It works, but the measures need to be really careful because of the Guinness consistency.
I only know that because I worked at a bar whilst at Uni.
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As publican I concur, it needs exact measuring and it will absolutely drink you if you’re not careful.
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So…
75 ml of Champagne, poured over a brown sugar cube in a champagne flute. Then pour Guinness into same glass over the back of a spoon, 75ml
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It is an interesting combination and I’ve also heard of it being called a Velvet Hammer. I believe it’s 2/3 champagne poured first and the topped with the Guinness poured slowly over the back of a spoon much like a black and tan.
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It’s a fantastic At Patrick’s Day tipple
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I see a future Addison DeWitt.
Is MR part of the series, and might you be able to make it to that one? I am curious as to what Benson’s opinion would be.
Edit: found it on-line. This weekend id TSWLM and next weekend is MR–perfect for the holiday: James Bond is risen into space.
Then Fassbinder in June if your oldest son is ready–I saw THE MARRIAGE OF MARIA BRAUN as a teenager–Closing Night of the New York Film Festival.
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MR - it sure is, that’ll be our next viewing, I’m skipping TSWLM, really looking forward to MR…His opinion will be scathing or effusive but either way hilarious. He, well actually all my children have a love of cinema, it’s really lovely to see movies again through their eyes.
I think he is ready, my daughter, loves Fassbinder, so she wants to take him to at least one. Then on to do some shopping for whatever baggy high waisted oversized trouser and t-shirt combination he’s looking for.
Amazing- I have never seen one on the big screen, so I am looking forward to ‘The Marriage Of Maria Braun’.
My wife and I are going into see Chunking Express , which she’s only ever seen on video tape in Poland so excited for that.
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Such well-raised children. If it is just one, my vote is for FOX AND HIS FRIENDS–straightforward plot, scathing social commentary, and a fascinating portrait of gay life.
Enjoy. I saw it at the old Rosemary Theater in Chinatown, for years one of the few places one could see current Hong Kong cInema (now a Buddhist temple). In addition to great movies, there was the experience of watching films with an audience to whom the movies were speaking on a level that eluded me, but the connection they felt was palpable.
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I’ve not seen that but it sounds like the perfect one for him to experience first.
There is full-frontal male nudity–Fassbinder himself as Fox. One of his more accessible and politically sharp films. Fassbinder was 29, and this was his 23rd film (not counting shorts and theatre work), and one of four films he made in 1975. Such a slacker!
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He is definitely mature enough now to find his own tastes and I’ve told him your recommendation, he’s researched all about it so he’ll be engaged.
Lamb (2020)
Creepy Icelandic horror. Don’t watch the trailer, or read reviews, just watch it.
Only Moonraker!
So - it has bags of charm, is witty and funny. The opening stunt writ large on the big screen doesn’t work as well because of how visible the stunt doubles are. A minor gripe in an otherwise beautiful afternoon at the cinema, without the kids ( all back in school )
What struck me about Moonraker is how many facades there are in the movie. DAF deals with duality but this with pretence, the facade of a spy who is on first name terms with the minister of defense, the facade of dressing in a tux in the most inappropriate of settings. The facade of a Nietzschean philosophy that’s actually a death cult with Drax as the cult leader. The facade of an assassin quoting the Bible and thanking God for someone’s safety.
Like the seventies it has laughter, smut and horror in equal measure.
It was bizarrely the most sexless of the Bonds I’ve seen so far on the big screen, the kissing scenes also a facade, " we are expected to so let’s go through the motions" this enhances the comedy of it for me and it’s certainly one of the funniest Bonds.
Couple of things
- always thought the dart thingy was a wrist watch…
- the double taking pidgeon wasn’t as jarring as Corine’s quick change from heels to running shoes whilst being chased by the dogs.
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Stunt people as facades.
Fabulous.
Lois Chiles wears her most revealing outfit on the movie’s poster.
So did I.
And the dart thingy suddenly appearing on Bond’s wrist during his final confrontation with Drax.
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Exactly ! Where did it come from? It added to the comedy, agree regards opening stunt another facade, it was fascinating watching it again on the big screen. It possibly says a lot about my own taste but, it was remarkable to me unsexy the whole movie is. The facade of sex is there but that’s all. From Russia With Love I was taken aback at how sexy the film was. DAF too Jill St. John especially. It was more adult than Moonraker, TMWTGG tries to be adult but fell short, so one can understand how the 70s started with DAF and finished with Moonraker.
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The target audience widened to family and kids during that time. But for a certain 10 year old the women in MR were mightily erotic.
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I mean I had similar feelings when I watched FYEO. In Canada ! Massive screen! Actual popcorn ! 5 year old mes mind was blown. It’s funny how vivid some memories are.
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Interestingly, after the double attraction of OP and NSNA my hunger for Bond went down, and AVTAK was like a confirmation: been there, done that, move on.
I was 16 at that time.
TLD reignited my interest again, only for LTK ending it for the hiatus. But during my early 20‘s I became a snobbish arthouse fan, encouraged by my film professor.
Thankfully, that ended after I left university. Now I can enjoy both.
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I am always struck by that as well. For me, there is an air of gentlemanliness to Bond’s interactions with women, which I ascribe to Sir Roger’s own personality informing this pinnacle iteration of Moore Bond: “You have a heat of gold” and “We really need to be getting back.” Of all Bonds, MR"s Moore Bond is the one I would most want to be. Alternatively, viewers looking for Bond to serve as a vicarious Lothario will be perpetually disappointed with MR–the combination of outer space and gentility is just not their glass of tea.
Also, I agree with SAF’s observation that MOONRAKER was designed to appeal to the family audience. I saw it first run with Mom, Dad, brother, and sister at a movie theater in Paramus, New Jersey. The poster we got that Saturday hung on the wall in our basement for years–along with the posters for CITIZEN KANE, FEDORA, and 1900.
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It’s fascinating, I do think that Moonraker Bond would be my aspirational choice also. He is truly a gentleman. ( As I’m writing this my wife is laughing saying you may aspire but if pushed you are far more Dalton in LTK ! Meoww)
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