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Mathis1

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Mathis1
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Favourite Fleming Novel
From Russia With Love
Favourite Bond Film
Licence To Kill
Favourite Bond Actor
Timothy Dalton
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  • LeonardPine wrote: » Mathis1 wrote: » To think that they were originally going to cast Charlton Heston as Chief Brody, and I believe Spielberg wanted Sterling Hayden as Quint, but Shaw and Scheider are magnificent, great cast! The cast …
  • To think that they were originally going to cast Charlton Heston as Chief Brody, and I believe Spielberg wanted Sterling Hayden as Quint, but Shaw and Scheider are magnificent, great cast!
  • JAWS (1975) For it's 50th anniversary, another hugely satisfying watch, in glorious 4k disc, for what it is arguably Spielbergs finest film! What else is there to say, well written, direction of the highest calibre. fantastic cast, a film of two ha…
  • That's fair enough @007HallY Good observation about him! I do agree though about Taylor-Johnson, didn't like his performance here, though I have liked him in other roles ( but wouldn't be keen to see him get the 007 role!)
  • ONE DEADLY SUMMER (1983) Saw this many years ago, and i picked up the dvd recently! A compelling drama starring the gorgeous Isabelle Adjani. She plays Eliane , a young vivacious promiscuous girl, who returns to her hometown with her crippled fathe…
  • Good to read the reviews of a fellow Dalton fan! Only two movies, but what marvellous films they were, and hold up so well! Enjoy your holiday @GoldenGun
  • NOSFERATU (2024) My friend @LeonardPine will be delighted to hear that my brother purchased this for me for my birthday last week! So now, having watched it , I can tell him whether I regret not getting to see it in the cinema! Well, no I'm afraid,…
  • ToTheRight wrote: » The shark sequence is pretty intense. Today the sharks would be CGI. Fatima is partying hard with the band....and changes outfits specially to plant a bomb in Bond's suite. I always wondered was that a continuity error,…
  • 10/10 for me too, always a glorious watch, and I concur wholeheartedly about Dalton, he conveys so much with a look or reaction. It's often overlooked, but after the brilliantly staged truck chase finale, when he sits down and with simple exhale,it …
  • I had Jaws at 19. Not fond of this character at all! And though in the early part of TSWLM he has a definite air of threat and violence, when we get to the set piece with the van, he just becomes cartoony, and then dropping cement blocks on his foot…
  • Well, hay fever season is upon us! Had a horrendous day of it yesterday, on bus now on the way to work, nose twitching like crazy, yep, gonna have another day of it today!!! Damn Summer!
  • Nice one @ToTheRight Always a satisfying Bond movie for me, great debut for Rog!
  • I have Mr Johnson at number 4! Love the character, cool and smooth, with that air of menace about him! Even though you can see him awkwardly holding that hook with his real hand, he is still a charismatic henchman! I like their final fight on the t…
  • mtm wrote: » FoxRox wrote: » I think about how cursed and funny it would be to place Roger Moore in Daniel Craig's movies and vice versa, given that they are on the opposite ends of the silly / serious spectrum. Some particularly amusing ones …
  • I've been giving a lot of big new releases in the cinema a miss ( including M:I, even my service users weren't interested in seeing it!!) But I hope to see Danny Boyles '28 Years Later' movie, he's a really talented Director, but I still don't think…
  • peter wrote: » I’ve always read the Ferris wheel scene as the first moves in seducing Kara, but there’s no way they were intimate. They were interrupted. By the time Bond accepts Kara making him a martini, tells me that they were lovers by this…
  • It always amused me that Lucas played a rough cut to his pals Brian De Palma and Spielberg, who were quite critical of it, and where Lucas got the idea for the scrolling storyline at the beginning to explain things! Always thought that was a cool p…
  • No change for 2025 1) CR 2) QoS 3) SP 4) NTTD 5) SF
  • zebrafish wrote: » SecretAgentMan⁰⁰⁷ wrote: » GoldenGun wrote: » Maybe these are some sort of test posters with a generic-looking Bond, proposals what could be done, and he's chosing the style he likes the best. It looks an awful lot like …
  • Good to see you back to normal 'Comments along ' @ToTheRight YOLT wouldn't be one of my favourite Connerys. Last viewing wasn't too good! Regarding 4k, I have a player, but I'm picky about getting 4k tapes. I still haven't watched my 'Apocalypse No…
  • GoldenGun wrote: » Maybe these are some sort of test posters with a generic-looking Bond, proposals what could be done, and he's chosing the style he likes the best. It looks an awful lot like this one: Yeh, agree. There were a number o…
  • I was actually planning to watch next in the 'Comments as you watch' thread! Can't go wrong here, Classic indeed! And agree about Daniela, wonderful Bond girl!
  • I wouldn't begrudge anyone their enjoyment of a Bond movie, especially your esteemed self @GoldenGun, a contributor who I never scroll past! .........the fact that I can't for the life of me see what you see in GE is neither here nor there!! 😂😂😂😂
  • LeonardPine wrote: » Mathis1 wrote: » LeonardPine wrote: » Mathis1 wrote: » SIN CITY (2005) Based on Frank Millers graphic novel, he also was involved in writing/directing along with Robert Rodriguez ( who not only writes, directs, e…
  • LeonardPine wrote: » Mathis1 wrote: » SIN CITY (2005) Based on Frank Millers graphic novel, he also was involved in writing/directing along with Robert Rodriguez ( who not only writes, directs, edits, and music, he also makes the tea!) Using…
  • SIN CITY (2005) Based on Frank Millers graphic novel, he also was involved in writing/directing along with Robert Rodriguez ( who not only writes, directs, edits, and music, he also makes the tea!) Using a couple of stories from the novels, it's d…
  • I had Wint and Kidd at this exact placing. Two of the saving graces of DAF, they are a combination of goofiness and threat, and the film comes alive whenever they are on screen! I'm not in favour of spin offs, but these two would be great in their o…
  • Fire_and_Ice_Returns wrote: » Mathis1 wrote: » THE SHADOW (1994) Continuing my 90's look at comic book heroes, after Dick Tracy. This is Russell ( Highlander) Mulcahys film of the mysterious crimefighter, "The Shadow knows!" Alec Baldwin play…
  • GoldenGun wrote: » Mathis1 wrote: » THE SHADOW (1994) Continuing my 90's look at comic book heroes, after Dick Tracy. This is Russell ( Highlander) Mulcahys film of the mysterious crimefighter, "The Shadow knows!" Alec Baldwin plays him and h…