Tuesday, October 17, 2006

Trailer Talk: "Casino Royale"

I wish I knew why I get so excited when a new James Bond film is about to hit theaters. For a long time, I've suspected it has something to do with the gadgets (I was a HUGE "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang" fan when I was very young, and I guess I must have sensed the presence of that magical car's creator, Ian Flemming, in the more mature Bond films)

I just took my first look at a long trailer for the new Bond film, "Casino Royale", with the new Bond, Daniel Craig. One of the things that fascinated me was a Halle Berry -esque shot of a swimsuit-clad person walking out of a perfect-blue resort-type ocean... but that person wasn't the typical "Bond Girl"... it was a muscular, shirtless James Bond himself. Certainly the ad campaign would be smart to target a wider demographic (aiming for the group of female twentysomethings to complement the series' predominantly male audience), but I wonder now, does the film itself aim for this shift? What struck me more was that the trailer didn't really feature the typical "Bond Girl" in the usual swimsuit or negligee or what have you. There's something shifting in the Bond world, and it's not just the new casting. The director, Martin Campbell, directed one of the better Bond films from the Brosnan era, "Goldeneye", so I remain hopeful.

-AzS

3 comments:

James "Iago" Sullivan said...

Hi ARNon! I was just re reading ur blog again bc it teaches me how my ASP can be better lol! But omg i just noticed that u havent posted since october (McTober... see my ASP for what this means :-) )and so maybe thats bc ur too busy? i hope u have time to update bc i love to read this too!
Thanx for being such a good teacheer and for those of u who dont know aRNon is going to do an intrerview for my ASP!
(ps I say aRNron bc i used to say his name Anron lol!)

James "Iago" Sullivan said...

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