Comments on: James Bond: Every attempted crocodile jump in "Live and Let Die"

By: Barrie J Rosen

Barrie J Rosen — Sat, 10 Nov 2012 18:03:00 +0000

You mean they are actually sticking to the books more? Because if you had actually read them, the original Bond was more like Craig than any of the other Bonds.

By: euansmith

euansmith — Sat, 10 Nov 2012 11:57:00 +0000

Apparently, Barbara Woodhouse was employed to keep them in line.

By: euansmith

euansmith — Sat, 10 Nov 2012 11:55:00 +0000

Jackie Chan :D

By: euansmith

euansmith — Sat, 10 Nov 2012 11:54:00 +0000

I found seeing the Tiny Scientologist running over roof tops on his own two tiny feet in Mission Impossible II far more impressive than all the “stunt” work in Revenge of the Sith.

By: euansmith

euansmith — Sat, 10 Nov 2012 11:45:00 +0000

What homosexuals can whistle? Now you tell me!

By: euansmith

euansmith — Sat, 10 Nov 2012 11:43:00 +0000

Timothy Dalton is my favourite Bond; though his two films are among the worst. He was able to project both oily charm and psychopathic menace, surely Bond’s two main psychological components.

Live and Let Die is hardly a guilty pleasure. It features a great title track and some hilarious 70′s fashion.

By: euansmith

euansmith — Sat, 10 Nov 2012 11:36:00 +0000

I too always assumed it was an effect rather than a stunt and a fairly crap effect at that. What a shame this guy risked life and limb for so little cinematic return.

By: elix

elix — Sat, 10 Nov 2012 06:24:00 +0000

James Bond is a giant sleazy asshole with an ego the size of his extralegal powers. He’s just incredibly swank and smooth about it, and he is good at what he does.

In the original Fleming books, Bond believed homosexuals couldn’t whistle. There was also a good hefty dose of white-Eurocentric racism across the original Fleming novels. At one point, Bond is told by an oriental stereotype that young sumo wrestlers, during their training, are taught to push their testicles back up inside of their body by the use of careful massage. What?

By: Faustus

Faustus — Fri, 09 Nov 2012 23:27:00 +0000

Bond was always meant to be, in Ian Fleming’s words, “a blunt instrument”. Sean Connery et al may have added some witty asides but Bond was never very clever. He saw what he saw and he fought what he saw and he did what he was directed to do. It was always about drinking and savagery and you never saw it.

By: kmoser

kmoser — Fri, 09 Nov 2012 21:49:00 +0000

Kananga, huh? Hmmm, where have I heard that name before? Oh, right–it’s the name of the villain in that same movie.

By: Antinous / Moderator

Antinous / Moderator — Fri, 09 Nov 2012 20:34:00 +0000

Alligators or crocodiles? Crocodiles are quite smart. Alligators are bumbling idiots.

By: Brian Huntington

Brian Huntington — Fri, 09 Nov 2012 20:04:00 +0000

Agreed. What’s funny is they still include shots that are supposed to be impressive without realizing that the excitement of said shots is mostly gone because it’s all so CGI.
**Star leaps down between two cars right as another car slams down above him.**
In the 80s it’s an “Oh shit!” moment but now it’s like “Well it’s just green screen.” Or maybe some of us are just a little too movie savvy for our own good.

By: Robert S. Porter

Robert S. Porter — Fri, 09 Nov 2012 17:52:00 +0000

What you’re saying is that you remember a fantasy version of the bond movies?

By: Dewi Morgan

Dewi Morgan — Fri, 09 Nov 2012 17:38:00 +0000

Was wondering the same thing – assumed they were chained.

By: Dewi Morgan

Dewi Morgan — Fri, 09 Nov 2012 17:34:00 +0000

You like *chav bond*? Each to their own I suppose. To me, he’s dragged the Bond franchise down to the XXX and Bourne level, where it’s no longer about brains and tech, it’s all drinking and savagery and bling, innit?

By: Eliot Phan

Eliot Phan — Fri, 09 Nov 2012 17:24:00 +0000

I’m just wondering how they got the gators to repeatedly stay lined up like that? Underwater cradles? 3 gator wranglers holding them there until right before the camera rolls? (though I didn’t see any wake/ripple/splash from said handlers quickly backing away out of frame)

By: mikemcl

mikemcl — Fri, 09 Nov 2012 17:10:00 +0000

With sharks, you send flowers.

By: franko

franko — Fri, 09 Nov 2012 16:59:00 +0000

up until daniel craig came along, i would’ve totally agreed with you. now he’s my 2nd favorite bond, after connery.

By: Snig

Snig — Fri, 09 Nov 2012 16:53:00 +0000

I came of age when Moore was Bond and Connery was some old guy. The Moore Bond’s were still generally great movies compared to the average movie that came out that year, though the Connery movies have stood up to time better.

By: Snig

Snig — Fri, 09 Nov 2012 16:50:00 +0000

I think it also may work with alligators with sniper rifles.

By: Funk Daddy

Funk Daddy — Fri, 09 Nov 2012 16:33:00 +0000

They were probably well fed, when well fed they don’t give a damn about much at all, being stepped on was merely an annoyance they’d rather do without, and being run at triggers a response, half-hearted when well-fed. Since nothing hunts them and they are physically really tough and durable they just don’t give a shit about much.

By: Funk Daddy

Funk Daddy — Fri, 09 Nov 2012 16:30:00 +0000

Yeah the zigzag has a very specific purpose, it’s not for getting away it’s for putting a barrier between, for which there must be a barrier. Zig-zagging is slow and clumsy compared to sprinting.

By: akbar56

akbar56 — Fri, 09 Nov 2012 16:24:00 +0000

Well, it was often said (sung?) about Moore that no body does it better.

By: samari711

samari711 — Fri, 09 Nov 2012 16:17:00 +0000

It seems like the alligators learn what’s going on. They only react once they get stepped on in the first few takes. by the end they’re all snapping by the stuntman’s first jump.

By: donniebnyc

donniebnyc — Fri, 09 Nov 2012 16:07:00 +0000

I miss the days when most film action stunts involved the ingenuity and courage of stuntmen (and women) willing to risk some danger to create a thrilling movie moment. Now I find most action sequences boring because I know they were done in front of a green screen. They all feel very cartoony to me. I still appreciate the creative process and the artistry of a good action sequence but the thrill is gone.

By: akbar56

akbar56 — Fri, 09 Nov 2012 15:57:00 +0000

I will just leave this here. Every ‘double oh’ from every Bond film. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NJ7SwhNteyw

By: Felton / Moderator

Felton / Moderator — Fri, 09 Nov 2012 15:54:00 +0000

Aren’t you supposed to give them a kiss to disarm them? Maybe I’m thinking of sharks.

By: robcat2075

robcat2075 — Fri, 09 Nov 2012 15:06:00 +0000

Stunt man, yes. But where do you get stunt alligators willing to be stomped on the back repeatedly?

They must have been very well fed. Or non-union.

Would the SPCA “monitors” even let you do that to a live alligator today?

By: Alan Goulding

Alan Goulding — Fri, 09 Nov 2012 14:34:00 +0000

I note that Roger Moore does it miles better than the stunt guy.

;->

By: Romeo Vitelli

Romeo Vitelli — Fri, 09 Nov 2012 14:25:00 +0000

James Bond might as well jump crocodiles. Heaven knows he jumped the shark quite a while back…