Film

[Eoin McLove]

It certainly can't help looking at them through modern eyes. The action scenes are so wooden and laughable they make the biff baff bop of 60s Batman feel edge of the seat. And the cheesy one liners and cartoon villainy... dunno, it just doesn't interest me on any level.

[StoutAndAle]

It certainly can't help looking at them through modern eyes. The action scenes are so wooden and laughable they make the biff baff bop of 60s Batman feel edge of the seat. And the cheesy one liners and cartoon villainy... dunno, it just doesn't interest me on any level.

I think that part of it was that they found a formula the 60s which worked, they then tweaked it in the early 70s and achieved more success but then got stuck in their ways.

"A View To A Kill" was made in 1985. In the same year "Back To The Future","Jewel Of The Nile" and "Commando", Witness" and "First Blood: Part II" were all released. All 3 of those films make the Bond outing look like a hokey TV film of the week.

[open face surgery]

Watched Under Her Skin last night. Never thought that a repeatedly naked Scarlett Johanson would be a part of such a terrible experience. Struggled from near enough the start. Dogshit.

[Necro Red]

It certainly can't help looking at them through modern eyes. The action scenes are so wooden and laughable they make the biff baff bop of 60s Batman feel edge of the seat. And the cheesy one liners and cartoon villainy... dunno, it just doesn't interest me on any level.

But that's part of the charm of the Moore Bond era. Moore did say himself he was too old to be portraying Bond in the end and stepped down. I love it all really, even the silly fight scenes and one liners. Could the Dalton movies be the best of the lot though?

[ldj]

Couple of recent horrors the last few nights...

Ready or Not - kind of like Knives Out meets shlocky 80's horror in vibe, I enjoyed it.

Swallow - One of the more original concepts as far as horrors about mental illness, it's grim but pretty good.

An interesting thing about these films is the lead actresses in both look remarkably similar to a-list actresses, the girl in Ready or Not is the image of Margot Robbie, and the girl in Swallow looks a lot like Jennifer Lawrence, makes you wonder if the filmmakers did it on purpose because especially in Swallow it appeared as though they were playing up the resemblance.

[Carnage]

Samara Weaving was the star of Ready Or Not, Hugo's daughter. Mad film, good craic.

[Caomhaoin]

Watched The Death of Stalin last night. Great entertainment. Buscemi as Khrushchev, amazing.

[open face surgery]

I don't think Armando Iannucci that put his hand to anything below par. At least not to my knowledge.

[Ollkiller]

That other flick he did "In the Loop" with James Gandolfini was great as well.

[ochoill]

Just finished watching Evangelion 3.0+1.0.

Pretty definitive finale to the series, but damn, wasn't expecting the ending. Brilliant film, all the same.

I need to watch the other rebuilds first, looking like i'll be off to the torrents for them.  Rewatched the original series and film again lately, it is top class, itching for more.

All four rebuild films are now on Prime Video, I just signed up for the free trial to watch the final one.

Ended up getting the trial and watching 1.11 and 2.22 last night.  Obviously very similar to the series for 1.11 but it changes up severely for 2.22, it's very deadly but a bit less miserable than the series at the minute at least.  Have a week left to do the next two because I can't pay for another streaming service, looking forward to going through them.

I got through all four of them in three evenings.  Still thinking about it.  Fuck, it was good, but being so used to the series made it hard to get around the changes first - but I guess that's kind of the point of it.  Great films, excellently told and in the end a companion to the series rather than an alternative, very definitive end to it all (and a good one).  Might leave the one month of prime on it to watch them again, there's leagues of stuff in them and the art of it all is top class.  Especially noticeable in 3.33, with some of the long shots on and around Nerv HQ.  I think I prefer the misery of End of Evangelion & the series but this was still great.

[Black Shepherd Carnage]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pbW5ns_pIZo

[CorkonianHunger]

Sleepers - decent drama, bit too long for me though. Small bit dated at times but good acting.
Devil all the Time - Decent watch. Nothing spectacular but decent.
In the Name of the Father - Seen this a few times but showed it to the girlfriend. Great film.

[CorkonianHunger]

Yojimbo - Kurosawa/Mifune partnership that Leone ripped off in A Fistful of Dollars. Can't go wrong with those two.

[Carnage]

My favourite Kurosawa film, just brilliant.

[CorkonianHunger]

My favourite Kurosawa film, just brilliant.

It's brilliant, very funny too. For me Throne of Blood takes the edge though.