In Diamonds Are Forever, Mr. Wint and Mr. Kidd finally find their groove as faux room service, turning Bond’s oceanic journey home into a neatly staged farce. Bond and Mr. Wint have a compelling, devious exchange, before Bond catches on to their scheme. The finale leans fully into Diamond’s signature camp, pairing an oddly brutal fiery sendoff for Mr. Kidd and an unimaginative explosive dessert (named above) that dispatches Mr. Wint right after a crotch gag, of all things. The final scene of the movie truly encapsulates the essence of Diamonds Are Forever, for good and bad.
May 3, 2026 – 10:07 PM UTC
On a few occasions, Bond and Dr. Christmas Jones’s characters lean a little too far into the nuclear physics side of her occupation in The World Is Not Enough. Renard’s demise, for instance, leans too heavily on circumstantial elements of a nuclear weapon that conveniently turn deadly. All the while, Bond suddenly handles a plutonium…
