-
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 -
James Bond doesn’t wear glasses
This quick line from official Bond movie Goldfinger alum Ursula Andress in the unofficial Casino Royale (1967) references the lack of eyewear of James Bond as if he’s a colloquially known figure. It happens again in the movie when the casino cashier asks Evelyn Tremble’s “James Bond” for an autograph.… Read More →