I will start with an admission that we didn't watch this film in order. We watched it a few months ago while on holiday. And it was possibly watching this film that inspired us to start this whole Bond film watch project. It's been six years since the last film and the world has changed.… Continue reading Bond evolution – Goldeneye (#17)
Moody (45.20)
I can't figure why I've had such spasms of bad mood this week. Is it stress? Is it coffee? Is it the Fig Rolls? Is it not going out for a run when I said I would? Is the yoga releasing some negative energy I was holding somewhere in my body? Perhaps I was subconsciously… Continue reading Moody (45.20)
Bond evolution – License to Kill (#16)
This film is pretty much full-on action from beginning to end. It's also quite a dark film for Bond, with 007 going rogue. What could cause this? The film begins with Bond on his way to the wedding of longtime CIA colleague, Felix. The journey to the church is interrupted when Felix takes a side… Continue reading Bond evolution – License to Kill (#16)
Bond Evolution- The Living Daylights (#15)
It's 1987 and we welcome Timothy Dalton to the role of Bond. I don't think Timothy Dalton gets fair credit for his Bond films. I think they were both quite good (yes, he did only two). But when I mentioned this to my sister, she was aghast. "But he was so sexist!" Really? REALLY? I… Continue reading Bond Evolution- The Living Daylights (#15)
Well as least we know for sure now (44.20)
It's been another long nervous week with news of virus infections rising, local lockdowns implemented, and news coming in from Europe of other nations re-imposing lockdown measures (France, Germany). All week I've been holding my breath and tensing for the confirmation. And it came on Saturday night - Halloween, aptly enough. Another four weeks of… Continue reading Well as least we know for sure now (44.20)
Bond evolution – A View to a Kill (#14)
Hooray! We've reached the last of the Roger Moore Bonds! Although on recent viewing, none of them were as terrible as I remembered them, although certain aspects of some of the films have been terrible, for sure. The precredit sequence sees Bond in Russia to recover something from the dead body of a fellow agent,… Continue reading Bond evolution – A View to a Kill (#14)
Bond evolution – Never Say Never Again (#13.A)
Here's something I didn't know - Sean Connery is younger than Roger Moore. When Sean Connery 'retired' as Bond in 1971, he was 41. When Roger Moore started filming as Bond, he was 45. He will be 57 when he films his next and final Bond film, A View to a Kill. This film, Never… Continue reading Bond evolution – Never Say Never Again (#13.A)
The clocks go back (43.20)
The clocks have gone back so does that means it is really truly the end of summer now? Despite being so late in October, the weather has actually been surprisingly mild here. I go out in a big jacket but after 10 minutes I am too warm. But not warm enough to take my jacket… Continue reading The clocks go back (43.20)
Bond evolution – Octopussy (#13)
I mostly recently saw this film a few years ago. We watched it before we went to India because we would be visiting the city of Udaipur which plays a large part in this film. During out time there, we didn't get to visit the Monsoon Palace, and we only saw the Floating Palace from… Continue reading Bond evolution – Octopussy (#13)
Last week, this week, sorry I’m late (42.20)
I’m a little bit late catching up on last week. I was on holiday, and it took me a little longer to get my thoughts in order when I got home. This ad is old news now; I think they have been pulled when public reaction went so strongly against them. It’s so wrong in… Continue reading Last week, this week, sorry I’m late (42.20)
Tales from Tobhamhor 