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[SmilingLez]

My latest controversial opinions. There is no way on earth that 1 person (Laurel) can read every story submitted each and every day, There is not enough hours in a day. Also, some stories, probably no pattern, go down the rabbit hole of purgatory (aka pending queue) and never see human eyes and/or the light of day (probably a technical cms glitch)

 

[intrepidgoodtime]

No need to bleach the asshole…

 

[alohadave]

Rule 34 says there's a story about that somewhere on Lit.

There are many Hucow stories.

 

[Tio_Narratore]

'With my bartender, hold me all night
Bartender our love's alive
Baby, remember, I'm not drinking wine
But that cherry coke you serve is fine
And our loves sweet enough in the vine'
- LDR
Remember kids, even if she likes cherry coke at the bar, her p***y still tastes like Pepsi cola'

"My Baby ain't got no money,
But her snatch it tastes like honey,
'Cause she makes that Coca-Cola douche."

-Ed Sanders / the Fugs

 

[Statius]

"My Baby ain't got no money,
But her snatch it tastes like honey,
'Cause she makes that Coca-Cola douche."

-Ed Sanders / the Fugs

Don't know that one! Gonna look that up. How many songs out there about what snatch tastes like?!

 

[SimonDoom]

Sean Connery was the best James Bond.

But Daniel Craig deserves a lot of credit for rebooting what was becoming a tired franchise.

 

[iwatchus]

Sean Connery was the best James Bond.

But Daniel Craig deserves a lot of credit for rebooting what was becoming a tired franchise.

They are the best two. And it depends what day you ask me which one I think is better. They were different Bonds for different eras. The early Bond movies always make me realize how much more of a jaded society we are now than we were 65 years ago. Exotic locales were such a big part of those early ones, when Miami Beach counted as exotic.

 

[Kelliezgirl]

They are the best two. And it depends what day you ask me which one I think is better. They were different Bonds for different eras. The early Bond movies always make me realize how much more of a jaded society we are now than we were 65 years ago. Exotic locales were such a big part of those early ones, when Miami Beach counted as exotic.

I will say Roger Moore was much better than he gets credit for. His last few movies weren't great, but that wasn't because of him. The producers were chasing the next big thing and it was a disaster.
Look, kids like this Star Wars thing, let's put James Bond in Space!

 

[TheLobster]

Look, kids like this Star Wars thing, let's put James Bond in Space!

Admit it, though, that it's been totally worth it just hear the hilarious:

"Sir, I think he is attempting reentry."

 

[nice90sguy]

Sean Connery was the best James Bond.

But Daniel Craig deserves a lot of credit for rebooting what was becoming a tired franchise.

 

[TheRedChamber]

Sean Connery was the best James Bond.

But Daniel Craig deserves a lot of credit for rebooting what was becoming a tired franchise.

Honestly, all the Bonds have good or bad movies. Even Lazenby who only got one movie and who was mostly terrible had the most emotional scene in the whole franchise. Craig had a good first movie followed by more bad ones in a row than anyone else. You can say at least Dalton and Brosnan also rebooted it at their respective times.

I will say Roger Moore was much better than he gets credit for. His last few movies weren't great, but that wasn't because of him. The producers were chasing the next big thing and it was a disaster.
Look, kids like this Star Wars thing, let's put James Bond in Space!

You're getting your Bond timeline a bit wrong here. Moore's first two movies (Live and Let Die and The Man with the Golden Gun) are perfectly fine, slightly oddball movies directed by the same Guy (Hamilton) who directed Conery's last movie Diamonds are Forever which is tonally quite similar. Then Lewis Gilbert (who had previously worked with Connery in You Only Live Twice) directed The Spy Who Loved Me and Moonraker. The same bloke who had the hollowed out volcano had another two plots including total world destruction from an underwater base and space station (and yes was very much chasing Star Wars). Then John Glen did all the rest of the Moore and Dalton Bond movies. Anyway, the point being that Moore's best movie For Your Eyes Only came after a lot of the trash and has way more in common with The Living Daylights (my vote for the absolute best of the bunch) than any of the previous Moore movies. Moore was fine, but just too old for the part, especially by the time he got given his best material and someone who the movies ended up being shaped around rather than adapting himself to the material. I learned that the producers considered getting Dalton for much earlier films which would have been good (the Internet says as early as On Her Majesty's Secret Service which seems rather unbelievable given that he would only have been 23).

 

[Justplainjeff]

How about adding a category called "Shitty Husbands"?

 

[Statius]

I liked Dalton, edgy before Craig, but GoldenEye was my favorite. Not a critic, just an option. Stopped watching though. Never saw the last 2 or 3.

 

[alohadave]

Sean Connery was the best James Bond.

But Daniel Craig deserves a lot of credit for rebooting what was becoming a tired franchise.

Mike Meyers is the reason why Craig's Bond was so gritty.

They couldn't keep on with the cartoonish version after Austin Powers parodied the genre so hard.

 

[Britva415]

Roger Moore was much better than he gets credit for

He was the most cartoonish.

Which may be exactly what is called for in a "good Bond."

His last few movies weren't great, but that wasn't because of him. The producers were chasing the next big thing and it was a disaster.

I guess it's the producers' fault for setting him up, and for not providing a stuntman, but watching 70-something year old Moore "running" (more like tottering) to get to the Lotus and jump into it in For Your Eyes Only was a very "shark been jumped" moment.

 

[alohadave]

but watching 70-something year old Moore "running" (more like tottering) to get to the Lotus and jump into it in For Your Eyes Only

He was only 54 when that came out.

 

[Britva415]

He was only 54 when that came out.

I concede the mistake. But the way he looked on screen, the difference is hardly important.

The tottering is the important part, not the number.

 

[Kelliezgirl]

Honestly, all the Bonds have good or bad movies. Even Lazenby who only got one movie and who was mostly terrible had the most emotional scene in the whole franchise. Craig had a good first movie followed by more bad ones in a row than anyone else. You can say at least Dalton and Brosnan also rebooted it at their respective times.



You're getting your Bond timeline a bit wrong here. Moore's first two movies (Live and Let Die and The Man with the Golden Gun) are perfectly fine, slightly oddball movies directed by the same Guy (Hamilton) who directed Conery's last movie Diamonds are Forever which is tonally quite similar. Then Lewis Gilbert (who had previously worked with Connery in You Only Live Twice) directed The Spy Who Loved Me and Moonraker. The same bloke who had the hollowed out volcano had another two plots including total world destruction from an underwater base and space station (and yes was very much chasing Star Wars). Then John Glen did all the rest of the Moore and Dalton Bond movies. Anyway, the point being that Moore's best movie For Your Eyes Only came after a lot of the trash and has way more in common with The Living Daylights (my vote for the absolute best of the bunch) than any of the previous Moore movies. Moore was fine, but just too old for the part, especially by the time he got given his best material and someone who the movies ended up being shaped around rather than adapting himself to the material. I learned that the producers considered getting Dalton for much earlier films which would have been good (the Internet says as early as On Her Majesty's Secret Service which seems rather unbelievable given that he would only have been 23).

Way wrong on the time line.
Perhaps it would be more accurate to say he's more judged for his dud than some of the others.

Like who's idea was it to literally put James Bond in a clown suit? And can we hurt them?

 

[SimonDoom]

The Dark Knight is the best superhero movie.

The opening bank heist scene is perfect and sets the tone for the rest of the film. "I believe whatever doesn't kill you, simply makes you . . . stranger." Great line.

Most superhero movies are trash. The good ones are good trash, but they're still silly. Movies for children. This one is different.

The Harvey Dent/Two-Face storyline doesn't quite work, IMO, but Heath Ledger's Joker is easily the greatest villain of any superhero movie.

And Christian Bale is great as Batman, because he's weird. You can't forget that he's the guy who played the killer in American Psycho.

 

[MelissaBaby]

Best James Bond ever was Roger Moore on the Muppets Show.

 

[NuclearFairy]

Best James Bond ever was Roger Moore on the Muppets Show.

Waaait a minute, is that Granny Garbanzo's house?

 

[StillStunned]

Getting back to opinions on writing: all Conan stories by anyone but Robert E Howard are nothing but fan fic.

 

[Rob_Royale]

The opening scene in Jaws is the most terrifying 4.5 minutes ever filmed.

 

[SimonDoom]

The opening scene in Jaws is the most terrifying 4.5 minutes ever filmed.

That's a good pick. I can't disagree. It's just perfectly done, too, as filmmaking. You never see the shark, and that's part of the terror.

 

[onehitwanda]

The opening scene in Jaws is the most terrifying 4.5 minutes ever filmed.

Viscerally maybe.

But I can't think of anything that has made me as deeply uncomfortable as these nine minutes of Penny Dreadful.