scottsdad Posted October 29, 2021 Share Posted October 29, 2021 51 minutes ago, BFTD said: Live and Let Die (DVD) - having seen the Daniel Craig series, the wean is officially a Bond fan and has expressed an interest in seeing the older ones. L&LD was one of my Bank Holiday favourites when I was a kid, and I had a copy handy, so that's where we're starting. Surprised by how little of this I remembered - basically all my memories start from the crocodile farm, which is the beginning of Act 3. It's an unholy mess, feeling like several different scripts stitched together, and starting the phase when Bond films were chasing the cinematic zeitgeist (in this case, Blaxploitation and Hammer Horror). Act 3 also has a bizarre Cannonball Run feel, which is impressive considering that the Burt Reynolds film didn't come out until years later - maybe there were other similar films out at the time? Nothing like as good as I remember it being, and actually quite dull and nonsensical, with a smattering of memorable moments dotted throughout. A very strange debut for Roger Moore's Bond. Growing up the Roger Moore ones were my favourites. Possibly because they were very light hearted with a lot of bizarre stuff going on. As an adult I cannot stand them - they're so hokey and you just know there are better Bond movies out there. Same with the Brosnan movies - unwatchable guff sticking to the "guns, gadgets, girls" formula. If the wee one likes Daniel Craig, probably better to do the Connery and Dalton movies - much more in line with that side of the series. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sfha Posted October 29, 2021 Share Posted October 29, 2021 2 hours ago, Detournement said: Dune was decent but it dragged a bit after the invasion. It was always watchable but there was nothing that stuck out as an iconic moment, it was more tasteful than epic I've not seen it yet but if it is like the 1980s version, or indeed many of the great films, it may take a couple of viewings to really appreciate it. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UpInTheAyr Posted October 29, 2021 Share Posted October 29, 2021 Good to see others liked Dune here and it wasn't just me. Glad to see we'll get a second part as it would have been a tragedy not to at least finish the first book. The director has said he wants to do Messiah as well but that might be pushing things a bit too far. Maybe we'll get lucky and it'll catch on and do monster numbers for the second part. Children of Dune could be possible as there's already a decent miniseries of it. God Emperor I think is un-filmable. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NotThePars Posted October 29, 2021 Share Posted October 29, 2021 Wasn't overly enamoured with the Baron, thought the reveal of the worm was a bit spoiled by being far too dark, and the movie just ends (the final line is so obviously a panic from Villaneuve over where to cut) but apart from that I loved Dune. The scale of everything is incredible as is as the audio. The bagpipes playing during the charge awoke some epigenetic primal memory in myself. Fair play to Villaneuve as well for planting the seeds of not only Part 2 but Messiah. Blockbusters are back, baby! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thomas Posted October 31, 2021 Share Posted October 31, 2021 Endgame (again) is it a perfect film ? No Is it entertainment? Yes. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Detournement Posted October 31, 2021 Share Posted October 31, 2021 15 hours ago, thomas said: Endgame (again) is it a perfect film ? No Is it entertainment? Yes. Cocktail (again) is it a perfect film? No Is it entertainment?. Yes. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BFTD Posted October 31, 2021 Share Posted October 31, 2021 I Spit On Your Grave 2010 (again). Is it a perfect film? No. Is it entertainment? No. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MSU Posted October 31, 2021 Share Posted October 31, 2021 (edited) 2 minutes ago, BFTD said: I Spit On Your Grave 2010 (again). Is it a perfect film? No. Is it entertainment? No. The idea that anyone ever watched the original and then thought yep, let's remake that. Edited October 31, 2021 by MSU 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BFTD Posted October 31, 2021 Share Posted October 31, 2021 4 minutes ago, MSU said: The idea that anyone ever watched the original and then thought yep, let's remake that. It was produced by the director of the original, so that probably answers that question! The remake is a much better film TBF, but that's a pretty low bar. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
velo army Posted October 31, 2021 Share Posted October 31, 2021 On 29/10/2021 at 11:08, scottsdad said: Growing up the Roger Moore ones were my favourites. Possibly because they were very light hearted with a lot of bizarre stuff going on. As an adult I cannot stand them - they're so hokey and you just know there are better Bond movies out there. Same with the Brosnan movies - unwatchable guff sticking to the "guns, gadgets, girls" formula. If the wee one likes Daniel Craig, probably better to do the Connery and Dalton movies - much more in line with that side of the series. Saying that, I watched Goldfinger again recently and I reckon the whole series is a bit dated now. The fight scene between him and Oddjob is one of the worst I've ever seen. Honestly, it's just a bit of shoving. Laughable. The "seduction" of Pussy Galore is obviously pretty horrific too. Dalton's movies were excellent though, properly dark. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clown Job Posted October 31, 2021 Share Posted October 31, 2021 No Time To Die Not as good as Casino Royale but I still really enjoyed it despite the length 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BFTD Posted October 31, 2021 Share Posted October 31, 2021 As Bond is still coming up, I just noticed that Casino Royale the the #1 Bond film on the IMdB. Can't say I'd argue with that. Two other Craig films in the top 5 too. https://screenrant.com/james-bond-best-movies-imdb-casino-royale-goldfinger/ 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arch Stanton Posted November 2, 2021 Share Posted November 2, 2021 If you've never seen it, or even if you have, get yourself along to the GFT for one of the best films ever made, Starts this Friday, tickets are only £6.50. https://glasgowfilm.org/shows/seven-samurai-pg-1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Detournement Posted November 4, 2021 Share Posted November 4, 2021 Natural Born Killers - Woody Harrelson and Juliet Lewis go on a surreal killing spree pursued by Tom Sizemore's sleazy cop (who I think is based on Vincent Bugliosi but there is nothing online about that) and Robert Downey Jr's TV Australian reporter. It gets a bit boring near the end and the best parts are early on with Rodney Dangerfield. Very much in the No Chance This Gets Made Now club despite the lack of gore. Grand Budapest Hotel - My second time watching it and it's a second rate Wes Anderson movie. It's still very watchable and brilliantly made but it all feels a bit lightweight even for Wes. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pocketman Posted November 4, 2021 Share Posted November 4, 2021 On 31/10/2021 at 17:55, Detournement said: Cocktail (again) is it a perfect film? No Is it entertainment?. Yes. Highlander II: The Quickening 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bully Wee Villa Posted November 4, 2021 Share Posted November 4, 2021 (edited) I think Natural Born Killers has made more of a U-turn in my opinion than any other film. Loved it when I was young. Watched it again recently and thought it was terrible. It's just unpleasant. Tarantino was right to denounce it. Edited November 4, 2021 by Small Bovine Maisonette 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BFTD Posted November 4, 2021 Share Posted November 4, 2021 Back when I was a teenage edgelord, I used to make it my mission to see films that the censors didn't want me to, but somehow I never bothered with Natural Born Killers. It all just looked and sounded a bit shit. Bit of a dated thought considering all he's done since, but it was also risible to contemplate Woody from Cheers as a serial killer back in the mid-Nineties. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Connolly Posted November 4, 2021 Share Posted November 4, 2021 19 minutes ago, BFTD said: Back when I was a teenage edgelord, I used to make it my mission to see films that the censors didn't want me to, but somehow I never bothered with Natural Born Killers. It all just looked and sounded a bit shit. Bit of a dated thought considering all he's done since, but it was also risible to contemplate Woody from Cheers as a serial killer back in the mid-Nineties. Try watching Cheers back while imagining Woody is a serial killer. There's a reason why you rarely see any of Sam's conquests again... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Detournement Posted November 4, 2021 Share Posted November 4, 2021 1 hour ago, Small Bovine Maisonette said: I think Natural Born Killers has made more of a U-turn in my opinion than any other film. Loved it when I was young. Watched it again recently and thought it was terrible. It's just unpleasant. Tarantino was right to denounce it. 36 minutes ago, BFTD said: Back when I was a teenage edgelord, I used to make it my mission to see films that the censors didn't want me to, but somehow I never bothered with Natural Born Killers. It all just looked and sounded a bit shit. Bit of a dated thought considering all he's done since, but it was also risible to contemplate Woody from Cheers as a serial killer back in the mid-Nineties. The spree is entertaining because it's visually interesting especially the sitcom parts but when they get into the prison with Harvey Keitel as governor and the Woody Harrelson character gets to talk pish at length it lost me a bit. Tacking on all the stuff at the end with Rodney King, OJ, Tonya Harding and the Menedez twins seemed like a last minute effort to provide a moral for the story. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ilostmyself Posted November 5, 2021 Share Posted November 5, 2021 Dune - Cinema 8/10Loved it, I was really caught up in the visuals though and how it just felt like how I'd imagined Dune while reading it, the whole film flew by and I can't wait for part two.Oscar Isaac was great, Rebecca Ferguson stole the show and I maybe wasn't too convinced by Chalamets pouting.I wonder if you haven't read the book though whether it would be clear as to what's going on so maybe turning it into 3 films rather than 2 and taking more time to build up to the betrayal/attack would have been better or more satisfying. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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