08.22
A free tabloid paper in the tram to work points out, as a well needed change to the usual anti-immigration rhetoric that the latest James Bond, which is to open soon, is more Swiss and less Bond than ever before. I say...
I saw Daniel Craig last week on Jonathan Ross. On his show that is. Looked a decent, likeable sort of chap. Enjoys his success in a down-to-earth manner. Kind of guy you don't mind having a beer with. So unlike like Mr. Ross himself who can be a right prat at times.
I stopped going to see James Bond movies after Roger Moore passed on his part to someone else who looked much less experienced but a lot more boring. I had stopped really enjoying them long before. Come to think of it, the only really good one was "From Russia with love". That was genuine, authentic. And of course I have a passion for long distance, luxury trains.
"More Swiss" allegedly means sensational chases through familiar landscapes, a little bit more violence but at the same time more emotion and personality shown, reportedly in his dialogues with M. But the weirdest thing is this. Apparently Bond, when given the chance to strike up his reward in the form of a Bond girl, settles for just a kiss. Whatever happened to the old "make that two hours, Moneypenny"...? How times have changed.
We don't go to see Bond films for sex, of course. But even the Swiss were disappointed at this lack of erotic suggestion, which is so out of touch with nowadays Zurich life. In the city where a decade ago there was practically a curfew after ten p.m., party is the name of the game now, and the scenes have changed beyond recognition.
The same rag published a story two pages further about the ease with which the youth enter into sexual activities, and indeed prostitution of all sorts. Last Sunday, a fourteen year old girl set out to the cinema with a her boyfriend and a colleague of his. Having arrived at the box office, they found the tickets to be slightly over their budget, but the somewhat elder colleague offered to pay for the girl, in return for a blow job. She agreed and complied, but there was some "domestic" trouble with the boyfriend later. An interview with a hastily invited social worker revealed that children (sorry, but that's what they are) of that age tend to have more and more "consumer oriented" sex than ever before. His view was that this was certainly no exception. Now to put things in perspective, the cinema ticket in question was over 20 Francs. The proof that some things are still cheap in Switzerland, if you don't mind child labour.
A quantum of solace for the Gary Glitters of this world.
less Bond - more Swiss
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