Martinis, Girls, and Guns

SIS (MI6) Building, radim99, 2007

It seems these days that blockbusters don't just sink or swim anymore, but get stuck in a critical limbo. This year alone there have been three films that come to mind that have had mixed reception: (the pretentious and insubstantial) Prometheus, The Dark Knight Rises, and most recently Skyfall. I cannot discuss the new Bond film without first covering a little bit of (personal) history of the series. A little bit, or maybe seven hundred words...

A View To A Kill

My current dearth of activity is largely due to my linguistics project - just when it's near completion, it goes diachronic. A third holiday this year would boost the number of posts, but that's unlikely. Alternatively, I could go to the cinema more frequently.

In preserving "tradition", the Padre and I went to see Casino Royale. This tradition of seeing the new Bond film only stretches back to 31/12/99 when myself, the Padre, and my brother (2 unrelated people at the back were the only other viewers) saw The World is Not Enough. The Padre and I then saw Die Another Day on my birthday 4 years ago. DAD was the worst since Roger Moore's tenure, a recognition of the imaginary threat from Vin Diesel's zZz, and a poor end to the Brosnan era.