-
How they could fuck it up #2
Ok, so there’s a good chance that Bond 26 will be an origin story, or at least a glimpse into the start of Bond’s career out of Eton. This is something that I’m excited for, but pushing too far into his origins, including more familial-related issues as seen with the… Read More →
-
Character Spotlight: Javier Bardem as Silva
Javier Bardem delivers a committed and technically strong performance as Silva in Skyfall, yet the character itself never fully resonates with me as a top-tier Bond villain. While Bardem avoids completely echoing his amazingly chilling portrayal of villain Anton Chigurh in No Country for Old Men, Silva could have benefitted… Read More →
Filed Under: Skyfall -
Bangkok traffic’s worse than Piccadilly
This line perfectly sets the tone for one of the more bizarre sequences in The Man with the Golden Gun. James Bond arrives at a kickboxing match expecting a straightforward exchange with Andrea Anders about his travel gripes, only to find her already dead. What follows is a sequence that… Read More →
Filed Under: The Man With The Golden Gun -
Play it again, Sam
This line from Moonraker stands as one of James Bond’s more strained forced quips. It arrives after a lengthy and brutal fight between Bond and a ninja at one of Drax’s labs, culminating in a surprisingly brutal death as the assailant falls from a clock tower into a piano during… Read More →
-
Shady Tree’s campy comedy routine
Shady Tree’s stand-up routine in Diamonds Are Forever is one of the movie’s several eye-roll inducing scenes. I get that he was going for a vaudevillian style comedy routine, and maybe it’s just because it’s the 1970’s, but his watered-down imitation of Rodney Dangerfield always rubbed me the wrong way.… Read More →
Filed Under: Diamonds Are Forever -
Handle like eggs
This moniker on the atomic bombs in Thunderball may be humorous, but it’s apparently rooted in real-world terminology. The phrase has been used in avionics, including by the Royal Air Force, as a straightforward directive to emphasize extreme care in handling sensitive or hazardous equipment. While the wording may sound… Read More →
Filed Under: Thunderball