Pussy Galore is first competent female character who isn’t being played by forces out of her control. Obviously with 20 films to choose from, there are no shortage of female characters to consider. It’s everything that a conversation between a top-tier, egotistical field agent and an aggressively ambitious agency accountant would be.Īnd speaking of Vesper, there is no doubt that she is the greatest of all of Bond’s female cohorts. It’s intelligent, it’s hysterical, and it’s real. The caustic sparing between Bond and Vesper Lynd in their first meeting on the train even takes the title of greatest dialogue sequence away from Pierce’s Bond vs. He is smug, self-righteous, and (to his superiors and peers) frustratingly correct more often than not. It is a pleasure to watch Bond arrogantly defend his actions. I revel in the pointed exchanges between Bond and M. The film dives deep, deep into the psyche of a spy - of a killer. The role is juicy and Craig delivers spectacularly. We finally have our first film that is truly about James Bond.įor the first time in the illustrious 44 year history of the franchise, we get a film that honors James Bond as a three-dimensional character. Le Chiffre is perhaps one of my favorite Bond villains and I’ll get into that shortly, however this film isn’t dictated by the quality of the villain as he is overshadowed by a far more fulfilling character. I say that this is a fine metric for all pre-Craig entries.

It’s often said that Bond films are made and broken by their villains. If you all are interested, I'll be posting one of these discussions/reviews every 2 weeks. 007 films have always been my guilty pleasure and I thought it might be worth trying to have a more analytical discussion about them.

Hey folks! I'm planning on watching all 23 of the James Bond films between now and the release of Spectre in November.

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