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Why don’t you enlighten me, Zorin?
In A View To A Kill, Bond’s response to getting caught in the act (and the dark) by Zorin and Mayday is clever, but the setup behind it is harder to buy. It feels rather convenient that Zorin and Mayday just happen to be lurking on the third floor of… Read More →
Filed Under: A View To A Kill -
It’s become distinctly chilly since Venice
This Bond quote from Moonraker is clever considering the circumstances, but doesn’t quite hold up under scrutiny. Bond and Dr. Goodhead have not interacted between Venice and Rio, so the remark feels more like a narrative shortcut rather than a plausible statement. Both characters have been busy tracking Drax on… Read More →
Filed Under: Moonraker -
For princess or wife of commissar?
In The Living Daylights, Kara Milovy offers a telling glimpse into her sensibilities with her fondness for a rather boring dress that prompts this wry remark. Like most of her fashion sense in the movie, it neatly sums up her practical aesthetic and understated presence. Kara stands apart from the… Read More →
Filed Under: The Living Daylights -
It’s not perfected yet
In Goldfinger, Q barely misses a beat when he catches James Bond eyeing a rather unassuming trench coat that doubles as body armor. The above line is delivered with typical Q Branch understatement, even as live rounds are being fired across the lab like it’s just another Tuesday. Across other… Read More →
Filed Under: Goldfinger -
Renard’s puzzling plutonium rod death
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,… Read More →
Filed Under: The World Is Not Enough -
La bombe surprise
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… Read More →
Filed Under: Diamonds Are Forever