Oh Rosa Klebb. The great ex-SMERSH, SPECTRE No. 3 and probable lesbian. My favourite bad girl of these movies. So sad you had to die in the end. I rather liked you Number 3.
Alright, now down to business. I love this locations in the movie. I already love Russia anyway, so this just added to that. Granted, it wasn't as much as movies today (I'm thinking of particularly Mission Impossible and it's turn at Russia in Ghost Protocol), but I thoroughly enjoyed getting to see these places.
Something I love about this movie is getting to see SPECTRE Island. Getting to see the base of operations and how much they hate Bond was rather nice. Plus, we get to see how they train. You rather get the idea that these guys are hardcore. Now, it's seen in person. It also was a great chance to see the guy they send after Bond in action and know how horrid he- and many of the others on the island- are in real life.
And, of course, there's the women. Tatiana is, of course, gorgeous and more modelesque than her predecessor. At least a little more high fashion. She's loyal to her country. And falls in love with Bond like so many women. Next, the two Roma women who are fighting over a man. And letting Bond decide? Really, like he's going to make a decision about this. I think he'd really choose both of them.
As for the theme, I'd have to rate it somewhere in the middle.
Opening credits, same.
Both were really rather blah, boring, and forgetful.
Iconic Bits-
Looking down the barrel of a gun- This is the first time we see this iconic bit that just gets better with age.
The Man in a Chair with a Cat- seen later in the Austin Powers movies.
Calling operatives by a number- Again, Austin Powers did this.
Q- This is the first appearance of Desmond Llewellyn as Q. He would continue this role in every Bond movie until his death during the Pierce Brosnan era. And on a side note, I never consider John Cleese as Q. He's always R to me. A Q discussion will resume with Skyfall and the reappearance of Q after Desmond's death.
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