Quantum of Ok

Every fews years I get to experience a new movie from the oldest movie franchise around so it is always quite an event. James Bond has been entertaining crowds for almost 50 years now with 22 movies and I just about love all of them all. The franchise went through a reboot with the last movie Casino Royale and I was not onboard with this move but was cautiously optimistic though. They started off right by selecting Daniel Craig and this guy nails the role. He is not like any of the past Bonds on screen but is the Bond from the original novels which is quite an improvement for the character. Casino Royale turned out to be fantastic and dare I say one of the best of the series.

Quantum of Solace follows up right where Casino left off and immediately jumps into a car chase already in progress, nice way to start a movie. Things pretty much go downhill from there. The story is average, the editing bad, and the direction is lackluster. Director Marc Forster has a resume of low to mid level budget dramas so I am not sure why he was selected for the movie. He has never done an action movie let alone a $200 million dollar one and it shows. The only thing this movie has going for it is Danel Craig and he is a complete bad ass in the film and his Bond does anything to get the job done. As always I look foward to the next installment though.

The Cowboys have won 2 in a row and are back in the chase, let's see what happens on Thanksgiving where hopefully the main entree will be Seahawk. All is quiet in the Baseball free agency hunt so far but it will heat up soon. Unfortunately the Rangers will stay in the cold.

Movie of the week: I always view some old Bond movies when a new one is out so I am going with From Russia with Love. Connery is greatness.

TV show of the week: Robot Chicken: Star Wars 2. Boba Fett slicing up Ewoks with a lightsaber=priceless.

Happy Thanksgiving!

Gran Torino=Greatness

Clint Eastwood has a new move coming out in December and it looks great. It is nice to see him in front of the camera again after directing only on his last three movies. He looks tough as nails in this and I can't wait!

Enjoy some Clint greatness!

http://www.apple.com/trailers/wb/grantorino/

RIP Paul Newman

It has been awhile since I have updated my obituary blog so here it goes. Awhile back we lost a true hollywood legend in Paul Newman. Word had been going around for awhile that he had lung cancer and was not doing to well so I had been going thru some of my favorites of his recently.

Cool hand Luke has always been my favorite of his and I got the Blu Ray recently and it is fantastic! Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid is great and also ranks among the top ten Westerns of all time. He and Robert Redford also teamed up for the Sting and it was rumored they we were always looking for another project to collaborate on but they never could come up with it. Too bad, they were magic together on the screen.

Paul was nominated for Best Actor 9 times in his career and won only one once for his role in The Color of Money, the seqeul to one of his earlier films The Hustler. He got tired of attending the awards ceremony and he did not go to accept his Oscar. One of his lesser known roles was Nobody's Fool in 1995 and it was a comedic turn for him and he received another Oscar nod for that film. Paul continued to do supporting roles at the end of his career and was the voice of Doc in the Pixar movie Cars.

I admired Paul Newman alot for things he did outside of his movie career. Being married to his wife and actress Joanne Woodward for over fifty years is not the norm for a Hollywood couple. He also created Newman's Own food products with everything from salad dressing to popcorn where all profits go to assist kids in need. He was a true legend and he will be missed.

Are the Cowboys done for the season? I'm glad it is the bye week because I am losing interest quick.

Tv show of the week: NBC's Kath and Kim. Selma Blair is hilarious!

I will try to update again soon and hopefully with no death of any kind.