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4:36 PM, 26/11/2006 .. 5 comments .. Link

That's right, I'm a bit of a Bond fan. And as such, I'm still not liking the build up to the newest installment of the Bond franchise. The reason this blog came into being is an article I read in The Age newspaper today. Here is a link to said article....

Licensed to sell

Unfortunately, I believe Bond is dead. The world doesn't need a Bond anymore, expecially not one like Daniel Craig.

Yes, that's right, I don't think Bond should be blonde. Here is the article accompanying the above link, Cartoon Bond loses his humanity,

which I also enjoyed reading. I particularly liked this description of Daniel Craig....

This one stars Daniel Craig as the new Bond, a blond-haired, blue-eyed dude who looks like he should be skiing the giant slalom for Sweden in the next Winter Olympics.

I also think that it's interesting that after Craig was criticised so much, he ends up apparently portraying Bond in such a way that it makes his other adventures seem believable...almost.

Casino Royale really is not a bad movie. It's got all the usual Bond touches: creepy arch-villains (this one weeps blood), breathtaking locales, fast cars, beautiful women and a few cool gadgets. But turning 007 into a secret agent with almost super-human physical powers really diminishes the film - at least for me.

I hope I'm not spoiling anything here. But in the opening chase scene alone, Bond survives about three dozen brushes with death. He jumps 20 metres from a crane onto a metal platform. He jumps 25 metres off the platform onto a moving pallet. He gets shot at, burned, kicked, scalded, karate-chopped in the thorax, whacked over the head with a pipe. Then he gets away while surrounded by 200 ticked-off soldiers pointing automatic weapons at him. (I won't tell you how he gets away. But it's not the old ballpoint-pen-turns-into-a-hand-grenade thing again.)

It's all too much. And that's just the first few minutes. By the end of the movie, Bond has been beaten, shot, whipped, poisoned, nearly run over by a tanker-truck, thrown from a speeding car and almost drowned. You talk about having a bad day.

Well, all that's left is to actually watch the movie, and then pass judgement on the latest installment of a movie saga that just won't die.

Looking forward to it.

10:17 AM, 27/11/2006 .. Posted by zhangbohan

I read a review of the film and it sounds pretty good. I'm still undecided on whether to buy a pirated DVD of the movie or watch it on the big screen.

Looks alright to me

4:03 PM, 28/11/2006 .. Posted by pigtech

Think you're being a bit harsh on our new Bond, they were looking at Heath Ledger for the part.
I think I will go see this at the cinema, it looks alright to me. I think paying much attention to reviewers from the Age is not a great idea.
Product placement and branding is a reality we have to live with, anyone stupid enough to buy a 007 watch deserves to part with their cash.

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8:08 AM, 29/11/2006 .. Posted by em

I concur that a blonde Bond stops him from being quite so dashing, more like he had a mid life crisis and dyed his hair, but action is still action

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8:39 PM, 29/12/2006 .. Posted by random girl called Jess whom you do not know

I went and saw the new bond movie. i really enjoyed...although the girl irritated me sometimes...something about the way she spoke...anyway, i though it was really good, especially the acrobatics in the scene in whatever country they were in..cant remember..probably should have paid more attention....at first i thought Daniel Craig was a poor choice for bond, but he kinda grew on me as the movie went on....beats the hell out of Timothy Dalton and George Lazenby though...not that that is a hard thing to do......definately not as good as Sean Connery was, but i dont think anyone ever will be.....and what was with Mr Craigs pout? is that actually his lips?

god, that was utter crap. i should probably shut up and leave now.

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8:43 PM, 29/12/2006 .. Posted by jess...again

that whole thing when he got poisoned was crap too. that machine stops the heart, not starts it. it is used when the heart is murmuring, or has an irregular beat. it stops the heart beat for a fraction of a second, in order to attempt to get a regular heart beat again. So it would not restart his heart after it had already stopped due to the poison....these Hollywood movie people really are quite stupid and unrealistic!

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Looking forward to it.

Looks alright to me

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