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(But I have seen all of the Daniel Craig Bond films because he's just that good.)

I have been angling to try to stay a night at that hotel in the atacama desert at the end of Quantum of Solace.

i saw 20 minutes of the one where roger moore is on skis and that was fun, i like gunfighting on skis

that is all of the james bond i have watched

so anyway, here are my strong opinions on the entire franchise:

Could never get on board with Daniel Craig as James Bond. Pierce Brosnan was the best Bond imo. Eager to see who's next - is Idris Elba still a possibility? That'd be great.

in terms of smartphones apple phones last the longest, it's just that people want the newest features so they trade them in every year

6 years ago i bought a samsung galaxy s3 or s4 whichever it was, and it broke in a little over a year

Could never get on board with Daniel Craig as James Bond. Pierce Brosnan was the best Bond imo. Eager to see who's next - is Idris Elba still a possibility? That'd be great.

― flappy bird, Thursday, November 8, 2018 1:08 PM (four minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

bond is about post-colonial anxiety and racism, patriarchy etc. the novels are even clearer regarding this. getting idris to play him for representation reasons ignores this fact completely. the best new bond is no bond

Henry Golding should be the next James Bond

yeah there's so much blatant over-compensation baked into the character. oh yr empire just collapsed and yr feeling a little unsure of yrself culturally, politically, sexually, economically? here's a macho superhuman British super-spy that gets all the pussy, has an unlimited supply of fabulously expensive gear, puts those uppity natives in their place, and generally acts like he still owns the place. Who needs this fucking crap.

are you quoting Trump

I haven’t seen Elba be good in anything since the wire, not sure if it’d be good or bad to take him out completely by saddling him with the entirely shitty bond franchise

Pierce Brosnan was the best Bond

this is definitely the controversial opinions thread.

there are no good bond films but not for the reasons Οὖτις said: they are already bad anyway, the ideology can't make them worse

that too!

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they all follow a preposterously thin formula

can ilx do westerns next

I haven't seen a Bond film that hasn't made me want to turn it off, read Virginia Woolf, and drink gin.

there are no bad westerns

well

bond movies are just generic well-made Hollywood action movies these days. You could put a batman mask on Daniel Craig and only need to change 10 lines in the film. old bond movies all have dated horribly and come across super cheeseball.

xps

good start dudes

shit boring takes on the weight ilxors are desperate for genre movies to bear for them itt

Cary Grant was a wooden and completely uncharismatic actor

yes

except bringing up baby tho

I just had the conversation about mobile phones (or cellphones, bloody Americans) with this nerdy computer science guy I work with. First of all he got all excited because he thought my phone was one of the first android phones - and then disappointed when he found out it isn't, it's from 2010. Then he was telling me he was about to spend £300 quid on a new phone and I sort of shamed him into admitting that he couldn't really justify spending that much on a phone he'd only have for 2 years max, then I felt guilty.

I still don’t know what people mean when they say things are “good”

did we say how spacey and malkovich are not even actors its not a question of bad acting they dont act

its bad to see them not acting in roles is i spose the way to say it

dmac inching closer to the proverbial throne

in the future we will have otm takes on boring movies if things go shakey's way

Spacey did a pretty good Nixon a few years ago opposite Michael Shannon as Elvis, who was just awful

Can't think of a movie I've seen with Malkovich where he isn't just doing Malkovich. I realize this may be a post-BJM phenomenon. I like him, though.

I don’t know what “boring” is supposed to mean either

have you seen Spacey in K-Pax, Margin Call or House of Cards? He loves acting and he's so bad at it.

Cary Grant is the best actor in the history of movies.

I still don’t know what people mean when they say things are “good”

― I have measured out my life in coffee shop loyalty cards (silby), Thursday, November 8, 2018 9:36 PM (one minute ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

it's true that the (preferred) usage "good not bad" is clearer

ive avoided both of them whenever possible for many years tbh

xp i regret otming the cary grant thing i do love him tbh

K-Pax, oh my god yeah. Horrendous

xxxp I know you love CG alfred and believe me I've tried! I just can't stand him

Film acting isn’t really acting

good not bond

what's wrong with wood? It keeps you warm and is hard.

good horning!

But his titanic presence and legacy in American cinema make it obvious I'm missing something, or simply haven't seen him in anything I liked. Love Notorious and NXNW but don't like him in them. Can't stand His Girl Friday. I forget what else I've seen him in.

Cary grant has the best delivery of the word “oops” in all of cinema

film acting can be good but often its not this is true

After, say, 1950 there's a sense in which Cary Grant reached max Grantness, therefore he didn't need to 'act.' But cinema performance isn't acting in any traditional way either -- it's the projection of a persona or humors (anger, sadness, charm, etc) that the camera happens to catch. Lots of stage actors are awful onscreen because they have no concept of what cameras capture.

You could put a batman mask on Daniel Craig and only need to change 10 lines in the film.

"And you are...?"

"Man. BAT Man."

Film acting isn’t really acting

And this is a good thing because stage acting is the worst thing ever.

now there's a good movie, titanic

Alfred please change my mind: best Cary Grant performances?

Can't stand His Girl Friday

ok i can't top this, humbled at last