I've traveled the world to learn / I must return / from Russia with love

[inmyriadbits]

Okay. I've decided that From Russia With Love has the best opening credits EVER. Feel free to posit a challenger, though.

(Also amusing: the contrast between the brief punting scene at the beginning and the one I just re-read in Gaudy Night. QUITE the difference...)

It's very strange watching the old Bond films (which I've never seen, shame on me, although how much do I love watching them in the name of science! research) when I grew up on the Pierce Brosnan-era ones. There are things I definitely like better about these -- Bond seems much more human, for starters; he's a character still, rather than a figure. It makes him so much more appealing, because a character who admits to being scared (in Dr. No, Honey grabs his hand and says "I'm glad that your hands are sweating, too," and he says "Of course I'm scared," which you would never see today), deals with it with style, and never lets on to the bad guys is so much cooler than a hero-shaped cut-out who is never scared in the first place. The blend of extremes is more nicely handled as well; the violence and intrigue is an always-present undercurrent, even in the sex scenes -- which only makes them more fun, if you ask me -- and the quips don't seem as tacked-on. IDK, it's interesting.

ETA: in case anyone can't tell...my day today is being spent sick in bed, watching James Bond movies and various other spy-related media, and then gossiping about it to the internet. :)

Comments

[spatz.livejournal.com]

Nothing beats the massive continuity of ducks!

Man, I've been trying to find this article about MFU that I distinctly remember reading, but I can't find it. It was an interview with Robert Vaughn, and had some cool insights into the differences between Solo and Bond. Google, why do you fail me now?

[inmyriadbits.livejournal.com]

<3! Nothing! Especially not Sean Connery's hairy, hairy legs. :D

Oh noes! Katie, my thesis depends on you finding this! You're, dare I say it, my only hope! :D (I'm assuming you don't mean the Bedroom Spy vs. Living Room Spy article?)

[spatz.livejournal.com]

Yay! That's it! My ~~~hero!

[inmyriadbits.livejournal.com]

Hee. I see from your tildes that you HAVE been hanging out with Eryn... ;)

[spatz.livejournal.com]

She's such a corrupting influence. Save me.

[inmyriadbits.livejournal.com]

Heh, not a chance!