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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 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

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

Film acting isn’t really acting

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

Sing The Mighty Beat (sic), Thursday, 8 November 2018 21:47 (five years ago) link

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

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

Gene Hackman and Ed Harris are my top two. Grant was an ideal movie star (not the same thing as actor) for his era, but his style wouldn't fly today.

grawlix (unperson), Thursday, 8 November 2018 21:53 (five years ago) link

notorious is really bad

??????????

flappy bird, Thursday, 8 November 2018 21:54 (five years ago) link

sorry i should be clearer

notorious is a bad, shoddy, lazy, nah fuck this of a movie

unproven (darraghmac), Thursday, 8 November 2018 21:55 (five years ago) link

he means bad not good

mark s, Thursday, 8 November 2018 21:57 (five years ago) link

to be absolutely clear

mark s, Thursday, 8 November 2018 21:57 (five years ago) link

i miss gene hackman :(

Greta Van Fleek (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, 8 November 2018 22:00 (five years ago) link

last name is fitting tbh

rip van wanko, Thursday, 8 November 2018 22:05 (five years ago) link

thread delivers

I like queer. You like queer, senator? (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 8 November 2018 22:06 (five years ago) link

aw no not gene! gene and dustin 4 lyfe

unproven (darraghmac), Thursday, 8 November 2018 22:08 (five years ago) link

lol dustin is bad not good

mark s, Thursday, 8 November 2018 22:09 (five years ago) link


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