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Awix (3310 KP) rated The Spy Who Loved Me (1977) in Movies

Feb 21, 2018 (Updated May 31, 2020)

The Spy Who Loved Me (1977)

1977 | Action, Mystery

7.3

(27 Ratings)

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Landmark Bond film updates the series for the 70s (a few years late, but never mind); establishes the tone for the rest of Roger Moore's tenure. Plot to some extent recycles that of You Only Live Twice, which may explain why they got the same director back. This is the one with the amphibious Lotus and the oil tanker that eats submarines.

Very much Bond as a thing unto itself, i.e. a swaggering, effervescent fantasy. First-class fights and chases, lavish sets and set-pieces, takes itself just seriously enough when it really has to (although Bond himself is almost intolerably smug and patronising for much of the film). Main villain is a bit weak but Richard Kiel virtually steals the movie as henchman Jaws. Maybe not Moore's best Bond, but one of his most characteristic; very entertaining too.

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tonidavis (353 KP) rated Deadpool 2 (2018) in Movies

Jun 18, 2018

Deadpool 2 (2018)

2018 | Action, Comedy

8.5

(281 Ratings)

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Cable

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Welcome to unicorn mountain

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The fast talking Merc is back and for once bigger is better. It is rare to find a sequel that is better thanks first but in my opinion this is one.

I first saw this film at the UK fan screening and was fortune enough to see the cast Ryan introduced the film as a "Family film welcome to unicorn mountain." The promotion for the lead up to this film was quiet family genius.

Deadpool breaks the 3rd wall and just makes you smile. I have had "have you ever noticed that papa can you here me sounds exactly like do you want to build a snowman." In my head for weeks.

Cable is a fantastic charcter mainly because although techniqually the villain he only doing what he think is right to save hundreds.

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Chris Sawin (602 KP) rated Game of Death II (1981) in Movies

Jun 23, 2019

Game of Death II (1981)

1981 | Action, International, Mystery

4.7

(3 Ratings)

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This is even worse than the original Game of Death. A jumbled, incoherent storyline leads to "Billy Lo" falling from a helicopter to the ground below, killing him, as we're left to follow his younger brother, Bobby Lo. So not only do we start out following some Bruce Lee clone, the film kills that one off and has us follow another one thirty minutes into the story. The main reason to watch this one is when Bobby Lo fights a lion, which is quite obviously a guy in a lion costume. Jang Lee Hwang is also the villain, who is usually pretty awesome but his screen time is significantly small. Mainly watched these two films because they're a part of the Bruce Lee boxed set. It's no wonder they're included with Lee's finished works. No one would buy them otherwise.

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Deborah (162 KP) rated Wicked Under the Covers (Carlisle Family, #1) in Books

Dec 21, 2018

This was my first book by this author, as well as being the first in her Carlisle Family series.

Although enjoyable, it's not a story I would be likely to pick up again. Early on in the book, the hero sees the heroine meet her mother in a restaurant - historical blunder there, as that type of establishment didn't exisit in that period.

I did like the hero, but felt that the ending was unsatisfactory. There were plenty of loose threads to tie up, but I felt it could have been handled better; I wanted to revel in the satisfaction of the villain and villainess getting their comeuppance but didn't quite get that, and the reunion of the hero and heroine pretty much decended into farce! It was too much.

Enjoyable enough, but I'm not tempted enough to pick up the sequel.

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Lee KM Pallatina (951 KP) rated Spenser Confidential (2020) in Movies

Mar 16, 2020

Spenser Confidential (2020)

2020 | Action, Crime, Drama

7.1

(18 Ratings)

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Spenser Confidential is a hard hitting action comedy, loosely based on the novel Wonderland by Ace Atkins, and stars Mark Wahlberg, Winston Duke, Alan Arkin, Iliza Shlesinger, Bokeem Woodbine, Donald Cerrone, Marc Maron, and Austin Post.

After a stretch in prison for a violent attack on another officer, Spenser is released, that night the officer who he did time for attacking is murdered, which throws Spensers name into the fire.
When a second officer from his former precinct is murdered, Spenser teams up with his no-nonsense roommate, Hawk, to take down criminals and uncover the truth before it's too late.

A great movie-
even though the story has had very similar ones berfore it, it's a nice throwback to them whilst injecting a dose of witt to it.