Movie review thread...
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Rancid Schnitzel said:
mariner4life said:
canefan said:
Monica is underrated hawt. She was smoking in Malena
under rated? She is my A1 dream girl. First on the list. Would cut two fingers off my left hand etc
Maybe the early 2000s version. She must be getting on a bit. Those beautiful breasts must be reaching her feet now.
She's in her 50s now, so not quite the young woman in Malena, but I'd definitely go there.
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Rancid Schnitzel said:
Rocky Rockbottom said:
Diamonds Are Forever (1971)
Bridge too far for Connery. He looks about 55 in this one. Plus the big screen would've hardly been wide enought for his fucken eyebrows by then. Jesus, once you notice the bastards you can't stop looking.
Turns out this was his last Bond film. Still better than his successor though, Roger Moore the wimpy toff.
Overall, this outing is kind of a mailed-in piece of shit. Virtually no flash spy gizmos from Q or M or whoever the old git was. They just drive around a very tinpot-looking fledgling downtown Las Vegas for a bit then later on dick around on an oil rig then the fluffybunny ends.
The #metoo crowd would chunder in their granny gruds at the zeitgeist or oeuvre or whatever of this carry-on. Basically Connery tries to fuck every single spunk the instant she appears on screen. And they're all spunks. cue Scottish brogue, "What other purpose do they have Moneypenny?"
Wasn't his last. Never Say Never Again in 1983. He banged Kim Bassenger in that one! Looked like a grandad though. Ridiculous.
Actually if we're going to complain about misogyny in Bond flicks, check out You only live Twice. Holy shit.
DAF is definitely down there with the absolute worst of the Bonds. He wore a short pink tie for half the flick and as you say he looked ancient, like he'd aged 20 years since Dr No.
Wint and Kidd had some good lines.
The plot was incomprehensible.
Roger Moore was a great Bond as well though.
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Rancid Schnitzel said:
Rocky Rockbottom said:
Diamonds Are Forever (1971)
Bridge too far for Connery. He looks about 55 in this one. Plus the big screen would've hardly been wide enought for his fucken eyebrows by then. Jesus, once you notice the bastards you can't stop looking.
Turns out this was his last Bond film. Still better than his successor though, Roger Moore the wimpy toff.
Overall, this outing is kind of a mailed-in piece of shit. Virtually no flash spy gizmos from Q or M or whoever the old git was. They just drive around a very tinpot-looking fledgling downtown Las Vegas for a bit then later on dick around on an oil rig then the fluffybunny ends.
The #metoo crowd would chunder in their granny gruds at the zeitgeist or oeuvre or whatever of this carry-on. Basically Connery tries to fuck every single spunk the instant she appears on screen. And they're all spunks. cue Scottish brogue, "What other purpose do they have Moneypenny?"
Wasn't his last. Never Say Never Again in 1983. He banged Kim Bassenger in that one! Looked like a grandad though. Ridiculous.
Actually if we're going to complain about misogyny in Bond flicks, check out You only live Twice. Holy shit.
That was the Thunderball reboot by the guy who accused the Brocollis of ripping off his story wasn't it? Featured some of the worst features of 80s films
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canefan said:
Rancid Schnitzel said:
Rocky Rockbottom said:
Diamonds Are Forever (1971)
Bridge too far for Connery. He looks about 55 in this one. Plus the big screen would've hardly been wide enought for his fucken eyebrows by then. Jesus, once you notice the bastards you can't stop looking.
Turns out this was his last Bond film. Still better than his successor though, Roger Moore the wimpy toff.
Overall, this outing is kind of a mailed-in piece of shit. Virtually no flash spy gizmos from Q or M or whoever the old git was. They just drive around a very tinpot-looking fledgling downtown Las Vegas for a bit then later on dick around on an oil rig then the fluffybunny ends.
The #metoo crowd would chunder in their granny gruds at the zeitgeist or oeuvre or whatever of this carry-on. Basically Connery tries to fuck every single spunk the instant she appears on screen. And they're all spunks. cue Scottish brogue, "What other purpose do they have Moneypenny?"
Wasn't his last. Never Say Never Again in 1983. He banged Kim Bassenger in that one! Looked like a grandad though. Ridiculous.
Actually if we're going to complain about misogyny in Bond flicks, check out You only live Twice. Holy shit.
That was the Thunderball reboot by the guy who accused the Brocollis of ripping off his story wasn't it? Featured some of the worst features of 80s films
He didn't rip off anything, he came up with some of the key movie Bondisms on the early films, so owned them.
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Never say never again was pretty good on its own merits. Connery did look a tiny bit creepy hitting on Kim Basinger and Barbara Carrera was a perfect mix of HAF and Batshit crazy. I liked it but then I liked Thunderball as well. Weird that he made the same movie twice.
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MN5 said:
Never say never again was pretty good on its own merits. Connery did look a tiny bit creepy hitting on Kim Basinger and Barbara Carrera was a perfect mix of HAF and Batshit crazy. I liked it but then I liked Thunderball as well. Weird that he made the same movie twice.
Edward Fox made pompous comical M, wasn't the villain at the health spa an ex-pro wrestler? And there was even a Rowan Atkinson cameo
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canefan said:
MN5 said:
Never say never again was pretty good on its own merits. Connery did look a tiny bit creepy hitting on Kim Basinger and Barbara Carrera was a perfect mix of HAF and Batshit crazy. I liked it but then I liked Thunderball as well. Weird that he made the same movie twice.
Edward Fox made pompous comical M, wasn't the villain at the health spa an ex-pro wrestler? And there was even a Rowan Atkinson cameo
Yep, old mate Pat Roach who also gave Indiana Jones a hiding in two separate movies as different characters. I always liked his work. Great punch up this one, Bond shoulda done better though.
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@rancid-schnitzel Chris Hemsworth is actually pretty good as a comedic actor. I'd argue his entire stretch as Captain Kirk's dad, all 5 mins of it, was closer to winning an Oscar than Keanu's entire career.
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Kirwan said:
Keanu has a limited range, sure, but he can act. And winning an Oscar is a meaningless measure of an actors ability.
Gary Oldman doesn’t have one, and Gywneth Paltrow does for example.
Gary Oldman is a freak and I mean that in a good way. He's probably the best most diverse actor I've ever seen.
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@kirwan if it were really meaningless Im sure, by now, actors would have stopped attending on principle, but doesnt to have appeared to have happened. I mean I get what you're saying but by that token I guess the IRB player of the year award is meaningless too. So too RTS's Dally M.
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Nepia said:
Kirwan said:
Keanu has a limited range, sure, but he can act. And winning an Oscar is a meaningless measure of an actors ability.
Gary Oldman doesn’t have one, and Gywneth Paltrow does for example.
Yes he does. He got one this year.
I didn’t watch it this year, insert another actor to make the same point.
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raznomore said:
@kirwan if it were really meaningless Im sure, by now, actors would have stopped attending on principle, but doesnt to have appear to have happened. I mean I get what youresaying but by that token I guess the IRB player of the year award is meaningless too. So too RTS's Dally M.
Not sure it’s a good comparison, can a Dally M be purchased like an Oscar can?
And the actors go because it’s a business.
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Kirwan said:
raznomore said:
@kirwan if it were really meaningless Im sure, by now, actors would have stopped attending on principle, but doesnt to have appear to have happened. I mean I get what youresaying but by that token I guess the IRB player of the year award is meaningless too. So too RTS's Dally M.
Not sure it’s a good comparison, can a Dally M be purchased like an Oscar can?
And the actors go because it’s a business.
It also gives them a chance to whinge about Trump and all the oppression in the world before going back to their mansions.
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MN5 said:
Kirwan said:
raznomore said:
@kirwan if it were really meaningless Im sure, by now, actors would have stopped attending on principle, but doesnt to have appear to have happened. I mean I get what youresaying but by that token I guess the IRB player of the year award is meaningless too. So too RTS's Dally M.
Not sure it’s a good comparison, can a Dally M be purchased like an Oscar can?
And the actors go because it’s a business.
It also gives them a chance to whinge about Trump and all the oppression in the world before going back to their mansions.
Sorry for quoting myself but it was extremely disappointing to hear Robert De Niros Trump rant. I'm no fan of the Don but by Christ seeing the previously cool star of the Dear Hunter, the untouchables and Heat get so triggered was deeply disappointing.
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Kirwan said:
raznomore said:
@kirwan if it were really meaningless I'm sure, by now, actors would have stopped attending on principle, but doesn't to have appear to have happened. I mean I get what you're saying but by that token I guess the IRB player of the year award is meaningless too. So too RTS's Dally M.
Not sure it’s a good comparison, can a Dally M be purchased like an Oscar can?
And the actors go because it’s a business.
Its the NRL....
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Rocky Rockbottom said:
The Man With The Golden Gun (1974)
My RT guess was 55%. Not even that. 45%. It's that shit. Rog Moore might be more debonair and elegant than Connery but he already looked too stiff and old and wooden to win any fight, even right from back when he fucken started being Bond.
Again, absolutely fuckall flash gadgetry from HQ.
Best parts were the comedically casual sexism and expansive and druggy 70's decor grottos
It's good fun and Scararmanga is hands down THE best lead villain ever seen in a Bond.
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Rocky Rockbottom said:
The Spy Who Loved Me. (1977)
First Bond film I saw. Therefore alltime classic. Everyone's first Bond film is an alltime classic. Man, as soon as I saw the opening skiing stunt it all came back to me, 1977, that shit blew my mushroom dick right the fuck off back then.
Big improvement in pyrotechnics too. And gadgetry. The underwater Lotus is alltime #1 Bond gadget. God I can still rememebr the mini stiffy I had for that thing as a sprog
Moore is still too mannequin-stiff to look like he'd win any fight though.
Can recall henchman "Jaws" scaring the crap out of me as a kid but wft now he just looks like a gimpy bad dental Brodie.
Jaws is good. Also how hot were the two main leading ladies ?
