Die Another Day - Start of a Downward Trend
From IMDB.com:
Britney Spears has reportedly set her sights on copying her pop pal Madonna by appearing in the next James Bond film. The singer has said she will spend the next couple of years concentrating on her acting career, following the muted response to her comeback album In The Zone - and Spears has instigated a meeting with 007 producer Barbara Broccoli to discuss the possibility of appearing alongside Pierce Brosnan in the next spy offering. A source says, "Britney's desperate to carve out a name for herself as an actress and loves the idea of being a Bond girl. She's in great shape and thinks she'd be brilliant. Britney has seen what it's done profile wise for Halle Berry and she wants a slice of the action." Berry appeared with Madonna in the last Bond film, 2002's Die Another Day.
Paraphrase: Britney Spears not only intends to become a once-sexy has-been pop star like Madonna, but also intends to become a wretched actress like Madonna. The singer has decided that, now that Americans have realized she has no talent as a singer, she might as well let them know that she has no talent as an actress either (as if they didn't already know from commercial flop Crossroads). A source said, "Britney's desperate to sleep her way to the top of Hollywood. She has enormous fake boobs and is under the impression that she'd be brilliant for some unknown reason. Britney also somehow thinks that Halle Berry gained more respect and success for her role in Die Another Day than for her freakin' Best Actress Oscar." However, as long as Britney doesn't sing the movie's theme song, the movie has a small chance of not being the worst movie of all-time.








As for a downward trend, the Bond films started going downhill right after Live and Let Die, so unfortunately we're witnessess to the death rattle. However, Ms. Spears' potential appearance as a Bond girl will be but another nail hammered into the coffin, as long as EON Productions still insist on incoherent plots and an overreliance on CGI and FX.
Oh, who the hell am I kidding: of course they'll hire Britney for the next Bond film. Even though her career looks like it's taking a nosedive, she still sells tickets. And Bond films don't have quite the appeal on younger audiences as they once have. Even though it's a bad marriage (something not to be mentioned around Britney these days), it's a marriage none the less, one that might get each side what they want.
I guess I was more referring to a downward trend in terms of casting a singer-turned-terrible-actress in a role. The title wasn't really supposed to be all-encompassing. But you are right, I'm sure it will happen. (sigh) Why can't the movie studios just listen to all of us? The people on Listology's Hall of Fame clearly make better movie decisions than the current movie execs.
Hey, you're looking a bit off today. You haven't chlorosis, have you? The skin's just a bit yellow...
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I do miss the monkey though...
Shalom, y'all!
L. Bangs
I was worried that the smiley wouldn't be a good enough follow-up to the monkey. I changed it again to something more absurd; hopefully that will be better.
What ever have we faithful Bond fans done to deserve Barbara Broccoli? She's a sure sign of why we don't have kings - even the good ones tend to leave their kingdoms to the idiot sons and daughters.
Here's hoping it amounts to as much screen time as Madonna's cameo (which didn't annoy me nearly as much as it did others) and NOT into an entire starring role. I'm not in any hurry to see Denise Richards dethroned from her 'worst Bond girl ever' position any time soon...
Shalom, y'all!
L. Bangs
Barbara Broccoli is to the Bond series as Christine Hefner is to Playboy. Enough said.