[lit-ideas] Re: Movies: Bond and Little Miss Sunshine
- From: "Paul Stone" <pastone@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 19 Dec 2006 21:51:22 -0500
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.
I think the first two Brosnan Bonds were very good and in keeping with the
vehicle of Bond.
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).
This isn't a new bond, it's a Foreign bond:
NO Q
M hates Bond
Car Chase lasts 10 seconds
No Moneypenny
No gadgets
Prolonged middle of at least an hour that does NOTHING to further the action
Bond is a badass -- out of character
I liked this movie... I doubted Daniel Craig could do the job, and in a
way, he did NOTHING of the kind;.it's a great action flick, but it's NOT a
Bond movie.
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.
I agree LMS is very funny and a hoot to watch. They truly ARE a normal
family while at the same time being tremendously dysfunctional... but who
amongst us aren't from that family? It certainly does a banner job of
showing how truly fucked the 'norm' has become in America.
Paul
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