There is no denying that James Bond movies are my favorite. I enjoy the excitement, the action, among other things about the franchise. Shortly the 24th entry, Spectre, will be released. So with that said, I’m trying something new with this blog entry. I’m writing it over the course of a few days, before and after the release of the feature film.
11.4.2015 8PM THE DAY BEFORE!
The event is almost here and the excitement of it is just a notch under being overwhelming. The date was set for the release a while ago and I really got into the movie last year when the title and cast was announced, officially kicking off the start of production of the movie.
Over the course of production I watched every vlog, trailer, tv spot, read every gossip story, and press release multiple times.
Then it came time to start planning my party. It started with getting tickets. (7 for 007. Get it?) Guests were invited and menu planned.
Now it’s the final twenty four hours until the party gets going and then the movie starts. I’ve cleaned up my place and prepared my entree to cook. I’ll be slow cooking venison gumbo.
The obsessive preparations are two fold. The obvious reason is so I’m ready and can enjoy the party with out having to worry about anything. The other and less obvious is to help keep my anxiety about all this under control. I have lost sleep in anticipation for the event. Regardless I’m looking forward to the event.
11.5.2015 NOON THE DAY!
The event is today and I’m barely containing myself with excitement. In a few hours I’ll be surrounded by family and friends having fun and then at warp speed off to the movie theater. I enjoy being at movie theaters, they seem to be relaxing for me. Tonight will be no exception. Dinner has been slow cooking for a few hours now and is really smelling my home up nicely. I’m ready for the guests as I look forward to the event.
As a side note I’ve had a realization that this kind of blog would be better suited for a string of social media posts but I’m not on twitter and believe I’ve flooded friends Facebook walls enough with status updates on 007.
With that said I will keep writing in Blog form about the Spectre event.
11.6.2015 2:30 AM THE MOVIE ITSELF
It’s going to be hard to set my bias mindset to the side. Oh well let’s move on. The movie was fantastic and a lot of fun to watch. As in typical James Bond fashion its pure escapism. I loved how it, not only referenced what came before, but modeled itself on the 007 films of yesteryear while telling its own unique story. Daniel Craig continues to be an excellent 007 and I selfishly hope with all my heart he doesn’t walk away from the series until after his contract his fulfilled with the next entry.
I have a thing about not seeing movies twice on the big screen. I do enjoy watching movies over and over again but I’d rather experience something new, good or bad, when making the effort to go to the big screen. I eagerly await any reason to see this movie again theatrically.
11.6.2015 9:45AM THE DAY AFTER.
Ugh It’s over. A year plus worth of anticipation and speculation, six weeks of planning, and 10 hours of slow cooking all came down to one incredible night. I hope all those who came enjoyed themselves, at very least a fraction as much as I did.
I’m gonna be honest, and this may be a bit on the brutal side of things, but I’m a bit blue. Not cause of the night or the movie, both of which were incredible. It’s over and I don’t think I’m really ready to face that fact. It’s hitting hard. However I’ll always treasure the night we watched James Bond take on his foe known as Spectre.
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