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Originally posted by: Warbler
except I havn't been mispelling it. Atleast not according to my spell checker. But if the offical tittle uses a misspelled work, so be it.


Accept it Warbler, you and I have both been misspelling it insofar as what the actual title of the movie is. Does your spellchecker accept the word Azkaban? I somehow doubt it. So does that mean that Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban is misspelled? No. That is the title of the movie. Your spellchecker only works for U.S. encoding. It does not accept other forms of English (and they do exist). Look up colour, labour, and flavour. I'll bet your spellchecker tells you that the correct spellings are actually color, labor, and flavor. Guess what? The first spellings are correct in British English.

Spellcheckers are not all knowing. That's the way it goes. The movie is spelled Licence to Kill, all the marketing materials are spelled Licence to Kill, the DVD/VHS covers are spelled Licence to Kill, IMDb (one of the world's most respected movie sites) has it listed as Licence to Kill, Amazon.com only sells that as well.

Don't be so single minded.
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I looked it up in the Wedster's World Dictionary and the New Jersey driver's manuel. Both spell it L-i-c-e-n-s-e. But, if the offical title of the movie uses the incorrect spelling, I'm ok with that. All I know is I've check three different sources and they all spell License L-i-c-e-n-s-e. And you are right Bossk my spell checker doesn't know the word Azkaban.

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I like "Diamonds Are Forever" because it has the best Sean Connery acting of them all.


what!!!?!!??!! Diamonds is clearly the worst of the Connery era(unless you count Never say Never again, which was not made by the same company and is not offically a part of the Bond movie series). Connery was clearly getting too old for the part and the guy they had playing Blowfield was the worst the three that played him. He wasn't even bald! If you ask me Connery gives his best performance as Bond in Dr. NO. No one in any of the Bond movies has every delivered the line "Bond. James Bond." Better than Connery did in Dr. NO.
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Feeling like I stepped in to a hornets nest and stirred it up. I have to concur with Bossk ... the title is correct with the British spelling. I learned this via Netflix myself a few years ago, hence my desire to point it out in the first place. Funny that Bossk had the exact same experience.

As for it being the best or the worst, it's right there in the middle for me. Best Dalton Bond movie IMO, but that's a coin toss, now isnt it? It outshines anything from the '70s (except, arguably, "Spy"), but is outshined by everything in the '60s, including OHMSS. Best of the 80's is For Your Eyes Only, IMO, because this is when Bond started to get serious again. John Glen was a helluva director for the franchise. He kept the shake-and-bake forumula while ditching most of the camp. Maybe not all, but most. It's not better than Goldeneye or TND, but certainly better than TWINE and Die Another Day.

Ranking my favorite bond films (excluding Casino Royale in its various forms and Never Say Never Again because it wasn't a "true" bond film, as good as it was):
Goldfinger
From Russia With Love
Thunderball
Tomorrow Never Dies
Goldeneye
For Your Eyes Only
You Only Live Twice
OHMSS
Dr. No
Licence To Kill
The Spy Who Loved Me
The Man With The Golden Gun
Octopussy
Diamonds Are Forever
The Living Daylights
Die Another Day
The World Is Not Enough
A View To A Kill
Moonraker
Live And Let Die

My wife would beg to differ. In her mind, this is James Bond:
Pierce
Pierce
Pierce
Pierce
Oh, please let it be Hugh Jackman now. He's so dreamy.
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Originally posted by: ADigitalMan
the title is correct with the British spelling.
well....I guess the British just spell the word differently than Americans. ADM, what was so bad about Live and Let Die?

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Primarily the acting. The camp. Death by inflation. The capitalization on blaxploitation while putting a white english dude as the central figure. Rosie Carver. Rubber snakes. Overacted voodoo witches.

There were cool moments, I'll admit. Bond's pad. The black mamba scene. Running over the alligators. The boat chase. The theme song. Jane Seymour. But on the whole, Moonraker and Live and Let Die are my least favorites.

Make no mistake, I can watch any Bond film in a sitting. That includes Casino Royale and Never Say Never Again. I own them all, I watch them all. But this one is the least likely to be put in my player.
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Originally posted by: Warbler
I looked it up in the Wedster's World Dictionary and the New Jersey driver's manuel. Both spell it L-i-c-e-n-s-e. But, if the offical title of the movie uses the incorrect spelling, I'm ok with that. All I know is I've check three different sources and they all spell License L-i-c-e-n-s-e. And you are right Bossk my spell checker doesn't know the word Azkaban.

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I like "Diamonds Are Forever" because it has the best Sean Connery acting of them all.


what!!!?!!??!! Diamonds is clearly the worst of the Connery era(unless you count Never say Never again, which was not made the same company and is not offically a part of the Bond movie series). Connery was clearly getting too old for the part and the guy they had playing Blowfield was the worst the three that played him. He wasn't even bald! If you ask me Connery gives his best performance as Bond in Dr. NO. No one in any of the Bond has every delivered the line "Bond. James Bond." Better that Connery did in Dr. NO.


Warbler so you should call Pink Floyd and ask them to rename the song "Any Colour you Like" to "Any Color you Like". Aparently you are not aware that this is a correct spelling in another country, and that english was BORN in europe, and the american way is the "wrong" one...

About Diamonds: Well, I'm intitled (cant spell) of my opinion, and that's what I think. The movie is creepy and silly, but I like Sean Connery on that one. Can't explain. It's just the way I see it.
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Originally posted by: ricarleite


Warbler so you should call Pink Floyd and ask them to rename the song "Any Colour you Like" to "Any Color you Like". Aparently you are not aware that this is a correct spelling in another country, and that english was BORN in europe, and the american way is the "wrong" one...


blah!

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About Diamonds: Well, I'm intitled (cant spell) of my opinion


well, of course you are.

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I like Diamond's for Jill St. John's nipples. Might as well call it Nipples Are Forever as far as I'm concerned.
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What about Christopher Lee's nipples in "Golden Gun"?

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alright, stop the nipple talk, please.
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the title is correct with the British spelling.
well....I guess the British just spell the word differently than Americans. ADM, what was so bad about Live and Let Die?


Give the man a medal.
And considering we invented the language, I would say that if any spelling is 'incorrect', it's not ours.

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Give the man a medal.
And considering we invented the language, I would say that if any spelling is 'incorrect', it's not ours.


Precisely. From now on I'll only write "licence" and "colour".
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Give the man a medal.
And considering we invented the language, I would say that if any spelling is 'incorrect', it's not ours.


Precisely. From now on I'll only write "licence" and "colour".


I actually tend to use british spellings for quite a few words, some like colour is more conscious when i use it but i always spell grey with an e (and spell check always picks it up). Dont really even know why i spell it like that. But im gonna use licence because i always spell the word wrong when i put the s in it.

this site is interesting http://www3.telus.net/linguisticsissues/BritishCanadianAmerican.htm

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Originally posted by: ADigitalMan
Feeling like I stepped in to a hornets nest and stirred it up. I have to concur with Bossk ... the title is correct with the British spelling. I learned this via Netflix myself a few years ago, hence my desire to point it out in the first place. Funny that Bossk had the exact same experience.

As for it being the best or the worst, it's right there in the middle for me. Best Dalton Bond movie IMO, but that's a coin toss, now isnt it? It outshines anything from the '70s (except, arguably, "Spy"), but is outshined by everything in the '60s, including OHMSS. Best of the 80's is For Your Eyes Only, IMO, because this is when Bond started to get serious again. John Glen was a helluva director for the franchise. He kept the shake-and-bake forumula while ditching most of the camp. Maybe not all, but most. It's not better than Goldeneye or TND, but certainly better than TWINE and Die Another Day.

Ranking my favorite bond films (excluding Casino Royale in its various forms and Never Say Never Again because it wasn't a "true" bond film, as good as it was):
Goldfinger
From Russia With Love
Thunderball
Tomorrow Never Dies
Goldeneye
For Your Eyes Only
You Only Live Twice
OHMSS
Dr. No
Licence To Kill
The Spy Who Loved Me
The Man With The Golden Gun
Octopussy
Diamonds Are Forever
The Living Daylights
Die Another Day
The World Is Not Enough
A View To A Kill
Moonraker
Live And Let Die

My wife would beg to differ. In her mind, this is James Bond:
Pierce
Pierce
Pierce
Pierce
Oh, please let it be Hugh Jackman now. He's so dreamy.


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I don't see what was so bad about Never Say Never Again. It brought back Connery, didn't it? And that's not a bad thing. Well, if it was done now, it might be, but he looked pretty good in the '80s as a more mature Bond. Sure, an older Bond doesn't really quite fit into the continuity (what was that, in between Dalton and Brosnan?), but I think it was a pretty good Bond movie. And Mr. Bean made a pretty good Q substitute. ^_~

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I never fully watched that movie, I only watched this part where Bond was playing this weird videogame with the villain, and I turned it off since it looked ridiculous. I didn't know Rowan Atkinson (Black Adder/Bean) was at that movie!

BTW I must tell you guys: it took me half an hour to post this as I'm absolutely and completly drunk (decided to drink all the liquor left in the apartment), I'm not sure I'll remember this tomorrow, so I'll telling this as a note to myself. I'm impresed I'm able to write this in the condition I am...
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Well, I'm an American and will continue to spell the American way.
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I never fully watched that movie, I only watched this part where Bond was playing this weird videogame with the villain, and I turned it off since it looked ridiculous. I didn't know Rowan Atkinson (Black Adder/Bean) was at that movie!

BTW I must tell you guys: it took me half an hour to post this as I'm absolutely and completly drunk (decided to drink all the liquor left in the apartment), I'm not sure I'll remember this tomorrow, so I'll telling this as a note to myself. I'm impresed I'm able to write this in the condition I am...


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Drinking Stolichnaya? The preferred Vodka of Mr. Kiss Kiss Bang Bang himself?
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Probably some actor i've never heard of will get the part.
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I don't see what was so bad about Never Say Never Again. It brought back Connery, didn't it? And that's not a bad thing. Well, if it was done now, it might be, but he looked pretty good in the '80s as a more mature Bond. Sure, an older Bond doesn't really quite fit into the continuity (what was that, in between Dalton and Brosnan?), but I think it was a pretty good Bond movie. And Mr. Bean made a pretty good Q substitute. ^_~

Rowan Atkinson, AKA Mr. Bean, did not play Q or anybody else in never say never again.

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Drinking Stolichnaya? The preferred Vodka of Mr. Kiss Kiss Bang Bang himself?


Smirnoff. Had the GREAT idea of drinking all the vodka I had left at once in an empty stomach - and I don't usually drink at all. I was messing up with the internet connection in my computer and testing it with originaltrilogy.com while doing it, so by the time I wrote it I was still in one piece, although unbelivably drunk. One hour later I was laying on the floor, singing something I can't remember, fearing I would pass out and drown in my own vomit. I dont remember how I went to sleep. I feel absolutely miserable now, completly sick... I'll NEVER drink again.
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I'll NEVER drink again.


Oh, how many times i have uttered that exact same phrase

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"No. No. That's not true! That's impossible!" - Anakin

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