die another day is just fill of things from other bonds

James Suzuki

I watched die another day recenatly and i was appaled by how there was heaps of things from other bonds.
1. you see the fleming book birds from the west indies
2. girl coming from sea- dr no
3.in goldefinger bond meets goldfinger and beats him at his own game-golf.
in dad bond meet gustav and beets him in his own game-fencing
4.you see crocodile and jet from octopussy
5. attache case and knife shoe from FRWL
6.union jack parachute
7 laser torture-goldfinger you see

mrbain007

I think that was the point. As it was the 40th Anniversary they wanted to have nods to the previous 19 films. Some bits worked better than others IMO

Hardyboy

Indeed--it was widely advertised before the film came out that there would be nods to all the previous Bond films. If you don't like them, fine; but it's not like they tried to sneak something over on us!

James Suzuki

true, it was the 40th annervisary and they warned us, so there.

SilentSpy

I'm still not exactly sure why they did all the reference to past films either. I think people were forgetting that each actor was playing the same character. Just with a differrent take suited to the actor's strengths. It's also not the best thing that the director of Die Another Day thought that the James Bond name was a code name. It's something I think the director of Quantum of Solace might subscribe to with the whole Mathis scene. I have a hard time deciding which is the worst Bond film. Either Die Another Day or Quantum of Solace. Anyway, I do wish the references in Die Another Day were smaller references like the grape scene taken from Thunderball.