George Lazenby or Timothy Dalton were the closest to the book character IMHO.....:cool:Quote:
Originally Posted by Laphroaig
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George Lazenby or Timothy Dalton were the closest to the book character IMHO.....:cool:Quote:
Originally Posted by Laphroaig
I read this in disbelief -there is going to be a remake of Christopher Nolan's Memento. What a waste of money!!
http://www.theguardian.com/film/2015...-after-origina
Completely senseless. I loved that movie...just the way it was. Christ.Quote:
Originally Posted by Stavros
It's one of those films that works because it had the right cast with the right script ...and at the time, was very original.
The movie's also good because of the surprises revealed at the right time....you don't redo films like that.
...Kind of like - for the same reasons, they should not have remade the Korean revenge flik "Oldboy"
I've never read the books so I can't comment on who most accurately fits the character, but I have to admit (and I'm probably alone in this...) that I like Pierce Brosnan.Quote:
Originally Posted by MrFanti
i grew up in the mid 80s- around the time when roger moore was still bond and they had reruns of the saint on tv so moore has always represented that debonair secret agent in my eyes. in fact, the first bond i watched was octopussy and the next one was (on my birthday) the man with the golden gun. both those films have scenes that are forever etched into my brain (and curiously, both those films have maude adams)
years later, i'm on the palace du casino in monte carlo a stones throw from the hotel du paris and i see a calvacade of bentley limousines pull up, and disgorge nattily dressed top caliber gentlemen (and make no fucking mistake, they were gentlemen) dressed in impeccably tailored in multi-thousand pound brushed woolen saville row suits soft like an agora rabbit to the touch, calf-skin gloves and gleaming shoes from clark. one of these gentlemen just happened to be roger moore and he had with him, his wife at the time, luisa mattioli. this was around 97 or 98. monaco was expensive, but it made sense this is where james bond lived, and this is how he spent his afternoons
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watched this last night at a screening in burbank. turns out apollo had an illegitimate kid (who now lives in a youth detention center in los angeles) with mary anne creed and is prone to getting into fights. he's picked up by his mom and years later, he's now trying to get into boxing by booking fights in tijuana. he eventually moves to philly so he can be trained by rocky balboa but doesn't tell him he's apollo's son.
after that he's pretty much working his way up to his first title shot against a cocky english bully known as pretty ricky whilst courting downstairs r&b singer and neighbor.
if this sounds even slightly familiar it might be because it's basically "kinda" similar to the first rocky film, complete with music cues from previous rocky films because it's part of those films (?)
Draft Day
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This is a movie for American football and Kevin Costner fans. It's the story of a general manager of a professional football team wheeling and dealing on Draft Day for the best possible college players. Interesting insight to what goes one behind the scenes for teams to get the best selection order to draft players. I found it interesting and entertaining. Many cameo roles of sports broadcasters and former players. If your not a fan of the NFL it may not strike a chord with you.
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long winded and especially slow to begin western about two bounty hunters (one who is transporting his prisoner) and a sheriff hooking up with four dodgy characters at a mountain pass before a murder mystery begins to unfold. this is (like all tarantino films) very character driven and talky (the first hour and a half seemed a little unnecessary imo) but everyone is very fleshed out so it relies heavily on the pedigree of the actors chosen (jennifer jason leigh was a standout and lucky for tarantino he didn't cast a previous actor who- according to him, was too young for the role and lacked a lot of the dynamic presence needed).
there is an overture and intermission in the film (but not all copies will have this and thus will be slightly shorter)- a few times i was checking the time.
movie will be released on christmas day in select cities and go wide jan 8th
Spotlight
I give it two thumbs up.
Tangarine http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3824458/ - missed it at the london film festival (was a bit dubious about the 'filmed on i-phone' thing) - but caught it yesterday. Really good - great perfs and a lot of humour - and the cinematography is astonishing - had expected a lot of jerky 'found footage style' filming - but really lush smooth stedicam style shots - you would never know it was filmed on iPhones apart from the credit at the end