Heh I am feeling curious about his Bond movies after reading that he was a huge fan of the novels, and so he was kind of a proto Daniel Craig. The only movie I really recognize Dalton from is as Neville Sinclair in The Rocketeer.
Kind of fun to read that Pierce Brosnan was supposed to be Bond before Dalton, but the producers renewed Remington Steele so as to withdraw Brosnan from consideration. Dalton was scheduled to appear as Bond in Goldeneye, but he eventually left the role anyway, leaving Brosnan to take over for what at the time was considered a (now laughable) return to realism.
That reminds me of the time I got in trouble for showing The Princess Bride to a bunch of kids at church, because a character says âson of a bitchâ in one scene.
I remember clutching my pearls when I saw Angus (1995) and the character said fuck even tho the movie was rated PG-13. Apparently you can get away with saying it EXACTLY once as long as it has no sexual context.
Was curious and watched this. Tbh i wasnât entirely into it (might be that i could only find it in very low quality stream), but that final twist got me good lol
I thought that even more interesting than the silent aspect was the idea of a enemy who is much smaller but more advanced (has this been done elsewhere ?) as you would more typically expect the human be in this position. Then the reveal that its in fact the latter, wasnt expecting thatâŚcool idea
Watched School Ties for the first time. May have some thoughts tomorrow. Then watching Rounders to get the taste of evil Matt Damon out of my mouth.
Matt Damonâs busto to Teddy in the Rounders opening is pretty ridiculous. I mean the âact scared and then shoveâ is like the worst amateur move ever, and then he doesnât even do it with the nuts, to a good player whoâs turbo-folding a flush in that spot. Thinnest value shove ever, as in negative thickness.
I liked it for sure. But they sure bungled the hell out of that spot where the daughter wholeheartedly believes that Elisabeth Moss hit her. I mean, I realize the filmmaker can fall back on the explanation that itâs even less believable to her that a ghost hit her, but I donât really get why that spot had to look so incredibly bad.
Thatâs a good call. I also think some of the logistics of the ending donât quite add up once Iâm in nitpicking mode, but yeah. A great movie. The opening is stunning in its simplicity.
Side note: this was the last movie I saw in theaters before the pandemic hit
I hadnât seen it since childhood, but holy shit Airplane holds up incredibly well over 40 years later. Way more laughs per hour than the other classic comedies of the era.
Please Speak Continuously and Describe Your Experiences as They Come to You: if youâre in the mood for an arthouse bullshit short horror film, this is okay. Iâve been on the Brandon Cronenberg hype train for a long time now. Works great as an appetizer before watching Videodrome or whatever.
