Gritty again. A car chase down Spanish steps (a Citroën 2CV). A cliff-climbing fight with a bald killer in a hockey mask. Bond kicked Blofeld’s wheelchair off a chimney stack. Finally.
Timothy Dalton. Sharp. Cold. A cello case as a toboggan. Bond shot a sniper through a wine glass from a mile away. He didn’t smile. “I’ve got a job to do,” he said. james bond movie list
A media mogul with a stealth ship. Bond drove a remote-controlled BMW from the back seat. Michelle Yeoh kicked a henchman off a motorbike. “You forgot the first rule of mass media, Elliot,” Bond said. “Give the people what they want.” Gritty again
The world learned three things: a man could be painted gold and die, a laser aimed at a groin is the slowest threat ever devised, and an Aston Martin DB5 had ejector seats. Oddjob’s razor hat carved a statue in cinema history. Bond kicked Blofeld’s wheelchair off a chimney stack
Back to camp. A moon buggy in Vegas. Connery, tired and grinning. Blofeld in drag. Bond killed him? Not really. You never really kill Blofeld.
Pierce Brosnan. A face from the past: 006, Alec Trevelyan, alive and bitter. “For England, James?” Alec asked. “No,” Bond said, then dropped him off a radio telescope. Famke Janssen’s thighs crushed a man to death. The tank through St. Petersburg. Bond was back.
Blofeld’s volcano lair. Ninja trainees. Bond “died” and became a Japanese fisherman. The world’s greatest spy, pretending to be a peasant, ended up piloting a rocket-catching helicopter.