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Bonded To Bond

Ever since I read my first Ian Fleming novel I have been hooked on to the whole espionage (as they say now) genre and have consumed several stories in print and film. James Bond has some sort of aura that is goofy at times yet hard to resist. I am convinced the marketing genius behind the franchise has me sold on this one. So much so that I have also amassed the movie collections on DVD format so I can watch it over and over. That is addiction. Trying to see what I might have missed the last time so I can regale in the sequences of exotic girls swooning and trying to say something clever at the same time; to the humanly impossible stunt that transports this modern superman to battle his nemesis. The reincarnations of the role have occured in film by changing who plays that role - from my memory its Roger Moore, Sean Connery, a rat faced Timothy somebody to the suave Pierce Brosnan to the current hunky Daniel Craig. Its funny and I am sure I would not get too many agreements on this but my favorite has been the newest Bond - Craig. Connery is the next best. The three films that Craig has portrayed 007 have been Casino Royale (sort of a prequel to the whole Bond series now released again with a new cast) to Quantum of Solace (by far the most idiotic plot ever conceived yet somehow I own it on DVD) and the latest with Javier Bardem as the villian in Skyfall. The last role for Craig also had Madame Dench kicking the bucket in her role of M. We will never know if her name was indeed Emma or something else? The plot thickens as we await the next release with perhaps more of the luscious Naomie Harris as Moneypenny and Ralph Fiennes' finesse as he plays the new M.. after 50 years its still a wonderful timepass.
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  1. RajendraApril 7, 2013 at 9:23 PM

    By a strange coincidence, I watched parts of Die Another Day on TV last night..the one liners are a great part of its charm, I think. Mel Brooks is the only American equivalent for those I can think of.

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