Is it just me, or is anyone else distressed at the news that Amazon is taking creative control of the James Bond movie series? Barbara Broccoli & Michael G. Wilson, who have guided the series, will be kept as "consultants" but the real power is Amazon's. The idea of Jeff Bezos and Amazon picking the next actor to play Bond turns my stomach. I don't care if he's black or white, male or female, but he/she should definitely be British!!
David Tennant is my favorite Doctor & one of my favorite actors, so I jumped at the chance to listen to him narrate. And who doesn't love James Bond?
Me. I don't love James Bond. Not as books - I enjoy the films as much as the next person. The books are dated & problematic in places, but that's understandable. IMO, the action scenes translate so much better to film, even with such a great narrator.
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#tlt 10/100 for this one. Though there are some I'm not quite sure if I should have added as the title of a book and a movie don't always match
Up next on audio…it‘s on my 12 in ‘24 list!
#bookspinbingo
I recently read my first Fleming, which has an early opening scene in a casino.
Michael Mechanic's nf “Jackpot“ also has some memorable scenes in it regarding the excesses of the wealthy.
#sundayfunday @bookmarktavern
I had to look up who Pussy Galore is in the James Bond franchise. I saw part of one of the James Bond movies but I don‘t remember what the movie was called. Maybe it was one of the newer movies, I don‘t know. I still think her name is weird. Maybe I don‘t get it because it was before my time and before my mom‘s time too. I was born in 1990. My mom was born in 1961 and the book was published in 1959.