tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329706.post115322190141195571..comments2024-03-14T16:57:29.045-04:00Comments on Whisky Prajer: Film Fave #7: FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVEdpreimerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09905531259256800022noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329706.post-58568889278670107542023-12-18T14:57:15.466-05:002023-12-18T14:57:15.466-05:00I should have said something, but didn't. Oh w...I should have said something, but didn't. Oh well. Whisky Prajerhttps://whiskyprajer.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329706.post-1153315138076373502006-07-19T09:18:00.000-04:002006-07-19T09:18:00.000-04:00"Enlightened men shouldn't enjoy this stuff..."Oh,..."Enlightened men shouldn't enjoy this stuff..."<BR/><BR/>Oh, I know. I feel the guilt every time I crack open one of the 15 or so DVD cases I own with a Bond movie in it. He represents the unabashed celebration of heterosexual white male privilege, with the movies often uncomfortably racist (<I>Live and Let Die</I>), homophobic (<I>Diamonds are Forever</I>) and sexist (pick one!) yet I love them precisely because of all their contradictions.<BR/><BR/>Despite Matt Damon being ridiculously young for the part, I really liked the <I>Bourne</I> movies for featuring a spy character more complicated, humane and angsty than Bond but ultimately, they come up short because, despite every flaw in the Bond movies (and often because of them), they're just more fun! No one really warmed to Timothy Dalton as Bond because he played the character straight and no one wants reality in a James Bond movie -- we want explosions and guns and sexy girls and ludicrous villians and island bases. If we couldn't get it from Bond, we turned to Austin Powers, who did his best to satisfy, baby!<BR/><BR/>I was annoyed that the Bond producers sacked Pierce Brosnan because, in <I>Die Another Day</I>, he'd finally found his footing -- aging into the part with a wry, weatherbeaten-yet-glamourous charm while leaping from one campy danger scenario to another (too bad about the wretched third act or the movie would've been brilliant!). I hope the new guy works out -- the producers keep promising a 'darker' Bond, which has me both intrigued and wary. As long as the villian plans to take over the world, rather than the Florida drug trade, I'll be happy.<BR/><BR/>And that's way too much. Enlightened men shouldn't write massive essays on James Bond but I'm glad you did!Scotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09329360007920754967noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329706.post-1153261446359399112006-07-18T18:24:00.000-04:002006-07-18T18:24:00.000-04:00You know, when I tried to watch TV with the sewing...You know, when I tried to watch TV with the sewing machine in use, it caused the picture to go all frizzy. I hated that sewing machine. <BR/><BR/>I once shocked my parents by plumping for Goldfinger over some awful BBC adaptation of The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe as a kid. My dad shouldn't talk. He's the one who got me into these terribly misogynous, reactionary, violent, lovable movies in the first place.Philhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00086169653744702062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329706.post-1153225550233498842006-07-18T08:25:00.000-04:002006-07-18T08:25:00.000-04:00I still wait for one scene wehre the train pulls i...I still wait for one scene wehre the train pulls into a station.<BR/><A HREF="http://www.croatiahotelsguide.com/images/description/1064/3.jpg" REL="nofollow">Zagreb</A> is on the station sign. Most kids were looking for the deep breathing and sighing, the wisps of clothing deemed haute couture, the quick glimpse of pale skin, and that Connery smirk/wink. They all knew that his pistol and his bullets were, well, symbloic of his manly load.<BR/>Me, I was into signage and glimpses of a country none of my friends believed existed.DarkoVhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11572734667248592785noreply@blogger.com