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Overall, I quite enjoyed this version of Robin Hood..perhaps even enough to consider it the definitive version. There are a few things about it that bother me:
2. After all the fuss about killing the king's deer and then Robin takes it into the castle and drops it on the table in front of Prince John. Didn't Much kill the deer because his family was starving? And then Robin takes it and gives it back to the Prince for no real reason?
Haven't you heard that Robin Hood steals from the poor to give to the rich? 8-)
It probably isn't the same deer, so he brings one along to goad the Prince, as if to flaunt his treason or what have you. Like, what are you going to make of that? Anyway, if he favoured the peasant he probably saw him right for meat and drink as tends to do that with strangers he meets.
I Am Wrath starring John Travolta. Same old story of an ex-black-ops veteran taking revenge on the gang who killed his wife only to find that the trail leads to the top of the political spectrum. It's an ok actioner and mercifully short at under 90 minutes but it's all been done before by Seagal and co.
Yeah, well, sometimes nothin' can be a real cool hand.
Suicide Squad: concept good but shocking execution, plot etc.
Jason Bourne: Im a big fan but this was a case of ran out of ideas, kind of like a best of as most scenes were rehashed from previous but nowhere near as good. Kind of puzzled why they bothered to be honest, actually preferred the spin off / last film
Does this film look lovely to look at if I take my elderly mum? Or is there too much action, making it harrowing? Also, do we need to have seen last year's SW film to follow it?
Outstanding sci-fi commando flick...which happens to fit in just ahead of Episode IV in the Star Wars mythos. Brilliant.
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I recently saw two very different films about being old. First up was Atom Egoyan's latest, Remember, which involves a pair of nonagenarian Auschwitz survivors in a nursing home. One, played by Martin Landau, has a sharp mind but is wheelchair bound; while the other, Christopher Plummer, is physically sound but has bouts of senile dementia. Landau commissions Plummer to go out, armed with a letter he has to keep re-reading (otherwise he'd forget what he's doing), and hunt for the SS officer who destroyed their families. The story at times verges on being ludicrous--it's also very much borrowed from Memento and from the great 1955 story "Master Race" that appeared in the E.C. comic Impact--but somehow, maybe because of the sincere and even moving performance by Plummer, it works.
On the other hand is Dirty Grandpa, with Robert De Niro at a career low as a man who, the day after his wife's funeral, decides he wants to go out and "f***, f***, f***!" He grabs up his repressed grandson, played by Zac Effron, and proceeds to the Florida Spring Break scene. I expected the movie to be crude and gross, but I didn't know it would be so unfunny.
I too saw Rouge One. To be honest I have been indifferent to episode 4-6 and disliked part1-3, but both this one and part 7 have been very entertaining.
I know a girl who looks like Felicity Jones' younger sister, so that felt odd ......
Me too ,I went to see it with my son Down at Rochester (Kent) I enjoyed it and thought it worthy of the Star Wars collection ,
"you've gotta be kidding me im blind" had the whole audience in laughter . )
OHMSS the Christmas Eve tradition in our house. I have all my movies on Google Play and chromecast to the TV - I have to say that the quality of the picture is outstanding.
Yeah, well, sometimes nothin' can be a real cool hand.
Agreed, I have quite a few movies on Google movies ( got the Nolan Batman trilogy yesterday )
And I'm very happy with the quality of them.
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Rogue One: A Star Wars Story loved it ! It's everything a Star Wars story should be ! My son reckons it's the best one yet...but he wasn't born back in 1977 )
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story loved it ! It's everything a Star Wars story should be ! My son reckons it's the best one yet...but he wasn't born back in 1977 )
I thought it was excellent too. Certainly not as good as Star Wars and The Empire Strikes Back, but around the level of Return of the Jedi. Apparently people who were born in the 90s actually think the prequel trilogy is good.
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story loved it ! It's everything a Star Wars story should be ! My son reckons it's the best one yet...but he wasn't born back in 1977 )
I thought it was excellent too. Certainly not as good as Star Wars and The Empire Strikes Back, but around the level of Return of the Jedi. Apparently people who were born in the 90s actually think the prequel trilogy is good.
Agree with all that and yeah my young nephew enjoys the prequels
Rogue one has kind of replaced the prequels for me and helped me forget them!!
The Man Who haunted Himself, starring Roger Moore, 1970.
What a great, fun film. It isn't very well known so I wasn't expecting much, but I loved it!
It's about Roger Moore's character having a double, who slowly takes over his life. It's very intriguing and mysterious.
And, there is even a James Bond reference made by Moore, which is funny because this film came out three years before Moore's first bond film did... uncanny. (Although I am aware that Moore briefly played bond in a commercia/short film in the 60's however)
The Man Who haunted Himself, starring Roger Moore, 1970.
What a great, fun film. It isn't very well known so I wasn't expecting much, but I loved it!
It's about Roger Moore's character having a double, who slowly takes over his life. It's very intriguing and mysterious.
And, there is even a James Bond reference made by Moore, which is funny because this film came out three years before Moore's first bond film did... uncanny. (Although I am aware that Moore briefly played bond in a commercia/short film in the 60's however)
That might be my favourite film that Moore has ever made. It proves Moore can act.
I watched 'Pride' last night and really enjoyed it. Didn't think I would but it was entertaining and quite funny in parts.
Here's the plot from Wiki:
Based on a true story, the film depicts a group of lesbian and gay activists who raised money to help families affected by the British miners' strike in 1984, at the outset of what would become the Lesbians and Gays Support the Miners campaign.[7] The National Union of Mineworkers was reluctant to accept the group's support due to the union's public relations' worries about being openly associated with a gay group, so the activists instead decided to take their donations directly to Onllwyn, a small mining village in Wales, resulting in an alliance between the two communities. The alliance was unlike any seen before and was ultimately successful.
I saw "Eye in the sky" last night. It stars Hellen Mirren and Alan Rickman in his last role. It's basically about drone warfare, terrorism, collatteral damage and the difficult moral choises that are being made. According to director Gavin Hood 30% of US military drone operators suffer from PTSD. Obviously the acting is top-notch. This movie gives no simple answers and I recomend it highly :007)
Saw it over the holidays and loved it, Helen Mirren n combats :x also watched Our kind of traitor with Damien Lewis, Ewan McGregger and Naiomi Harris its based on a LeCarre novel, a very good little film. Saw the the Take with Idris Elba and confirms for me that he should not even be remotely considered for Bond, IMO a completely overated actor. Oh and happy new year to you all on here -{
Today I saw Ffolks (aka: North Sea Hijack), and sadly, it wasn't quite as good as I'd heard IMO. Rog was perfect, the cast was great, not a bad story, and the model work was fabulous... but the music was so TV, and the direction was too. Oh well, it held my interest, and that's what counts. But I do wish something would have blown up.... )
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Fast & Furious 8 trailer, looks like some silly, over the top Fun !
" I don't listen to hip hop!"
Haven't you heard that Robin Hood steals from the poor to give to the rich? 8-)
It probably isn't the same deer, so he brings one along to goad the Prince, as if to flaunt his treason or what have you. Like, what are you going to make of that? Anyway, if he favoured the peasant he probably saw him right for meat and drink as tends to do that with strangers he meets.
Roger Moore 1927-2017
Suicide Squad: concept good but shocking execution, plot etc.
Jason Bourne: Im a big fan but this was a case of ran out of ideas, kind of like a best of as most scenes were rehashed from previous but nowhere near as good. Kind of puzzled why they bothered to be honest, actually preferred the spin off / last film
Ending blew me away, felt like a kid again!!!
Roger Moore 1927-2017
Def dont need to see Force Awakens as its nothing to do with it.
This one is the beginning of the original trilogy (it helps forget about the prequel trilogy lol).
Looking forward to this one John Wick 2
Outstanding sci-fi commando flick...which happens to fit in just ahead of Episode IV in the Star Wars mythos. Brilliant.
"I am not an entrant in the Shakespeare Stakes." - Ian Fleming
"Screw 'em." - Daniel Craig, The Best James Bond EverTM
Did watch Bridge of Spies last night...good film with some good cast performances -{
On the other hand is Dirty Grandpa, with Robert De Niro at a career low as a man who, the day after his wife's funeral, decides he wants to go out and "f***, f***, f***!" He grabs up his repressed grandson, played by Zac Effron, and proceeds to the Florida Spring Break scene. I expected the movie to be crude and gross, but I didn't know it would be so unfunny.
Infamous, which was brilliant.
The Mother, which was controversial but memorable.
Road To perdition, which is probably good but is just not my sort of film.
By a country mile, I preferred Infamous of the three. A very decent film indeed.
1 - Moore, 2 - Dalton, 3 - Craig, 4 - Connery, 5 - Brosnan, 6 - Lazenby
I know a girl who looks like Felicity Jones' younger sister, so that felt odd ......
"you've gotta be kidding me im blind" had the whole audience in laughter .
And I'm very happy with the quality of them.
I enjoyed it even more second time around! {[]
I thought it was excellent too. Certainly not as good as Star Wars and The Empire Strikes Back, but around the level of Return of the Jedi. Apparently people who were born in the 90s actually think the prequel trilogy is good.
Agree with all that and yeah my young nephew enjoys the prequels
Rogue one has kind of replaced the prequels for me and helped me forget them!!
What a great, fun film. It isn't very well known so I wasn't expecting much, but I loved it!
It's about Roger Moore's character having a double, who slowly takes over his life. It's very intriguing and mysterious.
And, there is even a James Bond reference made by Moore, which is funny because this film came out three years before Moore's first bond film did... uncanny. (Although I am aware that Moore briefly played bond in a commercia/short film in the 60's however)
1 - Moore, 2 - Dalton, 3 - Craig, 4 - Connery, 5 - Brosnan, 6 - Lazenby
That might be my favourite film that Moore has ever made. It proves Moore can act.
Here's the plot from Wiki:
Based on a true story, the film depicts a group of lesbian and gay activists who raised money to help families affected by the British miners' strike in 1984, at the outset of what would become the Lesbians and Gays Support the Miners campaign.[7] The National Union of Mineworkers was reluctant to accept the group's support due to the union's public relations' worries about being openly associated with a gay group, so the activists instead decided to take their donations directly to Onllwyn, a small mining village in Wales, resulting in an alliance between the two communities. The alliance was unlike any seen before and was ultimately successful.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pride_(2014_film)
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The original.