patrick_y[PuristSPro Moderator]
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Dahl...
Oct 06, 2022,17:57 PM
Dahl is an amazing author. But oddly, he's on two extremes, one side of the spectrum he's writing children's stories about Giant Peaches and Chocolate Factories. On the other side, his short stories are filled with innuendo and some x-rated pieces that were actually written for Playboy magazine. In the library, even the short stories that are x rated are in the children's section. Thankfully they were written with a British restraint, so they weren't overly explicit.
Ahh, you would get along well with my father; as his favorite is Thunderball. I have to agree, Lazenby and Dalton weren't great Bonds in the sense as the confident Connery. Out of all the films with Craig, I only liked Casino Royale. The other ones weren't quite my cup of tea as they went too far off the prescribed formula. The cinematography in Spectre and Skyfall were tremendous though - better than anything else in the Bond franchise, but the story was too ambitious and stretched too thin. Especially Skyfall, which completely didn't adhere to the standard Bond formula and to me felt more like a grand send off for Judi Dench's retirement as the character M.
I'm looking forward to the next Bond as well. And I can't wait for the restart of the series with the new actor who will play the titular character. Some rumors are even purporting that they are even considering a female actress to play the role. While I like the idea of gender diversity in films, I also like institutions to stay institutions and I think we all find comfort in the familiar, so I'm not sure how I feel about that idea. I'm also a bit of a Star Wars fan - but I'm a little sad - as some of the more recent films have lost that story-telling spark that George Lucas used to have. Lucas is probably sad about what Disney has transformed his space opera into - and the extra billion in the bank probably doesn't assuage him. But at the end of the day; I'm still definitely interested to see the next Bond movie or the next Star Wars movie. And even if they're not great, I'll still probably watch the next one after that!