50 Years of Bond – 50 reasons to love Bond

It’s the 50th year of James Bond movies. Here are 50 random reasons to love Bond movies.

“Bond, James Bond” introduction
Aston Martin DB5
Francisco Scaramanga
Lotus Esprit submarine
Walther PPK
Ice chase from die another day
Attaché case in From Russia with Love
Red Grant
The Vesper martini
Little Nellie

Daniel Craig’s reinvention of the character
Pam Bouvier
M
Honey Ryder (Ursula Andress) emerging from the sea
Domino Dervaly
Rosa Klebs shoes
SPECTRE’s extravagant way of disposing with failed operatives
Oddjob’s hat
Jaws’ teeth
Sean Connery probably still the best Bond
Xenia Onatopp’s unusual way of killing
Moneypenny
SPECTRE’s ridiculously over the top bases and lairs
Union Flag parachute
Colonel Wai Lin
Introducing parkour to mainstream movies
Pussy Galore
AMC “barrel roll” from The Man with the Golden Gun
Magnetic Rolex watch
Q
Teresa “Tracy” Di Vicenzo
Scaramanga’s golden gun
Exploding pen
Monty Norman/John Barry’s James Bond Theme music
Vesper Lynd
007 logo
Its British
Felix Leiter
Camille Montes
The Gun barrel sequence
Theme Songs
Anya Amasova aka Agent XXX
Bond’s ‘one-liners’
Moonraker’s shameless attempt to cash in on the success of Star Wars
Timothy Dalton’s ahead of his time interpretation of Bond

Ian Fleming’s source novels
Pre-title sequence
Jill Masterson (Shirley Eaton) iconic but gruesome death
Title sequence
“James Bond Will Return”