So after a great movie night of Casino Royale and Pulse, tonight I’m gonna hit the books.
Of the movies in question Royale was the strongest, Craig makes a fine Bond with a far more fleshed out character (who owes more than his blond hair to Jack Bauer) the story was fantastic and a welcome departure from the doomsday mcguffin that weighed down the later James Bond movies.
It was a little strange to hear Eva Green with an English accent, but I thought she did a wonderful job as Vesper Lynd and between her and Craig, they really sold the horror of Bond’s work. I really look forward to seeing where this series goes.
Pulse was alright, Kristen Bell is always lovely to look at, but story wise it fell flat. Like a lot of the Japanese to American horror films — this one was Kairo in Japan — they eschew the social subtext and bring shock after shock, which are telegraphed to the point that I wonder when blank space and foreboding music ever led to a viewer being shocked. There’s some excellent cg work though that really pops, so that helps.
Now onto the stock pile of books, in my current pile:
- Layout — Gavin Ambrose, Paul Harris
- Nemesis The warlock
- Strontium Dog
- Lunar Park — Bret Easton Ellis
- Geometry of Design — Kimberley Elam
Somewhere between all that I need to design this place…