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Re: The James Bond Thread
« Reply #490 on: November 12, 2015, 10:09:01 AM »
It's not even the worst Bond movie of this millennium. :lol

I know they're only doing it for attention but : DANIEL CRAIG WORST BOND EVER. LAST FOUR MOVIES NOT BOND. ALL SHIT. SAM MENDES RUINED MY LIFE AND FUCKED MY CAT.



Actually at least two of the last four are considered some of the Best Bond's ever. :dunno:

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« Reply #491 on: November 12, 2015, 10:12:49 AM »
It's not even the worst Bond movie of this millennium. :lol

I know they're only doing it for attention but : DANIEL CRAIG WORST BOND EVER. LAST FOUR MOVIES NOT BOND. ALL SHIT. SAM MENDES RUINED MY LIFE AND FUCKED MY CAT.



Actually at least two of the last four are considered some of the Best Bond's ever. :dunno:

I totally understand not liking Daniel Craig, as me and my brother both still dislike him as Bond, yet we still think the movies are mostly great. It's amazing how much enjoyment you can get when you actually give things a chance and go in with an open mind.
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« Reply #492 on: November 12, 2015, 10:14:39 AM »
I always do that. Even when my bro and I went to see Total Recall 2012 and RoboCop 2014.

We both said afterwards that we enjoyed RoboCop 2014 actually quite a bit.

Total Recall 2012 was tripe but at least we had fun laughing at it afterwards :lol


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« Reply #493 on: November 12, 2015, 10:19:41 AM »
I still haven't gotten around to watching the new Robocop. One of these days! More often than not, when I go into a movie I expect to suck, I end up at least enjoying it.
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« Reply #494 on: November 12, 2015, 10:30:09 AM »
Went into Robocop2014 with an open mind. I actually wanted to enjoy it. And I was actually surprised.

It wasn't *just* a shitty slap dash Hollywood soul-less remake.

It actually said something new that the original didn't.

it didn't shit all over the source material like Total Recall 2012 did. It was clearly made with reverence to the original BUT STILL made it's own movie.

It has Alex Murphy of course, ED-209s, OCP and a partner called Lewis.

That's where the similarities end. I think they did the right thing of - if you're doing a remake - make it more of a sequel and completely do your own thing.

Total Recall 2012 was just slot in all the things people remember from the original - change everything for no good reason and completely balls it up.

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« Reply #495 on: November 12, 2015, 11:19:00 AM »
Which is funny, because I had no problem at all with the one in Casino Royale, but this one made me really squeamish and tense to watch. But I have a thing about seeing people get any kind of needle in TV/film, so a drill to the side of the head and neck, nuh uh. :lol

Yeah, this for me as well. The Spectre torture scene was more uncorfortable to sit through. But I do think the one in Casino Royal is a better scene overall.

He was more of a presence in Spectre. Not the End Of Game Boss © of the movie.

But was he though? It seems like they tried to make it feel that way, but that's just the thing, I never really felt him as a presence, as "the guy pulling the strings". They kept telling us he was, but I never felt it as much as they wanted me to. He never quite felt like a true threat and ultimately did nothing of true consequence, which is probably the biggest problem of the movie.

Silva is also a Bond villain that takes a long time to show up, but he felt much more like a threat. I don't know why, I haven't really thought about it that deeply, but that's a clear difference between the two in my mind.

And, I also liked the 2014 Robocop.

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« Reply #496 on: November 12, 2015, 11:25:20 AM »
Robocop 2014 had the best scene of any movie I saw that year :


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« Reply #497 on: November 13, 2015, 02:09:52 PM »
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Saw the movie yesterday, and while I'd say that it is definetely a good movie, it was a bit of a disappointment. It also made some weird choices at times.

Let's talk the villain first, which is the main problem with the movie. Waltz does an excellent job with the role he's given, but the role itself isn't as impactful as it feels like they wanted it to. Silva was way more threatening and intense. Le Chiffre was also a much better villain overall. They tried to tie it all together and make Blofeld a bigger presence as a villain by having him be behind the events of all the previous movies. And while I think stuff like that is cool, the execution of that idea was a bit underwhelming. I didn't really get the connection between the various villains over the years. Le Chiffre and Mr White I can sort of get, but it's still pretty flimsy. And was Quantum a sub-organisation of Spectre? I guess, but why? What's the difference between those two groups? The movie never really attempts to explain. And Blofeld was connected to Silva? Same as the other movies, there is no hint at a higher power in Skyfall, so it just seems like an afterthought.

Blofeld also says at some point that he was responsible for the women in his life dying, specifically Vesper and M. Vesper died from drowning in a sinking building. Did Blofeld plan that? I don't see how he could. Also, it was Silva's plan to kill M, which might have benefitted Spectre. But Blofeld makes it sound like M dying was a punishment because Bond interfered with his work. But Silva's plan to kill M had already started before Bond had interfered. And it was super personal for Silva, he would probably have done that anyways, Bond interfering or not.

Also, he causes no damage for Bond himself in the movie. Nothing of real consequence happens here. The drilling into the skull torture scene was certainly intense, but it resulted in nothing. There was the idea that Bond might lose the ability to recognize faces, which would have been huge, but that didn't happen... for some reason... despite Blofeld actually doing the thing that was supposed to make that happen.

So all of those attempts to give more weight to Blofeld failed a bit for me, and he disappointingly ended up a not really memorable Bond villain because he never really did anything. Which is really a damn shame.

Also, some scenes were a but dragged out. One being through the stylistic choices made during the Spectre grand meeting scene. Long passages where no one says anything, there's no music, nothing really happens. I get what they were going for, I absolutely do, but I think they took it a bit too far and the scene ended up being a bit dull. It ended in a very cool way though, with Blofeld announcing that he knew Bond was there watching. And when he turned his head and looked straight at him was really cool.

Unfortunately, what followed was a way too dragged out car chase. A car chase in a movie shouldn't feel slow, but something about it was just off.

The stand-out part of the movie though was the part at Blofeld's desert headquarter. The meteorite chamber, the Blofeld speeches, the torture scene, and then the escape, all really exciting stuff.

It is also clear that they wanted to have a "final movie" feel here. But again, nothing of real impact happened to reach that goal. Skyfall felt much more like a "the last movie".

This was me really focusing on the issues though. There is still a lot to enjoy about this movie though, and like I said in the beginning, I overall think this was a really good movie. And from a visual and productional stand point, it's brilliantly made. I'd rank it above Quantum of Solace (which I like more than most), but below both Casino Royal and Skyfall.
Saw it a couple of hours ago and I pretty much agree with all you said. It was good but some things really annoyed me.

Side note I found the Bond theme to be a bit better in the movie actually but still i'm not a big fan of it.
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« Reply #498 on: November 13, 2015, 08:23:08 PM »
I wish there was more action in the alps. That chase was my favorite part of the film but I wish it were longer by a few minutes.

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« Reply #499 on: November 14, 2015, 01:10:03 AM »
Side note I found the Bond theme to be a bit better in the movie actually but still i'm not a big fan of it.

I heard it the first time when I saw the movie, and I thought it worked really well.

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« Reply #500 on: November 15, 2015, 07:35:45 PM »
So Spectre. I'm still processing, and I think I'll have to see it again before really forming an opinion. Right now my off the cuff impression is that it's enjoyable but flawed.

I think one of the biggest issues with the film was that they couldn't decide on a tone. It was like they wanted to have a classic style James Bond adventure, but also have something dark and gritty. The result was pretty jarring at times. I think it would have worked better if they'd leaned more in either of those directions. I felt like Skyfall did a much better job of balancing the two sides.

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My main issue was definitely with some of the reveals surrounding Blofeld. I really like Christoph Waltz, and I think he did a great job with the material he was given, but there was only so much he could do.
He really wasn't in it enough though. It's always great for Waltz to get more screentime, but more importantly, I really didn't feel like they built up his character properly, especially not the conflict between him and Bond. Sure, they told us that they had plenty of history, and that he did all sorts of stuff behind the scenes, but we never actually saw him do all that much. Because of that, he never felt properly threatening (and I think any gravity he had was entirely because of Waltz). It felt like we were supposed to grant the character and his place in the story a lot of weight just because we the audience know that James Bond and Blofeld were enemies in a bunch of the older films.

Also, was anyone at all surprised by the "my name is actually Ernst Stavros Blofeld" reveal? I feel like most of the audience reaction to that was "... wait, we weren't already supposed to know that?".

There was also the same issue with him that existed with Twoface in the Nolan Batman films. It's an iconic character from the series' history, so he shows up, but he's only actually around briefly and then is neutralized in some way.

By far though, the biggest issue I had; I really don't like the reveal that Blofeld and James Bond are basically adoptive brothers. I feel like that significantly cheapens a lot of the events of the previous films, and it makes Blofeld significantly less interesting and threatening. He's supposed to be the greatest criminal mastermind the world has ever known, and it turns out his entire career has just been to fuck with one dude because of daddy issues? Seriously? Blofeld is supposed to target James Bond because Bond keeps messing up his plans. Having them give him the motivation they gave him just makes it seem cartoonishly silly.



It's certainly not a terrible film by any means, but at the moment, it's competing with Quantum of Solace for weakest Craig era film in my opinion. It bums me out that I can't like it more, because I love this series, but they really just dropped the ball in a few crucial places.

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« Reply #501 on: November 16, 2015, 12:13:07 AM »
^ Yeah, basically my thoughts as well. Although I do think it's clearly better than QoS.

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« Reply #502 on: November 16, 2015, 09:21:54 PM »
For once, I'm with the crowd.  :mehlin

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It was really good, and I really enjoyed it, but it fell short of expectations.    They were building up everything to this point, and so there is inherited expectation that it will be even better than Skyfall, and the villain even scarier (because, after all, Silva was only another pawn.  Blofeld is *THE GUY*)   But while I will echo everyone's statement that Waltz did an amazing job with what he was given, he simply wasn't given enough.   I also thought that not explaining why Bond didn't lose his ability to recognize people was a giant WTF moment.    My step son and I laughed our asses off at the "what shall we do now?" part.   (really a classic Bond moment.  We knew it was coming and laughed anyway)

However, I will go against the crowd on one point.   I *LOVED* the idea of them being adoptive brothers, and the fact that he was willing to kill his father over such thing just showed how deeply disturbed he was from a very early age.   "Son, I'm adopting this orphan in need.  Please accept as your brother."  "Wow dad, you need to DIE now."   Quite chilling actually.   And I thought it made the resentment much more deep-seated and personal.   
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« Reply #503 on: November 18, 2015, 10:45:44 AM »
Right now, I feel like the best parts of Spectre were better than the best parts of Quantum of Solace, but the worst parts of Spectre were worse than the worst of QoS.

That reveal really didn't work for me.

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« Reply #504 on: November 19, 2015, 01:47:07 AM »
I really really enjoyed this movie, but Skyfall and Casino Royale were better. And I agree on the point that they should've done more with Waltz. He's a great actor but he just didn't get to develop his character.

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« Reply #505 on: November 19, 2015, 10:36:26 AM »
I really really enjoyed this movie, but Skyfall and Casino Royale were better. And I agree on the point that they should've done more with Waltz. He's a great actor but he just didn't get to develop his character.

That's what the next movie is for  :tup

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« Reply #506 on: November 19, 2015, 10:38:23 AM »
I really really enjoyed this movie, but Skyfall and Casino Royale were better. And I agree on the point that they should've done more with Waltz. He's a great actor but he just didn't get to develop his character.

That's what the next movie is for  :tup

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« Reply #507 on: November 19, 2015, 10:38:47 AM »
I really really enjoyed this movie, but Skyfall and Casino Royale were better. And I agree on the point that they should've done more with Waltz. He's a great actor but he just didn't get to develop his character.

That's what the next movie is for  :tup

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« Reply #508 on: November 19, 2015, 11:05:50 AM »
I really really enjoyed this movie, but Skyfall and Casino Royale were better. And I agree on the point that they should've done more with Waltz. He's a great actor but he just didn't get to develop his character.

That's what the next movie is for  :tup


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« Reply #509 on: November 19, 2015, 05:16:35 PM »
If history is any indication (and they don't reboot the series for the next Bond actor), they will replace Waltz with another actor.  They didn't show him in From Russia With Love or Thunderball, had Donald Pleasance in You Only Live Twice, Telly Savalas in On Her Majesty's Secret Service, Charles Gray in Diamonds Are Forever, and somebody else in For Your Eyes Only.

The rationale behind replacing Blofeld in each movie was that they didn't want an actor that could overshadow Connery (as if).  In the novels, he was supposed to be a master of disguise who had plastic surgery and dropped or gained large amounts of weight.  The film makers replaced Felix Leiter for the exact same reason.

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« Reply #510 on: November 20, 2015, 08:12:38 AM »
If history is any indication (and they don't reboot the series for the next Bond actor), they will replace Waltz with another actor.  They didn't show him in From Russia With Love or Thunderball, had Donald Pleasance in You Only Live Twice, Telly Savalas in On Her Majesty's Secret Service, Charles Gray in Diamonds Are Forever, and somebody else in For Your Eyes Only.

The rationale behind replacing Blofeld in each movie was that they didn't want an actor that could overshadow Connery (as if).  In the novels, he was supposed to be a master of disguise who had plastic surgery and dropped or gained large amounts of weight.  The film makers replaced Felix Leiter for the exact same reason.

I feel like that's something they couldn't really get away with these days. With the way film was back in the 60s and early 70s, most people would just say "sure, whatever" and go with it. That, combined with flat out not being able to see the films as often because of the lack of home video. Even by the Dalton era, it felt weird to have more than one Felix (though admittedly the second one they had was way better).

They kept the same actor for Felix in multiple Craig films, and the same "non-Felix CIA buddy" in the Brosnan films. I think if they do bring Blofeld back in the next film or two, it'll be Waltz again.

I've also heard that Blofeld's arc in Spectre was originally supposed to be across two films, so it would be interesting to see if they tried anything with that now.

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« Reply #511 on: November 20, 2015, 02:45:12 PM »
If history is any indication (and they don't reboot the series for the next Bond actor), they will replace Waltz with another actor.  They didn't show him in From Russia With Love or Thunderball, had Donald Pleasance in You Only Live Twice, Telly Savalas in On Her Majesty's Secret Service, Charles Gray in Diamonds Are Forever, and somebody else in For Your Eyes Only.

The rationale behind replacing Blofeld in each movie was that they didn't want an actor that could overshadow Connery (as if).  In the novels, he was supposed to be a master of disguise who had plastic surgery and dropped or gained large amounts of weight.  The film makers replaced Felix Leiter for the exact same reason.

I feel like that's something they couldn't really get away with these days. With the way film was back in the 60s and early 70s, most people would just say "sure, whatever" and go with it. That, combined with flat out not being able to see the films as often because of the lack of home video. Even by the Dalton era, it felt weird to have more than one Felix (though admittedly the second one they had was way better).

They kept the same actor for Felix in multiple Craig films, and the same "non-Felix CIA buddy" in the Brosnan films. I think if they do bring Blofeld back in the next film or two, it'll be Waltz again.

I've also heard that Blofeld's arc in Spectre was originally supposed to be across two films, so it would be interesting to see if they tried anything with that now.

The Felix that was in License to Kill was also the Felix in Live and Let Die, so Jeffrey Wright wasn't the first person to play him twice.  Hopefully, they'll bring Waltz back.  If they show Craig the money, and he comes back, hopefully Waltz does too.

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« Reply #512 on: November 21, 2015, 11:25:59 AM »
If history is any indication (and they don't reboot the series for the next Bond actor), they will replace Waltz with another actor.  They didn't show him in From Russia With Love or Thunderball, had Donald Pleasance in You Only Live Twice, Telly Savalas in On Her Majesty's Secret Service, Charles Gray in Diamonds Are Forever, and somebody else in For Your Eyes Only.

The rationale behind replacing Blofeld in each movie was that they didn't want an actor that could overshadow Connery (as if).  In the novels, he was supposed to be a master of disguise who had plastic surgery and dropped or gained large amounts of weight.  The film makers replaced Felix Leiter for the exact same reason.

I feel like that's something they couldn't really get away with these days. With the way film was back in the 60s and early 70s, most people would just say "sure, whatever" and go with it. That, combined with flat out not being able to see the films as often because of the lack of home video. Even by the Dalton era, it felt weird to have more than one Felix (though admittedly the second one they had was way better).

They kept the same actor for Felix in multiple Craig films, and the same "non-Felix CIA buddy" in the Brosnan films. I think if they do bring Blofeld back in the next film or two, it'll be Waltz again.

I've also heard that Blofeld's arc in Spectre was originally supposed to be across two films, so it would be interesting to see if they tried anything with that now.

The Felix that was in License to Kill was also the Felix in Live and Let Die, so Jeffrey Wright wasn't the first person to play him twice.  Hopefully, they'll bring Waltz back.  If they show Craig the money, and he comes back, hopefully Waltz does too.
That's true too.
It was super weird for them to bring David Hedison back after such a long gap, but he was probably the best Felix up to that point, so I'm glad they did.

If Blofeld comes back in the next film or two, I really hope they bring back Waltz. I feel like he has a lot more to bring to the role than he was given the chance to.

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« Reply #513 on: November 21, 2015, 02:56:45 PM »
I agree. He's just a very good actor. I really like the way he played at the Spectre meeting scene and the scene where Bond was getting tortured.

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« Reply #514 on: November 21, 2015, 03:57:19 PM »
I agree. He's just a very good actor. I really like the way he played at the Spectre meeting scene and the scene where Bond was getting tortured.

I thought he was most menacing in the London finale, especially when they reveal him with the scar. Really good stuff!

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« Reply #515 on: November 21, 2015, 10:27:48 PM »
If history is any indication (and they don't reboot the series for the next Bond actor), they will replace Waltz with another actor.  They didn't show him in From Russia With Love or Thunderball, had Donald Pleasance in You Only Live Twice, Telly Savalas in On Her Majesty's Secret Service, Charles Gray in Diamonds Are Forever, and somebody else in For Your Eyes Only.

The rationale behind replacing Blofeld in each movie was that they didn't want an actor that could overshadow Connery (as if).  In the novels, he was supposed to be a master of disguise who had plastic surgery and dropped or gained large amounts of weight.  The film makers replaced Felix Leiter for the exact same reason.

I feel like that's something they couldn't really get away with these days. With the way film was back in the 60s and early 70s, most people would just say "sure, whatever" and go with it. That, combined with flat out not being able to see the films as often because of the lack of home video. Even by the Dalton era, it felt weird to have more than one Felix (though admittedly the second one they had was way better).

They kept the same actor for Felix in multiple Craig films, and the same "non-Felix CIA buddy" in the Brosnan films. I think if they do bring Blofeld back in the next film or two, it'll be Waltz again.

I've also heard that Blofeld's arc in Spectre was originally supposed to be across two films, so it would be interesting to see if they tried anything with that now.

The Felix that was in License to Kill was also the Felix in Live and Let Die, so Jeffrey Wright wasn't the first person to play him twice.  Hopefully, they'll bring Waltz back.  If they show Craig the money, and he comes back, hopefully Waltz does too.
That's true too.
It was super weird for them to bring David Hedison back after such a long gap, but he was probably the best Felix up to that point, so I'm glad they did.

If Blofeld comes back in the next film or two, I really hope they bring back Waltz. I feel like he has a lot more to bring to the role than he was given the chance to.

I always loved the note that Robert Davi's Sanchez character left on Hedison's in-shock Leiter.  "He disagreed with something that ate him."

Hawaii Five-0's Jack Lord was the first Leiter in Dr. No.  Most of the others were no-names, other than Bernie Casey in the semi-official Never Say Never Again.  I thought Hedison was a little too over the top, but maybe it just seemed that way because all of the other Leiters were more or less invisible.  I'd say Jeffrey Wright is my favorite.  Then again, Judi Dench was my favorite M, and Naomie Harris is my favorite Moneypenny, so I'm biased towards the Craig-era in general.  I would have liked to have seen John Cleese play Q more often, and not give Bond invisible cars, but because he was only there twice (once as M) I still have to stick with Desmond Llewelyn as the best.

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« Reply #516 on: November 22, 2015, 04:18:02 AM »


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« Reply #517 on: November 22, 2015, 04:18:35 AM »
Oh yeah and the movie was cool too. Lot of potential, didn't really make the most of it though.
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« Reply #518 on: November 22, 2015, 10:24:19 PM »
Haven't watched Spectre, just dropping by to share an opinion I recently realized I had - Craig is awesome as Bond, but the movies with him are pretty bad. They lack charm, charisma. They feel like Bondified Bourn Identity but the only saving grace in them are Craig and him kicking some ass.

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« Reply #519 on: May 19, 2016, 03:54:43 AM »
So Daniel Craig turned down a whopping $70m to return as Bond in two more films - saying " he's done ".

Who's the next 007 ? Cast your vote now !

Henry Cavill ? Oh God - we don't need a dark miserable emo Bond.

Tom Hiddleston ? Too scrawny ?

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« Reply #520 on: May 19, 2016, 03:57:57 AM »
It was actually pounds, so that's insane. He said he didn't want to return after Spectre, so this isn't a surprise.
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« Reply #521 on: May 19, 2016, 03:59:18 AM »
Henry Cavill would probably be a great pick. Not basing that on Man of Steel, but he plays a similar kind of role in Man from UNCLE and he really had that charm that Bond has, and he played a convincing spy.

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« Reply #522 on: May 19, 2016, 04:03:43 AM »
I always thought that Sam Neill would be a good Bond back in the day.

I'd love Idiris Elba to do it. He is full of charisma.

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« Reply #523 on: May 19, 2016, 07:21:15 AM »
Leonardo DiCaprio.

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« Reply #524 on: May 19, 2016, 08:03:56 AM »
Leonardo DiCaprio.

Not british enough