Time For 007

James Bond movie musings. 007 words, 007 sentences. Twice daily at 10:07 AM/PM UTC.
On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969)

He had lots of guts!

This Bond quip from On Her Majesty’s Secret Service was quite the graphic tongue-in-cheek line, based on the circumstances, and slightly overreaches.  Delivered as Bond and Tracy launch into the ski chase, the line follows a henchman’s grisly death in a snow blower that sprays the mountainside red. Rather than landing as darkly witty, it comes off as jarringly graphic and a bit tasteless. It’s clever in concept, but the execution undercuts the moment and highlights one of Lazenby’s weaker attempts at Bond’s trademark gallows humor.

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January 1, 2026 – 10:07 PM UTC

Yeah, due to the altitude no doubt. This innuendo from On Her Majesty’s Secret Service is unapologetically blunt and signals Bond’s sexual confidence in a room full of women while one writes her room number on his inner thigh with lipstick. Set at the dinner table surrounded by women, the line underscores how effortlessly Lazenby’s…