This MOONRAKER (1979) scene is peak Roger Moore as James Bond, turning a life-or-death situation into a perfectly timed joke and a raised eyebrow. Nobody delivered effortless 007 charm quite like him.
@Nicosaesthetic He and AOC are the only ones with cojones of steel to do and say something, especially in NYC, while everyone is going towards fascism (getting Trump clones around the world and here in the states) or lacks guts to go against Trump because they’re scared of him and his minions.
Some unpopular opinions:
- I don’t like Ramin Karimloo as The Phantom
- Katie Knight-Adams and Marni Raab surprised me with their acting as Christine, especially Sarah Brightman (watch the NYPL TOFT pro shot)
- I actually liked the Chess revival on Broadway
@AmazingPopPod Yes. He humanized Bond for me. Rather than being the cinematic Bond like his predecessors, Conner and Moore, he took an approach that is true to the novels. Dalton is also a stage actor and did his homework to make sure he captured that humanity that Fleming wrote.
@ArrowFilmsVideo Back when Dario Argento was good until he created that shitty adaptation of The Phantom of the Opera. Argento pulled a Francis Ford Coppola and cast his own daughter to play Christine.
Plus, disposable income doesn’t stretch as far as it did post 9/11 prior to the recession and post-pandemic. We can’t enjoy a night on the town in NYC anymore.
I see this question crop up all the time, and my answer is a resounding “no” because we’re not in 1975, 1982, 1987, 1988, 1996, 1997, 2003, and 2015 anymore. Those were the peak years of the megahits.
Also, tourism to NYC is in a sharp decline post pandemic.
The Lion King is a show you take your kids with as a tourist and to give them their first theater experience, though Wicked and Hamilton are not bad and Chicago is always a delight to watch if you want to watch it alone or with a friend/significant other.
@ML3democrats Those idiots fell off the coconut tree.
She would’ve done a whole lot better than the idiot that the people voted just because they hate a smart woman.
Biden shouldn’t have dropped out either due to the pressure of the people and Trump.