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Does anybody else view Apocalypse Now and Blade Runner to be "sister films"?
Was the character of John Milner an influence on creating the Han Solo character?
If this is the worst that the film series has to offer....
Was this designed as being an "anti-Bond" film?
Were Dillinger and Karpis friends in real life?
Does anybody else think that Jim Goose is a much more interesting character than Max is?
The bit with the grandpa was absurd, almost ruined the movie for me.
Was Dahmer trying to get kill himself in prison by constantly trying provoke other inmates with his antics?
Please tell me this story is true. This makes me love the guy even more.
Was Casey Anthony taking notes on this and trying to emulate MacDonald? The similitarities to both cases are chilling
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Chief. The character is the embodiment of a buzzkill.
I see what you mean and I agree with your thoughts on this totally. Based on a few Milius interviews that I have seen, he really seems to emphasize the fact that he felt a connection with Conrad's Heart of Darkness during his formative years. It is no secret that Milius is an avid outdoorsman, this no doubt certainly is an element of the story that he connected to. The beauty of this film is that there are so many strong elements of quality writing and story telling, if you are going to take inspiration then why not take it from the cream of the crop?
As a heterosexual male, I will admit that Bob Falfa is the obvious winner here.
Robert Mitchum
Agreed. Harrison Ford is pretty much the Bogart of our era. I feel like Ford always been a big Humphrey Bogart fan, it shows.
- Cast Lazenby in Diamonds are Forever.
- Cast Timothy Dalton in View to a Kill, giving Dalton's Bond a trilogy.
- Cast Sean Bean as Bond and Brosnan as Trevelyan. I always felt that Sean Bean would have been an excellent 007 as opposed to Brosnan.
Cast Dalton as Bond, Moore was too damn old to carry a Bond film. And cast Rutger Hauer as Zorin.
Nothing against Christopher Walken, he is an excellent actor - but I feel like he was not really a good fit for Zorin, he was too American for the character. I know that M mentions that Zorin is fluent in 5 languages with no accent, but it just felt off to have him play a European 007 villain. However, Rutger Hauer would have been perfect - besides, he actually did speak 5 languages with no accent.
It makes sense when one realizes how lean and thin Bond was in the earlier films. I am guessing by Diamonds Are Forever he had swapped out the green figs and yogurt for an egg mcmuffin and plenty of hash browns lol.
I definitely agree with you here: Spielberg and Lucas always have maintained the fact that 007 was a huge inspiration for the Indiana Jones movies and this film really does show that. In addition to the similar elements that Last Crusade has with this, I always thought that this film has a similar feel to Raiders. I feel like a lot of the elements of Raiders were inspired by the tropes introduced in this movie.
The Godfather Part II is on the AFI top 100 list and rightfully so - much like Godfather II, Empire is a sequel that has proven itself to be equally (if not more) iconic to the first installment of its series.
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