Casino Royale
So I finally saw Casino Royale over the weekend (by illegal means? noooo!) and… much to my complete surprise, I actually liked it! After it ended I was sat staring at my (ipod) screen utterly baffled… I remember thinking “Wait… did you just… like that film? WTF?!” And I have no idea why. I’m not an action film fan at all, I’m not a Daniel Craig fan, I’m not a fan of casinos, poker and/or gambling so why did I like it? I’m thinking that my English teacher has been brainwashing me.
You see, she has a not-so-secret crush on a certain Mr Craig, which I don’t understand, he’s not that good looking, in my opinion… anyway when she needed to come up with a topic for our media coursework she decided upon Bond, more specifically the ‘Bond brand’ and it’s relevant advertising, common themes, iconic signifiers etc. etc. I wasn’t so pleased about this at first (I’m not a huge fan of the previous Bond films I’ve seen) and I had no idea how I was going to write an analytical essay about it later… but now I can see her point of view.
It is an intriguing idea, and this character of Bond is such a (albeit charming) bastard who likes shooting things, sleeping with ‘taken women’, drinking and fighting… and yet the legacy of the Bond films and even novels lives on and most people seem to like him, and the films based around this arsehole of a character. So, all in all, thanks to me liking Casino Royale, I think this coursework may be a bit nicer to write. And if it isn’t then I can at least watch the film a few times, procrastinating said coursework. And, hey having an excuse to watch a film… that’s always a good thing.
