Posted by Jared on 07/23/07 03:54

On Jul 22, 2:19 pm, Alric Knebel <alric@[cableone.net]> wrote:
>
> 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.

They were starting to address his rather out-dated outlook in THE
WORLD IS NOT ENOUGH where it's suggested his need to sleep with every
single woman he meets might not actually be very healthy.

What I liked most about CASINO ROYALE was they dropped the humour, or
rather the attempts at humour. Always found it grating that a suave,
ice-cold double agent who can fly a space shuttle and talk fluently in
dozens of languages should have the wit of an eight year old schoolboy.

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