You'll have your answer if Ahmadinejad wakes up with a halberd in his chest.
Posted on 10/31/2012 11:43:18 AM PDT by Perdogg
His womanising and predilection for gunning down Britain's enemies may not make him the most Godly of characters, but L'Osservatore Romano devoted an entire page and five articles in praise of the British spy in its Wednesday edition.
As the new Bond film Skyfall opened in Italian cinemas, the Vatican paper of record said it was one of the best of the 23 Bond films that have been made since the franchise began 50 years ago.
The paper stopped short of proclaiming 007 a Catholic hero, as it did with Homer Simpson two years ago, but it did laud the latest incarnation of Bond as being "more human, capable of being moved and of crying: in a word, more real".
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There’s no crying in Spying!!!!!
Does Bond really cry in this one?????
The Vatican jumps the shark?
As the new Bond film Skyfall opened in Italian cinemas, the Vatican paper of record said it was one of the best of the 23 Bond films that have been made since the franchise began 50 years ago.
The paper stopped short of proclaiming 007 a Catholic hero, as it did with Homer Simpson two years ago, but it did laud the latest incarnation of Bond as being "more human, capable of being moved and of crying: in a word, more real".
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Lets face it, James Bond movies have been nothing but live action cartoons for some time now. But, hey, if someone is willing to suspend disbelief to enjoy some mindless entertainment for a couple of hours then more power to them. Nobody owes anyone an explanation for how they spend their entertainment dollar.
I was about to comment on it, but then I remember near the end of the Novel “Live and Let Die” Bond does cry.
Though never stated as such, the purpose of the “00’s” was clear: to kill people who proliferated or attacked the West’s nuclear weapons systems, missiles, or otherwise threatened to cause a nuclear war. When nobody was doing so, they could also do other murderous missions.
But it does raise the interesting question of would the Vatican approve of the killing of those who tried to cause a nuclear war?
You'll have your answer if Ahmadinejad wakes up with a halberd in his chest.
James Bond is not a metrosexual!
“L’Osservatore Romano” is no more the Vatican than “The Washington Post” is the United States of America or “Stars and Stripes” is the U.S. Army.
If it is, can we get at least one thread to remind people how much everyone cares so deeply about it?
I would agree, IF you were talking about Roger Moore’s Bond.
Despite initial misgivings, the lastest incarnation of Bond really does deliver. Better plots, better action, better villains.
Yes, certainly not “Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy”, but much more gritty and thoughtful than the Bond many have come to know.
Wait a minute, the Vatican said Homer Simpson is a “Catholic Hero”? WTH?
Craig finally owns the Bond character, the villain (the baddie from 'No Country for Old Men') brings menace back to the villain's role, and the movie has a very good plot. Saying more would reveal spoilers so let me just say that the plot definitely matches the action (unlike so many movies nowadays that are all action and no plot - example, the most recent Bourne movie featuring the 'new' agent popping pills to make himself quasi-superhuman). SkyFall had action, but it also had a seriously good plot.
Great movie ...actually, great cinema.
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