Chris Saul's Blog

Thursday November 23, 2006

Buff up, Bond

Went to see Casino Royale last night and thoroughly enjoyed it, even if I did have to ask two guys in front to stop jabbering at eachother and into their mobile phones so that we could listen to what was going on.

It's interesting how Bond's shape has changed over the years. Sean Connery was a lot more barrel chested and paunchy compared to Daniel Craig's incredibly buffed appearance. Connery looked naturally fit and healthy as opposed to scientifically enhanced thanks to regular visits from a personal trainer. Not that I've spent much time staring at either of them, I hasten to add - the thought simply occurred to me briefly.

Interesting how modern technology can change people's shapes - cheaper materials and improved science mean easier access to efficient gym machines, resulting in a 'fit' person being quite a different shape from his or her counterpart 30 years ago. By contrast, the increase in cheap processed food packed with high fructose corn syrup and other poisons, combined with a more sedentary lifestyle, means a modern 'unfit' person is probably drastically larger and unhealthier than he or she would have been in 1976. The only difference is probably that people today are less likely to smoke.