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AFAIC, it's Bond's way of smoking the suspected villains out. Baiting them into an unwise and illuminating rebuttal. As such, I have no problem with these sorts of lines at all. Indeed, the hard look Carver give Bond after the "adrift" remark is quite excellent.
Not DAF's finest hour.
It goes without saying that at least 75% of DAD's lines deserve mention in this here thread.
"I don't like cock fights"
Spoken by M*****a ;)
In that case it shows that both Fleming and his fictional creation are outdated, somewhat stuffy old farts. Lines like that simply wouldn't be accepted these days. If that was his world view then thank god things have moved on...and I'm British.
I'd like a bit of it from time to time. Captures the essence of Bond, who is far from politically correct.
There was a bit of that in SF (although it was very veiled) in the MP/Bond interactions if you think about it. Rather bold if I may say so.
True. But in the 50's it was acceptable. Things have moved on as you say. Unfortunately Jamaica was a better country under our rule though (backwards views aside). Now it is dangerous and gang ridden.
One of the very few lines and things I loved about DAF. That line. Then the cat meowing ominously.
However, I think a sense of arrogance and...occasional...indulgence should remain. Bond should be a bit arrogant and cocky but not downright unpleasant.
"You want to continue?" ... "Of course I want to bloody continue!"
"Oh, look! Parachutes for the both of us. Whoops. Not any more."
"You see, Mr Bond, you can`t kill my dreams. But my dreams can kill you."
"I was... just testing it out." ...."It`s rather hard, isn`t it?".... "Yes. Very."
"Wait. Don`t pull it out.".... "I`m not finished with it yet.".... "See? It`s a perfect fit.".... "Leave it in." ...."Well, it`s gotta come out sooner or later." ...."No, leave it in, please." ....."A few more minutes."
What! That's classic Moore era.
That works because Q's so unaware of the innuendo.
But finding THE worst line of DAD, that is a challenge. Double O Zero, the anger management therapist line... But I think it would have to come from Graves. The nadir: "parachute for the both of us. Woops, not anymore." Pronounced by a Bond villain. Shameful.
Unless you want to be known as Fidel Castrato."
I think that's one of the wittier lines in DAD.
"The world's greatest terrorist running around with six kilos of weapons-grade plutonium can't be good. I gotta get it back, or someone's gonna have my ass"
"Dr. Jones. Christmas Jones"
"Do you wanna put that in English for those of us who don't speak spy. Who's she?"
"Where's M?"....."Soon she'll be everywhere"
Yep, all those.
That is probably one of the funniest lines in all of Bondome! It's the way she says it. It's so utterly bizarre! And to think that was presumably the best take they got from her... Oh my :-\"
Yep. If you want to be a rebel, you don't get tatts, piercings and espouse the "We Are the World," multi-culti line. You groom yourself neatly, wear white shirts, ties, bespoke suits and fedoras, smoke a pipe and jab your thumb in the eye of the politically correct. Would that today's Bond could do this.
Indeed. One could say this for the vast majority of former colonies.
Exactly. DAF's segue from the PTS to the title track is one of the coolest moments in all of Bond.
James how do we get out
2 examples of appalling sound editing.
This really had me rolling, because a lot of those lines sound like something someone who catcalls women would think of.
Does she give a poor performance? Sure, she absolutely does. What I'll say in her defense, though, is that it at least looks like she's putting forth some kind of effort. The rest of the actors seem like they're sleepwalking through the film. I don't blame them much for that either since they probably realized early on just how bad the material they were working with was.