Happiness is a Warm Gun....(Part 1)

The title is slightly disturbing but in this case true, because I'm talking about some pretty awesome things here: James Bond and zombies. Yes, this is quite random but still is kinda of a big deal for me.

Let us start with Mr. Bond. A new acquaintance of mine,Chad, has me remembering just how awesome THE international man of mystery was. I find myself re-watching my old favorites like: Live and Let Die and Diamonds are Forever(Sean Connery= best Bond ever). I fact in a bout of boredom last night i wrote out a secret mission for my new friend to attempt...we'll see how he does ;)

Its undeniable that James is what every man wants to be.He's charming, handsome, a great shot, a secret agent and he always gets the girl. I grew up wanting to be like him but also different.


As a 5 year old girl, i didn't want to watch the action flicks that my brothers watched(I was still into Disney movies) but I found myself oddly drawn to the Bond series ever since I saw Honey Rider in Dr.No. This was the first Bond flick I ever saw and I was surprised that the girls were given such independent personalities. Honey even pulls a knife on Bond!!!! In all actuality, all Bond girls are independent because they do not trust men, due to past traumatic incidents, but still a female character with the guts to threaten the main male charater was something I'd never seen at that point and was like,"That's awesome."

So from then on, I begged my brothers to rent Bond movies, wanting to see if more of these strong girls were in them, and to my delight, there were more. There were good girls, bad girls, girls who start out bad but ulitimately change to help the greater good. Every one of them damaged but functioning and everyone ofthem strong and skilled. I wanted to be one of them(hopefully without the damaged part though).

Anyway today, I even went to every English teachers nightmare, Wikipedia, and read up on the Bond Girls. It actually made some valid points on comparisons and differences from the Bond books to the movies.Which the books are great, but the movies are easier to get through but less detailed.

(NOTE: As of yesterday I finished rewatching all the Bond movies, with the exception of Quantum of Solace, which i refuse to recognize as a bond flick.)