I always enjoy when a unique and quirky film finds its way to my television or laptop screen, simply because of the fact that as the film begins to unfold you realize you are in for a real treat.  Something new and exciting is about to unfold before your very eyes and it always makes for a magical viewing experience. 

I recently had the opportunity to enjoy a particularly unique film when I was treated to a motion picture about filmmaking, or in this case, the worst case scenario when it comes to filmmaking, Le Fear II: Le Sequel. 

Now this motion picture takes us deep behind the scenes of filmmaking with Writer/Director Carlos who is looking to finance a sequel to his disaster of a motion picture Le Fear.  The good news is, he manages to find an investor and get funding for his sequel.  The bad news is...he not only has to put up 500k of his own money to get it rolling but he is about to be saddled with a cast and crew that may send him into madness with their incompetence.  

This is hands down, a pretty hilarious film courtesy of the unique situations that Carlos is thrust into, especially when it comes to his completely and utterly incompetent producer, Efi.  At every turn Efi manages to fail to bring any request that Carlos and his crew bestow upon him in incredibly funny fashion. The film set that Efi is supposed to have constructed for the movie turns out to be nothing more than a caravan.  The special effects that are supposed to wow and terrify are nothing more than inflatable monsters that one could purchase at the dollar store.  

The complete incompetence of Efi, courtesy of the fact that he is clearly a scam artist and has zero experience in filmmaking, combined with the increasingly weirder people that he hires to star in the film makes for some laugh out loud moments at how outrageous those decisions turn out to be. To top it off, Writer/Director Jason Croot makes a point to make the film accessible to people not interested in the minutiae of filmmaking by not focusing on anything technical, he keeps his attention squarely focused on the characters and that pays off nicely.

Either way, I was definitely entertained watching this one, and I do hope as it begins to reach a wider release and audience that perhaps we see a home video edition that includes some commentary and behind the scenes of a movie about going behind the scenes, simply to get a better understanding of what exactly brought together such a unique little tale, but until then I may need to go back and watch this film once or twice again, to catch any jokes I might have missed while I was cracking up the first time around.  

We all have our guilty pleasures and while this may not be the day to go into all of mine, I will certainly share with all of you one of them...James Bond movies. I love these flicks ever since my father introduced them to me when I was younger. Granted, at the time I had no idea what the heck they were about, other than the fact it revolved around a cool as a cucumber guy named James Bond who kicked a lot of ass, always saved the day, and always got the girl. 

Years later, I made it a point to revisit the films and man, they became so much more.  Sure a lot of them have recycled elements, sometimes they are over the top but I simply cannot get enough of them and ever since Goldeneye I've made it a point to watch every single new release in theaters and I've definitely enjoyed the reboot the series has enjoyed with Daniel Craig playing the iconic role. 

But the new movie coming out next year, well...the wait for that has now become so much worse. Because while the franchise has put forth many a villain in its time, the greatest Bond stories to me, are the ones where he faced off against the evil organization S.P.E.C.T.R.E. and always incredible super villain Ernst Stavro Blofeld.  It was always amazing watching Bond face off against either Blofeld's goons or Blofeld himself, in fact On Her Majesty's Secret Service was perhaps the finest Bond/Blofeld film of them all.  But sadly the character appeared to be killed off in For Your Eyes Only due to legal battles with a former Bond screenwriter.

But the rights have returned to Sony Pictures, and as you can see from the poster and damaged logo of this crazy organization, it would appear Bond's greatest foes will return for the 24th film and I couldn't be happier. After all Daniel Craig has done an outstanding job with the role, I loved what the franchise did with Skyfall and I love the idea of seeing a new S.P.E.C.T.R.E. for the 21st Century finally come to life.  Of course, it brings many questions to light for me, first and foremost whether or not this is the organization that was truly behind Q.U.A.N.T.U.M. from Quantum of Solace or if that will be glossed over for a bigger world domination plot and of course I'm dying to know if we will see Blofeld right away or not.  

So far the cast includes Christoph Waltz, who is widely believed to be the new Blofeld, but his character is known as Oberhauser in the film. This could of course be a John Harrison/Star Trek Into Darkness style ruse and I would be okay with that, since Waltz is super talented and would make an amazing Blofeld, but either way, the return of S.P.E.C.T.R.E. signals big things for the Bond franchise, grander stories, awesome villains and as always, a good time. I'm dying to know just what evil plans they will hatch to take over the world, and I do hope that the new Blofeld is more terrifying and ruthless than he has ever been in the past.  I really get the feeling we are in for a treat here and November 2015 simply cannot come soon enough.