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Wonderful to see DN at #1, @LFS. Such a great film. And DAF at #9! That one can always use some extra love.
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JamesBondKenya wrote: » Is it a controversial opinion to say that my favorite part of spectre was the plane chase I would think so -- but then again I'm not sure, is there a consensus on the best part of SP? The Pale King? Or L'Américain perh…
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Glad you enjoyed it, @FoxRox. Good ranking, too. The only ones we would seem to disagree on are THE MASTER (bit lower for me) and INHERENT VICE (higher). Any idea yet whose filmography is up next?
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My top three Day-Lewis performances would probably be THERE WILL BE BLOOD (2007), LINCOLN (2012), and GANGS OF NEW YORK (2002), though not necessarily in that order. I think his job in PHANTOM THREAD was marvelous as usual, but the character called …
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FoxRox wrote: » @Strog It depends on the director, but I have indeed fully gone through many director catalogs: Steven Spielberg, Stanley Kubrick, Martin Scorsese, Robert Zemeckis, Tim Burton, Hayao Miyazaki, Christopher Nolan, David Lynch, and no…
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j_w_pepper wrote: » Right now I'm finally reading Jonas Jonasson's Hundred-Year Old Man Who Climbed out of the Window and Disappeared. Absolutely hilarious, somewhere between Larsson's Millennium trilogy, a Tarantino script, and A FISH CALLED WAN…
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FoxRox wrote: » Last movie I've seen now is Inherent Vice (2014). Definitely the weakest and my least favorite of Paul Thomas Anderson's films, sadly. Didn't work for me. Just Boogie Nights remains before I've seen all his films. Dang was hop…
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bondjames wrote: » Strog wrote: » bondjames wrote: » Strog wrote: » bondjames wrote: » Strog wrote: » bondjames wrote: » Benjamin_Weekly69 wrote: » Let's hope that we never again have to suffer through something like QO…
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I've read and loved the stories, but I've been thoroughly negligent when it comes to Holmes on film. The Moffat-Gatiss BBC show is the extent of my experience, really. In general the first series (or two) of that was good, but I thought it got de…
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Thanks @Birdleson! I really am enjoying myself immensely. I'm pleased the format is working for you. I was slightly worried initially about not being able to delve as deeply into the commentary as this thread seemed to. But it's worked out for th…
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Agent_99 wrote: » Welcome, @Strog! That was a great review - I'd never thought of Bond and Vesper's relationship that way, and it makes a lot of sense. And reviewing the novels in groups of two or three is going to throw up some interesting compar…
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It turns out that due to the timing of when I was able to start writing my thoughts up, I'm not covering three of the books this time. I'm doing five. Thoughts on MR through GF below. (Will try and do three next round, especially as six turned th…
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Fire_and_Ice_Returns wrote: » Strog wrote: » (Spoiler) Spot on ;) I'd most likely not have spotted that if you hadn't pointed it out. So I guess I can't blame whoever okayed it!
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bondjames wrote: » Strog wrote: » bondjames wrote: » Strog wrote: » bondjames wrote: » Benjamin_Weekly69 wrote: » Let's hope that we never again have to suffer through something like QOS where they burned through locations with…
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bondjames wrote: » Strog wrote: » bondjames wrote: » Benjamin_Weekly69 wrote: » Let's hope that we never again have to suffer through something like QOS where they burned through locations without ever feeling like you were in any of t…
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bondjames wrote: » Benjamin_Weekly69 wrote: » Let's hope that we never again have to suffer through something like QOS where they burned through locations without ever feeling like you were in any of them. Disgraceful, especially when one…
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bondbat007 wrote: » DAD's biggest flaws were not from P&W. If only they would have had a competent director handling their script. I don't know about 'biggest' but the dialogue was certainly one of the more abysmal things about it.
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SeanCraig wrote: » I have a question in all seriousness: Why do P&W get dissed so much? As far as I know (but I am happy if someone corrects me) they wrote the wonderful CR script plus elements (but not all) of QoS and SF ... and basically had…
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Thanks, @RC7. That was enlightening. Especially this: RC7 wrote: » Bond isn’t that. Bond has been around the block too many times and is now many things to many people. Marvel is one thing to everyone. That's a good point. I also agree …
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@FoxRox, you may want to check out Robert Altman's SHORT CUTS (1993) at some point. Remarkably similar to MAGNOLIA, but executed (I think) better.
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DarthDimi wrote: » As always, I partially blame the media. What's the chance this guy saw last week's news and thought, "hey, that's not such a bad idea..."?
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Birdleson wrote: » FoxRox wrote: » Is anyone else here a fan of Paul Thomas Anderson? After the double-punch of BOOGIE NIGHTS (1996) and MAGNOLIA (2000), two of the best films of the past 35 years, I was ready to crown him the greatest …
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FoxRox wrote: » I’m hopeful we’ll get a big shakeup after Bond 25. We need it. New everything pretty much I’d say. I agree, but they could start now. Say we get a first-time director and a new writer for Bond 25 and things turn out well. I wo…
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bondsum wrote: » Benjamin_Weekly69 wrote: » Bond needs to uncouple from Eon. Give it to Warner Bros. Preferably, Bond needs to uncouple from MGM, and MGM sell it's remaining 50% stake to EON so Broccoli and co. can get on with making a Bo…
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Benjamin_Weekly69 wrote: » Bond needs to uncouple from Eon. Give it to Warner Bros. Benjamin_Weekly69 wrote: » Give it to Disney. I bet they can whip Bond back to 60's shape. Have a two year release gap once again. No, can't agree th…
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Even if SP had been better thought out on the production side, and better received by the fans here, or even if the gap years since QOS had been kept down, the desire for some sort of shakeup would still now be with us, to some extent. For the simpl…
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"Ever since Croesus, the first millionaire, invented gold coins, money has depreciated. And the face of the coin has been debased as fast as its value. First the faces of gods were on the coins. Then the faces of kings. Then of presidents. Now there…
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Birdleson wrote: » Strog wrote: » Last night I saw ODD MAN OUT (1947), directed by Carol Reed. It was excellent. Tense and atmospheric. Has a tiny bit of a Dubliners quality about it, the manner it weaves through a city full of characters, tho…
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FoxRox wrote: » TR007 wrote: » GE, CR, SF - Fantastic TND, TWINE, SP - Good QOS - Godawful DAD is so bad it can’t be listed... The film which must not be named.
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