My favourite Bond film, but not favourite Bond. Was just reading Roger Moore's biog (very entertaining, easy read) which states that Lazenby regretted turning down the option of further films, as he thought at the time Bond wasn't his role. He was probably right though.

its the same drivel that people who dont like Bond have belated about for years and years. its a dull dull movie

I finally saw it a few years ago and was so disappointed. The 'plot' is wafer thin, and I didn't even think it was particularly stylishly done.

Born to play Bond? Are you sure? One thing about 007 is that he's meant to be a bit handy. I could have Brosnan, I'm sure I could.

Paths of Glory.
I'm right.
You're wrong.

Pitt's a great actor and so are DiCapprio and Depp. And Hanks.

...is near the top of my most hated films of all time. Brad Pitt's role of Mickey is one of the worst character performances ever.

as I refer to her.

HDN seemed to aspire to a touch of the 'Angry Young Man', while Help was pure light entertainment. Very enjoyable though, great songs and the lovely Eleanor Bron as well.

I love 'A Hard Day's Night' as well, but 'Help' is one of my all-time favourites. I think Richard Lester is hugely underrated as a director, actually.

AHDN will always be my favorite but Help is a close second for me mostly because of those little promo films you mentioned of each song. They are perfect. The one for Another Girl is classic Beatles humor with all of them switching instruments and Paul playing that girl. The ski scene for Ticket to Ride. Great stuff.

One of the few remaining Beatles purchases I would really like to make is a DVD or Blueray of all of the Beatles videos of their songs collected together -- both the little promo films of songs from their movies, the song videos (before they were called "videos) that they made on their own, and, topping it all off, the rooftop scene from Let it Be. A Blueray disc with all of that on it would be fab.

... and I even prefer the soundtrack/album.

I love the shared house that looks like four houses in a terrace from outside, and the vending machines everywhere, and the sunken beds, each with its own phone (on which they talk to each other)... When I was about 8 or 9, I wanted my life to be like that.

is certainly "bubbly-meaning-in dire need of a dose of Ritalin", but Eddie Marsan is fantastic and worth the price of admission alone.

Catherine Keener - funny as fuck and sexy as hell.

about Forrest Gump being an absolute tearjerker a while ago but was shot down in flames.

Andy Garcia + Sofia Coppola is unconvincing to say the least. She can't act her way out of a paper bag. The Vatican element of the plot is sub-'In God's Name' nonsense.

Whenever I see HMV selling the Godfather box set I wish that someone would release a box of just the first two, so that I can pretend 3 doesn't exist.

But she's probably just saying that to appear more indie and kooky

I don't know if i agree but that was funny :)

My American wife tells me I don't understand the humour (humor)...um, no, its just shit

But I do kind of agree with you. Not much happens. Some things actually do happen though: Some monkeys watch a monolith. A bone turns into a space ship. The space ship docks in just under 10 minutes. Someone on the space ship jogs upside down. Some astronauts watch a monolith. An astronaut flies through some sort of LSD-tunnel, Magical Mystery Tour-style. Paint dries. An old guy (the astronaut) watches a monolith.

And all this in just 141 minutes. What´s not to like?

It was formulaic film-making dressed up to look like something new.

I'm no science fiction fan, but I can see that (in all seriousness) there is more true s-f imagination in a single episode of the Clangers than in the entire Star wars hexology (or whatever you call a group of six films).

the whole lot.
And who come up with the stupid idea of the prequel? Was this just an excuse to re-life and re-package the SW franchise.

by selling truckloads of merchandise, having sequels that made serious money and proving that silly, shallow, poorly written films could be massively successful, Star Wars did more damage to the film industry than can be imagined, and is largely responsible for the sheer amount of dreck currently passing itself off for entertainment in your local cinema.

And don't get me started on the clowns that take it seriously, want to be jedis, etc etc.

That is hardly a controversial opinion is it? Far more controversial to make a case for him being a great actor, surely. And harder, as he is generally pretty ropy, except in Leaving Las Vegas.

but he still looks like he hasn't finished potty training yet.

"Take this steak back - it's still got marks from where the jockey was hitting it" etc etc

Couldn't agree more. The first time I saw it was the day before I started my first "real" job... perfect timing and its stuck with me ever since

All that bollocks about needing to be intelligent to watch Inception. Pfft, stay awake and you'll do fine. Memento on the other hand *needs* 2 viewings just to tie the two timelines together properly in you head.
Fantastic bit of film making and jolly good story to boot.

I'm not sure your statement is altogether controversial, is it?

And "You wanna have a catch?".
Every. Single. Damn. Time. *sniffles*

Double post.

... to express my complete agreement with you.

Although I do like Nuts In May and Abigails Party

And yes.

Gritty Northern drama? No it's just condescending shite.

..unless it was a stroke flick.

I'm with you about R M, you ask most people their fave Bond movie and more often than not it's Live And Let Die, Rog gold!

I think being the best Bond is a bit like being the best x-factor contestant

.

How nice to know I'm not the only one who thinks so.

Quite possibly the most overrated film ever made.

is the first thing you see...surely the rest doesn't matter?

....and in 20/30 years time and beyond, future generations will not believe how crap it is.
CGI will look 'more' dated in 2030 than silent movies from a full 100 years ago look to us now.

but The Conversation was a bit of a letdown. I'd heard so much about it and was really looking forward to it. Barely managed to finish it, though.

it looks real good

I am not Peter Greenaway

Perhaps you should switch to live theatre. I've heard good things about Waiting for Godot.

"a cross between Austin Powers and a Soviet propaganda film."

Spot on, which is why I really liked it.

Fnarr fnarr!

.

Are watersports the in thing in the movies at the moment?

All You Need is Cash

and most of them are brilliant!

Everything since the sixties is shit......

Must be hard for him to accept that its all going to be downhill from there on.

And the only reason Ray Winstone was scared of him is 'cos he's a big puff.

My sister could have him.

No, no, no, no, no, no, no!

motherfucker.

...is my favourite Christmas film. Fact.

Great script, terrific performances, very funny. Dull, you say ... you must be kidding.

...actually pretty creepy.

Fluff, but good fluff. Love the chinese lady:"Eat, fucking cookie!!" and "The" La Traviata :)

- "manipulative, melodramatic" - but still bloody wonderful.

I walked all the way down a rain beaten hill in semi darkness in my duffle coat of a late September night back in't day to our local cinema as showed X fillums. Got in and was entranced by what I saw and heard, plus it was a great story to tell mates at school the next day. So it will always have a place in my heart especially when it was banned, I could always chuck out the bon mot "Oh yeah, seen it". Years pass [calendar with pages flicking by] it is the 80s and a mate gives me a bootleg VHS of it with Dutch subtitles. Huge swathes of the movie look new to me, whole chunks I have misplaced. The event was bigger than the actuality. I've since recorded it off the telly and enjoy it for what it is but it will never ever be that wet Tuesday back in the 70s ever, ever again.

I had to walk back up that rain beaten hill in my duffle coat after that first viewing BTW.
I did those things so you don't have to.

either played old German Jews, as in The Jazz Singer - "I heff no son!"

or old German Nazis - "Is it safe?"

Trouble is he played them all exactly the same.

Agree, agree, agree!

My personal fave is Withnail & P.

.

The Blues Brothers is a terrific film.

Extremely funny - what's not to like about a 90 car police chase through Illinois and, really, central Chicago. Plus the Good Ole Boys and a deranged Carrie Fisher blowing stuff up.

I first saw it when I was 13 and it turned me on to Booker T, John Lee Hooker, Spencer Davis and Duane Eddy.

Even if you don't like the Ackroyd/Belushi knockabout acting (I love it) - it's a crash education course in American music in 2 hours.

Great stuff.

Dirtbag!

Trainspotting begs to differ.
As does "Master and Commander"

Still Crazy
The Lawless Heart
Notes on a Scandal
Shaun of the Dead
The Constant Gardener
I Capture the Castle

I love Bill Nighy.

Add The Night of the Hunter to that list.

(the last wholly black-and-white film to win the Best Picture Oscar).

much of an actor, more a presence. That said, The Searchers is one of the greatest movie of all time.

especially British sitcoms, are always rubbish. Even The Likely Lads and Porridge.

the Likely Lads and Rising Damp, despite what others might tell you.

I adore that movie, thanks for reminding me.

Whether you liked it or not, ok, all a matter of opinion. However, I can't think of a film that has been less influenced by Star Wars and pop videos. FWIW, I thought it was a terrific film, and there is every reason to believe the filmmakers had read the book in advance, although they did change some stuff. And I don't think Colin Firth has ever been better. Such a subtle, nuanced performance.