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  • 0BradyM0Bondfanatic70BradyM0Bondfanatic7 Quantum Floral Arrangements: "We Have Petals Everywhere"
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    NSGW wrote: »
    Night Moves (1975) - Amazing 70s noir, would love to see Bond move more towards this type of private-eye mystery thriller like Dr. No.

    Very underrated one. Very cool to see Hackman play with two very different noir detectives in the same decade.
  • ThunderfingerThunderfinger Das Boot Hill
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    Gerard wrote: »
    In fact, during my viewing I wondered why Bond hadn't used the location for a similar boat chase during DAF.

    Probably because of that :

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    Out the same year as DAF. So they might have stepped away from any claims of copyright infringement. BTW, I've read the novel, which I found rather good, although for me, the best McLean novel is the one that has not been adapted as a movie, that is HMS Ulysses.

    Might make an exciting movie.
  • 0BradyM0Bondfanatic70BradyM0Bondfanatic7 Quantum Floral Arrangements: "We Have Petals Everywhere"
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    If not for budget issues, DAF would've gotten a great final boat chase.
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    Heat's just starting on Dave in the UK,

    Mug of tea and box of Mr Kiplings, perfect end to a Saturday night
  • jake24jake24 Sitting at your desk, kissing your lover, eating supper with your familyModerator
    edited August 2017 Posts: 10,591
    Allied (2016)
    Just as brilliant the second time as it was the first. Still a criminally underrated WW2 thriller.
  • Fire_and_Ice_ReturnsFire_and_Ice_Returns I am trying to get away from this mountan!
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    jake24 wrote: »
    Allied (2016)
    Just as brilliant the second time as it was the first. Still a criminally underrated WW2 thriller.

    Saw this was on Sky Movies been meaning to watch it it looks interesting
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    jake24 wrote: »
    Allied (2016)
    Just as brilliant the second time as it was the first. Still a criminally underrated WW2 thriller.

    Agreed. Very underrated - very good. Liked it a lot myself.
  • ThunderfingerThunderfinger Das Boot Hill
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    BARRY LYNDON (1975)
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    It has been over a decade since I saw it, so definitely time for a rewatch. This is one of Kubrick s very best. Every picture frame is like a well crafted painting, accompanied by a very fitting soundtrack. Sarabande in particular will always be associated with this film for me.

    The story is intriguing from beginning to end. 3 hours really fly by. There is some poetry to the whole thing, like the classical tragedies of old.
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    Barry Lyndon (1975) is one of my all-time favorite films. Excellent movie.
  • bondjamesbondjames You were expecting someone else?
    edited August 2017 Posts: 23,883
    Unlocked (2017)
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    Being a fan of the spy thriller genre, I was keenly looking forward to this flick. It was pretty good. Not great, but not rubbish either. Directed by Michael Apted (yes, he of the horrendous TWINE fame), it features an all star cast anchored by Noomi Rapace as CIA operative Alice Racine, Orlando Bloom as ex-military Jack Walcott, Toni Collette as MI5 honcho Emily Knowles, and the legendary Michael Douglas and John Malkovich as CIA higher ups. The plot is rather predictable - saving a major city from a bio-weapon. The film moves with the pace and energy of a Jason Bourne rip-off (yep, that character’s influence still pervades this genre, 15 years later) but sadly, without the charisma. Apted has come a long way since his Bond effort though, and directs the action in a far more convincing manner here with some kinetic fight & chase sequences. There are fair degree of double crosses in the film which is par for the course for this genre, and everyone is not who they seem at first glance.

    Rapace is quite good as a butt kicking female spy operative, which is unsurprising given her excellent performance in the Dragon Tattoo films. Bloom is quite rugged and convincing even though his part isn't big. Douglas & Malkovich own their roles, as can be expected from the renown heavy hitter pair, even though they are playing predictable clichés of their usual film personas. The film is a blend of Carano’s Haywire and Jovovich’s Survivor with a sprinkling of Bourne. Well worth a viewing for fans of the genre, even if it’s not a game changer and most likely won’t spawn a sequel.
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    lets ignore that this is a tv episode just because it's awkward to flip through 2 different threads and then the listing
    MacGyver: Legend of the Holy Rose

    its from Season 5 and was the season opener.

    first and foremost before I get into the plot the faux history and the former bond girl I have 2 things I need to discuss

    The first is a funny story. I was nearly banned from a MacGyver Forum because I found one of the new actresses quite attractive (literally all i said was she was quite attractive) and commented on it and when they said it's a family show on the forum my response "yeah one that employees former Bond girls seriously" luckily the mods there realized I was not the enemy and things cooled down but with Mrs Licence to Kill herself Carey Lowell here I figured it was worth mentioning

    the second is the PTS MAC BUILDS AN ULTRALIGHT!

    I don't care how unrealistic it is I don't care the mythbusters said it's impossible I don't care it's one of the best macgyverisms and the self referential humor

    "Oh my god I just realized what your doing you know what I think I think your completely nuts" Son of Senator Shannon (whose first name esacpes me)
    "Give me a few hours you will know for sure" MacGyver

    (Plus I love how Bad ass Mac is "Nope not DEA We're phoenix foundation we find we don't have to cut through as much red tape to do this")
    just brilliant

    with all of that out of the way

    let's talk about the rest of the episode and how it kind of comes crashing down after that amazing opener...

    we get a strange bit of faux history about a guy named Ambrose? anyhoo Mac get in on the adventure and one of the issues is clearly Jack Dalton needs to be here. The fact that he loves Adventure and Indiana jones stuff.. . (mac is looking for the Holy Grail essentially)

    So I could go through each of the faults as the older I get the more I find elements of the original shall we say silly...

    Cons
    1. The ridiculous Macgyverism getting out of the torture chamber (actually the whole torture chamber thing is really weird as part of my brain is screaming they would NEVER have a working torture chamber in a museum... I mean sure the lines on some of the rides feel torturous but yeah no.)
    2. some of the faux history is a bit to swallow
    3. Carrey Lowell feels more annoying here then in Licence to Kill but still she is quite annoying
    4. Ring around the rosey as a plot device I am just beyond laughing at this point

    Pro's
    1. Richard Dean Anderson delivers so much in this and showcases why MacGyver is a different hero entirely (not wanting to deal with the danger but knowing no one else will)
    2. the line "No these guys are dangerous" just priceless
    3. some of the stealth moments especially in the castle
    4. the amazing PTS


    overall it's ok up next the worst of the worst in my opnion Good Knight MacGyver..



    Ranking of non Bond films 2017
    1. Jaws
    2. Mission Impossible Rogue Nation
    3. Beverly Hills Cop 2
    4. Snake Eyes
    5. Mission Impossible Ghost Protocol
    6. Macgyver Lost Love
    7. Jaws 2
    8. Beverly Hills Cop
    9. Mission Impossible 3
    10. The Firm
    11. My week with Marilyn
    12. Wonder Woman
    13. Kong Skull Island
    14. Mission Impossible
    15. Beverly Hills Cop 3
    16. Ghostbusters
    17. When Harry meet Sally
    18. MacGyver Legend of the holy Rose
    19. Batman Mystery of Batwoman
    20. Limitless
    21. Jaws 3-D
    22. Batman Year one
    23. Fifty shades darker
    24. Mission Impossible 2
    25. Jaws the Revenge
    26. National Lampoon's Vacation


    MacGyver retrospective
    1. MacGyver Lost love
    2. MacGyver legend of the holy Rose

    Jaws Franchise
    1. Jaws (only franchise where my ranking is equal to there releases)
    2. Jaws 2
    3. Jaws 3-D
    4. Jaws the Revenge


    Brian de Palma films
    1. Snake Eyes
    2. Mission impossible

    Beverly Hills Cop Franchise
    1. Beverly Hills Cop 2
    2. Beverly Hill Cop
    3. Beverly Hills Cop 3

    Ranking of films that came out in 2017
    1. Wonder Woman
    2. Kong Skull Island
    3. Fifty Shades Darker

    DC Films
    1. Wonder Woman (I feel I may need to see Batman Begins soon so a batman film can top this list again)
    2. Batman Mystery of the Batwoman
    3. Batman Year one


    Mission Impossible franchise
    1. Mission impossible Rogue Nation
    2. Mission Impossible Ghost Protocol
    3. Mission Impossible 3
    4. Mission Impossible
    5. Mission Impossible 2

    Ranking of all films
    1. Jaws
    2. Casino Royale
    3. Mission Impossible Rogue Nation
    4. Beverly Hills Cop 2
    5. Quantum of Solace
    6. Snake Eyes
    7. Mission Impossible Ghost Protocol
    8. Macgyver: Lost Love
    9. Jaws 2
    10. For Your Eyes Only
    11. Beverly Hills Cop
    12. Mission Impossible 3
    13. The Firm
    14. My week with Marilyn
    15. Wonder Woman
    16. Kong Skull Island
    17. Mission Impossible
    18. Beverly Hills Cop 3
    19. Ghostbusters
    20. When Harry meet Sally
    21. MacGyver: Legend of the Holy Rose
    22. Batman Mystery of Batwoman
    23. Limitless
    24. Jaws 3-D
    25. Batman Year one
    26. Fifty shades darker
    27. Mission Impossible 2
    28. Jaws the Revenge
    29. National Lampoon's Vacation
  • Last_Rat_StandingLast_Rat_Standing Long Neck Ice Cold Beer Never Broke My Heart
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    Logan Lucky.

    Definietly a fun film. My only gripe is that it took awhile to get going.
  • edited August 2017 Posts: 12,837
    Spooks: The Greater Good

    I enjoyed the show while it was on but this felt pretty pointless. It has everything you'd expect from the show, even managing to kill off a cast member, the problem is it really does just feel like an episode of the show. It doesn't feel like a fun big screen revival so much as it does a pointless TV movie, but with a very annoying bit of stunt casting (I'll get to that in a second). How I felt watching it is similar to how I felt watching the last series of Luther. To be fair they clearly didn't have much money to work with, which didn't help, but again raises the question of why bother at all.

    The main issue with the film is Kit Harrington. I like him as Jon Snow. But he doesn't seem to be a very good at all outside of that role. He's basically the co lead along with Harry and it's one of the most forced, awful bits of stunt casting I've ever seen. He plays an agent who's known Harry all his life after his dad, an MI5 agent, was killed working with him, and he followed in his fathers footsteps working as an agent with Harry until he sacked him. Straight away this causes problems. They double down on this, it has to be him who brings him in because noone knows Harry like he does (conviniently him nor his contrived backstory were ever mentioned in the ten years or so the shown was on for) he's the only man for the job and they definitely don't only need him because hey Game Of Thrones is popular right, but also, Spooks started in 2002. So how old was he supposed to be when he was working at MI5? He's really, really miscast as this jaded seasoned former operative. He doesn't appear tough or threatening in the least and we're actually meant to believe that the guy walking around with the baby face, the hipster beard and the manbun was working as a counter terrorism agent back in the 90s? The whole thing is so forced, but hey it's a movie we need someone famous to put on the poster don't we. Dull charismaless actor, badly miscast here and seems especially lightweight opposite Peter Firth. Like I said, he's fine as Jon Snow. Fits that part fine. But hopefully this will be a lesson to filmmakers in the future: he isn't a movie star, or at least isn't a leading man.

    Anyway apart from that it was decent. Peter Firth is great as Harry, it really is his movie and I'd forgotten how much I enjoyed watching him. The other returning cast members do a good job too, I thought the ending was very cool, the action is decent for the money they had and the story is fine. It would have been pointless but fun/nostalgic for me as I'd basically forgotten about the TV show and this reminded me that actually, I did used to quite enjoy it. But Kit Harrington and his character just sunk the whole thing for me. If you're a fan of the show it's worth watching, nice bit of nostalgia if you can get past how forced and miscast that character is, but if you haven't seen the show I don't know if I'd recommend it. There are loads of better spy thrillers out there. I'd be up for seeing more of Harry in the future but keep it on the telly instead of trying something like this again please.
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    To me, I saw one of the best films of 2017 yesterday. And I urge everyone in here to see this wonderful, yet sad, roadmovie about the failed American Dream. In a way it reminded me a bit of "Easy Rider". Please go and watch "American Honey":
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    A24 Films has an extraordinary hit rate. The past few years, I've managed to see THE BLING RING, UNDER THE SKIN, EX MACHINA, END OF THE TOUR, SLOW WEST, ROOM, THE WITCH, DE PALMA, MOONLIGHT, and 20TH CENTURY WOMEN, and none have outright fallen flat. (UNDER THE SKIN, SLOW WEST, and THE WITCH were top notch, and aside from BLING RING I'd probably place the rest of the ones I've seen in top tier of film's released for their year.)

    Been meaning to get around to AMERICAN HONEY, as well as a few others like THE GREEN ROOM, SPRING BREAKERS, SWISS ARMY MAN, and IT COMES AT NIGHT but haven't yet.
  • bondjamesbondjames You were expecting someone else?
    edited August 2017 Posts: 23,883
    Logan Lucky (2017)
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    Just got back. Soderbergh’s latest heist film isn’t bad at all. It’s got his trademark quirky charismatic characters and playful banter. While I recall his more recent prior efforts focusing on the uber-chic and almost yuppy confines of Vegas, Miami or Los Angeles, this film in contrast is situated in the hillbilly underbelly of North Carolina. In fact I almost thought I was watching an episode of Dukes of Hazzard at times. Why there’s the two redneck brothers and the attractive & suggestively dressed sister. There’s even a jail warden who reminded me a little of Boss Hogg from that tv show. I half expected someone to scream “Hee Haw”! halfway through but thankfully was spared.

    The performances are very good by everyone concerned. Craig is especially impressive as explosives expert Joe Bang, and owns the screen whenever he’s on. Channing Tatum and Adam Driver are great as the hapless brothers Logan, and Riley Keough impresses as sister and fellow co-conspirator Mellie. She’s definitely got a bit of grandpa Elvis’s charisma. Young Farrah Mackenzie makes an impression as daughter Sadie, and stalwarts Katie Holmes, Hillary Swank, Katherine Waterston & Seth MacFarlane also have starring roles. The film moves at a very leisurely pace throughout. If Soderbergh had trimmed a half hour or so off the runtime and tightened it up a bit this could have been a far better effort. It’s still certainly worth a watch though, if only to see Craig do his thing as a hick. Pity it will likely suffer at the box office on account of its focus on NASCAR (POTUS) country.
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    The Firm (1993). Really liked this film. Very scary and intense.
  • QsAssistantQsAssistant All those moments lost in time... like tears in rain
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    Death Note (2017)
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    I went in really wanting to give it a chance but as a fan of the anime I just couldn't like it. If you've never seen the anime you might actually like it. If you have seen the anime and enjoyed it, prepare to be disappointed.
    Light is nothing like how he is in the anime. His girlfriend in the movie is more like Light from the anime, while light is an unsure guy who's only doing what he's doing because of his girlfriend.
    L is pretty close to his anime counter part. In the movie he has fits of rage and lashes out but otherwise he's pretty close.
    The best part of the whole movie is Willem Dafoe's Ryuk. He was probably the most faithful thing to the anime in this whole movie. The problem is... he's barely even in it!
    Another problem is if you've seen the anime you probably won't like the movie but you kinda need to watch the anime to understand the Death Note and L because they are not explained very well in the movie.
  • Creasy47Creasy47 In Cuba with Natalya.Moderator
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    @QsAssistant, I wanted to watch it solely because of Dafoe, but hearing he's hardly in it (on top of the movie sounding like it's pretty generic and awful) has me steering clear.
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    Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets

    Not bad at all, even if it suffers a bit from the "Seinfeld is unfunny" trope. The original graphic novels were published in the sixties / seventies, but due to them having been pillaged by everyone under the sun, including George Lucas and Luc Besson himself, it looks hardly original now. Still, there's a lot of good ideas (the Big Market), fun scenes (hte spionic creature got quite a few chuckles, as did the Emperor's lunch). Plus, there's Cara Delevingne, looking better than in Suicide Squad, and Rihanna. Still, of the two movies I've seen in the theater in august, Atomic Blonde is still the best.
  • QsAssistantQsAssistant All those moments lost in time... like tears in rain
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    @Creasy47 it is pretty generic. I saw a review on YouTube and the guy pointed out that they basically made Death Note a Young Adult film. I can agree with that.
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    I had to give Barry Lyndon (1975) another watch after @Thunderfinger mentioned watching it. The film is just amazing; one of the greatest work of Stanley Kubrick IMO, which is a huge compliment since most of his films are of very high quality.
  • 001001
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    Kung Fu Hustle (2004)
    So much fun and action.
  • mattjoesmattjoes Julie T. and the M.G.'s
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    FoxRox wrote: »
    The Firm (1993). Really liked this film. Very scary and intense.

    What did you think of the soundtrack?
  • edited August 2017 Posts: 12,473
    mattjoes wrote: »
    FoxRox wrote: »
    The Firm (1993). Really liked this film. Very scary and intense.

    What did you think of the soundtrack?

    It took me by surprise when the film first opened up; seemed to be setting up something not as dark as what we end up getting. But as the film progressed, it definitely became more fitting. Overall, I definitely liked it!
  • bondjamesbondjames You were expecting someone else?
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    Dave Grusin's piano driven score for The Firm is a work of art imho. Classic.
  • NSGWNSGW London
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    FoxRox wrote: »
    I had to give Barry Lyndon (1975) another watch after @Thunderfinger mentioned watching it. The film is just amazing; one of the greatest work of Stanley Kubrick IMO, which is a huge compliment since most of his films are of very high quality.

    Nice to see Barry Lyndon getting the appreciation it deserves, its my personal favourite Kubrick.
  • DaltonCraig007DaltonCraig007 They say, "Evil prevails when good men fail to act." What they ought to say is, "Evil prevails."
    edited August 2017 Posts: 15,718
    Wind River (2017)

    Absolutely spectacular and mesmerizing film. Taylor Sheridan used every ounce of film-making knowledge he picked up from 'Sicario' and' 'Hell or High Water' to totally knock it out of the park in his directorial debut. Jeremy Renner gives a powerhouse performance, he was incredibly intense in this film, and so was Elizabeth Olsen. Graham Greene, who hadn't seen in a movie in years, gives an excellent performance as the local police chief. The story/police investigation is quite violent and gut-wrenching, and reaches the last act where the violence erupts unto the screen, the sheer brutality of some of the scenes just left me speechless. This film will definitely be in my top 5 once the year ends.
  • QsAssistantQsAssistant All those moments lost in time... like tears in rain
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    @DaltonCraig007 I'm glad to hear you like it as much as me. I was caught off guard at how much I liked it. I think it'll be in my top five for the year as well.
  • CraigMooreOHMSSCraigMooreOHMSS Dublin, Ireland
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    Terminator-2-3D.jpg

    Need I say anything about this that hasn't been said a million times since 1991?

    Superb. The 3D highlights Cameron's skill as a visual filmmaker even more - enhancing existing perspectives and his sense of depth. He also fixes a number of minor issues with the film without going all George Lucas on it.

    As good as ever. At the very least, it was amazing to see it on the big screen.
  • ThunderfingerThunderfinger Das Boot Hill
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    Doesn t look like T2 3D is getting shown here.
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