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Bond girls - smart or sexy?
After watching Charlie Higson's feature on Film 2012. He commented on the Bond girls. He liked Eva Greene and Diana Rigg but he was smitten by Madeline Smith because she was so sexy.
So I've fallen into this dilemma.
For me the Connery girls weren't smart they were just plain old woof woof hot.
Roger's girl's were more of the same.
Dalton's first bit of fluff was dim but his cousin in his second outing was more on an intellectual par with him.
PB he had ups and downs with his ladies (very PB era innuendo) ].
DC's have all been on a par with him.
So for me I want my Bond girls to be bombshells, and something to be on Bond's arm. We then focus on the man and his mission and not get drowned in emotional nonsense.
That's why SC's era was so good. We were focused on the man and his ladies were there for a bit of fun. I've changed my mind about SC in OHMSS it wouldn't have worked with him and Rigg's character.
So the question is totty or emotional ties?
So I've fallen into this dilemma.
For me the Connery girls weren't smart they were just plain old woof woof hot.
Roger's girl's were more of the same.
Dalton's first bit of fluff was dim but his cousin in his second outing was more on an intellectual par with him.
PB he had ups and downs with his ladies (very PB era innuendo) ].
DC's have all been on a par with him.
So for me I want my Bond girls to be bombshells, and something to be on Bond's arm. We then focus on the man and his mission and not get drowned in emotional nonsense.
That's why SC's era was so good. We were focused on the man and his ladies were there for a bit of fun. I've changed my mind about SC in OHMSS it wouldn't have worked with him and Rigg's character.
So the question is totty or emotional ties?
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Well said.
'Misogynist dinosaurs' 2
Lentil eaters 0
Like any character in any work of fiction, though, ideally a character in a Bond film should be exactly what they should be to suit the purpose they serve in the story - regardless of gender...
Bond girls SHOULD be both smart and sexy.
Agreed wholeheartedly. Wai Lin I can sometimes let slide for some reason...but Jinx was just plain pathetic and Camille was perhaps the dullest Bond girl in the entire series.
I always found the "femme fetales" to be more sexy (Fiona Volpe, Helga Brandt, Magda from OP, Naomi, Xenia etc)
I'll take both, thank you. I happen to find smart girls very, VERY sexy. :-B = :x
(Well they do say opposites attract)
Maybe it is a little, but in one Bond there was a professor of Swedish as far as I remeber ;-) girl who had to play both roles.
And maybe in new films they will get two things too. Ok, in real world the girl with for e.g. biology diploma and honoris causa may not usually look too good. But this is Pinewood - as for every girl she need little more gym work, good dress from a creator who can change a girl into princess, and a smile...
Tatiana: Sexy
Pussy: Smart
Domino: Sexy
Aki: Both
Tracy: Both
Tiffany: Sexy
Solitaire: Sexy
Mary: Sexy
XXX; Smart
Holly: Smart
Melina: Both
Octopussy: Smart
Stacy: Sexy
Kara: Sexy
Pam: Smart
Natalya: Both
Wai Lin: Smart
Christmas: Sexy
Jinx: Sexy
Vesper: Both
Camille: Smart
The only thing I'd change is XXX's status from Smart to Both
Both of these will do nicely.
Can't have sexy and emotional I'm afraid. Charlie was right. He knew he had to like Vespa and Tracey but went for the bombshell instead because that's what he thought Bond would do.
For me Ms.Goodnight and Ms.Fields had the right amount of emotional resonance I am looking for in a Bond girl. Eva certainly had her points but her character was right for the plot, so she would be the exception.
Gemma Arterton is the best Bond girl from DC era together with Mathis his girlfriend. For Skyfall i like Naomi Harris. I like Fields because she remember to the old days. She isn't smart and not sexy. Favorite scene be Airport scene http://mimg.ugo.com/201105/9/3/0/192039/girls-of-the-rush-gemma-arterton-621-image_gallery_2159_gemma-arterton-quantum-of-solace.jpg Mathis his girlfriend is like Naomi or the girl from horse car in Octopussy, not smart and again not to sexy.
Olga is smart, but no Natalya, i hope when Camile returns the chacter is grow again.
From the other girl of Skyfall is hope she wil play a Bond girl in the style of Martine Beswick (FRWL).
Good
Good. The Naomi look.
Bad. Like Elektra, Vesper, Solange or Camile. The pres pictures let's hope not like that.
I do want to add that I think Eva Green was both.
She was but she wan integral part of the plot; the love DC has for her facilitated the betrayal and the whole emotional ride of the last reel for CR. There was a reason for to be like that.
I don't want Bond girls to be like that I want fluff on an arm, and let Bond do his thing by himself.
Case in point Miranda betrayed Bond but was there the soul searching we see with DC, no. She was seen a beautiful woman who screwed with Bond and she got what was coming to her. Bond should have done it but they left it to Jinx.
As I said before, totty or emotional ties?
Exactly !! Bond girls are there only to show their beauty. Bond girls are meant to be sexy, not 3-dimensional characters. And actresses should only be chosen for their looks and not acting ability. I don't care or want complex characters as Bond girl, just beautiful Bond girls in bikini (whenever possible !!) !!
This. It was original in OHMSS and made a nice change in TWINE, it was ok for CR because it was an origin story, but from now on, less emotional romance crap, more action packed movie filled with awesome espoinage, gadgets and hot girls.
Roberts and Berry were the worst maybe in terms of all looks and nothing between the ears, and even then Berry hardly represented Miss World in that release, some have said Bach too, is all looks and nothing else, but I thought her Amasova character quite stimulating at times. Chiles was a good example of not much at all, bland looking, not much to look at all even, and a bit clumsy and stupid sometimes. We seem to get all types of Bond girls throughout the years, one year it's as before then lo and behold for the next adventure (say 1981s For Your Eyes Only) we get introduced to a character such as Melina Havelock that is both some nice eye candy and has a brain as well. Fast forward to the next adventure, Maud Adams' Octopussy is both nice looking (dependant on one's age maybe) and seems intelligent (watch out for when she discusses with Moore about her father Major Dexter Smythe) and that's always good to see, and to bring it to a halt, for the next two releases, we had Tanya Roberts awful Stacey Sutton and D'Abo's Milovy, i.e. two women not that overly beautiful, somewhat annoying and thick as two short planks, although Roberts does talk at some length about being a seismologist and the effects of earth tremors etc but still not the sharpest knife in the draw was Ms Sutton
All told I'd rather have a smart girl than just looks and T and A, Yes they may appeal to some and make for a nice background but I'll always want a girl who can handle herself and be a match for Bond, something like Bouvier in License To Kill would be an example of this