We usually try to order in from a local favorite one night. On Thursday we have our 80's movie night, "Trash Bin Titty Thursdays" - more on that here!
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On Sunday we dress up nice and go on a coffee date or "rabbit" as we like to call it - more on that here!
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Sunday is extra special because in addition to coffee it's also our James Bond movie day or "Bondays". MSMF is a movie buff and knowing that we'd need long haul entertainment we thought it would be cool to see ALL of the Bond films. MSMF has seen more of them than I have but we both have gaps in the Bond canon. So we wrote them all down, threw them in a glass bowl, and pick a new Bond or two to watch each Sunday. Fun facts - There are 27 total if you count No Time To Die which hasn't come out yet, the duplicate Casino Royale from 67' that MSMF described more as a comedy, and Never Say Never Again from 83'. There were two Bond films in 83', Never Say Never Again and Octopussy.
We saw Octopussy last Sunday and I have to say it wasn't that bad. For Bond being played by Roger Moore. He and Pierce Brosnan are definitely my least favorite Bonds. Maybe it has to do with the eras, 70's to early 20's, but Jesus these guys just don't do it for me. The crass innuendos don't get me excited in the least and evoke either a laugh or ugh from MSMF and I. I mean come on, Octopussy? "Forgive my curiosity but what is that? That's just my little octopussy." Yeah. Ok. So many terrible one liners come or should I say cum out of the Bond films. At least Roger Moore had the comedic flair occasionally to raise his eyebrows or hang his mouth open on particularly bad zingers. Here are a few of my favorite doozies:
You Only Live Twice (Sean Connery) - Bond is laying in bed with a Chinese woman.
"Why do Chinese girls taste different from all other girls?"
"You think we better, huh?"
"No, just different. Like Peking Duck is different from Russian Caviar."
"Darling, I give you very best duck."
Live And Let Die (Roger Moore) - Bond has just explained the first two lessons of a lover.
"Is there time before we leave, for lesson number three?"
"Of course. There's no sense going out half-cocked."
The World Is Not Enough (Roger Moore) - Bond is in bed with Christmas Jones.
"I was wrong about you."
"Yeah, how so?"
"I thought Christmas only comes once a year."
I think MSMF and I agree that Live and Let Die, of course a 73' Roger Moore film, is the worst Bond so far. Besides the 20 minute boat chase where the boats spend half of the time on land, the wheels completely fall off the film when George Clifton James, as Sheriff J.W. Pepper, shows up for "comedic relief" tossing his Louisiana accent around calling everyone "boy" and acting like a complete idiot.
I'm partial to Daniel Craig as my favorite Bond and feel that overall his films are the best. Contradicting that statement, as much as I hate to admit it, my favorite Bond is Roger Moore's The Man with the Golden Gun in 74'. I really have no idea why I'm so partial to this film aside from the cool gold gun and Scaramanga's funhouse. We still haven't plucked it from the glass bowl and it's killing me. So in the meantime I've been amusing myself by telling MSMF that I'll give him good duck.
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