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Bond is back, but this time he’s partial to silver-gray suits, tailored so tight as to make office-work impossible, but just right to chase the bad guys anywhere in the world, and especially on top of moving trains. And nary a wrinkle.
Daniel Craig is comfortable in his skin as James Bond, and is in fine form in his third Bond movie. Beautiful women, great action, plausible heroics, and a dreary castle in the Scottish highlands, all come together to make this a not-so-forgettable movie. The oriental angle is also covered quite well, first with Turkey and the colorful and chaotic bazaars there, followed by Shanghai, a land of dragons and dragon-ladies.
Javier Bardem is the blond malevolent counterpart to Bond and five years on the heels of No Country for Old Men, succeeds to create quite the loathsome character. There are times, however, when the dialogue seems to get a little too overbearing and you wish they’d stop chit-chatting and go on with getting the job done, just as there are times when the action is so relentless that you wish they’d take a moment to catch their breath.
Judi Dench is impeccable as M, and Ralph Fiennes is unfortunately somewhat inconsequential.
Overall, not disappointing at all, and James Bond will live to see another day.
Updated November 10, 2012, 1:28 pm
On Nov. 11, 1918, fighting in World War I came to an end with the signing of an armistice between the Allies and Germany.
On Nov. 11, 1885, George Patton, the famous World War II American military officer, was born. Following his death on Dec. 21, 1945, his obituary appeared in The Times.
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1620 Forty-one Pilgrims aboard the Mayflower, anchored off Massachusetts, signed a compact calling for a “body politick.” 1831 Former slave Nat Turner, who had led a violent insurrection, was executed in Jerusalem, Va. 1889 Washington became the 42nd state. 1921 President Warren G. Harding dedicated the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Arlington National Cemetery. 1965 Rhodesia proclaimed its independence from Britain. 1972 The U.S. Army turned over its base at Long Binh to the South Vietnamese army, symbolizing the end of direct U.S. military involvement in the Vietnam War. 1992 The Church of England voted to ordain women as priests. 1998 Israel’s Cabinet narrowly ratified a land-for-peace agreement with the Palestinians. 2000 Republicans went to court seeking an order to block manual recounts from continuing in Florida’s presidential election. 2000 A cable car crammed with skiers and snowboarders caught fire while being pulled through an Alpine tunnel in Austria, killing 155 people. 2004 Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat died in Paris at age 75. 2008 Country singer Taylor Swift’s album “Fearless” was released. Current Birthdays
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New York Jets quarterback Mark Sanchez turns 26 years old today.
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Actor Stanley Tucci turns 52 years old today.
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1925 Jonathan Winters, Comedian, turns 87 1940 Barbara Boxer, U.S. senator, D-Calif., turns 72 1951 Fuzzy Zoeller, Golfer, turns 61 1953 Marshall Crenshaw, Rock singer, turns 59 1962 Demi Moore, Actress, turns 50 1964 Calista Flockhart, Actress (“Ally McBeal”), turns 48 1969 Carson Kressley, TV personality (“Queer Eye for the Straight Guy”), turns 43 1974 Leonardo DiCaprio, Actor, turns 38 Historic Birthdays
George Patton 11/11/1885 – 12/21/1945 American army officer.Go to obituary »
47 Paracelsus 11/11/1493 – 9/24/1541
German-Swiss physician61 George Savile Halifax 11/11/1633 – 4/5/1695
British statesman67 Johann Albert Fabricius 11/11/1668 – 4/30/1736
German bibliographer71 Philip John Schuyler 11/11/1733 – 11/18/1804
American soldier and politician71 Paul Signac 11/11/1863 – 8/15/1935
French painter78 Victor Emmanuel III 11/11/1869 – 12/28/1947
Italian king (1900-47)80 Maude Adams 11/11/1872 – 7/17/1953
American actress62 Rabbit Maranville 11/11/1891 – 1/5/1954
American professional baseball player65 Lucky Luciano 11/11/1896 – 1/26/1962
Italian-born American gangster82 Rene Clair 11/11/1898 – 3/15/1981
French film director84 Sam Spiegel 11/11/1901 – 12/31/1985
Austrian-born American film producer92 Alger Hiss 11/11/1904 – 11/15/1996
American official accused of Communist affiliation (1948); convicted of perjury
