Time For 007

James Bond movie musings. 007 words, 007 sentences. Twice daily at 10:07 AM/PM UTC.
GoldenEye (1995)

Beg your pardon, forgot to knock.

GoldenEye opens with one of the best debut sequences of any Bond movie, and the dam bungee jump remains an iconic introduction to Pierce Brosnan’s Bond. Moments later, Bond delivers this perfectly timed quip while hanging upside down in the men’s room at the Arkangel Weapons Facility, immediately establishing the character’s trademark composure and wit under tense circumstances.

That said, the scene does invite some amusing scrutiny, since it strains credibility that the Russian guard fails to notice someone entering through the ventilation shaft directly above him. And it’s arguably even stranger that he’s brought an entire newspaper into a bathroom stall. From both a practical and hygienic standpoint it feels indefensible, although maybe it’s a 90s Russian thing?

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January 16, 2026 – 10:07 AM UTC

Tiger Tanaka delivers this line in You Only Live Twice with his characteristic dry wit. The humor isn’t overt, but it lands effectively because it’s attached to one of the movie’s more memorable gadgets: the rocket-firing cigarette, aptly nicknamed the “baby rocket.” Bond himself punctures the moment by noting that Tanaka “sounds like a commercial,”…