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ButDaniel Craig’s Bond isn’t that kind of Bond.
Davi has certainly played some pretty colorful heavies in his career, but none comes close to this one.
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Bond might have limped a bit playing catch-up, but catch up he finally did inTomorrow Never Dies.
She’s 007’s equal.
It was the first time we saw Bond reckoning with loss and it hurt.
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Opening fight,Skyfall(2012)
The opening moments ofSkyfalloffer a thrilling update.
And, thanks toChristopher Lee, the ruthless Scaramanga is one of the franchise’s best.
Honey Ryder emerges from the surf,Dr.
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You might notice more than one moment fromDr.
It’s not because it’s such a great film.
Take the first appearance of the “Bond girl.”
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Throughout the series, it was often imitated but never equaled.
“No, Mr.
Bond, I expect you to die!
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“Choose your next witticism carefully, Mr.
It may be your last.”
To which Goldfinger offers the wonderfully evil one-liner: “No, Mr.
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Bond, I expect you to die!”
But the film’s showstopping opening would mark the high point of his turn as Bond.
And, as movie introductions go, it’s perfect in every way.
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All eyes are on him and how could they not be?
The sultry Sylvia Trench (Eunice Gayson) wants to know who this suave international man of mystery is.
Connery’s cool-as-the-other-side-of-the-pillow reply is one for the ages: “Bond, James Bond.”
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Cue Monty Norman’s slinky, surf-guitar 007 theme.
This is the exact moment when a legend was born.
As icing, 007 wins the hand…and naturally, gets the girl.
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