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thoughts on Skyfall
Nov. 17th, 2012 08:10 amWhat is it about Daniel Craig's James Bond that gets to me? I spent a lifetime being entirely indifferent to the franchise, and although I like Craig in general, I don't avidly seek out everything he's ever done, heart pounding all the while. But Daniel Craig AS James Bond? I am utterly transfixed. Saw Skyfall with ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
althea_ann on Thursday, and it still works for me. Nobody ever actually reads my fan-related posts, but I can't help but make this one anyway. (ETA, OK, you've proved me wrong, f-list: I guess my timing was better on this one; usually I seem to be into the different thing at the different time from everyone else!)
I kind of grew up never watching James Bond movies, even if I liked the theme songs to some of them. I remember making my parents tell me the plot to Live and Let Die, because I liked the song. And when I did start watching them, it was for two reasons: 1) guest starring actors I like -- I have watched James Bond movies because Diana Rigg (even though I had to suffer through Lazenby; it was like getting bonus extra Emma Peel), Jet Li, Michelle Yeoh, and Sean Bean were in them. Wasn't David Bowie in one, once? Must watch that. 2) Boys. I've always regarded Bond as pure male fantasy, as a franchise, and sometimes past boyfriends or current husbands want to watch them, and if I've got nothing better to do, then, sure.
Enter Casino Royale. As Daniel Craig got out of the water, and the camera lingered lovingly on him, I thought, "My goodness, not just a good looking man" -- after all, Pierce Brosnan is a very good-looking man, and one I find likeable overall, though that didn't get me to watch his Bond movies unless Sean Bean or Michelle Yeoh were in them -- "but a good looking man being objectified by the camera. Someone's read their Laura Mulvey. Let's see where this one goes." And I liked where it went, and have seen his subsequent Bond movies in the theater, even *without* the man in my life, who is cranky and won't go to the movies anymore.
Of course I have my quirks . . . I 'ship him with Judi Dench's M, and will whistle innocently when you say "maternal" just like I don't necessarily see your pairing, in turn. (Younger man/older woman is a tiny bit of a kink with me; after all, my M. is nine years younger than me . . . ) But this character, who is ideologically so not my cup of tea, just gets to me, as played by Mr. Craig. Spoilery thoughts behind the cut:( Read more... )
althea_ann on Thursday, and it still works for me. Nobody ever actually reads my fan-related posts, but I can't help but make this one anyway. (ETA, OK, you've proved me wrong, f-list: I guess my timing was better on this one; usually I seem to be into the different thing at the different time from everyone else!)I kind of grew up never watching James Bond movies, even if I liked the theme songs to some of them. I remember making my parents tell me the plot to Live and Let Die, because I liked the song. And when I did start watching them, it was for two reasons: 1) guest starring actors I like -- I have watched James Bond movies because Diana Rigg (even though I had to suffer through Lazenby; it was like getting bonus extra Emma Peel), Jet Li, Michelle Yeoh, and Sean Bean were in them. Wasn't David Bowie in one, once? Must watch that. 2) Boys. I've always regarded Bond as pure male fantasy, as a franchise, and sometimes past boyfriends or current husbands want to watch them, and if I've got nothing better to do, then, sure.
Enter Casino Royale. As Daniel Craig got out of the water, and the camera lingered lovingly on him, I thought, "My goodness, not just a good looking man" -- after all, Pierce Brosnan is a very good-looking man, and one I find likeable overall, though that didn't get me to watch his Bond movies unless Sean Bean or Michelle Yeoh were in them -- "but a good looking man being objectified by the camera. Someone's read their Laura Mulvey. Let's see where this one goes." And I liked where it went, and have seen his subsequent Bond movies in the theater, even *without* the man in my life, who is cranky and won't go to the movies anymore.
Of course I have my quirks . . . I 'ship him with Judi Dench's M, and will whistle innocently when you say "maternal" just like I don't necessarily see your pairing, in turn. (Younger man/older woman is a tiny bit of a kink with me; after all, my M. is nine years younger than me . . . ) But this character, who is ideologically so not my cup of tea, just gets to me, as played by Mr. Craig. Spoilery thoughts behind the cut:( Read more... )
