We ended our shopping day last Sunday by going to the theaters located at the Barton Creek Square Mall. Corey found this mall online and checked in advance whether it had theaters and whether the new Bond flick was playing. I think they had the movie playing just about every hour. Which gave us a bit of flexibility in shopping time. I tried to catch a good frame of the bond flick on my iPhone, but just managed this piece from the opening credits—looks a bit like the opening to You Only Live Twice. The movie was a good action flick, with chase after chase, but I think in terms of a Bond espionage thriller, it was rather flat. It seemed that Bond didn't have to think much to figure anything out (basically triangulating in on cell phone usage was about the extent to the whodunit aspect of the movie) and he was never in any real peril. Contrast that with Do you expect me to talk?, No, Mr. Bond, I expect you to die! classic exchange between Bond and Goldfinger and in this one Bond never seemed to face any particular crisis. Anyway, Corey summed it up pretty well: it seemed like an Act II of a trilogy. Trilogies seem to be the trend these days, whether it's due to the economics of movies and/or actor contracts, or whatever else, maybe they're just banking on Craig signing on to do just three Bond flicks, so the planning is somewhat short-ranged. Perhaps the third Craig-as-Bond flick will be better?
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