Sean Connery 007

"THUNDERBALL" (1965) Review

I had just viewed the 1965 Bond movie, "THUNDERBALL" for the first time in several years. And I can see why this movie is considered to be one of my all time inayopendelewa Bond flicks. But I do not think I can state why in one au two sentences.

“THUNDERBALL” turned out to be director Terence Young’s third and last Bond film. Most Bond mashabiki consider it to be his least superior film, but I consider it to be his sekunde best, following 1963’s “FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE”. The story was based upon an unfinished script called “Warhead”, co-written kwa Ian Fleming,...

"THE PARADOX OF JINX JOHNSON"

When I had first ilitumwa maoni about the 2002 James Bond movie "DIE ANOTHER DAY" on message boards and forums, I found myself face to face with a surprise. Apparently, many mashabiki found Halle Berry’s performance as NSA Agent Giacinta “Jinx” Johnson unsatisfactory. And after perusing zaidi of the James Bond message boards, I also learned that Berry is regarded kwa many Bond mashabiki as ”the worst Bond girl” in the franchise’s history.

After recovering from this shocker, I began to read some of the reasons why Berry is now so reviled kwa the Bond fandom. Quite...