Day: December 4, 2025
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…smells like a tart’s handkerchief.
Bond’s habit of addressing animals as though they were sentient confidants (as seen earlier with the shark in Thunderball) reappears in Diamonds Are Forever when he regains consciousness from a knockout kidnapping and finds himself eye-to-eye with a rat. Still… Read More →
Filed Under: Diamonds Are Forever -
No, no. I’ve got a better idea.
In Thunderball, Largo’s barely concealed enthusiasm during the poolside brawl between Bond and one of his henchmen exposes one of the franchise’s most persistent narrative stereotypes: the villain who inexplicably refuses to take the simple shot. When the fight spills… Read More →
Filed Under: Thunderball