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Dec 11, 2021 - 2:40 AM
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MusicMad
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Die Another Day... it was nice to see another type of Bond movie from an earlier time, where Bond was just “fun”, if nothing else. ... I was entertained.
It is pleasing to read such a positive report for this, #20 in the long-running series. It does not have a good reputation and I'll admit that I'm not as kind. To me it is easily the worst of Pierce Brosnan's outings and, in this respect, helped make the change brought about by Daniel Craig more acceptable.
In retrospect (not having seen DC's final outing - yet) I'm not certain that was a good thing!
The film was beset with major problems and having Lee Tamahori as director may not have been the biggest but I certainly place him in the centre of my target. But, like you, I appreciated the change in tone: one of the franchise's biggest assets is the ability to move from serious to comedy (within certain bounds).
An invisible car is bonkers ... but you highlight the submersible one from a generation (24 years) earlier. We could include a few other gadgets as being more sci-fantasy than portents of things to come  ... but this seemed just a step too far. The awful ice-flow/paragliding scene and poor finale (destroyed plane) are bigger faults, in my view.
At the time, this homage to the 40 years of JB007 films challenged The Spy Who Loved Me (1977) for the bottom place in my listing, by enjoyment. At least more recent outings mean it no longer holds this dubious distinction!
It's about time I watched it again
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Dec 11, 2021 - 8:19 AM
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Rameau
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Sean Connery - Yup, #1
Roger Moore - Okay, but not much of an action man (it's fun spotting the stand-in stuntman during fights).
Timothy Dalton - On paper, perfect, but somehow not quite right, I've no idea why.
Pierce Brosnan- I quite like him.
Daniel Craig - Ugh! - I would have agreed with that a few years ago, but I'm coming round to him now & looking forward to seeing the new one over Christmas.
There is talk about who should play Bond now, Idris Elba has been put forward, but I don't think so. The character is basically a fifties invention, & (controversially!) should be white, treating women mean & killing foreigners, non-white & woke is just not Bond. I wouldn't like the job of casting a new Bond, maybe they should call it a day. Really the whole idea was old fashioned by the late sixties.
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Dec 11, 2021 - 11:58 AM
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Tall Guy
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Sean Connery - Yup, #1
Roger Moore - Okay, but not much of an action man (it's fun spotting the stand-in stuntman during fights).
Timothy Dalton - On paper, perfect, but somehow not quite right, I've no idea why.
Pierce Brosnan- I quite like him.
Daniel Craig - Ugh! - I would have agreed with that a few years ago, but I'm coming round to him now & looking forward to seeing the new one over Christmas.
There is talk about who should play Bond now, Idris Elba has been put forward, but I don't think so. The character is basically a fifties invention, & (controversially!) should be white, treating women mean & killing foreigners, non-white & woke is just not Bond. I wouldn't like the job of casting a new Bond, maybe they should call it a day. Really the whole idea was old fashioned by the late sixties.
I may have said on this thread or elsewhere that a period film may be the way to go.
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Dec 11, 2021 - 12:21 PM
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Solium
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Sean Connery - Yup, #1
Roger Moore - Okay, but not much of an action man (it's fun spotting the stand-in stuntman during fights).
Timothy Dalton - On paper, perfect, but somehow not quite right, I've no idea why.
Pierce Brosnan- I quite like him.
Daniel Craig - Ugh! - I would have agreed with that a few years ago, but I'm coming round to him now & looking forward to seeing the new one over Christmas.
There is talk about who should play Bond now, Idris Elba has been put forward, but I don't think so. The character is basically a fifties invention, & (controversially!) should be white, treating women mean & killing foreigners, non-white & woke is just not Bond. I wouldn't like the job of casting a new Bond, maybe they should call it a day. Really the whole idea was old fashioned by the late sixties.
I may have said on this thread or elsewhere that a period film may be the way to go.
Yeah, that would be super cool.
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Frame Up( aka Quella Carogna dell' Ispettore Stirling) (1968) 6/10
With Henry Silva and Keenan Wynn.
Silva is/was a cop after a gang who framed him and killed his nipper. He goes after them. More or less it.
A decent enough effort. It lost a couple of points because it seemed to loose itself a couple of times. Maybe there was some clumsy editing/ cuts. Silva was his usual, though this time on the right side of the fence. Even if he broke a few rules ( don't they always). Some nice Frisco locations livened it up a bit and the music by Robby Poitevin was ok. Though it sounded a bit too much like Assassination( I think it's that one).
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It is pleasing to read such a positive report for this, #20 in the long-running series. It does not have a good reputation and I'll admit that I'm not as kind.
That's okay, I wouldn't really go out of my way to defend DIE ANOTHER DAY as a "good" James Bond movie. It's not. It may be among the worst or perhaps it is the worst.
I just had a completely different reaction now that I saw it compared to the first time I saw it. This time, it was just harmless, goofy fun. Yes, the invisible car and the tidal wave are completely bonkers (though they are science-fiction, not fantasy. Simple rule (according to Damon Knight): buttons & technology = science-fiction, wands & spells = fantasy :-) ) ), and not much in this movie makes sense. It was just very enjoyable.
The Daniel Craig Bond era may be pretty much my favorite Bond period, in that it really tried to get Bond from the 1960s into the present without resorting to camp, but it was a nice change of pace to go back to the time when camp was indeed the answer to "present day Bond".
Let's face it, even KNIGHT RIDER was more realistic than DIE ANOTHER DAY, but I had fun watching it nevertheless.
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Guarding Tess 9 out of 10
For some reason, I never tire of watching this movie. I really enjoy Cage and MacLaine in this film. I love their slow evolution from disliking each other to respecting each other. Good music by Michael Convertino. I always tear up a bit near the end.
Saw this at the movies way back when it came out and enjoyed it. Probably time for a re-watch.
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Dec 12, 2021 - 2:16 PM
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Hurdy Gurdy
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The Power Of The Dog (2021) 2/10
Long, slow, boring modern western, of the art house variety.
Cold, unlikeable characters move VERY SLOWLY and don't really do much.
Repressed homosexuality is the story of the day
There's no action, no tension, no drama.
Just long, slow, languid scenes of pure tedium.
And the music is standard fare for the modern western. Spare, scratchy, minimal...virtually themeless.
The 2 hours felt like 5 to me.
I'm sure it will win every award going.
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Ambush on Leopard Street(1962)5/10
With familiar faces rather than names!
An easy 1h10m b movie. A gang arrange a jewel robbery. Not very elaborate and easily pulled off. And it all went tits up rather quickly. Still it was watchable with nice locations for a bit nostalgia, or was neuralgia?
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Johnny Cool (1963) 7/10
With Henry Silva, Elizabeth Montgomery, Telly Savalas, Sammy Davis Jr.
Exiled hood hires Silva to go to USA to exact his revenge. Which he does.
Decent job where you're expecting more than what you see. Henry plays the part well going from Sicilian robin hood( working with Salvatore Giuliani) to coo/cold killer.
Late addition- something seemed.odd.about the film. I've just realised what it was- Savalas had hair!
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