Movie Thread

[Keith Chegwin]

Licence to Kill was a better revenge movie and the most Flemingesque in the entire series

They were never high art and didn't try to be until Skyfall and Spectre.

Tried before that. All the Craig Bonds have tried (and failed) to be high art

[da PAC Nigguh]

Despite having seen both Skyfall and Spectre I really can't recall a fucking thing about either of them. I can give a fairly good summary of both Casino Royale and Quantum of Solace, even though it's been longer since I've watched either of those.

[Rushy]

Most Bond movies are ass but we love them anyway.

Because they're entertaining. What's so good about Quantum that it's above stuff like Diamonds, Live And Let Die, fucking World Is Not Enough even?
Quantum has desert... some water thief villain... a Bond girl that Bond doesn't bonk... desert... really godawful editing... desert... and oh yeah, Craig.
Give me Roger Moore in a clown outfit any day over any Craig movie.

[Guest]

Licence to Kill was a better revenge movie and the most Flemingesque in the entire series

They were never high art and didn't try to be until Skyfall and Spectre.

Tried before that. All the Craig Bonds have tried (and failed) to be high art

I want to love it but that fucking toothpaste '80s ninja scene just ruins it. Love the opening gunbarrel, though, and the action, but QOS is better made and slicker.

[Rushy]

Licence to Kill was a better revenge movie and the most Flemingesque in the entire series

Robert Davi was brilliant in that movie. He alone elevates it over Quantum, let alone all the other good stuff, like Dalton, two better Bond girls, the plot, Desmond Llewelyn's inclusion into the story et cetera

[Guest]

Most Bond movies are ass but we love them anyway.

Because they're entertaining. What's so good about Quantum that it's above stuff like Diamonds, Live And Let Die, fucking World Is Not Enough even?
Quantum has desert... some water thief villain... a Bond girl that Bond doesn't bonk... desert... really godawful editing... desert... and oh yeah, Craig.
Give me Roger Moore in a clown outfit any day over any Craig movie.

Did you just invoke goddamn TWINE as a superior movie? What does that have, Sophie Marceau and a decent opening tune? It was even more boring than SPECTRE with the goofy snowmobile chase, the goofy saw fight, and the boring sub chase. It was better than the remake, yes, but that's not saying much. "I can't FEEEEEEEL pleasure!"

[Guest]

Licence to Kill was a better revenge movie and the most Flemingesque in the entire series

Robert Davi was brilliant in that movie. He alone elevates it over Quantum, let alone all the other good stuff, like Dalton, two better Bond girls, the plot, Desmond Llewelyn's inclusion into the story et cetera

Bullshit, you're letting your memories get the better of you. Davi was the same generic character he plays in every movie, with his giant acne scars, the Bond girls were boring and cut like bull dykes (and Bond didn't bang them), and it looked like a cheesy 1980s Cannon movie. The action was great, especially the truck scene, but it was way too cheesy to take seriously and coasts along on a reputation of being a harder, edgier, Fleming Bond. If Chuck Norris starred in it Lupa would have made a review of it by now.

The Living Daylights is a better Dalton movie, with a sweet opening tune and a better looking babe.

[Keith Chegwin]

the Bond girls were boring and cut like bull dykes (and Bond didn't bang them)

What movie did you watch?
Bond not having sex with a girl wasn't a thing until Daniel Craig

The Living Daylights is a better Dalton movie, with a sweet opening tune and a better looking babe.

Debatable. I personally can't decide which I prefer. The Living Daylights has a John Barry score but I prefer Licence to Kill for its plot and Carey Lowell

[Rushy]

I don't mind Living Daylights, but I always remember it as such a drab-looking movie, even by 80s Bond standards. Probably all that time he spends in Ukraine or whereever the pianist was from.

[Keith Chegwin]

Probably all that time he spends in Ukraine or whereever the pianist was from.

They barely spend any time where the cellist is from (Bratislava, I believe)