- "Ninja training camp" in Nimeji Castle, You Only Live Twice, as an 11 year old, this was very cool.
- Aerial shot of Bond fighting henchmen on Kobe docks rooftop in You Only Live Twice
- Bond entering Tokyo subway in You Only Live Twice, meeting Tanaka in his private train.
- Lincoln Continental and hoodlum getting crushed in Goldfinger.
- Bond playing golf with Auric Goldfinger.
- Jill St John with the brat in "Circus Circus" in Diamonds are Forever, "Blow up yer pants!"
- Bond looking absolutely rooted before Diana Rigg skates up to him in On Her Majesty's Secret Service.
- In Dr No Bond leaves the dead would-be assassin sitting in the rear seat of his conertible. He turns to the Government House guard with the line, "See he doesn't get away".
- Entering Dr No's underwater lair (early Ken Adam Bond production design, refined and maxed up in You Only Live Twice.)
- Bond meeting Honey Rider on the beach in Dr No (this is a no brainer).
- Bond with jetpack in the start of Thunderball (the rest of the film is a bit of a bore, surprisingly - the remake Never Say Never Again was infinitely better)
- "Welcome back Mr Bond, I hope we can expect more gratuitous sex and violence" from Never Say Never Again.
- Bond on the Orient Express talking wine with Robert Shaw in From Russia With Love
- Aston Martin showing its stuff in the Swiss Alps (Goldfinger, of course)
- Bond in the old DB5 with M (finger poised on the red gear shift button) in Skyfall
- all the opening titles (even the new ones)
- the excitement generated in the end credits before: "The End of ..... but James Bond will return in ......"
A blog by a self-opinionated tosser from Melbourne, Australia. Now retired, he has too much time on his hands and needs to get a life. He will bore you rigid with his views, biases, recollections and travel tips. He reviews novels, TV shows and movies, making lists and crapping on about pop culture. You have been warned. Feedback encouraged.
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