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Skyfall’s blown MI6 agent identities: great plotline
One of the more compelling ideas in Skyfall is the exposure of MI6’s undercover agents in a storyline that briefly opens the door to the wider, shadowy world of British intelligence before quickly getting back to Bond’s personal journey. As a plotline, the human cost of espionage is a compelling… Read More →
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Now, where is this passion juice?
Bond’s offhand remark in Goldfinger is easy to miss right before he’s knocked out by Oddjob at the hotel fridge, yet it’s a quietly funny line. It lives in the shadow of his more famous quip about Dom Perignon ’53 champagne and the jab about listening to the Beatles with… Read More →
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Character Spotlight: Shirley Eaton as Jill Masterson
Jill Masterson’s unforgettable, gold-covered death in Goldfinger has long defined her character (and understandably so), yet it often eclipses the meaningful role she plays beforehand when Bond discovers that Goldfinger is a canasta cheat. I’ve always appreciated the clever and memorable way she’s introduced after Bond’s instincts lead him to… Read More →
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Just a slight stiffness coming on…
Yeah, due to the altitude no doubt. This innuendo from On Her Majesty’s Secret Service is unapologetically blunt and signals Bond’s sexual confidence in a room full of women while one writes her room number on his inner thigh with lipstick. Set at the dinner table surrounded by women, the… Read More →
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He had lots of guts!
This Bond quip from On Her Majesty’s Secret Service was quite the graphic tongue-in-cheek line, based on the circumstances, and slightly overreaches. Delivered as Bond and Tracy launch into the ski chase, the line follows a henchman’s grisly death in a snow blower that sprays the mountainside red. Rather than… Read More →
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As I used to be?
Bond’s exchange with Moneypenny in Octopussy lands with an odd mix of nostalgia and discomfort, largely because of the sudden introduction of her younger assistant, Penelope Smallbone. Bond, momentarily wrong-footed, compliments Smallbone as being every bit as “attractive and charming” as Moneypenny, only to be abruptly corrected with this pointed… Read More →
Filed Under: Octopussy