Month: October 2025
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Your sense of humor is delicious
In Never Say Never Again, the fleeting exchange between Fatima Blush and Max Largo at his barcade-casino is equal parts unsettling and oddly flirtatious. There’s clearly some history there, as each line drips with twisted chemistry and titillates the other. … Read More →
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“Is that deep?” “They usually are…very.”
In You Only Live Twice, Bond and Kissy Suzuki stand slack-jawed as 007 realizes the caldera lake isn’t water at all. It’s metal, and retractable to boot, and one of production designer Ken Adam’s masterpieces. The volcano lair remains one… Read More →
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Bond’s boating hang glider escape often overlooked
This stunt from Moonraker is one of my favorites. Not for it’s flashiness, but for its practicality and foresight. Q Branch clearly had this one tucked away as a backup plan for when Bond inevitably found himself in a high-speed… Read More →
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Kristatos’ attempted buoy butchering an embarrassing spectacle
Kristatos from For Your Eyes Only gives Bond villains a bad reputation. He’s one of those overconfident masterminds who just can’t pull the trigger when he should. Instead of ending things quickly, he insists on turning Bond’s demise into a… Read More →
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Bond and Manuela’s remarkable Moonraker Rio romance
Bond and Manuela’s fling in Moonraker might just be his most efficient romantic subplot ever. He lands in Rio de Janeiro for a mission, and before he can even unpack, a mysterious woman is tailing him and snapping photos of… Read More →
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Please: No Artificial Intelligence in Bond 26
Here’s hoping we do not see an AI-focused plot in the next Bond movie. A computing-centric plot like hacking or AI fails to elicit a sense of urgency or promote a compelling storyline. It may read as clever in a… Read More →
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Sour mash, but not too sweet, please.
Bond’s order of a traditional Kentucky mint julep is delivered with his trademark blend of charm and snobbery. Offered by Goldfinger, the moment feels less like a prelude to an apocalyptic gold manipulation scheme and more like a genteel afternoon… Read More →
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You are unusually well-informed, Mr. Bond.
Goldfinger’s line perfectly captures the battle of wits between the two. Their dialogue is among the most adversarial and entertaining in the entire franchise, full of polite venom and mutual admiration. Just when Goldfinger seems to have the upper hand,… Read More →
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Commies? Let’s go get ’em!
Sheriff J.W. Pepper is great comic relief in The Man With The Golden Gun. He delivers this line with such hilarious conviction, all through his wide smile and chewing tobacco-filled lip. It’s never a dull moment with him, and despite… Read More →
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When you gotta go, you gotta go
No, Bond never uttered these lines as a clever euphemism for needing to visit the restroom. He did, however, deliver them in Goldfinger while subtly trying to pass along a message to the CIA via his tracking device during a… Read More →
Filed Under: Goldfinger