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
― coetzee.cx (wins), Thursday, 8 November 2018 21:20 (five years ago) link
Pierce Brosnan was the best Bond
this is definitely the controversial opinions thread.
― mfktz (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Thursday, 8 November 2018 21:23 (five years ago) link
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
― mark s, Thursday, 8 November 2018 21:28 (five years ago) link
that too!
― Οὖτις, Thursday, 8 November 2018 21:28 (five years ago) link
🙌
― coetzee.cx (wins), Thursday, 8 November 2018 21:29 (five years ago) link
they all follow a preposterously thin formula
― Οὖτις, Thursday, 8 November 2018 21:29 (five years ago) link
can ilx do westerns next
― F# A# (∞), Thursday, 8 November 2018 21:30 (five years ago) link
I haven't seen a Bond film that hasn't made me want to turn it off, read Virginia Woolf, and drink gin.
― I like queer. You like queer, senator? (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 8 November 2018 21:31 (five years ago) link
there are no bad westerns
― mark s, Thursday, 8 November 2018 21:31 (five years ago) link
well
― flappy bird, Thursday, 8 November 2018 21:32 (five years ago) link
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.
― iatee, Thursday, 8 November 2018 21:32 (five years ago) link
xps
good start dudes
― F# A# (∞), Thursday, 8 November 2018 21:32 (five years ago) link
shit boring takes on the weight ilxors are desperate for genre movies to bear for them itt
― unproven (darraghmac), Thursday, 8 November 2018 21:33 (five years ago) link
Cary Grant was a wooden and completely uncharismatic actor
― flappy bird, Thursday, 8 November 2018 21:35 (five years ago) link
yes
except bringing up baby tho
― unproven (darraghmac), Thursday, 8 November 2018 21:35 (five years ago) link
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.
― ROCK MUSIC (Tom D.), Thursday, 8 November 2018 21:35 (five years ago) link
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, 8 November 2018 21:36 (five years ago) link
did we say how spacey and malkovich are not even actors its not a question of bad acting they dont act
― unproven (darraghmac), Thursday, 8 November 2018 21:36 (five years ago) link
its bad to see them not acting in roles is i spose the way to say it
― unproven (darraghmac), Thursday, 8 November 2018 21:37 (five years ago) link
dmac inching closer to the proverbial throne
― F# A# (∞), Thursday, 8 November 2018 21:37 (five years ago) link
in the future we will have otm takes on boring movies if things go shakey's way
― rip van wanko, Thursday, 8 November 2018 21:37 (five years ago) link
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.
― flappy bird, Thursday, 8 November 2018 21:38 (five years ago) link
I don’t know what “boring” is supposed to mean either
― I have measured out my life in coffee shop loyalty cards (silby), Thursday, 8 November 2018 21:38 (five years ago) link
have you seen Spacey in K-Pax, Margin Call or House of Cards? He loves acting and he's so bad at it.
― I like queer. You like queer, senator? (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 8 November 2018 21:38 (five years ago) link
Cary Grant is the best actor in the history of movies.
― I like queer. You like queer, senator? (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 8 November 2018 21:39 (five years ago) link
― 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
― mark s, Thursday, 8 November 2018 21:39 (five years ago) link
ive avoided both of them whenever possible for many years tbh
xp i regret otming the cary grant thing i do love him tbh
― unproven (darraghmac), Thursday, 8 November 2018 21:39 (five years ago) link
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
― flappy bird, Thursday, 8 November 2018 21:40 (five years ago) link
Film acting isn’t really acting
― I have measured out my life in coffee shop loyalty cards (silby), Thursday, 8 November 2018 21:40 (five years ago) link
good not bond
― coetzee.cx (wins), Thursday, 8 November 2018 21:40 (five years ago) link
what's wrong with wood? It keeps you warm and is hard.
― I like queer. You like queer, senator? (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 8 November 2018 21:40 (five years ago) link
good horning!
― unproven (darraghmac), Thursday, 8 November 2018 21:41 (five years ago) link
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.
― flappy bird, Thursday, 8 November 2018 21:42 (five years ago) link
Cary grant has the best delivery of the word “oops” in all of cinema
― coetzee.cx (wins), Thursday, 8 November 2018 21:42 (five years ago) link
film acting can be good but often its not this is true
― unproven (darraghmac), Thursday, 8 November 2018 21:42 (five years ago) link
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.
― I like queer. You like queer, senator? (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 8 November 2018 21:42 (five years ago) link
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."
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Thursday, 8 November 2018 21:43 (five years ago) link
And this is a good thing because stage acting is the worst thing ever.
― ROCK MUSIC (Tom D.), Thursday, 8 November 2018 21:43 (five years ago) link
now there's a good movie, titanic
― rip van wanko, Thursday, 8 November 2018 21:43 (five years ago) link
Alfred please change my mind: best Cary Grant performances?
― flappy bird, Thursday, 8 November 2018 21:43 (five years ago) link
Can't stand His Girl Friday
ok i can't top this, humbled at last
― mark s, Thursday, 8 November 2018 21:43 (five years ago) link
Early Grant: Holiday, one of the queerest of films; he's beautifully modulated.
Middle Grant: Notorious
Late Grant: Charade
― I like queer. You like queer, senator? (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 8 November 2018 21:46 (five years ago) link
bond movies are just generic well-made Hollywood action movies these days
if they are well-made then why are they so incredibly bad
Cary Grant is very very good at saying words in front of a movie camera and being entertaining, whether or not he can ever be found doing anything technically classifiable as "acting"
― Sing The Mighty Beat (sic), Thursday, 8 November 2018 21:47 (five years ago) link
if flapster doesn't like His Girl Friday this might be an unturnable ship
Read that as Eddy Grant: Holiday
― ROCK MUSIC (Tom D.), Thursday, 8 November 2018 21:47 (five years ago) link
this ship is set for port disappointment
― F# A# (∞), Thursday, 8 November 2018 21:49 (five years ago) link
I like screwball! Just not HGF
I will check out Holiday and Charade asap, Alfred.
― flappy bird, Thursday, 8 November 2018 21:49 (five years ago) link
saying words in front of a movie camera and being entertaining, w
all you need imo
― I like queer. You like queer, senator? (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 8 November 2018 21:50 (five years ago) link
The words are optional
― coetzee.cx (wins), Thursday, 8 November 2018 21:51 (five years ago) link
bringin up baby is one of the best comedies ever made
notorious is really bad
― unproven (darraghmac), Thursday, 8 November 2018 21:52 (five years ago) link