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Skyfall, a rebooted reboot
I'm not a special fan of the James Bond films, which is to say that I treat them as I would any other film; each on their own merits. I like some films that have happened to be Bond films, and I've disliked others. I'm neutral on Bond. I'm Swiss. The Daniel Craig run, though; Christ, what a dreary, joyless, tiring run this has been. →
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Perfume
Apparently, the novel that this film was adapted from was a bit of a hit back in 1985. It sadly passed me by, but in my defence I was only seven years old, and my literary tastes hadn't developed that much further beyond The Famous Five and Asterix --- so, I may not have been much of a wordsmith but at least I could be casually racist and pun in Latin. →