Chen G. 3,944 Posted October 11, 2021 Share Posted October 11, 2021 It is great. It always was. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted October 18, 2021 Share Posted October 18, 2021 Kinda nuts that Halloween Kills nearly equaled the opening weekend of No Time to Die. Can't tell if that means (a) there was way more demand for a new Halloween than I thought, (b) there was way less demand for a Bond than I thought, (c) both of those, or (d) there's just a ceiling number of people going out to the theaters for non-Marvel movies right now and that ceiling is around 50 million dollars. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edmilson 7,398 Posted October 18, 2021 Share Posted October 18, 2021 Also, Halloween Kills had the biggest opening weekend for a horror movie in 2021 and for an R-Rated film since Bad Boys 3. Most impressive of all is that it broke all of these records despite the horrible reviews and the movie being available on Peacock. I guess very few people in the States actually subscribe to Peacock, lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted October 18, 2021 Share Posted October 18, 2021 Horror movies are the most critic-proof genre for sure Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,323 Posted October 18, 2021 Author Share Posted October 18, 2021 I've never talked to anyone who actually had Peacock Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koray Savas 2,251 Posted October 18, 2021 Share Posted October 18, 2021 Peacock is terrible. They don’t even do 4K streaming. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted October 18, 2021 Share Posted October 18, 2021 I have Peacock on my stream box because they had a free ad-supported tier but I don’t remember the last time I opened it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Positivatee 327 Posted October 18, 2021 Share Posted October 18, 2021 I only watched Peacock long enough to binge a three season TV show and a sports related movie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,508 Posted October 18, 2021 Share Posted October 18, 2021 The only peacock I know, is Capt. Peacock! Disco Stu 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeinAR 1,949 Posted October 19, 2021 Share Posted October 19, 2021 What the fuck do Peacock and Halloween Kills have to do with the already forgotten Bond film. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted October 19, 2021 Share Posted October 19, 2021 21 hours ago, Naïve Old Fart said: The only peacock I know, is Capt. Peacock! BRB, got to go home and feed my pussy 2 minutes ago, JoeinAR said: What the fuck do Peacock and Halloween Kills have to do with the already forgotten Bond film. The tangent began with me expressing my surprise that Halloween Kills did as well as the Bond movie in its opening weekend. Naïve Old Fart 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeinAR 1,949 Posted October 19, 2021 Share Posted October 19, 2021 Well in that regards I understand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,508 Posted October 19, 2021 Share Posted October 19, 2021 2 hours ago, Disco Stu said: BRB, got to go home and feed my pussy There is actually a book called MRS. SLOCOMBE'S PUSSY! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edmilson 7,398 Posted October 20, 2021 Share Posted October 20, 2021 The movie is nearing $500m at the box office: https://deadline.com/2021/10/no-time-to-die-record-box-office-1234859312/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sweeping Strings 2,346 Posted October 21, 2021 Share Posted October 21, 2021 My local Odeon doesn't have screenings of it after Thursday 28th (i assume this is across the board). So ... a movie delayed for 18 months and regarded as one of the year's most highly anticipated releases is ending its UK cinema run after 4 weeks. Hmmm. Naïve Old Fart 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bofur01 245 Posted October 21, 2021 Share Posted October 21, 2021 Or alternatively, UK cinemas often don’t finalise their times until later in the week - our local (and big) Vue lists no showings of anything after the 28th… which is pretty standard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sweeping Strings 2,346 Posted October 22, 2021 Share Posted October 22, 2021 Odeon site is now showing that NTTD will be down to a single evening screening after the 28th. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crocodile 7,990 Posted October 22, 2021 Share Posted October 22, 2021 They won't finalise the times until Tuesday and Wednesday next week. What it basically means there will be at least that one screening. Karol Bofur01 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edmilson 7,398 Posted November 26, 2021 Share Posted November 26, 2021 Lol Covid-Era Conundrum: ‘No Time to Die’ May Be the Year’s Highest-Grossing Hollywood Movie, But It Could Still Lose Millions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,508 Posted November 26, 2021 Share Posted November 26, 2021 I'm sure it will make its money from streaming, DVD and Blu-ray, and TV rights. Maybe recent events will prompt a rethink of how films are made, and for how much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edmilson 7,398 Posted November 26, 2021 Share Posted November 26, 2021 According to MGM itself, the claims that the movie will lose money for them are untrue: https://www.indiewire.com/2021/11/no-time-to-die-losing-millions-studio-not-true-1234681095/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sweeping Strings 2,346 Posted December 23, 2021 Share Posted December 23, 2021 Mark Gatiss has revealed that he and Steven Moffat have discussed how they'd go about writing a Bond if asked. Gatiss reckoned the return of a lighter approach would be a good idea for the future of 007 - 'They often react to the times, and the times are currently bleak as fuck. They need to have fun with it again, like when Roger Moore was Bond'. DarthDementous and crumbs 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bruce marshall 1,315 Posted January 23, 2022 Share Posted January 23, 2022 It started out very good. Gadgets are back, humour is back, we get a fantastic ally in Dr Armas. The script is literate and the action flows from it, instead of the usual set-piece formula. Then..... the action for action sake plot turns return e.g. the Ford Rover commercial. I was really excited when I saw they brought back the " Garden of Death" from the novel YOLT. But, the whole sequence on the island was a huge disappointment ( and what exactly was Safin planning?). Henchmen are lined.up like human cutouts in a shooting gallery.for Bond to shoot down. Boring. So, a Bond film in the classic manner that suffers from a lame climax and poor villains On 02/09/2021 at 2:59 AM, Sweeping Strings said: It was a good idea to make him considerably younger and geekier, 'cause that's how tech wizards tend to be nowadays. The classic 'exasperated-but-just-about-underlined-with-respect' relationship between him and Bond remains, it's just played differently now. They made him gay in this one( like the actor). It was done in a subtle and satisfying manner Or, was this established in previous films? GerateWohl 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sweeping Strings 2,346 Posted January 23, 2022 Share Posted January 23, 2022 Agreed, it actually managed to not feel crowbarred in for the sake of it (as it would be if they did it with Bond ... although granted, there is the infamously ambiguous 'What makes you think this is my first time?' in Skyfall). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,508 Posted January 23, 2022 Share Posted January 23, 2022 Oh, Mr. Sweep. All this physical stuff. So dull, so dull. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted January 23, 2022 Share Posted January 23, 2022 Man, can you imagine how great Paddington would be if he was Q in a properly fun Bond film? Yes please! bruce marshall 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crumbs 14,305 Posted January 23, 2022 Share Posted January 23, 2022 I definitely agree the series needs to rediscover its lighter tone. Even something closer to Casino Royale would be a better mix than the dreary, serious tone that afflicted the last 4 films. At some point the Craig films just stopped being fun, though there were glimpses along the way. CR had an excellent mix of action and some genuinely funny moments. Not to mention the best Bond girl of the Craig era. Hopefully they get Martin Campbell back, plus Arnold obviously. Edmilson 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bruce marshall 1,315 Posted January 23, 2022 Share Posted January 23, 2022 I thought CR was pretty bad. Don't get the love for that one. Only the fact that they used the source material made it watchable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,508 Posted January 24, 2022 Share Posted January 24, 2022 8 hours ago, crypto said: Hopefully they get Martin Campbell back, plus Arnold obviously. My hope was that they could get back the dream team of Campbell, Lamont, Baird, and Méheux. Obviously, this is not going to happen, but I'd settle for Gassner. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raiders of the SoundtrArk 2,429 Posted January 24, 2022 Share Posted January 24, 2022 8 hours ago, crypto said: CR had an excellent mix of action and some genuinely funny moments. Not to mention the best Bond girl of the Craig era. Nooo! Paloma is the best Bond girl ever!!! Otherwise yeah Bond should be more fun and less serious. I miss Moore and Brosnan era Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bruce marshall 1,315 Posted January 24, 2022 Share Posted January 24, 2022 21 hours ago, Sweeping Strings said: Agreed, it actually managed to not feel crowbarred in for the sake of it (as it would be if they did it with Bond ... although granted, there is the infamously ambiguous 'What makes you think this is my first time?' in Skyfall). Was 007 supposed to be a lesbian? She wore pants and, most tellingly, had short, unstraightened hair. I've known many black lesbians and they NEVER use straightener. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sweeping Strings 2,346 Posted January 24, 2022 Share Posted January 24, 2022 Dunno ... I did think her initial 'look' was intended as a tribute to Rosie Carver from Live And Let Die. Also think a chance was missed for a bit of fun ... for example, Bond reverts to type and attempts to seduce her only for her to respond with '007 tries to sleep with 007 ... Christ, the rumours about your ego are true!' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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