A Farmer's Best Friend

Today I was thinking of watching the new James Bond movie, but after looking at the packed cinema list on the internet, I decided against it and so I'll be going tomorrow where I'll have the cinema all to myself and a few other people. It's great when one can be flexible and not restrict the times to just the weekends, though that's probably the most understandable time of all for most people.

Instead, I watched a show at home just because of the strange content. It's called "Bauer sucht Frau" in German and in English, it's translated to, "Farmer looks for a Wife". Yes, it's a matchmaking show for farmers. I wonder what sort of tests they make these peospective women do. "Honey, could you shovel out the dung? My back is acting up again today" or "Make sure you take the cows out to pasture up the hill at 5am", not mentioning that the hill in question is 1 km high. Ah yes, it's a farmer's life. Strange show, and even more so, stranger people who allow themselves to be filmed in pajamas, tights, and animals all put together. The link is here if you're really interested in it. Be warned - it's in icky German.

But back to Bond. I hope Casino Royale is good because I've gotten used to Pierce Brosnan as Bond. I've read reviews where most people said it's good so I'm really hoping so, otherwise the weight of expectation might do more to kill the film than to actually make it better. You know, when you expect something so much, you set the standard so high that suddenly after you've experienced it, it's only okay and not WOW GREAT EYEPOPPING MINDBLOWING etc. etc. I'll let you know tomorrow.