Bond Is Back
And He’s Never Been Better.
It’s Definitely No Time To Die!
Daniel Craig’s Five Star Exit Positions Him Firmly In Our Hearts Forever. And That Is Something of A Surprise As He Wasn’t Exactly Gushin’ When He Got The Role And So Neither Were We. But The Role Grew On Him And He Grew On Us.
And Now We Are Seriously, Gut-wrentchingly, Unexpectedly Feeling The Love.
‘No Time To Die’ Is Infinitely Enough!
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It’s Early November 2021 And TheOrator.Press Finally Watches The New Bond Movie ‘No Time To Die‘ After All The Fuss & The Buzz of The Royal Albert Hall September 2021 Premier Has Left Town. At This Post Lockdown Glitzy Glamourous Cinematic Gathering It Was Finally Revealed Exactly How Daniel Craig’s 007 Says Goodbye. And Over Four Weeks Later Screenings Were Still “Sold Out”. Even Locally On A Quiet Sunday Night.
So We Went Large To Central London And Watched It At The Vue Cinema Leicester Square In London’s West End Instead. It Was So Epic That We Tried Again And Have Now Successfully Booked Tickets Locally To Watch Him On The Big Screen At Least Once More In Quick Succession Whilst We Can.
This Bond Film Quite Literally Moves You And Leaves You Aching For More. And There Will Be More. It’s In The Bond Production DNA. The Film Delivers Exactly What It Says On The Tin. It Is Exquisitely, Excellently, Exceptionally Bond At His Most Passionate, Explosive’ And Protective Best And This Is Absolutely ‘No Time To Die.’
We Love Him More Now Than We Ever Did Before. And When He Started Out, To Some People (Including To ‘Skyfall’ And ‘Spectre’ Double Bond Movie Director Sam Mendes) That Never Seemed Possible. So Miracles Do Happen. But of Course They Do – After All – This Is “Bond”. “James Bond”.
Daniel Craig’s Last Delivers Many Firsts
No Time To Die Is So Well Constructed That You Just Don’t See The Twist Coming And When You Finally Workout What’s Going On You Realise That Daniel Craig’s Last Mission Impossible Has Made The Impossible Possible. Although This Is His Last Outing As 007 This Bond Bombshell Delivers A Series of Firsts And In A Long Line of Twenty Plus Predecessors These Insightful, Premium, Big, Bold, Beautiful Adaptations And Modernizations Ultimately Add Up To The Best In The Fleming Franchise Yet. He’s Never Been More Strong, Sophisticated, And Sincere.
Bond 25 And How We Got Here!
The Sean Connery 6/(7)
Dr No (1962) The First Time Those Immortal Words “Bond, James Bond” Were Uttered On The Silver Screen By The Big Man He Was A Smooth, Charming, Confident, Cool, Smoking, Gambling Womaniser.
Sixty Years On He’s Still Smooth, Charming Confident And Cool.
But In This Latest Bond Things Have Changed Significantly In Line With Changes In Society.
Big Style!
George Lazenby 1
On Her Majesty’s Secret Service (1969). Bond Actually Marries In This Film. Wife Tracy Is Played By Diana Rigg. George Lazenby’s Dismissive Attitude Towards His Role As Bond Meant That It Did Not Work Out For The Aussie’ Actor And It Was Decided Once Was Enough For Him. So Bad Was The Situation That A Dud Movie In Hollywood Is Now Known As A Lazenby Which Is A Bit of A Tragedy. The Film Also Starred Telly Savalas And That Worked Out For Him As He Went On To Play Popular Cool Good Cop Kojak In The Highly Popular 70s Detective Series. He Is Also Said To Be Jennifer Aniston’s Uncle @Jennifer Aniston.
Actress Akiko Wakabayashi As Japanese Ninja Agent ‘Aki’ 1967 007.com
Jamaican Singer & Actress Grace Jones@GraceJonesOfficial As ‘Mayday’ 1985
Pop Princess Kylie Monogue @KylieMinogue In Video For Single Can’t Get You Out of My Head, 2001 In A Bond Inspired Outfit?
Pierce Brosnan 4
Pierce Bronsan Did Well & Took Care of Bond Throughout The 90s And Into The Early 2000s.
Whilst Die Another Day (2002) Was His Last Bond Movie It Was Also The Continuation of Stronger Bond Girls Such As Jinx Played By Halle Berry, Who Was Fit, Fierce & Fighting Back, Right Alongside Bond.
Grace Jones Played The Lover of Christopher Walken’s Villian In 1985’s A View To A Kill
Bond’s Always Taking A Gamble
Above: Bollinger Is Bond!
Below: Part of The Burlington Arcade 60th Anniversary Celebration Installation 2022
The Roger Moore 7
Live & Let Die (1973) Publicity Shot Featurin’ Gloria Hendry @Gloria.Hendry As Rosie, Roger Moore As James Bond 007.Com For The First Ever Time, And Jane Seymour @JaneSeymour As Solitaire.
Timothy Dalton 2
License To Kill (1989) Saw Timothy Dalton In His Second And Final Bond Movie 007.com. Some Thought It Was Too Violent. It Did Lead To A Classic Gladys Knight Ballard of The Same Title Nonetheless. And This Bond Theme Tune Made It To No.6 In The Top Ten At The Time.
Daniel Craig 5
Casino Royale (2006) Was No Jokin’ Matter Nearly 55 Years After The Original Spoof (Starrin’ Peter Sellers & David Niven – And Made By A Different Company To The Brocolli Family).
Daniel Craig Is The Fittest Bond There Ever Was And The Most Modern, Contemporary And Fearless.
His Exit Is Just As Breathtakingly Impactful As His Arrival.
Style & Fashion
Whilst Daniel Craig Is The Fittest James Bond Ever Grace Jones Was Definetly The Fittest Bond Girl. (‘Mayday’ A View To Kill (1985) With Roger Moore & Christopher Walken). She Was Stylish Too. Perhaps She & Kylie Were Influenced By Japanese Ninja Secret Service Agent ‘Aki’ In You Only Live Twice (1967) With Sean Connery. Supreme Style, Fashion & Fitness Is A Signature Feature of The Bond Franchise. See Our Special Premiere Feature In The Orator.Press (TO.P) October Issue 2021.
Grace Jones of Jamaica @GraceJonesOfficial
David Niven 1/0 (Spoof)/ Peter Sellers 1 /0 (Spoof)
Casino Royale (1967) Had Two James Bonds For The Price of One In The Form of David Niven & Peter Sellers. You Only Live Twice (1967) With Sean Connery Also Came Out The Same Year (Sean’s 5th Outin’ Since 1962).
This Was A Spoof Series By Producers Who Held The Rights Before The Brocolli Family (So It Is Not Included In The Celebratory 25 Tally). When Chubby Brocolli’s Daughter Barbara Brocolli Acquired The Rights In A Legal Settlement Circa 1997 The Producers Decided To Do Casino Royale “The Way Ian Flemming Had Intended It To Be”. Seriously! As An Action Adventure Thriller.
Although That Did Not Hit The Screens With Daniel Criag Until 2006.
Even Though Initially He Was Not A Popular Choice, The Gamble With Daniel Craig As Bond Eventually Paid off. The Producers Had Been Looking For Someone Different After Bronson, Beyond The Tall Dark And Handsome.
And Other Than Connery And Moore’s Joint Score of 7, Craig Made The Most Bond Films of All Six Bond Actors To Date, With 5 Bond Films Total.
At 6s & 7s
The Gamble With Aussie Actor George Lazenby Did Not Pay Off However And He Only Got One Go of It As The Chemistry Just Wasn’t There. Not On or Off Screen Nor Behind The Scenes. Sadly! Lazenby Reportedly Believed That He Was Above Bond And So He, The Audiences & The Production Team Did Not Get On To Any Substantial Lasting Degree.
Connery = (7)/6
(Sadly “Never Say Never Again” Is Discounted As It Was Made Outside of The Brocolli & Eon Production Team. So Although Connery Made 7 Bond Films Only 6 Officially Count As Far As The Eon Production Team Are Concerned)
Connery = 6
Moore = 7
Craig = 5
Brosnan = 4
Dalton = 2
Lazenby = 1
Total = Bond 25
Click Link: To See Which Actors Made Which Bond Films Since It All Began With Sean Connery And Ursula Andres In 1962 In Dr. No. It Was Filmed In Jamaica, Where Writer Ian Flemming Chose To Reside. Grace Jones Who Played Bond Villian Girlfriend Maypole Is Also From This Popular Land of Sunshine. And In No Time To Die Bond’s Agent Friend Felix Mets Up With Him In This Popular Hotspot of The Caribbean. Jamaica Is Bond Country.
Brocolli Keeps Bond Moving With The Times Based On The Franchise Philosophy “Adapt or Die”
And of Course
Whilst This Is ‘No Time To Die’
It’s Still Cool, Classy & Classic!
The Classic Bond Movie Signature Features Are Still All Present And Correct With High End Sartorial Style, Luxury Cars With Spectacular Secret Agent Features Such Bullet Proof Windows And Built In Weaponary, Guns, Gadgets, One Liners And Beautiful Women. Car Chases, Fight Scences And Action Packed Drama With Special Effects And Explosives. The Psychopathic Villian, Voyages To Adventurous Lands And of Course Exasperated Intelligence Bosses. And Cinematic Images of What It Is To Be British. Sweeping’ Shots of The Shard And The Central London Landscape For One – And A Portrait of Dame Judi Dench As The Former ‘M’ Proudly Positioned Within Intelligence Corridors of Power – For Another.
The Sweepin’ Shots of Italy Are Breathtakingly Beautiful (As Are So Many Things In Italy). And Some of The Scenes & Sounds of Jamaica Made Our Hearts Sing. Jamaica Was of Course Flemings’ Adopted Home. And To Add To It All When It Comes To The Lavish Lush Locations, Some of The Biggest And One of The Most Impressive Action Scenes Were Also Shot In Cuba.
Wonderfully Woke!
Wonderfully, Also Included Are Wonderfully Welcome And ‘Wonderfully Woke’ Long Overdue Advancements In Bond Storytelling. They Reflect Modern Reality And Impressive Members of The Global Majority Community (TGMC). For Instance Beautiful Bond Girls Are Now Also Beautiful Bond Women Excuding Great Girl Power. They Are Getting Involved In The Fight Scences Instead of Just Watching Helplessly On The Sidelines Waiting To Be Saved.
Ana De Armas In Heels, An Evening Dress And Her Own Martial Arts Moves Is A Stunning Example. Lashana Lynch In Her Combat Outfit Is Warrior Confident, Lazer Focused And Superfit. And Bond’s Love Interest Actually Saves Him At One Point In Another Example of Impressive Modern Day Equality.
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Other Highlights Include A Magnificient ‘Jaw Droppin’ Motorbike Moment That Literally Sees Bond Driving Himself Up The Wall And Become A Free Runner On Two Wheels With Some Serious “Wow!” Factor Film Theatricals.
Lashana Lynch’s Dance Club Queen Offering Him A Ride Home On Her Own Motorbike In A Jamaican Accent Showcases The Cultural Language Versatility Within Migrant Communities And Reminds Us That People Aren’t Always Who They Appear To Be. And Also That Members of The Global Majority Community Are often Not One Dimensional Culturally. This Same Lady Is All ‘The Queen’s English’ When She’s Ready. And We Love That About Her Because It’s Linguistically Skillful.
A Uniform Cinematic Laugh Out Loud Moment At Bond’s Response To His Love Interest Saying She Has Something To Show Him Confirms That Audiences Have Accepted Mr Bond Has Moved Into A New Phase of His Life And Is All Grown Up Now And Ready To Settle Down. This Really Is No Time To Die. This Film Does Time And Again What It Says On The Tin, Ironically Making It Craig’s Most Endearing Yet!
The Absolute Standout Screen Shot For Us Is The One of Naomi Harris As Moneypenny And Lashana Lynch As 007 Agent Nomi ‘In The Room’ And In Conference With ‘M’, The Head of The Secret Service And Bill Tanner, The ‘MI6 Chief of Staff’. They’re Just Bein’ Treated And Portrayed As Articulate, Competent, Dynamic Women Who Are Valued Senior Members of An Elite Intelligence And Security Team. Both At The Same Time. Amen! It’s About Time.
So Long Have Such Simple Cinematic Graces Been Denied To Members of The Global Majority Community (And Audiences Generally) That Finally Seein’ Them On Screen It Is Notably Refreshing. And Heartwarming. [One In. One Out? What Was That All About? That Should Have Died Long Long Ago. Infact It Should Never Have Been Happening.]
We Wonder How The Intelligence Service Would React If @007 Agent Nomi @lashanalynch Was Ever Given Reason To Report A Case of DWB (Driving Whilst Black) To Her Secret Service Bosses
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Optics Are Important And The More We See A More Balanced View of Society With Positivity And Reality Instead of Biased Negativity And Cultural Hostility The Better We Do For The Whole of Society. It’s Not About Politics But Basic Humanity And Social Harmony.
Agent Nomi Driving A Highend Luxury Car Without Being Subjected To DWB (Drivin’ Whilst Black) Treatment From Police Power Abusers Is Also Powerful And Important Imagery. Institutionally Racist Police officers Are Still So Consumed By Biogtry They’ve Not Yet Faced Up To The The Fact That An Educated, Successful, Professional Black Middle Class Is An Everyday Reality In This Country, America And Elsewhere. For Instance The Positive And Powerful Imagery of A Global Majority Community In Marvel’s 2018 Black Panther Is Only One Reason Why It Too Proved To Be Such A Phenomenal Hit And One of The Worlds Most Successful Movies of All Time.
These Most Recent Bond Achievements Are Due To The Mindful Adaptions of The Proactive Production Team Headed Up By Barbara Brocolli, Her Production Partner Michael Wilson, And Their Directorial Collaboration With Pioneering Director Cary JoJi Fukunaga. As Well As Bringing On Board Avant Garde Award Winning British Writer Pheobe Waller Bridge of Fleabag Fame. Keepin It Fresh Has Meant Keepin It Real And It Shows. This Has Attracted A Greater Share of A Diverse Audience Demogrphic. The End Result Reflects That These Executives Care And So Long As They Continue To Do So Their Trademark Adaptability Will Win Loyalty From Members of The Global Majority Community.
On Monday November 1st 2021 The 007.com Website Announced It Had Surpassed $600 Million In Global Tickets Sales Since The Film’s Release A Month Ago. And It Consecutively Took Over $1Million A Day For 29 Days. It Is Now The Highest Grossin’ Film In UK And Ireland. And Over That Previous Weekend It Was The Number One Film In China. It Is The Most Successful Bond Movie Ever Made.
As The World Moves On Generations Change And Adaptation Is The Name of The Game. And As This Movie Makes Clear There Is Definetly A New Generation of Bond Actors And Audiences To Look Forward To.
After All, This Is No Time To Die!
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