People have been telling James Bond he’s past his best for the last 20 years. I bet he’s sick of it.
"A sexist, misogynist dinosaur – a relic of the Cold War" is how M describes Bond at beginning of GoldenEye. And more recently, Skyfall and SPECTRE have continued to ponder the value of a man with a gun in an age of technological warfare. You don’t have to dig all that deep to strike upon the subtext: just how relevant is 007 to the modern blockbuster?
Well, according to the box office, he’s never been more popular. Skyfall took over $1 billion at the global box office, while SPECTRE, despite its gargantuan budget of $245 million, is close to $800 million. But in the wake of SPECTRE – a film that’s divided critical and popular opinion – I’m more unsure than ever before where one of cinema’s longest-running series will go next.
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"A sexist, misogynist dinosaur – a relic of the Cold War" is how M describes Bond at beginning of GoldenEye. And more recently, Skyfall and SPECTRE have continued to ponder the value of a man with a gun in an age of technological warfare. You don’t have to dig all that deep to strike upon the subtext: just how relevant is 007 to the modern blockbuster?
Well, according to the box office, he’s never been more popular. Skyfall took over $1 billion at the global box office, while SPECTRE, despite its gargantuan budget of $245 million, is close to $800 million. But in the wake of SPECTRE – a film that’s divided critical and popular opinion – I’m more unsure than ever before where one of cinema’s longest-running series will go next.
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