You've likely heard the old controversy about who makes the best James Bond: Sean Connery, Roger Moore, Pierce Brosnan, and whoever came after him. Really, I can't stand James Bond no matter who plays him. (Great theme music, though.) Smug, sexist bastard! But I rented THUNDERBALL recently, because I'd seen an interesting pic of one Fiona Volpe, a character in the film, in leather and mounted most enticingly on a motorcycle.
Well, predictably, the film had no such image at all. Instead, there was a brief sequence of her on a motorcyle, almost indistinguishable from a guy, until (SURPRISE!!!) she takes her helmet off and long hair flows out. YES, it's a GIRL on that bike, [insert exclamation of surprise here].
The rest of the flick she dresses like an astronaut's wife. And the movie itself is a cat's breakfast.
Well, predictably, the film had no such image at all. Instead, there was a brief sequence of her on a motorcyle, almost indistinguishable from a guy, until (SURPRISE!!!) she takes her helmet off and long hair flows out. YES, it's a GIRL on that bike, [insert exclamation of surprise here].
The rest of the flick she dresses like an astronaut's wife. And the movie itself is a cat's breakfast.
3 comments:
The only Bond I really liked was Diamonds are Forever. The villanesses were truly psychotic.
Maybe I'll look that one up.
I think the scariest female villainess of all time is Lady Kaede in Kurosawa's Ran.
So is SPECTRE, the nemesis Bond usually faces, better or worse than Yoyodyne?
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