There are many spoilers, all the way through this.

The case for the prosecution:I wanted to like "Tomorrow Never Dies" a lot more than I did. It features a solid Bond, two excellent Bond girls (Teri Hatcher as the beautiful and damned Paris Carver, and the ever-awesome Michelle Yeoh as Wai Lin), a truly glorious villain in Elliot "I can't believe ( Read more... )

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This is very much the short version of my problems with Spectre, the long version is here -https://redfiona10.livejournal.com/367303.html

The case for the prosecution: Films have ended up on this list for a variety of reasons but I think this is the only one that's on the list for ( Read more... )

The Cast For the Prosecution:Yes, yet again, there's a film I don't mind on this list. Now, I'll be the first to admit that Octopussy has its longeurs, chunks of film where nothing interesting happens. But that's not it's main problem ( Read more... )

Is not going to be Idris Elba. Which is annoying for many, many reasons. At least partly because I suspect Eon know he's not going to be James Bond and they're only getting people's hopes up ( Read more... )

But I keep being side-tracked by wondering how you make something as solid as Skyfall, and then the same group of people are responsible for something as lackluster as Spectre. I'm not sure if it's the success has gone to their heads, or if the extra time they got to make Skyfall meant they could refine it into something good.

I have once again been asked to defend my top ten films of year X, where this time the year is 2015. And yes, I've already switched 8 and 9 around ( Read more... )

Writing this so that I can write my explanation for my top ten. That and friend L wishes to complain about my illogic some more, despite him having heard it all at the time ( Read more... )

1 - Have just seen picture of Sean Pertwee dressed as the Third Doctor for Halloween ( Read more... )