"Women drivers..." Common refrain heard from men when they see a driver who drives badly and happens to be female. Do they say "men drivers..." when they see a driver who drives badly and happens to be male? A woman's mistakes is always attributed to her gender whereas a man's mistakes is attributed to his person, or glorified to be some other attribute. Rashness for boldness, for instance.
In Casino Royale, when Vesper Lynd refused James Bond more money to continue playing in the poker game, he said, "You are a bloody idiot. You know I can win this game." Her refusal to let him continue losing millions from the government's treasury renders her an idiot.
She (still) falls in love with Bond, but you discover that she got close to Bond to steal those millions to save her boyfriend. In the end, Vesper Lynd is a pawn in the game like the other women in the movie, with the exception of M.
I've never watched a Bond movie, but I could see the reason for the protest from the fans. His clumsiness (there are better ways of falling), the reliance on brute strength, it's no wonder they call Daniel Craig's Bond a workman Bond. In trying to make the character more realistic, the character seems to lose its essence. So by the end of the movie, you don't get a sense of what Bond is about.
As an action movie, the movie's passable. Lots of chase sequences, impossible stunts, mindless destruction, pain, death, but the pacing doesn't grip you. The reasons I could think of to watch the movie was for Judi Dench as M, and Mads Mikkelsen's villain Le Chiffre, even Eva Green's Vesper Lynd. In fact, almost every character is watchable, except Bond.
In the end, this Bond movie is still sexist; and can't decide which way Bond is going. This is my first, and my last, Bond movie.
In Casino Royale, when Vesper Lynd refused James Bond more money to continue playing in the poker game, he said, "You are a bloody idiot. You know I can win this game." Her refusal to let him continue losing millions from the government's treasury renders her an idiot.
She (still) falls in love with Bond, but you discover that she got close to Bond to steal those millions to save her boyfriend. In the end, Vesper Lynd is a pawn in the game like the other women in the movie, with the exception of M.
I've never watched a Bond movie, but I could see the reason for the protest from the fans. His clumsiness (there are better ways of falling), the reliance on brute strength, it's no wonder they call Daniel Craig's Bond a workman Bond. In trying to make the character more realistic, the character seems to lose its essence. So by the end of the movie, you don't get a sense of what Bond is about.
As an action movie, the movie's passable. Lots of chase sequences, impossible stunts, mindless destruction, pain, death, but the pacing doesn't grip you. The reasons I could think of to watch the movie was for Judi Dench as M, and Mads Mikkelsen's villain Le Chiffre, even Eva Green's Vesper Lynd. In fact, almost every character is watchable, except Bond.
In the end, this Bond movie is still sexist; and can't decide which way Bond is going. This is my first, and my last, Bond movie.
1 comment:
Another one bites the dust. haha. Seriously though, the flaw is inherent in the Bond character. Will never be different.
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