Bond. James Bond.
November 26th, 2006 | 
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We saw Casino Royale today.
And both my wife and I liked it. A lot.
There was some blasphemy in the movie: At the poker table Bond ordered the wrong cocktail! Instead of his trademark Vodka Martini (shaken, not stirred!), he ordered a Vesper (3 measures of Gordon’s gin, 1 measure of vodka, ½ measure of Kina Lillet. Shake until ice cold and serve in a deep champagne goblet with a large thin slice of lemon peel. Easy on the fruit).
This was probably in honor of  his leading lady Vesper Lynd.
But then a little later, when he does order a Vodka Martini, the bartender actually asks him “Shaken or stirred?”, and Bond frowns and answers — oh horror –: “I don’t care”! (Correction by commenters: He actually said “Do I look like a man who gives a damn?”)
I asked my wife if she liked the ‘new’ Bond character and she fanned herself. “YeahHeah“, she said… “He’s hot hot hot … everything about him is hot!”. (Correction here too: the adjective SMOKING was used: see comments)
I must admit, fair is fair, that he, indeed, does look a bit like me: same blue eyes and he plays a mean hand of Texas Holdem too…
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I loved it when he said, “I don’t care!” The entire character was reborn in this movie and I loved it. He wasn’t always the smooth, everything works out perfectly every time kind of a guy and honestly, that can be loveable too.
What I said was … Daniel Craig was SMOKIN hot as Bond, James Bond. PHEW!
And – not that I was hanging on his every word – but what he actually said to the bartender [in response to the shaken or stirred query] was … “Do I look like a man who cares?” – Of course, we know he goes on to become a man who cares, but right then, our new James Bond was still a little rough around the edges!
LOVED IT LOVED IT!
— And yes, I see a distinct resemblance between Hubs and Daniel Craig… if I don’t have my glasses on….
“Craig has already signed up for the 22nd Bond film, due for release in November 2008.”
*takes his wifes glasses away and hides them*
Has anyone saw Bond fell in love? I think that was the most interesting thing in this movie. Don’t you think?
@Hernan .. that was only one of the various remarkable deviations from earlier Bond doctrine that made this one stand out. (One of the obvious others being that he REALLY got beat up and didn’t emerge without a scratch)
Oh well .. you earned your token! 😉
Thanks for stopping by. Where are you from? What country?
I’m from Argentina but living in Germany already for a while. I’m not a Bond fun so I don’t really know what is already known in the press or within the fun club about the novelties of the this film but I liked it very much. I think I watched 3 of the last 5 Bond films in the Cinema (and many of the oldiest in TV) and this was the best one of all (imho, of course).
Thanks for the token, but where it is? I can’t find it! help! 🙂 (sorry for the dely of my answer but my child was born the 08.04.2007).
@Hernan .. Congratulations with the newborn!
You should have received an email from Joost, containing the digital token.
I hope you didn’t delete it thinking it was spam!
Hello Paul,
I didn’t delete anything from my spam list and I have all e-mails messages of this month. But I still can’t find the invitation. Did you write my e-mail correctly? Sorry for so many inconveniences.
@Hernan … you were right: I sent it to Her-M-an, insteads of Her-N-an. Guess I wasted another token on it.
Anyway, I just sent you my last one! Let me know if you got it!
Enjoy!
Thanks Paul! I’ve got the invitation now. If you want I can give you the invitation back (as soon as my invitation counter increases).