Screening Log

This new site feature is a collective effort to summarize our viewing habits. Occasionally, you will find titles here that are coming to a theater near you, in addition to films viewed on television, and even films viewed in piecemeal. The screening log is archived each month; to view past entries select a month in the menu below.


November 2006 activity

Total Log Entries: 86

Total Comments: 48


Full Archive


Advertisements



Casino Royale / USA/UK / 2006

As I once expressed a certain degree of skepticism as to whether or not the Bond franchise could hack it in the 21st century, Casino Royale came as something of a shock to me: here is a James Bond film I actually liked. For once, 007 spends more time in a swimsuit than any of the Bond girls, and the gadgets that cluttered so many of the previous films have been reduced to an absolute minimum. Daniel Craig gives an emotional depth to a character that was fast becoming a cartoon, and the flirtation between Bond and Vesper Lynd has a certain screwball quality to it, which ultimately blossoms into a romance the audience can actually invest it. In short, it’s the first female-friendly (though by no means feminist) Bond.

For the above reasons alone, I suspect many Bond purists will balk, but for me these things represented a refreshing – and much-needed – change of pace.

More Bond

by Beth Gilligan | Source: MGM 35mm print
27 Nov 2006 12:28 PM | Submit Comment


Submit Comment

Please note that your email address will never be displayed on this page.

HTML is enabled; line breaks (<br />) and paragraphs (<p>) are automatically converted. Apostrophes, ellipses, em- and en-dashes, and quotes are also automatically formatted.