Skyfall, the next James Bond 007 Film

[Roy Focker]

Most of plot from OHMSS film came directly from book.

[Agent ONE]

Most of plot from OHMSS film came directly from book.

...which does not necessarily mean its a good film... It just happens to be a good one. Does anyone have data on how each book did when it came out?

[renegadeleader1]

...which does not necessarily mean its a good film... It just happens to be a good one. Does anyone have data on how each book did when it came out?

They were a modest success, considered trashy and rather controversial due to content at the time. It really wasn't untill JFK mentioned in an interview that he was a fan that their sales took off. This paved the way for Dr. No to be filmed.

[Agent ONE]

They were a modest success, considered trashy and rather controversial due to content at the time. It really wasn't untill JFK mentioned in an interview that he was a fan that their sales took off. This paved the way for Dr. No to be filmed.

Nice. I think in the books, he was a sleazy/trashy character who drank too much and was good at his job through skills he was just lucky enough to have. I read a few of em when I was a kid.

[areaseven]

I've been doing a James Bond 007 mini-marathon over the past week, and so far, Dr. No, From Russia with Love, Thunderball, The Spy who Loved Me and Casino Royale remain among my top 10 in replay value. Diamonds Are Forever is not very memorable compared to Connery's other films, and The Man with the Golden Gun is just painful to watch nowadays.

This weekend, I'll be looking back at the rest of the Bond series to see which ones have aged well and which ones haven't.

[areaseven]

The theme song by Adele has picked up the Oscar for Best Original Song while Skyfall tied with Zero Dark Thirty for Best Sound Editing.

85th Academy Award Winners

[areaseven]

Sam Mendes 'won't direct' next Bond - Let's hope the next director will be just as good.