The Man From U.N.C.L.E.: Film Adaptation

[John P. Drake]

I don't understand... why are you complaining about Henry Cavill in the role, seriously?!?!? HE should be James Bond, I don't see why he can't be Napoleon Solo.

And here, from set today:

Well, I'm proven wrong as far as I can see. Guy Ritchie is a genius director. My main problem is with Armie Hammer, aka "The Dude". Cavill definitely would pull it off. However, I still think the ones I've mentioned up there would have been better choices, or ultimate choices I may say. However, as long as it's a re-imagination of the series, I can't wait to see the movie. I just beg Hammer wouldn't screw it up with his "yer dude" accent.

I can see your concern about Arnie Hammer, and I DO see Jon Hamm in this role of course, but I ADORE Henry Cavill and he's already proven he is a REALLY good actor, so I think he really can pull it off. I hope they are re-imagining it the appropriate way and that it becomes a new classic.

Yes, in one of his comments, Ritchie told that it's going to be his own take on the franchise while retaining some of the traditions, like he did with Holmes. And another interesting fact is, one of the UNCLE novels tied THRUSH (the evil crime organization) into Professor Moriarty. And now, seeing Jared Harris (Moriarty in SH2) is cast in the movie, I can see him being a descendant to his other character, Moriarty, who has created THRUSH. Interesting viewpoint, wouldn't you say?

[John P. Drake]

UNCLE films should be sequel oriented, unless it bombs at the box office. How can the green vegetable allow Solo to infiltrate her warped Bond fantasy world?

She wouldn't. She's a horny green vegetable who wouldn't dare to touch a manly man like Cavill. Yes, Cavill doesn't take the crap from any idiot, unlike Cr-egg the Neanderthal Man.

[Omega]

I don't understand... why are you complaining about Henry Cavill in the role, seriously?!?!? HE should be James Bond, I don't see why he can't be Napoleon Solo.

And here, from set today:

Well, I'm proven wrong as far as I can see. Guy Ritchie is a genius director. My main problem is with Armie Hammer, aka "The Dude". Cavill definitely would pull it off. However, I still think the ones I've mentioned up there would have been better choices, or ultimate choices I may say. However, as long as it's a re-imagination of the series, I can't wait to see the movie. I just beg Hammer wouldn't screw it up with his "yer dude" accent.

I can see your concern about Arnie Hammer, and I DO see Jon Hamm in this role of course, but I ADORE Henry Cavill and he's already proven he is a REALLY good actor, so I think he really can pull it off. I hope they are re-imagining it the appropriate way and that it becomes a new classic.

long time no see!

Only movie I can remember Hammer in is the Lone Ranger which doesn't recommend him.


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[FormerBondFan]

UNCLE films should be sequel oriented, unless it bombs at the box office. How can the green vegetable allow Solo to infiltrate her warped Bond fantasy world?

She wouldn't. She's a horny green vegetable who wouldn't dare to touch a manly man like Cavill. Yes, Cavill doesn't take the crap from any idiot, unlike Cr-egg the Neanderthal Man.

If UNCLE succeeds, the b1tch will do anything to copy it successfully (with DC).

[bjmdds]

Correct FBF who is a tolerant ST fan. That's her modus operandi, to copy other spy films that are successful at the box office and apply it to the 'egg's role in Bond. First it was Bourne, now it's Solo. If Bane is OK as Bond, why not Superman or Solo as Bond? The Bat trilogy will be disgraced by the incompetent Affleck donning the cape and cowel. What a shame..........at this rate, Broccoli's Gettyburg Address will be "four score and seven years ago, Daniel Cr-egg became Bond"...........

[Kristatos]

UNCLE films should be sequel oriented, unless it bombs at the box office. How can the green vegetable allow Solo to infiltrate her warped Bond fantasy world?

She wouldn't. She's a horny green vegetable who wouldn't dare to touch a manly man like Cavill. Yes, Cavill doesn't take the crap from any idiot, unlike Cr-egg the Neanderthal Man.

If UNCLE succeeds, the b1tch will do anything to copy it successfully (with DC).

We can hope, but I doubt it. MI:GP was a hit, but EON were still copying Batman in Skyfall. Wonder if the relative failure of Man of Steel will teach them anything? I doubt it.

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[bjmdds]

The Avengers has it locked up in success vs. any type of DC film about the Justice League.

[FormerBondFan]

UNCLE films should be sequel oriented, unless it bombs at the box office. How can the green vegetable allow Solo to infiltrate her warped Bond fantasy world?

She wouldn't. She's a horny green vegetable who wouldn't dare to touch a manly man like Cavill. Yes, Cavill doesn't take the crap from any idiot, unlike Cr-egg the Neanderthal Man.

If UNCLE succeeds, the b1tch will do anything to copy it successfully (with DC).

We can hope, but I doubt it. MI:GP was a hit, but EON were still copying Batman in Skyfall. Wonder if the relative failure of Man of Steel will teach them anything? I doubt it.

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There is nothing to hope for since the b1tch has gotten has gotten away with everything she did. MI4 and SF were released a year apart so EON didn't have time to copy the former. Believe me, she'll copy UNCLE if it's successful, and she'll do it with DC. It's the b1tch and her minions' world now so it's a big waste of time to hope for the Bond franchise's well being, and I'm sure BJ and Drake will agree.

[John P. Drake]

UNCLE films should be sequel oriented, unless it bombs at the box office. How can the green vegetable allow Solo to infiltrate her warped Bond fantasy world?

She wouldn't. She's a horny green vegetable who wouldn't dare to touch a manly man like Cavill. Yes, Cavill doesn't take the crap from any idiot, unlike Cr-egg the Neanderthal Man.

If UNCLE succeeds, the b1tch will do anything to copy it successfully (with DC).

We can hope, but I doubt it. MI:GP was a hit, but EON were still copying Batman in Skyfall. Wonder if the relative failure of Man of Steel will teach them anything? I doubt it.

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There is nothing to hope for since the b1tch has gotten has gotten away with everything she did. MI4 and SF were released a year apart so EON didn't have time to copy the former. Believe me, she'll copy UNCLE if it's successful, and she'll do it with DC. It's the b1tch and her minions' world now so it's a big waste of time to hope for the Bond franchise's well being, and I'm sure BJ and Drake will agree.

The Bond franchise is down since 2006, and we all know that. And one thing Babs will never copy UNCLE and Ghost Protocol, because it promotes manly genre and disputes her d**n "feminism media" crap. So, we don't have to worry. Cr-egg will be kept as her loyal dog, licking her feminist feet and being politically correct oaf. Artsy, as we call it. UNCLE will be much like Ritchie's take on the two Sherlock Holmes movies, which I find really outstanding.

[John P. Drake]

UNCLE films should be sequel oriented, unless it bombs at the box office. How can the green vegetable allow Solo to infiltrate her warped Bond fantasy world?

She wouldn't. She's a horny green vegetable who wouldn't dare to touch a manly man like Cavill. Yes, Cavill doesn't take the crap from any idiot, unlike Cr-egg the Neanderthal Man.

If UNCLE succeeds, the b1tch will do anything to copy it successfully (with DC).

We can hope, but I doubt it. MI:GP was a hit, but EON were still copying Batman in Skyfall. Wonder if the relative failure of Man of Steel will teach them anything? I doubt it.

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Superman vs Batman movie is a planned business suicide on purpose. Casting Justin bieber (subhuman and gross) as Robin? Affleck as Batman? That confirms it. It reverses what Die Another Day did to the media. The latter killed the manly media. And this one will kill the so-called "dark/gritty" emo media, and bloody Bourne imitators will be nothing more than subjects in the pages of history, which Babs' Cr-egg franchise will be joining anytime soon.

[John P. Drake]

Alessandra, you gotta see this. Cavill in the classic Solo stealth-suit.

[numpol]

I would rather watch these otyher spy movies than James Bond now and that's a shame.

[carl stromberg]

I would rather watch these otyher spy movies than James Bond now and that's a shame.

I'd rather watch anything than Bond now - even a Rob Schneider film where he turns into a chimp.

[bjmdds]

I'd rather watch paint dry on a wall.

[Blowfeld]

I know I am about to disappoint some of my friends here. The movie adaptation of the Man From U.N.C.L.E, well let us say left something to be desired. It was billed as being a Bond Movie without being a Bond moive. The previews certainly sold this idea. In the end it lack the panache to pull it off. It is all down to the director Guy Ritchie, I never thought I'd say this Matthew Vaughn would be the better choice of director, his X-Men first class took the style and essence of the 1960s and best of Bond taking the X-men franchise somewhere it had never been before.
Guy Ritchie was too aware of what he was trying not to be to pull off what he did want to do. He didn't want a Bond style theme and music, big mistake as it turns out. I think too many decisions were made based on avoiding the natural Bond comparisons Guy pulled his punches never taking the story where it wanted to go.

I can not fault Guy on his casting I thought all the main cast was well suited for their roles. Henry proving he has the chops to pull off Bond if given the chance.


The story, which Guy had a hand in was writing, never jelled as to why all this was compelling for the main characters. Baby Buddha knows it is not that hard, even the lesser Pierce & Daniel's Bond films have paper thin reasoning behind the motivations however their motivations at least hold up for the facade of the movie.

I also didn't' care for the background of the two main characters being altered, however it was not distracting or a deal breaker.

The cinematography was a slightly too chaotic.

The fashions and back drops were very well done. I liked some of the musical choices however the choice to not go bold like Bond was incorrect.

If Guy had made The Man From U.N.C.L.E more like his Sherlock Holmes the end result might have been more satisfying. In the end I was disappointed by my own expectations, over all it was enjoyable just not the slick spy world Ian's Fleming's Bond inhabited. And it could have been.

Henry and Armie work well together, I wouldn't mind a sequel.

[Kristatos]

Has anyone heard from John P Drake recently? He started this thread, and given his love of the Eurospy genre, I think he would enjoy the film.

[tehmanis]

Has anyone heard from John P Drake recently? He started this thread, and given his love of the Eurospy genre, I think he would enjoy the film.

i believe he like it, and i hope he would go to the cinema again and again countless time, and promoting The meh from unlce to friends or relatives, in order to boost up the box office figures

[Veronica]

So I finally got to watch the movie yesterday.
It's good. Cinematography and costimography-simply stunning. The movie is one great eye candy.
I like the soundtrack. I think it's really cool.
Now,I find the whole backtory of Kuryakin totally uneccessary. I like the Solo's backstory,that was intetesting and cool. Kuryakin's backstory...it really felt out of place in the movie.
And then there are scenes that felt like were meant to be funnier than they actually ended up to be. Scenes like that are all amusing but I felt there were meant to be more amusing.
The movie doesn't deal much with motivations of Vinciguerra,but like Solo said-end of the world and things like that.
I like how movie begins with real life photos and how it ends with "files" of every character and then you see Hugh Grant's character smoking a pipe.
Solo-"serial womanizer"
For me,the movie is magnificent to look at and also feels somehow simple.
In the beginning when we first see Solo my friend commented:"Holy f**k."
I agree,though,with what Blowfeld said above-Ritchie was too aware of what he was trying not to be to pull off what he did want to do.
Overall,it was a very enjoyable eye and ear pleasing experience. And the movie is set during the Cold War.
That's a plus as well.
Maybe I expected a little more but then again,I am not dissapointed either.