Phrank: Movies and Music

Alright, three key things to talk about. Quantum of Solace, Twilight and something good other than me from the 80s.
1. Quantum of Solace is a good movie, no debate over that. However, as a Bond film, I don't think it really qualifies. This falls into the similar category as Casino Royale, as a Becoming Bond film. I think it's at the end of this movie we can assume he is the Bond of legend, not just an elite agent with a vendetta on his mind. Also, this movie did a spectacularly bad job of explaining the villain's plan. I won't go into anymore details, but I felt very confused by the villain's plot portion of the movie. Still, it's an excellent movie and worth seeing, though I think it falls short of being a Bond movie.
2. I'm seeing Twilight tonight with Lisa, 12:05 showing. It's very exciting, though my expectations for this movie are incredibly low. I think this movie is going to validate a lot of the critique about the book, which I don't think is necessarily true. I think Bella is a perfectly written teenager, which is one of the hardest characters to write or understand. So here over dramatic personality lends itself to drawing a lot of flak because real people don't act like that. I would out forth that teenagers do, which is part of Stephanie Meyer's skill as a writer. However, this movie is probably going to make Bella look like an over dramatic whiny person, but I'm hopeful.
3. Check out this song/video!

It's called Freeze Frame, and it reminds me of the Duck Tales theme song. I heard it on the way back weekend this past Friday, and I knew this was blog worthy immediately.

P.S. Check out Yahtzee this week, he delivers two more interesting commentaries on Fable 2 and Fallout 3. I still enjoy watching his reviews, even though I've come to realize my standards are nowhere close to his. I enjoyed Spore quite a lot, even though it does have some timing issues for certain stages. I also enjoyed Halo 3, but that game is part of a trilogy and does not stand well by itself. Yahtzee's reviews are entertaining and offers a unique critical eye to the games he reviews.