So there’s this here new James Bond movie coming out this Friday: Quantum Of Solace. I’m reasonably psyched to check it out for several reasons, namely, Daniel Craig continuing his take on Bond after Casino Royale, and the storyline which partly promises “revenge” for the death of Vespyr Lynd.
Over the past few months, a mysterious commentator named “Slammerworm” has been watching all the James Bond movies and leaving his own take in the comments below each of my Bond movie reviews. Impressed by his diligence and thoughtfully funny comments, I compiled them all into this huge post for future reference (with permission, of course). Slammerworm ranked all 23 Bond films (including the oddities Never Say Never Again and Casino Royale [1967]) into a mega-list from best to worst.
A few months ago, I challenged myself to watch all the James Bond films… and so did the author of The Man Who Saved Britain, however he did it as a result of growing up in England. This thoroughly entertaining book is a simultaneous memoir, history tome, and James Bond tribute. It attempts to place the suave spy in British history, claiming that the popularity largely stemmed from how the British empire — spanning multiple nations worldwide and with a technologically superior fighting force — fell apart after World War II, and looking for something to believe in, latched onto the macho myth that is Bond.
For completeness’ sake, I watched the 1967 spy spoof Casino Royale, which features several James Bond type characters and more than one director. It’s stuffed with familiar actors: Orson Welles, David Niven, Peter Sellars, and Woody Allen. To call this film bizarre is an understatement (it’s a “psychedelic comedy”). I found it particularly surreal to watch after the recent, way serious, Casino Royale starring Daniel Craig as Bond.
I just got through watching the James Bond movies, which we all know are famous for their various sirens, chanteuses, and femme fatales. Here are my top seven (once again, in honor of 007) favorite Bond ladies, in no particular order.