Is there a bigger fictional character than British secret agent James Bond? How big is he? Take a look at this picture below. Either he is very big, or I am an old, shrinking man? (don't answer that question) This picture was taken last week when my wife and I went to the movies for the first time in about two years. The latest Bond film, "No Time To Die," was close to three hours long and for eleven dollars in change for two people, it was great entertainment. I'm the one with the popcorn below and he's holding a gun.
Novelist, Ian Fleming wrote the Bond stories beginning in 1953, which makes James Bond older than me and Haagen-Dazs ice cream.(both 61) The first Bond movie, "Dr. No," came out in 1962. The latest movie is the 27th film, although only 25 are owned by the same company, with two others owned by another company. Three times a Bond movie has featured a hit song that was nominated for an Academy Award, "Live and Let Die," "Nobody Does It Better," and "For Your Eyes Only." Many of the movie titles are about living, dying or killing, which does make sense for movies about secret agents.
The actors who played James Bond are mostly well known, beginning with Sean Connery and Roger Moore and also Timothy Dalton, Pierce Brosnan, and Daniel Craig, who is in his final performance currently. Two other lesser known Bonds are George Lazenby and David Niven who both only appeared one time. David Niven starred in "Casino Royale" which came out in 1967, was a spy parody of James Bond and I believe it's the only Bond movie I have never seen. Some of the well known actors and actresses in that movie were Ursula Andrews, Woody Allen, Orson Welles, Peter O'Toole, Angelica Huston, William Holden and Deborah Kerr. One oddity was the first appearance of someone named Perter Prowse, who later became the physical appearance of Darth Vader! How would James Bond defeat Darth Vader? I think I'm going to look that movie up and see a different James Bond.
For almost 60 years, James Bond has entertained the world and you can be sure that in a few years there will be one more Bond movie to see and his legend will be bigger than ever. (and I'll probably be a little smaller too)
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