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| Author: | dolcevita [ Wed Dec 15, 2004 12:47 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Reflections in a Golden Eye? |
How come I have not heard of this movie before yesterday? Look at that cast! Marlon Brando and Liz Taylor. It looks interesting from the synopsis on IMDB, but the rating for it is only 6/10, which isn't too brilliant. Has anyone seen this movie? Do you recommend it or was it an experiment gone desperately wrong? Even the cover for it look interesting, and I have a tendency to judge books by their cover (or rather, movies by their cover boxes). With that cast and that title? With John Huston directing? Is there a reason why this film is not big? Or is it well known and held in good criticism, and I'm just completely clueless? |
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| Author: | Anonymous [ Wed Dec 15, 2004 12:59 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Reflections in a Golden Eye? |
dolcevita wrote: How come I have not heard of this movie before yesterday? Look at that cast! Marlon Brando and Liz Taylor. It looks interesting from the synopsis on IMDB, but the rating for it is only 6/10, which isn't too brilliant. Has anyone seen this movie? Do you recommend it or was it an experiment gone desperately wrong? Even the cover for it look interesting, and I have a tendency to judge books by their cover (or rather, movies by their cover boxes). With that cast and that title? With John Huston directing? Is there a reason why this film is not big? Or is it well known and held in good criticism, and I'm just completely clueless? I'm apparently really special. When I saw the thread name, I thought "Why is Dolce posting about Bond? Wait, is that the title of the new 007 film?" Ah, that was a good morning laugh. And no, I never heard of that film before. |
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| Author: | Algren [ Wed Dec 15, 2004 1:04 pm ] |
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Ive not heard of it. Probably not a 'big film' because of its camp, comedic and sexual content. Also: Trivia: Originally released in a version in which all scenes were suffused with the color gold, with one object in each scene (such as a rose) normally-colored. People generally did not like change in those days. And this would have been considered lowsy. Anyway, youve heard of it now, so you can watch it, and tell us all how good it is. 
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| Author: | dolcevita [ Wed Dec 15, 2004 1:18 pm ] |
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@Loyal But just as you were thinking it was the new Bond film, you happened to notice who started the thread, and then realized more likely it was going to be some obscure title reprinted from outtakes because the original was burned in WWII (read: Madchen in Uniform)...or something like that anyways. :wink: @Algren I will, and I'll let y'all know what I thought as soon as I do. Didn't that review actually sound kind of interesting? And I absolutely love both Brando and Taylor. *gushes* |
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| Author: | Anonymous [ Wed Dec 15, 2004 1:26 pm ] |
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That's exactly what I was thinking Dolce. I wondered that unless MGM dug up Vittorio de Sica and he's directing the next installment, what the hell is Dolce doing. 
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| Author: | dolcevita [ Wed Dec 15, 2004 1:54 pm ] |
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loyalfromlondon wrote: That's exactly what I was thinking Dolce. I wondered that unless MGM dug up Vittorio de Sica and he's directing the next installment, what the hell is Dolce doing. De Sica couldn't do a Bond flick, but get Antonioni to do it and I would treat everyone on the site to opening night tickets. :wink: |
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| Author: | A. G. [ Wed Dec 15, 2004 2:48 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Reflections in a Golden Eye? |
loyalfromlondon wrote: dolcevita wrote: How come I have not heard of this movie before yesterday? Look at that cast! Marlon Brando and Liz Taylor. It looks interesting from the synopsis on IMDB, but the rating for it is only 6/10, which isn't too brilliant. Has anyone seen this movie? Do you recommend it or was it an experiment gone desperately wrong? Even the cover for it look interesting, and I have a tendency to judge books by their cover (or rather, movies by their cover boxes). With that cast and that title? With John Huston directing? Is there a reason why this film is not big? Or is it well known and held in good criticism, and I'm just completely clueless? I'm apparently really special. When I saw the thread name, I thought "Why is Dolce posting about Bond? Wait, is that the title of the new 007 film?" I did too. And lets be honest, we'd still like to hear her opinions on Brosnan's Goldeneye. |
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| Author: | dolcevita [ Wed Dec 15, 2004 3:05 pm ] |
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| Okay okay. Might as well since apparently no one has actually heard of the movie this thread is about including myself.
I thought Goldeneye was the best of the Brosnan James Bonds. They have gotten worse and worse with each addition to the catalogue. I think as an introduction to Brosnan, the Goldeneye had alot of promise. I liked the use of unheard of women, and there was actually some great build to how he meets Natalya. How they see the body heat on the radar but don't even know who they are looking for when he goes to get her. I did think Xenia was a bit to stupid of a bad girl. There's a long history of that going back to Grace Jones in View to a Kill. But Jones at least killed with little needled butterflies. The "suffocating men by wrapping them between her legs" was a pretty retarded metaphor. She got boring because she didn't talk much either. I miss the bad girls he would meet at casino's that did stuff like play a hand against him, and occasionally open their mouths to do something other than screech. But in fairness to Goldeneye, she was a small part, and didn't get in the way that much. I liked when they bushwacked through Cuba and discovered the lake could be drained (by falling down it). I wish the pen had done something else except for blow up though. i miss the days of hand guns and one on one violence vs. massive explosions. If you look at ones like From Russia with Love, there aren't explosions at all. and my favorite, Goldfinger, gave us suffocation through paint, and Oddjob. Much better than just everything being about explosions. I miss the cold and calculating Bond as well. In Dr. No, when he stuffs a pillow under his blankets and waits by the door for the assassin to fire at the pillow. Then he just says "No no. Now its my turn" and just aims and shoots once. Much more cold and vicious. I hated the overly emotional dueling scene in the most recent ones. Bond is sophisticated he wouldn't damage expensive heirlooms from the Royal collection just because he's being a little boy with a little toy sword duking it out with another little boy and sword. It was just wrong. So yeah, Goldeneye was the best of the recent installments, but it wasn't up there with Goldfinger, For Your Eyes Only, and Octopussy. |
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| Author: | Box [ Wed Dec 15, 2004 3:06 pm ] |
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Ya, I've heard of this film. I haven't watched it yet, but being a Brando fan (duh? ) I had come across it.
Sheesh, you know, I wish I had a means of getting this stuff. Getting to a vid store that has them would take a good 1hr+ trip. 
I really need to get my hands on this :!: Edit: Crap, Images dont work :x |
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| Author: | dolcevita [ Wed Dec 15, 2004 3:19 pm ] |
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Can't you pick it up once when you're in TO for classes and just return it when you come back to the university the following time? BIMPY...per te: 
I'll give you guys all a detailed account as soon as I see it. |
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| Author: | Algren [ Wed Dec 15, 2004 4:44 pm ] |
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dolcevita wrote: And I absolutely love both Brando and Taylor. *gushes* Cant say i like them tbh |
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