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I don't know if I've said this here already, but I would love to do a video centered around Odio's many incarnations set to Chris Cornell's "You Know My Name" from Casino Royale (a movie I have never seen and never will because, hot take, I don't care for Daniel Craig as James Bond). Something about the lyrics just fits so damn well. And I know the perfect note to end it on, too: on the last repeats of "you know my name", I'll overlay the part of Odio's pre-boss rush speech that goes "My hate is yours, and yours is mine. To share, a history, so long as men yet live! Now sing our name! Embrace us! Odio!"
#text post#rosie's ramblings#video ideas that may or may not happen#live a live#look daniel craig is a good actor#he's just not a good james bond#i know i know#why would you say something so controversial yet so brave#anyway that's not the point#the point is that this idea just wormed its way into my brain and is now permanently lodged there#i might do it after i play lal for youtube? idk
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Guess who made their mom watch The Glass Onion at 3pm and pester her with details and predictions (most of which were correct, btw)
#glass onion#benoit blanc#daniel craig#dave bautista#it is an amazing film btw#it’s so fucking good#it’s so great#and it looks like the actors had a lot of fun as well#which just makes it better#Craig’s accent is still horrible#but it adds to the charm#also Phillip is fuckin amazing#absolutely stole the show#along with what’s his name#Harold or smth#no plot relevance at all but they stole my heart#<3#great movie#the glass onion
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Womanizer to Womanized 🙏
I know it would literally never happen, but whenever the speculation of who the next James Bond will be comes up, I can only think about how I would sell my soul to get a butch lesbian James Bond 😣
#i will make my own design at some point probably and she will be more masc#but i wanted to see what the various Bond actors would look like as women#and for some reason Sean Connery is the only one who's came out looking good????#like why is she kinda fine 😳 id let her womanize me#i think roger moore and pierce brosnan are too classically masculine handsome for faceapp to be able to do anything substantially good#and then daniel craig's features are too unique for it to be able to translate well#but sean connery.....kindaaaaa#i hate how faceapp makes the outfits fem as well UGH#so if the tuxes look a bit odd its cause i had to shoddily edit it back on#but anyways this was helpful bcs as i said my one oc Rüß is kinda already my vision for a lesbian bond so#if i tried drawing a design it would just end up looking like her#i think the top pic came out the best. i was like wait omg why does she actually look good#thirsting over a woman who doesnt even exist this is so sad for me#anyways random lol but i just think abt it often#bcs i get into joke arguments with my parents about it#like actually turning bond into a woman almost felt a little sacrilegious 😭(my dad loves bond movies)#but ill always bring up these two hypotheticals:#'the next bond should inexplicably be a masc lesbian' +#'bond should have a Bond Boy at some point or have to be a honeypot himself in order to seduce a man'#i always get shot down 😭😭 but i know deep down im right#catie.rambling.txt
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Mistaken Identity
(Link to ao3)
John was standing on the curb in front of a pharmacy, waiting for Sherlock who was hunting some special ingredient for an experiment John was sure he didn’t want to know about. Hence he’d already forgotten what exactly Sherlock was looking for in that pharmacy.
Considering the time John was standing here already, it must be something they didn’t want to sell him.
John sighed and shifted his weight.
His gaze fell on a woman who was crossing the street, smiling broadly. It looked almost as if she was coming towards him. John smiled back, just in case, and the smile on the woman’s face widened impossibly. Oh, she was coming towards him then. John straightened his posture a little, then the woman was already standing in front of him.
“Hi,” she beamed at him, stretching the word almost comically.
“Hello,” John greeted back, a little warily.
“Hi, I just saw you standing here, and I must tell you, you look like this detective bloke!”
“Err…” John frowned. “You mean Bond? Daniel Craig?”
Some of his former girlfriends had told him that he had a faint resemblance to the famous actor, although he'd never been able to see it in the mirror.
“No no, not from a movie. The detective bloke! You know, from the papers.” She paused, tilted her had, then seemed to have some kind of enlightenment.
“No! Oh I’m so sorry dear, the blogger. Not the detective, his blogger. What was his name, he’s a doctor, I think. Watson! Right. You look just like that famous Dr. Watson.”
She beamed at him happily.
“Um, maybe that’s because I am Dr. Watson…?” It sounded more like a question than John would have liked, but the woman was quite confusing.
“Ah no no,” the woman laughed, waving a hand. “Good one! But you do look exactly like him. You could be his secret brother or something.”
John looked at her, slowly growing irritated. “I’m not a secret brother or something, I’m Dr. John Watson. The one who writes the blog.”
“No you’re not,” the woman retorts, grinning widely. “You won’t fool me.” She looked almost proud.
John barely suppressed a sigh and was considering just wishing her a nice day and wait somewhere else for Sherlock, when he heard a deep voice behind him.
“And I look just like that detective Sherlock Holmes then, right?”
Now John did sigh, but in relief.
“Well, err…” The woman was looking at Sherlock. “Oh.”
“Yes,” Sherlock spat, “Oh. So if you would accept now that you are indeed standing in front of the real Dr. Watson, and are insulting him rather expertly? And before you say you don’t believe me either, I would suggest you hurry to get to your job at that cafe before you’re late. Wouldn’t want to be fired, would you? Since you’re dressing up so nicely to attract customers, after your husband just left you. Rather desperate I’d say, but if you can’t recognise people even if they’re telling you their name, I would agree to take every opportunity you get.”
“Sherlock,” John hissed. The woman was now looking rather hurt, close to tears even. Even though she’d been a bit annoying, she didn’t deserve that tirade.
“Well,” she sniffed and straightened her posture. “Would’ve been better if it hadn’t been you then.”
With that she turned on her heels and stalked away.
John turned to Sherlock, who was staring after her with narrowed eyes.
“That wasn’t necessary,” he scolded.
“Yes it was,” Sherlock huffed. “She was annoying and stupid. And she didn’t believe you.”
John sighed. “Did you get what you wanted?”
Sherlock held up a small bag. “Eventually.”
“Do I want to know about it…?”
“Probably not. Now, let’s go home. Enough stupidity for one day, don’t you think?”
John huffed and took the offered hand, intertwining their fingers.
“You’re unbelievable.”
Sherlock smirked. “I’d hope so.”
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I've rudely stolen this from an interwiev with Rowan Atkinson.
In case you don't know it, here the original
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If I can defend Knives Out as being actually not that boring of a pick: Maybe genre wise it’s referencing classic detective stories, but! There’s still things about it that would be fun to reimagine in a vintage setting
Casting is the big one; because for me it’s not just that the all star cast, it’s the mix of types of actors. A few younger actors who aren’t really household names; a few people who are currently enjoying a big wave of popularity/are in other really big projects; extremely well respected actors who most people know; and extremely well respected veteran actors who also aren’t necessarily household names. Like you cover pretty much the whole range with the film. So it presents a fun challenge of not only having to cast for character type, but seeing if you can’t match actor type, too.
And then there’s Blanc specifically- for me, it’s not just about picking someone who would be a fun classic PI character, but trying to find someone who matches Daniel Craig’s specific relationship to the character- is there an equivalent person who is just coming out of/about to come out of being a bit type cast in a somewhat serious, not all that emotive, action-star role who gets a chance through this to loosen up, have fun, and show they also have great comedic chops and character-work abilities?
The other big component for me is that Knives Out and Glass Onion both have some relevant social commentary/issue running as an undercurrent to the murder mystery. Both deal with issues of class, but then KO has Marta’s status as an undocumented immigrant be an important theme throughout, and GO has its take on an Elon Musk type (among other modern archetypes). So what specific contemporary issue(s) are we picking for vintage Knives Out? And how will that affect what our hypothetical movie’s plot and cast looks like?
this ask is making me weep because a movie with “a few younger actors [and] a few people who are currently enjoying a big wave of popularity/are in other really big projects; extremely well respected actors who most people know; and extremely well respected veteran actors who also aren’t necessarily household names” and a lead actor playing the detective who gets to “have fun, and show they also have great comedic chops and character-work abilities” already exists—Murder on the Orient Express from 1974 is one of my favorite movies ever and is apparently now required viewing for this blog. It’s got Lauren Bacall! Ingrid Bergman! Wendy Hiller! John Gielgud! Anthony Perkins! Michael York! Jacqueline Bisset! And Albert Finney eating the shit out of the scenery as Hercule Poirot. It is SUCH a good time and will hit so many of the Knives Out buttons for so many of you. (Admittedly it does not have the same style of social commentary as a Knives Out film, though just like in Christie’s novel it is crucial that the travelers on the train represent diverse intersections of class, and a major touchstone is how justice is meted out based on wealth, class, and who makes those choices.)
Anyway please watch Murder on the Orient Express (1974).
#asks#murder on the orient express#anyone who mentions David Suchet is thrown out the window I ONLY accept bizarre Poirots with 0 naturalism
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Everything we know about The Bad Guys 2.
A post detailing everything about the sequel of The Bad Guys, from confirmed to unconfirmed information, leaks & more. We'll update the post whenever something new comes up, so stay tuned!
🟢Confirmed info:
On March 26th 2024, DreamWorks officially announced a sequel of The Bad Guys in development, coming to theaters August 1st 2025.
Synopsis: "The Bad Guys are struggling to find trust and acceptance in their newly minted lives as Good Guys, when they are pulled out of retirement and forced to do ‘one last job' by an all-female squad of criminals."
Just like the first film, whose story was loosely based on book 1 through 4 of The Bad Guys book series, it appears the sequel will be loosely based on the events of book 5 through 10 of the book series.
Returning cast & crew:
Pierre Perifel (director)
Damon Ross (producer)
JP Sans (co-director, was previously head of character animation)
Daniel Pemberton (composer)
Sam Rockwell - Mr. Wolf
Marc Maron - Mr. Snake
Craig Robinson - Mr. Shark
Akwafina - Ms. Tarantula
Anthony Ramos - Mr. Piranha
Zazie Beetz - Diane Foxington
Richard Ayoade - Professor Marmalade
Alex Borstein - Misty Luggins
Lilly Singh - Tiffany Fluffit
New (june 21, 2024): Gorge R. Gutierrez will make a cameo in The Bad Guys 2, it is unknown which character he's voicing.
Voice actors for the new characters have not yet been revealed. Director Pierre Perifel previously confirmed that Marmalade's real identity is indeed true to what it is in the books (no spoilers) although it is unknown if the reveal shall be made in the sequel, despite him strongly pointing towards it being the case.
New info (may 17, 2024) : In an interview with the Today Show Australia, while promoting his newest movie adaptation "Thelma the Unicorn" & talking about the final book of The Bad Guys series releasing this fall, author Aaron Blabey gave an update regarding The Bad Guys 2 currently in the works at Dreamworks.
NEW (November 1st): A first trailer for The Bad Guys has been listed with the runtime of 2 mins & 12 seconds, indicating that we'll be getting our first look at the sequel soon.
🟡Yet to be confirmed:
According to IMDb, the budget of The Bad Guys 2 is that of $80M. The budget of the first film was $70M. It also claims that the creator & author of The Bad Guys himself (Aaron Blabey) will write the script alongside Ethan Cohen. Aaron was previously the producer on the first film, in order to ensure the characters he created are well portrayed.
New (July 13th, 2024): According to Daniel RPK (an industry insider) actress Natasha Lyonne has been cast in The Bad Guys 2. She's probably voicing one of Diane's former friends, if this is true.
🟣Leaks:
On March 9th 2023, an insider known as "The V Scooper" on twitter revealed that a sequel of DreamWorks' The Bad Guys is in development. He even provided some extra plot details of the movie, which closely resembles that of the official synopsis. Although he commented that some plot points may change in the final version of the script, since that was still early on in production.
New (Sep 21): An accidental leak from the official website filmsrating.com revealed there will be a theatrical short of The Bad Guys related to the sequel, titled"The Bad Guys: Little Lies & Alibis".
NEW (Oct 19): Listings from Universal Switzerland seem to confirm that the title"Little Lies & Alibis" is that of the sequel itself, rather than the previously thought theatrical short related to the sequel, which does not exist.
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Thea... are u exciting about this film?
https://twitter.com/FilmUpdates/status/1785794932344774935?t=K0rPE4iC3KbKAIxSrRAWBw&s=19
Do you like them as an actors?
I am so excited for this. I haven’t seen drew starkey in a big substantial role yet but I am a big Daniel Craig enjoyer. And I have loved every Luca movie I’ve seen and this looks so good.
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Let's talk about Avatar Studios
And what the hell is going on
1) I already talk about the risks of a new Avatar following up Korra so I won't go much further on this here. The problem is this new show already have to face 3 problems
1. Technology. Like, if it really will be 100 years after Korra, makes sense that the Technology will evolve a lot but more technology also means less mystic shit and the fandom love the mystic shit in the Avatar World.
Transform Avatar in some sfi looking show can be bite the ass of Bryke. A lot of fans already complain about Tlok modern world because there's less mystical stuff because of it, now imagine a Avatar where the technology evolve during 100 years.
2. Repetition. For the technology not evolve this much, something have to happen to the world, something that Korra wasn't able to prevent. So then we would have Roku - Aang arc all over again. The children of the Krew will be important to this new Avatar? It's tlok all over again. We will have modern sociological and political discussions? It's tlok all over again. We will have the classic hero journey, where he have to beat the bad guy at the end of the show? It's tla all over again
3. Characters. Tla characters are hella charismatic and the structure of their show help each one of them to develop. Tlok characters were able to sold themselves just with charisma since the storytelling structure of Tlok didn't allow the show to focus on each of them so their development is more off screen. The characters of the new show will have to match the charisma of the previous shows and not sound repetitive. I don't wanna look to a character and think to myself "oh, this is just like Katara". If they want to give us a new show, then give us truly new characters.
2) As a lesbian Poc I understand, respect and agree with the choice of bring more diversity to Avatar Studios but recast the cast is a wrong decision storytelling wise and c'mon...Dante did a stellar job as Zuko (just like the rest of the cast with their respective characters) so if he wasn't half asian he would get recast too? They were all also responsible to give life to your beloved characters, I wouldn't discard them like that.
Storytelling wise, each actor brings something new to a character, this can be good or bad. What if the interpretation of the new cast feels too different for the fandom to buy it? It's more than just a voice. Think about the Joker, James Bond, Superman....all have multiple actors playing the character and every actor brought something new with them, and because of that some are loved like Ledger and Daniel Craig and some are hated like Jared Leto.
Also, I don't want the new cast to just imitate the og cast, that would be disrespectful to their talent. They should simply just keep the cast if the actors wanted to go back and voice their characters and with the new upcoming movies and tv show, then they would search only for native and asian actors to play the new characters.
3) They are taking too much unnecessary risks because a new Avatar will divide the fandom just like Tlok did in 2012 and the fandom can also don't vibe with the new cast work(and I didn't even coment on the rumors they can change the animation style). Both of these things can flop Avatar Studios projects especially in a world were they have to compete with Rick and Morty and Arcane among other young adults cartoons.
So their job is to please the fans and please the main audience that can become a fan after the new projects, but too much changes can make the old fans go away, we saw that happen before with other franchises. And again, they will have to compete for audience with excellent Young adults cartoons
They should do the safe, conquer the fandom first and then start to taking risks and expand the show to newer audience. If they tried to please both all at once, they can ended up pleasing no one
#the legend of korra#korrasami#avatar korra#asami sato#avatar#legend of korra#tlok#avatar the last airbender#the last airbender#avatar aang#katara#zuko#azula#toph beifong#sokka#tenzin#mako#bolin#lets talk about#avatar studios
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Last thing. My view on the play is from people who have seen the play not just for Tom. That's where the tone of negativity you're getting may be coming from. I don't really have any personal opinions on the show aside from what I know of the staging choices. And I don't really care about that if the acting is good (which I can't see for myself). Put them in space suits for all I care. I'm not a purist, but it seems a lot of people are. LOL
Theater fans apparently have had issues brewing with Jamie's style and his habit of style over substance for years. I vaguely remember similar complaints on the play he did with Kit Harrington. Add to that that Shakespeare has been difficult for a lot of good actors to get (Orlando Bloom struggled. So did Daniel Craig.). So, I was prepared for any and all reactions to the show. My comments are just predicting the general public's reactions as they pertain to Tom if everyone got to see this. It's been pretty obvious to me that the glowing audience reviews are largely from Tom stans. Take a step back and notice how many people on social comment after seeing the show how hot Tom is rather than how much they liked the show. Maybe he's so surprisingly gorgeous in person it's impossible not to comment on. So, I looked at general theater-goers, and those sentiments were average at best. I'm just extrapolating from there what clips from a wide-release proshot floating around the internet out of context would be like. I'm being realist rather than being negative. Same way a lot of us weren't all that surprised by TCR reactions.
I still maintain if Tom had just being in a short one-off mundane version of R&J, it would have been a universal critical hit and we'd be in the fifth extension to the run by now. Adding all of these degrees of difficulty to someone who's new to Shakespeare is not what I would do as a director. But that's just me.
thoughts, anyone?
#anon ask#good night#we’ll see what I’ll wake up to#(probs nothing)#maybe I’ll be able to say something useful tomorrow 💀
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Happy Birthday to one of Scotland’s favourite actors Ewan McGregor.
Ewan Gordon McGregor was born March 31, 1971 in Perth and brought up in Crieff, a small town nearby, he studied at ‘Morrison’s Academy’ and joined the ‘Perth Repertory Theater’, going on to study drama at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama where he studied alongside Alistair McGowan and Daniel Craig.
Ewan achieved worldwide critical acclaim with his role in the film Trainspotting in 1996. In 1998, McGregor landed the largest role of his career when he signed on as Obi-Wan Kenobi in the Star Wars prequel trilogy.
His on-screen charisma and his dapper-good-looks gathered a cult following around the world and also got him noticed for challenging roles in non-commercial, inventive films like ‘Down With Love’ and ‘Moulin Rouge!’. Apart from acting for films, he is also a theatre artist and has appeared in a number of theatrical productions including, ‘Little Malcolm and His Struggles against the Eunuchs’, ‘Guys and Dolls’ and ‘Othello’.
His acting capabilities earned him the respect of his contemporaries and even though his choices of roles were a little different from his counterparts, he was lauded for his confidence in being able to pull them off. He is a keen motorcyclist and has partaken in a number of motorcycle marathons.
So far in his career Ewan has 36 wins & 77 nominations total in recognition of his work. McGregor was ranked number 36 on Empire magazine's "The Top 100 Movie Stars of All Time" list in 1997.In a 2004 poll for the BBC, he was named the fourth most influential person in British culture.IndieWire named McGregor one of the best actors never to have received an Academy Award nomination.
His latest films include, Mother Couch and Bleeding Love last year, he is currently starring in the period drama TV mini-series, A Gentleman in Moscow which has been described as his best performance in some years, he has several other projects on the go according to IMDB.
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Do you mean this, Taron?
If Rachel Weisz weren't married to Daniel Craig, the only Kingsman I would want to see her with I Mark Strong. I don't care if he's best friends with Craig and they're godparents of each other's kids. Strong and Weisz look good together.
What I wouldn't give for Edward Holcroft to do an Actors on Actors or any sort of interview really.
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Hit Man (2024) review
Is it too late to start a campaign for Glen Powell to be cast in Knives Out 3? Think he’d fit right into Rian Johnson’s world of suspects. Also I’d just love to see Powell riff off Daniel Craig’s Benoit Blanc. Then again I’d watch anyone riff off Benoit Blanc. Gosh I love those Knives Out films - can’t wait for the next one.
Plot: Gary Johnson is the most sought-after professional killer in New Orleans. To his clients, he is like something out of a movie: the mysterious gun for hire. But if you pay him to rub out a cheating spouse or an abusive boss, you'd better watch out, he works for the cops. When he breaks protocol to help a desperate woman trying to flee an abusive husband, he finds himself becoming one of his false personas, falling for the woman and flirting with becoming a criminal.
The ever so reliable Richard Linklater has up-kept such a varied filmography, but one of which all the films have a certain vibe to them. They are all “chill” movies. Even his more daring out-there projects like the sci-fi thriller adaptation of Philip K. Dick’s novel A Scanner Darkly in the hands of another director would have been this sprawling cyberpunk noir epic on the scale of Blade Runner, however Linklater’s take holds this passive coolness about it, that only a Linklater such as himself can do. With his new film Hit Man, he’s following up his interest in picking out random crazy true stories from newspaper articles (as he previously did with Bernie, the 2011 Jack Black dark comedy that is a fine watch, but features arguably the worst movie poster in film history), and this movie has had one hell of a ride through the film festival circuit last year. Rave review after rave review painting this to be the best rom-com of the last century. Of course the last thing I’d expect is for something to be overrated, cause I mean that never happens, so naturally I prepared for the second coming of Christ as this film released on Netflix this week.
Hit Man is a perfectly fun Richard Linklater film, with a simple yet quirky story that is filled with enough twists and turns on the way, fantastic chemistry from its two main stars and yet again that signature chill hang-out feel the director is known for. Naturally going to give this movie credit where credit is due, it has already begun an online trend amongst folks on Letterboxd leaving one-liner reviews saying “it’s a hit, man!”, so now just wondering how long it will take for that joke to get old. Clue: it already was. However as for it being the best romantic comedy ever, it is far from it. Again, it’s a good time, but the movie relies most sorely on its superstar central performance.
Glen Powell truly exemplifies as Gary Johnson. To be fair, this role is a dream for any actor, allowing them to stretch their skills to take on multiple different personas, such like James McAvoy in Split or on a smaller scale Tom Hardy in Legend. And so a major entertainment factor throughout the first half of the movie was seeing Powell take on the different eccentric disguises, whether it be a stone cold generic hit man with a focus on attitude and professionalism (I’m assuming this was inspired somewhat by Alain Delon’s steely-eyed loner in 1967’s Le Samouraï); to a soft spoken Englishman dressed in 70s yellow, holding them oh-so eloquently as if he’s just walked off the set of a Wes Anderson production; to wading through the New Orleans heat while wrapped in black leather, the stub of a cigar poking through his stringy black hair, adopting a strong Eastern European accent to growl out his responses, very reminiscent of the stoic Russian stereotype from action flicks. It’s all fun and games and Glen Powell truly steps up to the task. To be fair to him the guy has been solid since I’ve first seen him back in Linklater’s other movie Everybody Wants Some!!, and since then it’s hard to overlook the guy’s natural charm and charisma. Even if he does look a little like a capybara - once again thank you to the lovely world of the internet for enlightening me with that comparison that now I can’t take out of my head. As for Powell’s counterpart, Adria Arjona is perfectly fine as the love interest, however he chemistry with Powell is off the charts. The two seem so natural riffing off one another that I found them much more believable to whatever Powell and Sydney Sweeney were up to last year (off or on camera that is).
The film does suffer from some pacing issues, especially to the middle when it lingers a little too long on the rom-com cliches, so much so that it slows down the film to a halt and I’m like I get it, you love each other, you’ve consummated this point a gazillion times already, so get on with it! But then it does get going again, and I really enjoyed Austin Amelio (Dwight from The Walking Dead) playing, essentially, the dick of the rom-com genre. You know the guy who always gets in the way of the couple and tries to screw things over. It helps that Amelio has a really punchable face, so he fit the bill. I also appreciated the infusion of philosophical insights during Gary’s teaching classes that provided an unexpected layer of intellect, elevating the overall experience. And this movie features some truly laugh out loud moments. Like it’s been a while where I’ve seen a modern comedy that had me laugh out loud. Usually I just politely chuckle. So yep, it’s a solid good time, and the two leads are delightful to watch, but this isn’t Linklater’s best work. Again, don’t let that sway you away, this is an entertaining little film for what it is. All pie is good pie.
Overall score: 7/10
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Daniel Craig flick Queer has 'scandalous' gay sex scenes
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Daniel Craig flick Queer has 'scandalous' gay sex scenes
Challengers director Luca Guadagnino has confirmed his new film Queer starring Daniel Craig will have lots of racy gay sex scenes.
The out director, who’s also known for Call Me By Your Name, announced the adaptation of William S Burroughs’ 1985 novel last year.
In Queer, main character Lee – thought to be a stand-in for the author himself – is lost in Mexico City, fighting drug addiction.
While there, he becomes madly infatuated with a discharged American Navy serviceman named Allerton, who’s battling demons of his own.
Allerton toys with Lee, making the gay man even more obsessed with him. The two men later go travelling together.
Daniel Craig is playing Lee. Actor Drew Starkey, known for Netflix’s Outer Banks, will play the younger Navy man.
In a new Italian-language interview with Cinecittà, Luca Guadagnino said the three-hour-long film has some “outrageous” gay sex scenes.
“Queer will be my most personal film. It’s a tribute to Powell and Pressburger,” he revealed.
“I’ve seen The Red Shoes at least 50 times. I think they would appreciate the sex scenes in Queer, which are numerous and quite scandalous.”
The directors he’s name-checking are Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger, and The Red Shoes is their Oscar-winning romantic musical from 1948.
Queer follows Luca Guadagnino’s tennis drama Challengers. That film was released in Australian cinemas in April.
The buzz around Challengers was all about the film’s bi love triangle, which was ultimately a masterclass in sexual tension.
Luca told Cinecittà of that film, “I’m passionate about observing the bodies in space, the details of a nape of a neck.
“When I choose my actors, I don’t care that they are good at acting. I look for a three-dimensionality that can be captured with the camera.”
Queer to premiere later in the year
In April, Queer‘s screenwriter Justin Kurtizkes – who also worked with Luca on Challengers – talked about adapting the novel.
“Luca gave me the book for Queer while we were on set for Challengers. He said, ‘Read this tonight and tell me if you want to write it,’” Justin told Radio Times.
“I read it that night and told him I wanna write it, and I was really honoured that he asked me,” he said.
But the playwright admitted that William S Burroughs’ book, writing in the 1950s but not published until the 1980s, is a “not a made for the movies” novel, which made the task more challenging.
“I really saw working on that as a sort of… medium between these two brilliant artists – Luca on the one hand and William S Burroughs on the other – and it was my job, really, to bring them together,” he said.
Queer is tipped to premiere at the Venice Film Festival later this year, with a wider release date to come.
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Synopsis of Being John Malkovich: I found this movie to be many things! It was incredibly weird, but so hard to stop watching. I almost caved in a few times, wanting to shut it off as it is not something I would typically watch. The movie is paced like a pinball all over the map. You never know what is coming next. The scenes are never with much light and the entire movie has a "dark" overtone to it which fits this movie very well. Made in 1999, it is about a man named Craig Schwartz that is a puppeteer, but that is not how he makes his living. He got a job as a file clerk on the 7th and a half floor of a building. I know, it sounds bizarre but the whole movie is. In his office behind a filing cabinet, he finds a weird, small door that becomes the focus of the movie. It is a portal to being inside the mind of actor John Malkovich. Apparently, it’s so awesome that everyone wants to go and can only stay for 15 minutes (For $200 bucks) before they’re dumped from the sky on the side of a New Jersey highway. Catch the drift on weird now? It gets weirder. Some people figured out how to stay longer and control John. Especially Craig, who then began puppeteering him to the point he takes over his life. The movie had very erotic points where people fall in love and lust, through John. Not with him, but through him. There are many crazy twists and turns I don’t want to spoil for my reader, but I will say you should watch it once. Once will be enough.
SYNOPSIS: A GOOD PERSON
(2023) Allison, a beautiful 20’s-something girl is talented, blessed and full of life. She’s engaged to Nathan, the love of her life. They have everything going for them until they get into a car accident. Although the accident wasn’t entirely negligible, Allison is to blame because she was looking at her map app on her phone. A heavy equipment operator pulled out in front of her, and she didn’t react in time. Her fiancé’s sister and another passenger were killed. Allison is injured as well, and her injuries and unresolvable grief leads to addiction. A friend in her recovery journey ends up being her would-be father-in-law, an ally in her healing.
The scene that is particularly effective is when Allison decides to attend an addiction recovery meeting. It was hard to finally attend, and when she finally walks in, she sees her former fiancés father who blamed her for the accident that caused his daughters death. He’s been in recovery for 10 years and he knows how hard it can be just to get yourself inside the door of a meeting. He intentionally welcomes her in, regardless of his pain and bitter feelings. She immediately makes eye contact with him and freezes. In a recessional shot, she turns and runs out, where he runs after her saying, “Allison, don’t go!” In a processional shot, Allison stops and Daniel walks toward her to encourage her to stay. The scenes here are set up in a quiet, dim setting keeping the focus only on the two of them. This contributes to the emotion and intensity of the moment. The heaviness of the courage they both have in the scene is present. Allison, for finally getting there, and Daniel, the father of her ex-fiancés, for knowing the crucial aspect of recovery and the importance of putting his own painful feelings aside to keep her there. He must show grace and understanding in that dramatic moment. These scenes contribute greatly to the broader message of healing in the movie. Daniel is a constant source of friendship for her.
A recessional and processional shot above.
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hii hannah! i consider you a 007 expert, so i wondered if you could recommend which bond movie i should watch, like in which is he the sluttiest whumpiest bitch ever?👀👀
Ooooooough okay first off, thank you lol I’m so honored.
Short answer: I think you might enjoy Pierce Brosnan’s Bond the best, he gets beat down a lot but his movies still have a good balance of goofy/serious. He is also drenched in water with hilarious frequency, truly wet and pathetic. And definitely the sluttiest Bond to me.
Therefore I’d recommend Goldeneye (1995) ! The main villain has the most “you wanna fuck me so bad it makes you look stupid” feelings towards Bond, and his right hand (arm. man.) henchwoman’s whole deal is that she loves to crush men to death with her thighs which she subjects Bond to at least twice lol.
Long answer: I’ll also rec a few others with various Bond actors though so you can like pick your choice of vibe and intensity if Goldeneye doesn’t seem like your thing since the Bond franchise covers the entire range of silly to serious. Under the cut vvv
Unfortunately some of Pierce Brosnan’s truly sluttiest moments are in his two shittiest movies lol. That being said if you really just wanna have fun seeing Bond get tossed around and don’t care as much about the quality of the plot then you could also check out The World is Not Enough (1999) or Die Another Day (2002). The World is Not Enough has a great torture scene where he’s put in a ridiculous strangulation device while the villainess sits on his lap. and Die Another Day also has Bond captured and tortured in the first thirty minutes, the opening song is literally intercut with clips of him getting like sexily tortured lmao. Completely ridiculous. And post-rescue he spends a good chunk of time in hospital jammies with scruffy grown-out hair and beard getting scolded by M.
As for other Bonds:
Dr. No (1962) the very first Bond movie, actually has some pretty good scenes of Bond getting beat down. He gets knocked unconscious like at least twice, beat by henchmen, and drugged and undressed/redressed (the old pajama treatment lol) then creepily stared at in bed by the villain lol. And has a great scene where he has to crawl through a hot steam vent to escape imprisonment. Sean Connery’s Bond is the most macho though so he’s pretty stoic through it all. Somewhat slutty but not very pathetic lol.
If you wanna check out Roger Moore, The Spy Who Loved (1977) me has a pretty great fight scene in which Bond is just getting tossed around a train car by Jaws, a villain twice his size with metal teeth that he tries to bite Bond to death with lol. I personally think Roger Moore was like actually a little scared filming this scene with a man so much larger than him because he has the most animated facial expressions I’ve ever seen on him lmao. Jaws’ hand fits over his entire face and he does just grab Bond by the face more than once.
Timothy Dalton in License to Kill (1989) has a pretty good scene where he’s taken captive by the villain and given the pajama treatment as well (I believe you’ve seen the clip I’ve posted of this before lol). And gets knocked around pretty good in some of the other fight scenes throughout. Overall it’s only a decent movie though I think.
Lastly if you want to see Bond truly, truly tortured. Daniel Craig definitely gets beat up the most in general out of any of the Bonds lol, he gets nicely bloodied and disheveled in pretty much every fight scene, and Casino Royale (2006) has the uh, infamous cock and ball torture scene. The whole works in this scene: captured, stripped naked, beaten + he’s going through the entire emotional range from screaming to laughing hysterically through the pain. It’s extremely brutal though. I knew about this scene going in but it was still way more intense than I expected. Zero goofiness.
#im so sorry I cant give short answers 😂 I hope this isn’t too many options#I cannot rein myself in#in my defense there’s almost 30 Bond movies lol#forgive me also anyone who has to see this post in search results for these movies if youre only looking for gifsets lol. Im so sorry#asks#hannah is talking
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