Guns of Navarone watchalong Thursday 18th 9pm GMT

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  • Number24Number24 NorwayPosts: 22,424MI6 Agent
    The majority of the biggest coastal artillery in the world are in Norway. The Germans took them from battleships that were destroyed or never finished.
  • Charmed & DangerousCharmed & Dangerous Posts: 7,358MI6 Agent
    Stanley Baker's death scene is a bit cheesy.
    "How was your lamb?" "Skewered. One sympathises."
  • Shady TreeShady Tree London, UKPosts: 3,012MI6 Agent
    Showdown with Darren... it's Bob Simmons who shoots him!
    Critics and material I don't need. I haven't changed my act in 53 years.
  • BarbelBarbel ScotlandPosts: 38,068Chief of Staff
    Gymkata wrote:
    Great musical cue when you finally up close with the Guns.

    Absolutely, Tiomkin's score is one of this film's greatest assets.
  • Number24Number24 NorwayPosts: 22,424MI6 Agent
    Number24 wrote:
    The majority of the biggest coastal artillery in the world are in Norway. The Germans took them from battleships that were destroyed or never finished.

    What do you mean, phallic nature? ;% :v :v
  • Golrush007Golrush007 South AfricaPosts: 3,421Quartermasters
    Shady Tree wrote:
    Showdown with Darren... it's Bob Simmons who shoots him!

    Interesting...that Bob Simmons gets around quite a bit.
  • BarbelBarbel ScotlandPosts: 38,068Chief of Staff
    Number24 wrote:
    Number24 wrote:
    The majority of the biggest coastal artillery in the world are in Norway. The Germans took them from battleships that were destroyed or never finished.

    What do you mean, phallic nature? ;% :v :v

    Have you read Fleming's TMWTGG?
  • Shady TreeShady Tree London, UKPosts: 3,012MI6 Agent
    The stuff inside the gun emplacement, with the Germans trying to drill their way in, it's an aesthetic of 'blue collar' labour... sweat, grime, grease, muscle and mechanical skill...
    Critics and material I don't need. I haven't changed my act in 53 years.
  • BarbelBarbel ScotlandPosts: 38,068Chief of Staff
    Gymkata wrote:
    Number24 wrote:
    Number24 wrote:
    The majority of the biggest coastal artillery in the world are in Norway. The Germans took them from battleships that were destroyed or never finished.

    What do you mean, phallic nature? ;% :v :v

    RegalZestyCapybara-small.gif

    Oh, I love that film!
  • Shady TreeShady Tree London, UKPosts: 3,012MI6 Agent
    The movie's least convincing special effect is the shimmering sea as seen from inside the gun emplacement... a bit like a 'Blue Peter' Christmas decoration!
    Critics and material I don't need. I haven't changed my act in 53 years.
  • Number24Number24 NorwayPosts: 22,424MI6 Agent
    The SOE really did make explosive rats, just like in the movie. :007)
  • Shady TreeShady Tree London, UKPosts: 3,012MI6 Agent
    A dramatic problem at this stage in the movie is that our surviving heroes are no longer in any personal jeopardy... the tension about whether their mission has been successful is all that remains (and it's easy to predict the outcome, despite all the Hitchcockian suspense around the stopping and starting wheels on the elevator!)
    Critics and material I don't need. I haven't changed my act in 53 years.
  • Number24Number24 NorwayPosts: 22,424MI6 Agent
    The mountain blowing up and the cannons falling in the sea is too obviously model work, but I don't know if it can be done better without CGI.
  • Shady TreeShady Tree London, UKPosts: 3,012MI6 Agent
    The final explosions are as good as in any Bond film!
    Critics and material I don't need. I haven't changed my act in 53 years.
  • BarbelBarbel ScotlandPosts: 38,068Chief of Staff
    What a fun experience watching this film again with you guys. Thank you all, and particularly Number24 for being behind all this. I've had a fun evening, and a wonderful experience. Thanks again.
  • Shady TreeShady Tree London, UKPosts: 3,012MI6 Agent
    The film greatly benefits from the Greek navy lending those six warships!
    Critics and material I don't need. I haven't changed my act in 53 years.
  • Charmed & DangerousCharmed & Dangerous Posts: 7,358MI6 Agent
    Such a stirring ending when the battleships sound their klaxons.
    "How was your lamb?" "Skewered. One sympathises."
  • Shady TreeShady Tree London, UKPosts: 3,012MI6 Agent
    Barbel wrote:
    What a fun experience watching this film again with you guys. Thank you all, and particularly Number24 for being behind all this. I've had a fun evening, and a wonderful experience. Thanks again.

    Yes, thanks N24. You've been trying to get this evening going for some while and I'm glad you managed it. A pleasure, as always, to join in with an AJB watchalong with everyone here :-)
    Critics and material I don't need. I haven't changed my act in 53 years.
  • Golrush007Golrush007 South AfricaPosts: 3,421Quartermasters
    A most enjoyable watchalong. It's been a while since I last saw this film, revisiting it has been great. It's almost 2AM here (work will definitely suffer in the morning) so I'll bid you all a good night. I look forward to the next one!
  • Number24Number24 NorwayPosts: 22,424MI6 Agent
    This was fun and it couldn't have been done without all of you :)
    A special thanks to Gymkata for great GIF work.
    It's a relief to see non-Bond watchalongs can work.
    Are you onboard for a Where Eagles Dare watchalong in a few weeks?
  • Shady TreeShady Tree London, UKPosts: 3,012MI6 Agent
    Gymkata wrote:
    love that they gave Anthony Quayle some good reaction shots here.

    It sort of anticipates that thing with 70s TV of replaying clips of the leads in the end titles (it became a movie thing first).
    Critics and material I don't need. I haven't changed my act in 53 years.
  • Charmed & DangerousCharmed & Dangerous Posts: 7,358MI6 Agent
    Agreed all round, you've all been great company and I've certainly watched the film with fresh eyes. Thanks especially Number 24 for organising this evening! {[]
    "How was your lamb?" "Skewered. One sympathises."
  • Golrush007Golrush007 South AfricaPosts: 3,421Quartermasters
    Gymkata wrote:
    Number24 wrote:
    This was fun and it couldn't have been done without all of you :)
    A special thanks to Gymkata for great GIF work.
    It's a relief to see non-Bond watchalongs can work.
    Are you onboard for a Where Eagles Dare watchalong in a few weeks?

    I will certainly endeavor to be there...

    Me too!
  • Charmed & DangerousCharmed & Dangerous Posts: 7,358MI6 Agent
    Perhaps after Where Eagles Dare and Force 10, we should continue the Alistair Maclean theme with Ice Station Zebra?
    "How was your lamb?" "Skewered. One sympathises."
  • Number24Number24 NorwayPosts: 22,424MI6 Agent
    Good night, everybody.
  • BarbelBarbel ScotlandPosts: 38,068Chief of Staff
    Number24 wrote:
    This was fun and it couldn't have been done without all of you :)
    A special thanks to Gymkata for great GIF work.
    It's a relief to see non-Bond watchalongs can work.
    Are you onboard for a Where Eagles Dare watchalong in a few weeks?

    Count me in!
  • BarbelBarbel ScotlandPosts: 38,068Chief of Staff
    Number24 wrote:
    Good night, everybody.

    Yes, good night all.
  • BarbelBarbel ScotlandPosts: 38,068Chief of Staff
    WHERE HOBBITS DARE.


    Gandalf: James Mason
    Aragorn/Strider: Sean Connery
    Frodo: Ringo Starr
    Samwise: George Harrison
    Merry: Paul McCartney
    Pippin: John Lennon
    Boromir: Stanley Baker
    Gimli: Oliver Reed (can't think of anyone better at that time)
    Legolas: John Hurt
    Gollum: Lloyd Bridges ("Sure picked the wrong day for giving up coveting rings")
    Arwen: Jane Fonda
    Galadriel: Audrey Hepburn
    Eowyn: Judi Dench
    Faramir: Robert Redford
    Grima Wormtongue: Vincent Price (though Edward G is a better choice)
    and of course
    Saruman: Christopher Lee
  • Shady TreeShady Tree London, UKPosts: 3,012MI6 Agent
    edited February 2021
    I couldn't resist this re-casting:

    'Stingray' (TV series, 1964-65)

    Captain Troy Tempest - Gregory Peck
    Lieutenant George Lee 'Phones' Sheridan - Richard Harris
    Commander Sam Shore - James Robertson Justice
    Marina - Gia Scala
    Atlanta Shaw - Lois Maxwell (I don't have the heart to re-cast this one!)
    King Titan of Titanica - Albert Lieven
    Aquaphibian #1 - Bob Simmons
    End credits song 'Aqua Marina' performed by James Darren

    Also: Here's the scene from 'Reservoir Dogs' of which Miller's indignation with Mallory over Franklin reminds me: it's tempting to think that when White loses his temper with Pink, Keitel is channelling Niven's delivery (although of course Buscemi entirely lacks Peck's cool). Not inconceivable, given Tarantino's card-carrying movie geekery. And Michael Madsen's quiet intervention at the end of the clip echoes Quinn's style.

    https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Fbs171qLfks
    Critics and material I don't need. I haven't changed my act in 53 years.
  • Number24Number24 NorwayPosts: 22,424MI6 Agent
    The next couple of months I will have visitors, but I plan to organise the Where Eagles Dare watchalong next month.
    If there are other movies we want to see in a watchalong we can suggest it here and maybe watch it later. Even better, you can organise a watchalong! :)
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