http://www.geebobg.com/2006/11/17/jones-bond-jones/ Americlecticintellectica Mon, 15 Mar 2010 20:02:40 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 http://www.geebobg.com/2006/11/17/jones-bond-jones/comment-page-1/#comment-166 gee bobg » Blog Archive » Numerology Mon, 01 Jan 2007 09:17:14 +0000 http://www.emphatic.com/bobg/wordpress/2006/11/17/jones-bond-jones/#comment-166 [...] A quick observation before heading to bed: this will be a good year because it ends in 007. Bookmark to: [...] [...] A quick observation before heading to bed: this will be a good year because it ends in 007. Bookmark to: [...]

]]> http://www.geebobg.com/2006/11/17/jones-bond-jones/comment-page-1/#comment-95 gee bobg » Blog Archive » Where next, Mr. Bond? Mon, 20 Nov 2006 18:42:35 +0000 http://www.emphatic.com/bobg/wordpress/2006/11/17/jones-bond-jones/#comment-95 [...] The new Casino Royale is a great movie, not because it shows us how Bond became Bond per se, but because that story is a compelling one. As has been much remarked, this new film is a “bold departure” from the formula of the last four decades, including the entries in the Bond canon that were themselves supposed to be bold departures but weren’t, really (e.g., The Living Daylights). Mick LaSalle gets it right in his review for the SF Chronicle: He’s a working-class guy who has made his way into upper-class circles but retains some residual coarseness that will never smooth out. [...] [...] The new Casino Royale is a great movie, not because it shows us how Bond became Bond per se, but because that story is a compelling one. As has been much remarked, this new film is a “bold departure” from the formula of the last four decades, including the entries in the Bond canon that were themselves supposed to be bold departures but weren’t, really (e.g., The Living Daylights). Mick LaSalle gets it right in his review for the SF Chronicle: He’s a working-class guy who has made his way into upper-class circles but retains some residual coarseness that will never smooth out. [...]

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