I really, really wanted to like this one; but I watched it with my mouth open half the time in disbelief. I didn't enjoy it at all.
Producer/Writer/Director Matthew Vaughn has said the concept for this movie was for it to be a re-imagined, over-the-top, homage to the Roger Moore era Bond movies, and to the stylized "super spy" television series' from the 1960s like The Avengers and The Man From U.N.C.L.E. that he grew up watching. That being said, I think you have to approach it in the same way you'd watch something like The Expendables, or just about any Arnold Schwarzenegger movie--give your brain a couple of hours off, and don't take it seriously--so I can see why it wouldn't be everyone's cup of tea.I also watched it a few days ago and was pretty unimpressed. Far too brain-dead and violent for me.
I agree. He has the right "look" to play the villainous roles, but I think he's a versatile actor who could handle almost any part they could throw at him....One thing I did like that I forgot to mention before: it was a pleasure to see Mark Strong playing a good guy for a change!
I found it to be an enjoyable romp. Best spy comedy since "Casino Royale", you know the one I mean. Could watch it again... easily...Kingsman: The Secret Service (2015). An enjoyable action/adventure comedy to eat popcorn by.
The Flying Fleet (1929) Ramon Navarro, Anita Page. Great Golden age uniforms! Still wearing capes, riding breeches, and high boots, plus great leather jackets! The technical director was Frank "Spig" Wead, with the full cooperation of the Navy! If that name sounds familiar, it's because, John Wayne played him in The Wings Of Eagles. Nice to see the USS Langley in all her glory!
"In Which We Serve" - Great WWII actioner about the HMS Torrin, Royal Navy Destroyer. It follows the ships, birth, battles and death at the hands of the Luftwaffe. Well acted and directed by Noel Coward (yes THAT one) and David Lean. A little too "Upstairs Downstairs" for me in its handling of class differences in the Service but well done. I rate it a smidge behind "The Cruel Sea" which covers the same story but with a far grittier feel and tone. TCS was done AFTER the war and reflects a whole different sensibility towards war and death... Both are well worth a good look.
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After the National Anthem, we had this!
Memoirs of a Geisha.....excellent Retro 1930's & Post WWII Japan love story, Rob Marshall directing...
Yes cinematography (sp) was exceptional delivering a very realistic feel to the movie and the times, The 1st 1/3 of the movie moves a little slow and can be confusing...The middle is exceptional and riveting, the final 1/3 of the movie is very well done, holding my attention, the final 3 or 4 minutes are a great surprise delivering a Feel Good effect to the overall, if you've never seen it, rent it...
I read the book back when it came out and my distant memory is that it, like a lot of books and movies, does well for the first two-thirds, but then falls apart (or at least becomes predictable and / or silly) in the last third. How'd the movie handle the ending - .