Bond is BACK! (90 percent Off Topic)
The ten percent quilty…. the opening sequence to the new Bond movie, Casino Royale, had me thinking of spirographs, growing vines, and what Robbi Eklow‘s gears quilts would look like if they moved…. all sorts of wonderful quilt inspiration (including how to use the suit of cards
decorative stitches on my machine!). Then the movie started for real…
I’m happy to say that there is, after a two-plus decade absence of a real Bond, a worthy heir to Sean Connery. Now, I will say straight up that even now (and at his current age) Connery has more sex appeal in one sidelong glance than most of the current crop of male actors have in their entire repertory, but we’ve finally got a *real* Bond back. Athletic, wry, good looking enough to be believable, but not so good looking as to be a GQ model. The movie started out with one of the most amazing stunt-man sequences I’ve seen…they earned their pay and talk about raw athleticism…WOW! Then it got better. (Can you tell I liked this movie?)
And the ending was something akin to a riddle wrapped inside a mystery inside an enigma… heh heh…and I won’t tell you any more. Go see it! Normally, I’m not a major “action movie” fan, but I do like a really good one, and this is definitely a good one! As the movie ended, I said to Paul that this was the best Bond movie in about thirty years.
Yes, Bond is back! Hmmm….hubba hubba!
Cheers, Sarah
PS–here’s one trailer FYI, and another.
Wish I had pics, but don’t dare “borrow” one from the major sites…just go see the movie!
November 25th, 2006 at 3:12 pm
Hummm. I had heard the actor playing Bond hated guns, and I found that somewhat off putting, but I enjoyed the trailer, and was glad to see Judy Dench in the movie, as well. She is one of my favorites.
As to Connery, nope, there’ll never be another!!