Posted on 12/07/2014 11:37:05 AM PST by Red in Blue PA
There is another James Bond movie in the works, the 24th in the series of gun-slingin', sex-havin', Russia-or-whoever-it-is-nowadays-hatin' flicks to appear on-screen since Sean Connery kicked the whole thing off. But next year's film, Spectre, features something rarely seen in the Bond world: an age-appropriate co-star.
The so-called "Bond girl," in this film, is Monica Bellucci, age 50. For a franchise that has been built on the idea that Britain's most famous spy has no qualms about romantic entanglements with a teenager (Aliza Gur was a teenager while filming "From Russia With Love"), it's a step forward.
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They had to kill her off, she lost her bellybutton.
Yep, she’s a hottie, no two ways about it.
I really liked her character too. When he left her there at the end, I was thinking he really screwed up.
Then again, his life being what it was, he must have loved her a lot to leave her.
I would have been very tempted to quite the game and spend my remaining years...
26th bond film in series, not 24
Mega dittos
And some 68year old men
Ok, that was uncalled for...lol.
Got to remember is that the folks who go see the Bond now are middle-age women such as me, which this choice will make me happy. :)
My thoughts on that are aimed at myself, nobody else. My line of reasoning makes sense to me, but ultimately it may not make total sense.
I don’t like the idea of transitioning into the geriatric years, as my significant other transitions into early middle aged.
At some point she would have to watch me fade away. I would also carry a big burden if she were to be tied down to me at that point.
Alas, it wouldn’t turn out well.
I do identify with your thoughts and reasoning. It also depends on what age were actually talking about too.
Here she was in real life in May:
And in 2013:
The Bond series started without a gap in age, then the Bond men got older and finally old. If they’re going to be old, the women might as well be middle aged.
:^)
Thanks for the recents...
I’ll say this about the bond girls. They are generally women he runs into during the process. He isn’t so much looking for a life partner vs a convenient love interest.
He is near them for a few weeks at most. He moves on because he’s a secret agent and he has his next case to move on to.
If he were looking for a life partner where you find them, I would agree with your take more. Finding someone more his age would make sense.
maybe Chelsea/Bradley Manning ???
Without makeup he looks like what he is, a middle-aging, gun-hugging white guy. Instead of a triple-threat man he's a triple-chin man.
He should be working-out rather than making-out.
We're soon gonna need a new drooler to play James Bond, ladies (sigh).
Leni
Who cares what Bond looks like? It’s all about the babes.
They lost me when they turned Moneypenny into a black chick.
Same here. :-) That might be what the producers were thinking.
We want more sexy guy pinups posted on the entertainment threads......or we'll burn our corsets!
Leni
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