Film

[CorkonianHunger]

There's a Australian film on Mubi called "Snowtown" which seems to have that "Romper Stomper" or "American History X" vibe to it.

Yep, said I'd watch this with the missus this weekend. Don't think she knows how bleak it may be. Looking forward to it.

[Eoin McLove]

I just watched Captain Phillips, one I haven't watched in years. Utterly utterly brilliant film. So powerful.

[Carnage]

That did nothing for me, but then I'm not a Hanks fan at all.

[Eoin McLove]

I watched Skyfall. Never seen it before and I'm not a huge Bond fan by any stretch. For me,  the Daniel Craig era is the most enjoyable even if it owes quite a debt to the Bourne franchise. Skyfall is actually the best one I've seen. Really engaging from start to finish, I thought. Is there a new James Bond/Jane Blonde (!) actor lined up for the next one or am I imagining that Craig has hung up his tux?

[Blackout]

Concur with you on Skyfall and I'm not a bond fan generally. I actually think it's the best Bond I've seen.

[Hellyeah]

Watched snowtown last night, can concur its grim as fu#k.  Good watch, true story also.

[CorkonianHunger]

Watched snowtown last night, can concur its grim as fu#k.  Good watch, true story also.

Watched it myself last night too. Very grim yeah. The guy who played John was really good. Wouldn't reccomend it to everyone though it can be very heavy going.

[astfgyl]

I was looking for Young Guns to watch with the kids but no stream handy. Pity.

Anyone else get that thing with the streaming sites, that when one thinks of a specific thing it can't be got. Maybe just me and maybe just one particular film as well

[Hellyeah]

As others have suggested
  "once were warriors " excellent movie.

[astfgyl]

That did nothing for me, but then I'm not a Hanks fan at all.

The mention of Hanks reminded me of this beauty from Dave Chappelle

" First, they have "The Mexican" with Brad Pitt, now they have "The Last Samurai" with Tom Cruise. Well, I've written a film, maybe they'll produce my film. The Last Nigga on Earth, starring Tom Hanks. How about that?"

And brings it back around to the Bond thing and there was a push to have a black Bond a couple of years ago. I suppose why not, but it'd be a bit of a tough one to get used to. Craig isn't a bad Bond at all but I prefer the ridiculousness of Moore and Connery and even Dalton. Brosnan was a good Bond too, but hampered by the awful films he was given.

[Carnage]

I have a soft spot for Goldeneye, but that's probably down to spending far too much time playing the N64 game.

It's a fairly straightforward one re: the Bond casting - if you're being faithful to the book, he'll be played by a white guy. If you're 'rebooting' the character (and it's inevitable at this stage), you can do what you want with him. He's been revamped before, it doesn't really matter. It's doing it for the sake of it, or in the name of diversity that rankles.

[astfgyl]

Goldeneye was decent indeed but the next couple were atrocious. To be fair to Craig, he was the reboot and it probably needed to be brought up to date but I just don't love it like the old ones. It's probably an age/nostalgia thing and I feel like if it gets rebooted again with a black Bond I won't be put out by it or anything but I'd have little interest. Probably the same with a white actor too if they stay going down the gritty, troubled Bond road.

I also gave a severe amount of time playing that N64 game. Got it on an emulator a couple of years ago but I couldn't map the joypad to any configuration that made it fun to play. Pity, because I've great memories of it.

[Carnage]

I'm looking to buy an N64 for that reason, just not the same on emulators. Goldeneye, Mario Kart 64 (best game for post-pub drunken antics) and Star Wars: Shadows Of The Empire took far too many hours from me, I'd love to get hold of them again.

[Blackout]

If you invest in an N64 get a CRT telly. They look fairly shitty on modern TVs.

[Black Shepherd Carnage]

They were going to have a black, and female I think, 007, as opposed to Bond. This nuance seemed to escape everyone shouting about it. It's like with this French series I'm watching, Lupin. In it, the main character models himself on his readings of the adventures of Arsène Lupin, and it's all very nicely done. But that fact, that the character of Arsène Lupin doesn't actually appear anywhere in the series, didn't prevent the usual Front National crowd kicking up shit screaming about how ridiculous it was to have a black man (Omar Sy) playing the character of Arsène Lupin. Which he isn't, just as the black woman was never going to be playing James Bond, or any Bond, but rather 007.

I didn't like Skyfall. I enjoyed the hell out of Casino Royale, although I saw it in Amsterdam, so let's just say the first 30 to 45 minutes seemed absolutely mind-blowing. Probably makes sense that if you're not a Bond fan you would prefer Skyfall over any of the others. Personally, I never liked Daniel Craig as Bond. He pouted worse than bleedin' Angelina Jolie in Tomb Raider!