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[Simon Buttle]

Watched The Beekeeper last night, typical Statham caper if you like that sort of thing, interesting storyline though, the female bad character in it had more than a hint of Trump about her as if it was some sly dig type of thing.

 

[Abertonian]

Cillian Murphy - anything like butch enough to carry a role as full of beefcake as James Bond is reputed?

There has been a shift in tone with Bond films with DC, it wouldnt be hard to imagine the studio wanting each subsequent actor to move further away from the source material.

 

[ClausThomsen]

There has been a shift in tone with Bond films with DC, it wouldnt be hard to imagine the studio wanting each subsequent actor to move further away from the source material.

Cillian Murphy - anything like butch enough to carry a role as full of beefcake as James Bond is reputed?

There is always going to be a shift in tone when the actor changes. Lazenby aside there has always been a fairly strong contrast from one Bond to the next with Roger Moore probably being the biggest outlier in terms of who he followed, who followed him and alignment with the source material. Beefcake has never really been first and foremost and certainly not in the source materials featuring a quite bland functioning alcoholic Naval Commander.

DC is very close to the source material in many ways but veered very far away in others. But given the source material dates back from over 70 years now it would be borderline Austin Powers levels of ridiculous for Bond to be the same man. I reckon Cillian Murphy is too old for a new Bond (4 or 5 films?) and too big an established lead. It's usually someone a couple of levels down from the A-List. At the time of casting DC was probably the biggest 'film' name to ever be announced in the role.

Essentially, I'm saying give it to Chesney from Coronation St.

 

[Rita_Poon]

There is always going to be a shift in tone when the actor changes. Lazenby aside there has always been a fairly strong contrast from one Bond to the next with Roger Moore probably being the biggest outlier in terms of who he followed, who followed him and alignment with the source material. Beefcake has never really been first and foremost and certainly not in the source materials featuring a quite bland functioning alcoholic Naval Commander.

DC is very close to the source material in many ways but veered very far away in others. But given the source material dates back from over 70 years now it would be borderline Austin Powers levels of ridiculous for Bond to be the same man. I reckon Cillian Murphy is too old for a new Bond (4 or 5 films?) and too big an established lead. It's usually someone a couple of levels down from the A-List. At the time of casting DC was probably the biggest 'film' name to ever be announced in the role.

Essentially, I'm saying give it to Chesney from Coronation St.

Connery was picked cos he was a body builder. They taught him the rest.

 

[coollino]

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The Northman.

Watched this night on recommendation and also the near perfect reviews.

Some stellar performances from the leads and in particular Alexander Skarsgard, who is astounding in the lead, but boy oh boy is it brutal.

The attention to detail, meant it almost watched like a dramatised history lesson.

Recommend if you like Viking stuff.

I couldn't think of a type of film that would not appeal to me more, but I thought it was excellent in the end

I only really watched it cos of it was directed by Eggers and I love the atmosphere in his films

 

[COYBL25]

I couldn't think of a type of film that would not appeal to me more, but I thought it was excellent in the end

I only really watched it cos of it was directed by Eggers and I love the atmosphere in his films

It surprised me too, as I was kind of expecting more of the Hollywood vikings that you usually get in this type of film.

Which couldn’t be further from the truth.

I thought Nicole Kidman was the only weak link in the whole thing tbh.

 

[Nymzee]

It surprised me too, as I was kind of expecting more of the Hollywood vikings that you usually get in this type of film.

Which couldn’t be further from the truth.

I thought Nicole Kidman was the only weak link in the whole thing tbh.

I think the one gripe I have about films like this, and is why I never bothered to watch more than 5 minutes of Sisu, is when they force in famous leads when simply hiring a good actor from the region the film is in would have been miles better. Just give me a damn Scandi ffs.

 

[mightymoyes]

Watched 'the iron claw' last night, pretty good, sad story though

 

[ste d' indica]

Avatar (part the second)...

It's not a bad film, but it is quite a boring one, and I know its technically complex and innovative and all that, but for me, it's just a very good looking cartoon. And don't get me wrong I like animation for what it is, but whatever Pandora-land is its simplistic, formulaic and a bit... childish.

Loads of it makes no sense, there's scenes/shots Cameron has taken from his other much better films, half of its like watching a Yes album cover come to life, the other half reminded me of one of those aquarium screen savers, and all written by the 'Spiritual Tourist Board of New Zealand'.

After seeing Dune a few days ago, it's a bit like watching Led Zep one weekend then Showaddywaddy the next.

 

[ClausThomsen]

Connery was picked cos he was a body builder. They taught him the rest.

He was way down the list. A little acting experience, good looks and charisma were way more important than body-building.

 

[Wizard]

I think the one gripe I have about films like this, and is why I never bothered to watch more than 5 minutes of Sisu, is when they force in famous leads when simply hiring a good actor from the region the film is in would have been miles better. Just give me a damn Scandi ffs.

Isn’t the lead in Sisu from Finland? And Alexander Skarsgaard is Swedish

 

[Nymzee]

Isn’t the lead in Sisu from Finland?

Yeh he is, but the Norwegian SS officer and British second-in-command really took the biscuit

 

[Rita_Poon]

He was way down the list. A little acting experience, good looks and charisma were way more important than body-building.

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lol, 'an overgrown stuntman' indeed.

and now to the fit blokes thread...

 

[Rita_Poon]

itv4 9pm (can't believe it's 12 years old)

Bardem nails another bad guy perfectly, and there's the scene...

Spoiler: M

 

[Rich1878]

Stephen Kings Sleep Doctor

A waste of 2 and a half hours