I was in the mood for Werner Herzog so watched Nomad on the iPlayer. Another one of those documentaries that makes me feel insignificant in a massive world.
Watched Top Gun tonight. The after-credits easter egg scene where Jon Hamm peels his clothes off to reveal his zionist lizard skin was mad.
What a crock of shit it was, though. The entire dialogue is a disjointed collection of shit one-liners, the romance story arc is completely pointless and the action is transformers-esque nonsense in that you don't know what's what until it's ended. My faint memory of the original suggests it was purely driven by the music and the rivalry, neither of which are here. That Lady Gaga track at the end
I'm impressed that Morbius managed to be as bad as the reviews were saying.
Haven't watched anything new recently but in my quest to make sure I watch all the physical media I buy to ensure I don't just waste money hoarding (I am a massive hoarder) I rewatched An American Werewolf in London and Candyman last night.
The former is just a joyous romp through the horror genre, great effects, well written story and good performances. Young Rik Mayall and 'younger' Alan Ford aka Bricktop from Snatch (still looks about 50 here) always raise a smile. Landis' favourite film out of his work apparently and easy to see why. Also amsuing that Blue Moon wasn't the original choice for the opening song but it works so well. I vaguely remember seeing the sequel but I was a teenager and was just cruising sky movies for skin at the time.
Candyman, I waited so long to watch this first time as an adult due to the cult status it has but I never found it scary. In fact I'd say AAWIL is scarier despite being a horror comedy. It is a very interesting idea though, I can see why they made a modern version but I haven't seen it yet. The titular villain is great, and some nice imagery adds to the mythology. Also an unnecessarily long scene with the leading lady sat with her baps out in the bath is a bonus. Haven't seen the sequels, any good?
It did give rise to this though, which I quite like.
The only scene I've seen from Morbius was this one and I was sure the music was dubbed in after, but apparently this is straight from the movie?
Yep, straight from the film.
What the fuck is that?
Silly me, it's him morbing, isn't it?
He's not Morbius so can he really morb?
Matt Smith is a career that shouldn't have happened.
Maybe it’s Morbin’ time, all of the time?
I think it should be, particularly if Matt Smith is involved. The poor man's John Barrowman.
The best part of this films release, was that it originally bombed, so it was pulled from Cinemas quite soon after. Then Sony saw all of the traffic it was getting as a meme and mistook it for popularity and re-released it. It pulled in less than £100k on the weekend of re-release
Live and Let Die on ITV tonight. One of my favourite Bond films and my favourite one to star Roger Moore.
Wasn’t worth the hell that is the cinema but Maverick was
The Man With The Golden Gun is on ITV today at 6pm. Not one of the best Bond films but some beautiful scenery, an interesting opening sequence and a top draw main villain. Interestingly enough, this is the next Bond film I will be reviewing so expect a review in more detail soon.
RTÉ don’t have one today for some reason. Crocodile Dundee is on after the football
I found The Damned United on BBC Scotland last night after I watched LALD and I don't think it was on the normal BBC channels. It was a nice surprise and a great film.
Maverick: the Mel Gibson Story.
"I'm going to fly this plane over Israel and count them. Then we'll see who's right."
Has anyone seen X?
No Time to Die
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Here endeth the Bond-a-thon. Apologies for hijacking the thread for the last few weeks.
Hijack it again with a new series.
Godzilla has about a million films, do that.
Has anyone seen Dashcam?
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I’m watching Warrior now as I seem to remember it being a well regarded movie, but I think it might actually be utter garbage.
Did you confuse it with The Warriors?
In that The Warriors is meant to be good but Warrior isn’t? Maybe, Otherwise no.
I really liked Warrior whenever I watched it last despite it having another weird Tom Hardy accent.
It felt like the writing was done by WWE creative, which basically torpedoed the whole thing for me.
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I mean it's just cherry picking bits from other stupid fighting / martial arts type films. Just because it's presented realistically doesn't mean it needs to be.
- Rocky esque chump (s) beasting pros? Check.
- Nonsensical made up tournament like in Bloodsport? Check.
- Pro wrestler in there for no good reason (also Rocky)? Check.
I think it's a silly film that is good fun if you don't insist on scrutinising it and asking HOW WOULD THE UNTRAINED UFC MAN DO ALL THE FIGHTING SO GOOD EH?
You hijacking the thread has been a treat. It's always interesting to hear people's thoughts on the Bond films, especially when they differ to mine. This, once again, proves my two Bond mantras - "When it comes to Bond, there is no wrong answer" and "There is something for everyone in the Bond franchise."
Reviews (or random thoughts or ramblings of a mad man if you prefer ) of two further Bond films to come from me. The Man With The Golden Gun is next, I wonder if you can guess the next one?
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With all this Bond chat I watched Casino Royale yesterday. Think I'll do a run through of the Craig ones at least. My two cents:
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Totally passed me by until you pointed this out that the same women was in TMWTGG and Octopussy! I agree about Nick Nack too. Something aboutToggle Spoilerwas a bit mean. I mean I know he was a little shit, but still.
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Scaramanga is probably the Bond villain I'd most like to be mates with. Honestly he mostly seemed a chilled out and quite nice bloke.
According to wiki she had a cameo in A View to a Kill too.
Maybe Sir Roger had something going on with her for real behind the scenes.
Unreal. Like an over the top Brian Blessed.
Watched Quantum Of Solace last night - another very weird Bond film, that I don't think I'd seen before.
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Taffin.
Look at Me: XXXTentacion
Completely stumbled upon this by chance while scrolling through my IPTV provider at midnight trying to find something to keep me awake for the next few hours while my baby slept on me, and I feel like I should preface this saying I’m no fan of X but basically knew most of the story already. I thought it didn’t shy away from a lot of the negativity and felt like an accurate portrayal of his life. I say I’m not a fan, but essentially I mean I don’t regularly listen to his music like @Waffdon but I have maaaaaad respect for the influence he made and how meteoric his rise was, and what impact it had on those who followed his journey. Quite phenomenal, and it was well told.
Call me an idiot but I’m a fan of 6ix9ine. In a way, Xxxtentacion is more interesting but he was legitimately a scumbag albeit with mental health problems, whereas I’ve never shaken the feeling that 6ix’s character is all an act (that eventually he couldn’t escape) to get rich and famous.
The stats regarding streaming plays for X’s music shown at the end of the doc are insane though: XXXTENTACION is the first hip-hop artist to have three solo songs with over 1 billion streams each on Spotify and his album ‘?’ is the most streamed album ever on the platform. Especially impressive considering I’m pretty sure they took all his songs down for a bit when the court case was brought to like by Pitchfork.
Made me SAD!
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I watched Minions: The Rise Of Gru before. Same old, really; enjoyable enough for what it is.
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