Yes, I know, but my grandkids insisted. All I'll say is: not as bad as its reputation would have you believe.
One thing I really did like about Ghostbusters was the way they handled 3D effects, and I'm not talking about the CGI of the ghosts themselves. For some effects-heavy scenes, a faux letterbox was applied so that the effects could pass into the "frame"—something that definitely took me by surprise on my first watch. I'm not sure if it's been done on any other film, but it worked really well for this one.
Just picked this up on 4k, and still think it's the best of the series. Reading up on it a little
I found it interesting to note that Bourne's fighting style was actually Bruce Lee's Jeet Kune do.
"I've been informed that there ARE a couple of QAnon supporters who are fairly regular posters in AJB."
Just picked this up on 4k, and still think it's the best of the series. Reading up on it a little
I found it interesting to note that Bourne's fighting style was actually Bruce Lee's Jeet Kune do.
Along with the Filipino style of Kali I believe? Fairly sure Matt Damon was trained by Jeff Imada who is an expert in both of these forms of fighting / defence.
I'm with you TP - I have this movie as the best of the series too -{ ... really enjoy it whenever I catch it on tv.
633 squadron is a war movie about a fictitous bombing raid on a rocket fuel plant in occupied Norway. The RAF bombing raid is naturally commanded by an American played by Cliff Robertson. This is a boys' own adventure with lots of heroism. The final raid where the British planes are flying down the narrow fjord is known to be a direct inspiration for Star Wars: A New Hope.
So how is Norway represented? By a liason from the Norwegian resistance that's called "The Ling", and obvious reference to the famous Linge Company of the Special Operations Executive. He has a hairstyle no-one in the 1940s had, especially in the armed forces.
Bergen seems to be a small town in the Scottish inland, but amazingly the British officer giving the presentation says Bergen just as people in Bergen say it, but the made up fjord somehow has a German name. The resistance has a very active role in this movie, more active than it did in real life. They didn't engage the German occupants in guerilla warfare unless they had to, instead they waited and trained for an allied invasion and/or a German surrender.
The movie relies a great deal on second unit or archival footage, absolutely all German soldiers have Schmeiser submachine guns and the acting is passable at best. I've been too critical of 633 Squadron.It's good, unpretentious fun and every Norwegian in it is a hero. Hurrah to that!
Decent enough thriller with Tommy Lee Jones, Linda Hamilton, and the great Robert Vaughn.
A high Tech car has to be stolen back because of the evidence hidden in it. It feels very much
like a TV movie from a script by John Carpenter.
"I've been informed that there ARE a couple of QAnon supporters who are fairly regular posters in AJB."
This movie is based on a true story, and Alvin York and several of the the people portrayed in the move read and agreed on the script before filming. This doesn't mean everything in it is true, but it's closer to the truth than most movies of the time. Alvin York was a poor farmer and hunter in Pensylvania who did a lot of drinking and fighting when he was young, but became a devoted Christian after he married. When he was called up for WWI he first became a consiencious objector, but later joined the army because of patriotism.
World war one doesn't really start for Alvin until halfway into the film and surprisingly short time is spent in wartime France. He only got nine months at school and combined with the poverty and remotenes of his home makes him a fairly simple man. Sometimes Alvin, his family and friends seem more like parodies than real people, and at times I felt like I was watching Forrest Gump meets Hacksaw Ridge.
Thankfully there are enough well acted and heartfelt scenes for Gary Cooper in the lead role to make Alvin seem like a real person.
In the Army Alvin York turns out to be an expert marksman. At the front he lead an attack on a German machine gun nest, taking at least one machine gun, killing at least 25 enemy soldiers and capturing 132. most of this he did single-handedly and your got the Medal of Honour for this action. This movie was made in 1941, no doubt to motivate people for the war ahead.
Clever, inventive, fun whodunnit written and directed by Rian Johnson.
Ana de Armas is the central figure, holding her own against a starry cast. Daniel Craig's accent has to be heard to be believed.
Clever, inventive, fun whodunnit written and directed by Rian Johnson.
Ana de Armas is the central figure, holding her own against a starry cast. Daniel Craig's accent has to be heard to be believed.
I couldn't work out what it was supposed to be at first ...I thought he was trying to be Hercule Poirot ) )
This is a 2011 film that was recommended to me at the time by several people and I decided it wasn't my cup of tea so never bothered.
i think it was because it was directed by Woody Allen and I've never been a fan of his work.
However, I actually watched it on Saturday and I now regret I didn't do it sooner. I loved it.
It's about a disillusioned Hollywood script writer who is struggling to write a book who goes on a trip to Paris with his fiancé. He's dreaming of Paris in the 1920's and all the great writers. She wants a house in Malibu.
It's sentimental, romantic and charming. Owen Wilson is perfect in what probably would have been the Woody Allen role back in the day and it's got an impressive cast list.
This is a comedy starring Bob Hope and Hedy Lamarr. A standup comedian looks just like a dangerous spy and the comedian has to pretend he's the jailed spy to get to a microfilm in Tangier. Most of the plot could work as a straight thriller if you took put Hope's jokes, but his jokes are many and often good. Fun fact: from one hour 27 minutes you get a fire engine chase that looks a lot like the one in AVTAK, just watch: https://ok.ru/video/270681508515?fromTime=5222
I saw two films with women as butt-kicking heroes. The first was EON's very own The Rhythm Section. Good Lord, I can only hope that EON was focusing on NTTD when this was made. . .what an incomprehensible mess! There seemed to be an attempt to make Blake Lively's character into another Lisbeth Salander--but this character is confused, clumsy, and chickens out when she needs to be strong. Why on earth would a MI-6 agent (or is he an ex-agent? it's never clear) choose her as a great operative?
Much better is The Old Guard, with Charlize Theron as an immortal in charge of a group of immortal mercenaries. It's a lot of fun (and even a little touching), and unlike Blake Lively, Charlize KNOWS how to kick some tail!
Set in WWII, Charlotte enlists in the Secret Service and is sent to France on a mission. But she has a personal reason for going and cares more about that than her orders. She was not at all credible as someone in the Secret Service imo. I was disappointed with this film as it was more about war romance than secret missions. The scenery was good though.
The next Mission Impossible will feature scenes on (under, in front of, hangning on the side of?) the Orient Express in a scenic mountain area. And I sort of like that fact that both Bond and MI has filmed in my county in the span of a year or so.
Robert Pattinson and Daniel Defoe are practically the only actors in this film as they play two lightkeepers on a remote island off New England in the 1890's. The director is Robert Eggers who made The Witch. He likes mysterious plots based on folklore, but also extensive research. Unlike most historical movies he tries to get the dialogue as correct as possible given the period and location. Defoe's accent is a joy to listen to and his lines get a poetic style to them.
The two men get isolated for many weeks and they gradually unravel. What is reality and what's halusination?
Both actors impress with their acting, and Pattinson should be forgiven the Twilight series based on this performance alone.
I know he's cast as Batman, but personally I wouldn't mind him as Bodn at this point.
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She was one of the best things in it- pretty much made the movie for me.
One thing I really did like about Ghostbusters was the way they handled 3D effects, and I'm not talking about the CGI of the ghosts themselves. For some effects-heavy scenes, a faux letterbox was applied so that the effects could pass into the "frame"—something that definitely took me by surprise on my first watch. I'm not sure if it's been done on any other film, but it worked really well for this one.
Just picked this up on 4k, and still think it's the best of the series. Reading up on it a little
I found it interesting to note that Bourne's fighting style was actually Bruce Lee's Jeet Kune do.
Along with the Filipino style of Kali I believe? Fairly sure Matt Damon was trained by Jeff Imada who is an expert in both of these forms of fighting / defence.
I'm with you TP - I have this movie as the best of the series too -{ ... really enjoy it whenever I catch it on tv.
633 squadron is a war movie about a fictitous bombing raid on a rocket fuel plant in occupied Norway. The RAF bombing raid is naturally commanded by an American played by Cliff Robertson. This is a boys' own adventure with lots of heroism. The final raid where the British planes are flying down the narrow fjord is known to be a direct inspiration for Star Wars: A New Hope.
So how is Norway represented? By a liason from the Norwegian resistance that's called "The Ling", and obvious reference to the famous Linge Company of the Special Operations Executive. He has a hairstyle no-one in the 1940s had, especially in the armed forces.
Bergen seems to be a small town in the Scottish inland, but amazingly the British officer giving the presentation says Bergen just as people in Bergen say it, but the made up fjord somehow has a German name. The resistance has a very active role in this movie, more active than it did in real life. They didn't engage the German occupants in guerilla warfare unless they had to, instead they waited and trained for an allied invasion and/or a German surrender.
The movie relies a great deal on second unit or archival footage, absolutely all German soldiers have Schmeiser submachine guns and the acting is passable at best. I've been too critical of 633 Squadron.It's good, unpretentious fun and every Norwegian in it is a hero. Hurrah to that!
As you say, but Ron Goodwin was the king of this sort of thing. My favourite, of course, is "Where Eagles Dare"-
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8XKGhG0W0LQ
Decent enough thriller with Tommy Lee Jones, Linda Hamilton, and the great Robert Vaughn.
A high Tech car has to be stolen back because of the evidence hidden in it. It feels very much
like a TV movie from a script by John Carpenter.
This movie is based on a true story, and Alvin York and several of the the people portrayed in the move read and agreed on the script before filming. This doesn't mean everything in it is true, but it's closer to the truth than most movies of the time. Alvin York was a poor farmer and hunter in Pensylvania who did a lot of drinking and fighting when he was young, but became a devoted Christian after he married. When he was called up for WWI he first became a consiencious objector, but later joined the army because of patriotism.
World war one doesn't really start for Alvin until halfway into the film and surprisingly short time is spent in wartime France. He only got nine months at school and combined with the poverty and remotenes of his home makes him a fairly simple man. Sometimes Alvin, his family and friends seem more like parodies than real people, and at times I felt like I was watching Forrest Gump meets Hacksaw Ridge.
Thankfully there are enough well acted and heartfelt scenes for Gary Cooper in the lead role to make Alvin seem like a real person.
In the Army Alvin York turns out to be an expert marksman. At the front he lead an attack on a German machine gun nest, taking at least one machine gun, killing at least 25 enemy soldiers and capturing 132. most of this he did single-handedly and your got the Medal of Honour for this action. This movie was made in 1941, no doubt to motivate people for the war ahead.
Clever, inventive, fun whodunnit written and directed by Rian Johnson.
Ana de Armas is the central figure, holding her own against a starry cast. Daniel Craig's accent has to be heard to be believed.
Isn‘t that what people say about you but not in a good way
Dalton - the weak and weepy Bond!
Just to explain: Imo the funniest scene in the entire series, probably ever!
Dalton - the weak and weepy Bond!
I couldn't work out what it was supposed to be at first ...I thought he was trying to be Hercule Poirot
This is a 2011 film that was recommended to me at the time by several people and I decided it wasn't my cup of tea so never bothered.
i think it was because it was directed by Woody Allen and I've never been a fan of his work.
However, I actually watched it on Saturday and I now regret I didn't do it sooner. I loved it.
It's about a disillusioned Hollywood script writer who is struggling to write a book who goes on a trip to Paris with his fiancé. He's dreaming of Paris in the 1920's and all the great writers. She wants a house in Malibu.
It's sentimental, romantic and charming. Owen Wilson is perfect in what probably would have been the Woody Allen role back in the day and it's got an impressive cast list.
I'll be watching it again ...soon.
This is a comedy starring Bob Hope and Hedy Lamarr. A standup comedian looks just like a dangerous spy and the comedian has to pretend he's the jailed spy to get to a microfilm in Tangier. Most of the plot could work as a straight thriller if you took put Hope's jokes, but his jokes are many and often good. Fun fact: from one hour 27 minutes you get a fire engine chase that looks a lot like the one in AVTAK, just watch: https://ok.ru/video/270681508515?fromTime=5222
Much better is The Old Guard, with Charlize Theron as an immortal in charge of a group of immortal mercenaries. It's a lot of fun (and even a little touching), and unlike Blake Lively, Charlize KNOWS how to kick some tail!
Set in WWII, Charlotte enlists in the Secret Service and is sent to France on a mission. But she has a personal reason for going and cares more about that than her orders. She was not at all credible as someone in the Secret Service imo. I was disappointed with this film as it was more about war romance than secret missions. The scenery was good though.
Perhaps he should swap roles with Kenneth Branagh?
This might help you.
https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=seth+meyers+interviews+daniel+craig&&view=detail&mid=DC106B72B8FE64C3290DDC106B72B8FE64C3290D&&FORM=VDRVRV
The classic Agatha Christie story with an all star cast, including Charles Gray and a blink and you'll miss him Pierce Brosnan
to be given a lot of respect, in doing much of the work himself.
That was funny. Don't think I've ever seen Daniel so animated!!
It explains a lot
{[] 100% agreed.
I was recently talking about that with his Lordship and we were talking about Cruise clinging onto the side of a plane as it took off.
I said 'it's not that hard, he was strapped on' .... hubby fell about laughing. I don't like Tom Cruise.
Robert Pattinson and Daniel Defoe are practically the only actors in this film as they play two lightkeepers on a remote island off New England in the 1890's. The director is Robert Eggers who made The Witch. He likes mysterious plots based on folklore, but also extensive research. Unlike most historical movies he tries to get the dialogue as correct as possible given the period and location. Defoe's accent is a joy to listen to and his lines get a poetic style to them.
The two men get isolated for many weeks and they gradually unravel. What is reality and what's halusination?
Both actors impress with their acting, and Pattinson should be forgiven the Twilight series based on this performance alone.
I know he's cast as Batman, but personally I wouldn't mind him as Bodn at this point.