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poliphiloBond works for the government. As an assassin. He's an establishment man- sexist, materialist, brutal. No, I've never liked him.
I keep thinking I should maybe read one of the original books and then I think, no, I don't believe I can be bothered.
The films aren't nearly as good as we're supposed to think they are. Early Bond is to the thriller what the Carry On films are to comedy. Middle period Bond is vaudeville. In the recent films he becomes a superhero.
I find his continued popularity faintly depressing.
Rush Limbaugh says it's inconceivable the character should be played by a black man. Oh, for fuck's sake, Bond is fiction. And he keeps being rebooted and updated. If it were incumbent on the film-makers to stay entirely true to Fleming's original conception Bond, who first appeared in 1953, would have to be played by a man in his nineties.
Besides, Idris Elba is just about the sexiest, most charismatic male actor around. He'd be perfect for the role.
If you like that kind of thing...
I keep thinking I should maybe read one of the original books and then I think, no, I don't believe I can be bothered.
The films aren't nearly as good as we're supposed to think they are. Early Bond is to the thriller what the Carry On films are to comedy. Middle period Bond is vaudeville. In the recent films he becomes a superhero.
I find his continued popularity faintly depressing.
Rush Limbaugh says it's inconceivable the character should be played by a black man. Oh, for fuck's sake, Bond is fiction. And he keeps being rebooted and updated. If it were incumbent on the film-makers to stay entirely true to Fleming's original conception Bond, who first appeared in 1953, would have to be played by a man in his nineties.
Besides, Idris Elba is just about the sexiest, most charismatic male actor around. He'd be perfect for the role.
If you like that kind of thing...
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Date: 2014-12-26 01:37 pm (UTC)It's good to be able to laugh at yourself. Sir Patrick Stewart was on a great NPR program the other day, and he was doing a pretty good job of it. I always appreciate that. So many people start to believe their own Press Releases as they age in their roles.
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Date: 2014-12-26 01:43 pm (UTC)He's good at what he does. You cast him in anything and you'll get what you bargained for. He was pretty good in The Persuaders with Tony Curtis- the archetypal fast talking American and the archetypal laid-back English toff; it was a good pairing.
Of course I'm a great admirer of Patrick Stewart. He's a terrific actor.