The Lost Codger

…can you rise to a bright sunny day and go out to get your morning paper at the local newsagent wearing only your cotton track bottoms and flip-flops…. As you reach your front door, the rain suddenly disappears and the sun comes back out again.

…the first thing you do when you get home is shed your clothes and walk around in your underwear….you didn’t hold an open house last hari raya….expiry dates on food mean nothing to you….you still enjoy watching cartoons….you only hoover when you’re expecting guests….you take a pee/dump with the door open….you have a crush on at least one popular celebrity….you have a regular tv-viewing schedule….your kitchen sink is never empty….you consider getting a pet….you take the trash out only when you can no longer stand the stench….your idea of a fulfilling weekend is cleaning your trainers in the washing machine….your fridge is always almost empty but your freezer is always almost full….you have a dining table that…

In all his previous films, Bond has never been the one to make any mistakes nor fallen in love, so this was rather an eyebrow-riser for me. Also, can anyone tell me if there was a Bond movie where he lost his cool?… I find it hard to believe that a person with a name like that happens to be the one who shapes Bond to be the Bond we know today. There is this fantastic scene where to introduce one of the important female characters in the film, we get to see her horseback riding majestically on the beach in a very scampy two-piece bikini…

I just knew it was already showing at the Odeon Cinema in Leicester Square when it’s not officially released until the 17th. As with all the other earlier James Bond films, I expected fast-paced action sequences, fast cars and most important of all, fast women *grin*. With a title like “Casino Royale”, I expected a big part of the storyline to involve gambling, like all the assassinations and one-night stands weren’t sinful enough already. All the press-talk about Daniel Craig being better than Connery/Brosnan is bull.