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I think you’re a sexist, misogynist dinosaur
Proverbial shots are fired by M in GoldenEye when she meets Bond in her office. It’s a pretty brutal takedown, and from what I can remember, I don’t think Bond has been called a misogynist in any other movie. Dame Judi Dench deserves praise for holding her own against 007,… Read More →
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Bud with a lime. Yeah, same.
Is this the worst drink order of any James Bond movie? Pam Bouvier orders this peculiar drink at the Bimini Barrelhead Bar in Licence To Kill, and even more bizarrely, Bond agrees to one as well. Perhaps they were ahead of their time with the Bud Light Lime phase that… Read More →
Filed Under: Licence To Kill -
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 the “three weeks” minimal training was enough to immediately prove… 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 colleagues carries consequences he prefers not to acknowledge. The implication… 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 front door, it’s main highlight is Bond and Q’s bizarre… 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 were to match either of their acting prowess and presence… Read More →
Filed Under: Bond 26