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He's all dirty and sweaty here, but he cleans up nice later.<\/p><\/div>\n

You know how sometimes you can like the idea<\/em> of something, but not really like the thing itself? Yeah, that’s how it was with me and James Bond<\/strong>, until I saw Daniel Craig in Casino Royale<\/em>. There was this great character who used his wit, power, and sexuality to deal with big international conspiracies, but he had been this goofy joke of a hero in the movies my whole life. With Casino<\/em>, all the silly tropes got left behind and we were left with a really great action movie.<\/p>\n

Paul and I finally went to see Quantum Of Solace<\/em> the other night at our local second-run theater pub. We are not big on going to films in their first weeks, and I find that a pint of beer makes any movie that much more enjoyable. I was worried that I would be disappointed, because I had gotten the impression that a lot of people had found Solace<\/em> to be a bit meh. But no! It was fun! Not quite as tight in the plot as Casino<\/em> and the action scenes were edited a bit more choppily, but it kept moving right along, Craig played it cool with an edge of rage, and I was never bored. I was particularly satisfied with a scene that tidied up a loose end that had been bugging me from Casino<\/em>; one that gave Bond the infinitesimal bit of solace referred to in the title. The opening credit sequence of purple shadows over golden sand made me nostalgic for old Omni<\/em><\/strong> magazines, not entirely in a good way. I came away from the theater happy.<\/p>\n

As if to accentuate the contrast between Bonds, the ION network has been showing a 007 marathon of Roger Moore’s more dubious achievements. Tonight I watched the tail end of A View To A Kill<\/em> and the pre-title sequence of Octopussy<\/em>. HAW!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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