2008
My daughter’s opinion of
Daniel Craig must have changed after seeing Casino Royale. Three days later she not only wanted to see the next film, but she
had bought poker chips at the thrift store.
Her recognition of the
franchise came in several waves. The Goldeneye game rerelease we play is
based on the engine of the game of this film, and she noted the game's menu style came from on screen stuff. Before the errors of
making a film without a script became apparent, she was already disappointed in
learning there was still no Q or Moneypenny in this one.
She thought the theme song should involve the movie title. While happy there were naked people in the
credits again, she found them uninteresting and not trippy enough.
Then she realized the
film didn’t start with the “gun barrel thing.”
“This is an
outrage! AN OUTRAGE I SAY! And he’s short!!”
She did notice the
continuation from the previous film, mentioning Bond was in his “sad puppy”
phase and saying “Shhhh, it's a sore subject” whenever Vesper was mentioned.
The writers’ strike
affected story and the awful cinematography received much of her ire during the
film. Leading to many outbursts:
“I’m not drawn in like the
other ones, because I can’t tell what’s happening.”
“Why is the camera
shaking? Is this supposed to be exciting, ‘cause it’s not.”
“I am getting vertigo.”
“Are you
enthralled? I am not. It was building up a little but now I am
bored.”
“This isn’t even a ‘who
done it?’ it's a ‘what?’ - I don't know what’s going on.”
“I can’t tell who’s bad
with these angles, or even who’s in the boat.”
“What is he tracking
them by? I'm trying to figure it out but I just don’t know?”
*Mathis shows up* “I
still don’t know what’s going on, but at least this part is fun.”
*Villain scene* “No go
back to the fun people, you confuse me.”
“The only part of this
that was good was when Mathis and Fields showed up, they were fun and now
they’re dead. Are they trying to ruin
the movie? ‘Cause it’s pretty bad already.”
*The plane chase* “I’m
not very captivated. I feel like if I
knew what was going on, I would be more.”
“He stole a boat and a
car? Because he’s a sinner! I’ve had it
with this man. He’s bored me to death and now he’s breaking the law.”
*On bad guy Dominic
Greene* “He’s a turd. I still don’t know what’s going on, but I want to see her
kick his butt.”
*A character asks “What
can I do for you.”* “Make the movie end.”
There were, however, a few good
moments.
When M said she trusted
007, my daughter cheered out loud.
More cheers for anytime
Felix Leiter was around, usually balanced by calling anyone else in the CIA,
“Stupid Americans.”
While Bond was stabbing
a foe repeatedly she remarked, “He’s not very good at ‘bringing one in’ for
questioning.”
That lead to the
observation near the end when Bond told M Vesper’s ex was still alive and she
said, “I’m surprised.”
Anabelle replied- “Yes,
I’m surprised too! He’s finally getting better at this.”
There was one more huge
cheer when they put the gun barrel thing at the end, but it faded quickly.
“Hooray…wait. That was
stupid. Well, at least they did it. I'm glad they didn't put it where it goes at
the beginning; it would have gotten my expectations up.
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