Movie review thread...
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FRWL was a well crafted film, without the over reliance on gadgets. Connery was cool, Shaw was an awesome villain and a really good supporting cast - the girl, the friend and of course Rosa Kleb. The only jarring note was Connery wearing a selection of crap hats. I mean, why does he have to wear a yacht captain’s cap just because he’s nicked a boat?
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@Victor-Meldrew said in Movie review thread...:
@MN5 said in Movie review thread...:
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@MN5 said in Movie review thread...:
It cracked us all up when he ordered Quarrell to "fetch his shoes" Cancel culture would have kittens at the casual racism on display.
What was interesting for me was how Bond came to treat Quarrel as a friend and comrade (which he is in the books) and wanted to kill Dr No in revenge for Quarrel's death.
Yeah, nothing like as slick as the later films, but a fun watch. Might watch From Russia With Love next
Robert Shaw plays the best Bond henchman ever in FRWL. He spawned lots of inferior Blond imitators, the movie went downhill after he died ( in one of the best punch ups in movie history )
They were still getting the formula right, it was a very good movie.
Worth mentioning I think Goldfinger is fucken dated and overrated. Still entertaining but no where near as good as Bond fans make out. Connery was at his best in Thunderball and You only live twice. Diamonds are Forever was weirdly paced but ( sometimes unintentionally ) hilarious and a great watch.
Watched FRWL last night. Outstanding and surprisingly fresh for a 60+ yr old film.
Agree on Robert Ryan - menacing, psychotic, cruel and scary. Sanchez in Licence to KIll springs to mind as one of the better villians too.
Shaw. But yes he was terrific. Ruthless as fuck. Still technically a henchman rather than a lead villain though. Best lead villain for me was Christopher Lee playing Scaramanga in the slightly silly Man with the Golden Gun. Fun movie but he deserved better overall.
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@Catogrande said in Movie review thread...:
FRWL was a well crafted film, without the over reliance on gadgets. Connery was cool, Shaw was an awesome villain and a really good supporting cast - the girl, the friend and of course Rosa Kleb. The only jarring note was Connery wearing a selection of crap hats. I mean, why does he have to wear a yacht captain’s cap just because he’s nicked a boat?
Men wore hats in those days. Mainly so they could remove them in church.
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@Victor-Meldrew said in Movie review thread...:
@Catogrande said in Movie review thread...:
FRWL was a well crafted film, without the over reliance on gadgets. Connery was cool, Shaw was an awesome villain and a really good supporting cast - the girl, the friend and of course Rosa Kleb. The only jarring note was Connery wearing a selection of crap hats. I mean, why does he have to wear a yacht captain’s cap just because he’s nicked a boat?
Men wore hats in those days. Mainly so they could remove them in church.
Yeah last time I watched FRWL was with the folks and my boys a few years back. We all remarked how people made a real effort to dress nicely back in the day.
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Bond. In church. Hmmm.
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@Catogrande said in Movie review thread...:
Bond. In church. Hmmm.
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Sinners
This appears to be highly rated, was decent but nothing special.
Kinda like an updated Dusk till Dawn, but in reverse (vampires outside) hitting most of the Vampire cliches, and no Salma.I did think it had a pretty cool ending though.
3 fuck knows what out of 5 they got thiers
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Read a great story about the re-make, Never say Never.
Apparently Moore and Connery, who were longstanding friends, hatched a plot for Moore to come on set and in the last shot of that film, when Connery walks down the street, bump into each other
Sadly the producers found out about it.....
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@Victor-Meldrew said in Movie review thread...:
Read a great story about the re-make, Never say Never.
Apparently Moore and Connery, who were longstanding friends, hatched a plot for Moore to come on set and in the last shot of that film, when Connery walks down the street, bump into each other
Sadly the producers found out about it.....
That was the only one not made by the Broccolis right? Basically the same story as Dr No, there was some intellectual property dispute between them and the writer IIRC? An ageing Connory (at least by Bond standards) joined by Edward Fox, Kim Baysinger and a bit part for Rowan Atkinson
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@canefan said in Movie review thread...:
@Victor-Meldrew said in Movie review thread...:
Read a great story about the re-make, Never say Never.
Apparently Moore and Connery, who were longstanding friends, hatched a plot for Moore to come on set and in the last shot of that film, when Connery walks down the street, bump into each other
Sadly the producers found out about it.....
That was the only one not made by the Broccolis right? Basically the same story as Dr No, there was some intellectual property dispute between them and the writer IIRC? An ageing Connory (at least by Bond standards) joined by Edward Fox, Kim Baysinger and a bit part for Rowan Atkinson
Thunderball.
Barbara Carrera was absolutely HAF
The movie itself was good stuff too, cool action scenes, beautiful locations and Connery actually made an effort
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@Victor-Meldrew said in Movie review thread...:
Read a great story about the re-make, Never say Never.
> Apparently Moore and Connery, who were longstanding friends, hatched a plot for Moore to come on set and in the last shot of that film, when Connery walks down the street, bump into each other
Sadly the producers found out about it.....
Yeah that woulda been terrific
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@MN5 said in Movie review thread...:
@canefan said in Movie review thread...:
@Victor-Meldrew said in Movie review thread...:
Read a great story about the re-make, Never say Never.
Apparently Moore and Connery, who were longstanding friends, hatched a plot for Moore to come on set and in the last shot of that film, when Connery walks down the street, bump into each other
Sadly the producers found out about it.....
That was the only one not made by the Broccolis right? Basically the same story as Dr No, there was some intellectual property dispute between them and the writer IIRC? An ageing Connory (at least by Bond standards) joined by Edward Fox, Kim Baysinger and a bit part for Rowan Atkinson
Thunderball.
Barbara Carrera was absolutely HAF
The movie itself was good stuff too, cool action scenes, beautiful locations and Connery actually made an effort
Ah Thunderball, that's right. Yes Fatima Blush was her name. It's probably dated, but I quite enjoyed it too. The video game Bond played with the villain seemed pretty cool at the time, Domination
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@MN5 said in Movie review thread...:
@Bones said in Movie review thread...:
Maybe there could be a separate thread for Bond gobblers?
You’re not in charge here. Just relax and take some viagra. It might make you Roger Moore
https://www.forum.thesilverfern.com/topic/4802/bad-lame-jokes/891
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@Virgil said in Movie review thread...:
@MN5 said in Movie review thread...:
@Bones said in Movie review thread...:
Maybe there could be a separate thread for Bond gobblers?
You’re not in charge here. Just relax and take some viagra. It might make you Roger Moore
https://www.forum.thesilverfern.com/topic/4802/bad-lame-jokes/891
You on the other hand are in charge......of the fernies......how are they going ?
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Not the first time and hopefully won’t be the last time that I show my appreciation for Vince Vaughn and posit that he’s vastly underrated
You’ll laugh, you’ll get dusty eyes, and be happier for watching it
3.5 dreams out of 5 realities
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@MiketheSnow said in Movie review thread...:
Not the first time and hopefully won’t be the last time that I show my appreciation for Vince Vaughn and posit that he’s vastly underrated
You’ll laugh, you’ll get dusty eyes, and be happier for watching it
3.5 dreams out of 5 realities
It's on my list
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Four Lions. Darkly comic. Terrifically funny
4 1/2 exploding Crows out of 5 exploding Pandas
Nonnas (2025) ⭐ 6.9 | Comedy
