BOND, DANIEL BOND

BOND in Mud

I like Daniel Craig. Can't remember the first movie title in which I saw him, but believe me, he'll be fine. And I saw a clip somewhere were he emerges from the sea (remember Ursula Andress? No? Halle Berry?) Well, this'll be a treat (and fantasy) for the ladies. The man is cut. Damn him.

But I do like him - he's got a little Steve McQueen cool in him, some mystery. As they take the Bond franchise back to the earliest Ian Flemming Bond book, they will lose a lot of the gimmicks, Moneypenny, Q, and instead show Bond become an 007, licensed to kill. They say we'll see more of a human side.

There will still be big stunts.

The latest movie in a 44-year franchise that has grossed almost $4 billion since "Dr. No," starring Sean Connery, was screened in 1962, "Casino Royale" will be a return to the roots, said co-producer Barbara Broccoli.

What do they do with all that money?

I didn't like Roger Moore. Brosnan was good. Connery set the mark very high though. Dalton was good for me - Wayne Newton as a bad guy was inspired casting.

I remember after seeing the first Bond st the seahore movies in 1962, my friend Jim and I went to the boardwalk machine-gun shooting (bb) range and felt testosterone for maybe the first time and we shot the place up. But it was the 60s. I don't know what that means except to say I'll bet 6th graders now get testosterone surges.
We were in high school.

I even bought the soundtrack album.

I did read several of the Bond books while travelling with my parents in Europe, so they seemed even more real.