'Just a name. That's all I'm after.'

Napoleon Plural

Now one of the things that came to bother me about the pts of TWINE is how Bond basically shoots up a load of Swiss bankers for not breaking client confidentially. Not really cricket, is it?

But have I got this wrong? Are they not really Swiss bankers, but thugs undercover? According to one site, this is the case. Bond's cool appraising glance at cigar girl is meant to be him noticing that's she's not Swiss.

See here:


http://swiss-bank-accounts.com/e/fiction/world-is-not-enough/index.html

Brosnan_fan

Napoleon Plural wrote:

Now one of the things that came to bother me about the pts of TWINE is how Bond basically shoots up a load of Swiss bankers for not breaking client confidentially. Not really cricket, is it?

But have I got this wrong? Are they not really Swiss bankers, but thugs undercover?

First of all, I think you just answered your own question.

Secondly, think about this: If a group of men outnumbered and threatened you with guns while you were simply sitting down, and you only had your own gun and an explosive to use, wouldn't you do the same thing? 8-)

Napoleon Plural

Eh? So they're not actually Swiss bankers then? So why does Bond jibe about Swiss bankers in the scene?

And it's Bond who starts the aggression, by saying "I am giving you the chance to walk out with your life." Pretty threatening words, try saying that in a bank and see if security don't come running.

highhopes

Napoleon Plural wrote:

Eh? So they're not actually Swiss bankers then? So why does Bond jibe about Swiss bankers in the scene?

And it's Bond who starts the aggression, by saying "I am giving you the chance to walk out with your life." Pretty threatening words, try saying that in a bank and see if security don't come running.

I think Bond is actually responding to one of the bankers saying they were giving him a chance -- I forget the exact exchange. Whether or not they were Swiss, or worked in a bank, they did something that displeased her Majesty's government, which felt it necessary to dispatch James Bond to settle accounts.

One of the better PTSs, I think, although they should have left it at Bond's escape out the window, in my view.

Loeffelholz

highhopes wrote:

One of the better PTSs, I think, although they should have left it at Bond's escape out the window, in my view.

I agree. They should have cut to the titles after Bond gave those people on the street that smug "Yes, I did just drop forty feet from that window up there" look... :007)

Once the Q boat was launched through the outer wall of MI6 Headquarters, they began to lose me...

cbdouble07

highhopes wrote:

One of the better PTSs, I think, although they should have left it at Bond's escape out the window, in my view.

Agreed. The prolonged teaser was just one misstep in a film that was plagued by many and never realized its full potential.