acemuzzy wrote:Fuck me I'd forgotten about London cinema prices. Anyone want to guess what Bond IMAX sets you back a head?Spoiler:
davyK wrote:Hero team films are damn hard. Those Avengers films were miracles. I'd rather they stick with a character and do it right.
LivDiv wrote:Could have been the headline to this article that Davy saw which does rather suggest the new 007 is a black lady. https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2021/sep/12/lashana-lynch-first-female-007-i-never-had-a-plan-b-no-time-to-die I didnt read the article. The only worthwhile thing to do with Bond is to make it a mid-century period spy franchise. Change it up, modernise it and its just another spy movie of which there are many better already.
acemuzzy wrote:Fuck me I'd forgotten about London cinema prices. Anyone want to guess what Bond IMAX sets you back a head?Spoiler:
LivDiv wrote:I would add though that I strongly suspect Bond/007 will always be a man because there is far too much money in it. There are still plenty of Partridge types that think an Omega watch or an Aston Martin bumbag makes them god's gift to women.
davyK wrote:It requires too much suspension of belief even for a Bond film. Sure - she could kick ass - but not her male bad guy equivalent; especially with the intensity that modern fights now are in films. That MI fight with Henry Cavill for example - Jesus - that was brutal. (heh - even though a lady with a gun finished it).
Of course there's no reason why a different type of story could accommodate her with more stealth, sniping, driving etc - a female Leon for example - but then it isn't a Bond film.
davyK wrote:Little Big Man is a 1970 film starring Dustin Hoffman as a 120yo telling the (tall) tales of his life through the mid 1800s America to mid 20th C. One can see its influence on Forrest Gump as the character goes through life experiencing coincidences that propel him through a series of adventures, meeting a few historical figures such as Wild Bill Hickock and General Custer.
He starts off being raised by the Indians that killed his family and then moves between the native Indian and white worlds, but always returning to his tribe.
There's a great supporting cast including Faye Dunnaway and a host of quality character actors. It's mostly told with a great deal of humour but there are dark sections - one in particular of a raid on an Indian camp by the US cavalry - but it never ceases to be engaging and entertaining.
A quirky but very fine film from that early era of great American cinema.
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