The James Bond Edition. Today is the 50th Anniversary of the film creation of Royal Navy Commander James Bond, CMG, RNVR, spy icon by Sir Ian Fleming. Dr. No was the first movie, starring the always amazing Sean Connery and establishing a formula for (mostly) fascinating movies that have been watched and obsessed over for a half of a century. Yes, these movies (especially the older ones) are sexist, politically incorrect, but I’m a fan anyway. Happy Anniversary, Mr. Bond! Hope you all will join me in having a martini (vodka — shaken, not stirred) in Bond’s honor today.
CNN posts up this video with the Best Moments of Bond:
NPR works on a few theories as to why Bond prefers his martinis shaken, not stirred. This video is a bunch of shaken, not stirred vignettes from the movies:
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OUUq5mRCimo[/youtube]
A new documentary on the Bond franchise supposed to be showing this weekend — Everything or Nothing:the Untold Story of 007
Or how about this? The very amusing stop-motion Battle of the Bonds:
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oKUQtFPbJSk[/youtube]
The next Bond movie, Skyfall, is due to be released around Thanksgiving and has a just-released theme song from Adele. Can’t wait to see this movie.
Are any of you Bond fans? Tell us what movie, what Bond Girl and what song you like the best in the comments.
And also use this thread to post what else interests you today.