Bond. James Bond...
Well, I caved. I finally saw a James Bond movie. Honestly, I don't know what took me so long.
I had been thinking about making the new film, Casino Royale, my first experience with Bond, but I decided to give the one and only Sean Connery the honour with the very first film made, Dr. No. And I have to say that I was pretty impressed; it wasn't the best action/thriller movie I've ever seen, but it was up there.
Something I really liked about the film was that it was basically, in a sense, "James Bond Lite". He used his wits more than his gun (the only 'gadget' he has in the whole movie) which just made him seem that much cooler. It seems very strange to say this nowadays, but he just wasn't your typical action hero. Strip away the explosions, gadgets, cars, and firepower and you're left with an extremely interesting character that Sean Connery pulls off very well indeed. One detail I liked was when Bond places a hair over the crack in his hotel-room closet doors, to make sure he knows if anybody comes in and searches the place. Clever.
Oh, and Ursula Andress is absolutely stunning in that bikini. Naturally. (Hey, it's not really me; it's just the chemicals...)
Anyways, I am enjoying diving right in to this pop culture phenomenon with both the movies and the original books by Ian Fleming. It looks like I'll be going through them all together at the same time in a sort of mish-mash. Shaken, not stirred, of course.
Be seeing you,
Steven
I had been thinking about making the new film, Casino Royale, my first experience with Bond, but I decided to give the one and only Sean Connery the honour with the very first film made, Dr. No. And I have to say that I was pretty impressed; it wasn't the best action/thriller movie I've ever seen, but it was up there.
Something I really liked about the film was that it was basically, in a sense, "James Bond Lite". He used his wits more than his gun (the only 'gadget' he has in the whole movie) which just made him seem that much cooler. It seems very strange to say this nowadays, but he just wasn't your typical action hero. Strip away the explosions, gadgets, cars, and firepower and you're left with an extremely interesting character that Sean Connery pulls off very well indeed. One detail I liked was when Bond places a hair over the crack in his hotel-room closet doors, to make sure he knows if anybody comes in and searches the place. Clever.
Oh, and Ursula Andress is absolutely stunning in that bikini. Naturally. (Hey, it's not really me; it's just the chemicals...)
Anyways, I am enjoying diving right in to this pop culture phenomenon with both the movies and the original books by Ian Fleming. It looks like I'll be going through them all together at the same time in a sort of mish-mash. Shaken, not stirred, of course.
Be seeing you,
Steven
posted by Steven | 6:07 PM
3 Comments:
I believe this is the Steven that I've seen around recently. Here is where I embarrass myself and try to guess how to spell your last name, to assure you that I in fact know you.
Kroker.
Have to say Steve, I wasn't aware of your blog being out there, but your description sucked me in.
"I'm a 20-year-old college student with dreams of being a professional writer. As you can tell from this blog, I certainly have the ego for it!"
The post on Bond was well executed by the way. You brought up one point on controversy however, the hair on the door. I used to be a big Bond fan back in the day (Own a lot of the movies, VHS baby). I don't remember it too clearly, but I can picture the motel or whatever, and him placing it on the top of the door if I'm not mistaken.
Point one. Wouldn't air simply blow it away?
Point two. What about the cleaning lady knocking it loose?
I just realized that this is probably not Steven Kroker, but in fact one of Jill's friends from Vancouver. Thus Vancouver being your residence, not Edmonton.
Ian
Ian,
You're right. This isn't Steven Kroker, and I am Jill's friend. :)
He doesn't place it on the top of the door, he gets down on his haunches and puts it maybe third of the way up from the bottom or something. Definitely not on top. As for the wind, he could close the window; for the cleaning lady, he could put up a "Do Not Disturb" sign. ;)
I've seen up to "Thunderball" by now and they're still pretty fun.
P.S. Sorry I haven't gotten back to this earlier. Real life gets in the way sometimes.
remember when we picked a packet of sugar in a chinese restaurant for everyone. and you got a white and a brown one
HAHAHA
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