We watched Die Another Day on Sunday night; it’s not bad, I guess.  Maybe it’s just because I am older now, but I don’t remember the older films being quite so full of innuendo.  And I knew there was something that really, really annoyed me about this film from when we saw it at the theatre:  if you’ve got a solar-powered, ultra-weapon, why would you use it just to destroy landmines? Why not destroy Seoul, if you want South Korea on its knees?  Better yet, why not Washington or London??  Seriously, it’s just stupid.

Later edit: one really cool thing about this James Bond movie.  Finally I know why he is Q!  Stands for Quartermaster, of course! (At least, that’s their story now, and they’re sticking to it, I would guess).

We tried to watch Matrix Reloaded last night, but it just didn’t work.  Simply could not get in to it at all – even after 30 minutes.  We might give it another go, since we’ve got it for a week and we got out Revolutions too.  Might have to get through the daft beginning, because I remember that there were some bits that I quite liked.  Instead, we watched…

Cypher, with Jeremy Northam and Lucy Liu.  No idea when it was made, but I really enjoyed it.  Its style reminded me a bit of Gattaca – quite spare, and very few indications that it was set in the future; outside was filmed very orange.  Quite a fascinating premise, of corporate espionage taken to ridiculous, murderous lengths.  Northam was, of course, great.  It strikes me that this must be a relatively recent film, because I don’t think Liu got much attention before All McBeal, but I could be wrong.

And right now I am watching 2001:  A Space Odyssey, because I read the books only a month or so ago (really must get a copy of 3001 – I’ve read it, but not in years).  It’s quite a remarkable movie; so little dialogue!  The opening really is quite boring, I think – don’t know how your average 60s audience would have responded.  I was struck by just how much of it has been parodied since; I knew this had happened, but not having seen it in ages I had forgotten lots of touches, like the man-ape’s arm raised with the bone in hand to crush a skull.  Really quite magnificent, I think, overall – especially considering this was pre-moon landing.