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silburygirl

Quantum of Solace, à la Sil

Nov 21, 2008 23:49

Or: Dear James Bond, I am going to entice you into my bedroom with a trail of chocolate icing, have my wicked way with you, and hold you there forever and ever amen (or at least as long as you are blond ( Read more... )

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shiv5468 November 22 2008, 08:50:38 UTC

And covered in jam....

I liked it very much. We don't get Twilight for a lot longer, so it'll be a couple of weeks until I can join in the laughter.

silburygirl November 22 2008, 09:01:32 UTC

It's the first thing I've seen in theatres in a long time that I haven't been compelled to keep a running commentary on in order to keep up the level of amusement.

I suspect that Twilight is going to be so awful that I won't need to mock it under my breath-it will do all the work for me! (And you're lucky that it doesn't come out for a little while-you get to forgo the shrieking thirteen year olds for a couple more weeks.)

harmony_bites November 22 2008, 09:10:04 UTC

Well, you read my review. *cough* No, it won't be hard--however, as a fan of your snark, I'm looking forward on your own take. *rubs hands*

And very nice Original British Sex God up there. Easy on the eyes...

silburygirl November 22 2008, 09:13:55 UTC

I'm going with my bookshoply coworkers, and I don't think they've ever experienced the full force of my sarcasm as a knee-jerk reaction to horrible pop culture.

And very nice Original British Sex God up there. Easy on the eyes...

Isn't he just?

Of course, he's blond so you're not interested.

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novin_ha November 22 2008, 10:34:52 UTC

There were a couple of moments that really made me roll my eyes (I really didn't like some dialogue) but on the whole, very enjoyable experience indeed (though Casino Royale was more fun in a way).

We don't get TWILIGHT until January :( Me and some of my LJ friends from Poland plan to go see it together. I've never been banned from a cinema theatre before - first time for everything, right? :D

silburygirl November 22 2008, 21:11:38 UTC

There were lots of things about Casino Royale that I liked, but also lots that annoyed me. They dialogue doesn't stand out to me in any particular way-I think it was mostly functional, and the pacing drew attention away from it which kept me from noticing anything awkward. A trick that, judging by the clips I'm seeing, the director of Twilight desperately needs to learn.

Twilight should be good for a giggle. Or several.

cavalaxis November 23 2008, 07:57:01 UTC

I'm curious what you thought about the orphan angle. (Leaves comment deliberately vague...)

silburygirl November 23 2008, 08:11:34 UTC

It was my main point of annoyance that they couldn't write a strong female character who hadn't been abused...

But I was mostly being surprised that the Bond people (and an action movie in general) managed to write a Bond girl who didn't make me want to curl up in a ball and weep for the state of women in the film industry-and, like I said, pleased that they gave her an arc of her own that coincided with Bond's but wasn't dependent on him. They could have done it in a less troubling way, certainly, but that may have resulted in involved dialogue! And characters having conversations!

(Hopefully that is the vague bit you are talking about and that I didn't just make a total fool of myself...)

cavalaxis November 23 2008, 08:22:21 UTC

Do you remember the conversation Bond had with Vesper on the train in Casino Royale? Where we find out they were both orphans? And you'll notice, where he could not save Vesper from water, he could carry Camille through fire.

His fierce protective instinct is, I believe, related to his own upbringing as an orphan. He has one gift and that is his fists. He protects those more vulnerable than him, which is why we see the dramatic shift in his relationship with M after they try to kill her. Again, my two cents worth.

I think the whole movie was brilliant, but I am over the moon with this characterisation of Bond. I only hope they find they don't need to cling to the tropes just to satisfy the franchise.

And where's the fic!?

silburygirl November 23 2008, 08:36:12 UTC

Oh, yes, it's all coming back to me now-it's been ages since Casino Royale (which I only watched once because it was borrowed from my boyfriend's parents-must fix that) and I had forgotten that bit. And thus missed mirroring with Vesper and Camille (which, now that I'm beginning to remember, makes me incredibly happy). *hangs head*

I totally agree about his relationship with M, and I think that extended to his relationship with Camille, which I saw as more mentoring than romance. I absolutely loved the scene with them towards the end in the desert-when he asks her if she has ever killed someone before and then tells her how she'll react is the most obvious example, but there were so many small moments.

Especially that his protective urges didn't lead to him doing things for her.

I think the whole movie was brilliant, but I am over the moon with this characterisation of Bond. I only hope they find they don't need to cling to the tropes just to satisfy the franchise.God, I know. Up until this version, Bond has always been the ( ... )

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