Month: April 2026
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How about some skin diving?
Lorelei’s above cheeky innuendo in Casino Royale (1967) is one of several lines that elicit at a strong “tsss” or “pfft” from me. And that goes a long way for this movie! It’s a great response to Cooper’s suggestion that… Read More →
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“Amazon don’t know what to do”
Here’s a headline that should give any Bond fan pause about Bond 26. Although it’s with the Telegrph, it’s true that indecision is not a creative strategy, and it’s one of the quickest ways to derail a new era of… Read More →
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Bond trashes MGB Roadster: “Inverted bedpan”
Bond’s description of Goodnight’s car in The Man With The Golden Gun is a hilariously unique insult to a car’s aesthetic. I personally don’t see the resemblance, but Bond’s annoyance with Goodnight’s interference in his surveillance of Andrea Anders probably… Read More →
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The 1960s would give Bond 26 simplicity
Despite perceived fan fatigue on social media about discussing Bond 26 as a 1960s period piece, the appeal is hard to ignore. Simplicity gets my vote for the Bond movie, and few eras lend themselves to that better than the… Read More →
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He’s my new anchorman
It’s easy to miss one of Elliot Carver’s sharper lines in Tomorrow Never Dies, largely because it is buried under his bizarre karate pantomime aimed at Wai Lin. The gag itself is classic Bond wordplay, neatly tying James Bond’s presumed… Read More →
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Now they only eat rat
Silva’s introduction and rat story in Skyfall is pretty epic. It’s an underrated sequence that unfortunately gets lost in some of the other distracting elements of their time in his compound, particularly the contrived William Tell apple shot sequence and… Read More →
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Such as two air tickets to London?
This line from Dr. No shows a quick witted James Bond. Delivered with a polite smile, Bond’s response to needing anything else cuts straight through the illusion of hospitality that defines him and Honey Ryder’s stay in Dr. No’s compound.… Read More →
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Drop it, Professor, and behind you!
The exchange between Bond and Professor Dent in Dr. No is a perfectly executed tense scene. The above line may read slightly stiff on paper, but it sets up a tightly wound confrontation that never wastes a moment. Bond’s quiet… Read More →
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I think you’re a sexist, misogynist dinosaur
Proverbial shots are fired by M in GoldenEye when she meets Bond in her office. It’s a pretty brutal takedown, and from what I can remember, I don’t think Bond has been called a misogynist in any other movie. Dame… Read More →
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Bud with a lime. Yeah, same.
Is this the worst drink order of any James Bond movie? Pam Bouvier orders this peculiar drink at the Bimini Barrelhead Bar in Licence To Kill, and even more bizarrely, Bond agrees to one as well. Perhaps they were ahead… Read More →
Filed Under: Licence To Kill