Believe it or not, in the above GIF from Diamonds Are Forever (1971), the guy being forcefully interrogated of Blofeld’s location actually articulately responds with “Cairo!” despite the lack of mouth movement. Some poor dubbing!
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)
James Bond (Sean Connery) straight up punts the head of a goon at the beginning of Goldfinger (1964)
Jimmy Bond (Woody Allen) hiccups after taking a swig of a spiked drink in Casino Royale (1967)
In Moonraker (1979), as James Bond makes his escape via his hydrofoil gondola in Venice, some great, funny and downright cheesy reactions from the witnessing crowd are seen.
Which is your favorite?
The Cold Turkey Quitter
The Oblivious Couple & Doomed Gondolier
The Wacky Waving Boatsman
The Jaw-Dropped Sailor
The Perplexed Wino – he appears in other Bond movies too!
The Gobsmacked Artist
The Double Take Pigeon
The Observant Dog
The Reckless Waiter
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??
