tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-926347286766677626.post3573700047127441883..comments2024-03-28T15:25:55.785-07:00Comments on Raybeard: Film: 'Bastille Day'.Raybeardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12424095016313843883noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-926347286766677626.post-41800892749388378872016-05-01T22:34:19.745-07:002016-05-01T22:34:19.745-07:00Good question. My first thought was 'The Scarl...Good question. My first thought was 'The Scarlet Pimpernel' but that's not about the day itself, but rather more the ensuing 'Reign of Terror', I think. As to the actual events leading up to the storming of the Bastille and "Let them eat cake" etc, I can't think of a single film. I wonder if there's a French one?Raybeardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12424095016313843883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-926347286766677626.post-81240450933227390172016-05-01T12:16:52.918-07:002016-05-01T12:16:52.918-07:00oh, what a let-down. I thought this was going to b...oh, what a let-down. I thought this was going to be a movie about the actual Bastille Day. I wonder if such a thing was done ever? Ur-spohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04237644452200889946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-926347286766677626.post-1061039162205433952016-04-30T10:24:04.687-07:002016-04-30T10:24:04.687-07:00Exactly, Bob. It'd be nice to be a bit adventu...Exactly, Bob. It'd be nice to be a bit adventurous, which is what the character of Bond is all about. If Elba does do it then I only hope that the film is good. If it turns out to be a clunker then we can guess where the blame will be aimed.Raybeardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12424095016313843883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-926347286766677626.post-27548651399578638322016-04-30T05:09:26.112-07:002016-04-30T05:09:26.112-07:00I agree with you about an Idris Bond; it's be ...I agree with you about an Idris Bond; it's be good, he'd be good. But, you know, Bond is white, right?<br />Time to open some minds.Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15302478126147924237noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-926347286766677626.post-28860534794493983912016-04-29T06:37:00.960-07:002016-04-29T06:37:00.960-07:00He's fine in this, Bob - though I did feel tha...He's fine in this, Bob - though I did feel that he just HAS to playing it tongue-in-cheek. I find it hard to believe that he took the part seriously.<br /><br />Btw: In case there's any doubt about what I said, I'd be happy to see him as James Bond, but I feel that the essentially conservative film powers-that-be would be nervous about trying what they may well regard as a box-office risk for that iconic part. If they do I think they'd be wrong as those of average audience age are, I'd like to think, more progressively 'enlightened than they might have been one time. Raybeardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12424095016313843883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-926347286766677626.post-73168705222247897542016-04-29T03:43:51.248-07:002016-04-29T03:43:51.248-07:00Still ... Idris Elba, though?
I may see this one j...Still ... Idris Elba, though?<br />I may see this one just for that!Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15302478126147924237noreply@blogger.com