movies

[BW23]

Watched "Southpaw" over the weekend and while it was a bit slow at times it wasn't bad. Nothing earth-shattering, but worth a watch if there's nothing else out there you really wanted to see.

It's worth a rental. I saw it this weekend, too. Very formulaic, but Jake and Forrest were very good. I would have liked more of that relationship.

[Maclowery]

Yay! The terminally ill guy who asked to see Force Awakens got to view it at his house!

http://www.joblo.com/movie-news/daniel- ... awaken-260

I remember thinking Abrams was awesome when he screened a super early cut of Star Trek Into Darkness for a film buff (who sadly died like 3 days later). I knew they'd do it again for this guy.

[Vidor]

101-year-old Norman Lloyd, who made his film debut in an Alfred Hitchcock movie 73 years ago and also appeared in an Amy Schumer film this year, gives an interview to the Onion AV Club.

http://www.avclub.com/article/norman-ll ... -te-227428

[go birds]

Yay! The terminally ill guy who asked to see Force Awakens got to view it at his house!

http://www.joblo.com/movie-news/daniel- ... awaken-260

I remember thinking Abrams was awesome when he screened a super early cut of Star Trek Into Darkness for a film buff (who sadly died like 3 days later). I knew they'd do it again for this guy.

that's pretty cool

[thrill]

Spectre is the third best Craig Bond and is upper third for the series, but it's not as good as Skyfall and nowhere near as good as Casino Royale. Unlike the previous three Craig Bonds that avoided classic Bond tropes intentionally, this one has all the tropes.

[Jocephus]

[ghostrunner]

Spectre is the third best Craig Bond and is upper third for the series, but it's not as good as Skyfall and nowhere near as good as Casino Royale. Unlike the previous three Craig Bonds that avoided classic Bond tropes intentionally, this one has all the tropes.

I think they should have stuck to avoiding those. I know there's a big contingent that thinks the cheesiness and the gadgets are what make Bond "Bond." To which I say, after 20 movies of that, change is not a bad thing. I thought Skyfall walked the line just about perfectly. The Komodo dragon sequence from that is about as far as I want them to go. That said, I haven't seen this and maybe I'll be fine with it.

As I think about it, the best thing about Casino Royale and Skyfall are the emotional stakes. Probably not a coincidence that those are my favorites. Same goes for On Her Majesty's Secret Service, puffy shirts aside.

[thrill]

I think they should have stuck to avoiding those. I know there's a big contingent that thinks the cheesiness and the gadgets are what make Bond "Bond."

I should clarify. It's not cheesy. It's still very dour. There are just a lot of details like saying "Bond, James Bond," the Bond theme flair punctuations, an ironic car gadget not quite working like it should bit, a henchmen that only says one word and that right before something bad happens to him, the classic lair, the bad guy speech etc. Nothing cheesy, but just a lot of nods to moments in past movies. For example, Melanie Swann walks into her room in the lair and there's a Japanese style dress for her to wear laid out on the bed a la Dr. No. The opening scene in Mexico City feels like the Carnival scene in Moonraker on steroids. I was a little put off by how choreographed and perfect the whole sequence was. Thousands of people in expensive, flawless costumes not stopping their parade when a building is blown up was dubious.

I've been a huge Bond fan my whole life and I like this movie a lot, but it just missed the mark. Craig and Mendes are just too dour to try to pull off the classic Connery detached irony or the Moore silliness. And the plot is too slow in places where it should be faster and too fast in places where it should slow down. I loved Skyfall and have seen it probably around 20 times. It's the movie I watch pretty much any time I come home alone after a night out a little buzzed with nothing to watch. I don't see myself re-watching this the amount of times I have Casino Royale or Skyfall. Even Quantum of Solace has moments that are way more exhilarating than anything in Spectre.

[stlouie_lipp]

[stlouie_lipp]

Some really cool new footage in there. The more I see, the more pumped up I get for this movie.