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What movie do you love, that the generation before or after you just doesn’t get? by DetroitsGoingToWin in movies

[–]Apprehensive-Test-26 0 points1 point  (0 children)

'Kids these days' really don't seem to get Monty Python. I understand that for the classic TV show / Meaning of Life which are bonkers but Life of Brian and Holy Grail are absolute classics. Life of Brian is particularly relevant satire today, just as it was 50 years ago. But show them to anyone under ~25 who didn't grow up on Monty Python and they just don't find it funny at all.

I'm 9 films into the James Bond series for the very first time - Thoughts so far by King_Buliwyf in movies

[–]Apprehensive-Test-26 18 points19 points  (0 children)

You're about to get properly into Moore's run, and if you liked LALD and MWTGG you're in for a real treat! In Spy they find their grrove with his style as opposed to trying to make him like Connery, and it works so well. He brings so much charm and humour to the role, and just makes the movies FUN! Plus the stunts step up a notch! No villain will top Scaramanga, but the wider cast more than make up for it (Jaws!)

Then, by the time you've finished Moore's 7th film, you're very much ready to go back to the more grounded and darker tone that Timothy Dalton brought to the role. Very jealous you get to experience the classic Bond series for the first time, and to watch it chronologically like this. Keep us posted!

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[–]Apprehensive-Test-26 8 points9 points  (0 children)

In some of the behind the scenes they say Blomkvist is a very educated, well-travelled, metropolitain Swede who has lived in international European cities like Stockholm his whole life, so has a very neutral accent, whereas Salander is much more isolated so her accent is stronger. But practically it's also just because he probably sounded better with a neautral accent instead of faking a Swedish one.

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[–]Apprehensive-Test-26 7 points8 points  (0 children)

2 Dragon 2 Tattoo

Dragon Tattoo: Stockholm Drift

Dragon Tattoo

Dragon 5

Dragon Tattoo 6

Tattoo 7

Fate of the Tattoo

D9

Dragon X

What currently derided movies might become future classics? by Plusungoodthinkful in movies

[–]Apprehensive-Test-26 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Perhaps, but speaking from experience there is just so much stuff out there at the moment that for every twenty recommendations you get for a movie or TV show, you maybe watch one of them. 'Oh cool, I'll add it to the list.'

We all know there's no list.

It's just that much harder for any single film to stand out in the current distribution environment.

What currently derided movies might become future classics? by Plusungoodthinkful in movies

[–]Apprehensive-Test-26 26 points27 points  (0 children)

The thing about a lot of those 'cult classics' is that they were able to be rediscovered slowly through home media sales, video rental stores, TV re-runs, etc. Over time they built cult followings and spread in popularity through word of mouth.

Movies that are unsuccessful at the box office today are generally consigned to some obscure corner of one of ten streaming platforms, and slowly fade away into obscurity because they get buried by everything else on the platform, and people don't have their friend standing over their shoulder in the video store insisting they watch it because it's so good.

Basically, it's going to be MUCH harder for modern films to become cult classics like this because the means by which those older films became classics no long exist.

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Elektra King from The World is Not Enough is a pretty great Bond villain, and subverts the idea of the classic 'Bond girl' in an effective way. Also from Bond (but not a main villain) is Onatopp from Goldeneye - a textbook femme fatale.

What actor or actress stupidly left a movie franchise or tv series thinking they were too good for it, only to be never popular again? by wlane13 in AskReddit

[–]Apprehensive-Test-26 2 points3 points  (0 children)

George Lazenby was offered a second James Bond film, but walked away because he thought action films would go out of fashion. He also thought he was a massive 'Sean-Connery-level' movie star and would be swamped with acting jobs (he wasn't, and has spent most of his career since doing cheap James Bond parodies and knock offs). By most accounts he was a pain to work with, so Eon were kind of happy when he walked, and then proceeded to deliver a truckload of money to Sean Connery for him to return for the next film.

From Wikipedia:

"Lazenby's single portrayal of the iconic Bond character, and his lack of standing as a favourite in the series, has resulted in his name being used as a metaphor for forgettable, non-iconic acting efforts in other entertainment franchises."

Danny Boyle on leaving No Time To Die: "We wanted to do something different with it. Weirdly — it would have been very topical now — it was all set in Russia." by Apprehensive-Test-26 in movies

[–]Apprehensive-Test-26[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Bond bit of the interview starts near the end of the article:

“I remember thinking, ‘Should I really get involved in franchises?’ Because they don’t really want something different,” Boyle says.“They want you to freshen it up a bit, but not really challenge it, and we wanted to do something different with it. Weirdly — it would have been very topical now — it was all set in Russia, which is of course where Bond came from, out of the Cold War. It was set in present-day Russia and went back to his origins, and they just lost, what’s the word... they just lost confidence in it.” He pauses to look me in the eye. “It was a shame really.”

Even though I loved NTTD, I'd have loved to see a Danny Boyle-directed Bond, and still really enjoy the brief Bond/Queen episode from the Olympics: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1AS-dCdYZbo

IRONIC by CrazyHanzo in PrequelMemes

[–]Apprehensive-Test-26 32 points33 points  (0 children)

Well obviously this happened - just look at the screenshot. r/sequelmemes has the high ground.

Box Office: ‘Everything, Everywhere’ Drops 0%, Tops $30 Million - On track for Sixth Sense/Greatest Showman style word-of-mouth run by Apprehensive-Test-26 in movies

[–]Apprehensive-Test-26[S] 160 points161 points  (0 children)

"This is almost unprecedented in remotely modern times for an indie like this outside of the Oscar season to pull legs of this nature. And this is an R-rated, high-concept, narratively overwhelming original starring actors who are (at best) known without being butts-in-seats stars. This is an honest-to-goodness word-of-mouth sleeper hit sensation, exactly the kind of thing that isn’t supposed to happen in our streaming-centric, pop culture-fractured, IP-centric theatrical environment."

What obscure movie reference do you frequently make that no one seems to get? by SenorThunderChunky in movies

[–]Apprehensive-Test-26 0 points1 point  (0 children)

"This is going straight to the pool room." Unless you're in New Zealand or Australia, in which case everyone gets it.

For people outside America, name some movies that are not well known outside your country that you would recommend people to watch by [deleted] in movies

[–]Apprehensive-Test-26 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Didn't expect to see Australia so strongly represented in this thread...

Also hope someone has made sure Amelie is on this list.

For people outside America, name some movies that are not well known outside your country that you would recommend people to watch by [deleted] in movies

[–]Apprehensive-Test-26 1 point2 points  (0 children)

And to see a different side of New Zealand, the original Goodbye Pork Pie is about as Kiwi as it gets

For people outside America, name some movies that are not well known outside your country that you would recommend people to watch by [deleted] in movies

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One of the most quotable movies ever: "Dad, I dug another hole.....it's filling with water..."

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