One of the few times where rose-tinted spectacles do not work.
This was the first Bond film I ever watched way back in 2007, and I loved it for the longest time. But rewatching it well over ten years since the last time, it is not a great as I remember.
The film begins with a Royal Navy battleship being sunk in the South China Sea, seemingly by the Chinese, for straying into waters they control. The Admiral (Geoffrey Palmer)…
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This is the Bond film I remember.
Goldeneye has all the tropes of Bond at their best in a thrilling plot woth great action, tension and comedy.
It starts near the end of the Cold War with James Bond (Pierce Brosnan) and Alec Trevelyan (Sean Bean), 007 and 006, infiltrating and sabotaging a Soviet chemical facility. They are caught and Trevelyan is executed. Bond escapes and nine years later, he is surveilling a Janus crime syndicate member, Xenia Onatopp (Famke…
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This was fucking incredible.
Since Top Gun: Maverick, I've come to realise is my real love and appreciation for practical stunts and action. Yes, there is a common denominator, but that essence is why John Wick: Chapter 4 worked so well for me. What puts Dead Reckoning ahead of John Wick is I find the characters more compelling. John Wick is a ruthless killer, which is entertaining to watch, but it's difficult to sympathise with. Whereas the IMF team only…
Oppenheimer was up there as one of my most anticipated films for this year, yet I didn't wholly know what to expect. Was it going to be about the process of building the atomic bomb, the ethical and moral questions? Or maybe a pure character study on Oppenheimer's life and relationships? Honestly, I had suspected the former, but was glad to have been given a mix of both, and more.
The story is set over three timelines, but is woven…
