[lit-ideas] Movies: Bond and Little Miss Sunshine
- From: "Andreas Ramos" <andreas@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "Lit-Ideas" <lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 18 Dec 2006 18:32:37 -0800
How about some movie reviews?
I went to see Casino Royale (the new Bond movie) last night.
The previous 6-10 Bond movies were pretty silly. They were mostly a
marketing vehicle.
The new Bond has Daniel Craig (he was in "Layer Cake", a very good Brit
gangster movie). The film moves fast; you have to pay attention. The action
is credible (instead of the cartoon violence of most Hollywood movies). The
film style is also very fresh and raw. The movie is very watchable and
probably the best thing in 2006 (which was not a good year for movies).
I noticed influences from the web. The opening titles are clearly inspired
by Flash. The opening chase scene is also from YouTube's videos of Russian
and Chinese kids jumping around, such as the well-known video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D2kJZOfq7zk And there's lots of PDAs, emails,
SMS, web, and so on that is just part of the movie.
Bond is okay for kids, if they are okay with large-scale violence. The movie
is worth the price of the tickets.
Another very good movie is "Little Miss Sunshine". A totally dysfunctional
American family gets into a VW bus and drives to LA. At first, you think
they're all just nuts, but after a while, you realize how well they get
along with each other. It's an extremely funny black satire of American
life.
yrs,
andreas
www.andreas.com
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