Month: April 2026
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I forget things when I get nervous
This deceptively simple line captures why Paloma became an instant standout in No Time to Die. In just a few minutes of screen time, she manages to blindside the audience into thinking she’s a naive new agent, but in reality… Read More →
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They’ll do anything for you, won’t they?
M’s above cutting line to Bond in Quantum of Solace lands with an unusually terse discipline. Delivered in the aftermath of Agent Strawberry Fields’ death, it’s less a reprimand than an indictment. M pointedly suggests that Bond’s influence over his… Read More →
Filed Under: Quantum Of Solace -
It goes by hot air
Octopussy‘s hot air balloon raid into Kamal Khan’s fortress stands as one of the most bizarre and uninspired action sequences of any Bond movie. Starring elephants, generically tame fistfights, swords and a weird man that yells and breaks down the… Read More →
Filed Under: Octopussy -
Harris Dickinson would make an understated Bond
Harris Dickinson is a compellingly low-key candidate for James Bond since, purely from a visual standpoint, he sits in a sweet spot. To me, he gives the look of Daniel Craig and Timothy Dalton without actually resembling either. If he… Read More →
Filed Under: Bond 26 -
Give us a kiss!
Few endings of any Bond movie are as gleefully absurd as the closing moments of For Your Eyes Only, where James Bond casually abandons a congratulatory phone call with the Prime Minister and a flirtatious parrot steals the scene. It’s… Read More →
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Made you feel it, did he?
In Casino Royale, Dryden’s taunt cuts straight to the nerve of James Bond’s early days at MI6. The brief flashback of Fisher, Bond’s first kill, adds just enough texture to suggest a larger world without slowing momentum. One could argue… Read More →
Filed Under: Casino Royale -
You stupid twit
In Diamonds Are Forever, Bond delivers this juvenile insult to Tiffany Case after her ill-timed tape switch derails Bond’s sabotage of Blofeld’s control codes cassette tape aboard Blofeld’s oil rig. I particularly enjoy Bond’s quick delivery of this line and… Read More →
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Greene’s axe to foot injury most brutal
In Quantum Of Solace, a single injury to Dominic Greene courtesy of James Bond stands out as particularly wince-inducing. During the fire/fight sequence, Greene attempts to subdue Bond with what looks like a firefighter axe. Bond deflects one of Greene’s… Read More →
Filed Under: Quantum Of Solace -
You’re marvelously well-equipped
James Bond and Fatima Blush throw sexual innuendos at each other when they first meet in Never Say Never Again and eventually sleep together on a scuba diving boat. This line and a few others like it are perfect examples… Read More →
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I need to use your phone
The end of the pre-title sequence of The Living Daylights is an underrated showcase of Bond at his most efficient and self-assured. From surviving an explosives-rigged truck plunging off a cliff to steering a flaming parachute onto a yacht, the… Read More →
Filed Under: The Living Daylights