James Bond Deconstructed

I recently read ‘For Your Eye Only‘ over the Christmas period and thoroughly enjoyed it. My initial interest was drawn to ‘Quantum of Solace‘ with it being the most recent Bond movie, and while it not having a thing to do with Daniel Craig‘s most recent outing, it was a great read with a cute [...]

A View to a Kill was Roger Moore’s final bow as Bond, and it’s an enjoyable entry in the 007 canon. Moore is clearly a bit on the old side to be playing the master spy, and its strange to think that Christopher Walken is so much younger than him. Consider Connery and Gert Frobe’s ages [...]

Goldfinger (1964) Guy Hamilton Starring Sean Connery, Gert Frobe, Honor Blackman, Harold Sakata 00:15 The classic early jazz like theme kicks in, and it’s not Connery in the gun barrel sequence, but Bob Simmons, the legendary stuntman. 01:05 The first piece of whimsy announces a new age for Bond. Its no longer the serious spy [...]

Roger Moore’s apex was the twin barrelled rapture inducing combo of ’The Spy Who Loved Me’ and ’Moonraker’ (1979). Moore’s two previous outings paved the way for these two peaches and Bond never really scaled these heights again. After much legal wrangling, Cubby Broccoli split with his business partner and co-producer, Harry Saltzman and went [...]

Let me first state that ‘Devil May Care’ is a great read and harks back to the good old days of the MI6’s finest. Faulkes’ novel evokes the spirit of the old James Bond and one can practically visualise Connery in the main role. Sebastian Faulkes writing as Ian Fleming is a nice touch and [...]

Moonraker (1979) Directed by Lewis Gilbert Starring Roger Moore, Lois Chiles, Michael Lonsdale, Richard Kiel 00:10 The gun barrel sequence features a thumping orchestral opening and a superbly flared and bow-tied Moore. Yes it’s the seventies. He makes no apologies for that and we’re in for a fun night. 00:41 Similar to ‘The Spy Who [...]