Super Sweet Movie Discussion Thread

[Blizzard]

Sounds like somebody stepping on a cat.

He's the most over-rated no talent I've ever heard. Just dreadfully bad. Who the fuck would want to see a movie about him?!

He was born in Minnesota, so local media is obsessed with him and won't stop raving about him. Funny thing is, Dylan despises MN. He left at 19 and never looked back. To which, I say, good riddance.

 

[Locksteady]

Let’s find out! Sidenote, if you’re in the music this particular reviewer is a fun one to watch. Aside from the fact that she’s pretty hot, she has a crazy music background and really enjoys what she does.

Didn't watch this one through, but I've seen a few of her other videos, and I'll say her thorough and insightful analysis of songs barely rounds out sitting through all the derpy faces she makes as she's picking up things in the music.

 

[Bypass]

Watched this when I was 7 and said that's who I'm gonna be when I grow up.

FULL Movie for your viewing pleasure.

 

[Blizzard]

Saw Den of Thieves 2 last night. Overall, it's a worthy successor.

IMDB currently has it at 6.6 stars and that seems about right it's 6 - 7 range. It's definitely better than most of the other stuff out there (although that bar is fairly low) and it made me go back and re-watch the first one. It's worth your time and .

 

[AWP]

Saw Den of Thieves 2 last night. Overall, it's a worthy successor.

IMDB currently has it at 6.6 stars and that seems about right it's 6 - 7 range. It's definitely better than most of the other stuff out there (although that bar is fairly low) and it made me go back and re-watch the first one. It's worth your time and .

I liked the first one and would put it at a solid 7. I called it "a low grade Heat but entertaining", but Heat is pretty damn good.

 

[AWP]

Watching Zulu with a young ( as we know him) Michael Caine. What a great film, especially the sight of the Zulu on the ridge and their sound like a freight train and thunder on their shields.

 

[Kraut783]

Watching Zulu with a young ( as we know him) Michael Caine. What a great film, especially the sight of the Zulu on the ridge and their sound like a freight train and thunder on their shields.

I always thought a short sword, of some kind, would have been effective in CQB in that time period.

Edit: as part of their regular kit.

 

[digrar]

The Martini-Henry bayonet wasn't ideal for CQB, unless it was attached to the rifle.

 

[AWP]

@SpongeBob*24

 

[Kraut783]

@SpongeBob*24

Hell ya!

 

[Topkick]

I don't watch too many movies, but I have been a 007 fanatic since I was little kid. James Bond is my super hero. The franchise has been family owned and safely guarded from the beginning so this may be the end. IMO, the newer movies have been some of the best and I just hope it don't get stupid and lose it's originality maintained over all the years.

Amazon Gains Creative Control Over the James Bond Franchise

 

[AWP]

I don't watch too many movies, but I have been a 007 fanatic since I was little kid. James Bond is my super hero. The franchise has been family owned and safely guarded from the beginning so this may be the end. I just hope it don't get stupid and lose it's originality maintained over all the years.

Amazon Gains Creative Control Over the James Bond Franchise

I meant to post something similar earlier. Even some 20-somethings I know who are well left of center hate what Amazon might do to Bond.

Bond is universal and that should never change. An orphaned white guy, alcoholic with some misogyny while also propping up women, who gives a shit about rules and almost enjoys killing people.

Don't raise your kid to be Bond, raise your kid to enjoy Bond. That's theater, that's escapism. Bond is entertainment, not a role model. Just let James be James, eat your popcorn, and then fuck off to to work on Monday. It really is that easy.

 

[Devildoc]

Don't turn Bond into someone he is not. Don't make him woke, gay, another race or ethnicity*, give him deep seated emotions, make him navel gaze over moral ambiguity or clutches pearls, etc. He is a man's man. Keep him that way.

* I heard a couple of names floated around, Idris Elba, etc. I don't hate it.

 

[AWP]

I hate fiction. HATE fiction. I've read fiction from maybe 2 or 3 authors in the last decade.

Ian Fleming is underrated.

If you bother to read the books (America doesn't bother to read) you can appreciate the character and you see who he is and why he's that way. We glorify mobsters and serial killers, but Bond triggers people? Get the fuck out...

 

[Topkick]

Bond is universal and that should never change. An orphaned white guy, alcoholic with some misogyny while also propping up women

Yeah I'm afraid James Bond will be Jane Bond or what the fuck ever is trending, and they will try to make it into a streaming series or some bullshit. Part of the appeal for me is the anticipation of experiencing it on the big screen.

 

[Jaknight]

I hate fiction. HATE fiction. I've read fiction from maybe 2 or 3 authors in the last decade.

Ian Fleming is underrated.

If you bother to read the books (America doesn't bother to read) you can appreciate the character and you see who he is and why he's that way. We glorify mobsters and serial killers, but Bond triggers people? Get the fuck out...

If you don't mind me asking, why do you hate fiction? It's the opposite for me—I find nonfiction, except for military history and some other historical topics, absolutely boring. I'd rather read Gideon the Ninth than a book about building European railroads.

 

[Topkick]

Lost another legend, Gene Hackman... RIP Marine!

 

[ThunderHorse]

Don't turn Bond into someone he is not. Don't make him woke, gay, another race or ethnicity*, give him deep seated emotions, make him navel gaze over moral ambiguity or clutches pearls, etc. He is a man's man. Keep him that way.

* I heard a couple of names floated around, Idris Elba, etc. I don't hate it.

Dalton and Craig get an ok nod because one was North Walian and the other a Northerner. Elba is a Londoner and that needs to stop. Bond is Scottish.

 

[TLDR20]

I found out that both Tarantino and Nolan were in the running to direct Bond movies at one point. Nolan didn’t get it and made the Dark Knight trilogy. Tarantino didn’t get it and made Inglorious Basterds. Both turned out ok, but man, what could have been.

 

[Topkick]

I found out that both Tarantino and Nolan were in the running to direct Bond movies at one point. Nolan didn’t get it and made the Dark Knight trilogy. Tarantino didn’t get it and made Inglorious Basterds. Both turned out ok, but man, what could have been.

Tarantino and Bond would be wild.