UPDATE (Nov. 27, 2006): Joealbero over at Salisbury News has a good short post on Casino Royale, that is short, to the point and spot-on.
I hope that you are sitting down as I tell ya that I actually took a bit of a break over the Thanksgiving holiday.
Yes, of course, even a geek like me will take time out for the family dinners and the “My Dinner with Andre” conversations over coffee after dinner; however, I took some “real” time off and went to see the latest James Bond movie.
I’m not a real fan of the James Bond series or genre; however, I have been known to have sat through several. And no, I can’t name one. Whatever.
In the interest of transparency, I actually went to be a good “uncle.” After all, the family puts up with my constant pre-occupation with art and writing. And I still “owe them” for all the family stuff I missed for 6 years as an elected official. And I love being “the Uncle.” Gotta be one of the neatest titles there can be. So I want to do it well.
Actually, I am a movie fanatic, but in recent years, I have found little to entice me into the movie theatres. Alotta skin, violence and simplistic formulaic plots with over-paid, over-egoed shallow Hollywood types… Ah, no thanks. I think I’ll watch the Planning and Zoning Commission meeting on government cable access, instead.
Well, guess what? I very much enjoyed the movie. No, to be sure there was no deep hidden intellectual, existential or “art-movie” value to the movie.
It was just entertaining as heck and I liked spending time with the family…
Review? Nah, I don’t wanna make the movie into a work project.
Actually, the only real criticism of the movie, really had nothing to do with the movie itself. The movie theatre in which I saw the movie had the soundtrack turned up way high and my ears rang for quite some time afterwards.
For me that isn’t a good thing as I already have hearing lose from tractors and chainsaws on the farm and with the business for many – too many years…
Is this the way the movie theatres do it nowadays, blast the soundtrack at ya? It was pretty disconcerting. Next time I’ll bring my skeet-shooting ear plugs.
If ya have some friends and family and ya like movies and don’t wanna be bogged-down in some deep conversation about Hegel’s Dialectic Progression as to applied to the movie, go see “Casino Royale.”
Oh, as far as a review, try Reel Fanatic’s post first and go from there… And oh, the comments are intelligent also, so be sure to go the comment section on Reel Fanatic’s post.
For a few good pics from the movie, go here.
See the Sony Pictures’ trailer for the movie here.
For a few previous posts on movies – go here.
I’m back to work…
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