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On a side note, I doubt we'll see Bond do any of the 'usual' recreational drugs in a hurry (weed, cocaine, ecstasy etc) but I've always wondered whether we'll ever get such a moment like that in MR where Bond uses a similar stimulant.
And true, they certainly don't seem to glamourize it all the time.
A fine quote.
The way his eyes adjust to M flicking on the lights always stood out to me.
I didn't take him as drunk there, just playful.
Agreed.
Good point, but good call about that scene regardless. It certainly seems like he could be a bit drunk there, but then probably 'sobers up' too fast for the following moments to have actually been drunk really.
Haha! I thought it was funny. In all seriousness, it doesn't matter to me if he smokes or not. Today's actors just can't pull it off the like back in Fleming's day. I do know tons of people who still smoke today in spite of the increasing prices of cigarettes.
Anyway, it strikes me that the way the Craig era depicted Bond's drinking was closer to that of the Fleming novels than any of the other films. Throughout the books Bond gets terrible hangovers, drinks to the point it affects him physically in his downtime, and even drinks heavily in his depression after Tracy's death. At the same time you have scenes where Bond and his various allies share a drink, and it's depicted as essentially a necessary vice for the character.
Like I said, I think that idea of alcohol being a double edged sword - something that we see Bond using in both good times and bad - will stay going forward. It's not a dynamic that can be done as easily with cigarettes which isn't an intoxicant (at most you can have Bond waking up with a smoker's cough - which is not very cinematic).
And George Lazenby ordered a Saint Bernard dog to get a Brandy.
Also, Moore telling a snake to 'hiss off'.
This feels like a part of the mystique of spies and espionage I think, that they're able to put away tons of booze so their adversaries can't use alcohol to their advantage. The spy can consume a ton of alcohol and appear drunk if they want to, but are still in total control of their faculties. The show Archer (a comedy show that's a send up of the James Bond type character, for those unfamiliar) jokes about it and stuff, but yeah, I think it's part of the spy package.
You are wasting your time with the professor, mtm. I got into a tangle with him myself a few months back. He just likes to argue for the sake of arguing, nothing more.
I know you are not one to shy away from a debate too, but even you have your limits.... ;)
Heh! I love that we're compiling lists of times 007 spoke to an animal :D Dr Bondlittle.
I like the idea of 'relatively sober' too - perhaps Bond is always just ever so slightly pissed whenever we've seen him, as in Mads Mikkelsen's excellent Another Round film :) He's just constantly on the edge of being properly drunk but just inebriated enough to give him that massive self-confidence he's famous for!
Sorry, couldn't resist! ;)
Well that's just contradition, isn't it.