we have Indiana Jones temple of doom on tonight ,
by the way did any one in the UK catch Hitchcock,s greatest film PYSCHO last night, I stayed up but fell asleep ,
I remember watching " Temple of doom" in the cinema and was
Completely blown away by it. It was an astounding action/adventure. -{
One of my favourite entries in the Indiana Jones trilogy; I grew up watching Temple of Doom & have probably seen it more than any other Indiana Jones movie. Scared the crap out of me as a kid.
"The secret agent. The man who was only a silhouette..." -- Ian Fleming, Moonraker
1) The Spy Who Loved Me 2) On Her Majesty's Secret Service 3) GoldenEye 4) Casino Royale 5) Goldfinger
Vertigo. I had it on PVR for a while, as I'm becoming enfactuated with Hitchcock and his films. I couldn't sleep, so at about 2 am I flipped it on and I must say, this is quite a dark movie. From what I know about Jimmy Stewart, this role is different than anything he'd done that I'd known about, and it shows his versatility as an actor.
But in the middle of the night with a sleeping world surrounding me, I was just fascinated by the movie. The story is really interesting, a bit slow in parts, but that adds to the finish when he finds out he's been tricked. Besides having to fast forward through the tedious commercials, Vertigo just had my attention throughout. A very interesting film.
'Quigley Down Under' great film with Tom Selleck playing a sharpshooter in Australia and Alan Rickman playing the part of the evil land baron, great performance from both actors.
1940s Ealing film set in London in the aftermath of the Blitz, about a gang of kids who stumble upon a heist. One of them is reading a gangster story in a weekly magazine and finds that its details correspond with real-life incidents going on, such as number plate numbers. Turns out it is used to communicate with other gangsters regarding the next move, so they investigate, first port of call the eccentric author played by character actor Alistair Sim.
Bond connection? Douglas Slocombe who later lensed Never Say Never Again (and better films like The Italian Job, the remake of The Lady Vanishes, Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade plus working on Black Narcissus with Jack Cardiff) is the photographer, plus Anthony Newley who I believe had a hand in the Goldfinger lyrics is one of the young nippers. The final scene, in which a teenager is stalking the villain around an East End warehouse while the villain laughs manically really does anticipate the pts of For Your Eyes Only.
It's not quite a classic for me, it was a fave of my Mum's but with advanced Parkinson's she was also gurning a bit from indigestion so not so into it, Sim is good but only in it for maybe five minutes. Still, a fascinating snapshot of a bygone era.
I love my Comics, Marvel and DC have always pulled me into there own Worlds. Batman - Mask of the Phantasm is a Film Spinoff of Batman TAS. A Cartoon from my Childhood -{
1.On Her Majesties Secret Service 2.The Living Daylights 3.license To Kill 4.The Spy Who Loved Me 5.Goldfinger
1.On Her Majesties Secret Service 2.The Living Daylights 3.license To Kill 4.The Spy Who Loved Me 5.Goldfinger
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Guardians of the Galaxy, it was slow to get started and had a hard time following it. While the last hour was fun I probably won't see it again. Of course, when GotG 2 comes out, I'll probably go see it.
Some people would complain even if you hang them with a new rope
I just watched a movie about a British prisoner who called himself Charles Bronson....I'm still mulling it over, it was a great movie, I'm just trying to decide how great...I work with a lot of clients who are mentally ill, just not anywhere near that mentally ill..
Can you imagine if a person like that could have been channeled to something productive?
"I don't know if the world is being run by smart people who are putting us on or imbeciles who mean it."-Mark Twain
'Just because nobody complains doesn't mean all parachutes are perfect.'- Benny Hill (1924-1992)
I just watched a movie about a British prisoner who called himself Charles Bronson....I'm still mulling it over, it was a great movie, I'm just trying to decide how great...I work with a lot of clients who are mentally ill, just not anywhere near that mentally ill..
Can you imagine if a person like that could have been channeled to something productive?
Determination can drive you a long way can't it? You meet dangerous people, and even have dangerous periods of your own life, where you can see that anything can happen around them. It's such a fine line between it heading off in a positive or a deeply negative way.
A great performance by Tom Hardy. Have a look at Stuart: a life backwards. If you can find it. Another great role.
Dont wait for your ship to come in. Swim out and meet the bloody thing.
Naive city lawman turned Texas Ranger turned masked avenger of justice plays second fiddle to Tonto in this big, dumb, noisy reimagining of the classic western series. When you have Gore Verbinski and Gerry Bruckheimer at the helm of a big budget movie and Johnny Depp playing one of the lead characters you can be sure that you'll get a convoluted plot, action scenes that go on for far too long and explosions, lots of explosions.
As a moderate fan of the old Lone Ranger stories, I didn't think much of this new interpretation. Depp's Tonto is just too offbeat and bizarre a character and his odd makeup and nutty antics quickly become a distraction. Armie Hammer plays The Lone Ranger as a bumbling fool who doesn't convey an ounce of heroism and refuses to even shoot a gun until the last big chase scene. The supporting cast are all forgettable stereotypes and the story's "surprises" can be seen a mile away (here's a hint to any aspiring filmmaker: if you plan on having one of your upstanding citizens turn out to be the secret villain, don't give the part to perennial bad guy Tom Wilkinson).
At two and a half hours the film is far too long and for a movie titled "The Lone Ranger", the titular character is almost an afterthought. The film is narrated and bookended by an aged Tonto and Depp even gets higher billing than the character the film is named after. Allowing him to hijack the film in the hopes that his odd performance would somehow carry the movie was a really bad creative decision and its easy to see why it tanked so badly at the box office.
300: Rise of an Empire. Easy: whenever Eva Green as the evil Artemisa is onscreen, it's a blast; whenever the movie focuses on something else, it's a dull, lifeless rehash of the original 300. As much as I enjoyed her performance, though, I have to wonder why Eva--who was such a soulful, appealing Vesper--now seems to be dedicating herself to playing scenery-chewing villainesses?
Genuinely enjoyed it. Anyone who likes the genre will do the same. -{
Spoiler Alert.
Lots of weirdly familiar name dropping. Montenegro. Blunt instrument. Olga Kulryenko. Bad General. Revenge theme. Song with a line about when the sky will fall. Ironic?
Dont wait for your ship to come in. Swim out and meet the bloody thing.
November Man is one of the best Bond films I've ever seen...lot's of old friends and story lines... )
"I don't know if the world is being run by smart people who are putting us on or imbeciles who mean it."-Mark Twain
'Just because nobody complains doesn't mean all parachutes are perfect.'- Benny Hill (1924-1992)
Domination Alley :
Caught this on the horror channel, sadly it was the edited for daytime TV version.
Haven't seen it in years, not as good as my memories of it but then that happens
With many old films. Still fun though. http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=YsKYJdHe4xo
"I've been informed that there ARE a couple of QAnon supporters who are fairly regular posters in AJB."
The Expendables 3. You know what you're getting but it's great fun and the action sequences are brilliantly over the top. Probably the best of the Expendables films to date. Antonio Banderas and Mel Gibson in particular are very good in it, and Harrison Ford has a decent role in it too.... Though sadly he looks probably the oldest.
And Robert Davi has a small cameo role - good to see this Bond alumni again after so long. -{
Ha - I saw Expendables 3 last week and enjoyed it.
Arnie had some brilliant old classic lines in it "Get to the chopper!!"
My only criticism about it was the introduction of young newbies which took away screen time from the real action heroes. Snipes had little screen time. Banderas was good but I think they overdone the comedy just a little with him.
Is there plans for a 4th one? I think its run its course now and perfect left as it is
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by the way did any one in the UK catch Hitchcock,s greatest film PYSCHO last night, I stayed up but fell asleep
Completely blown away by it. It was an astounding action/adventure. -{
1) The Spy Who Loved Me 2) On Her Majesty's Secret Service 3) GoldenEye 4) Casino Royale 5) Goldfinger
One of my favourite entries in the Indiana Jones trilogy; I grew up watching Temple of Doom & have probably seen it more than any other Indiana Jones movie. Scared the crap out of me as a kid.
1) The Spy Who Loved Me 2) On Her Majesty's Secret Service 3) GoldenEye 4) Casino Royale 5) Goldfinger
But in the middle of the night with a sleeping world surrounding me, I was just fascinated by the movie. The story is really interesting, a bit slow in parts, but that adds to the finish when he finds out he's been tricked. Besides having to fast forward through the tedious commercials, Vertigo just had my attention throughout. A very interesting film.
1940s Ealing film set in London in the aftermath of the Blitz, about a gang of kids who stumble upon a heist. One of them is reading a gangster story in a weekly magazine and finds that its details correspond with real-life incidents going on, such as number plate numbers. Turns out it is used to communicate with other gangsters regarding the next move, so they investigate, first port of call the eccentric author played by character actor Alistair Sim.
Bond connection? Douglas Slocombe who later lensed Never Say Never Again (and better films like The Italian Job, the remake of The Lady Vanishes, Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade plus working on Black Narcissus with Jack Cardiff) is the photographer, plus Anthony Newley who I believe had a hand in the Goldfinger lyrics is one of the young nippers. The final scene, in which a teenager is stalking the villain around an East End warehouse while the villain laughs manically really does anticipate the pts of For Your Eyes Only.
It's not quite a classic for me, it was a fave of my Mum's but with advanced Parkinson's she was also gurning a bit from indigestion so not so into it, Sim is good but only in it for maybe five minutes. Still, a fascinating snapshot of a bygone era.
Roger Moore 1927-2017
I love my Comics, Marvel and DC have always pulled me into there own Worlds. Batman - Mask of the Phantasm is a Film Spinoff of Batman TAS. A Cartoon from my Childhood -{
Animation
Reminded me of Marc Almond
Can you imagine if a person like that could have been channeled to something productive?
'Just because nobody complains doesn't mean all parachutes are perfect.'- Benny Hill (1924-1992)
A great performance by Tom Hardy. Have a look at Stuart: a life backwards. If you can find it. Another great role.
Naive city lawman turned Texas Ranger turned masked avenger of justice plays second fiddle to Tonto in this big, dumb, noisy reimagining of the classic western series. When you have Gore Verbinski and Gerry Bruckheimer at the helm of a big budget movie and Johnny Depp playing one of the lead characters you can be sure that you'll get a convoluted plot, action scenes that go on for far too long and explosions, lots of explosions.
As a moderate fan of the old Lone Ranger stories, I didn't think much of this new interpretation. Depp's Tonto is just too offbeat and bizarre a character and his odd makeup and nutty antics quickly become a distraction. Armie Hammer plays The Lone Ranger as a bumbling fool who doesn't convey an ounce of heroism and refuses to even shoot a gun until the last big chase scene. The supporting cast are all forgettable stereotypes and the story's "surprises" can be seen a mile away (here's a hint to any aspiring filmmaker: if you plan on having one of your upstanding citizens turn out to be the secret villain, don't give the part to perennial bad guy Tom Wilkinson).
At two and a half hours the film is far too long and for a movie titled "The Lone Ranger", the titular character is almost an afterthought. The film is narrated and bookended by an aged Tonto and Depp even gets higher billing than the character the film is named after. Allowing him to hijack the film in the hopes that his odd performance would somehow carry the movie was a really bad creative decision and its easy to see why it tanked so badly at the box office.
Mrs Thunderpussy hated it thought it very boring
It kept me on the edge of my seat all the way through. -{
Genuinely enjoyed it. Anyone who likes the genre will do the same. -{
Spoiler Alert.
Lots of weirdly familiar name dropping. Montenegro. Blunt instrument. Olga Kulryenko. Bad General. Revenge theme. Song with a line about when the sky will fall. Ironic?
The 1975 version- Mitchum IS Marlowe, and David Shire's score is perfection.
'Just because nobody complains doesn't mean all parachutes are perfect.'- Benny Hill (1924-1992)
Caught this on the horror channel, sadly it was the edited for daytime TV version.
Haven't seen it in years, not as good as my memories of it but then that happens
With many old films. Still fun though.
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=YsKYJdHe4xo
And Robert Davi has a small cameo role - good to see this Bond alumni again after so long. -{
Arnie had some brilliant old classic lines in it "Get to the chopper!!"
My only criticism about it was the introduction of young newbies which took away screen time from the real action heroes. Snipes had little screen time. Banderas was good but I think they overdone the comedy just a little with him.
Is there plans for a 4th one? I think its run its course now and perfect left as it is
Has been mentioned as being in it.
I guess Steve Seagal is the only one left however since he is about 30 stone in weight these days......