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My real guess is the frightening and intimidating power of whoever Mr White and Gettler are working for. Knowing she'd never escape them, knowing the British would hunt her down because of her betrayal too, knowing Bond would by now have lost his trust in her, knowing that if Bond stayed on her side he would always have to fight to keep her safe (and he had already come close to dying), knowing Yussef's safety would forever be used to pressure her, and so on, she probably chose the peace of death over a life of stress, running, regret, and guilt. But that's just my thought.
@DarthDimi Excellent, thank you. The way she indicates love and then recoils in horror at the end .... It seems appropriate somehow, and quite believable, that it would be a mix of reasons that remain completely her own and ultimately unknowable to us with any certainty.
I mean.... wtf?
A traditional theatrical device in which the audience is invited to share in the wonderful ridiculousness of it all ... as at the conclusion with Baron Samedi on the train. Just a bit of fun and definitely not meant to be taken seriously ....
After the Craig years it may sometimes be hard to remember fun. I'm now as guilty as any, always looking for retrospective significance where there may be none or perhaps only creative confusion.
Bond hearing the JB-theme when arriving in India and saying "nice tune" is a nod.
I don't consider 007-cards as a main prop featuring in several scenes as a nod. Or a wink. Narratively it makes no sense, and is as silly as if the boommic suddenly appeared at the top of the frame.
I believe the novelization of LTK by Gardner went into some detail regarding this. I believe the short hand was a black tarp with some poles. But its been a while since I read them. I enjoyed the novelizations of both LTK and GE that Gardner did.
Put it up there with 007 on the parade participants in TB. Though maybe the cards are more obvious. We could also throw in the mini camera in MR that has 007 on it.
The first few films make such a big deal of 007 and the need for secrecy. Grant saying that sweated the number out of someone. Goldfinger saying he got the intel from Bond's "opposite number also licence to kill" which I am assuming is a red agent?
Later in the series it's thrown around and everyone knows who double-o-7 is. Really no longer a secret agent. Even Drax saying "your reputation proceeds you."
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No deeper meaning, unless a plant somehow to convince Solitaire that her love of Bond was 'written in the stars.'
But I'm just spitballing now ....
And people think the OP snake charming song is bad...
"My God, you just killed James Bond!"
Does Dolly have braces?
Thanks.
Yes, you can certainly go ahead and ask your question here. This is a general Bond films questions thread.
Welcome aboard by the way, @JonasT. :)
Why was there never a dedication to Fleming in the Eon films? You'd think there'd be one in GF.
Yes, that was something of an oversight. My guess would be that such dedications weren't as much the norm in those days though I could be wrong about that of course. The first dedication I recall a Bond film ever having was for Derek Meddings in GoldenEye followed by Cubby Broccoli in Tomorrow Never Dies.
Maybe considered superfluous?
His name was literally above the title in the early days, including in the credits of GF, and then for many years thereafter above the title in posters and advertising. It was literally "Ian Fleming's James Bond" and "Ian Fleming's [insert title] on almoat everything official in those days, I think.
Later, as the material strayed away from Fleming it might have made even less sense, except for CR, of course ...
Just some ruminations ....
Here's my list, bold is good
Dr No
From Russia With Love
Goldfinger
Thunderball
You only live twice
Ohmss
Diamonds are forever
Live and let die
The Man with the golden gun
The spy who loved me
Moonraker
For your eyes only
Octopussy
A View to a kill
The Living Daylights
License to kill
Goldeneye
Tomorrow never dies
The world is not enough
Die another day
Casino Royale
Quantum of solace
Skyfall
Spectre
Bond 25
I’ll answer with, I think that depends on each individual fan.
Some like DAF, MR and DAD.
Some think they’re the worst of the series.
I have a couple of questions @Mendes4Lyfe
1. Are you not from England / UK?
2. Why do you refer to NTTD as Bond 25?
Reggie Carter
Rolf Saxon
I liked Saxon, but I thought the character's reboot was too radical. Going from a Jamaican driver to an American executive of a media company? They should have added some backstory there or changed the character. Also, they never explained how he survived the cyanide in the first place.
Mr Jones simply faked his own death by mixing Mentos with a shot of Coca Cola, hence the foaming at the mouth.
Maybe you’ll see my questions this time @Mendes4Lyfe
Yes, and that specific spray was created to target Blofeld's DNA in particular just as each member of SPECTRE needed their own specific nanobots spray based on their own DNA.