Enjoy your downtime 007?

ChriscoopChriscoop Belize Posts: 10,458MI6 Agent
in The James Bond Films
I know it's not for everyone, but I like a bit of screen time dedicated to Bonds lifestyle and personal interests. From the first few spy shots from filming in Jamaica
we see Bond doing some sailing and harpoon fishing as well as enjoying a good cigar.... That's if these scenes make the final cut. We havnt seen Bond enjoy a cigar since Brosnan in DAD. We've seen Bonds flat twice now, and his love of decent coffee is well documented along with his appreciation of good food. Watersports and swimming have always been there too as M once asked "for any other reason than your love of water sports?" in TB it seems DCs tenure will be the most watery with only Sean Connery spending large amounts of time in the water.
We know Bond likes card games as he's the best player in the service so what else does Bond enjoy personally? Spirited driving must be up there, and what else would we like to see Bond doing in Bond 25? Who else welcomes back smoking a cigar? I know I do.
It was either that.....or the priesthood

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  • Smiert-SpionamSmiert-Spionam Posts: 318MI6 Agent
    Pretty sure he enjoys a good round of golf as well as witnessed in Goldfinger and I'm pretty sure it goes into more depth in the novel too.

    As for smoking cigarettes, I thought those days were long over. Thankfully not and I'd welcome seeing that again if it does indeed make the final cut.
    Smiert Spionam
  • Mr MartiniMr Martini That nice house in the sky.Posts: 2,707MI6 Agent
    Bond would never turn down a beautiful woman. We should already know that though and it doesn't need to go in to much depth in Bond 25. The movie should keep a PG-13 rating.
    Some people would complain even if you hang them with a new rope
  • BarbelBarbel ScotlandPosts: 37,860Chief of Staff
    Smiert-Spionam wrote:
    Pretty sure he enjoys a good round of golf as well as witnessed in Goldfinger and I'm pretty sure it goes into more depth in the novel too.

    It certainly does, and the first chapter of Colonel Sun has him enjoying a round with Bill Tanner.
  • Matt SMatt S Oh Cult Voodoo ShopPosts: 6,610MI6 Agent
    I can only picture golf coming back in a Bond film if it's a high-stakes golfing tournament. The film will be called "Sandtrap Royale".
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  • ChriscoopChriscoop Belize Posts: 10,458MI6 Agent
    The novels go into some fabulous detail on bonds personal tastes from his food, brown speckled egg from French maran hens (available in some sainsbury stores) to the grilled sole, sea food figures heavily in Bonds diet and consciously or not certain Bond 25 images include this, Fleming wrote that "Breakfast was Bonds favourite meal of the day" Norwegian honey and little scarlet strawberry jam were both mentioned along with de bry coffee from a chemex. A round of golf would certainly be on Bonds downtime agenda, and perhaps a look round the Alfa Romeo showroom to have a look at that car that overtook him in Moonraker?
    It was either that.....or the priesthood
  • BarbelBarbel ScotlandPosts: 37,860Chief of Staff
    Matt S wrote:
    I can only picture golf coming back in a Bond film if it's a high-stakes golfing tournament. The film will be called "Sandtrap Royale".

    ...and one of the villains will be played by Putter Smith.
  • Matt SMatt S Oh Cult Voodoo ShopPosts: 6,610MI6 Agent
    Barbel wrote:
    Matt S wrote:
    I can only picture golf coming back in a Bond film if it's a high-stakes golfing tournament. The film will be called "Sandtrap Royale".

    ...and one of the villains will be played by Putter Smith.

    :))
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  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy Behind you !Posts: 63,792MI6 Agent
    ... on Eva Green ;%
    "I've been informed that there ARE a couple of QAnon supporters who are fairly regular posters in AJB."
  • BarbelBarbel ScotlandPosts: 37,860Chief of Staff
    You wish...
  • Matt SMatt S Oh Cult Voodoo ShopPosts: 6,610MI6 Agent
    How many Mujaba clubs will Bond need to play this game?
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  • Charmed & DangerousCharmed & Dangerous Posts: 7,358MI6 Agent
    Thunderpussy wrote:
    ... on Eva Green ;%

    ... alongside Lana Wood? :D
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  • PeppermillPeppermill DelftPosts: 2,860MI6 Agent
    Tee Hee will be the henchman. The theme song will be either Fairway To Heaven or Albatross, performed by The Birdies....... I'll get my coat. :v
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  • Mr MartiniMr Martini That nice house in the sky.Posts: 2,707MI6 Agent
    All these golf puns are defiantly foregetable.
    Some people would complain even if you hang them with a new rope
  • Smiert-SpionamSmiert-Spionam Posts: 318MI6 Agent
    Charmed & Dangerous wrote:
    Thunderpussy wrote:
    ... on Eva Green ;%

    ... alongside Lana Wood? :D

    Surely the Bond girl would be Honey 'Ryder'
    Smiert Spionam
  • Napoleon PluralNapoleon Plural LondonPosts: 10,467MI6 Agent
    Can't the OP use a real spoiler alert rather than just bung in the word spoiler and have someone risk reading on anyway?
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  • KladdaghKladdagh FrancePosts: 118MI6 Agent
    Would you think Bond will enjoy a cigar ? Maybe it is just D.C. smoking a cigar after all ...
    ~Never Let Them See You Bleed~
  • BarbelBarbel ScotlandPosts: 37,860Chief of Staff
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  • ChriscoopChriscoop Belize Posts: 10,458MI6 Agent
    Napoleon Plural wrote:
    Can't the OP use a real spoiler alert rather than just bung in the word spoiler and have someone risk reading on anyway?
    I didn't know there was such a thing so apologies for that.
    It was either that.....or the priesthood
  • ChriscoopChriscoop Belize Posts: 10,458MI6 Agent
    Kladdagh wrote:
    Would you think Bond will enjoy a cigar ? Maybe it is just D.C. smoking a cigar after all ...
    Bond has enjoyed a cigar on screen, Brozzer smoked one in DAD and Roger Moores Bond enjoyed cigars also, LaLD while he was paragliding, tmwtgg on a few occasions. DC is known for enjoying a good cigar and I think we will see him smoking that probable Havana cigar in B25, for me it would be a nice nod to the late Roger Moore.
    It was either that.....or the priesthood
  • Number24Number24 NorwayPosts: 22,333MI6 Agent
    Ethan Hunt hasn't smoked, of course. Has the main character of Mission Impossible even had a drink on screen?
  • AugustWalkerAugustWalker Posts: 880MI6 Agent
    Chriscoop wrote:
    Napoleon Plural wrote:
    Can't the OP use a real spoiler alert rather than just bung in the word spoiler and have someone risk reading on anyway?
    I didn't know there was such a thing so apologies for that.

    I too don‘t see how knowing that 007 is sailing and fishing *spoils* anything, let alone the movie...crazy :s
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  • ChriscoopChriscoop Belize Posts: 10,458MI6 Agent
    Number24 wrote:
    Ethan Hunt hasn't smoked, of course. Has the main character of Mission Impossible even had a drink on screen?
    He's had some bottles of beer, I don't know which brand, but it's at the end of the movie. And a pint too.
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    It was either that.....or the priesthood
  • ChriscoopChriscoop Belize Posts: 10,458MI6 Agent
    Dos Equis beer
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    It was either that.....or the priesthood
  • Number24Number24 NorwayPosts: 22,333MI6 Agent
    I didn't remember that. I still think bond's unhealthy lifestyle is one of the aspects of what makes him special (but not unique) among action heroes, and I like that it looks like he might smoke in Bond25.
  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy Behind you !Posts: 63,792MI6 Agent
    He's also thrown used chewing gum, that's a disgusting
    Example to show young viewers :D
    "I've been informed that there ARE a couple of QAnon supporters who are fairly regular posters in AJB."
  • Mr MartiniMr Martini That nice house in the sky.Posts: 2,707MI6 Agent
    Thunderpussy wrote:
    He's also thrown used chewing gum, that's a disgusting
    Example to show young viewers :D

    If you're talking about Ethan Hunt, he never chewed that gum. He squeezed it together then broke a glass of water to get the gum wet. Could you imagine Ethan chewing that gum and having a small bit of it get stuck in his teeth. It would be like the movie Scanners all over again.
    Some people would complain even if you hang them with a new rope
  • KladdaghKladdagh FrancePosts: 118MI6 Agent
    Chriscoop wrote:
    Kladdagh wrote:
    Would you think Bond will enjoy a cigar ? Maybe it is just D.C. smoking a cigar after all ...
    Bond has enjoyed a cigar on screen, Brozzer smoked one in DAD and Roger Moores Bond enjoyed cigars also, LaLD while he was paragliding, tmwtgg on a few occasions. DC is known for enjoying a good cigar and I think we will see him smoking that probable Havana cigar in B25, for me it would be a nice nod to the late Roger Moore.

    It would be a great tribute to Sir Roger Moore indeed ...
    ~Never Let Them See You Bleed~
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