What are you watching

I tend to think 'looks' are pretty much 'created' by the parts the actors play with orchestration scored to enhance the appeal. (Especially where Craig is concerned in the Bond films.)

A lot of so-called good-looking actors wouldn't attract a second glance if you passed them in the street.

I'd struggle to name one female actor in films or on TV these days that I reckon would have me distracted if I passed them in town. I'd imagine maybe Lily James because she plays the girl next door so well but that would maybe be it.

Mrs O seldom mentions actors she finds attractive. Gabriel Byrne about 30 years ago was probably the last one. She struggles with Bond films because Craig's ugliness puts her right off.
 
Oh Gabriel Byrne. I first saw him in a film called Reflections. I must have had it on video because I watched it over and over. I’d love to see it again. One of those films in which not a lot happens but captivate me. It was the first time I remember seeing the excellent Harriet Walter in a film. Then there was the magical Into the West. Didn’t he start off in some Irish soap that was shown on tv in the afternoons? I don’t understand plots which is one reason why I don’t watch James Bond or spy films. Maybe that’s why I like films in which nothing much happens. I wonder if I might find Reflections on utube?
 
I struggle with Bond films - not for the same reason as Mrs O, though I agree with her thinking (!) they’ve just never really floated my boat. I’ve seen a few, with different Bonds and of them while I prefer the older ones - not my cup of tea. Think I’m with you Moehat, it’s far too much thinking needed !!!
 
Meant to say back along - I tried to watch Box of Delights again, was so excited to see it back on but I HATED it as an adult! There’s a bit of my childhood ruined 🤣🤣
Hoping if I ever find the swish of the curtain ( at least I think it was called that!) it won’t be bad as an adult as well…
 
I’m still watching it. I don’t remember actually watching it when my kids were young although I do remember watching and loving The Children of Green Knowe ( that dvd is still magical).I think I’m only enjoying it because of being on a Facebook page devoted to it and listening to the Hypnogoria commentary podcast. It’s the back story to it that I like, and little things eg when my house is in a mess ( which it usually is) I say ‘ but where are the servants’. And the fact that the snow was real snow and when they filmed on the train they were on a real train and the scenery was real countryside that they were travelling through. It’s part of my new found attempt to ignore politics and world affairs and immerse myself in children’s fantasy literature. I’m just about to start reading The Dark is Rising.
 
By the way, Mrs O says she'd go and a watch a Bond film if Hugh Jackman was Bond.

Eye of the beholder, as I was saying...

(She's obviously working on the assumption that I'm not going to be offered the role.)
 
trudij said:
I just watched Red One - Christmas movie with Chris Evans ( the Captain America one, not the DJ) J K Simmons and The Rock - it’s surprisingly fun and not my usual Christmas film 😁 def recommend for if you don’t want to think very hard !!!
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Yeah, this would usually be a barge pole job for me, watched it with my daughter yesterday and enjoyed it.
 
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