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I sometimes wondered what movies (in the theater) people look forward too and if I should check them out. So I figured why not ask :D
For the Month of
November
Top of my list
Mist
Beowulf
I might go see
Hit man
p2
You can post links to websites and trailers :)
I am looking forward to the golden compass :)
yeah i saw the trailer of "i am a legend" at the cinemas, it looks freakin awesome :D
Looking forward to "I am Legend". P2 was pretty good, but the main male actor in the films acting could of been better.
I think i will try Beowulf
i'll try P2 too looks good
beowulf was a surprise to me, cause i thought it was a live-action movie, thats probably why i was sour toward the movie throughout watching it :(
walk hard, that looks pretty funny
I am legend looks awesome.
Also Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street. That looks amazing.
I'm dying to ask, what was it like travelling back in time ?Quote:
Originally Posted by Errol
We had technology in the past that allows us to post in the future?Quote:
Originally Posted by ArtemisI'm dying to ask, what was it like travelling back in time ?Quote:
Originally Posted by Errol
I think I need to point out that Errol never actually said which year(s).
But it's common knowledge that time travel can be disorienting.Quote:
Originally Posted by IdolEyes787
I am looking forward Immortal Movie
its mission impossible...i love tom cruise :)
Then let Tom Cruise come love you. His cruel harsh love.Quote:
Originally Posted by naga
Or he might just turn up and jump all over your furniture because he's just that kind of a guy. :blink:Quote:
Originally Posted by mjmackyThen let Tom Cruise come love you. His cruel harsh love.Quote:
Originally Posted by naga
WHATEVER he may be in real i like him on reel!! lol :)
Oh oh, watch out, a punster.
They're dangerous when cornered.
Say what you will but you have to admire the fact that they've been able to churn out a fourth installment of this series in the face of the fact that none of the previous were any good.Quote:
Originally Posted by naga
Take that logic.
Btw it appears with Ghost Protocol MI has entered the Roger Moore phase of it's life cycle.I was so hoping that they would at least aspire to Timothy Dalton.
I was sort of wondering if this movie would wander off toward the look of A View To A Kill, in Knight and Day Tom Cruise was already beginning to look haggered and less the action hero. I sort of have the image of all the collagen and elastin and other anti aging therapies suddenly letting go, leaving him looking like a Shar Pei after a hard day in the sun.Quote:
Originally Posted by IdolEyes787Quote:
Originally Posted by naga
Btw it appears with Ghost Protocol MI has entered the Roger Moore phase of it's life cycle.I was so hoping that they would at least aspire to Timothy Dalton.
I actually liked Roger Moore as a Bond, and I think I prefer him over Connery. Actually, it doesn't seem reasonable to compare them in the first place.Quote:
Originally Posted by IdolEyes787
As far as the newer ones go, I really don't like the Jewish Assassin as the new Bond. They should have gone with Clive Owen even though he wasn't in the running. Brosnan set a style that I wanted them to continue. Obviously this is a bit of a personal preference, to each his own when they define swagger.
I can only assume that you were having some sort of psychotic episode when you wrote that.Quote:
Originally Posted by mjmackyI actually liked Roger Moore as a Bond, and I think I prefer him over Connery. Actually, it doesn't seem reasonable to compare them in the first place.Quote:
Originally Posted by IdolEyes787
As far as the newer ones go, I really don't like the Jewish Assassin as the new Bond. They should have gone with Clive Owen even though he wasn't in the running. Brosnan set a style that I wanted them to continue. Obviously this is a bit of a personal preference, to each his own when they define swagger.
Individual preference may be individual preference but even bad taste has it's limits.Btw Justin Beiber has a "swagger coach" so maybe you can see where I'm going here.
"Swaggering" like cockiness is totally the domain of lesser men. Bond does not "swagger" he merely radiates supreme confidence in his ability to get the job done*.A person that is tasked with the things that he has to do needs that sort of self invoked layer of invulnerablity to waltz into seemingly unwinnable situations on a daily basis.Good actors understand that, bad actors, well that results in Moonraker and Octopussy and a Southern sheriff doing barrel-rolls over a Japanese river.
*Except in the case of Roger Moore in which he radiates the likelihood that he is going to crack a bad pun or break a hip.Also Brosnan though undeniably suave is also prissy ,bordering on effete.
James Bond aims for swagger in most attempts. Lesser men is what I would come to expect from a character on screen, being that I find myself rooted in reality.Quote:
Originally Posted by IdolEyes787
You being a Canadian, I am holding you partially responsible for Justin Bieber. I don't typically blame residents of the country like this, but since Canada mostly does no harm, it really stings when they spew something terrible upon the Earth.
Are you really surprised that Brosnan makes my favorite Bond? I'm a bit prissy myself.
I'm currently not surprised by anything however if somewhere along the line aliens do end up invading the Earth I may have to amend that statement though.
Btw the character of James Bond have been described as being a "blunt weapon" but to further confound you with pointless analogies I think a dog with a very long leash and but one command "Win"would also be appropriate.
If you prefer your pitbulls to wear tuxes and sip shaken martinis this too doesn't surprise me.
That at least had Christopher Walken and arguably the second best title song.What I was obliquely referring to was that in MI 4 they have decided to emphasize the comedy almost as much as the action.Quote:
Originally Posted by Artemis
Only if it's their funeral.Quote:
Originally Posted by IdolEyes787
Out of the 60's spies I actually always preferred Michael Caine's Harry Palmer, with the exception of the fantasy of the Billion Dollar Brain, he was a far more believable secret agent and much more of an amoral bastard into the bargain as well.
If you have read any of the original Ian Fleming books though (which I have) then you would realise the original character was even more rough and had more of a violent edge than even Sean Connery's take on Bond. Yet Connery's is the closest portrayal of the early characters, and I am a firm proponent of Goldfinger being the quintessential Bond movie.
George Lazenby was simply too effete to play Bond and Roger Moore simply changed the name of his character and went from playing The Saint on TV to Bond on the big screen, the 'acting' did not change one jot. There were also the campy one liners and increasingly bizarre henchmen (and women) during the Moore years. This was the main reason to return to a more visceral and violent characterisation which was Timothy Dalton. The franchise seemed to have overcompensated though and ended up with a single minded assassin which no-one warmed to where as Pierce Brosnan's characterisations while still having a level of violence and ruthlessness had them under check in a velvet lined glove, which once again is far more in line with the original character Ian Fleming created.
To a certain extent I see Daniel Craig's characterisation as a return to the Timothy Dalton style, and once again we seem to have a single minded amoral killer, he just happens to bat for the good guys, which didn't work for the franchise back then and doesn't really seem to be working this time around either.
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Originally Posted by Artemis
Movies tend to reflect their times.That can certainly be seen in Connery's casual sexism or Moore's frivolity.It is also evident in Craig's version of Bond where the World is clearly a very scary place and hard, difficult to stomach actions sometimes seem the only option.Quote:
Originally Posted by Artemis
Anyway I think you are selling Craig's interpretation far short as his Bond is easily the most conflicted and some things he does he obviously does at some personal cost.
Also Lazenby is ,at least in certain circles , believed to have been unfairly given a bad rap.He was saddled with the nye on impossible role of replacing Connery and although he does lack real charisma he does convey Bond's "maleness" pretty well. Anyway he couldn't have been that awful as On Her Majesty's Secret Service still manages to be one of the better entries in the series as btw does The Living Daylights where Dalton's chief flaw is not his violent characterization but unlike Mr. Craig his total inability to be sympathetic at the same time.
Yes I know that I'm not changing anyone's opinion here but honestly look me in the eye and tell me that the mess that was Die Another Day was more appealing on any level than Casino Royale.
Bond movies on Netflix, I'm going to go watch some Bond.
I've never understood why a spy - someone trying keep a low profile and blend in as much as possible - would always be driving around in some rare, exotic, never-been-seen-before flashy sports car that literally screams to be noticed.
But hey, this is Hollywood - the land of no-questions-asked product placement prostitutes :lol:
He's a terrible spy, haven't you noticed he gets captured like every time and always forgets to bite down on his cyanide capsule.
He seems to have a singularly charismatic hold over evildoers however, even more than all the women falling over with their legs in the air. The evildoers need to lay out their carefully crafted and often narcissistic plans for world domination before trying to bump him off in some unfeasable and somewhat slow way, instead of them simply placing a large calibre semi auto against his temple and squeezing slowly. This overweaning need for adulation that Bond brings out baddies is a truly remarkable talent and not to be underestimated.Quote:
Originally Posted by mjmacky
They never show us how he dies, it happened many times after all. James Bond is just an alias, like 007. Bond has been killed, killed, resurrected and killed, killed, killed, killed, and sucking. Haven't you guys noticed how many different Bonds there are?Quote:
Originally Posted by Artemis
^^^That's how I wish I started off on the topic.
I think he's a Time Lord
Why the current Bond is good and you lot are a bunch of wankers.A short essay by IdolEyes787.
Craig's Bond understands that what he does he does at the cost of his soul. Therefore he is at once both supremely noble and irrevocably damned.
Now fuck off.
Why the current Bond is not good and is a wanker, a short reply by mjmacky.Quote:
Originally Posted by IdolEyes787
Craig's self-sacrificial antics are not a type I've ever sought in a Bond film. Therefore, I feel stuck watching him act out an overly crucified character and it's not as much fun.
Now blow me.
While this may have been true of his character during Casino Royale, Quantum of Solace was all about revenge, he was not wracked by guilt, it was a rampage, and to a certain extent this was exactly the same character portrayal as Timothy Dalton in Licence to Kill. He (Craig Daniels) may be more 'cut up' about what he is doing, but he is still off the reservation on a personal witch hunt.Quote:
Originally Posted by IdolEyes787
I can't disagree with you about Die Another Day though, I'm kind of embarassed that it was a New Zealand director that dreamed up this confusing hodge podge.
Oh and why don't you make a short sentence out of the concepts of sex & travel :naughty:
I would go to New Zealand except for the fact the place is overrun with sheep loving zoophiles.Quote:
Originally Posted by Artemis
A short ese by MBM:Quote:
Originally Posted by mjmackyA short reply by mjmacky.Quote:
Originally Posted by IdolEyes787
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