This Halloween brought the sad news of the passing of cinema great Sir Sean Connery. As has been thoroughly documented over the decades, Sir Sean was best known for being cinema’s first—and, for many, best—James Bond. It was also well-known…
What’s worse: bored confusion or pure nothingness?
“If you held a gun to my head and forced me to pick the Bond movie that rises to the top, I would have to say it’s From Russia with Love.”
“All that’s left now is to quickly get to the obligatory big battle sequence where the movie throws as many guys with guns into the frame as possible, and they all stand around shooting at each other long enough for us to finally end this damn thing.”
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“My confidence in British intelligence is dropping by the minute.”
“So there you have it, folks. James Bond, secret agent: killed by a video game.”
“Was this another scene specifically written so as to avoid a potential lawsuit? Does Eon hold the copyright on interesting gadgets?”
“As always: James Bond, the world’s most famous secret agent.”
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“It’s a bit like if Christopher Nolan made Batman Begins and decided to cast Adam West.”
“I would say this movie contains no actual dialogue; just endless action-movie quips.”
It's the absolutely indescribable dystopian sci-fi adventure, or something, Zardoz, starring Sean Connery as a brutal who falls from a giant floating head into the land of immortals where he proceeds to... do stuff.
“Mr. Mendo once again explores the world of subpar James Bond films with Never Say Never Again, featuring Sean Connery returning to the role of 007 after a 12 year absence. In the movie, Blofeld threatens to detonate two stolen nuclear warheads unless SPECTRE’s demands are met, which eventually leads to a massive underwater battle. And if that synopsis sounds familiar, it’s because Never Say Never Again was legally required to have the exact same plot as Thunderball.”
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By special request of the Agony Booth, Richard is kicking off a new series-within-the-series titled “The Special Relationship”, wherein he looks at American movie remakes that don’t quite live up to their British source material, starting with a comparison of the ‘60s British series The Avengers, and the Razzie-winning 1998 American remake starring Ralph Fiennes, Uma Thurman, and Sean Connery!
"'Death approaches,' Avalow says. 'We are all mortal again! Now we can say yes to death!' So throw out all your old CHOOSE LIFE shirts from the 80's! And get rid of all those FRANKIE SAY RELAX shirts while you're at it!"
"'Death approaches,' Avalow says. 'We are all mortal again! Now we can say yes to death!' So throw out all your old CHOOSE LIFE shirts from the 80's! And get rid of all those FRANKIE SAY RELAX shirts while you're at it!"
"'Death approaches,' Avalow says. 'We are all mortal again! Now we can say yes to death!' So throw out all your old CHOOSE LIFE shirts from the 80's! And get rid of all those FRANKIE SAY RELAX shirts while you're at it!"
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"'Death approaches,' Avalow says. 'We are all mortal again! Now we can say yes to death!' So throw out all your old CHOOSE LIFE shirts from the 80's! And get rid of all those FRANKIE SAY RELAX shirts while you're at it!"
"'Death approaches,' Avalow says. 'We are all mortal again! Now we can say yes to death!' So throw out all your old CHOOSE LIFE shirts from the 80's! And get rid of all those FRANKIE SAY RELAX shirts while you're at it!"
"'Death approaches,' Avalow says. 'We are all mortal again! Now we can say yes to death!' So throw out all your old CHOOSE LIFE shirts from the 80's! And get rid of all those FRANKIE SAY RELAX shirts while you're at it!"
"'Death approaches,' Avalow says. 'We are all mortal again! Now we can say yes to death!' So throw out all your old CHOOSE LIFE shirts from the 80's! And get rid of all those FRANKIE SAY RELAX shirts while you're at it!"
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