The “flaming head” from the title sequence of Live and Let Die (1973)
The James Bond equivalent of the “This is fine.” comic meme.
The first James Bond movie, Dr. No, was released on this day – 55 years ago (!) on October 5th, in 1962.
Annabel Chung (Marguerite LeWars), a reporter for Jamaica’s Daily Gleaner and likely Dr. No henchman, takes a picture of some crazy dancers in Dr. No (1962) as she spies on James Bond
Celebrate! Dance! Have a martini shaken, not stirred! If you dance like the above guy though, expect to get some curious, Sylvia Trench-like looks from people around you!
Sylvia Trench (Eunice Gayson) looks at James Bond, and the guy dancing, peculiarly in Dr. No (1962)
The end “wave goodbye” in >From Russia With Love (1963)
The only cheesy flaw from this otherwise awesome movie??
Don’t get distracted with all of the next James Bond actor rumors!
In this short, dialogue-free sequence from No Time To Die (2021), James Bond (Daniel Craig) hops back on the double-oh saddle in style after getting lost at sea. In London, and on his way back to MI6, he visits a garage and dusts off an old Aston Martin V8 Vantage (hat-tip to Dalton’s Bond who drives it in The Living Daylights (1987) with the same license plate number, “B549 WUU”). We also see where he stores M’s infamous Jack the Bulldog figurine (“the whole office goes up in smoke and that bloody thing survives”) – obviously not in a prominent place and seemingly halfway in the trash.
In an oddly-edited shot, we see Bond turn on his invisibility superpowers and magically hop in the car, only to deftly spin his wheels on the way to the office. No offense to the Aston Martin DB5, but I was glad to see the unveiled automobile wasn’t the DB5. Overall, I think we are at capacity with the DB5’s onscreen time, and any more exposure or throwbacks to it in future movies would be overkill. I love the DB5, of course, and I get that it’s iconic and it deserved the exposure it has gotten, but now I think it’s time to move on.
In typical Craig Bond fashion, his car and any subsequent gadgets are tragically underutilized, and here we see it serve the minimal auto purpose – getting from point A to B in a commute. What a bummer! But at least we get to hear the Bond theme and we get an awesome shot of him exiting the vehicle in one of the most memorable shots from NTTD promo materials and arguably the coolest Craig has looked in his entire 007 career.
James Bond (Daniel Craig) looking suave AF in No Time To Die (2021)
Holly Goodhead (Lois Chiles) looks at James Bond (Roger Moore) in a very suggestive manner at the end of Moonraker (1979)
“Most Secret” footage of the 747 aircraft crash site after the Moonraker space shuttle was hijacked off its back in Moonraker (1979)
Odd…Why not designate as the traditional “Top Secret”?
James Bond (Daniel Craig) and Q (Ben Whishaw) meet at the National Gallery in London in front of painting The Fighting Temeraire tugged to her last berth to be broken up, 1838, an oil painting by the English artist Joseph Mallord William Turner in Skyfall (2012)
This is a cool two-scene sequence from Live And Let Die (1973).
As Bond (Roger Moore) and Felix Leiter (David Hedison) prepare to investigate Mr. Big further, we get a glimpse into their literal dressing room. As Felix ties up loose ends with the “airplane matter” from the previous scene, Bond shows his diva side by working with a tailor for his mission outfits, with room service in tow, nonetheless.
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The only two years in James Bond movie history to have two movies released in the same year: 1967 (the unofficial Casino Royale and You Only Live Twice) and 1983 (the unofficial Never Say Never Again and Octopussy)
