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Bohemian Rap City: Movies Thread

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Got here at 4:20 for a 6:30 show and wasn't even first in line. Only fifth. Some guy walked up and wanted to buy a ticket. Bahahaha Haha Haha Haha
 
Kepler said:
Oh. OK, she nearly resembles an actual adult human woman. Still emaciated but that's just consumer culture making women feel like sh-t to move product.
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Gotta stay smaller than her older sisters, even though she's probably five inches taller than them.
 
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King Of Thieves:
A true crime movie about a crew of retired crooks who pull off a major heist in London's jewelry district. What starts off as their last criminal hurrah, quickly turns into a brutal nightmare due to greed. Based on infamous true events.

It's got Michael Caine. 'Nuff said. ;)

Truth be told, it's an average heist movie, but a decent time-passer. Doesn't take many liberties at all with the actual facts, which is nice.
 
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ticapnews said:
I have started a spoiler thread for discussing recently released movies. Please don't post spoilers in this thread, or others. That thread is your catch-all.

https://board.uscho.com/showthread.php?135538-The-Movie-Spoiler-Thread-You-ve-Been-Warned
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Not sure I'll ever visit nothing personal. I will see Avengers tomorrow so not an issue after that for this film, but over time how would one know if there are other recent releases they haven't seen with reveals?
 
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The Rube said:
King Of Thieves:
A true crime movie about a crew of retired crooks who pull off a major heist in London's jewelry district. What starts off as their last criminal hurrah, quickly turns into a brutal nightmare due to greed. Based on infamous true events.

It's got Michael Caine. 'Nuff said. ;)

Truth be told, it's an average heist movie, but a decent time-passer. Doesn't take many liberties at all with the actual facts, which is nice.
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So, Going in Style but set in London? If so no thanks.
 
Slap Shot said:
Not sure I'll ever visit nothing personal. I will see Avengers tomorrow so not an issue after that for this film, but over time how would one know if there are other recent releases they haven't seen with reveals?
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It is for new releases. Typically the first two weekends of in theaters. I see that individual films had spoiler threads in the past but there has never been a thread in general. Maybe it will die after this, but there are several big releases in the coming months that people should avoid spoiling. Word is even The Lion King has some elements changed from the original which will need to be kept under wraps.
 
joecct said:
"A mysterious villain armed with dangerous new technology"."

Where have I heard that before? Good luck, Rami.

https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-48054674
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They're bringing the Felix Leiter character (and actor) back, and it has a *lot* of returning cast from the past Craig era (although (thankfully?) Christoph Waltz is only returning in cameo form for now). Grace Jones was even named, although it's not expected to be as May Day from A View to a Kill.

Then again I just saw this morning that there isn't a completed script, the script writers keep changing weekly, and rumors are swirling that Craig is being insufferable on location (could it be the fact that Neal Purvis and Robert Wade's writing dropped considerably from the initial Casino Royale film?)

While I'm sad that Craig's tenure is over after this film, they appear to be setting it up for a nice finale to his era; where they won't just be able to swap lead actors and keep going like in the Connery-Lazenby-Moore-Dalton-Brosnan era.

Unfortunately that will lead to more re-re-boot talk where plenty of the wrong people will be named to be the next 007. What is it with Sony movie series turning to sh*t and needing to be continually rebooted? (Looking your way Spiderman)
 
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Malek is great. I look forward to him as the Bond villain. I hope they write a character / Evil Plan good enough for him. Presumably it will be cerebral, not physical. He does sympathetic/off-putting very well (Mr. Robot) and I'd like to see a villain who is a grey area, with something to say for himself.

I'm glad this is the last Craig, and I liked Craig far more than Brosnan or Dalton. Bond should change with the times and the brooding, inward-turning CraigBond is played out for now. I'd like to see a return to a more gregarious and charming bond. He can still be foreboding and difficult (Connery) but part of Bond is style and we haven't had a genuinely stylish Bond for a long time.

We also need another first tier Bond film -- there's hasn't been one in 13 years and that's the longest the franchise has gone.

62 Dr. No
63 From Russia with Love (1 year)
64 Goldfinger (1)
67 You Only Live Twice (3)
69 On Her Majesty's Secret Service (2)
71 Diamonds Are Forever (2)
74 The Man with the Golden Gun (3)
81 For Your Eyes Only (7)
85 A View to a Kill (4)
95 Golden Eye (10)
99 The World is Not Enough (4)
06 Casino Royale (7)
 
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After seeing the Craig movies, I find it hard to watch the old Bond characters. I just don’t like the campy, silly bond.
 
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dxmnkd316 said:
After seeing the Craig movies, I find it hard to watch the old Bond characters. I just don’t like the campy, silly bond.
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Those are only the Moore Bonds. Some of those, like Moonraker, are unwatchable.

Bond at its best is stylish, dangerous, but still with a glimmer of self-mockery. Connery was the best at this although poor dumb Lazenby also did it really well in his one chance.

Craig was a nice change and he fit the period of dark shadows and self-loathing but you can only do Notes from the Underground for so long and comic book movies do that pathos better anyway. Craig's Bond is "an adolescent Goth's idea of Bond." I'm ready for a revival of a more fun and joyful Bond. That doesn't have to be silly. It could even be something that was forward-looking rather than nostalgic.

We've had:

Charming Albeit Rapey Bond (Connery)
Poor Career Choice Bond (Lazenby)
Silly Bond (Moore)
Politically Correct Bond (Dalton)
Made for TV Bond (Brosnan)
Alan Moore Bond (Craig)

The question is: what will define the next era, since Bond merely follows the trendlines. What will Dump provoke culturally? I wouldn't mind seeing a Bond who has an unambiguous sense of right and wrong but a sense of humor about it. This Bond Kills Fascists.

Maybe make the villains white supremacists and really rub the orcs' face in it.

Illegal Mexican Immigrant Bond! Although I guess he'd have to be a Paki from Oxford.
 
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Honestly, and let me be perfectly clear that this would never happen, I would love to see bond turn more into a Tinker Tailor type franchise. I watch that movie once a year and I’m still not sure I’ve fully grasped it.
 
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Kepler said:
Those are only the Moore Bonds. Some of those, like Moonraker, are unwatchable.

Bond at its best is stylish, dangerous, but still with a glimmer of self-mockery. Connery was the best at this although poor dumb Lazenby also did it really well in his one chance.

Craig was a nice change and he fit the period of dark shadows and self-loathing but you can only do Notes from the Underground for so long and comic book movies do that pathos better anyway. Craig's Bond is "an adolescent Goth's idea of Bond." I'm ready for a revival of a more fun and joyful Bond. That doesn't have to be silly. It could even be something that was forward-looking rather than nostalgic.

We've had:

Charming Albeit Rapey Bond (Connery)
Poor Career Choice Bond (Lazenby)
Silly Bond (Moore)
Politically Correct Bond (Dalton)
Made for TV Bond (Brosnan)
Alan Moore Bond (Craig)

The question is: what will define the next era, since Bond merely follows the trendlines. What will Dump provoke culturally? I wouldn't mind seeing a Bond who has an unambiguous sense of right and wrong but a sense of humor about it. This Bond Kills Fascists.

Maybe make the villains white supremacists and really rub the orcs' face in it.

Illegal Mexican Immigrant Bond! Although I guess he'd have to be a Paki from Oxford.
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When rewatching The Living Daylights try to disregard the fact that the heroes Bond helps (and who help Bond) will eventually fly planes into the World Trade Center and Pentagon.
 
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ticapnews said:
When rewatching The Living Daylights try to disregard the fact that the heroes Bond helps (and who help Bond) will eventually fly planes into the World Trade Center and Pentagon.
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Yup, I always love that one.

The moral equivalent of America's founding fathers, dontchaknow?
 
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Endgame crossed $200M in China last night. Originally it was thought the movie could get $270M over the opening weekend, but that has been pushed to $325M. The #2 movie in China has grossed $327M for the entire year. Only six movies grossed over $300M in 2018 (IW was the only American film) for the entire theatrical run. IW was $359M total. It will be the 13th highest grosser in Chinese box office history after just one weekend.

My Disney stock thanks you. :)
 
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