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I must be six inches taller
In Thunderball, despite having just put his spine through the wringer, Bond somehow keeps his sense of humor intact. The “traction table” scene is a worst nightmare for physical therapy patients, and lends the question why the device has a setting for “pull spine apart violently” in the first place.… Read More →
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How long have I got?
Bond’s brief barroom encounter with CIA agent Felix Leiter in Quantum of Solace cements Jeffrey Wright as the perfect American counterpart to Daniel Craig’s brooding Bond. It’s unclear whether Felix actually brought backup to that meeting or if the local corruption was so rampant that it was inevitable. Either way,… Read More →
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Watch that mushroom-shaped rock
Although I have to respectfully disagree with Scaramanga’s assertion that the rock he gestures to is shaped like a mushroom (maybe a spoiled one?), I do love the scene in The Man with the Golden Gun where he explains his Solex Agitator-powered weapon to Bond. It’s a classic Bond/villain interaction… Read More →
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Your sense of humor is delicious
In Never Say Never Again, the fleeting exchange between Fatima Blush and Max Largo at his barcade-casino is equal parts unsettling and oddly flirtatious. There’s clearly some history there, as each line drips with twisted chemistry and titillates the other. Sadism seems to be their love language. Read More →
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“Is that deep?” “They usually are…very.”
In You Only Live Twice, Bond and Kissy Suzuki stand slack-jawed as 007 realizes the caldera lake isn’t water at all. It’s metal, and retractable to boot, and one of production designer Ken Adam’s masterpieces. The volcano lair remains one of the crown jewels of Bond set design, and I’m… Read More →
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Bond’s boating hang glider escape often overlooked
This stunt from Moonraker is one of my favorites. Not for it’s flashiness, but for its practicality and foresight. Q Branch clearly had this one tucked away as a backup plan for when Bond inevitably found himself in a high-speed chase near the treacherous Iguazu Falls on the border of… Read More →
Filed Under: Moonraker