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    Yojimbo. 10/10. It's staggering to think of all of the movies that have taken some aspect of this movie and appropriated it as their own. Almost every Western ever.. Star Wars.. well.. that's all I can think of at the moment.

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    So good. This one is definitely in my Top 10 Man Movies. I know plenty of ladies who like it too but it's just such a guy movie.

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    Quote Originally Posted by BurnetRhoades View Post
    For Your Eyes Only

    ...the best of the Roger Moore as Bond films.
    Moonraker.

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    Sin City: a Dame to Kill For. 5.5/10. It's not based on my favorite of the Sin City stories.. but even taking that into consideration this movie was a fucking bore. I'm not talking shit and I don't expect everyone to agree with my rating, I love the graphic novels to death.. even loved the first movie.. for some reason this one just rubbed me the wrong way.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Coker View Post
    Sin City: a Dame to Kill For. 5.5/10. It's not based on my favorite of the Sin City stories.. but even taking that into consideration this movie was a fucking bore. I'm not talking shit and I don't expect everyone to agree with my rating, I love the graphic novels to death.. even loved the first movie.. for some reason this one just rubbed me the wrong way.
    Please explain.

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    Quote Originally Posted by CountOrlok View Post
    Moonraker.
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    For Your Eyes Only replaced the longstanding director of the series and essentially "rebooted" it, without firing Roger Moore, because Moonraker had taken it too far into the world of camp and cheeseball. Here was, finally, a mostly serious story for Moore to handle. It also featured great, exclusive, varied locations and a rich texture and the backdrop of the looming Winter Olympics gave it an epic scope. Bond was never going to be a serious spy thriller but this was as close as it got for Moore. It still had its fun, with puns here and there, but cartoon characters like Jaws were nowhere to be found and all of the action and situations were grounded in reality.

    As the character and personality I always preferred Connery to Moore in the role, hands down, even the worst of the Connery films. But, ironically enough, this is likely my favorite Bond film of them all, the one I've watched the most. It had the perfect balance, to me, of fun and grounded, great locations, beautiful women and a story I could believe.

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    Quote Originally Posted by CountOrlok View Post
    Please explain.
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    Sin City usually nails their casting, but for me this was a huge misstep. I liked in the comic how Ava wasn't necessarily a traditional beauty. It added to the mystery of how she was able to drive men to do whatever she wanted.

    Then, there's the use of color. In the comic (and in the first movie) there's an almost David Lynch-esque quality to what's colored and what's not.. there's a reason to it, but the reason isn't readily apparent to the audience. In this movie it was like " ahh that explosion would look awesome in color." Rodriguez's doing no doubt. That guy likes explooooooosions.

    Then there's the whole prequel/sequel total fuck up. I get that it's the first movie to have a sequel bookend a prequel.. but there's a reason it's never been done before.. it's so fucking confusing. If you knew the material, yeah, you'd know that Dwight's story is prequel, but using the first 16-20 minutes of the movie to set up a sequel storyline...? Then switch to a prequel with no indication or anything? Rodriguez should be banned from editing rooms. Unless it's his own story.

    I liked the Joseph Gordon Levitt storyline. I felt like that was true Sin City. I also really liked Christopher Meloni's character. That guy is fucking hilarious in the best way possible.

    So, in the end, it was a 50/50 movie for me. Hence the 5/10 rating. I gave it an extra .5 because I genuinely enjoyed the JGL story line and there were bits and pieces along the way that were good. Overall though the Dwight prequel bit was uninteresting.. and how did they kill golden eye when he's in the story line of the first movie?

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    Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. 4.5/10. Why introduce Shredder as SuperShredder? What's the next step? SuperDuperShredder? At that point he'd just be a transformer. I'm convinced that at some point Michael Bay will give up Intellectual Property and just release movies that are titled, "Big shiny thing go boom."

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