Wednesday, October 31, 2012

Movies that get you shaken and stirred...

Tarzan, at "100 years old", took the spotlight here yesterday. Now it's "Double-Oh-Seven" James Bond's turn. He's 50! The first Bond movie, Dr No, came out in 1962:


The latest Bond movie, Skyfall, opens Nov 1 in Singapore.

TODAY (Oct 31) ran a commemorative package titled "50 Bond Essentials... All the things that make Agent 007 the spy we've loved for 50 years". Here're the quoteworthy gems, as we heard them uttered in the movies:



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Still on movies, did you know that watching scary movies help you shed those calories (a whole chocolate bar's worth)? At least that's what one study claims:


http://news.insing.com/tabloid/watching-horror-films-burn-calories/id-20633f00

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/9638876/Watching-horror-films-burns-nearly-200-calories-a-time.html

And the 10 scariest movies?...

1. ‘The Shining’ - 184 calories
2. ‘Jaws’ - 161 calories
3. ‘The Exorcist’ - 158 calories
4. ‘Alien’ - 152 calories
5. ‘Saw’ - 133 calories
6. ‘A Nightmare on Elm Street’ - 118 calories
7. ‘Paranormal Activity’ - 111 calories
8. ‘The Blair Witch Project’ - 105 calories
9. ‘The Texas Chain Saw Massacre’ - 107 calories
10. ‘[Rec]’ - 101 calories

So, rip up that gym pass and go get those 10 DVDs instead. Just don't curl up with a bagful of buttered popcorn while watching the movies. Speaking of which, this cartoon graphic, from 9GAG.com, is titled "Corn Suicide":

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