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[Gerald]

Spoiler: Strong girls

I like a man in a kilt

It isn't even the kilt that makes it so silly looking, it's the collar.

 

[Neesy]

It isn't even the kilt that makes it so silly looking, it's the collar.

I have a picture of my husband (from many years ago) wearing that same type of frilly shirt (I should try to post it!)

 

[Gerald]

I have a picture of my husband (from many years ago) wearing that same type of frilly shirt (I should try to post it!)

Even compared to Austin Powers it looks over the top. It's strange after the previous films that they suddenly decided to put Bond in something like that.

 

[Dana Jean]

Watch the ending of Die Another Day. I'm not spoiling anything, just watch it.
Also in Skyfall she is much closer to Bond than ever before, she is helping him shave.

Actually I think Lazenby's face is also wrong for Bond. He looks too friendly, too innocent, too benign. I think there should always be something a bit dangerous about Bond, after all he is a killer: he can be quite romantic with the women he meets, but he turns cold deadly in a blink. I think Timothy Dalton was the best at that, but even Roger Moore who was the jokiest Bond looks quite ruthless when he kills someone.

Thank you! I definitely will.

 

[Gerald]

Thank you! I definitely will.

It's on Youtube too, but it has to be viewed in the context of the film.

It's too bad they changed Moneypenny in the Daniel Craig films. She has now a history with him of working in the field, but the fun of the character was that she always had to stay at home and dreamed of James going on all these missions.

 

[Neesy]

It isn't even the kilt that makes it so silly looking, it's the collar.

I guess way back when, men were secure enough in their masculinity to wear something like this. Plus when you wear a kilt apparently you must walk with a swagger (according to Andy!)



So - what do you think? Did he look like George Lazenby

 

[Gerald]

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I guess way back when, men were secure enough in their masculinity to wear something like this. Plus when you wear a kilt apparently you must walk with a swagger (according to Andy!)



So - what do you think? Did he look like George Lazenby

When he wears it in the film he's undercover as Hiary Bray, a genealogist, so he's not wearing it really as Bond. Even Lazenby's voice is dubbed in these scenes, by the actor who played the real Hilary Bray,

And, yes, he does. Maybe after Daniel Craig quits he can audition for Bond.

 

[Grandpa]

Watch the ending of Die Another Day. I'm not spoiling anything, just watch it.
Also in Skyfall she is much closer to Bond than ever before, she is helping him shave.

Actually I think Lazenby's face is also wrong for Bond. He looks too friendly, too innocent, too benign. I think there should always be something a bit dangerous about Bond, after all he is a killer: he can be quite romantic with the women he meets, but he turns cold deadly in a blink. I think Timothy Dalton was the best at that, but even Roger Moore who was the jokiest Bond looks quite ruthless when he kills someone.

I always felt that way too - that Timothy Dalton came closest to the Ian Fleming ideal. But ol' Tim just didn't seem to have the drawing power. Don't know if it was him or the scripts or maybe a notch of tiredness in the franchise.

 

[arista]

I saw Bohemian Rhapsody it was great!

 

[Dana Jean]

Spoiler: Strong girls

I like a man in a kilt

I think he looks pretty handsome in that kilt.

 

[Gerald]

I always felt that way too - that Timothy Dalton came closest to the Ian Fleming ideal. But ol' Tim just didn't seem to have the drawing power. Don't know if it was him or the scripts or maybe a notch of tiredness in the franchise.

I thought the script of Living Daylights is among the best in the franchise: it's actually a complex spy story, not some villain trying to conquer the world. His second film Licence to Kill was more of a typical revenge story and I think it was divisive, because not everyone liked the idea of Bond going A.W.O.L. for personal reasons. I like both films very much, but his first was the best, I think.

Dalton explains in this interview that he was gonna do a third, but it was held up by a legal dispute between MGM and EON. When that was solved he wanted to come back for one film, but Broccoli wanted him to do more than one so he left altogether and Brosnan took over.

Timothy Dalton opens up about Penny Dreadful, leaving James Bond, and the demon in all of us

 

[Gerald]

I just read Devil May Care, which is a direct continuation of the Fleming novels, written by Sebastian Faulks for the Fleming centenary in 2008. Pretty good story taking place mostly in Persia (Iran). It feels extremely well researched, lots of technical and cultural details. It has a classic Bond villain, Julius Gorner (Julius being a tribute to Julius No no doubt), who has a kind of unique affliction in his left hand, and a typical Bond henchman, Chagrin, a Vietnamese war criminal/torturer whose emotions were removed after experimental surgery.
A lot of the action is toward the end, and Bond regulars like René Mathis and Felix Leiter turn up, but don't have scenes together with Bond disappointingly. There also is a big revelation at the end, which I didn't see coming, but I feel along the way there is some cheating involved in regards to this. Also after this revelation a lot of the motives of Gorner are left in the dark/remain unexplained.

 

[Neesy]

I saw Bohemian Rhapsody it was great!

I want to go see this one - I think it opens here Friday - ummm - wait a minute - that's today!

 

[Neesy]

I think he looks pretty handsome in that kilt.

 

[Gerald]

Is it possible it ONLY looks good on Scotsmen? Lazenby was Australian after all.

 

[Gerald]

Has anyone seen the Suspiria remake yet? It comes out here next week, but reactions are really mixed. It seems absolute love or hate. Some find it a masterpiece, others find it slow, pretentious and boring. Even the review in UK film magazine Empire said ' it may test your patience'.
I didn't dislike what I've seen of it, but it feels more body horror á la Cronenberg, which the original certainly wasn't. It seems to do quite well though, but that's to be expected coming after Guadagnino's previous highly acclaimed Call me by your Name.

 

[Mugwomp]

I watched "The Kindergarten Teacher" with Maggie Gylenhall. I'll give it a solid 7 out of 10.

Maggie plays the title character, who becomes fascinated with one of her students when after school while getting picked up by his sitter, he starts pacing and reciting a poem he made up. She finds the poem profound and reads it as if it was hers at a college-level poetry class she's taking. Before, people thought her poetry was mediocre and uninspired, but all of the students and the teacher are blown away when she reads the kid's poem. She soon takes a very strong interest in the boy, making some very questionable decisions in the process.

I highly recommend it to anybody looking for an interesting and compelling drama. The plot was pretty interesting and as the main protagonist spiraled out of control, you couldn't help but squirm, watching things unfold.

 

[Gerald]

Has anyone seen the Suspiria remake yet? It comes out here next week, but reactions are really mixed. It seems absolute love or hate. Some find it a masterpiece, others find it slow, pretentious and boring. Even the review in UK film magazine Empire said ' it may test your patience'.
I didn't dislike what I've seen of it, but it feels more body horror á la Cronenberg, which the original certainly wasn't. It seems to do quite well though, but that's to be expected coming after Guadagnino's previous highly acclaimed Call me by your Name.

Not only does the look differ very much (gone is the bright coloured lighting), but also it is set in a realistic time period with events of the era going on. Also the violence is very different. Argento's violence often seemed a little surreal (less so in his later films) and it had this very clear stage blood (in the seventies at least). I saw a scene where a dancer gets thrown around by unseen forces in a mirrored room, and her body gets all bended and twisted, but blood is fairly absent - mostly you see what's moving BENEATH the skin. Also she's drooling and peeing all over herself, which is also something you still rarely see in violent scenes in horrorfilms.

 

[morgan]

I watched "The Kindergarten Teacher" with Maggie Gylenhall. I'll give it a solid 7 out of 10.

Maggie plays the title character, who becomes fascinated with one of her students when after school while getting picked up by his sitter, he starts pacing and reciting a poem he made up. She finds the poem profound and reads it as if it was hers at a college-level poetry class she's taking. Before, people thought her poetry was mediocre and uninspired, but all of the students and the teacher are blown away when she reads the kid's poem. She soon takes a very strong interest in the boy, making some very questionable decisions in the process.

I highly recommend it to anybody looking for an interesting and compelling drama. The plot was pretty interesting and as the main protagonist spiraled out of control, you couldn't help but squirm, watching things unfold.

I saw that this is available to stream on Netflix. Will have to check it out - thanks for the rec!

 

[morgan]

I re-watched Pay it Forward last week. Hadn't seen it in years. Thought I would make it through this time without crying. Nope.