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And why, after going to all that trouble, does he simply leave Camille behind after the boat chase?
And why is a member of Guy Haines' bodyguards chasing Bond when Bond only confronts Greene and not Haines at Tosca?
WHY?
Bond places a hook tied by a long line to the inside of the enemy boat, and drives away fast, sending the boat flying like crazy. Bond wanted to save Camille from Medrano, probably because he sees that she is his way to Greene. He drops her off because he doesn't really need her. He goes after Greene and gives the plane number to MI6 who tell him it's a flight to Bregenz, so he didn't need Camille after he saved her life. Haines was present at the meeting, so I am guessing he joined forces with Greene's boys to heighten the chances of killing Bond. Plus, I am sure Haines had other bodyguards for an extraction.
None of that is explained in the film though. I'll give you the second explanation. Bond uses his instinct with regards to Camille, and it pays off. But the other two don't cut it for me. The first one might work but the editing doesn't allow us to see what happens. Once the hook goes into the boat, we see the goon, the cord tightening up, back to the goon, then the rope springs tight and the boat flips over. Bond is still in the same position he was when he put the anchor over the top. So where could he have accelerated?
Again, the editing disproves the Tosca sequence. Once we see Haines leave his seat, he disappears, never to be seen again. He is not with Greene when he comes down the stairs to find Bond across the hallway. Yet his bodyguard is there. I doubt Haines would hand over one of his henchmen to Greene to aid capturing Bond at the expense of Haines needing protection himself, especially considering Greene already had a number of men at his own disposal.
I think QOS could have been great, but it's full of inconsistencies.
They actually even wanted to have her (Roberts), in Highlander I read today as the lead girl for Christopher Lambert but she either declined the offer or they found someone else, can't remember which. Heh, if I had known that before I saw it the other night I would of enjoyed it more. That was a close escape
Precisely!
I know all that, but it doesn't make sense in the context of the scene at all. I know what Bond's agenda is, but Haines' bodyguard being there makes zero sense at all thanks to the way the scene is edited together, and just plays out for convenience. I'm not talking about Haines at all, his lack of presence makes sense, but the presence of his bodyguard in the shootout does not. It's got nothing to do with Bond's motives. It's the fact that the bodyguard is even there at all.
No, I'm not trying to argue inconsistencies in James Bond films. Not in general anyway, but when they are as glaring as the inconsistencies in Quantum of Solace, then there's a problem.
That's a theory, but its still just speculation and could to many people just be an excuse for poor storytelling.
I have a minor part I didn't quite get during my last Live and Let Die viewing (forgive me if this was touched on). When Roger is checking his hotel room for bugs he pulls out a tiny little box, with nothing but a square button on it. He clicks it, (and clicks and clicks and clicks....) and nothing happens- he just looks at it.
Did he not find a bug there, or did Q give him a piece of junk?
I always assumed that he was sending a signal, but to whom and why, now that I think about it, I don't know. Don;t know about Q, but I think the Producers gave him a piece o' junk, ha ha.
In Dr. No, Bond causes a nuclear meltdown, and the explosion of the base that contained the nuclear reactor. How comes nobody mentions the radioactive fallout sure to happen in the Carribeans ?
Oh, and the signal was meant for Quarrel Jr. in LALD.
http://screenmusings.org/LiveAndLetDie/images/LaLD_196.jpg
But like I said, he clicks it, with no clue as to what it does, and Bond even looks at it as if it wasn't working
Good catch!
What was the point of all that, who was the character and what purpose did they serve apart to waste a few minutes on a silly scene, my thinking is that Case was trying to get rid of some CIA agents tailing her and used the gorilla girl as a distraction to make a getaway. After the transformation, you can see in the edge of the picture, she ducks out through a side door with the gorilla with her, maybe I was paying too much attention to detail, I usually just switch off thinking mode with this particular 1971 release etc
Enough Monkey Business. Goodnight I-)
Oh I can't follow the path of the two eggs to save my life! I never know if Orlov smashed the fake egg or the real egg!
It's the real egg. Bond takes it at the auction and Q inserts a transmitter. Also watch Khan's reaction. He knows it's real.
Yeah I noticed Khan's reaction, but I thought that could also be disappointment because now Lenkin, the jewelery forger, would have to replicate a new one.
For your first question, he needed Bond alive so that Bond could retrieve the Lektor decoding machine. Once Bond had it in his posession, the blame would be in the hands of the British, and Grant could kill Bond, take the Lektor while the blame was still with the British so that the heat was off, and then return it to SPECTRE. For the second question, he needed Rhoda (that's his name) for his truck and so that he could show them Grant's escape route, which he knew already because he was assigned to get Grant and the Lektor out of the country. I suppose that Bond let him ride in the boat for a little bit so he could push him overboard into the sea just for fun, hahaha.
I need to rephrase my point. Why didn't Red Grant immediately kill Bond aboard the Orient Express, when he had the chance? Why did he take his time in putting on gloves, etc. before Bond could regain conscious? Why did he bother to tell Bond about SPECTRE's plans, like a chump?
For the second question, he needed Rhoda (that's his name) for his truck and so that he could show them Grant's escape route, which he knew already because he was assigned to get Grant and the Lektor out of the country.
I'll accept this explanation.
Here's another question. Why didn't Bond tranquilize Professor Dent in "DR. NO"? He could have tranquilize the professor, have government authorities search Dent's body for any cyanide pills or cigarettes before interrogating the prisoners for any info on Dr. No. Instead, Bond killed him in cold blood . . . like an idiot.