DA DA ... bummm ... DA DA ... bummm ... DA DA DA DA DA

That's the James Bond theme thing, I mean, like you couldn't tell.  We went to see the midnight show last night for some random reason, it was us and this group of like 35 college guys, mostly, I really do think they were all together and it was like somebody's birthday or something.  Anyway, I thought it was awesome. 

I can't believe how many action movies get away with being SO derivative, so much of the time.  Dane and I are not your typical boy/girl duo in picking movies, both of us like a WELL-DONE rom com or Oscar-contender or shoot-em-up, and both of us have very little use for the copycat ones.  There are a lot of action movies I'll pass on, but not for some stupid gender reason, but because there are a lot that are just the same movie over and over again. 

I couldn't believe how new and creative the action parts of that movie were last night -- the plot was kind of your typical Bond fare, the acting was decidedly above-par (or sub-par?  Better than average.  There.), I loved the new Bond girl, she's absolutely gorgeous and a lot more 3D than most action movie femmes, there were more genuinely funny moments than I expected, but mostly you just live for those fight/chase scenes. (**Spoiler!**  There is a car chase, foot chase, parkour chase [hee, practically], BOAT chase, and PLANE chase in this movie.  Awesome!)

Anyway, I got in the car this morning and evidently the NPR reviewer guy didn't like it but I've found that I agree with him like oh... 20%-ish of the time?  So bite me.  I wasn't looking for mind-bending, philosophical, change-my-life tear-jerker, or something, I was looking for style and creative, impeccably-executed action, not to mention a bad-A Bond, and omg I can't believe there is ANY dissension over whether or not Daniel Craig is the right choice.  He's freaking awesome.  He'd, like, eat Pierce Brosnan for breakfast. 

Speaking of which, how did people ever get sooooo behind the gadget-Bonds?  Like, how is a person this awesome hero if, when confronted by, like, a flesh-eating robot mountain lion on the edge of a cliff, they happen to have in their pocket a, like, flesh-eating-robot-mountain-lion-repelling personal helicopter device or something?  Daniel Craig has his wit and his muscles and his speed and ok, that one time, an emergency defibrillator in his car.  He doesn't even usually use GUNS.

Oh, and also, why did it take so long to make the Jack White/James Bond bridge, because that was just magic waiting to happen. 

And ok, this is way too long to have written about a movie, but just one more thing.  I don't usually get behind blanket statements or cultural non-patriotism, but English women just age SO much better than American women, on the whole.  Anybody disagree?  Judi Dench?  Helen Mirren?  Emma Thompson?  Maggie Smith?  They just are who they are and how old they are and don't feel the need to try and chemically and surgically perfect and lift and whiten everything and end up looking a bit scary.  I like my actresses human, thankyouverymuch.