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I've had a Christmas triple bill today to get me into the seasonal mood. 

Started with Die Hard, greatest Christmas film of all time. 

Followed up with original Miracle on 34th Street, always puts a smile on my face. 

Finished off with Arthur Christmas because its a laugh and Aardman is my all time favourite film studio, adore everything Aardman put out. 

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On 01/10/2021 at 00:27, The Hallucinating Goose said:

I'm gonna start this post with a disclaimer. I am an obsessive, life long Bond fan, I have read the books at least a dozen times each and watched the films approximately 100 times each, that is not an exaggeration. I will try not to give anything away. 

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I have just been to see No Time to Die. It was ###### dreadful. It is one of the worst Bond films ever made.

1. If I wanted to watch a sci-fi/action film from the 1980s then I would watch one. This is a science fiction film not a spy thriller. I felt more like I was watching something like Universal Soldier or Blade Runner than Bond. The main story is so unbelievable and far fetched I just could not feel engrossed by it. On top of the main story as well, there are several subplots that just over complicate the flow of the film to the point where you are slightly confused as to which direction the film should be going in, which story it should actually be following. 

2. The storyline was incredibly disjointed and so little is explained effectively to leave you feeling satisfied and gripped by what is going on. I was very aware I was sat in a cinema, it just did not draw me in. 

3. It so obviously rips off and references several previous Bond films without any apologies and also takes a massive amount of plot out of one of the novels which was never used in the film adaptation of that novel. This is not done with any kind of sympathy of respect for the source material. 

4. Similarly a couple of key characters from the Bond universe are treated with utter disrespect by the filmmakers and cast aside as if they mean nothing to the series. 

5. As I say, the film is disjointed and this is very much seen in the choice of locations. One of the key things in Bond is the locations are almost a character in themselves. Traditionally Bond is sent to a glamorous location and the film is themed around that place. In this someone has clearly closed their eyes and picked a random place on a map, sent Bond there and then decided off the top of their head what will happen when he gets there for the 10 minutes he is there and as a result all these completely unrelated places seem to almost present unrelated little short stories themselves. This is not a glamorous film at all. 

6. Hugh Dennis shows up at one point in an attempt to be a serious actor. It does not work. It is as bad as when Goldie was in The World is not Enough. 

7. The direction is dreadful. Someone tell this director that he can occasionally use a wide angle, pulled out shot. I just watch 2hrs 43mins or a camera basically shoved a centimetre away from Daniel Craig's face. This film felt ridiculously claustrophobic as a result and also contributed to the poor treatment of the locations. 

8. The main villain is rubbish, holds no presence on screen and the actor was unimpressive. I say holds no presence on screen, that being during the little time he actually seems to be in the film. I'm sure he only actually appeared in about 20 minutes of the entire thing. I actually thought his main henchman was better than him. 

9. Bringing back the previous Bond girl was so unnecessary. At one point Bond meets up with a female CIA agent who would have made a fantastic Bond girl, really liked her, unfortunately she was only in the film for 10 minutes if that. 

10. Daniel Craig didn't even seem quite as on his game for this one as previous Bond films he's been in. He seemed to be trying to imitate Roger Moore a hell of a lot throughout it and it just didn't work, it came across like a spoof of the Bond character rather than a serious take on it. 

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There we are, ten reasons why this is one of the worst Bond films ever made. For me it is currently in my bottom 5 Bond films. After a second viewing I may be able to reevaluate this but at the moment I am very, very disappointed. 

And so, I give it: 4/10

 

Ps. I stayed right until the end of the credits as you should with Bond and indeed it did say that James Bond will return. 

The best James Bond Film.....On Her Majesty's Secret Service

The Best James Bond.....George Lazenby 1969, (I block my ears as the howling starts LOL)

My pick of the best actors to play James Bond on the big screen or TV, following on from my number 1 pick of George Lazenby 1969,

2..Sean Connery 1962 - 1967, 1971,  1983

3..Daniel Graig 2006 - 2021

4..Roger Moore 1973 - 1985

5..Pierce Brosnan 1995 - 2002

6..Timothy Dalton 1987 - 1989

7..David Niven 1967

8..Barry Nelson 1954

A LITTLE KNOW JAMES BOND FACT

Contrary to popular belief, the honour of being the first actor to play James Bond fell not on Sean Connery, but on American Barry Nelson, who starred in this live 1 hour production of Ian Fleming's Casino Royale. The performance on 21st October 1954 (8.30pm EST) was the first in CBS's 'Climax' series of dramas.

CBS brought the rights for Fleming's first book for $1000. Since then the rights have gone via Charles Feldman's spoof of 1967 to Eon Productions, who picked them up in early 2000. The film, which is black and white, was actually lost until 1981, and even then all of the various VHS incarnations (except the Special Edition from Spy Guise Video) lack the climax of the film, stopping with Le Chiffre apparently dying, but having just got the razorblade from his hat.

 

 

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On 23/12/2021 at 02:07, R L Winger said:

The best James Bond Film.....On Her Majesty's Secret Service

The Best James Bond.....George Lazenby 1969, (I block my ears as the howling starts LOL)

My pick of the best actors to play James Bond on the big screen or TV, following on from my number 1 pick of George Lazenby 1969,

2..Sean Connery 1962 - 1967, 1971,  1983

3..Daniel Graig 2006 - 2021

4..Roger Moore 1973 - 1985

5..Pierce Brosnan 1995 - 2002

6..Timothy Dalton 1987 - 1989

7..David Niven 1967

8..Barry Nelson 1954

A LITTLE KNOW JAMES BOND FACT

Contrary to popular belief, the honour of being the first actor to play James Bond fell not on Sean Connery, but on American Barry Nelson, who starred in this live 1 hour production of Ian Fleming's Casino Royale. The performance on 21st October 1954 (8.30pm EST) was the first in CBS's 'Climax' series of dramas.

CBS brought the rights for Fleming's first book for $1000. Since then the rights have gone via Charles Feldman's spoof of 1967 to Eon Productions, who picked them up in early 2000. The film, which is black and white, was actually lost until 1981, and even then all of the various VHS incarnations (except the Special Edition from Spy Guise Video) lack the climax of the film, stopping with Le Chiffre apparently dying, but having just got the razorblade from his hat.

 

 

Timothy Dalton was awful, he was nearly as bad in Hot Fuzz, which is saying something. 

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On 12/11/2021 at 21:39, Futtocks said:

What, while this exists?

Okay, yes, you have a point.

Invasion of the Bee Girls on Talking Pictures at 2.35am tomorrow sounds right up your street.

"I'm from a fishing family. Trawlermen are like pirates with biscuits." - Lucy Beaumont.

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45 minutes ago, Ullman said:

Invasion of the Bee Girls on Talking Pictures at 2.35am tomorrow sounds right up your street.

You know me all too well!

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Let me never fall into the vulgar mistake of dreaming that I am persecuted whenever I am contradicted.
Ralph Waldo Emerson

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1 hour ago, GUBRATS said:

Watched Suicide squad 2 the other day 

Absolutely bonkers , funny as 😀

Looks like second time lucky for that franchise. They've found their style, now will they mess it up for the inevitable third movie?

Let me never fall into the vulgar mistake of dreaming that I am persecuted whenever I am contradicted.
Ralph Waldo Emerson

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9 hours ago, The Hallucinating Goose said:

I watched Back to the Future again today, one off my all time favourite films. One thing I always think at the end of that film is, don't the parents wonder why their son looks identical to the kid that was in their school for a week in 1955 and got them together? 

Its A film 😉

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42 minutes ago, Spidey said:

Surprised that still gets any airtime TBH

they give warnings on that channel frequently before films/programmes begin about the "attitudes of the time"

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see you later undertaker - in a while necrophile 

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13 hours ago, graveyard johnny said:

talking pictures freeview tonite 9.05 - rita sue and bob too

Now that actually *was* a documentary. But obviously smoothed out for cinema/TV. Anyone who knows that estate in Bradford, knows it's not remotely far fetched. 

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10 hours ago, John Drake said:

Don't Look Up, on Netflix.

Worth watching, even though some critics have panned it.

The ending surprised me.

No spoilers.

I thought it was depressingly too on the nose.  

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With the best, thats a good bit of PR, though I would say the Bedford team, theres, like, you know, 13 blokes who can get together at the weekend to have a game together, which doesnt point to expansion of the game. Point, yeah go on!

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