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The last couple times I've watched it, I've noted the potential neat cut which could be made of Bond bursting out of the karate school, then sprinting across the grounds with the heavies in pursuit -- excising Lt. Hip and his nieces entirely. Sounds…
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@Roadphill You may perhaps still be in the minority but it does seem to be getting somewhat of a revival around here, from what I can tell. I'm paranoid I'm missing out. ;)
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5. Who wouldn't want to take that jump? Hope the chute works! @bondjames Of all the stunts, that's my #2 to experience. (#1 would be driving the bike off the cliff in GE and catching up with the plane.) Thing with the ski chute jump is, I wo…
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Roadphill wrote: » Obviously it is never going to be the height of the Bond pantheon, but just relax, leave your brain at the door and it can still be enjoyed. @Roadphill For some reason I can do that with DAF, but I've tried and no matter ho…
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Most people I know use DVD still, if they use physical media at all anymore. Blu-ray just never caught on in as big a way, and I don't see any 4K physical media catching on either (digital of course will), although I can see it developing as a kind …
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Creasy47 wrote: » I've seen some pretty great reviews for this, haven't gotten around to the novel yet myself, either. Seems to be a ton of King works that are getting adaptations lately. @Creasy47 Yeah, almost like they're going for a Stephe…
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Creasy47 wrote: » Denise Richards playing a nuclear physicist takes the cake for me. Jinx is up there, but it wasn't the acting as much as it was a bad script. Great acting can only salvage so much (see: Waltz in SP. Bad writing only gets you so f…
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My favorite Lynch is probably FIRE WALK WITH ME. Even trying to step outside my bias as a Twin Peaks fan, I still think it's a fantastic film.
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bondjames wrote: » Yes, I agree that Bond pushed the envelope during the early Young years. Even when I watch those first two films today I'm surprised by how 'edgy' they were. @bondjames Yes, absolutely. And what's also quite impressive is h…
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@Creasy47 I did see a promotional picture of Rey in costume. Nothing too serious. ;) I've quite a few films I'm hoping to see in theaters this autumn, so I'm guessing I'll be shown a trailer at some point. I'm not so worked up about it as to plug…
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CommanderRoss wrote: » But I still share @Birdleson's impression the films are made for teenagers, and Bond is supposed to be more 'mature'. bondjames wrote: I completely agree with @Birdleson and your point that MI is still more 'teenage…
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Creasy47 wrote: » I think that's why I'm going to see it having only seen the tease a couple of weeks ago. I'd like to watch this trailer, but it seems like the less you know going in, the better. @Creasy47 If you can, then by all means. (My …
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Glad we're getting more episodes this time around, even if only to increase the odds we'll get some quality material. Darin Morgan is almost a lock for a good one (he's batting 1.000 for the show as far as I'm concerned), but the other nine episodes…
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Ha! A great gag that's been copied innumerable times and yet would still have been better than the couch gag we got. EDIT: @Birdleson HIS KIND OF WOMAN sounds great! First I've heard of it. Adding it to the watch list.
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I have a few watches to report back on. THREE AGES (1923) / Buster Keaton Keaton's an all-time favorite with me, not only as a silent comedian but also as a director. THREE AGES is no SHERLOCK JR. or THE GENERAL, but it's a really solid first …
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bondjames wrote: » Very much so, but MI has also infringed of late on the visual style/class element previously 'owned' by Bond, and done it better (imho). As an example, the sublime Vienna Opera sequence (evoking The Man Who Knew Too Much) in MI-…
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mother! is an immediate see for me as well (it's styling by the way plays merry hell with my habit of using all caps for film titles). I was going to go in completely blank, but I'm glad I watched the footage released so far. Trusted Aronofsky to…
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Thunderpussy wrote: » World to end in August ! That's now! I better bring my laundry in off the clothesline.
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Bond and MI are so different to me. They're both "about spies," I suppose, but MI has always come across as a variation on heist movies, where the Bond films are more crime pictures. Or at least Bond started out somewhere around adventure-crime in t…
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0BradyM0Bondfanatic7 wrote: Craig Ferguson- Probably my favorite late night host ever, largely because of his own awkward distaste for how late-night shows are run. He was the man who would tear up the discussion cards when guests came on, valuing…
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peter wrote: » IF this two pic deal is real, I think it's Bab's way of being highly unimpressed with potential candidates-- after all, she is a savvy businesswoman. I honestly have to believe if there genuinely was an heir apparent, she would have…
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bondjames wrote: » I'm not so sure I agree @Strog. It's possible to embrace the past without making it seem ridiculous. @bondjames Oh I agree, both from the perspective of a production team and from the perspective of the viewer on an individ…
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ToTheRight wrote: » Thanks. The Craig era had departed from Bondian formula in such a way it almost feels ashamed of it's cinematic heritage. @ToTheRight Not so much to do with shame, I don't think. Some of it has to do with, in the wake of D…
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Dragonpol wrote: » Thunderfinger wrote: » Dragonpol wrote: » He could have caught it from Dr No's guano mound I suppose... Or his chicken farm. I posted this in a film thread, but if you don t want it to happen in the films, bu…
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0BradyM0Bondfanatic7 wrote: » @Torgeirtrap, I view Diamonds as a sort of sunshine noir, with Bond as a slightly more shiny or vibrant Marlowe, so in that same token I view Felix as the kind of cynical, exhausted man who is sticking with his law en…
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@Fire_and_Ice_Returns Never though of TFF doing a Bond theme. Might've made the most sense in '87 instead of a-ha? Two albums behind them and a few years away from their third. ENNIO MORRICONE - Duck, You Sucker
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@Birdleson With all the chat its generated in here, I've definitely been encourage to prioritize WAGES. Something else I need to prioritize is attending more screenings like the ones you described. Never been. @bondsum In that paragraph of mine y…
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Attended a 15/70mm screening of DUNKIRK a few weeks back. Great experience. Unlike SORCERER (and assuming WAGES also, from what @Creasy47 is saying) the suspense is much more unrelenting, start to finish.
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@Creasy47 Looking forward to seeing WAGES eventually. I decided to check out one or the other of these films a couple months back. When Edgar Wright was doing press for BABY DRIVER he mentioned SORCERER, and when Nolan was doing press for DUNKIRK…
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SORCERER (1977) / William Friedkin The ultimate Top Gear challenge. Unfortunately, I've not seen Clouzot's THE WAGES OF FEAR so there's no comparing and contrasting to be done (yet). I have seen Friedkin's THE FRENCH CONNECTION and THE EXORC…
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