Bond...

[bovil]

Casino Royale, spoiler free.

The title sequence was gorgeous, just fucking gorgeous. I would have paid just to see the titles. Really.

It only got better from there.

I have high hopes for this writing/directing team in the future.

And then there's Daniel Craig. In squarecut aussie-rower swim trunks. Or naked. Or dressed.

Yum.

My only bitch? They switched from Baccarat to Poker, to make the movie more accessible. Makes sense. The Vesper recipe, though? It's still using the aperitif wine from the book, Kina Lillet. A wine that hasn't been made in decades; they changed the brand name long ago and the recipe almost 20 years ago. If they had switched to Lillet Blanc, it would have been reasonable and obtainable.

Comments

[bovil.livejournal.com]

Nope...

They changed the time period to make it a modern adventure movie instead of a period piece. It's still the beginning of Bond's career and starts with him earning his 00 status.

[yourbob.livejournal.com]

That's fine, I just wasn't sure. I've heard some comments on the swimwear that would not have made sense if it were a 1960s period peace. The commentors also had no clue about non-US (read "US" as "straight white American male") beachwear, either.

[yourbob.livejournal.com]

That's fine, I just wasn't sure. I've heard some comments on the swimwear that would not have made sense if it were a 1960s period peace. The commentors also had no clue about non-US (read "US" as "straight white American male") beachwear, either.

[bovil.livejournal.com]

The squarecut trunks that Daniel Craig was wearing wouldn't have been out of place in the 50s. Think about the trunks that Connery wore in Doctor No (which, granted, was early 60s).

[yourbob.livejournal.com]

I believe I'm misunderstood. Yes, they would not be out of place in the 50s or 60s or outside America today.

The comment I heard was that they would be out of place today (among the above mentioned group) and that boardshorts would have been more "correct" (or, to more accurately quote the commenter "not so gay").

The person making the comment was unaware that Americans are weirdly prudish in swimwear and apparently doesn't know James Bond is most definately not American.

Until knowing the time period of the film, I couldn't respond "but that's what everyone wore back then". Now I can simply say "but that's what everyone wears everywhere but here".

More's the pity.