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I am not sure what the exact purpose of this blog is, but I think it will result in the betterment of humanity.
I LOVE DANIEL CRAIG! That really had to be said. For months now I have been defending the new Bond, telling haters to give him a chance, and keeping up the faith that he could re-establish the Bond saga. Now is the time that I say, "I TOLD YOU SO!! HAHA! I WIN!" When I saw Casino Royale last night, it officially parked itself as one of my all time favorite Bond films. I can not say for sure that it is my favorite because the competition is just so different. There have been five previous Bond's and twenty other films - how can one choose a favourite amongst all the diversity? BUT let me just say that Craig and Casino Royale take the franchise to a whole new level. Instead of glossing over the realities that would face Bond in his life, they chose to confront them. It seeks to answer how and why Bond is who he is. And in doing so it has engaged the audience on a deeper emotional and intellectual strata. Now, just because I am throwing around words like "emotional" and "intellectual," don't get all scared and think that Craig and Broccoli have turned Bond into Life is Beautiful. (Although that too is an amazing film.) The most inspiring part of the new Bond is that it in no way sacrifices the entertainment and excitement of the journey for these new elements, in fact my argument is that it only heightens them.
Now that the holiday season is approaching I thought it would be a good opportunity to share some beloved clips. Every year I eagerly await the onset of Christmas themed Coke and M&M ads. Who doesn't love those adorable little polar bears? And how about when Red and Santa faint in simultaneous hillarity?? Ahh...that's what the holidays are all about. And then every once in a while you are treated to the sleeper hit...like that FedEx commercial that proved there really on is one fruit cake in the world. But, no commercial satisfies me more than the divinely inspired Christmas classic, Peter comes home for the holidays with Folgers. I am pretty sure that same commercial has been running since 1980, but when you have a winner you should stick with it! While I was searching youtube for my most favoritist holiday commercial ever, I stumbled upon the following advert. I have to say, I think the first nine seconds are really all you need. I just kept stopping it and replaying. Literally, I was laughing so hard I couldn't breath...I think I get that from my mother.
Remember that Folger's Christmas commercial from years ago, the one where the kid hitchhikes home and goes into his parent's house early in the morning, the little girl runs downstairs to greet him and they quietly make Folger's coffee, which wakes up the mom and she comes downstairs and exclaims "Peter!" I saw it last night! [...] But how old is this ad? It's got to be at least from the late 80s, right? And it's funny how we project our own theories into a commercial. I mean, we assume the kid is coming home from college (the hitchhiking, his age, etc), but as far as we know he could have just escaped from prison or returned from a mission in space or something. But it's a great holiday memory for TV viewers, so Folger's made a great decision to keep it going after all this time.
If you haven't seen Memento, you should. If you haven't seen Batman Begins, a curse on your house. If you don't see The Prestige, you will miss seeing one of Hollywood's finest up-and-comer ascend to greatness. Spielberg created the modern fairy tales - the triumph of the morality and honor against the corrupt, Lucas pioneered the sci-fi/fantasy adventure, Scorsese ripped open the seedy underbelly of modern American, Coppolla did a lot of drugs, and Christopher Nolan has stamped out his place in the brooding male protagonists dragging forth their dark psychological turmoil. I do not think we should underestimate this man as a future leader and legend of American cinema. This is not to say that his scripts are the finest, they don't have to be, or that ever twist and turn is unexpected, that's not the point. Christopher Nolan is a great director because he pulls the audience into the story through the use of his actors. It is obvious that he, much like Scorsese, views his actors as the best asset of the story. It doesn't matter how campy or ridiculous the scene seems on paper, it always seems believable and palatable on screen.