This is Will Ferrell’s love letter to Eurovision…Will plays Lars, an Icelander that has always had a passion for the song contest ever since he watched ABBA win in 1974…Rachel McAdams plays Sigrit - who forms the duo Fire Saga with him. Sigrit loves Lars but he’s so focused on winning Eurovision he can’t see it - or at least refuses too until they win.
The format to the official song contest isn’t adhered too but this a fun movie if you like Eurovision...there are some great performances (Dan Stevens especially), it also features Pierce Brosnan as Will Ferrell’s father (Erick)...he’s still a good looking fella but his accent wanders all over the globe ) Graham Norton plays himself, so no wonder he’s excellent
The songs are pure Eurovision Dan Stevens plays Alexander Lemtov the Russian entrant - who’s definitely NOT gay :007) His song is called Lion of Love and is perfect Eurovision
I really enjoyed it -{
I knew you wouldn't let me down Sir Miles. I just came in here to posts more or less the same thing.
I absolutely love Eurovision and I absolutely loved this.
Yes there are inaccuracies (suggesting the UK had won it the previous year so it was being held in Edinburgh - top trolling from Will Ferrell there ) but I think they are designed to help with the flow of the story.
The songs are actually very, very good. If they were in Eurovision one of them would have been a winner.
The film itself has a 'Blades of Glory' feel to it. Will Ferrell is Will Ferrell. Pierce Brosnan is most definitely a silver fox and Dan Stevens is obviously having the time of his life. Also a little shout out to Mikael Persbrandt (Victor the banker)who would fit very nicely into a Bond movie somewhere.
It's funny this film was actually developed by an American though Ferrell's wife is Swedish and introduced him to Eurovision years ago.
On the whole, I think he does a decent job.
Yes, he's like Danile Craig except he's tall, Swedish and an recovering alcoholic. He even played a famous secret agent, but since he is Swedish the agent is rich and far left
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I guess this movie was the reason Calvin Dyson ran into Brosnan in Iceland.
PS; If anyone doesn't know what the European Song Contest is I can say it's finaly proof European culture isn't always better or more highbrow than American culture )
This is an unusual western, especially for one made in the classical age of westerns. A posse rides out after hearing of the theft of cattle and a murder of the owner. The plan is to lynch the guilty without trial, but some of the group protest. Henry Fonda plays the lead as one of the people questioning the lynching. Fonda actually witnesed a lynching when he was young and considered this movie one of his best. The Ox-bow incident shows a darker and far more morally complex West than most westerns.
I watched a couple of 1950s Westerns, both streaming as part of the 'Western Noir' collection on The Criterion Channel currently.
First, The Naked Spur, which was the third in a cycle of five westerns directed by Anthony Mann and starring James Stewart. Like all of the others in this little series, I found it a highly entertaining, lean and fast moving film. The film pretty much only has five speaking roles, and all of the actors involved do a fine job. Besides Stewart, I always really enjoy Millard Mitchell (who starred with Stewart in the earlier Winchester '73 as well). Not quite my favourite of the Mann-Stewart westerns, but a film I'd highly recommend.
I'd also highly recommend Rancho Notorious, directed by Fritz Lang and starring Arthur Kennedy (who also collaborated a few times with Mann and Stewart). Another briskly paced, highly entertaining film (both of these films are just 90 minutes long) which sees Kennedy out to avenge the rape and murder of his fiancee. He tracks the killer to a ranch which operates as a hide-out for wanted criminals and is run by a former cabaret singer played by Marlene Dietrich. Another compelling story which is gripping from beginning to end.
I really enjoyed both of these films, which although noirish at times, are both shot in vivid technicolor in classic 50s style. I like how engaging the stories are, and any time a filmmaker can pack a highly entertaining story into a concise 90 minute package I'm very pleased.
A brilliant film. Great acting by all. A group of criminals plan a robbery. The leader rents a room from a little old lady who thinks they are musicians. This is a very funny film. Probably most of you have seen it but if you haven’t and you get a chance to, you won’t regret it.
Cobra (1986). Typical Stallone actioner that delivers everything you want from this sort of film. Clearly based on Clint Eastwood’s Dirty Harry films, even starring Reni Santoni as Stallone’s sidekick and Andy Robinson as the police chief who cares more for villains rights than the general public. An enjoyable hark back to the 80’s with mindless violence and plot holes galore.
Yeah, well, sometimes nothin' can be a real cool hand.
The Prize, based on a book by Irving Wallace and starring Paul Newman. Screenplay by Ernest Lehman who had written North By Northwest and indeed the two films are very similar with some scenes being very close.
Still, enjoyed it! Elke Sommer was a great beauty and Edward G. Robinson was always good value.
The Satanic Rites Of Dracula, 1973
Nearing the end of Hammer's run, it's the last time Christopher Lee as the Count and Peter Cushing as Van Helsing face off.
The 1970s setting doesn't help, and the attempt to blend Hammer horror with a spy-thriller format is weak. Still, the two stars are always worth watching and there are a few good moments- Cushing fooling Lee into touching a Bible (thus revealing himself as Dracula) is a highlight.
Lee apart, the other main Bond connection is Joanna Lumley as the female lead. Richard Vernon (Colonel Smithers in GF) is there, too.
Cushing would play Van Helsing one more time in "The Legend Of The Seven Golden Vampires" but Lee ran laughing from the room when shown the script so another actor (John Forbes-Robertson) replaced him.
The film has slipped into public domain and is easily available. (Alternative title- Count Dracula And His Vampire Bride)
Imaginary conversation-
Dracula: Now I have you at my mercy, Van Helsing.
Van Helsing: (Produces crucifix) Not so fast, Count Dracula!
Director: Cut! And print!
Cushing: So, how are the kids Chris?
Lee: Oh, they're fine Peter.
Cushing: Did you enjoy that James Bond film?
Lee: It was great fun! I enjoyed it very much- well, except for Harry Saltzman of course. What have you got next?
Cushing: Oh, a chap named Lucas has sent me a script- some sort of space thing.
Lee: What's your character name?
Cushing: I think it's Grand Moff Tarkin.
Lee: Hmm, that'll never amount to much. You won't catch me doing that!
Director: Back on set please, gentlemen.
The Satanic Rites Of Dracula, 1973
Nearing the end of Hammer's run, it's the last time Christopher Lee as the Count and Peter Cushing as Van Helsing face off.
The 1970s setting doesn't help, and the attempt to blend Hammer horror with a spy-thriller format is weak. Still, the two stars are always worth watching and there are a few good moments- Cushing fooling Lee into touching a Bible (thus revealing himself as Dracula) is a highlight.
Lee apart, the other main Bond connection is Joanna Lumley as the female lead. Richard Vernon (Colonel Smithers in GF) is there, too.
Cushing would play Van Helsing one more time in "The Legend Of The Seven Golden Vampires" but Lee ran laughing from the room when shown the script so another actor (John Forbes-Robertson) replaced him.
The film has slipped into public domain and is easily available. (Alternative title- Count Dracula And His Vampire Bride)
Imaginary conversation-
Dracula: Now I have you at my mercy, Van Helsing.
Van Helsing: (Produces crucifix) Not so fast, Count Dracula!
Director: Cut! And print!
Cushing: So, how are the kids Chris?
Lee: Oh, they're fine Peter.
Cushing: Did you enjoy that James Bond film?
Lee: It was great fun! I enjoyed it very much- well, except for Harry Saltzman of course. What have you got next?
Cushing: Oh, a chap named Lucas has sent me a script- some sort of space thing.
Lee: What's your character name?
Cushing: I think it's Grand Moff Tarkin.
Lee: Hmm, that'll never amount to much. You won't catch me doing that!
Director: Back on set please, gentlemen.
(Yes, I know the timescale is wrong )
Brilliant stuff Barbel. It is a tragic unfulfilled wish that on the set of Star Wars Lee and Ewan McGregor were never shown together involved in a card game of some kind, with the latter prevaricating, so Lee could utter the immortal words once again: 'Come McGregor, it's a game of chance!'
The Satanic Rites Of Dracula, 1973
Nearing the end of Hammer's run, it's the last time Christopher Lee as the Count and Peter Cushing as Van Helsing face off.
The 1970s setting doesn't help, and the attempt to blend Hammer horror with a spy-thriller format is weak. Still, the two stars are always worth watching and there are a few good moments- Cushing fooling Lee into touching a Bible (thus revealing himself as Dracula) is a highlight.
Lee apart, the other main Bond connection is Joanna Lumley as the female lead. Richard Vernon (Colonel Smithers in GF) is there, too.
Cushing would play Van Helsing one more time in "The Legend Of The Seven Golden Vampires" but Lee ran laughing from the room when shown the script so another actor (John Forbes-Robertson) replaced him.
The film has slipped into public domain and is easily available. (Alternative title- Count Dracula And His Vampire Bride)
Imaginary conversation-
Dracula: Now I have you at my mercy, Van Helsing.
Van Helsing: (Produces crucifix) Not so fast, Count Dracula!
Director: Cut! And print!
Cushing: So, how are the kids Chris?
Lee: Oh, they're fine Peter.
Cushing: Did you enjoy that James Bond film?
Lee: It was great fun! I enjoyed it very much- well, except for Harry Saltzman of course. What have you got next?
Cushing: Oh, a chap named Lucas has sent me a script- some sort of space thing.
Lee: What's your character name?
Cushing: I think it's Grand Moff Tarkin.
Lee: Hmm, that'll never amount to much. You won't catch me doing that!
Director: Back on set please, gentlemen.
(Yes, I know the timescale is wrong )
) ) )
Those last two Hammer Dracula’s were definitely the weakest due to being set in modern times but they still had some scenes of merit.
Yeah, well, sometimes nothin' can be a real cool hand.
Rambo: Last Blood (2019). A bloody revenge movie where Rambo meets out his own particular brand of justice against a Mexican cartel dealing in drugs, prostitution and trafficking. The build up to the finale is standard fare with the final shootout reminiscent of Home Alone and even Skyfall but with added amounts of gratuitous violence. It’s also much like Taken, but not as good, but worth watching if you like your revenge movies, (Mrs CHB loved it ) )
Yeah, well, sometimes nothin' can be a real cool hand.
Brilliant stuff Barbel. It is a tragic unfulfilled wish that on the set of Star Wars Lee and Ewan McGregor were never shown together involved in a card game of some kind, with the latter prevaricating, so Lee could utter the immortal words once again: 'Come McGregor, it's a game of chance!'
LOONEY TUNES: BACK IN ACTION (2003)
A metafictional comedy in the style of Who Framed Roger Rabbit, with animated characters interacting with live-action sets. While some of the breathless pop-culture references feel very early 2000s, such as the running gags about Brendan Fraser, the film partially redeems itself with a strong sense of visual humour and the added bonus of Bond parody elements thrown into the mix, with a cameo appearance from Timothy Dalton as a suave superspy. Worth watching if you’re in the mood for some cartoon nostalgia, or if you just want to see James Bond interact with Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck.
GRIMSBY (2016)
Sacha Baron Cohen goes off the rails in a crass and distasteful spy spoof, playing a hard-drinking football fan pressed into service for Her Majesty alongside Mark Strong, who essentially reprises his secret agent sidekick role from Kingsman. Little more than a succession of badly executed cringe comedy skits, with overtones of uncomfortable sneering at working-class stereotypes. The Bond parody jokes are ripped verbatim from a variety of better films, with material recognisably borrowed from Austin Powers and Johnny English. By turns nausea-inducing, hackneyed and dull, this fails both as a Sacha Baron Cohen project and as a 007 satire. Avoid at all costs...
WWII film where the Allies send spies to check out German rocket development. Bond-like in places. A couple of scenes reminded me of Moonraker, the novel.
Had so much fun tonight watching Airport 75, as because of the "Airplane" films it's so
unintentionally Funny. With all the expected stereotypical characters. The singing Nun,
The sick Kid etc
I actually first saw this film around 1979 or so, In my school when we had a film club
which would hire a film and show it on the lecture hall film projector. We only had the one
projector, so had a break between changing reels.
"I've been informed that there ARE a couple of QAnon supporters who are fairly regular posters in AJB."
Had so much fun tonight watching Airport 75, as because of the "Airplane" films it's so
unintentionally Funny. With all the expected stereotypical characters. The singing Nun,
The sick Kid etc
I actually first saw this film around 1979 or so, In my school when we had a film club
which would hire a film and show it on the lecture hall film projector. We only had the one
projector, so had a break between changing reels.
That was like what Austin Powers did to James Bond. "Why don't you just kill him?' )
The connection between "Airplane" and the "Airport" movies is complex and (hopefully) quite interesting.
In the 1950s Arthur Hailey wrote a TV script called "Flight Into Danger" which was
(a) Adapted into a feature film called "Zero Hour". Zucker, Abrahams & Zucker much later bought the rights to this to use as the basis for their film "Airplane". The parallels are very close- see
- right down to character names (eg Ted Stryker). It's almost impossible to watch "Zero Hour" nowadays and take it seriously. I am serious, and don't call me Shirley.
(b) Adapted into a novel "Flight Into Danger" by John Castle (actually two writers). Hailey was not impressed with the result, and began to write his own novels- one of which was "Airport" which was successfully filmed and led to sequels, one of which was mentioned above and also provided influence for "Airplane".
I saw "Airplane" in the cinema on its original release and laughed so hard I was physically sore afterwards! I had to go back and see it again to catch the jokes I had missed through laughing so much.
Back when I was a teen and very much in to Martial Arts, I loved all those
Movies {[] and still wonder how George Lazenby's career may have been
if he'd been able to do some films with Bruce Lee, as they were due to meet
on the day of his death.
"I've been informed that there ARE a couple of QAnon supporters who are fairly regular posters in AJB."
Based on the true story of three African-American women who worked for NASA as mathematicians, in the early 1960s. An inspiring film showing how important these women were in the space race with Russia and the discrimination they faced.
Not a movie I've seen, but I movie I plan to watch. Mission Impossible 7 will film scenes in Møre and Romsdal county in Norway in late August. Exemptions were given to the corona restrictions for the production after Tom Cruise phoned the Minister of Culture. At first it was reported that there are plans to shoot parts of MI8 in Bergen, but this was only the minister's suggestion.
It looks like the filming for MI7 will be in Rauma municipality and location and movie oficials've been in contact with local authorities, but nothing is confirmed. The Trollveggen ("Troll wall") The Troll wall is the tallest vertical rock face in Europe, about 1,100 metres (3,600 ft) from its base to the summit of its highest point. At its steepest, the summit ridge overhangs the base of the wall by nearly 50 metres (160 ft). This area could have been a prime location for a Bond movie, but once again they are too late.
Will Tom Cruise parachute off Trollveggen in august?
I've watched all the other Harry Palmer movies earlier, but for some reason I've haven't seen this one before. I shame. really. It's a good cold war thriller and Michael Caine is great in it. One wonders why they cast a French actress as a woman from Finnland - the accents are very different. And the edges of broken ice is light blue, not brown. These are of course only details. A more important question is: Is this movie too Bondian? There is a number of elements that remind me more of James Bond movies than it resembles the two previous Harry Palmer movies. In my opinion it is near the edge of going too far, but it still works.
It's perhaps even more surprising that I've never before watched this Hollywood movie. It's even filmed in Hardanger in Norway, back when big American productions could film large parts of the action in this country. I still stand by my opinion that no good viking film has been made, at least if you have higher standards for historical accuracy than Mel Gibson. But the plot and cast of The Vikings is good, and all I had to do to enjoy it was to pretend I know next to nothing about Norse culture. Fun fact: Kirk Douglas is still the only Hollywood star to have made two movies in Norway (other than Liv Ullmann), but Tom Cruise will share the first place with Kirk from the end of August.
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I knew you wouldn't let me down Sir Miles. I just came in here to posts more or less the same thing.
I absolutely love Eurovision and I absolutely loved this.
Yes there are inaccuracies (suggesting the UK had won it the previous year so it was being held in Edinburgh - top trolling from Will Ferrell there ) but I think they are designed to help with the flow of the story.
The songs are actually very, very good. If they were in Eurovision one of them would have been a winner.
The film itself has a 'Blades of Glory' feel to it. Will Ferrell is Will Ferrell. Pierce Brosnan is most definitely a silver fox and Dan Stevens is obviously having the time of his life. Also a little shout out to Mikael Persbrandt (Victor the banker)who would fit very nicely into a Bond movie somewhere.
It's funny this film was actually developed by an American though Ferrell's wife is Swedish and introduced him to Eurovision years ago.
On the whole, I think he does a decent job.
'Play JA JA Ding Dong!!! '
He's one of the biggest stars on stage and screen in Sweden,
He's even a good friend of Mads Mikkelsen!
He looks a bit like Daniel Craig in that top photo.
Any friend of Mads is a friend of mine
I can’t get that bloody song out of my head
True…but that one I didn’t want too
PS; If anyone doesn't know what the European Song Contest is I can say it's finaly proof European culture isn't always better or more highbrow than American culture
This is an unusual western, especially for one made in the classical age of westerns. A posse rides out after hearing of the theft of cattle and a murder of the owner. The plan is to lynch the guilty without trial, but some of the group protest. Henry Fonda plays the lead as one of the people questioning the lynching. Fonda actually witnesed a lynching when he was young and considered this movie one of his best. The Ox-bow incident shows a darker and far more morally complex West than most westerns.
First, The Naked Spur, which was the third in a cycle of five westerns directed by Anthony Mann and starring James Stewart. Like all of the others in this little series, I found it a highly entertaining, lean and fast moving film. The film pretty much only has five speaking roles, and all of the actors involved do a fine job. Besides Stewart, I always really enjoy Millard Mitchell (who starred with Stewart in the earlier Winchester '73 as well). Not quite my favourite of the Mann-Stewart westerns, but a film I'd highly recommend.
I'd also highly recommend Rancho Notorious, directed by Fritz Lang and starring Arthur Kennedy (who also collaborated a few times with Mann and Stewart). Another briskly paced, highly entertaining film (both of these films are just 90 minutes long) which sees Kennedy out to avenge the rape and murder of his fiancee. He tracks the killer to a ranch which operates as a hide-out for wanted criminals and is run by a former cabaret singer played by Marlene Dietrich. Another compelling story which is gripping from beginning to end.
I really enjoyed both of these films, which although noirish at times, are both shot in vivid technicolor in classic 50s style. I like how engaging the stories are, and any time a filmmaker can pack a highly entertaining story into a concise 90 minute package I'm very pleased.
Alec Guinness, Peter Sellers, Herbert Lom
A brilliant film. Great acting by all. A group of criminals plan a robbery. The leader rents a room from a little old lady who thinks they are musicians. This is a very funny film. Probably most of you have seen it but if you haven’t and you get a chance to, you won’t regret it.
Still, enjoyed it! Elke Sommer was a great beauty and Edward G. Robinson was always good value.
Nearing the end of Hammer's run, it's the last time Christopher Lee as the Count and Peter Cushing as Van Helsing face off.
The 1970s setting doesn't help, and the attempt to blend Hammer horror with a spy-thriller format is weak. Still, the two stars are always worth watching and there are a few good moments- Cushing fooling Lee into touching a Bible (thus revealing himself as Dracula) is a highlight.
Lee apart, the other main Bond connection is Joanna Lumley as the female lead. Richard Vernon (Colonel Smithers in GF) is there, too.
Cushing would play Van Helsing one more time in "The Legend Of The Seven Golden Vampires" but Lee ran laughing from the room when shown the script so another actor (John Forbes-Robertson) replaced him.
The film has slipped into public domain and is easily available. (Alternative title- Count Dracula And His Vampire Bride)
Imaginary conversation-
Dracula: Now I have you at my mercy, Van Helsing.
Van Helsing: (Produces crucifix) Not so fast, Count Dracula!
Director: Cut! And print!
Cushing: So, how are the kids Chris?
Lee: Oh, they're fine Peter.
Cushing: Did you enjoy that James Bond film?
Lee: It was great fun! I enjoyed it very much- well, except for Harry Saltzman of course. What have you got next?
Cushing: Oh, a chap named Lucas has sent me a script- some sort of space thing.
Lee: What's your character name?
Cushing: I think it's Grand Moff Tarkin.
Lee: Hmm, that'll never amount to much. You won't catch me doing that!
Director: Back on set please, gentlemen.
(Yes, I know the timescale is wrong
Brilliant stuff Barbel. It is a tragic unfulfilled wish that on the set of Star Wars Lee and Ewan McGregor were never shown together involved in a card game of some kind, with the latter prevaricating, so Lee could utter the immortal words once again: 'Come McGregor, it's a game of chance!'
(Wicker Man btw)
Roger Moore 1927-2017
Those last two Hammer Dracula’s were definitely the weakest due to being set in modern times but they still had some scenes of merit.
This movie is cosmic horror at its finest, and I wont be forgetting that bear scene anytime soon.
LOONEY TUNES: BACK IN ACTION (2003)
A metafictional comedy in the style of Who Framed Roger Rabbit, with animated characters interacting with live-action sets. While some of the breathless pop-culture references feel very early 2000s, such as the running gags about Brendan Fraser, the film partially redeems itself with a strong sense of visual humour and the added bonus of Bond parody elements thrown into the mix, with a cameo appearance from Timothy Dalton as a suave superspy. Worth watching if you’re in the mood for some cartoon nostalgia, or if you just want to see James Bond interact with Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck.
GRIMSBY (2016)
Sacha Baron Cohen goes off the rails in a crass and distasteful spy spoof, playing a hard-drinking football fan pressed into service for Her Majesty alongside Mark Strong, who essentially reprises his secret agent sidekick role from Kingsman. Little more than a succession of badly executed cringe comedy skits, with overtones of uncomfortable sneering at working-class stereotypes. The Bond parody jokes are ripped verbatim from a variety of better films, with material recognisably borrowed from Austin Powers and Johnny English. By turns nausea-inducing, hackneyed and dull, this fails both as a Sacha Baron Cohen project and as a 007 satire. Avoid at all costs...
"The spectre of defeat..."
WWII film where the Allies send spies to check out German rocket development. Bond-like in places. A couple of scenes reminded me of Moonraker, the novel.
unintentionally Funny. With all the expected stereotypical characters. The singing Nun,
The sick Kid etc
I actually first saw this film around 1979 or so, In my school when we had a film club
which would hire a film and show it on the lecture hall film projector. We only had the one
projector, so had a break between changing reels.
That was like what Austin Powers did to James Bond. "Why don't you just kill him?'
In the 1950s Arthur Hailey wrote a TV script called "Flight Into Danger" which was
(a) Adapted into a feature film called "Zero Hour". Zucker, Abrahams & Zucker much later bought the rights to this to use as the basis for their film "Airplane". The parallels are very close- see
https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=zero+hour+film&&view=detail&mid=B1FB0EC38BAF6254091CB1FB0EC38BAF6254091C&&FORM=VRDGAR&ru=%2Fvideos%2Fsearch%3Fq%3Dzero%2Bhour%2Bfilm%26FORM%3DHDRSC3
- right down to character names (eg Ted Stryker). It's almost impossible to watch "Zero Hour" nowadays and take it seriously. I am serious, and don't call me Shirley.
(b) Adapted into a novel "Flight Into Danger" by John Castle (actually two writers). Hailey was not impressed with the result, and began to write his own novels- one of which was "Airport" which was successfully filmed and led to sequels, one of which was mentioned above and also provided influence for "Airplane".
I saw "Airplane" in the cinema on its original release and laughed so hard I was physically sore afterwards! I had to go back and see it again to catch the jokes I had missed through laughing so much.
Movies {[] and still wonder how George Lazenby's career may have been
if he'd been able to do some films with Bruce Lee, as they were due to meet
on the day of his death.
Based on the true story of three African-American women who worked for NASA as mathematicians, in the early 1960s. An inspiring film showing how important these women were in the space race with Russia and the discrimination they faced.
It looks like the filming for MI7 will be in Rauma municipality and location and movie oficials've been in contact with local authorities, but nothing is confirmed. The Trollveggen ("Troll wall") The Troll wall is the tallest vertical rock face in Europe, about 1,100 metres (3,600 ft) from its base to the summit of its highest point. At its steepest, the summit ridge overhangs the base of the wall by nearly 50 metres (160 ft). This area could have been a prime location for a Bond movie, but once again they are too late.
Will Tom Cruise parachute off Trollveggen in august?
I've watched all the other Harry Palmer movies earlier, but for some reason I've haven't seen this one before. I shame. really. It's a good cold war thriller and Michael Caine is great in it. One wonders why they cast a French actress as a woman from Finnland - the accents are very different. And the edges of broken ice is light blue, not brown. These are of course only details. A more important question is: Is this movie too Bondian? There is a number of elements that remind me more of James Bond movies than it resembles the two previous Harry Palmer movies. In my opinion it is near the edge of going too far, but it still works.
It's perhaps even more surprising that I've never before watched this Hollywood movie. It's even filmed in Hardanger in Norway, back when big American productions could film large parts of the action in this country. I still stand by my opinion that no good viking film has been made, at least if you have higher standards for historical accuracy than Mel Gibson. But the plot and cast of The Vikings is good, and all I had to do to enjoy it was to pretend I know next to nothing about Norse culture. Fun fact: Kirk Douglas is still the only Hollywood star to have made two movies in Norway (other than Liv Ullmann), but Tom Cruise will share the first place with Kirk from the end of August.