Perhaps I am the only one, the only woman that is, that is excited by the prospect of the new James Bond movie.
I will admit that I am a bit of a fan of the books and the movies, I take them as a bit of light hearted entertainment, a journey into a world of fantasy which we would all like to secretly be a part of.
Many are supeised when I say I am a Bond fan, I am afterall a young female born in the post feminist age and as such I shouldn’t really enjoy the sexist out dated character of Bond.
Or at least that’s what my contempories think.
But I take the Bond series as nothing more than entertainment and pure fun, a couple hours of escapeism. Nothing more.
Yes Bond is sexist, but he is also damaged and vengeful, traits which are just starting to be shown through the brilliant acting of Daniel Craig. Perhaps this will be the film on which many Bond detractors will start to realize the true nature of the character and begin to realize why he is the way he is.
Also let us not forget that Bond is essentially his creator, Bond is the man Fleming aspired to be but never quite made it. So perhaps the character tell us more about the man behind scenes than it dies about anything else.
Me, I will continue to enjoy the movies for what they are, entertainment. And as for Daniel Craig, well there’s just an added bonus!
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