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Aaron Pierre, the Brit hot in Hollywood, right now.

Now, I've never seen him in anything yet and I have seen or read DC's 'Jon Stewart' as a 'Green Lantern' for decades. Pierre has the voice, the size at 6' 3"... but I'm not feeling it for Pierre to be the character. I think it's colourism that I'm internalising. But, I also know Hollywood has a habit of 'bleaching' characters to be more... 'accessible'.




So, why do I feel more open to him fighting with Aaron Taylor-Johnson for a possible run at 'James Bond'? Is it cos my argument has always been that '007' is just a code number and to modernise, the Broccollis could make 'James Bond' a codename...?

Either way, I don't mind either having a go at the role.



Thoughts about either...?
 
I have plenty of downtime, this week, and watched this brilliant deconstruction of why Nolan's version of 'Batman' was so poor! I agree with the assessment, as it's something I always felt but never wrote out cos it would've eaten up pages!

I disagree on some of his post-Nolan work as he doesn't analyse what's happened to the character properly in the phases examined.

Anyway, enjoy...

 
It seems like Feige is putting out feelers/ preparing the Marvel audience.

He doesn't have a leg to stand on after bringing back or in Downey Jr and Brolin, who did much worse than Majors. With the release of the much delayed "Magazine Dreams" upcoming, I did think Feige might think Majors has 'served his time'.

 
Conclave on Amazon Prime.

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The Church's most powerful leaders have gathered from around the world, locked together in the Vatican halls. Tasked with running the covert process of selecting a new pope, Cardinal Lawrence finds himself at the center of a conspiracy and discovers a secret that could shake the very foundation...
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8/10 - an enjoyable watch.
 
The Dark Knight Rises
9.5/10

One of the best movies I've watched, ever.

A major flaw, though, is that the sound-track is such that an actor's words are hard to understand. Midway though the film I turned closed-caption on and it was, to my surprise, far better.

If you like Batman/Superhero movies - you'll love The Dark Knight Rises. But consider turning on CC if you're not able to understand what each actor is saying.
 
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BlueMoonAcrossThePond said:
Conclave on Amazon Prime.

Watch Conclave | Prime Video

The Church's most powerful leaders have gathered from around the world, locked together in the Vatican halls. Tasked with running the covert process of selecting a new pope, Cardinal Lawrence finds himself at the center of a conspiracy and discovers a secret that could shake the very foundation...
www.amazon.com

8/10 - an enjoyable watch.
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Like a lot of other people, I watched it recently. Thought it was enjoyable too, the cinematography was fantastic, the well known cast very good and Fiennes is excellent, the plot is a bit a ham fisted and not very sophisticated but it was the intrusive and crass incidental music that really impacted my enjoyment.

A different type of film I accept but it wasn't a patch on The Two Popes for me where Hopkins and Pryce were exceptional and though it wasn't based on any reality, had a more meaningful script than Conclave.
 
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Blow the Man Down
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7.5/10. I enjoyed the move but...
The plot had numerous weak points:
* After discovering that the knife used to dismember the corpse was missing, how is it that Mary Beth is unable to find the knife, which is underneath a portable refrigerator, but that Enid finds the knife almost instantly?
* How is it that Enid infers that the Connolly sisters are in possession of her stolen money? Perhaps it's just a guess on the part of Enid that happens to be true, but if so, the film could have made this clearer.
* The film's ending - which I guess that most watchers really like - to me - makes zero sense. The ending implies that one of the little old ladies somehow has the frozen food locker which contains the corpse in her back yard and for whatever reason is watering the inside of the locker with a garden hose. There's no sensible explanation for this except that maybe the little old lady owns a similar frozen food locker and is washing it out. But if so... why does the film engage in mind-games... suggesting that the little old lady is washing out the very same frozen food locker the Connolly sisters used to dispose of the corpse.
 
mexico1970 said:
Most of the woke shit is made in America :)

He's going to struggle with implementing that.
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Interestingly, I had a big think about the repercussions on Dumb Donald's action and it's pro/ cons status. Will it revive jobs in the US for the film industry as the studio owners moved work overseas to maximise profits?

Will the ceasing of overseas jobs force the local film industry of that nation to put more into their art to save those jobs?

Will AI make things more difficult for both aspects?

I think the game is afoot as we move into decisive (possibly industry-killing) times.
 
Bigga said:
Interestingly, I had a big think about the repercussions on Dumb Donald's action and it's pro/ cons status. Will it revive jobs in the US for the film industry as the studio owners moved work overseas to maximise profits?

Will the ceasing of overseas jobs force the local film industry of that nation to put more into their art to save those jobs?

Will AI make things more difficult for both aspects?

I think the game is afoot as we move into decisive (possibly industry-killing) times.
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Some big films and TV series have been killed by the negative publicity around the productions because the people starring in it effectively put off a great deal of the viewing public.

Hollywood make some excellent stuff and it would stand up to scrutiny and sell well no matter what the competition is, but it's strangling itself just my opinion.
 
BlueMoonAcrossThePond said:
The Dark Knight Rises
9.5/10

One of the best movies I've watched, ever.

A major flaw, though, is that the sound-track is such that an actor's words are hard to understand. Midway though the film I turned closed-caption on and it was, to my surprise, far better.

If you like Batman/Superhero movies - you'll love The Dark Knight Rises. But consider turning on CC if you're not able to understand what each actor is saying.
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Each to their own, but the mere fact that there's no character development beyond the suit is a problem for me. There are times Bale can be very limited and roles, like this, show off his weakness in character portrayal.

It didn't help that Nolan stripped 'Bruce Wayne' of his meaning and focused on his alter ego, but it is what is and we all see things differently.

To me, "The Dark Knight" was vastly superior as Nolan bought into the brilliant Heath Ledger's version of 'The Joker' villain.

He did the work, understood the assignment, lit up every scene he was in and, thus, carried the film. Compare the gravitas brought to the screen for both actors and you'll see why Bale was limited in the role.
 
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