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Meet at 7:00 p.m. on Monday, November 20th inside the Zachary Bldg, at the stairs. For more info contact the OCA office at 845-0688 JLL m Page 4 - The Battalion Monday November 20, ll Goldeneye returns Bond to splendoi; Chart a Course for Success at Boston University International Graduate Centers Brussels • London • Israel • Boston rtflastei* of Scioneo Oegreos fin Mffanagonmont cIBICl % cfl in i ■■ i •• t r , «a fi i 4» ■■ Concentrations in International Management Multinational Commerce Full and Part-time Courses Begin in January, September, or April Call 617/353-6000 755 Conmionwealth Avenue Boston, MA 02215 BOSTON UNIVERSITY International Graduate Centers An equal opportunity, affirmative action institution Treat the whole family to our & U r~> r~' r*« * r» r r n 1 Thursday, November 23 Bluebonnet Grand Ballroom Served 11 AM til 2:30 =•-- PM ~~ Featuring a selection of delicious entrees including. Carved Roast'Prirn'e'Rib of Beef • Cider’Baited’'CbuntnTKone"in Ham Roast Turkey with Sage • Cornbread Stuffing • Giblet Gravy Brandied Cranbeny Sauce • Stuffed Flank Steak with Spinach and Cilantro Jumbo Gulf Fried Shrimp • Hickory Smoked Pork Loin with Rosemary Garlic Sauce • Chilled Shrimp served with Cocktail Sauce An array of sides and salads. All Your Breakfast Favorites including Omelettes Made to Order. Waffle Station. , New York Style Eggs Benedict, French Toast, and more. And, of course. Freshly Baked Desserts, including New York Style Cheesecake • Pumpkin Pie • Chocolate Pecan Pie • Chocolate Dipped Strawberries Carrot Cake Florida Key Lime Pie • Fresh Baked Cookies. The Bond that ties Pierce Brosnan is the fifth actor to play Ian Flemming's character, James Bond. (George Lazenby, who is not listed, starred in On Her Majesty's Secret Service.) Sean Connery ¥ Roger Moore Connery starred as Bond in Dr. No, From Russia With Love, Goldfinger, Thunderball, You Only Live Twice, Diamonds are Forever and Never Say Never Again. Moore starred as Bond in Live and Let Die, The Man With the Golden Gun, The Spy Who Loved Me, Moonraker, For Your Eyes Only, Octopussy and A View to a Kill. MOVJI: REVIiM j Goldeneye Starring Pierce Brosnan and Famke Janssen Directed by Martin Campbell Rated R Playing at Hollywppdi 16 **** (out of Dalton starred as Bond in The Living Daylights and Licence to Kill. Timothy Dalton By Amy Uptmor The Battaiion Believe the hype. The release of Golden eye, Pierce Brosnan’s first try at James Bond and the first Bond movie of the ’90s, has received hype that was previously only given to Batman. And it deserves it. Goldeneye is brilliant, a true return to the classic style of action movies that Bond made famous with the likes of Goldfinger and Dr. No. The plot is typical. Bond is assigned to track down and destroy a Russian weapons satellite known as Goldeneye. In the process, he hops from one glorious location to another, with a woman always in hand, and with his BMW and trade mark toys supplied to him, once again, by the infamous Q (Desmond Llewelyn). But this Bond movie is not quite the same. For starters, all of 007’s assign ments are handed down by M, his new, tough female boss (Judi Dench). M is one tough cookie and is one of the few women in the histo ry of the series to render him all but speechless. And Bond’s woman, Na talya (Izabella Scorupco), is not your usual Bbnd woman. Sure, she’s beauti ful and powerful and shoots people, but here’s the twist — she’s intelligent. Need less to say, Bond finds him self relieved that he’s drag- Brosnan ging a former Soviet com puter programmer with him around the world rather than his ordinary flings. The female enemy is as eccentric as ever. Xenia Onatopp (Famke Janssen) is a fantastic, cold-blooded killer who gets quite a thrill — literally — out of making people die. But Bond must face more than the usual enemies. His old counterpart, agent 006, comes back to haunt him as a Russian ally, and the loy alties between the friend and the mission is tested. And, of course, there’s a whole new Bond. Brosnan delivers a smooth perfor mance, filling the very big shoes of his predecessors with ease. Brosnan is not quite as suave a Bond as Sean Connery, nor is his portrayal as arrogantly British as lioger Moore. But the happy medium he finds between the two portrayals makes foraso phisticated, sarcastic Boni A worthy successor to the role has finally been fomdi; The action sequences! Goldeneye are amongthe best a Bond movie has ever seen. ’The opening scene,® pi etc with Bond free-fab right into the cockpito'si airplane and maneuver it straight out of disasn incredible. It’scomplt;; ! unbelievable, but then ' again, James Bond can! f anything. Goldeneye is a return! r the classic form of action I movies. The action is bril l liant, and the characters^ intriguing.The plot mysterj ously unwinds itself invini tage Bond form. Put Timothy Dalton far] far out of your memory. There’s a new Bond intw. and his performance has brought Bond movies bad to their “golden” days. Inner City Blues illustrates depth of Gaye's abseno X College Station —- $15.95 and Conference Center Adults 15% Senior Citizen Discount Children 10 & Under $5.95 5 & Under EAT FREE with Adult Reservations Suggested 693-7500 ext 57 801 University Drive East • College Station, TX 77840 y I awoke at 6:30, got dressed and went downstairs for breakfast. I was a fourth grader, ready to take on the world. When my fa ther saw me in the kitchen, he asked me, “Son, have you ever heard of Marvin Gaye?” “Sure,” I said, thinking I was a music expert. “He’s that guy that sings ‘Sexual Healing.’” At that point, that was all Gaye was to me — a soul crooner with an odd name who sang the sex song that I giggled about when I heard it on the radio. Gaye died the night before af ter a dispute with his father turned deadly, and his father shot him. Upon learning about his death, I had no appreciation for the man or his music. I was too young to appreciate “Let’s Get It On,” “How Sweet It Is” and “Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology).” I was unaware of how Gaye almost singlehandedly changed the face of soul music. Sure, I had heard “I Heard It Through The Grapevine” and liked it, but it was just a popular “oldie.” But Marvin was more than “I Heard It Through The Grapevine.” With “What’s Going On” and the lyrics “Brother brother, there are far too many of you dying,” Gaye captured the essence of the civil rights movement in an eloquence not matched before or since. His influence on socially- conscious artists from Tracy Chapman to Public Enemy is a testa ment to his stature as a songwriter. As a sort of intended bridge between the generation gaps, in comes Inner City Blues, an album, video and MTV special as a trib ute to the man and his music. With artists as diverse as Bono, Madonna and Digable Planets, the entire spectrum of Gaye’s in fluence is finally apparent. But what the album also shows is just how far ahead of his time Gaye was. In comparison to today's top soul artists, Gaye is still the king. Today’s fascination with new- jack hip-hop elements in tradi tional soul threatens to ruin a Gaye classic style —the style that Gaye per formed and perietal^ Montell Jordan is merely a cheap knock off of R. Kelly, who a bad imitation of Aaron Hall, and the) all rip off A1 Green, Otis Redding and.ot course, Marvin Gajc Who knows what else Gaye could have I accomplished if his life hadn’tl»| cut so tragically short? Perhapsl could’ve shown the new jacksof | soul a thing or two about what music is really about. Because some of them just don’t knowut| Gaye did — they don’t seem to know what’s going on. 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