Topic: The Movie Thread

@mookysam @RogerRoger
Spectre is a mess.

Some nice set-pieces and stunt work stuffed in to a horribly contrived narrative. Added to that, opening with that meandering, mind-dulling Sam Smith record.... yawn.

@Kidfried It's an awful record, it really is. I don't mind the Radiohead one.

Since we've been ranking things - the quality of Craig's films are directly proportional with the quality of the theme songs!

1. Casino Royale - You Know My Name, Chris Cornell. Absolute banger!
2. Quantum of Solace - Another Way To Die, Jack White & Alicia Keys. Another fantastically crafted song, like the film, often dismissed - but significantly better than anything that followed.
3. Skyfall - Skyfall, Adelle. Boring return to the 'name of the film makes the song' form and easily the absolute worst of Adele's output.
4. Spectre - The Writing's on the Wall, Sam Smith. Sticking to his patented, inimitably banal style with grating falsetto as an added bonus - Smith managed to write the worst Bond song of all time to open a poorly laid out film that lazily exploits the now available Spectre moniker and wastes Bond's arch nemesis with gritty emotional baggage.

@Kidfried I really thought that Supremacy by Muse was going to be the Skyfall track!

@Kidfried I think they actually wrote Supremacy for Skyfall, could be wrong about that though.

There's quite an interesting history of 'songs that never made it' for Bond films. Ace of Base - GoldenEye, Alice Cooper - Man With The Golden Gun (I think), Jonny Cash - Thunderball, Pulp - Tommorow Never Dies. Those are a few I can recall of the top of my head. No doubt there are many others!

I'd have to say We Have All The Time In The World takes it. Licence to Kill maybe second, the A View To A Kill third.

There's really only The Writing's on the Wall, Skyfall, and Die Another Day that I really don't like and are excluded from my Bond Theme playlist.

@KALofKRYPTON yeah they were some pretty "iffy" songs if you ask me

as for me i would say my top 3 were "Live and Let Die", "Goldeneye" and "The Man with the Golden Gun"

@RogerRoger Die Another Day is the epitome of boring trash music production! It's sounds like someone spent 10 minutes with FL studio after listening to their favourite bit of electroclash nonsense

That's OK, neither do most English people

@KALofKRYPTON @RogerRoger I'll get round to watching it when I can. It was on Now TV and then they had the nerve to take it off! Outrageous.

All this talk of Bond themes got me thinking about my favourite tunes. I may have listed them a while back when I watched the films. I can't say "Die Another Day" is a favourite. I am not a fan of Madonna's post Ray of Light material and feel that song is a tad over-produced with weak vocals.
"A View to a Kill" is a great '80's tune. I'm not too familiar with Duran Duran, but they kill it with that song. "Nobody Does it Better" is a classic and the Louis Armstrong "We Have All the Time in the World" is simply beautiful. Have to give a mention to "Goldeneye". The song is strange, but I love Tina Turner.

Not a Sam Smith fan so have to agree with the sentiments here regarding his Spectre song!

Dammit now I want to watch James Bond.

Aladdin movie teaser.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9g5knnlF7Zo

Love their orchestral version of the Arabian Nights. I wonder if that's Will Smith's voice, though.

Hi all 👋, I’m not one for usually checking out the forums but noticed this thread on the homepage, so.......
Has anybody seen The Invitation? It’s currently on Netflix in the UK, and had been on my ‘to watch’ list for ages, as I’d only heard good things about it. I watched it the other day and I thought it was amazing and I was totally engrossed. For reference, I’m a fan of horror movies, and I’d best describe The Invitation as a non-feel good, very intense, non-action thriller, and leave it at that. If you’re planning to watch it, I’d recommend going in completely blind so that you don’t dampen the impact. And what an impact 🤯

@jacobia Thanks for the recommendation. I'll give it a go.

@WanderingBullet Aladdin is the 2nd best Disney animated movie after The Lion King, and it's the two we're getting next! This trailer seems to have perfectly captured the feel of the original, so I have a lot of faith in this movie. I just wonder if Will Smith will be able to match Robbie Williams as the genie.

@Tjuz I'll hold off any excitement until it's confirmed that there's to be no standard Guy Ritchie "here's the plan lads..." montage...

Also, Lion King is boring trash (apart from Timon & Pumba) - ripped off boring trash at that!

@Tjuz I liked quite a few of Disney's old animated movies. It's a shame that hand-drawn movies in Hollywood is a dying art.

Yeah, Will Smith's got big shoes to fill. I do wonder what the tone of this movie is gonna be like. Will his version of the genie be a more serious version or funny like the original?

@KALofKRYPTON I'm not sure if I've ever heard an opinion more wrong than saying The Lion King is boring trash. It's a fantastic movie and I will not accept hearing otherwise!

@WanderingBullet For sure. I really miss 2D animated movies. There was an art and admiration to them that I just don't feel with the 3D equivalents, even though they can be good in their own right (Monsters, Inc. probably being the best). The Princess and the Frog being anything but a breakout hit surely didn't help matters though. I hope they keep the genie funny instead of opting for a more serious version, and I should think they're doing that considering Will Smith is a pretty funny guy.

@Tjuz
It's such a dull film. Even my little girl was bored with it when she had her 'everything Disney' phase.

Also, trash ripoff!

@KALofKRYPTON yeah how Dare The Lion King rip of Hamlet, Shakespeare should sue

@FullbringIchigo No, no - I'm not talking (so called) inspirational literary sources - I'm talking scene for scene and down to conceptual level ripoff of another cartoon.

@FullbringIchigo https://youtu.be/wOHjktwvqdE