Thread: James Bond -- Skyfall

I saw it the first week it came out here in the UK (last week of October).

The straight razor scene was probably the highlight of the film for me. The black-coloured shaving bowl was weird. I can only think that must have been Eucris. Granted, I can see why people are talking about the blade. All I managed to pick up was that it had three pins.

Surprised though that people are saying the brush was boar. To me it looked quite large, so I wonder if it was a BK8 or something like that.

Still, well worth watching this film especially if you are an SRP member/fan!!

Originally Posted by rum

Surprised though that people are saying the brush was boar. To me it looked quite large, so I wonder if it was a BK8 or something like that.

That's what I thought also. The brush looked like a Kent, very large, very nice. BK8 sounds right.

Originally Posted by MickR

Just piggy-backed on your comment as well roughkype. There sure were some ignorant comments made I think.


Mick

And an excellent comment you wrote there! We need good, first-hand experience to speak out like that, to drown out the Ooh, looks scary! crowd.

It's funny that The Economist featured this at all--their content is usually about as dynamic and interesting as Al Gore.

I was paying close attention this time (we have $3 tuesday at the theatre in town) and I think that this blade may have been a Dovo. During the scene when Ms. Moneypenny is holding the razor you can catch a glimpse of some etching (to be honest it looks like the warning label that come on Dovo's brand new).

Show you how sick I am...

When I went to the movies a few weeks ago, I decided to see "Lincoln" instead of "Skyfall" because I assumed there was a better chance of seeing some straight razor action in "Lincoln". The movie had already started when I arrived at the theater, so I saw "Skyfall" instead. Great surprise to see Bond wielding a straight razor.

Originally Posted by Mike12345

That's what I thought also. The brush looked like a Kent, very large, very nice. BK8 sounds right.

I should probably say that Kents are made in Hemel Hempstead which is just a couple of miles from the Levesden studios where the modern Bonds are filmed

The Bond shave did indeed appear realistic. Bond is shaving a week's beard stubble and I noted that she shaved off the stubble. If that was a rubber razor, then the beard must also have been a prop. "Shaving with the cut throat - take 34 - let's get it right this time people!"

I think I read somewhere she got ready for the scene balloon and lather style.

Either way it is one hell of a close shave! You will notice that through the rest of the movie, without any stops to even rest or eat over several very hectic days, Bond stays just as smooth as immediately after the shave.

There are several comments made in the movie that show the Bond character returning to the more primitive tools of the trade, such as when the new "Q" tells Bond that they dont go in for exploding pens anymore. This whole movie revolves around the premise of Bond aging.

I think there is a certain "machismo" that comes along with straight razor shaving. In today's modern society, where we are so focused on having too little time in the day for anything, or we need the newest most hyped up gadgets to get through our daily lives. Its nice to see more and more people returning to the tools of the past and taking more time for the seemingly medial tasks of our day. Of course there is also the school of thought that you havent lived until you've pressed a sharpened piece of steel to your own throat on a daily basis.