42 Up

I've kept up with Michael Apted's remarkable series of documentaries about a group of 7 year old English children whose lives he's been following since 1964. But I hadn't seen the most recent two. Last night I watched 42 Up and it continues to be fascinating. Two of the subjects dropped out of the documentary at the 35 benchmark (I think)but the rest are pretty open about their lives. In a few weeks I'll be catching up with them at 49. (2005)

Quantum of Solace

Today I went to see the new James Bond movie. Not as good as Casino Royale, the one that introduced Daniel Craig as the new Bond, but pretty good anyway. Perhaps a few too many vehicle chases, and for a bit of plot confusion, neither of which kept me from enjoying watching Craig, the two new Bond girls, and the evil machinations of the bad guys. And the loose ends left by Vesper's death in the first movie are resolved.

Oddly, the poster of the movie with the woman on the left and Bond on the right, is the opposite configuration of the actual movie.... weird that.