We've been there through the cinema release day hypes and the bank holiday afternoon fillers.
We've seen the serious loves of Teresa di Vincenzo and Vesper Lynd rise up to him as the corny named Pussy Galore and Plenty O'Toole fell for him.
We've seen friends betray him and a historic villain be retconned into his missing brother.
The Bond franchise has been going for 56 years now in film format and the formula to a Bond movie is well known at this point. Now 24 official entries exist with the 25th set to bring another Bond's tale to an end before he 'regenerates' into a new actors form. The original twenty films told mostly independent tales with only occasional hints to past installments including five of the post-OHMSS entries referencing his dead wife but the last four have rebooted with a stronger connective tissue for now that also influences their strengths and weaknesses.
Spurred on by todays ropey list in the Guardian:
Take on the tough Bond mission of:
Rank the Bond Movies
We've seen the serious loves of Teresa di Vincenzo and Vesper Lynd rise up to him as the corny named Pussy Galore and Plenty O'Toole fell for him.
We've seen friends betray him and a historic villain be retconned into his missing brother.
The Bond franchise has been going for 56 years now in film format and the formula to a Bond movie is well known at this point. Now 24 official entries exist with the 25th set to bring another Bond's tale to an end before he 'regenerates' into a new actors form. The original twenty films told mostly independent tales with only occasional hints to past installments including five of the post-OHMSS entries referencing his dead wife but the last four have rebooted with a stronger connective tissue for now that also influences their strengths and weaknesses.
Spurred on by todays ropey list in the Guardian:
Take on the tough Bond mission of:
Rank the Bond Movies
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