Bloody hell I am hyped to see No Time To Die now. I have loved most Bond films other than some ridiculous missteps in the Pierce Brosnan era. If this movie matches up to Casino Royale or Skyfall, my fave two from Daniel Craig’s showing so far, I will be seeing it more than once.
Saw No Time To Die this afternoon. Agree arguably the best Bond film of all time. Skyfall was my favourite Craig showing up til now. This has topped it.
The Many Saints Of Newark is my film of the year so far (just ahead of Palm Springs). Absolutely loved it. I do wonder what it's like for non-fans. I've no idea if my girlfriend can take anything from the movie having never seen any of the show - let alone the amount that I took from seeing the younger forms of the characters. The way they shaped the Tony Soprano influences was done with an incredibly light touch and a subtlety I have forgotten was possible given the movies I tend to be watching these days. I understand why it is getting around 7.4 on the ratings, but I personally found it a 9/10 movie.
No Time To Die is a really bloody good film too. There's quite a bit of pandering to the audience in terms of explaining what's going on, and some of the tone felt a bit disjointed (that could just be my perception) yet I would say it's the best effort since Casino Royale (I think Skyfall is hugely overrated!). I think the plot demands the 2.5 hour run time, the cast is excellent across the board, the characters are very well rounded, in particular Lashana Lynch's character, who avoids the obvious pitfalls that older Bond movies would have fallen into.
In fact, as much as it references Bonds of the past, I think it does a remarkable job of bringing up some obvious cliches only to eschew them. And it's not afraid to break from some traditions. A quote from Bond that in the opening scene that references OHMSS makes that abundantly clear.
I watched it at a midnight screening last night, and even though there are 100 seats in that room and only 18 people sitting in them, someone sat next to me. But the joke was on him, because I have switched to edibles recently, and they have given me extreme, skunk-scented gas.
Thank you for the reviews, Jimmy. Out of interest, can you explain why you can understand it getting ratings around 7.4?
Mainly because of the requirement to know and understand the Soprano story. The poster says “Who made Tony Soprano” and that stuff (him witnessing certain events, what happens at the end of the film) is all brilliantly done. But if you went in blind you probably wouldn’t even acknowledge Tony as a relevant character. It’s Dickie’s story.
I criticise Marvel movies for not being self-contained films, for being one long marketing exercise where each film is an advert for the next film. And there are similarities here and it would be hypocritical to treat TMSON differently - you can’t pay ten quid for a ticket and get the full experience.
So I can see why a reviews aggregator would come out lower than perhaps what the film might deserve. Also, Chase doesn’t pander to audiences. He can deliver subtlety and ask you to figure it out. And that’s something both fans and non-fans might not appreciate.
Just back from seeing The Many Saints of Newark. As a massive Sopranos fan I enjoyed it but found it rather slow. Surprisingly minor role for the young Tony Soprano.
have to agree with the poster above - what a load of ol’ shit!
Very convoluted storyline, with bit part characters that are reasonably pointless - with a few additions Harping back to JB films that aren’t necessarily ‘infamous’!
Liked the addition of the new 007, and the little rivalry there but just seemed to be a film too close to life with Covid - regarding a ‘deadly virus like killer that will spread through the world’ blah blah blah
Was looking forward to seeing how bind would cope after what Remi Maleks character did to him (please tell me others only ever see Freddie Mercury when they see him!?) after a pretty average storyline on the island!
Seemed to pander too much to set up for future female ‘bonds’ - almost shoehorning the daughter into the fold!
Too many potentially good ideas that got lost along the way 10 mins later - the mask, the virus effects, M going rogue etc
The ending ….. WHAT!? WHY!?
As someone else said to me, James Bond was always the constant- it was always an escapism where you knew JB would escape somehow and whatnot- it seemed silly at times but it was always good to have a character span different films and lifetimes and you knew there was an ‘order’ to the films
I enjoyed the film, Ms AA thought it the best Bond she's ever seen, but that's not why I've got a problem with clause 28 era phobic comments of 'the worlds [sic] biggest Bond fan'.
Pretty much a one person film (Jake Gyllenhaal) about a 911 phone operator (with a backstory) trying to coordinate the resolution of a domestic incident.
Pretty much a one person film (Jake Gyllenhaal) about a 911 phone operator (with a backstory) trying to coordinate the resolution of a domestic incident.
Decent.
We watched it last night as well, thought it was awful.
I explained to my wife I had found the film and what it was about and she said "as long as the entire film is not Jake Gyllenhaal on the phone in a room" to which I replied, "don't be stupid, there will be more to it than that!!!
How wrong I was, god it must have taken all of $10,000 to make the film, one room, a couple of no mark actors and Jakes fee.
I gave up after 45 minutes and left her toughing it out, she was not impressed.
Saw Free Guy this evening and really enjoyed it. Funny, a movie perfectly fit for 2020s digital gaming consuming World and a bunch of cameo references to please most nerds (like me) out there. Ryan Reynolds was in great form. 8/10
Saw the new bond tonight, pretty decent overall. 4x4 chase was a bit silly imho (too easy for JB and a bit of a missed opp) long movie too, not sure about the ending - hope this isn’t a spoiler
Pretty much a one person film (Jake Gyllenhaal) about a 911 phone operator (with a backstory) trying to coordinate the resolution of a domestic incident.
Decent.
Didn’t like it . Felt like it was made during lockdown and was too claustrophobic. 5 out of 10
Saw Free Guy this evening and really enjoyed it. Funny, a movie perfectly fit for 2020s digital gaming consuming World and a bunch of cameo references to please most nerds (like me) out there. Ryan Reynolds was in great form. 8/10
Yeah saw it the other day... Classic Ryan Reynolds performance really
Went to watch Dune at the cinema last night and loved every bloody second of it.
Do you need/benefit from reading the book first? I have made a start on it but it's a hefty one, not sure if the film will still be out by the time I finish it.
Went to watch Dune at the cinema last night and loved every bloody second of it.
Do you need/benefit from reading the book first? I have made a start on it but it's a hefty one, not sure if the film will still be out by the time I finish it.
Don't think you need to have read it. The wife had never but she still really enjoyed it.
I think it's an added bonus if you have, as you get more background information that's not included in the film.
Also this film only covers about half of the first book.
Went to watch Dune at the cinema last night and loved every bloody second of it.
Do you need/benefit from reading the book first? I have made a start on it but it's a hefty one, not sure if the film will still be out by the time I finish it.
Don't think you need to have read it. The wife had never but she still really enjoyed it.
I think it's an added bonus if you have, as you get more background information that's not included in the film.
Also this film only covers about half of the first book.
Thank you. Actually genuinely enjoying the book but its not exactly light reading!
Saw many saints of Newark tonight. I’m a huge sopranos fan, but it was decidedly average. Some great points (Livia soprano might be the greatest and most evil character ever written) but some terrible (the “actor” who played Silvio was garbage). Too much fan service for my liking. Some laugh out loud classic sopranos humour moments, but others felt shoehorned in.
Saw many saints of Newark tonight. I’m a huge sopranos fan, but it was decidedly average. Some great points (Livia soprano might be the greatest and most evil character ever written) but some terrible (the “actor” who played Silvio was garbage). Too much fan service for my liking. Some laugh out loud classic sopranos humour moments, but others felt shoehorned in.
Agreed . Very average. It felt like a prequel of a later prequel. Not a bad film but I was disappointed
For those with Disney+ can I recommend "Summer of Soul" a 2 hour documentary about the Harlem Cultural Festival. In all probability the best music documentary I've ever seen.
The Green Knight, currently an Amazon new release.
I don't mind slow, thoughtful, even introspective, arty farty movies at all. But this was just a ponderous task to make it to the end. A good looking film but which wasted a decent cast in my view. I also struggled to get past the ominous, mysterious, threatening central character being Finchy from The Office.
The Green Knight, currently an Amazon New release.
I don't mind slow, thoughtful, even introspective, arty farty movies at all. But this was just a ponderous task to make it to the end. A good looking film but which wasted a decent cast in my view. I also struggled to get past the ominous, mysterious, threatening central character being Finchy from The Office.
Some will like it, I really didn't.
I agree. It looked great but I was disappointed with it .
I don’t know why I enjoyed The Green Knight as much as I did. It was certainly ballsy and Dev Patel was excellent. I had to read up on it to understand it, which I quite enjoy doing. Maybe I was just in the right mood.
I don’t know why I enjoyed The Green Knight as much as I did. It was certainly ballsy and Dev Patel was excellent. I had to read up on it to understand it, which I quite enjoy doing. Maybe I was just in the right mood.
I was looking forward to watching this too and felt a bit underwhelmed in the end. I’ll find out more about it though as there were a couple of parts that intrigued me.
If I’ve watched a film and I have to go and read what it’s all about afterwards, it’s failed in my eyes.
Yeah I agree on that for the most part. But then again we have a thousand films that are easy to understand, so when a film demands I work to understand it, if it’s saying something interesting that opens my mind when I do finally get it, then I’m ok with that. Enemy is one of those films. So is Barton Fink.
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Even the corny one liners, were well placed and not over kill.
It did seem the women in the film played a bigger part and it was well worked.
And was actually quite fitting to see Daniel Craig as bond go out the way he did.
Saying all that, I need to watch it again as I do with all bond films.
have to agree with the poster above - what a load of ol’ shit!
Was looking forward to seeing how bind would cope after what Remi Maleks character did to him (please tell me others only ever see Freddie Mercury when they see him!?) after a pretty average storyline on the island!
I enjoyed the film, Ms AA thought it the best Bond she's ever seen, but that's not why I've got a problem with clause 28 era phobic comments of 'the worlds [sic] biggest Bond fan'.
I explained to my wife I had found the film and what it was about and she said "as long as the entire film is not Jake Gyllenhaal on the phone in a room" to which I replied, "don't be stupid, there will be more to it than that!!!
How wrong I was, god it must have taken all of $10,000 to make the film, one room, a couple of no mark actors and Jakes fee.
I gave up after 45 minutes and left her toughing it out, she was not impressed.
Loved the cameos
I think it's an added bonus if you have, as you get more background information that's not included in the film.
Also this film only covers about half of the first book.
I don't mind slow, thoughtful, even introspective, arty farty movies at all. But this was just a ponderous task to make it to the end. A good looking film but which wasted a decent cast in my view. I also struggled to get past the ominous, mysterious, threatening central character being Finchy from The Office.
Some will like it, I really didn't.