This scene from Tomorrow Never Dies (1997) has to be one of the weakest a Bond villain has ever looked. Who signed off on having the end of this scene? Cringe!
I’ve always thought that Elliot Carver (Jonathan Pryce) Tomorrow plot in TND is one of the most realistic/plausible villain plots of the entire series – controlling information and the media is a very powerful thing (hat-tip Elon Musk/Twitter). I’ll give credit to the double-entendre anchorman quote to Carver, but his end “imitation” of Wai-Lin’s (Michelle Yeoh) fighting skills is nothing short of the “pathetic” word he elicits himself. Gross!
The above scene from You Only Live Twice (1967) is one of those moments where Blofeld makes clear that he lives up to the parts of the S.P.E.C.T.R.E. (Special Executive for Counterintelligence, Terrorism, Revenge, and Extortion) acronym. In this case, extortion.
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Ever wondered what the name of the song that Drax plays on his Steinway the first time he meets 007? It’s Frederic Chopin‘s “Prelude No. 15 (Raindrop)”.
Check out a full performance of the piece by world-reknown Chinese pianist Yi Lundi below:
…in case you wanted to email Boris Grishenko from GoldenEye (1995).
Honor Blackman as Pussy Galore in 
Despite its fragmented/choppy editing (and maybe the overdone shuffling shoe noises), the final countdown scene in Goldfinger (1964) is great. The anxiety buildup as the clock winds down is palpable, and every time I watch I’m invested in Connery’s fate.
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I love the way that Felix Leiter (Jeffrey Wright) bets “300 grand” in Casino Royale (2006).
Sure, splashing the pot is poor poker etiquette, but who can blame our brother from Langley? The way the chips gracefully exit his hand and spin perfectly to the pot…man, he looks cool!
Felix Leiter (Jeffrey Wright) bets 300 grand in Casino Royale (2006)
Dentonite toothpaste with the Lark Mild cigarettes detonator from Licence To Kill (1989)
…or end up like this:
Jeez…perhaps the most brutal death in all of the James Bond movies!
