1973
We entered the Roger Moore
phase of James Bond with some skepticism.
Having the guy die in the cold open by being bitten from a snake that
never gets closer than a yard away from him may have been the cause of that.
The change of pace in
McCartney’s theme caused her to rate it boring at first, until realizing it was
catchy.
The lack of Q depressed
her, as it should everyone. Having yet
another actor in the role confused her once more, leading her to ask who Felix
Leiter was.
I re-explained, “He’s
played by a different actor almost every time, though this one comes back when
Rassilon plays James Bond.”
Her reply: “That’s not a
sentence you hear every day…except in this house.”
At some point during the
running around, she stated she was impressed by the Foley sound used.
That’s my girl.
She finds “pretzel
people” naturally scary in general, but Baron Samedi extra freaky.
This helped her identify
better with the terror the characters were showing on screen before his
arrival, because her first reaction to the portent of his arrival on the grave
was:
“She's afraid of a hat?”
The Tarot cards were a
key element of the plot, but whenever someone would talk about them showing the
future, she’s pipe in with, “No they don’t!”
In general she thought anyone who believed in the magic powers were
crazy, and “just sad.”
That’s my girl.
Other observations of
the new lead spy:
“Of course, he’s the
naked people card.”
“Chasing after someone
while pulling his clothes on? Typical.”
“Wow, he did that whole
show with the fake deck of cards?
Usually he just says, “Let’s
go Jamesbond.”
In only one film, she
identified Roger Moore’s key acting expression.
“Ooh! He’s raising an
eyebrow!”
And she figured out Mr.
Big and Kananga were one and the same, though she still found the reveal
disturbing.
Her favorite part was
learning the evil, super strong henchman with a claw hand was named “Tee
Hee.” Every time he showed up she’d get
hysterical. She was hoping someone would
offer him a hot beverage, “Want some tea, Tee Hee?”
The lighter and sillier
action of the Moore era engaged her interest more than the previous films. Comic relief J. W. Pepper added to it
considerably and she decided they should have made:
“Tee Hee and Billy Bob’s
Adventures on the Wide Frontier.”
Adding in the fact that,
before switching to the supposedly more manly but less spy like Ruger .44
Magnum Super Redhawk, Bond carried “the Pee Pee gun.” She declared this the
best movie ever.
There was some concerns
that there would be Jamesbonding on a pole when our heroes were captured, but
the saw watch generated an impressed, “Whoah!”
We love Q even when he isn’t there.
The end of Kananga was
equally remarked upon, with the addition, “He’s like a human piñata!”
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