Paul McCartney's opening song.

Yvonne 2022-03-16 09:01:04

I revisited this one immediately after watching Skyfall. This is the first 007 I watched, and it is also the one that I am most impressed with. Since then, Roger Moore’s 007 ranked first, followed by Brosnan. When I watched it again this time, I found that the opening of the film was actually composed and sung by the famous Paul McTerney, which is no less famous than the current Adele. A compact melody in the song has become one of the classic soundtracks of 007.

Witchcraft, black music and style, magnetic watches, jumping crocodiles, iron hands, inflatable bombs, black faces changing, suddenly rotating seats in restaurants, sudden assassinations at funerals. These things that I had never seen before, really shocked my mind during the second period. Various props + weird villains + bond girls, these three elements are also the reason why I like 007 later, especially the villains. I feel that the villains designed by the screenwriters at that time were all more distinctive, or they were Qiba, or possessed. The big drug lords of divination and black gangs are either mysterious people who easily set up space stations. So, after watching skyfall, I feel that the villain is a bit weak, but this is also a design that conforms to the times. After all, the early technology was not developed, and there was no Internet. People can still accept some strange things, but now people are all knowledgeable. Wide, so no matter how strange things are, people don’t take it anymore. On the contrary, it is a villain that is more traditional and practical to appreciate.

There are so many cute elements in this film, the reckless and petite black mm, the pure and young fortune-teller, aren't these two kinds of women often seen in Japanese anime. At that time, foreigners also thought that mana disappeared after the buds were opened, which made people wonder whether the screenwriter liked Asian stories.

In other words, the figure of 007 at that time was really weak, no abs, no pectoral muscles, the figure was about the same as me, and the aesthetics of male heroes were too far apart.

ps, I found out that one of the highlights of 007 at that time was the escape from the dead. . . Everything was discovered, although he could escape from the dead, but it stands to reason that this is the worst spy!

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  • Whisper: [barely audible] Your champagne, sir.

    James Bond: What?

    Whisper: [slightly louder] Your champagne!

    James Bond: [takes a moment to realize what Whisper's saying] Oh! Just put it on the table over there, will you?

    Whisper: [whispering] Shall I open it?

    James Bond: Hmm?

    Whisper: [louder] Shall I open it?

    James Bond: Oh, no, I can take care of that.

    [hands Whisper money]

    Whisper: Thank you.

  • Rosie Carver: [James and Rosie lying on a picnic blanket kissing] Oh, James. Ooh you don't know what finding you has meant to me.

    James Bond: Oh I can imagine. And you've no idea what finding this has meant to me.

    [James shows her a Queen of Cups tarot card that Solitiare sent him]

    James Bond: You do know what the Queen of Cups means in an upside down position? A deceitful, perverse woman. A liar, a cheat, and I'd like some answers now.

    Rosie Carver: Please... uh... You don't understand, sir. They'll kill me if I do.

    James Bond: [James Bond produces his gun and points it at Rosie] And I'll kill you if you don't.

    Rosie Carver: But you couldn't. You wouldn't. Not after what we just done.

    James Bond: Well, I certainly wouldn't have killed you before.