Movie review thread...
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@rancid-schnitzel said in Re: Movie review thread...:
Interesting that Daniel Craig is much smaller than all of the other Bonds. Never realised Pierce Brosnan was so tall (1.88).
I think Piece got measured by the same bloke that did Ardie....
The only legit 6 foot 2 bonds were Connery and Lazenby.
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@antipodean said in Re: Movie review thread...:
@mn5 said in Re: Movie review thread...:
George Lazenby trained with Bruce Lee.
By that measure I should have been a Test player...
He was In the army as well and a legit tough dude in real life. I did like your post though
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@mn5 said in Re: Movie review thread...:
George Lazenby trained with Bruce Lee. Something tells me Fag Damon wouldn't provide much in the way of a fight.
I think Matt Damon is a cock but
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@taniwharugby said in Re: Movie review thread...:
@jegga Pierce Brosnan would be owned by Mr. Bean.
He looks like Remington Steele playing James Bond
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@mn5 said in Re: Movie review thread...:
@rancid-schnitzel said in Re: Movie review thread...:
Interesting that Daniel Craig is much smaller than all of the other Bonds. Never realised Pierce Brosnan was so tall (1.88).
I think Piece got measured by the same bloke that did Ardie....
The only legit 6 foot 2 bonds were Connery and Lazenby.
Dalton is too. Think he's the tallest of the lot.
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In true SJW style it's heartwarming to see they're out and about insisting Bond be played by a black lesbian dwarf to make up for years of oppression. I think Stuff.co.nz have run articles on this monthly....
God Bless.
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Ok
So had a day / aftafternoon of little interest in much so watch a couple of movies.
Jurassic World. Fallen Kingdom
Am not a huge fan of the Jurassic dinosaur stuff, but quite enjoyed this one. Ending was really really dumb. Seemingly gives them nowhere to go for future movies.
Don't like the whole Indominus Rex / genetically modified kinda-dino story line thing. But given the fact it's about de-extincted paleo creatures who cares about plot holes.
And what was with BDH's lips? Far too much collagen.
So am feeling generous with 3.5 genetic modifications out of 5 really rather benign pyroclastic flows.
Slumdog Millionaire
Have bugged Mrs boo for years and years to watch this. I'd seen it, she has avoided it. Never been sure why, just she was convinced she wouldn't like it.
I warned her about one particularly horrible part (in the orphanage while their mate Arvind was singing, just before the boys escape to the trains), which we cringed through. Even so we decided it was probably somewhat sanitised depiction of life in India.
Really very clever movie.
Seemed to get dusty in the room around the end of the movie (and when Jamal recalled how he knew what Rama holds in his right hand earlier on in tge movie). And even when Salim found redemption.
5 chai wallahs out of 5 third musketeers.
Stand By Me
Found the last 30 mins of this as I avoided going to bed. Awesome movie. Must get on to Mrs boo about dusting this place ...
4.5 dead bodies out of 5 adolescent friends
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Dirty Harry
What can you say about this movie that single handedly invented the rogue cop genre of flicks? The San Fran location, the jazzy music, the eerie tension.....Some excellent performances all round, Andy Robinson was brilliant as the psycho killer but Clint steals the show in every single scene. So many good lines and that scene in the stadium is ruthless as fuck even by today's standards.
Naturally a bit of 1970s datedness but to me that doesnt take anything away from it. Just a goddamm awesomely brilliant flick. One of my all time favourites. As is often the case the sequels got worse as they went along but this one is a classic.
5 44 magnum bullets out of 5 shots fired.
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Operation Finale (Netflix)
About the kidnapping of Adolf Eichmann from Argentina to face trial in Israel by Mossad in 1960. Cut above your normal docudrama.
Ben Kingsley excellent as Eichmann, showing Eichmann's intelligence and matter-of-fact justification for the Holocaust. Chilling portrayal and good to see Kingsley playing an evil bastard for once.
7/10
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The Cloverfield Paradox
Shite. Some good special effects, buts still shite....
4/10
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@rancid-schnitzel
Dalton did his own stunts as well in his Bond films. Read somewhere he was very much into martial arts. -
@mn5 said in Re: Movie review thread...:
Dirty Harry
What can you say about this movie that single handedly invented the rogue cop genre of flicks? The San Fran location, the jazzy music, the eerie tension.....Some excellent performances all round, Andy Robinson was brilliant as the psycho killer but Clint steals the show in every single scene. So many good lines and that scene in the stadium is ruthless as fuck even by today's standards.
Naturally a bit of 1970s datedness but to me that doesnt take anything away from it. Just a goddamm awesomely brilliant flick. One of my all time favourites. As is often the case the sequels got worse as they went along but this one is a classic.
5 44 magnum bullets out of 5 shots fired.
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Arizona - Danny McBride, Luke WIlson and some cameos from Seth Rogen, Elizabeth Gillies along with a few other faces I have seen before.
Bit of a dark comedy set amidst the US housing crisis and McBride is a disgruntled home owner in the middle of a gated community...
Was ok, almost 3 accidental deaths out of 5 brand new vacant houses (solve our Housing Crisis...)
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@rocky-rockbottom said in Re: Movie review thread...:
The World Is Not Enough (1999)
Oh great, the Pierce Brosnan era. Just bloody great. Another dandy fop. Actually though, I thought he was pretty great. Far more agile than old Rog. And with some wit about him. Plus he looks suave in a suit. Far better Bond than dipshit, lizard-faced, Beavis-browed Timmeh Dullton. Savile Row? Timmeh was decked out by fucken Woolworths.
Little skinhead Begby was quite a solid wee baddie
current Boned ranking:
- Connery
- Daniel Craig
- Brosnan
- Rog
- Lazenby?
- Niven?
- everyone who ever failed a Bond audition
- Mork from Ork
- Frank Spencer
- MN5
- Timmeh!
Brosnan third?
Fuck I'd love to meet you one day if only to beat you up.
Then I'd revive you, talk Bond, disagree and beat you up again.
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@mn5 said in Re: Movie review thread...:
@rocky-rockbottom said in Re: Movie review thread...:
The World Is Not Enough (1999)
Oh great, the Pierce Brosnan era. Just bloody great. Another dandy fop. Actually though, I thought he was pretty great. Far more agile than old Rog. And with some wit about him. Plus he looks suave in a suit. Far better Bond than dipshit, lizard-faced, Beavis-browed Timmeh Dullton. Savile Row? Timmeh was decked out by fucken Woolworths.
Little skinhead Begby was quite a solid wee baddie
current Boned ranking:
- Connery
- Daniel Craig
- Brosnan
- Rog
- Lazenby?
- Niven?
- everyone who ever failed a Bond audition
- Mork from Ork
- Frank Spencer
- MN5
- Timmeh!
Brosnan third?
Fuck I'd love to meet you one day if only to beat you up.
Then I'd revive you, talk Bond, disagree and beat you up again.
Bit unfair beating up someone wearing a straightjacket.
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@rocky-rockbottom said in Re: Movie review thread...:
The World Is Not Enough (1999)
Oh great, the Pierce Brosnan era. Just bloody great. Another dandy fop. Actually though, I thought he was pretty great. Far more agile than old Rog. And with some wit about him. Plus he looks suave in a suit. Far better Bond than dipshit, lizard-faced, Beavis-browed Timmeh Dullton. Savile Row? Timmeh was decked out by fucken Woolworths.
Little skinhead Begby was quite a solid wee baddie
current Boned ranking:
- Connery
- Daniel Craig
- Brosnan
- Rog
- Lazenby?
- Niven?
- everyone who ever failed a Bond audition
- Mork from Ork
- Frank Spencer
- MN5
- Timmeh!
The World is not Enough also starred Sophie Marceau and still hot Denise Richards
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Too much Bonding on this thread ....
To move it a wee bit current - Bad Times at the El Royale.
This movie was a wee bit bonkers but I enjoyed it all the same. I had no idea of the plot when going in, saw a preview months ago and wasn't really what my memory expected - it was a lot darker. Stars Jeff Bridges, Jon Hamm, Dakota Johnson, Chris Hemsworth and some people whose names I don't know.
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@canefan said in Re: Movie review thread...:
@mn5 said in Re: Movie review thread...:
Dirty Harry
What can you say about this movie that single handedly invented the rogue cop genre of flicks? The San Fran location, the jazzy music, the eerie tension.....Some excellent performances all round, Andy Robinson was brilliant as the psycho killer but Clint steals the show in every single scene. So many good lines and that scene in the stadium is ruthless as fuck even by today's standards.
Naturally a bit of 1970s datedness but to me that doesnt take anything away from it. Just a goddamm awesomely brilliant flick. One of my all time favourites. As is often the case the sequels got worse as they went along but this one is a classic.
5 44 magnum bullets out of 5 shots fired.
This scene does it for me every time. Awesome performances from both of them. Apparently Andy Robinson really struggled to find work after this movie cos of typecasting. Clint obviously went from strength to strength. Magnificent effort to hit someone in the leg with a pistol from about 50 metres too.