Film

[jpm4]

That's where the rot set in. Getting critical darlings to do Bond movies. Yeah the second unit/stunt coordinator may handle all the action, but if you don't have a journeyman director who understands action it just falls flat.

Martin Campbell should have been kept on after Casino but they did the usual "you made us money, fuck off".

100%

[The Heretic]

Casino Royal got the balance perfectly between modern Bond and old school Bond I thought, all the films since then (bar Skyfall perhaps) have been complete an utter shite, how the fuck they got it so badly wrong after a great reboot I don't know, shite villains, shite bond women (Ana de Armas excluded), shite dialog, I don't know if the series will ever recover

[Mooncat]

It's tradition for the new Bond to get a great first film, so here's hoping they don't fuck that up.

I wonder what tone they'll go with this time around. Stick with the more modern or go more classic. I'd love to see a new film in the 60s/70s style, but I guess it's not really the culture for it right now.

[Necro Red]

It's tradition for the new Bond to get a great first film, so here's hoping they don't fuck that up.

I wonder what tone they'll go with this time around. Stick with the more modern or go more classic. I'd love to see a new film in the 60s/70s style, but I guess it's not really the culture for it right now.

yea, if it wasn't for the Bourne movies I don't think the recent ones would be the way they are. I'd like something a bit dark like the Dalton era maybe. Craic was a great bond, but yea, the movies are hit and miss. Quantum didn't do it for me. I thought the last one was too long, even though I enjoyed it for the most part.

[Pentagrimes]

They should hire Matt Barry. The Bond noone wants, but everyone deserves.

[Carnage]

Watched an odd one last night, Crazy Joe. A seventies mob B-movie starring Peter Boyle, Rip Torn, Eli Wallach and... Henry Winkler. Set against a background of actual events, it's objectively poor yet still enjoyable in all its camp and shoutiness. One I'd never heard of 'til a mate recommended it.

[Sworntothecans]

They should hire Matt Barry. The Bond noone wants, but everyone deserves.

He'd do a decent theme for sure!

[Mooncat]

The Bonds have left Prime, so it's onto the Christmas films now. I usually always start the season with Die Hard, but this year I started with Lethal Weapon, and then Die Hard 2 the next night. Both teenage favourites. Both still class now.

[Dr Rockso]

The Christmas list will always include Die Hard and Lethal weapon. I also watch Brazil, kiss kiss bang bang, muppets Christmas carol and scrooged is a tradition every Christmas eve for me. There's more, but I chop and change every year

[Mooncat]

For me the main tradition is starting with Die Hard, and National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation on Christmas Eve. I almost always watch Scrooged as well. The rest changes from year to year.

[Carnage]

Trading Places, Die Hard and, on christmas morning, Willy Wonka And The Chocolate Factory. All the christmas movies you need. (I know WWATCF isn't actually a christmas movie but it's so associated with it that it counts, for me anyway.)

[Mooncat]

Die Hard is the one essential everyone has 

Also special shout-out to the cameo in Die Hard 2 from Colm Meaney as one of the pilots. His English accent, while good, sounds so wrong coming out of his mouth!

[Mooncat]

And speaking of Colm Meaney, just watched The Committments for the first time in a lot of years. Enjoyed every second of it.

"God sent him"

"On a fuckin' Suzuki?"

[Sworntothecans]

No one was watching Die Hard as a Christmas movie until someone at Fox marketing had the idea.

It came out in June ffs😂

[Mooncat]

Yeah it feels like only in the last few years it's become a big thing to watch it as a Christmas film, but cynical marketing or not it does really work well as one!