Posted by Alric Knebel on 07/22/07 04:19

Howard Brazee wrote:

> On Sat, 21 Jul 2007 11:28:10 -0500, Alric Knebel
> <alric@[cableone.net]> wrote:
>
>
>>James Bond, except for the most recent entry, is overrated. It's simply
>>ridiculous, and I can't see anything good in it. To many long chases
>>and silly stunts. How it got that way from its humble beginnings is
>>amazing.
>
>
> What humble beginnings are you referring to? The books? The movie
> _Dr. No_? It seems that you are saying that its humble beginnings
> are overrated.

No. I'm saying that after what came after DR. NO and FROM RUSSIA WITH
LOVE were entirely different animals from those humble efforts. As time
passed, they got more and more extravagant and downright corny. Before
long, our mores overtook Bond, leaving him and his double entendres
behind, and looking silly. And it took the filmmakers to CASINO ROYALE
before they got it really right again. Not counting the fluke that was
ON HER MAJESTY'S SECRET SERVICE.
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