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I watched 'Das finistere Tal' (the dark vally) a few days ago, I wasn't expecting much but it gripped me from start to finish.
Veering back towards the main topic for a moment, last night I watched The Night Walker (1964). Irene Trent (Barbara Stanwyck, in her last theatrical movie) is having romantic dreams about a mysterious stranger (Lloyd Bochner). After her husband Howard (Hayden Rorke) is killed in a mysterious fire, Irene turns to his attorney (Robert Taylor) for help when her dreams begin to take a sinister turn. Produced and directed by the legendary William Castle, this mystery thriller is fairly restrained by comparison to Castle's other gimmick-laden movies...for the most part, anyway. The prologue by Paul Frees and musical score by Vic Mizzy help to establish an atmosphere for this movie, and I think it's one of Castle's better efforts.
The English patient, but only for the clothes and props, I promise.
Dr. No
Craig is by far my first. The more I watch and re-watch the Connery Bond films, the more I come to the conclusion he wasn't playing Bond, he was playing Connery.
Also, I'm finding it harder to get past the cliches, and the cheesiness which I realize is often the result of the limited budgets and technology of the times. I had to force myself to watch the last half of Dr. No, so I can at least say I've watched it.
If they'd all been like From Russia With Love, I'd still place Connery only as high as a tie with Craig.
Tom Hardy I could see, Idris Elba as well. Jackman? Never.
Didn't you just watch this several pages ago in this thread? Are we going to have to arrange a James Bond intervention for you?
Last night I watched Red. I love, love, love this movie. Seeing Helen Mirren wield a Browning M2? Yes, please!
Red 2 is equally as good. I really hope they make a third one.
I saw that as well, and agree. The creepiness factor was turned up to 11 in some of the dream sequences, and the plot twist at the end certainly made for better than average Saturday night horror fare. I think, also, that the black and white made this movie more effective, and the music....Man!! it was something else entirely. Like a cross between the Munsters and the Manson family. It really established a sense of uneasiness.
And? I enjoyed it although it was panned. Not nearly as good as Chinatown, but still not bad.
I agree. I liked it, but I loved Chinatown. Chinatown was just so gritty, it's in another league, IMO.
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The scene where Mirren changes from heels to combat boots (while still wearing her evening dress) in order to better fire said Browning is one of my favorites in that film.
Yes, I did. And now it's Roger Moore in For Your Eyes Only. Intervention? It's looking that way.
No intervention is needed when watching Bond! (Though to be fair, I can only watch Connery, Craig, and Dalton - can't stand Moore).
Dalton was underrated or under appreciated or both. Moore's Bond is bad, but then so are most things from the seventies. The last Bond for the day was Goldfinger.