Carnifex
SasqWatch
I find the classic Bonds far easier to watch than the current ones. Man, they were sooo good back in the day!!!
I find the classic Bonds far easier to watch than the current ones. Man, they were sooo good back in the day!!!
They're very laid back and naive with the plot they usually have. Very lighthearted and campy, as oposed to the current ones which take a more realistic look at the character of Bond. Personally, I like Daniel Craig as a Bond hero. I just like his acting and face. He's got something particular.
But I'm no fan of Bond movies in general, so don't take my opinion too seriously. I just like them, but I wouldn't call myself a fan.
Some date better than others in this regard, but none of them should be watched solely using one specific current-day lense.
Of course, and I have no issue doing that. But I'm in a position of priviledge, as a man. I can easily understand women feeling offended by the portrayal. Just as I imagine black people would be offended at seeing the original 1930s King Kong.
No, one should never assume offence on other people's behalf. That is, in itself, a form of offensiveness.
Isn't that the basis of human empathy? Being able to place yourself in other's shoes, and attempt to try and feel what they would feel?
Bond in the 1960s was a misogynist pig because society expected men to be misogynist pigs back then, even most women. However, just like today, after each movie there would be discussion and the next movie would try to adapt to that discussion.
They are all equally perfectly suited to their time, and that is the aspect that requires empathy.
Most of what you said there is also incorrect, but, in that regard, yes, that would be a politics and religion thread discussion. You could use your post above to start that discussion in the appropriate forum & I'd happily reply, but let's keep it to movies for this thread.
Thanks. I think I saw Lord of the Flies.
Surprising that there’s so few around this premise. And even fewer big budget ones. You’d think it’s a gold mine of creative possibilities.
Oh, there's hundreds of movies set around being stuck on an island, it's a very popular theme for fiction writers because you can limit your cast and preclude the option of them just getting up and moving out when the going gets rough.
Jurassic Park is a stuck on an island film, as is Agatha Christie's And Then There Were None (many versions), Treasure Island, the first Sinbad movie and lots of others, but it depends on the definition of stuck and whether the core of the drama revolves around dealing with being stuck on the island or whether the core of the drama is something else entirely, which, in these last few, it certainly is.
Swiss Family Robinson is another very famous and iconic stuck on an island franchise with a gazillion variations beyond the 1960 movie. The Lost in Space tv series and film are based on SFR, but they're about being stuck on a desert planet rather than a desert island, basically the same thing.
Red Dwarf and its ilk are based on similar themes, stuck in a space-ship, it's the same as stuck on an island really, same with Alien/s, and The Thing, either version are again similar in vein to the concept.
So you'd need to really narrow down the specifics to get a really good short-list.
I tried watching the new Bruce Willis sci-fi movie, Breach. I wasn't expecting much, but damn… This is like a film-school project, utterly incompetent and cheap on every level. It reminded me of one of those old VHS movies you'd pick up one evening when pickings were slim, thinking, "Maybe." Then you'd realise you'd got what you deserved.
Didn't get past the half hour mark.