Ursula, Kim and Me
by Flick Chick Vique
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Casino Royale steals 4 Red Vines for being putting me back in Bond-age! |
Yeah, me. The name is Rojas. Vique Rojas. And I’m a ‘Bond girl’ as much as any of them have ever been. But not just any Bond. It has to be Connery’s Bond. Sean Connery’s Bond.
They say whatever Bond you grew up with is your Bond. But growing up has a whole different meaning when you reached ‘maturity’ during the raw sexual reign of Sean Connery’s James Bond. I didn’t realize my main attraction to the Bond movies rested so heavily with Connery until he came back out of ‘Bond retirement’ to star in Never Say Never Again. He was much more fit than his official last Bond movie, Diamonds Are Forever. He even looked younger.
But more than that, I realized that Roger Moore had been a very poor replacement for him, in my book. At that point I actually quit going to the James Bond movies. I have never seen Timothy Dalton or Pierce Brosnan in the role and have no desire to ever do so. I was almost tempted a time or two with Brosnan because the trailer hype was so convincing but then other movies always came up that beckoned harder.
All that being said, let me get right to the point. Daniel Craig is smokin’! His portrayal of her majesty’s most secret weapon is everything Sean Connery’s was: rough, brutal, deadly, sexy. My kind of mantini-with just a twist of wit, ever so dry!
With Director Martin Campbell’s Casino Royale, the James Bond movie series racks up a total of 22. (Sorry, I do count Never Say Never Again as part of the pack, original EON production or not. It has Connery in it! Nuff said!) From its grainy black and white open, the mood is definitely one of cutthroat, super spy action!
A lot of talk has centered on the producers’ desire to get back to Bond basics and cut out a lot of the cartoonish, over the top theatrics and special effects. Well, as I stated, I missed out on Moore’s final movies and all those to follow. So for me, it really was the kind of Bond movie I was used to. And I loved it!
The movies have different things to offer to different people but I myself go for the mystery, the action and most of all to see it all pulled off by the sexiest man a woman who ever possibly imagine! Craig looks and behaves every bit the part. I totally believed he was the kind of guy who could take care of himself and me too if necessary. Cool, confidant, cocky.
But guys like action almost as much as they too enjoy seeing Bond getting action and the boys will not be let down with this Casino Royale. In fact there was so much action for the first 45 minutes that I began to wonder what the actual plot was! There’s no question that for me, the best part of the script was the return to glib, witty off the cuff remarks that have been a hallmark of the James Bond character. My only complaint here is that Craig is so good at the throwaway lines that he truly does throw them away and they are sometimes difficult to understand.
As far as Bond girls go, Eva Green as Vesper Lynd and Caterina Murino as Solange are stunning to be sure but reflect today’s obsession with emaciation. I would have liked to see more curvaceous babes, although I am thankful the powers that be did not go with rumored actresses like Pamela Anderson. I would have liked to see a ‘real’ woman not some homage to the wonders of plastic surgery. In fact, I was a little disappointed that the great kitschy open played with graphic images of men fighting but not one cut out of a Bond bombshell. What’s up with that?
But the music, the car, the action, the martinis-they’re all there. Most of all, so is the Bond. James Bond. And Daniel Craig is just the kind of spy to make a girl cry out, ‘Double oh! Seven!!!! Just think. He’s only going to get better!!! Pinch me.
The name’s Rojas. Vique Rojas and I am a Bond girl!
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