Quantum of Solace Some Random Comments (vanity)

vanity | 11-14-08 | nufsed

[nufsed]

I saw the first showing today. About 50 people. Some marines and a sprinkling of old folks. Some senior women without men, probably looking at Craig.

Posting to see if people want to chat.

[Armedanddangerous]

Craig is signed for two more movies.

[potlatch]

I have to admit that I read the James Bond books not long after they first came out. Don't know how I happened on those as I am a woman and usually that might not appeal to me.

But I loved the books. Have always loved books better than the movies made from them. Books explain what's going through someone’s mind, their thoughts and feelings.

Movies can't do that so they have to show the naked women and other effects to ‘grab the attention’ [of the men].

The good looking James Bond's grabbed the women's attention, lol.

[potlatch]

LOL, yeah Craig is a nonstarter for me but Jackie Broyles is another matter........

[potlatch]

Thanks nufsed. I can’t really offer much input about the latest James Bond movies as I haven’t seen them. I’m still living in the past, having read the books and loved many of the earlier Bond actors, Connery being my favorite.

If you never read Flemmings first books, you should really do that.

[seoul62]

I am dead serious, the sight of Jackie Broyles in Black Tie, saying: Bond, James Bond 007 and Shaken not Stirred would make me blush. He is adorable./Just Asking - seoul62......

[devolve]

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Grabbed

LOL!

[potlatch]

You asked, lol, I'm sticking with Sean....

[Revolting cat!]

I see we’re all boycotting Hollywood. OK. A review of this piece of trash I read this morning said it’s one of the worst Bonds.

[potlatch]

I thought you were sleeping and left you off my last post of Sean.

GRABBED is not an unusual thought of all the men when watching the Bond Girls. I’m pretty certain of that, lol.

[seoul62]

Good Choice./Just Asking - seoul62.......

[abb]

“Have a little more of this rather disappointing brandy...”

[potlatch]

[“Have a little more of this rather disappointing brandy...”]

LOL, is that a line from the movie, been too long ago for me?

If it was, he was plying some Bond chick into a submissive mood.

Good to ‘see’ you abb. I found a really cute ‘fishwrap.jpg’ that would be perfect for your media threads.

[devolve]

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I’ve been multi-tasking

[potlatch]

[I’ve been multi-tasking]

Yeah, shopping is hard work, snicker!
Your storm door is probably hanging by one hinge by now, right?

LOL

[abb]

From “Goldfinger.” The best of all. I have them all on VHS - bought them many years ago.

From the scene at dinner with M and Colonel Smithers (Bank of England official)

Colonel Smithers: “Have a little more of this rather disappointing brandy.”
M: “What’s the matter with it?”
James Bond: “I’d say it was a 30-year-old fine, indifferently blended, sir... with an overdose of bon-bois.”
M: “Colonel Smithers is giving the lecture, 007.”

[devolve]

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Stormdoor is squared away

Expecting 32° next week here

[potlatch]

Aaah, so no Bond girls there. Still not sure what bon-bois exactly is unless it is the city of origin.

Thanks abb.

[potlatch]

[Stormdoor is squared away]

Lol, that’s good. The freeze is coming to get you huh? It’s pretty chilly here but Texas ‘chilly’ is a bit different. When a freeze comes we are all out madly covering plants and ‘dripping’ all outside faucets.

[abb]

http://www.eddriscoll.com/archives/008418.php

On Her Majesty’s Secret Smirnoff
By Ed Driscoll · The Substance of Style

There’s a line spoken by James Bond in Goldfinger that I never could figure out: during his briefing with M and Col. Smithers, the character who hands Bond a gold bar to bait Goldfinger, Bond sniffs a decanter of brandy and rolls his eyes, prompting M to ask what’s wrong with it. Bond replies, “I’d say it was a 30-year-old Fine indifferently blended, sir. With an overdose of Bon Bois.”

Say what? Fortunately, this well-written Website explains all:

For those of us who don’t speak brandy, Cognac can be made with grapes from six different growing areas within the Cognac region, with each area distinguished by its soil. Fine (or Fins) Bois and Bon Bois are two of these areas. Grapes from these two areas are not considered to be as high in quality as those from the Grande Champagne or Petite Champagne areas, hence 007’s remark.

Glad we cleared that up! The site also explores every drink from every Bond book and movie, including the Vesper, a potent 007 variation on the Martini, which I’ve made a couple of times myself.

Now if you’ll excuse me, I think I shall fix myself a martini. One that’s “large and very strong and very cold and very well-made.”

abb

[potlatch]

[Glad we cleared that up!]

Lol, thanks abb. I looked up Bon bois on Google and got some odd results. Then I tried the dictionary and it wasn’t there, so that’s why I asked.

devolve probably knows all this stuff by heart too, thanks for the link.

Enjoy the martini, and uh - stir it up!!

By the way, I remember well reading that Ian Flemming said that James Bond “wasn’t an especially admirable man, prone to excess and self indulgence...”