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@LtSarge I really like that one, it’s closer to a Hitchcock thriller in many ways. Red Grant is a brilliant villain and Rosa Klebb is still referred to at least in the UK whenever a slightly terrifying murdery older woman is on screen. I think the reason that it seems like it goes from one scene to the other is that a lot of thrillers from that period were paced in that way, and you have to get yourself in that mindset and pay much more attention than you would do with any blockbuster released after 2000. North by Northwest is an undisputed classic that I watched and it went in one ear and out the other, I think you have to be in the right environment and mood to watch a movie like that. Funnily enough Thunderball was like that for me too so good luck! Don’t worry, the Bond movies don’t get that involved and attention-demanding again until possibly In Her Majesty’s Secret Service.

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Just finished No One Will Save You on Disney+/Star and I am baffled by all the praise it is getting (at least by Norwegian critics, but it seems to be fairly well received overall).

Took me two nights to get through, mainly because it's a «gimmick» movie and the gimmick annoyed me.
The gimmick? No dialogue.

Which could be interesting and clever if only either
a) there would be a good reason for there to be no dialogue (the main character is deaf, for example)
or
b) the setting is such that there is no natural dialogue taking place (a single person in a solitary location with nobody to interact with)

Neither of these are true. The movie attempts at b) but fails miserably a couple of times by placing the main character in situations where a complete lack of verbal interaction just becomes plain ridiculous (the