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Re: Eden Lake (2008)

pickaname — Thu, 13 Mar 2014 21:03:52 -0000

Jon you sound like an asshole. This is the best thriller movie with a message I've ever seen. Outstanding acting, plot is perfect, constant tension, twist at the end and all this made on a budget. Agressive, antisocial behaviour and gangs are reality especially in lower classes and in families where generations grew up in unimployment not to mention other groups coming from a foreign culture. You cannot close your eyes and say I can see no problem here. All Brits can. Junkies kill one another and people who contribute to society as well. This film is like a cry for action.

Re: Ten Little Niggers (1939)

Kathryn Daniel — Sun, 09 Mar 2014 11:59:00 -0000

A lot of black people cheerfully call each other and themselves as "niggers" but will be highly offended if an outsider uses the word. Have you seen the movie "Rush Hour"? Perfect example of what I mean. I think the word has so much negative baggage attached that it is rightly being removed from everyday conversation, but this is only cosmetic. When the mindset BEHIND the words changes, then we will see progress.

Re: Ten Little Niggers (1939)

daren III — Wed, 05 Feb 2014 13:08:01 -0000

yes

there are many completely clueless people on this earth

Re: Licence to Kill (1989)

Andrew — Sat, 09 Nov 2013 13:14:24 -0000

There's one thing that I think could have been done better in Licence to Kill. After Bond's first meeting with Q, he sends him off, but says Q would have made a fine field agent. Later, after throwing yet another monkey wrench into Sanchez's operation, he sends off Q and Pam, saying he works alone. I think it would have been better for Bond to have thanked Q and Pam in the later scene, which would have given his character development a bit more solid footing. Bond was obviously shaken by Felix's mauling, and I'm sure he wouldn't forgive himself if someone else in his cirlce like Q, M or Moneypenny met a simialr fate, a concept that was expanded on when Janus (from GoldenEye) and Dominic Greene (from Quantum of Solace) taunted Bond with it.
I really did like how they handled the parallels between this movie and Majesty's. In lesser hands, they would have beaten it into the dirt, but the subtle approach worked very well, giving newbies the necessary hints and not bogging down those who had seen all the films up to that point.

Re: The World is Not Enough (1999)

Andrew — Sun, 03 Nov 2013 02:35:30 -0000

Something I don't see mentioned often: Electra's scheme in this movie sounds a lot like Goldfinger's Operation Grand Slam. Hijack some nukes, blow up your competition and your profits increase many times. Oh, and make sure you have a henchman that can't feel pain - sad that the more cartoonish Oddjob is more convincing with the no pain gimmick that Renard. Of course, being Bond, recycling plot elements is nothing new, but I really like the idea of a Goldfinger/On Her Majesty's Secret Service hybrid.

Re: Skyfall (2012)

Luke McGrath — Mon, 28 Oct 2013 11:44:11 -0000

Sanchez is a great villain, but Silva and Zorin are of the same crazy mould. Sanchez was just good at his job.

Re: Quick Update

Luke McGrath — Tue, 15 Oct 2013 06:36:46 -0000

I HAVE JUST HAD A BABY.

I also do not deem it worthy talking to any of you.

Re: Skyfall (2012)

Andrew — Thu, 10 Oct 2013 11:39:37 -0000

I have to disagree with Silva being the most memorable villain since Zorin. IMO, Franz Sanchez might be a more appropriate comparison. Nonetheless, Silva's a solid villain for an excellent movie and easily in my top five Bond villains (#5 Dr No, #4 Raoul Silva, #3 Franz Sanchez, #2 Auric Goldfinger, #1 Ernst Stavro Blofeld).

Re: Goldfinger (1964)

Luke McGrath — Mon, 30 Sep 2013 06:42:02 -0000

How dare you! ;) What's your favourite Bond film @rosie1843?

Re: The Sword with No Name (2009)

Luke McGrath — Mon, 30 Sep 2013 06:41:08 -0000

I don't pretend to know anything about Korean history, but the story should be understandable from the movie itself surely? I admit in my review that the storyline may well be accurate, but it is the treatment of it that makes it so hard to follow.

Re: The Sword with No Name (2009)

Luke McGrath — Mon, 30 Sep 2013 06:37:43 -0000

Hey Laura, what did you like about it?

Re: From Russia With Love (1963)

Luke McGrath — Mon, 30 Sep 2013 05:37:30 -0000

Jinx!

Re: Goldfinger (1964)

rosie1843 — Mon, 23 Sep 2013 21:31:33 -0000

The movie is crap to me. Sorry. As for that Bond template . . . I could have done without it.

Re: The Sword with No Name (2009)

pl — Fri, 06 Sep 2013 08:49:50 -0000

Obviously you don't know a thing about the history of Korea that's the reason you didn't understand the story. The queen is very famous in Korea, so they didn't explain who fights against who.

Re: The Sword with No Name (2009)

laura — Thu, 22 Aug 2013 13:28:39 -0000

I liked the movie lol

Re: From Russia With Love (1963)

Andrew — Thu, 15 Aug 2013 01:31:14 -0000

Tatiana is not a big enough factor to prevent me from giving it a perfect score in my book, but yeah, she's pretty useless when compared to other Bond Girls like Tracy, Pam, and Natalya.
Still, as part of the overall plot with SPECTRE playing both sides of
the Iron Curtain like a fiddle, she plays her part fine. At least she isn't Mary Goodnight or Jinx.

Re: Ten Little Niggers (1939)

ared — Sun, 28 Jul 2013 22:10:49 -0000

I dunno, it truly can be a description by some people, I once had a girlfriend who, after i came back from a holiday looking very brown, exclaimed God! you look like a nigger! I was quiet taken aback and asked her to repeat it, which she duly did without a hint of wrongdoing. She simply meant i look really dark and saw nothing wrong in using that term to describe me. Never a hint of racism beforehand or since has persuaded me she was quiet innocent. now, that doesnt mean its not her responsibility to know what terms would be offensive and ultimately, its her fault for being so ignorant. But on the other hand, she has so little cause for thinking about race and racism, it never occurred to her to check up on offensive words. she knew she meant nothing so therefore the very act of checking it up would bring race into it.
I made a similar mistake when talking to my 'of chinese descent' mate who owns a chinese restaurant and said, ye, its a great chinkys youve got there. merely thinking chinkys is short for chinese and only used in conjunction with chinese restaurants. I was informed its the same as paki etc and have never used it since. But I considered myself enlightened in such matters. Apparently not. (were still friends)

Re: Tomorrow Never Dies (1997)

Luke McGrath — Tue, 09 Jul 2013 09:27:31 -0000

Great idea. That scene and the cold blooded revenge would be a great short.

Re: From Russia With Love (1963)

Luke McGrath — Tue, 09 Jul 2013 09:24:57 -0000

No way man, no way.

Re: From Russia With Love (1963)

Luke McGrath — Tue, 09 Jul 2013 09:24:46 -0000

She helped Bond because Klebb let her - she was a puppet the whole time. Then she got drugged.

Re: From Russia With Love (1963)

drush76 — Sat, 06 Jul 2013 20:42:29 -0000

And as far as I'm concerned, "DR. NO" sucked.

Re: From Russia With Love (1963)

drush76 — Sat, 06 Jul 2013 20:42:01 -0000

In "FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE", the "useless Bond girl" - namely Tatiana Romanova - helped Bond get his hands on the Lektor and saved his life TWICE in less than five minutes.

Re: Ten Little Niggers (1939)

Dakota Legend — Sat, 06 Jul 2013 19:16:36 -0000

"...yet the term ‘nigger’ was, and still semantically is, simply description." I find it enjoyable when a writer doesn't comprehend what they've actually written.

Re: Ghosts of Ophidian (2013)

Anonymous — Thu, 06 Jun 2013 03:31:37 -0000

Air Force BDUs... That really bugged me that an Air Force 2 star would call them that... ABU google it author before you write...

Re: Tomorrow Never Dies (1997)

Andrew — Tue, 23 Apr 2013 05:55:43 -0000

One of the weaker films. The only thing preventing it from being completely irredeemable is the scene with Dr. Kaufmann and the car chase following it. I honestly think that would have make a neat 20 minute short film, somewhat akin to the short stories Ian Flemming would write.