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Star Trek Film Series Review - Star Trek Beyond
Wiz RECOMMENDS Star Trek Beyond
Whereas the 2009 Reboot and Star Trek Into Darkness made characters one of it's key focuses, Star Trek Beyond decides on a more comfortable, if not safe, route in storytelling.
Star Trek Beyond feels much more like a popcorn action flick where the characters and their developments are simple and thin. They basically feel more like The Next Generation movies: the depth was in previous stories, this is just them on a new adventure.
Now, in this instance I was already familiar with the characters, so enjoying these characters wasn't anywhere near as hard.
But it feels like a huge step back when you get to know characters like Kirk and Spock in this iteration.
But s...
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Star Trek Beyond
Просмотров 1018 часов назад
Wiz RECOMMENDS Star Trek Beyond Whereas the 2009 Reboot and Star Trek Into Darkness made characters one of it's key focuses, Star Trek Beyond decides on a more comfortable, if not safe, route in storytelling. Star Trek Beyond feels much more like a popcorn action flick where the characters and their developments are simple and thin. They basically feel more like The Next Generation movies: the ...
The Manchurian Candidate, dir. John Frankenheimer
Просмотров 414 часа назад
Zero and Wiz RECOMMEND The Manchurian Candidate This review will be kind of weird. And the reason why is because I watched the 2004 Jonathan Demme remake before I watched this version. So, I will likely compare the two in this review. The film centers its narrative around Raymond Shaw (Laurence Harvey), the stepson of a McCarthy-like U.S. Senator with an intensely controlling mother (Angela Lan...
Review - The Manchurian Candidate (1962) (w/ Zero)
Просмотров 634 часа назад
Zero and Wiz RECOMMEND The Manchurian Candidate (1962) This review will be kind of weird. And the reason why is because I watched the 2004 Jonathan Demme remake before I watched this version. So, I will likely compare the two in this review. The film centers its narrative around Raymond Shaw (Laurence Harvey), the stepson of a McCarthy-like U.S. Senator with an intensely controlling mother (Ang...
Challengers, dir. Luca Guadagnino
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Wiz HIGHLY RECOMMENDS Challengers The marketing for Challengers doesn't begin to actually describe what the movie is truly about. From the trailer to the poster, Luca Guadagnino's tennis drama gives the impression that this was to be a steamy, sultry sex capade with rackets and jealous. Now, there's some of that, but it's really not the biggest story of the film. What the film is really about i...
Review - Challengers
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Wiz HIGHLY RECOMMENDS Challengers The marketing for Challengers doesn't begin to actually describe what the movie is truly about. From the trailer to the poster, Luca Guadagnino's tennis drama gives the impression that this was to be a steamy, sultry sex capade with rackets and jealous. Now, there's some of that, but it's really not the biggest story of the film. What the film is really about i...
Star Trek Into Darkness
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Wiz RECOMMENDS Star Trek Into Darkness Star Trek Into Darkness has all of the things that made the reboot film good: it has a great cast with great characters continuing their adventures and arcs in a satisfyingly entertaining film. This goes doubly for Zachary Quinto as Spock, who is furthering the depth of the Vulcan with his struggle between being both Vulcan and Human. The charm and the lik...
Star Trek Film Series Review - Star Trek Into Darkness
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Wiz RECOMMENDS Star Trek Into Darkness Star Trek Into Darkness has all of the things that made the reboot film good: it has a great cast with great characters continuing their adventures and arcs in a satisfyingly entertaining film. This goes doubly for Zachary Quinto as Spock, who is furthering the depth of the Vulcan with his struggle between being both Vulcan and Human. The charm and the lik...
Review - Thirteen Days
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Wiz DOES NOT RECOMMEND Thirteen Days Historical films can be a pretty thorny premise to get right. Either you can evoke the feeling of a person or time in history or emulate it so damn well it feels like you are in the room with them. Thirteen Days, Roger Donaldson’s retelling of the Cuban Missile Crisis, is a film that I’m not sure what it’s trying to do. If it’s trying to be an emulation of t...
Thirteen Days, dir. Roger Donaldson
Просмотров 111День назад
Note: At the end of the episode, Wiz states the next review will be All The King's Men directed by Robert Rossen. Unfortunately, Wiz has a cold and will not be recording an episode with Zero this week. So, next week, Zero and Wiz will review The Manchurian Candidate directed by John Frankenheimer. Sorry about that. Wiz DOES NOT RECOMMEND Thirteen Days Historical films can be a pretty thorny pre...
Star Trek (2009)
Просмотров 2814 дней назад
Wiz HIGHLY RECOMMENDS Star Trek (2009) The reboot of Star Trek was my first experience with the franchise. Not sure exactly what brought me to give it a chance, but I ended up liking the film for it's good action, characters and charm. Nothing special but definitely good. After watching the films based on The Original Series and The Next Generation, I was actually surprised how much more I like...
Star Trek Film Series Review - Star Trek (2009)
Просмотров 7514 дней назад
Wiz HIGHLY RECOMMENDS Star Trek (2009) The reboot of Star Trek was my first experience with the franchise. Not sure exactly what brought me to give it a chance, but I ended up liking the film for it's good action, characters and charm. Nothing special but definitely good. After watching the films based on The Original Series and The Next Generation, I was actually surprised how much more I like...
The Craft, dir. Andrew Fleming
Просмотров 1714 дней назад
Zero and Wiz DO NOT RECOMMEND The Craft The one surprising thing about The Craft, a 90s teen horror drama that has gone on to be a Halloween teen classic, is how bland and generic a large amount of the movie is. The film mashes a standard high school outsider story with a power mad style morality tale mixed with threadbare teeny bopper fashion and character depth to a concept that, honestly, wa...
Review - The Craft (w/ Zero)
Просмотров 9214 дней назад
Zero and Wiz DO NOT RECOMMEND The Craft The one surprising thing about The Craft, a 90s teen horror drama that has gone on to be a Halloween teen classic, is how bland and generic a large amount of the movie is. The film mashes a standard high school outsider story with a power mad style morality tale mixed with threadbare teeny bopper fashion and character depth to a concept that, honestly, wa...
Haxan: Witchcraft Through The Ages, dir. Benjamin Christensen
Просмотров 2714 дней назад
Wiz RECOMMENDS Haxan: Witchcraft Through The Ages More of a visual essay than a documentary, Häxan can be best described as a college course that was performed by a theater troupe and directed by the professor. In fact, the film is very academic: it cites sources in the movie while showing pictures like a visual dissertation. Honestly, it this was a film that was made today, it would feel very ...
Review - Haxan: Witchcraft Through The Ages
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Review - Haxan: Witchcraft Through The Ages
Star Trek Film Series Review - Star Trek: Nemesis
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Star Trek Film Series Review - Star Trek: Nemesis
Star Trek: Nemesis
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Star Trek: Nemesis
Review - The Boy and the Heron/君たちはどう生きるか (w/ Zero)
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Review - The Boy and the Heron/君たちはどう生きるか (w/ Zero)
The Boy and the Heron, dir. Hayao Miyazaki
Просмотров 2521 день назад
The Boy and the Heron, dir. Hayao Miyazaki
Suzume, dir. Makoto Shinkai
Просмотров 321 день назад
Suzume, dir. Makoto Shinkai
Review - Suzume (すずめの戸締まり)
Просмотров 11021 день назад
Review - Suzume (すずめの戸締まり)
Star Trek Film Series Review - Star Trek: Insurrection
Просмотров 7528 дней назад
Star Trek Film Series Review - Star Trek: Insurrection
The Conjuring, dir. James Wan
Просмотров 1928 дней назад
The Conjuring, dir. James Wan
Review - The Conjuring (w/ Zero)
Просмотров 10028 дней назад
Review - The Conjuring (w/ Zero)
The Others, dir. Alejandro Amenabar
Просмотров 17Месяц назад
The Others, dir. Alejandro Amenabar
Review - The Others
Просмотров 219Месяц назад
Review - The Others
Star Trek: First Contact
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Star Trek: First Contact
Star Trek Film Series Review - Star Trek: First Contact
Просмотров 203Месяц назад
Star Trek Film Series Review - Star Trek: First Contact
Zombieland, dir. Ruben Fleischer
Просмотров 13Месяц назад
Zombieland, dir. Ruben Fleischer

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  • @Dagenspear
    @Dagenspear 18 дней назад

    PLEASE, you, and EVERYONE, if you haven't already, embrace the One True Only God YHWH Jehovah, Only One Jesus Christ His Only Begotten Son and Lord and Savior of our souls and the Only One Holy Spirit. God is good. God is love. Jesus is Lord! Jesus IS coming. Your soul depends on it! I have seen God act in my life. He saved my soul, changed my heart, changed my mind, helped people through me, took care of people in my life, people I hurt before I found God. God is the only reason I was able to reconcile with my dad before he died. God worked through Jesus Christ to save our souls. Jesus Christ died on the cross for our sins. Believe in your heart and confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus, and that God raised Him from the dead and you will be saved. Be baptized in The Holy Spirit, and if He wills, water as well. Repent of your sins, accept God, Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit into your heart, that Jesus Christ died on the cross for your sins. For God so loved the world that He gave His only Begotten Son Jesus Christ, that all who believe on Him shall not perish but have eternal life. Jesus Christ is The Way, The Truth and The Life. No one comes to the Father Jehovah God but through Him. Not long after I got saved I prayed to God for help understanding the Holy Bible, and that same day someone knocked on my door asking me if I wanted to understand the Bible. The Holy Bible says, "love thy enemy", "turn the other cheek", "If your enemy is hungry, feed him", "if he is thirsty, give him a drink", "pray for those who persecute you", "do not repay evil for evil". LORD willing, all humans may commit sin of almost every kind (gay, straight), and that's wrong, and all humans sin, as God tells us through the The Holy Bible, "for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, and all are justified freely by His grace through the redemption that came by Christ Jesus." The Holy Bible also says, "If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness.", "Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ forgave you." and, “For if you forgive others their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you, but if you do not forgive others their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses."

  • @rheaanne1858
    @rheaanne1858 29 дней назад

    This movie was so good and the twist was great. I don't agree with your review at all!

    • @IAmTheWizFilmClub
      @IAmTheWizFilmClub 29 дней назад

      That’s cool! Thanks for watching and being respectful!

  • @davidb6403
    @davidb6403 Месяц назад

    "In fact, in this movie it feels like a requirement: several things seem to have happened as the movie begins that didn't happen in Generations: Picard was captured by the Borg, Worf has his own ship and LeForge doesn't have his visor...for reasons?" What are you blethering about, Picard was captured by the Borg in the original TV series (Best of Both Worlds Parts 1 & 2), Worf was re-stationed to Deep Space 9 after Generations and had command of The Defiant ... LeForge ... visor ... big deal!!!

    • @IAmTheWizFilmClub
      @IAmTheWizFilmClub Месяц назад

      As mentioned in the beginning of the review, I’ve never watched the TV series as I’m going into these films blind. I was noting that if you came into these like I did, you would be confused as to why so many things are different without explanation in the film. I even say in the end (I believe I do anyway) that if you are familiar with the TV series you might feel differently.

    • @JamesHardaker
      @JamesHardaker Месяц назад

      Most people in those days who had any interest in scifi knew that he was captured by the borg or at least had a big fight with them. Where worf lives isn't a big deal. See serenity, it has more stuff to know and it's a cult series

  • @TJThomas116
    @TJThomas116 Месяц назад

    I watched this movie soooo many times on VHS growing up. Was pleasantly surprised watching it now, more than twenty years later, that it is every bit as good as I remembered it. Roger Deakins is truly the GOAT

  • @BradClark-u2c
    @BradClark-u2c 2 месяца назад

    This channel needs some LDS

  • @ramonpinales-x3q
    @ramonpinales-x3q 2 месяца назад

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  • @phantomcorps3373
    @phantomcorps3373 2 месяца назад

    It was a studio mandated ending. Glenn Close fought against it, but test audiences were disappointed that there was no final confrontation. It was the "Madame Butterfly" ending. As Dan had grabbed a knife during one of their encounters, Alex uses that knife to take her own life. The police show up and take Dan away. Beth finds a tape that essentially gives Dan an alibi as Alex says she is going to take her own life. I get that the ending is a little bit of a Slasher Movie trope, but it works for the general audience. :D I like both endings, but from a storytelling perspective, the Madame Butterfly ending is a stronger narrative choice.

  • @UltimateAwe
    @UltimateAwe 2 месяца назад

    Seems like you experienced the same exasperation as Jeanne. 🤔

    • @IAmTheWizFilmClub
      @IAmTheWizFilmClub 2 месяца назад

      lol only I think Jeanne wasn’t happy she experienced it

  • @OupaMphahlele-c1x
    @OupaMphahlele-c1x 2 месяца назад

    Hi is me pope john Paul I love to see you tomorrow morning at around 12 is me again

  • @odysseusrex5908
    @odysseusrex5908 2 месяца назад

    This is much my favorite Western. What I like most about it is the way people's back stories can be discerned without being explicitly spelled out. For instance, in the scene where Rans asks Halley to read from a book and she is ashamed that she cannot. Pete and Nora also display shame at her illiteracy. Think how much that tells us. She addresses them by their first names, but they raised her. They were responsible for her education and were unable too fulfill that. Halley herself must have been orphaned as a young girl and Pete and Nora took her in and raised her as their own. We can see all of that just from the downcast looks they give when she is embarrassed. I think that is terrific movie making. One time, Orson Welles was asked who some of his influences had been as a director. He replied, "I'm partial to the old masters. By which I mean John Ford, John Ford, and John Ford."

  • @RubesGoodBrainCoffee
    @RubesGoodBrainCoffee 3 месяца назад

    The 1979 theatrical version was essentially unfinished. If that's what you saw, you saw the worst version of the film. The sfx came in late and there was no time to edit it, so all of it was spliced in. This means that all character development was cut out. The version that was released a couple of years ago is closer to what Wise intended. Which version did you watch?

    • @IAmTheWizFilmClub
      @IAmTheWizFilmClub 3 месяца назад

      I watched “The Directors Edition” on Paramount Plus. I also read that this was a very strange development for the movie as well…especially since it was supposed to be a TV series? If that’s true, then that also explains why everyone seems really thin…they were expecting to develop them as new episodes came out. But I’ve heard from most Trekkies that the next one is really good so I’m looking forward to that.

  • @RedProg
    @RedProg 3 месяца назад

    Saw it when it was released on the big screen

    • @IAmTheWizFilmClub
      @IAmTheWizFilmClub 3 месяца назад

      Jealous. Hopefully they will put it in theaters one day like they do other classic films nowadays

  • @Liam-cv6sk
    @Liam-cv6sk 3 месяца назад

    Thank you for bringing this film to our attention. I've known of this film for such a long time but failed to get around to watching it. I guess I felt the subject matter didn't matter because I was too young to appreciate it. But now, at nearly 70 years old I guess it's time I watched it. I liked your comments. Thank you. L/s

    • @IAmTheWizFilmClub
      @IAmTheWizFilmClub 3 месяца назад

      Love that you will give it a chance. It’s on MAX. Criterion Channel and for free on Tubi

  • @audreyandlinCompany
    @audreyandlinCompany 3 месяца назад

    Not a bad review for someone who doesn't know Chinese history or culture. I love this film for all it's layers. The more you know, the more interesting it becomes. But given the current state of social politics in the US, I'm surprised you chose now to review it. 🙂 ;-) ::POSSIBLE SPOILERS AHEAD:: The main character is Daiyi: "I am by nature a boy..." (gr**ming warning, here.) Chinese Opera was only performed by men. It took years of pain & suffering to become a great performer. The students are being conditioned to endure times of hardship. Xiaolu and Daiyi endure to become a famous actors. Daiyi is renown for his depiction of the concubine in the classic opera: "Farewell My Concubine." (It's helpful to know the story in the actual opera -- it explains a lot. fyi: it's available on RUclips.) Xiaolu thinks Daiyi is taking his female role too seriously. Meanwhile, Juxian is a *real* woman who is also a tragic figure. That's why she's in the story. Next time you watch it, pay attention to the sounds in the background -- you'll hear certain sounds used, repeatedly. They have meaning.

    • @IAmTheWizFilmClub
      @IAmTheWizFilmClub 3 месяца назад

      There were two reasons I wanted to watch this: it was released on the Criterion Collection recently and Zero is into Asian cinema and I thought this would be a great idea…not realizing he’s seen in a number of times and had no interest seeing it again. I had no idea what the movie was about and, now that you mention U.S. politics, it’s an interesting parallel. And honestly, it will be real interesting watching this again when I get the Criterion 4K and check out the actual play and get more info on the time period. And I will certainly take your thoughts in mind when I see it again.

  • @tommymorrison6478
    @tommymorrison6478 3 месяца назад

    The "Wiz" recommends Lawrence of Arabia??!! Well thank God for that! Perhaps now it'll get the recognition it deserves. (sarcasm).

    • @IAmTheWizFilmClub
      @IAmTheWizFilmClub 3 месяца назад

      lol it’s just the titling convention I have for the videos. I get it, it’s a real surprise Lawrence of Arabia is good lol

  • @ThePiratemachine
    @ThePiratemachine 3 месяца назад

    IMO "The Birds" is OK. It has good performances by Suzanne Pleshette, Rod Taylor and Tippi Henren in that order IMO. It's a shallow picture really but occasional interesting scenes. That's briefly how I see it anyway and I am not really a Hitchcock fan. I have to say however that the scene where the birds start forming behind Tippi Henren when she is smoking is IMO the best scene in the film. It's the suspense starting, the timing, the silence and her suddenly realizing that is masterful for me. It's meant to be surrealistic, surely. It works for me and the scene where Midge finds his former girlfriend dead is very moving. All in all it has its moments.

    • @IAmTheWizFilmClub
      @IAmTheWizFilmClub 3 месяца назад

      I said it in the review but I’ll say it again: I’m a Hitchcock fan but I’m also not a horror fan at all. And this was clearly a horror film through and through. I know there are fans of this film who think it’s great but I’m willing to say that it’s likely that I’m not a fan of horror that I don’t enjoy this movie as much as others.

  • @cjstryder5441
    @cjstryder5441 3 месяца назад

    Thor Love and Thunder felt like a movie for kids. I thought it was entertaining but I can see people's issues with it.

    • @IAmTheWizFilmClub
      @IAmTheWizFilmClub 3 месяца назад

      In retrospect, this makes some sense. But it just feels like they took the wrong lessons from Ragnorak.

  • @RobbGF
    @RobbGF 3 месяца назад

    Thanks! Rita & Glenn!!! Gilda (1946) - #3 TCM Clip "He Can't Afford It" ruclips.net/video/CS-ZGe9e9pQ/видео.html

  • @wenedsday
    @wenedsday 3 месяца назад

    Wow, what a idiotic movie review! 🙂

  • @danieldalton6544
    @danieldalton6544 3 месяца назад

    It’s an accurate representation of 1962, its release. People were more civilized then so their mild flirtation and her tracking him down is the innocence of the time. I think Hitchcock’s best films are Psycho and Vertigo. This one was ok. People weren’t scared of other people back then. Tippi wasn’t an actress of much depth for sure though. I like how it started when she got there so your left with no explanation wondering if she somehow brought it about or what. You’re left to come up with your own conclusions. The Birds II: Land’s End was awful making this look better.

    • @IAmTheWizFilmClub
      @IAmTheWizFilmClub 3 месяца назад

      Like I said on the review, if that was part of the times I’ll own that so that’s fair. But I guess it’s my general dislike for horror that made this a bad watch for me (since this rates pretty high on Letterboxd and IMDb)

  • @Waverlyw
    @Waverlyw 3 месяца назад

    🤣❤ This review is the best! Made my morning! AAaaaahhhhh, birds! Birds! The scenery/town is good, though. You're right. It's a 60+ movie, though, so... 🤷‍♀️ Yeah.

  • @JudeTavonFenwick
    @JudeTavonFenwick 3 месяца назад

    Absolutely AMAZING movie!

  • @Jim-Mc
    @Jim-Mc 3 месяца назад

    Low key in my top 3 Hitchcock movies, his version of "The 39 Steps" is also great and often easy to find.

    • @IAmTheWizFilmClub
      @IAmTheWizFilmClub 3 месяца назад

      Saw 39 Steps years ago and liked it but when I saw Rebecca I seriously loved it

  • @stevem-h5e
    @stevem-h5e 4 месяца назад

    I wonder how long Wayne hid in that alley to shoot Liberty Valance in the back. What a coward!

    • @odysseusrex5908
      @odysseusrex5908 2 месяца назад

      He didn't shoot him in the back. You need to watch that scene again, although it is my opinion, based on the way Liberty moves when he is shot, that Tom actually missed and it really was Ransom Stoddard who shot Liberty Valance.

  • @_R_B_7
    @_R_B_7 5 месяцев назад

    Best bond film for 50 years

  • @manofmartin
    @manofmartin 5 месяцев назад

    Constantine was my first adult comic I got into. DC destroyed him when he joined the DC roster. His comic hellblazer Constantine was perfection!

    • @IAmTheWizFilmClub
      @IAmTheWizFilmClub 5 месяцев назад

      So what did DC that hurt the character when he became part of the roster?

  • @jamesm2075
    @jamesm2075 5 месяцев назад

    Constantine is my favorite character in the DC animated universe. Matt Ryans live action Constantine TV show was also pretty good.

    • @IAmTheWizFilmClub
      @IAmTheWizFilmClub 5 месяцев назад

      You would think with comic book (well, used to at least) and horror movies being so popular and making so much money, making a Constantine movie would be a no brainer.

    • @Gamezonewt
      @Gamezonewt 5 месяцев назад

      Same

  • @MariaFernanda-dr7pv
    @MariaFernanda-dr7pv 5 месяцев назад

    Joan Crawford,the best!

  • @tiggerelpro149
    @tiggerelpro149 5 месяцев назад

    Amazing movie

  • @crowwick7652
    @crowwick7652 6 месяцев назад

    I loved that movie. It was so well done.

  • @billmurray7473
    @billmurray7473 6 месяцев назад

    You guys are obviously carrying on the tradition of MST3K, Elvira, and USA Up All Night.

  • @petermaz701
    @petermaz701 6 месяцев назад

    It's a very entertaining movie, not boring. Was it a bit of camp? Yes, but the overacting and over the top performance of Faye Dunaway carries this movie.

    • @IAmTheWizFilmClub
      @IAmTheWizFilmClub 6 месяцев назад

      I get why some people do like this movie and I’m willing to bet Dunaway is why. And people I know who recommended this to me also love the campiness and over the top nature of the film. But I guess I’m no fan of camp.

  • @nkjkjnkj
    @nkjkjnkj 6 месяцев назад

    this movie is flawless, a dudebro like you wouldn't get it.

  • @sunitamenon-kf3ro
    @sunitamenon-kf3ro 6 месяцев назад

    Have heard about this fom.Now eager to see it.

  • @ricardocantoral7672
    @ricardocantoral7672 6 месяцев назад

    I don't think this film deserves the praise it gets but it's far from bad. This is a good starter Bond movie for newbies.

    • @IAmTheWizFilmClub
      @IAmTheWizFilmClub 6 месяцев назад

      Agree with you on it being over praised…but I’m betting those who think it’s great it’s likely their first Bond film.

  • @bradleyhillman9859
    @bradleyhillman9859 6 месяцев назад

    A 7 year old video with 3 views about a Japanese movie I never heard of, RUclips clearly gets me.

    • @IAmTheWizFilmClub
      @IAmTheWizFilmClub 6 месяцев назад

      This isn’t even a day old but I’m glad you are here lol

  • @ricardocantoral7672
    @ricardocantoral7672 6 месяцев назад

    The biggest problem I have with LTK is the motive for Bond to resign is so trite. I know defenders say he was really compelled by Della's death to go rogue but that's vaguely implied. As bad as Die Another Day was, I think Bond's motivation for going rogue made sense and that's being burned and proving his innocence. I would have preferred a mission going wrong, Felix getting injured along the way, and Bond ultimately resigning because the British Government would cut and run. Unfortunately, Bond wasn't given a complex scenario. Despite all that, was the film good? Yeah, it's decent. Sanchez is a decent villain but not engaging, and the action is good. This is basically James Bond done by Cannon Films. So, it's a good action movie but a sub-par Bond movie.

    • @IAmTheWizFilmClub
      @IAmTheWizFilmClub 6 месяцев назад

      Honestly, one of the things that nagged me after this film is “wait, are Bond and Felix THAT close?” But really, I think both Felix, his wife and Lupe were just used to make Sanchez feel even more despicable and evil…which I have to be honest worked for me. But I can see why this film may not work for someone if they really start to think about the elements that drive the story and not get caught up in the emotion of the film…like someone saying “yo that guy killed Felix? Ooohhh I hate that guy!”

    • @ricardocantoral7672
      @ricardocantoral7672 6 месяцев назад

      ​@@IAmTheWizFilmClub I think the film is better in the latter half. However the drawback was, Bond never mentions Della or Felix during his campaign against Sanchez. We only get Bond on the phone with a cheerful Felix mentioning that he has his job back again. Again, the scenario in my mind would have been Bond seeing the larger picture of good vs evil.

    • @IAmTheWizFilmClub
      @IAmTheWizFilmClub 6 месяцев назад

      Not gonna lie it definitely felt weird when Felix pops up at the end and I’m like “are you supposed to be that cheerful after your wife died?”

  • @GSmith-cd6ct
    @GSmith-cd6ct 7 месяцев назад

    Timothy Dalton embodied Ian Fleming’s Bond. Both films were great, especially “License to Kill” part of which was filmed at Coast Guard Sector Key West. (My first duty station). Dalton was great as a villain in “The Rocketeer”, I have all 3 films on Blu-ray and watching them brings me back when I was a kid. 👍

  • @ricardocantoral7672
    @ricardocantoral7672 7 месяцев назад

    The biggest aggravation of this film for me is Walken as Zorin. I don't feel that he is ever really allowed to do anything beyond going through the motions. I honestly feel that Grace Jones leaves a far better impression. Walken as a Bond villain and he's entirely wasted, a shame.

    • @IAmTheWizFilmClub
      @IAmTheWizFilmClub 7 месяцев назад

      Agreed. Grace Jones would have been an amazing villain in another film. And for some ungodly reason, they have a great actor like Walken playing a Bond villain and the best they can do is a campy, Goldfinger knock off?

    • @ricardocantoral7672
      @ricardocantoral7672 7 месяцев назад

      @@IAmTheWizFilmClub Yeah, they wanted this to be Goldfinger of the 1980's but the movie has no sense of story construction. We start with microchips, Horse doping, a mundane investigation into possible corruption in City Hall, and then the extremely goofy villain project of flooding silicon valley. There is no rhyme or reason behind how this story progresses. Also, the scenes in America are shockingly low rent. Bond investigating Stacey Sutton and possible corruption in City Hall is a painful slog and it feels like something out of any generic 80's Private Detective show.

  • @ricardocantoral7672
    @ricardocantoral7672 7 месяцев назад

    This one could have been much better than it was. What's particularly disappointing is the movie doesn't have a memorable villain or henchperson. Brad Whitaker could have been memorable but he doesn't have much screentime and he isn't given anything to do. Things move along at a good pace but little of it is true memorable. Dalton is the one who ultimately saves this movie. Licence To Kill is even less impressive and it's a shame. I love Dalton, he had the looks and the personality of Fleming's Bond. Unfortunately, he never got the scripts he deserved.

    • @IAmTheWizFilmClub
      @IAmTheWizFilmClub 7 месяцев назад

      I agree the villains aren’t particularly memorable, but what I liked is that the plot was the most important element where it felt like there were many twists and turns to keep me invested, instead of most where you see who the villain is right away. But I definitely agree the villains could have been a lot better, but I do like Dalton as well and it’s going to suck to know the next one is his last.

  • @20thCenturyManTrad
    @20thCenturyManTrad 7 месяцев назад

    The Bond girl is great, she's not Diana Rigg (no one will be I guarantee it), but she is a wonderful Bond girl.

  • @johnnash297
    @johnnash297 7 месяцев назад

    A great road movie with outstanding acting all around. Jack was perfect. This is what life looks like in the Navy.

  • @bobfurman2739
    @bobfurman2739 7 месяцев назад

    Cinderella Liberty???

    • @IAmTheWizFilmClub
      @IAmTheWizFilmClub 7 месяцев назад

      That’s the movie written by the author who wrote the book The Last Detail is based on right?

  • @morthedgebuckle227
    @morthedgebuckle227 7 месяцев назад

    I remember seeing Octopussy in the movie theater when I was a teenager and thinking what a let down it was.

    • @IAmTheWizFilmClub
      @IAmTheWizFilmClub 7 месяцев назад

      From what I’ve seen, Moore’s films either feel like letdowns from Connerys time as Bond or people just take them as action comedy and reevaluate them like that. I prefer Connery to be honest but Moore films to me have a popcorn feel to them where if you want something light and dumb to chill to, it’ll be fine.

  • @20thCenturyManTrad
    @20thCenturyManTrad 7 месяцев назад

    Most of the comedy doesn't bother me too much. But Moore had a great cold moment after the train fight, "And that's for 009." Eyebrow used, pure cold Bond.

  • @jsprite123
    @jsprite123 7 месяцев назад

    It has the second best Bond song...

    • @IAmTheWizFilmClub
      @IAmTheWizFilmClub 7 месяцев назад

      We are going to mention this in the next episode but when we talk about the bond theme songs, we are rating them mostly on if they fit with the theme of the movie as well as if the song is good or not. I think the song is great but just seems odd as the theme since the romance isn’t all that great. I think when we do our franchise overview after No Time To Die, we will rate our favorites outside of the context of if they fit in the film or not, which this very well may be a top 5 for me.

  • @20thCenturyManTrad
    @20thCenturyManTrad 7 месяцев назад

    The trick for watching the corkscrew jump, mute as he jumps.

    • @IAmTheWizFilmClub
      @IAmTheWizFilmClub 7 месяцев назад

      lol to be fair it was funny hearing Zero so angry for once

    • @20thCenturyManTrad
      @20thCenturyManTrad 7 месяцев назад

      @@IAmTheWizFilmClub Very funny. I hate the slide whistle, but it's still one of the best stunts with a car.

    • @IAmTheWizFilmClub
      @IAmTheWizFilmClub 7 месяцев назад

      @@20thCenturyManTrad it’s definitely very impressive

  • @mollyjonesreacts
    @mollyjonesreacts 7 месяцев назад

    😂 One wonders how many of these types of oldies you’ve actually seen & if ”9 to 5” and/or ”Tootsie” are amongst them? If so, make a ”contrast & compare” on all three - PLEASE 🙏!

    • @IAmTheWizFilmClub
      @IAmTheWizFilmClub 7 месяцев назад

      We reviewed Tootsie last year and I contemplated on watching “9 to 5” at some point. A comparison wouldn’t be a bad idea! Thanks for the suggestion!

  • @janebruce4394
    @janebruce4394 7 месяцев назад

    Promo_SM 😀

  • @iKvetch558
    @iKvetch558 8 месяцев назад

    Interesting review...though I was kind of surprised not to hear some mention of one of the most chilling endings of any movie ever made, unless I missed something in the video? I don't think I agree that having nuclear armed bombers flying around close to the Soviet Union...as envisioned in this film or in Dr Strangelove...falls under categorization of a "well trained militia"...it is much more like actually being at war, just without the final consummation of megadeaths. That is the unique insanity of nuclear war and MAD and going beyond the launch on warning hair trigger as we did in the 1960s...it is just too far beyond any kind of regular "training" that is done outside the context of nuclear war. But, that was not a big part of your review and this is not the place to hash that out..I think your review is mostly spot on. I wish more people would see this film...the central theme of losing control of the systems we create is certainly even more pertinent than it was in the 1960s.👍

    • @IAmTheWizFilmClub
      @IAmTheWizFilmClub 8 месяцев назад

      I didn’t really get into too much detail about the militia part because it would have bogged the review down, but what I meant by it is that it was interesting how training soldiers so well to follow and execute orders was actually the eventual downfall in the film. It almost like we trained them so specifically and finely, our careful and meticulous training was what lead to the disaster happening. Incredibly thought provoking and scary to think about. As for the ending, I try not to spoil endings and especially felt I didn’t want to do it in this film either.