Paloma (Ana de Armas) is critically underutilized in No Time To Die (2021) and this 1 minute scene proves it!
Aside from the great chemistry between Paloma (Ana de Armas) and James Bond (Daniel Craig), this ass-kicking fight sequence was awesome! That amazing dress paired with those amazing legs made for an effective visual in the fight in Cuba after the Spectre party. Why on earth didn’t we see more of Paloma?! However, I do concede that the salud/booze shot sequence was a bit contrived and forced – not really sure why that made the final cut…
But despite her short on-screen time, I’d argue that Paloma and Bond’s chemistry rivaled or bested that between Bond and Madeleine Swann. Maybe it’s the dress, her naivete, cuteness, humor or a combination of it all that made Paloma stand out. Dare I say it’d be cool to see her return in a future Bond movie to further develop the Bond/Paloma work/personal relationship? It’d be more interesting than the tired and dreary Swann/child plotline we got from NTTD – Bond (and the audience) wasn’t enthused at the prospect!
Maybe in an alternate timeline as well – Swann is murdered, Mathilde doesn’t exist, Bond seeks his revenge with a Paloma assist and they get together. Kind of like the Vesper plot from Casino Royale (2006) without the backstabbing and the suicide, and a little more meaningful than the Anya Amasova/Tiple X relationship from The Spy Who Loved Me (1977). One can dream…
Paloma (Ana de Armas) and her legs in an awesome fight sequence from No Time To Die (2021)
The opening sequence of The Living Daylights (1987) closely resembled some of your current favorite Battle Royale video games, including PUBG and Fortnite
PUBG fans, see the same meme but with your game after the fold. 🙂
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James Bond (Sean Connery) straight up punts the head of a goon at the beginning of Goldfinger (1964)
Jaws’ (Richard Kiel) intro in Moonraker (1979) has to be the best henchmen intro of any James Bond movie.
We catch the tail end of villain Hugo Drax’s (Michael Lonsdale) phone conversation searching for a replacement henchman for the recently deceased Chang (it’s so weird he refers to him as “Cha” in the phone conversation, but whatever). As he sits atop his ivory tower, he’s pleasantly surprised to hear the prospect of Jaws (Richard Kiel) as his next henchman to help carry out his nefarious plot and subdue James Bond in the process. I also wonder who Drax is on the phone with – is there a villain’s HR department?!
Fast forward to Jaws’ hilariously oversized arrival in Rio de Janeiro – we see him set off the metal detectors for obvious reasons. Without a word (just a smile), he explains the beeping to the Rodney Dangerfield doppelganger customs worker, totally freaking him out. LOL!
Jaws (Richard Kiel) shows his signature metal smile in Moonraker (1979)
Jimmy Bond (Woody Allen) hiccups after taking a swig of a spiked drink in Casino Royale (1967)
Professor X in the “Perfection” meme prefers the *real* James Bond 007.
LOL…those that have watched Casino Royale (1967) will understand this meme!
The Spectre vulnerability is a serious modern computer processor bug that likely affects you!
I had to tie it into the Bond movie. 🙂
Read more about it here: https://spectreattack.com/
The Oh Cult Voodoo Shop in Live and Let Die (1973)
The “These are sold for rituals.” sign in the Oh Cult Voodoo Shop in Live and Let Die. (1973)…umm pretty sure those skulls are illegal
The Oh Cult Voodoo Shop, also known by its other absurd name to match its sign, For Rituals Only. 🙂
The Fillet of Soul club has been re-purposed as a seafood store, Fillet of Sole. 🙂
The Fillet of Soul club in Live and Let Die (1973)
