I caught an early matinee of Bobby. I would probably have been surprised if someone told me in the past that Emilio Estevez would be a good directory, but guess what?
Sure you could say "But Cubby, Emilio directed Men at Work."
To which I would say: "Thanks for proving my point, dummy."
Now I won't go on and praise Emilio as the next great director, but I think he did show great promise in this case. I hadn't done any research about this movie before watching it, so I was surprised (pleasantly) by the plot. Instead of a film singly praising Bobby Kennedy it was a very entertaining look at the lives of various Americans who surrounded the event of his assasination.
Also of note is somehow everyone's favorite brother of Charlie Sheen managed to get EVERYBODY in this movie. Check out this cast:
Demi Moore
Harry Belefonte
Anthony Hopkins
Laurence Fishburne
Heather Graham
Helen Hunt
Joshua Jackson
Shia LaBeouf
William H Macy
Ashton Kutcher
Lindsey Lohan
Martin Sheen(how'd he get Martin Sheen? hehe)
Freddy Rodriguez
Christian Slater
Sharon Stone
Elijah Wood
Nick Cannon
This in addition to many other faces I was familiar with. Everyone was solid, but I have to say I was particularly impressed with Demi Moore, not someone I've been particularly fond of in the past.
---Four and a half Shutout Games out of Seven.
I'd like to go more in depth and discuss the film but I've got Scoop right here and I'm going to watch it!
Monday, November 27, 2006
Sunday, November 26, 2006
Space Opera
Late last week, just before I created this blog I watched Logan's Run for the first time. Ever since it's had my mind running and thirsting for similar sci-fi. Sure there's tons of great special effect laden pictures being released all the time...but most of them fall short of the spirit and just plain FUN of older sci-fi. Logan's Run was obviously dated and looked as if it was made exactly when it was: the mid 1970s. (Released in 76 for those who are curious.)
The less than amazing special effects are there, sure. But anytime I watch a movie like this or Flash Gordon or A Clockwork Orange I get the feeling that much more spirit is put into the films because they realized the restrictions they had effect wise when it came to painting these futuristic landscapes.
That brought up the great example: Star Wars. All of the elements that I love in these movies can be found in the original Star Wars trilogy, and they are the mainstream example of the greatness the genre can acheive. Why is it that the Star Trek films never quite reached Star Wars level? They're too cold. By the time the first Star Trek film had been made it was too far removed from the spirit of the television show and was merely trying to cash in on the Star Wars boom. Obviously this isn't a planned out post...as I just realized I let it degenerate into Star Trek bashing...oh well, not my fault Star Trek sucks.
All the memories of these movies that I watched and loved in my youth brought back in full force an idea my friend Paperbag Face and myself had been throwing around about writing a space opera. My mind is currently stewing with ideas in regards to that. Anyway, here are some other great sci-fi films of the past in my eyes:
---The Last Starfighter
---Death Race 2000
---Rollerball
---Escape from New York
---The Road Warrior(Or any of this series.)
Actually, I CAN think of one recent sci-fi film which has that "fun" spirit about it: The Fifth Element. That's all for now.
The less than amazing special effects are there, sure. But anytime I watch a movie like this or Flash Gordon or A Clockwork Orange I get the feeling that much more spirit is put into the films because they realized the restrictions they had effect wise when it came to painting these futuristic landscapes.
That brought up the great example: Star Wars. All of the elements that I love in these movies can be found in the original Star Wars trilogy, and they are the mainstream example of the greatness the genre can acheive. Why is it that the Star Trek films never quite reached Star Wars level? They're too cold. By the time the first Star Trek film had been made it was too far removed from the spirit of the television show and was merely trying to cash in on the Star Wars boom. Obviously this isn't a planned out post...as I just realized I let it degenerate into Star Trek bashing...oh well, not my fault Star Trek sucks.
All the memories of these movies that I watched and loved in my youth brought back in full force an idea my friend Paperbag Face and myself had been throwing around about writing a space opera. My mind is currently stewing with ideas in regards to that. Anyway, here are some other great sci-fi films of the past in my eyes:
---The Last Starfighter
---Death Race 2000
---Rollerball
---Escape from New York
---The Road Warrior(Or any of this series.)
Actually, I CAN think of one recent sci-fi film which has that "fun" spirit about it: The Fifth Element. That's all for now.
Thursday, November 23, 2006
It's Thanksgiving.
It IS Thanksgiving so I'm going to be brief(and too lazy to link things.) Just happens I saw a couple things yesterday and wanted to give some thoughts.
---Sophie Scholl: The Last Days-This is a film about the White Rose, an organization of college students in World War II Germany who released literature against the government. More specifically it is about when two of the members were caught whilst distributing pamphlets on campus. The performances handed in during the interrogations were very strong, and the strength of the main character was very inspiring. WWII is always a nice backdrop (Just ask video game designers who seem to have more of a hard on for WWII than the history channel.) The only downside I felt was they didn't go in depth to the White Rose or how it came about, so I would recommend a quick wiki-read up before watchings the movie. It'd be enjoyable either way, but I can't help but think my knowledge on the subject helped to enhance my enjoyment.
Four and a half National Socialists out of Seven.
---Deja Vu-Denzel can typically be relied on for a solid perfromance as...well, Denzel. I never found him to be versatile but he is likeable. With this film, the teaser trailer made me groan...the actual trailer made me change my mind and gain interest...and the actual film fell somewhere in between. The usual Tony Scott flavor is here, although much more subtle than in Man on Fire or Domino. (Heck, more subtle than in the Domino poster even.) When I think about it, the storyline seems like it should be a lot more entertaining than it was. That's not to say that it's a bad film by any means, it just didn't hit one out of the park. If you like Denzel...check it out.
Four Jesus Terrorists out of Seven.
Now it's getting close to Turkey Time. Auf Wiedersehen.
---Sophie Scholl: The Last Days-This is a film about the White Rose, an organization of college students in World War II Germany who released literature against the government. More specifically it is about when two of the members were caught whilst distributing pamphlets on campus. The performances handed in during the interrogations were very strong, and the strength of the main character was very inspiring. WWII is always a nice backdrop (Just ask video game designers who seem to have more of a hard on for WWII than the history channel.) The only downside I felt was they didn't go in depth to the White Rose or how it came about, so I would recommend a quick wiki-read up before watchings the movie. It'd be enjoyable either way, but I can't help but think my knowledge on the subject helped to enhance my enjoyment.
Four and a half National Socialists out of Seven.
---Deja Vu-Denzel can typically be relied on for a solid perfromance as...well, Denzel. I never found him to be versatile but he is likeable. With this film, the teaser trailer made me groan...the actual trailer made me change my mind and gain interest...and the actual film fell somewhere in between. The usual Tony Scott flavor is here, although much more subtle than in Man on Fire or Domino. (Heck, more subtle than in the Domino poster even.) When I think about it, the storyline seems like it should be a lot more entertaining than it was. That's not to say that it's a bad film by any means, it just didn't hit one out of the park. If you like Denzel...check it out.
Four Jesus Terrorists out of Seven.
Now it's getting close to Turkey Time. Auf Wiedersehen.
Wednesday, November 22, 2006
Bits
I have yet to get around to watching Sophie Scholl, so for today I'll just throw a few bits out there.
--In regards to my list of 25 films from 2006 that I want to see, no I wasn't trying to appeal to an artsy film girl crowd that I so wish would grace my page. I've got plenty of interest in budgeted and non foreign films as well, it just tends that a studio movie has better distribution. Thus, most of the more mainstream films I want to see I have. The limited release of most of the films on my list, and the fact that I don't reside in either LA or NYC make most of them tough to see before DVD. That being said, I would very happily cater to artsy film girls if they began to peruse this page.
--Famed film director Robert Altman passed away. I'd say people most know him for MASH, but I best know him thanks to my old film professor having a big old man crush on him.
--I had read an article a few days back about Quentin Tarantino being selected to act in a Takashi Miike (The director of Audition) film. It was just today though that I wondered if projects like this, and his previous side ventures such as directing an episode of CSI and guest starring on Alias were distractions that spread out his movie projects. Five films (if you count Grindhouse which is due early next year) in fifteen years is hardly prolific. Then I realized: If I had such clout I would do the exact same thing. Sure making movies is great, but as a film fan if I had the opportunity to make an occassional movie, guest star in this and that, guest direct in this and that....that would be great. Just having fun and being involved as you please. I can't say I blame him.
--For those of you who haven't seen this awesomeness...check out the trailer to 300.
--A couple of DVD bits:
20th Anniversary Edition of Transformers the Movie. Just in time to watch before we get a crappy live action version. Joy!
Deluxe Extended Edition of King Kong. WHAT? WHAT? I liked King Kong. I had no problem with it, I was entertained. But...EXTENDED edition? How much more movie could there be? I'd review this DVD for you, but I'm not sure I could get the week off of work it would take to watch it in one sitting.
--In regards to my list of 25 films from 2006 that I want to see, no I wasn't trying to appeal to an artsy film girl crowd that I so wish would grace my page. I've got plenty of interest in budgeted and non foreign films as well, it just tends that a studio movie has better distribution. Thus, most of the more mainstream films I want to see I have. The limited release of most of the films on my list, and the fact that I don't reside in either LA or NYC make most of them tough to see before DVD. That being said, I would very happily cater to artsy film girls if they began to peruse this page.
--Famed film director Robert Altman passed away. I'd say people most know him for MASH, but I best know him thanks to my old film professor having a big old man crush on him.
--I had read an article a few days back about Quentin Tarantino being selected to act in a Takashi Miike (The director of Audition) film. It was just today though that I wondered if projects like this, and his previous side ventures such as directing an episode of CSI and guest starring on Alias were distractions that spread out his movie projects. Five films (if you count Grindhouse which is due early next year) in fifteen years is hardly prolific. Then I realized: If I had such clout I would do the exact same thing. Sure making movies is great, but as a film fan if I had the opportunity to make an occassional movie, guest star in this and that, guest direct in this and that....that would be great. Just having fun and being involved as you please. I can't say I blame him.
--For those of you who haven't seen this awesomeness...check out the trailer to 300.
--A couple of DVD bits:
20th Anniversary Edition of Transformers the Movie. Just in time to watch before we get a crappy live action version. Joy!
Deluxe Extended Edition of King Kong. WHAT? WHAT? I liked King Kong. I had no problem with it, I was entertained. But...EXTENDED edition? How much more movie could there be? I'd review this DVD for you, but I'm not sure I could get the week off of work it would take to watch it in one sitting.
Tuesday, November 21, 2006
News Bits
---Peter Jackson is NOT doing The Hobbit. He was all but assumed as the director who would be behind the camera for the film, but apparently a pending lawsuit has had him bumped. I think that's bad news for the box office and credibility of the film. Another director could very well make a good film of it, but it will no doubt be a different style than the LOTR trilogy, and thus alienate many fans.
---If anyone is unaware, there is a sequel to The Fantastic Four coming out. What a bad idea. The original (Meaning current original, not the early 90s copyright saver that never saw the light of day. Human Torch) was so weak it came with fries and a drink. If I ever doubted bad acting could induce vomiting Jessica Alba tried her hardest to prove me wrong. For any comic geeks reading, the title is "Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer." Is the Silver Surfer cool? Heck yea! Is the Silver Surfer likely to look like crap on film? Heck yea!
---Anybody else sick of remakes? Especially remakes of movies that were already good like The Thing?
Jim: "Hey dude, that movie was awesome!"
James: "Yea! Let's make a sequel"
Jim: "Sequel? Dude sequels are so 1985. Let's just make it again!"
---Apparently the Wachowski Brothers are making a Speed Racer movie. That excites me. Racer X is the balls.
---Continuing with geeky news, apparently Josh Holloway(Sawyer from Lost) is again being pursued to play Gambit in the next X-Men. Awesome. Forget Wolverine.
---If anyone is unaware, there is a sequel to The Fantastic Four coming out. What a bad idea. The original (Meaning current original, not the early 90s copyright saver that never saw the light of day. Human Torch) was so weak it came with fries and a drink. If I ever doubted bad acting could induce vomiting Jessica Alba tried her hardest to prove me wrong. For any comic geeks reading, the title is "Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer." Is the Silver Surfer cool? Heck yea! Is the Silver Surfer likely to look like crap on film? Heck yea!
---Anybody else sick of remakes? Especially remakes of movies that were already good like The Thing?
Jim: "Hey dude, that movie was awesome!"
James: "Yea! Let's make a sequel"
Jim: "Sequel? Dude sequels are so 1985. Let's just make it again!"
---Apparently the Wachowski Brothers are making a Speed Racer movie. That excites me. Racer X is the balls.
---Continuing with geeky news, apparently Josh Holloway(Sawyer from Lost) is again being pursued to play Gambit in the next X-Men. Awesome. Forget Wolverine.
25 Movies From 2006 I Want to See (And more thoughts..)
As requested by Nico, I'm going to post a list of 25 films from 2006 that I have yet to see, but strongly want to. When I originally said 25...it was a number off of the top of my head. Going along with the suggestion though, I decided to use the number as a guideline so that the list doesn't become overlong. I've opted to not place them in any specific order, as how badly I want to see something depends on my mood.
1) Manderlay-Sequel to Dogville. There is a third on the way so I've gotta catch up!
2) Sophie Scholl: The Final Days- I have this in my possesion now, so a short review will be up soon.
3) Night Watch-I own this movie and just have yet to watch it. If I own things they tend to get put on the backburner just because I know they're always there...arg
4) Evil
5) The Heart is Deceitful Above All Things
6) L'Enfant
7) Somersault
8)Lady Vengeance- I wasn't a big fan of Old Boy, but the reviews for this part of the series have me curious.
9) Revoloution- This isn't a typo. It's RevoLOUtion.
10) Love + Hate
11) The Proposition
12) Russian Dolls- Sequel to L'Auberge Espagnol
13) An Inconvenient Truth-I'm curious what all the fuss is about. We've all known about global warming for years, and Al Gore makes a movie so suddenly people care?(Yes I know Al Gore didn't actually MAKE the movie. Or the internet.)
14) Peaceful Warrior- Based on a good book....
15) American Hardcore
16) The Motel- I think Nico would watch this movie just based on the poster. See the bottom of the post.
17) Kill Your Idols
18) A Scanner Darkly
19) America: Freedom to Facism
20) Scoop- I'm sorry, I'm a Woody Allen mark.
21) This Film is Not Yet Rated
22) Sherrybaby- Don't we all love Maggie?
23) The Last Kiss
24) A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints
25) Tideland- Anything could be better than The Brothers Grimm, Terry.
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There you have it. Now...2006 isn't quite over....so here are a couple of upcoming movies I'm looking forward to:
Apocolypto- I'm not very fond of Mel Gibson the person. He's obviously got some issues. But when it comes down to it, with the exception of The Passion of the Christ (which was only well received thanks to throngs of Christian fans, and in reality a very pretty, but very bad movie) he makes good movies. Apocolypto is about a culture that gets very little attention in the history books of the United States, and so it has struck my interest.
Blood Diamond- Shockingly bad accent on the part of DiCaprio aside, this movie looks to be a decent action/drama.
Eragon- I'm completely ignorant about the book series, but the geek in me leaked out when I saw the poster and trailer for this film.
The Pursuit of Happyness- I know what you're saying, "But Cubby, it's WILL SMITH!" Let's all just ask him to borrow the Men in Black mind eraser so we can forget about I, Robot and check this out, okay?
Rocky Balboa- Rocky VI. A shockingly bad idea for a movie. Terrible. No way should it have gone into production. So...why is the trailer for this so good? I've got my hopes up now.
We Are Marshall- Movies like this definately give me that feel good vibe. (You know, aside from a whole football team dying at the beginning...) Plus having Matthew Fox and Ian McShane is going to get my attention.
Pan's Labyrinth- I'm probably most looking forward to this. del Toro has had me in anticipation mode ever since I first read an interview in which he discussed the plot.
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Yesterday (Or does it count as today? Overnight shifts make things more ambiguous than Dave's lifestyle choices...) I watched Down in the Valley. I had been a little surprised that a movie with Ed Norton had gotten so little attention, but I suppose that's just the way a lot of film making and distributing is going these days.
The movie also stars Evan Rachael Wood, who plays Tobe (Short for October. Nice name.) Tobe meets and falls for an older "cowboy" who's apparently unaccustomed to the ways of California. I'll leave the plot at that, as there are a few twists. Saying twists is a bit generous though, because although the story changes greatly with certain revelations...the movie fails to make them feel very impactful. The acting is solid, especially the lead roles, but the pacing of the story fails to really get anyone to CARE.
I give it two and a half "Cowboy? Hats" out of seven.
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1) Manderlay-Sequel to Dogville. There is a third on the way so I've gotta catch up!
2) Sophie Scholl: The Final Days- I have this in my possesion now, so a short review will be up soon.
3) Night Watch-I own this movie and just have yet to watch it. If I own things they tend to get put on the backburner just because I know they're always there...arg
4) Evil
5) The Heart is Deceitful Above All Things
6) L'Enfant
7) Somersault
8)Lady Vengeance- I wasn't a big fan of Old Boy, but the reviews for this part of the series have me curious.
9) Revoloution- This isn't a typo. It's RevoLOUtion.
10) Love + Hate
11) The Proposition
12) Russian Dolls- Sequel to L'Auberge Espagnol
13) An Inconvenient Truth-I'm curious what all the fuss is about. We've all known about global warming for years, and Al Gore makes a movie so suddenly people care?(Yes I know Al Gore didn't actually MAKE the movie. Or the internet.)
14) Peaceful Warrior- Based on a good book....
15) American Hardcore
16) The Motel- I think Nico would watch this movie just based on the poster. See the bottom of the post.
17) Kill Your Idols
18) A Scanner Darkly
19) America: Freedom to Facism
20) Scoop- I'm sorry, I'm a Woody Allen mark.
21) This Film is Not Yet Rated
22) Sherrybaby- Don't we all love Maggie?
23) The Last Kiss
24) A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints
25) Tideland- Anything could be better than The Brothers Grimm, Terry.
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There you have it. Now...2006 isn't quite over....so here are a couple of upcoming movies I'm looking forward to:
Apocolypto- I'm not very fond of Mel Gibson the person. He's obviously got some issues. But when it comes down to it, with the exception of The Passion of the Christ (which was only well received thanks to throngs of Christian fans, and in reality a very pretty, but very bad movie) he makes good movies. Apocolypto is about a culture that gets very little attention in the history books of the United States, and so it has struck my interest.
Blood Diamond- Shockingly bad accent on the part of DiCaprio aside, this movie looks to be a decent action/drama.
Eragon- I'm completely ignorant about the book series, but the geek in me leaked out when I saw the poster and trailer for this film.
The Pursuit of Happyness- I know what you're saying, "But Cubby, it's WILL SMITH!" Let's all just ask him to borrow the Men in Black mind eraser so we can forget about I, Robot and check this out, okay?
Rocky Balboa- Rocky VI. A shockingly bad idea for a movie. Terrible. No way should it have gone into production. So...why is the trailer for this so good? I've got my hopes up now.
We Are Marshall- Movies like this definately give me that feel good vibe. (You know, aside from a whole football team dying at the beginning...) Plus having Matthew Fox and Ian McShane is going to get my attention.
Pan's Labyrinth- I'm probably most looking forward to this. del Toro has had me in anticipation mode ever since I first read an interview in which he discussed the plot.
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Yesterday (Or does it count as today? Overnight shifts make things more ambiguous than Dave's lifestyle choices...) I watched Down in the Valley. I had been a little surprised that a movie with Ed Norton had gotten so little attention, but I suppose that's just the way a lot of film making and distributing is going these days.
The movie also stars Evan Rachael Wood, who plays Tobe (Short for October. Nice name.) Tobe meets and falls for an older "cowboy" who's apparently unaccustomed to the ways of California. I'll leave the plot at that, as there are a few twists. Saying twists is a bit generous though, because although the story changes greatly with certain revelations...the movie fails to make them feel very impactful. The acting is solid, especially the lead roles, but the pacing of the story fails to really get anyone to CARE.
I give it two and a half "Cowboy? Hats" out of seven.
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Monday, November 20, 2006
Brief Year in Review
It wasn't until I compiled this list of the 54 movies released this year that I've seen that I realized how impossibly far behind I am in my viewership. Last year I saw over seventy in theatres and a handful of these I didn't even see until DVD. I also realize there are at least 25 movies from the past year that I want to check out. Anyhow, I wanted a bit of content up on the blog to provide discussion but there is far too many movies here for me to do in depth reviews of each. I've even opted to leave out any specific comments about any since I'll do a top 10 of the year, and probably a worst list as well. I'll make it simple for now:
Absolutely Don't Miss: Brick, Casino Royale, Clerks 2, The Descent, The Departed, Half Nelson, Hard Candy, Little Miss Sunshine, Lucky Number Slevin, Running Scared, Stranger than Fiction, V For Vendetta
Very Good Watch: Beerfest, Borat, Catch a Fire, Crank, The Devil and Daniel Johnston, Fearless. Find Me Guilty, Inside Man, Mission Impossible III, The Prestige, Thank You For Smoking
Decent Watch: 16 Blocks, Babel, CSA: Confederate States of America, The DaVinci Code, Employee of the Month, Flags of Our Fathers, Hostel, Pirates of the Carribean: Dead Man's Chest, Silent Hill, Taladega Nights, The Wicker Man
Eh(aka watchable for their own reasons): Art School Confidential, The Black Dahlia, District B-13, Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift, The Guardian, Hills Have Eyes, London, Nacho Libre, Over the Hedge, She's the Man, Snakes on a Plane, X-Men: The Last Stand
Don't Bother: An American Haunting, The Illusionist, The Notorious Bettie Page, The Return, RV, See No Evil, Slither, Superman Returns, Waist Deep
Some of these fall somewhere between categories and I forced myself to place them for the sake of not having 54 categories for 54 movies. I'd be happy to give more detail as to why I've ranked a certain film in a certain place.
Absolutely Don't Miss: Brick, Casino Royale, Clerks 2, The Descent, The Departed, Half Nelson, Hard Candy, Little Miss Sunshine, Lucky Number Slevin, Running Scared, Stranger than Fiction, V For Vendetta
Very Good Watch: Beerfest, Borat, Catch a Fire, Crank, The Devil and Daniel Johnston, Fearless. Find Me Guilty, Inside Man, Mission Impossible III, The Prestige, Thank You For Smoking
Decent Watch: 16 Blocks, Babel, CSA: Confederate States of America, The DaVinci Code, Employee of the Month, Flags of Our Fathers, Hostel, Pirates of the Carribean: Dead Man's Chest, Silent Hill, Taladega Nights, The Wicker Man
Eh(aka watchable for their own reasons): Art School Confidential, The Black Dahlia, District B-13, Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift, The Guardian, Hills Have Eyes, London, Nacho Libre, Over the Hedge, She's the Man, Snakes on a Plane, X-Men: The Last Stand
Don't Bother: An American Haunting, The Illusionist, The Notorious Bettie Page, The Return, RV, See No Evil, Slither, Superman Returns, Waist Deep
Some of these fall somewhere between categories and I forced myself to place them for the sake of not having 54 categories for 54 movies. I'd be happy to give more detail as to why I've ranked a certain film in a certain place.
Bond got the best of me.
I'll start this off with an admission. Last year when Daniel Craig was announced as the new James Bond I was a vocal opponent of the choice. The whole idea behind picking a new Bond was to go with the younger and more edgy version, and Craig was just too old. Not to mention the fact that he's BLONDE. James Bond isn't blonde. It was blasphemous.
Friday night I went to see Casino Royale. It's good. To be honest it's one of the best Bond films in years, and I'd say amongst the best there have been. (To be fair although I've seen all of the Bond films aside from On Her Majesty's Secret Service...it has been a while.) More to the point, I was entirely wrong about Craig. He is exactly what the franchise needed, a brooding vaccine to a bloated (and in my opinion dying) franchise.
Of course the argument can be made that the last film made the most money but C'MON did you see that waste of celluloid? The revenues of the Bond franchise might not have been dying, but the dignity of the world's greatest secret agent sure was.
Although I'm not ready to make such a brash judgement so soon, I have to admit that I found myself comparing Craig to the seemingly insurmountable Sean Connery. I plan to go back and rewatch a little Dr. No and Goldfinger before I'll leap to such claims, so for now I'll leave Daniel Craig out of the rankings, but certainly at least fighting for the number 2 James Bond spot.
Connery>Brosnan>Moore>Dalton>Cubby>Lazenby
As for why I personally rank Brosnan over Moore? Well that's an article all upon itself. Do yourself a favor and go catch Casino Royale on the big screen.
Friday night I went to see Casino Royale. It's good. To be honest it's one of the best Bond films in years, and I'd say amongst the best there have been. (To be fair although I've seen all of the Bond films aside from On Her Majesty's Secret Service...it has been a while.) More to the point, I was entirely wrong about Craig. He is exactly what the franchise needed, a brooding vaccine to a bloated (and in my opinion dying) franchise.
Of course the argument can be made that the last film made the most money but C'MON did you see that waste of celluloid? The revenues of the Bond franchise might not have been dying, but the dignity of the world's greatest secret agent sure was.
Although I'm not ready to make such a brash judgement so soon, I have to admit that I found myself comparing Craig to the seemingly insurmountable Sean Connery. I plan to go back and rewatch a little Dr. No and Goldfinger before I'll leap to such claims, so for now I'll leave Daniel Craig out of the rankings, but certainly at least fighting for the number 2 James Bond spot.
Connery>Brosnan>Moore>Dalton>Cubby>Lazenby
As for why I personally rank Brosnan over Moore? Well that's an article all upon itself. Do yourself a favor and go catch Casino Royale on the big screen.
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