Tag: The World Is Not Enough
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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… Read More →
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I’ve got a little itch. Down there.
The rope torture sequence from Casino Royale is fairly popular amongst Bond fans, but not with this one. Don’t get me wrong, it’s an excruciating sequence, and the pain inflicted with a rope whacking you while sitting in a bottomless… Read More →
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Where have you been, you gold-encrusted buffoon?
Goldie’s character Bull, aka Mr. Bullion in The World Is Not Enough, might be the weakest henchman in Bond history. He drifts in, betrays Valentin Zukovsky for no clear reason, gets humiliated repeatedly, and vanishes like he was never meant… Read More →
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Why James Bond Avoids Middle East Peace
The James Bond franchise has never directly confronted the Israeli/Palestinian conflict, and that omission feels deliberate. For a series that has navigated Cold War brinkmanship, illegal narcotics operations, media monopolies, and global terrorism, its silence on one of the most… Read More →
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Yeah, well, life’s full of small challenges.
This poignant quote from The World Is Not Enough is actually taken out of a realistic context and inserted as a flippant comment from Bond just before he and Dr. Christmas Jones defuse a nuclear bomb. And it doesn’t happen… Read More →
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Bond’s sleek purple tinted X-ray glasses impress
Bond’s purple-tinted X-ray glasses in The World Is Not Enough are a near-perfect example of how effective a Bond gadget can be when their not overdone. They’re introduced almost casually without a grand demonstration from Q Branch, and are a… Read More →
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Oh, I’m sure they’re perfectly rounded
In The World Is Not Enough, after Bond is asked by “Cigar Girl” Giulietta da Vinci if he would like to check her “figures” before retrieving money from the Swiss bank, Bond responds with this weak sexual innuendo and the… Read More →
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Perhaps this isn’t the time
In The World Is Not Enough, M’s restrained response to Elektra King’s offer of a “gift” is a great summation of my opinion on having M face-to-face with any Bond villain and the scene underscores why placing M directly opposite… Read More →
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Q’s not gonna like this
Bond’s perennial acknowledgment of Q’s inevitable frustration sets the tone for one of the more chaotic moments in The World Is Not Enough. Watching his BMW Z8 sliced cleanly in half by a tree-mounted chainsaw cutter is dramatic enough, but… Read More →
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Thought Christmas only comes once a year
That final line in The World Is Not Enough might just be the most forehead-slapping attempt at a closing quip in the entire Bond canon. I still remember the theater erupting in laughter when I first saw it, which is… Read More →
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