....back to the other thread a minute.......
 

.......so are we going to sell Scotland back to them after we bailed them out after their disastrous overseas adventure?

I liked you in the sound of music Julie..

Fantastic Film!

My favourite film is still Braveheart,

Go and see Argo, best film I've seen in years. Bond.......James Bond not released here for another few weeks

Don't forget the CGI Wildcat trio
 

And....don't forget the trio of CGI Wildcat coming to the rescue on the island :)

Nice to see AW products being marketed heavily with the Olympics and in Bond as previously its all been Eurocopter products such as the Tiger in Goldeneye, and one of the first EC135 in Tomorrow Never Dies (parked on the ramp at 'Hamburg Airport' where Bond was trying out his remote BMW but in reality it was filmed at Inflite's hangar at Stansted :) ) not forgetting its NOTAR in Die Another Day and Casino Royale :)

Cheers

Apology accepted...

........back to the other thread for a minute.............

As a fellow Scot I agree with kannad 405 in that Scottish Independence would be a bad idea. I mean, just who would teach all the other pilots how to fly properly? We all know that the Scots or 'Jocks' are far superior to all other pilots :D

chopper2004, like what you did there with the EC NOTAR + smiley.

Mind you, twasn't always EC y'know - I distinctly remember G-HUEY in one of the late-80's iterations, and ISTR a few Brantly's coming off worse against Little Nellie.

Hi Thud

Ah forgot about Living Daylights G-HUEY But You Only Live Twice :) was Sato's Brantly flown by Miss Brandt later got a dose of piranha and it was Bell 47s that came off worse by Little Nellie :)

Cheers

I thought Skyfall was BRILLIANT it had me laughing throughout. Proper British Stuff!!! Have to watch it again to savour it all.

Excellent actors as well.

Not a patch on the 'Johnny English" franchise.

I went to see Skyfall during the week. I am a life-long Bond fan but I have to say that I don't think this film is one of the better ones. I really liked "The Quantum of Solace" even though it didn't meet with great reviews. This new film is quite different and doesn't seem to flow as well as QOS. It seems to be an attempt to go back to some of the basics of the old Bond films but I'm not sure it works.

Maybe part of the problem for the modern Bond film is that during the hiatus in the release of Bond films between 2002 and 2006, the Bourne films arrived on the scene and really raised the bar when it came to great spy films. I thought QOS had the grittiness of a Bourne film but this latest movie lacks that. Skyfall is still a good film and well worth going to see but if you loved QOS, you might not be so impressed by this latest chapter in the series.

500 Fan.

When I walked out of the cinema, I wasnt sure if I actually liked it or not. Next day, I decided that it was a really good film. The reason? It wasnt what I expected at the time.
The film had a few 'stolen ideas' from other blockbusters. A bit of Batman Begins, A\Team and Bourne. The scene at Skyfall was straight out of the A Team, dont you think? :ok:

The trouble is that everyone has their own favourite 'style' of bond film - the cheesy jokes and wooden acting of Roger Moore, the shag-em and shoot-em Sean Connery, the CGI-rich Dalton and Brosnan or the gritty QOS Bourne-look-a -like.

Personally I think Daniel Craig is an excellent Bond but I much preferred Skyfall to QOS - the Bourne-esque grittiness relies on filming styles that are not easy on the eye (maybe I am just getting old).

Sam Mendes achieved a lot with Skyfall - the plot was relevant, it had an excellent baddie, there was more than enough action (the stunt riders in the opening sequence did all that with no crash helmets and few options if it went wrong) and Bond was both hard-man and damaged hero with the links to his past and his affection for M. And, of course, the ladies were very easy on the eye:)

Can't wait to see what he does next.

Skyfall certainly tickled my fancy and I think it is the best so far. Particularly liked the appearance of the DB5, threatened use of ejector seat and (as he was clearly to close for missiles), the use of the DB's guns. Also liked the nice relationship formed with new 'Q' and especially 'M''s reply as the female MP kept trying to get one over on her ref 'shadows'.

Nice one for the crew of the 145, did you get a mention in the credits? ;)

Sid,

Are you talking about the news footage that Bond is watching, of the Met EC145 hovering by the smoke trailing from the SIS Hq? :)

cheers

No, the one at the end with the cannon shooting up Skyfall :rolleyes:

Umm...that was an AW101
 

and I believe AW staff are in the credits

DM

Outstanding :ugh:

Saw it the other day.

A bit cheesy at times, but isn't that what Bond is supposed to be!

Great action bits/stunts (although somewhat agree with earlier comments re. the "tube" scene) and great to see M get such a leading role.

Apologies if already mentioned, but I understand that the scenes around "Skyfall" itself were filmed on Hankley Common, Surrey (about 500 miles from the Scottish Highlands!)