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Sees it’s Alex probably talking about James Bond
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Sees it’s Alex probably talking about James Bond
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I'm a twit
You mixed up the pictures.
Sorry mate, in retrospect I should have started a new thread shouldn't I?
There's only two to go now though, I can't be arsed.
I do watch (and have watched since starting the Bond project) other films. I'm not really sure why I don't also post about those to break up the Bond monotony a bit!
Nah it seems like a lot of TTH love Bond.
I'm a twit
I'm finding it interesting. I might go on a little Bond session myself inspired by this.
I watched GoldenEye last night. It's always been my favourite Brosnan effort and Famke Janssen is just exceptional, even if the CGI hasn't aged well.
Watched No Time To Die on my flight this am. Not bad at all.
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One problem I have with GoldenEye is that Sean Bean just outacts Brosnan. It's not as much of a problem as it was with Christopher Lee and Moore in The Man With The Golden Gun but it still exists. Or is it just me that thinks this?
Well I’m not really a fan of Brosnan. I know he’s massively rated as an actor by the industry but I don’t get the hype personally. I also love Sean Bean so I agree with you there.
Neither of them are very good in it as far as acting goes. Fine for a Bond film.
Spectre
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I'm going to give star wars a watch. According to a few places, Solo is where you need to start, so let's start from there.
What's the rationale for starting with Solo?
Chronology apparently?
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.ins...s-movies%3famp
"Solo"
"Rogue One"
"A New Hope"
"The Empire Strikes Back"
("The Phantom Menace" if you wish)
"Attack of the Clones"
"Revenge of the Sith"
"Return of the Jedi"
"The Force Awakens"
"The Last Jedi"
"The Rise of Skywalker"
Plus the second reboot is not being watched (the jar jar bastard ones).
That's not in chronological order, it's just what they think it's a decent order to watch it all in.
I'm a fan of the machete order which just omits episode 1 completely which is really not needed but it does have some cool pod racing and the fight at the end is good. However, it's hard to then fit in the new stuff. It seems they've just bundled them in at the end.
I still haven't watched Solo or Rise of Skywalker which I probably should rectify at some point.
Edit: Oh and their new machete order seems to exclude Rogue One which is the best of the new films that I've seen.
Just watch Rogue One and Empire and save yourself a lot of wasted time.
I've not seen Solo or Rogue One so I'll waste my time wisely.
Woody Harelson in star wars is weird.
The best way is to watch Episode 2, realise if an IP can involve something this catastrophically shit it’s definitely not worth watching anymore, then hope you get amnesia and scrub the worst blockbuster film ever made out of your mind.
I'm a twit
Just watch them all in chronological order so the story is in order and never mind these stupid ones that people come up with.
So that would be:
"Episode I - The Phantom Menace"
"Episode II - Attack of the Clones"
"Episode III - Revenge of the Sith"
"Solo: A Star Wars Story"
"Rogue One: A Star Wars Story"
"Episode IV - A New Hope"
"Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back"
"Episode VI - Return of the Jedi"
"Episode VII - The Force Awakens"
"Episode VIII - The Last Jedi"
"Episode IX - The Rise of Skywalker"
Haven't watched Solo but that's still a lot of guff front loaded.
Star Wars really lacks any jeopardy. No-one gives a shit about dying.
Solo
It's a real who's who of big actors in this but actually, it works pretty well. Some good set pieces, decent pace (considering it's nearly 3 hours) and young Hans is pretty well cast (albeit he reminds me more of similar aged Luke Skywalker).
Onto Rogue 1.
Lukes Kywalker. It'd be great if you could do that with all their stupid character names.
It's the first rule of TTH naming, use the Lewis method.
"the master switch is over on that console"
*Random console in the middle of the desert*
Rogue One is really bloody good. They heard the jeopardy criticism from Solo and told me to fuck off. I'm geared up for a new hope tomorrow. 😎
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Rather distressingly, this thread appears to have been hacked by a bunch of crazed Star Wars lovers. So to bring it back on topic, here is the start of my James Bond reviews. I will simply review my least favourite Bond film first and eventually end with reviewing my favourite Bond film of all time. I will try to review each one seriously and make them not as fanboy-ish and accessible to all. All of these may contain spoilers. Okay, worst film to kick things off...
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I like this approach, watching them worst-to-best.
I agree with you on this one; it starts quite strong and could be the platform for a really good film but it goes downhill pretty quick around the time Octopussy herself is introduced.
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The Roger Moore era is probably where they decided James Bond was something you could let the kids watch.
As a kid, I absolutely loved The Spy Who Loved Me and Moonraker, and often watched them as a double feature together. Moonraker could genuinely be a kids film.
It's my least favourite for sure. I've never been into the space stuff so even as a kid I wasn't fussed by it. As an adult, I just don't like the Roger Moore version so all his films are down the bottom for me.
Some of his films are at the bottom for me and some nearer the middle. My favourite one of his is Live and Let Die. Interestingly, one of the best performances by a Bond was by him in For Your Eyes Only. He absolutely nailed it in that one. I need a rewatch of this one because I think it'll just fail to make the top ten as I don't particularly like the opening scene or the ending with Maggie Thatcher.
I just looked at the IMDb rankings and to be honest apart from its pathetic Licence to Kill score it's not a million miles off my personal rankings. Moore a bit lower overall and Dalton a lot higher.
Although I really liked Octopussy and it was one of my favourites, I do agree with you on the actual character of Octopussy herself. I feel like the entire film could have existed almost as well without her. I basically think they threw her in there mostly to justify using that (ridiculous) name as a title.
I haven't watched it for donkey's years. Is the implication that she has eight vaginas?
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Okay, now we come to the Quantum of Solace. Since I cannot review this film as part of a double bill with Casino Royale , it belongs here as a standalone film. But if watched in combination with CR, I'd rank it slightly higher.
So with the (possibly pointless) ramblings out of the way, here's my review:
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