What movies have not aged well?
11.06.2025 01:00

From Russia With Love
The Man with the Golden Gun
The Living Daylights & Rambo III
It seems that I am cursed with bad luck. How do I break such a curse?
-Two words. Mickey Rooney.
-Bond getting slaphappy again, this time with Tiffany Case.
Diamonds Are Forever
Can you recommend a simple song with an awesome solo? What makes the solo stand out?
-Tracy’s father having uh…interesting ideas about what a happy marriage should be. Hell, he punches her out at one point.
-Bond disguised as a Japanese fisher looks exactly like - Sean Connery wearing a bad wig.
-Bond slaps Tania pretty hard, and gets rough with her when he tries to get her to confess what her orders were.
-”Why do Chinese girls taste different to all other girls?”
-Bond tricks the virginal Miss Solitaire into having sex with him.
-Bond forcing himself on Pussy.
-Bond slapping Tracy.
-Note how the next couple of ones were ….well…as grounded in reality as you can be with Bond.
Live and Let Die
Geert Wilders: Dutch government collapses as far-right leader exits coalition - BBC
-”Ah so!”
You Only Live Twice
-What was with the over-acting of the French guy Mayday kills in the Eiffel Tower? Been watching too much Allo Allo?
-Comedy gay hitmen Mr Wint and Mr Kidd
-J W Pepper
-Choo Me? Hai Fat?
-All the bad guys are black.
-In the second half of Daylights, Bond gets aid from Afghan guerrillas. Rambo III is set against the same backdrop of the Soviets’ campaign in Afghanistan, getting help from the brave, starry-eyed, bold, freedom-loving peasant patriots against the cruel rapey Russians, and it even ends with a dedication to the mudjaheddin.
Breakfast at Tiffany’s
Octopussy
Moonraker
-”She is very sexyful!”
-The comedy French taxi driver, also over-acting. Someone doesn’t like the French…
-Bond’s idea of placating Goodnight after being forced to hide in the cupboard all night while he’s making out with Miss Anders is to tell her that her time will come soon…
-”That should keep you in curry…” said to an Indian agent.
China's electric cars are cheaper, but is there a deeper cost? - BBC
-Bond getting rough with Miss Anders, and slapping her. Christ!
-”Quarrel. Fetch my shoes!”
Dr No
Canadian Robot Finds a Weight Beneath the Ocean Equivalent to 250 Million Elephants - Jason Deegan
Goldfinger
A View to a Kill
On Her Majesty’s Secret Service
'The Life of Chuck' might leave you brushing away tears — or scratching your head - NPR