Topic: The Movie Thread

@seinfeldfanatic I forgot Kim Basinger was in the franchise. It's because of Never Say Never Again, being a sequel it kept being left out of so many boxsets. The same for Casino Royale, the original with Peter Sellers (1967) A lot of people don't even know it exists. It's basically a very early Bond parody and a very good one at that. I had to check who Bautista is, he was in Specter. I can't say I've seen wrestling TV before though (is it real fighting?) I have seen Russian slap fighting. That's a sight to behold, also some bare knuckle boxing.

@GirlVersusGame

I am mostly curious about Pierce Brosnan ones but yeah Sean Connery looks interesting too.

Weakest ensemble so far. I didn't care about any of the characters one bit. Also not having the "murder" in first 30 minutes of a murder mystery movie is certainly a choice; a bad one. Another thing is I felt nearly none of the cast had anything to play with in terms of scenario, like they were just there as one dimensional people. Still I have to give it to John O'Connor and Josh Brolin for their performances; them having a bit of material to play with certainly helped though.

Still, murder itself and classic "explanation" parts were fun to watch and overall it was better than what that 2nd movie was. I don't know if I would care more of Benoit Blanc's adventures tbh; even though more in the classic side I prefer Hercule Poirot movies in recent years.

3/5

The Fantastic Four: First Steps

I have little to no interest in the MCU and superheroes in general, but for some reason I like The Fantastic Four. I like the 2 films that were out 20 or so years ago, and I really liked this. The retrofuturistic style really works for me and the design language throughout the film was done so well. There's a little clip at the clip that leads you to believe there's going to be a sequel, so I'm hopeful it performed well enough.