BOND IS BACK
Today is a good day! I've been looking forward to this for weeks - the 952nd Bond movie hits the big screen with the opening of Casino Royale.
I was too young to get to see the first of this unending series, back in 1962. I was only 12 years old and Dr. No was R-rated there in the UK. But things were different the following year when Sean Connery got into his 007 character again for From Russia With Love.
By then I was all of 13 years old, over 6 feet tall and weighing 180+ pounds. So one Friday night I put on my suit (you did that in those days!), met a few friends and we strolled up to the ticket office bold as brass to see if we could get away with it - and we did! We passed for 18 year olds and settled in to our first taste ever of Ian Fleming's larger-than-life hero.
Over the past forty three years I've seen every Bond movie. My wife reckons they're all the same and of course she's dead right. But when the action starts and the familiar music begins, there's something that stirs inside me I can't explain apart from saying it's like meeting an old and trusted friend again after a long time. Welcome back James!
I was too young to get to see the first of this unending series, back in 1962. I was only 12 years old and Dr. No was R-rated there in the UK. But things were different the following year when Sean Connery got into his 007 character again for From Russia With Love.
By then I was all of 13 years old, over 6 feet tall and weighing 180+ pounds. So one Friday night I put on my suit (you did that in those days!), met a few friends and we strolled up to the ticket office bold as brass to see if we could get away with it - and we did! We passed for 18 year olds and settled in to our first taste ever of Ian Fleming's larger-than-life hero.
Over the past forty three years I've seen every Bond movie. My wife reckons they're all the same and of course she's dead right. But when the action starts and the familiar music begins, there's something that stirs inside me I can't explain apart from saying it's like meeting an old and trusted friend again after a long time. Welcome back James!
posted by Roger Blackmore | 9:57 AM
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