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Philippine bishops slam Bond movie for casual sex, violence
Manila, Nov 30: Influential Roman Catholic bishops in the Philippines today warned the public against the latest James Bond movie for its casual sex and large-scale violence.
Manila, Nov 30: Influential Roman Catholic bishops
in the Philippines today warned the public against the latest
James Bond movie for its casual sex and large-scale violence.
The Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) said there was nothing new to appreciate in the plot of "Die Another Day", noting that British agent 007 has not mended his womanising ways since the first bond movie "Dr. No" in 1962.
"He is still into casual sex/promiscuity with willing partners -- Miranda Frost (Rosamund Pike) and co-agent from another agency jinx (Halle Berry)," the CBCP review said.
"While some viewers are entertained by what they take as the pleasing spectacle of action and sound in the conflict of good versus bad, others see this as a spectacle of violence and acts of terrorism that disturb," the bishops said.
They said the movie was a "fantastic tale with destruction of such magnitude" that people should hope would not happen in reality.
The ingredients that have made the bond movies a hit have remained the same --fast story sequences, sexy and daring women, gadgets and machines, and the attractive and ruthless bond, the bishops said.
The bishops however said the movie was not totally morally unacceptable, giving it a plus for portraying women as equal to men.
"It is a plus for women's causes that jinx is bond's co- equal as an agent, and as good as he is in action, if not better," the bishops said.
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The Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) said there was nothing new to appreciate in the plot of "Die Another Day", noting that British agent 007 has not mended his womanising ways since the first bond movie "Dr. No" in 1962.
"He is still into casual sex/promiscuity with willing partners -- Miranda Frost (Rosamund Pike) and co-agent from another agency jinx (Halle Berry)," the CBCP review said.
"While some viewers are entertained by what they take as the pleasing spectacle of action and sound in the conflict of good versus bad, others see this as a spectacle of violence and acts of terrorism that disturb," the bishops said.
They said the movie was a "fantastic tale with destruction of such magnitude" that people should hope would not happen in reality.
The ingredients that have made the bond movies a hit have remained the same --fast story sequences, sexy and daring women, gadgets and machines, and the attractive and ruthless bond, the bishops said.
The bishops however said the movie was not totally morally unacceptable, giving it a plus for portraying women as equal to men.
"It is a plus for women's causes that jinx is bond's co- equal as an agent, and as good as he is in action, if not better," the bishops said.
Bureau Report