Friday, November 19, 2010

From Russia With Love

Sean Connery

Early entry into this series...often touted as one of the best so I was curious. Just seemed like the usual nonsense to me. This was before they became ever more preposterous so Bond seemed almost human...maybe just a little superhuman.

There was never any suspense since we knew he wouldn't get killed or even really harmed. The aim here was to contrive stunts that would dazzle the audience, seduce the women and make the men envious. It clearly had that effect in 1963 but from today's perspective this seems pretty silly. Spectre indeed.

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