282009-04-29T16:15:00.000+01:002009-04-29T16:15:00.000+01:00FRWL is my all time favorite Bond movie. A lot of...FRWL is my all time favorite Bond movie. A lot of folks pick Goldfinger, which has some nice moments, but i think FRWL holds up better. Has any movie ever had a better staged, more dramatic fight scene than the train fisticuffs between Connery and Shaw? If so, I'd like to see it.Frank Loosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12564007564601986631noreply@blogger.com