Saturday, September 23, 2006
NOT HALF BAD
Today's NYTimes Best 1176 Film was
I am not a James Bond fan and this is the 11th one that I did not see when it came around; the Roger Moore period. He can't act and they cannot show any of his bare body except the shoulders and lower legs.
The first half (of the film, not Roger) is a slog. Boring beyond belief. Wooden performances. Bullshit plot.
The second half, the one where they have the set-piece in a huge set that gets blown up, is actually, very good. Or, at least I thought so.
It uses the space shuttle. Was there a space shuttle in 1979? And a space station. And the effects are spectacular.
There is not a thing to say about the plot or characters in these pictures. They are mostly the same.
This one is good when it gets down—or upto the space stuff when it gets down to it—or up—it is a 4 out of Netflix5.
The rest is a 1.
So I will give it a 2 or 3 when I get to rate it.
We are in a downward spiral on Best Films.
I don't like the M's so much.
