What movies are you watching?

Books, movies, television...
User avatar
Farmer John
Misplaced My Sponge
Posts: 6626
Joined: Wed January 02, 2013 9:25 pm

Re: What movies are you watching?

Post by Farmer John »

The Green Knight was beautiful

would've loved to have seen it on the big screen
User avatar
Anders
NEVER STOP JAMMING!
Posts: 23550
Joined: Fri July 12, 2013 9:11 pm
Twitter: https://twitter.com/lowenan
Location: Oslo, Norway

Re: What movies are you watching?

Post by Anders »

Anders wrote:Skyfall now. Only second time ever.
I liked it better this second time. It has some issues, but it's still stronger than Quantum Of Solace.

Will see Spectre next.
User avatar
Rangi Guy
Mind Your Tanners
Posts: 9484
Joined: Fri March 22, 2013 7:20 pm
Twitter: https://twitter.com/MistorKitty
Location: 41.1716° S, 174.8248° E

Re: What movies are you watching?

Post by Rangi Guy »

Rangi Guy wrote:Gonna give Dr. No a hoon tonight
This was better then I'd expected, and somewhat of a surprise given this isn't the James Bond I'm familiar with - this guy pretty much fumbled from one set piece to the next and lucked his way to a win
"I really enjoy sandwiches but the other guys are so good at making sandwiches that I don't make them. Now I make sandwiches."
User avatar
Norah
Poster of the Year
Posts: 37517
Joined: Tue January 01, 2013 2:04 pm
Location: September 2020 Poster of the Month

Re: What movies are you watching?

Post by Norah »

I watched On Her Majesty's Secret Service this morning. It was pretty good, and I didn't have high hopes going into the first one without Sean Connery.
User avatar
Anders
NEVER STOP JAMMING!
Posts: 23550
Joined: Fri July 12, 2013 9:11 pm
Twitter: https://twitter.com/lowenan
Location: Oslo, Norway

Re: What movies are you watching?

Post by Anders »

Norris wrote:I watched On Her Majesty's Secret Service this morning. It was pretty good, and I didn't have high hopes going into the first one without Sean Connery.
Lazenby is a bit stiff, but it's a good movie. Was supposed to be with Connery, and could have been one of his best. Instead, we got a Connery-comeback, for possibly his worst.
User avatar
Anders
NEVER STOP JAMMING!
Posts: 23550
Joined: Fri July 12, 2013 9:11 pm
Twitter: https://twitter.com/lowenan
Location: Oslo, Norway

Re: What movies are you watching?

Post by Anders »

Spectre was good as well. The whole brothers thing was a bit much, but highly entertaining movie.
User avatar
Anders
NEVER STOP JAMMING!
Posts: 23550
Joined: Fri July 12, 2013 9:11 pm
Twitter: https://twitter.com/lowenan
Location: Oslo, Norway

Re: What movies are you watching?

Post by Anders »

The easiest to compare are Connery and Moore, where Connery edges it with better movies and better acting. But I do think Moore sometimes get just a little too much criticism on RM.

Lazenby had a good movie, but with only one, and stiff acting, as Bond, he will end up ranked last, in sixth place.

Dalton and Craig have a lot of similarities. Fine actors, who’ve played Bond a bit rough and tough. I think both of Dalton’s movies are pretty good as well, though not top level, like Goldfinger, The Spy Who Loved Me, GoldenEye and Casino Royale. So all in all, Dalton comes fifth.

I think Brosnan’s got it as an actor, and as Bond. I just wish his movies were better. But the last two of his four are some of the worst. I would only rank one of his movies above Dalton’s and Lazenby’s best. He gets extra credit for being as smooth as Connery, and as witty as Moore. On acting alone he probably deserves second, but taking the quality of the movies into account, he ends up fourth.

Roger Moore gets third place. After watching all the Bond movies in a month, I can honestly say, that the only time I got bored was with the last two Brosnan movies, and a couple of the Moore movies. With seven movies though, there is also a lot of legendary material. Never was Bond more effortlessly funny, yet he could also be tough as a nail. Kicking that car was cold.

I do think Craig lacks a little charm, and in his romances the women seem less impressed with him, just like with Dalton. But I think he’s played Bond real and vibrantly, and they have managed to put together a strong narrative for the movies.

Connery’s movies may be old, and even feel a little dated. Yet, no one did it better, and in average that goes for his best movies as well.
Last edited by Anders on Mon October 18, 2021 4:33 am, edited 1 time in total.
User avatar
Anders
NEVER STOP JAMMING!
Posts: 23550
Joined: Fri July 12, 2013 9:11 pm
Twitter: https://twitter.com/lowenan
Location: Oslo, Norway

Re: What movies are you watching?

Post by Anders »

Connery

6. Diamonds Are Forever (1971) * (22)

5. You Only Live Twice (1967) ** (19)

4. Thunderball (1965) ** (close to three) (16)

3. Dr. No (1962) *** (nearly four) (9)

2. From Russia With Love (1963) **** (3)

1. Goldfinger (1964) ***** (2)


Lazenby

1. On Her Majesty’s Secret Service (1969) *** (12)

Moore

7. Moonraker (1979) * (25)

6. The Man With the Golden Gun (1974) * (close to two) (21)

5. Live and Let Die (1973) ** (20)

4. Octopussy (1983) ** (18)

3. A View to Kill (1985) *** (14)

2. The Spy Who Loved Me (1977) **** (6)

1. For Your Eyes Only (1981) **** (4)


Dalton

2. Licence to Kill (1989) *** (13)

1. The Living Daylights (1987) *** (nearly four) (8)


Brosnan

4. Die Another Day (2002) * (24)

3. The World is Not Enough (1999) * (23)

2. Tomorrow Never Dies (1997) ** (close to three) (17)

1. Goldeneye (1995) **** (5)


Craig

5. Quantum of Solace (2008) ** (nearly three) (15)

4. Spectre (2015) *** (11)

3. No Time To Die (2021) *** (10)

2. Skyfall (2012) *** (considered four) (7)

1. Casino Royale (2006) ***** (1)
Last edited by Anders on Sun December 19, 2021 11:04 am, edited 1 time in total.
User avatar
lennytheweedwhacker
The Master
Posts: 48630
Joined: Wed January 02, 2013 3:21 pm

Re: What movies are you watching?

Post by lennytheweedwhacker »

The House on Haunted Hill (original)...not bad at all

all i want to watch are horror movies right now, but it's one of my least favorite genres so finding one on streaming that looks interesting enough is become increasingly difficult
And they say that a hero could save us
I'm not gonna stand here and wait
User avatar
tragabigzanda
Production Police
Posts: 51728
Joined: Tue September 24, 2013 5:56 pm

Re: What movies are you watching?

Post by tragabigzanda »

Steve Albini wrote:Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.
Last edited by tragabigzanda on Sat January 10, 2026 6:28 pm, edited 1 time in total.
User avatar
lennytheweedwhacker
The Master
Posts: 48630
Joined: Wed January 02, 2013 3:21 pm

Re: What movies are you watching?

Post by lennytheweedwhacker »

tragabigzanda wrote:Have you seen The Cabin In The Woods?
i haven't...i'll check and see if it's on any of my streaming options

i watched the first few minutes of Silent Hill then saw it's based on a video game so...
And they say that a hero could save us
I'm not gonna stand here and wait
JuanHamm
Misplaced My Sponge
Posts: 6950
Joined: Wed May 30, 2018 6:10 pm

Re: What movies are you watching?

Post by JuanHamm »

Saw Halloween Kills tonight. It was so bad that it was good. I had a lot of fun rooting for Michael to kill all the dumb as shit characters.
Nihilist lives don't matter
User avatar
BurtReynolds
An enigma of a man shaped hole in the wall between reality and the soul of the devil.
Posts: 46363
Joined: Tue January 01, 2013 5:13 pm
Location: 6000 feet beyond man and time.

Re: What movies are you watching?

Post by BurtReynolds »

lennytheweedwhacker wrote:
tragabigzanda wrote:Have you seen The Cabin In The Woods?
i haven't...i'll check and see if it's on any of my streaming options

i watched the first few minutes of Silent Hill then saw it's based on a video game so...
Silent Hill is interesting because you can see the exact moment the producers took control of the filming and ruined it.
RM's resident disinformation expert.
User avatar
lennytheweedwhacker
The Master
Posts: 48630
Joined: Wed January 02, 2013 3:21 pm

Re: What movies are you watching?

Post by lennytheweedwhacker »

BurtReynolds wrote:
lennytheweedwhacker wrote:
tragabigzanda wrote:Have you seen The Cabin In The Woods?
i haven't...i'll check and see if it's on any of my streaming options

i watched the first few minutes of Silent Hill then saw it's based on a video game so...
Silent Hill is interesting because you can see the exact moment the producers took control of the filming and ruined it.
with the cult?
And they say that a hero could save us
I'm not gonna stand here and wait
User avatar
Anders
NEVER STOP JAMMING!
Posts: 23550
Joined: Fri July 12, 2013 9:11 pm
Twitter: https://twitter.com/lowenan
Location: Oslo, Norway

Re: What movies are you watching?

Post by Anders »

The Night Of The Hunter
User avatar
Malloy
Future Drummer
Posts: 2866
Joined: Wed January 02, 2013 4:57 am

Re: What movies are you watching?

Post by Malloy »

Anders wrote:The Night Of The Hunter
one of my all-time favorites
Jorge wrote:I remember I was in Miami when it happened. I was posting from the balcony of my apartment overlooking the beach. And I was having an argument with Adamdude.
User avatar
Anders
NEVER STOP JAMMING!
Posts: 23550
Joined: Fri July 12, 2013 9:11 pm
Twitter: https://twitter.com/lowenan
Location: Oslo, Norway

Re: What movies are you watching?

Post by Anders »

Malloy wrote:
Anders wrote:The Night Of The Hunter
one of my all-time favorites
Robert Mitchum at his very best.
User avatar
BurtReynolds
An enigma of a man shaped hole in the wall between reality and the soul of the devil.
Posts: 46363
Joined: Tue January 01, 2013 5:13 pm
Location: 6000 feet beyond man and time.

Re: What movies are you watching?

Post by BurtReynolds »

Macbeth 2015

Didn't much care for it.
RM's resident disinformation expert.
User avatar
Anders
NEVER STOP JAMMING!
Posts: 23550
Joined: Fri July 12, 2013 9:11 pm
Twitter: https://twitter.com/lowenan
Location: Oslo, Norway

Re: What movies are you watching?

Post by Anders »

Sweet Smell Of Success

Have seen 400 movies from the 1950s, and I'm catching up again with some of my favorites. Have rated 140 as good (three stars or above), 52 of those at least four stars, and 20 five star movies.
User avatar
Anders
NEVER STOP JAMMING!
Posts: 23550
Joined: Fri July 12, 2013 9:11 pm
Twitter: https://twitter.com/lowenan
Location: Oslo, Norway

Re: What movies are you watching?

Post by Anders »

Absolute Power
Post Reply