Friday, December 08, 2006

Comments on Casino Royale

The old married man's club (OMMC) convened a meeting last night to see the new James Bond film, Casino Royale. Very exciting movie. Lots of good action. The new bond is a definite improvement over recent actors. He isn't afraid to get banged up a bit or get his tux dirty. Rob came out calling it the BEST OMMC movie yet. It had a lot of what we go for (explosions, fighting, action, nice cars) but two things were conspicuously absent. While there were a couple of nice cars, Bond barely drove them. You had a total of about 10 seconds worth of Bond-esque driving before he totaled his MI6 provided car. The second thing that was missing was very attractive Bond-women. The two that he was attached to in the movie were really quite mediocre. I realized it is difficult to find a truly attractive english woman, but I'm sure they could have done better for Vesper. Overall though, I would say it was an excellent evening with the OMMC.
P.S. Not much in the way of tech-geek toys either.