Worst Bond girl?
MWA23007
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I'll have to say Michelle Yeoh in TND for the following reasons:
* She tops Bond in the action department
* She's a protagonist and dislikes Bond throughout the ENTIRE film and doesn't turn around. If she was the antogonist this would be fine, but she's not.
* The line "Don't get any ideas mister Bond" got annoying after the 50th time
* She tops Bond in the action department
* She's a protagonist and dislikes Bond throughout the ENTIRE film and doesn't turn around. If she was the antogonist this would be fine, but she's not.
* The line "Don't get any ideas mister Bond" got annoying after the 50th time
Comments
Mary Goodnight.... sits in a closet while Bond has sex with someone else waiitng her turn, gets tossed and locked in the trunk of a car, set's off the weapon with her ass while running around like an airhead in a bikini.
Rosie Carver... if this is a CIA operative well it just explains so much. Pathetic
MBE
Stavey Sutton was most deintely the biggest bimbo.
But yeah, that sneaky blimp was an eyeroller, oh boy never saw that one coming did ya girl?
My least favorite Bond girl is probably Dr. Jones. Her opening scene was good, but it was all downhill after that.
"What's the deal with you and Elektra?" If I was Pierce I would have said "nosey aren't we?"
May Day is ugly, but at least she's interesting.
@merseytart
I disagree completely with May Day. She wasn't meant to be a ravishing Bond beauty, but an Amazonian hench woman of lethal proportions with an outlandish appearance. In that respect, I think she succeeded admirably. Her menacing presence on screen was one of the highlights of AVTAK too. If only she bumped off Stacey Sutton while she had the chance. That's the only thing that loses May Day points, in my opinion.
couldn't agree with you more Moonraker 5 - I thought Grace's part suited her almost too well, and as for Stacy Sutton, she was a bit of a wet lettuce to say the least!
MBE
I had to respond to this thread, just to defend my gal Goodnight. She was written as a dumb blonde character, and it's for this reason, along with Moore's hilarious delivery (something no other Bond can do, especially Brosnan), that the, "She's just coming," line works.
-{ Td
It's a good point, Trench Digger, and it's why I give Goodnight a passing grade. She's meant to be a not-too-bright girl, and Britt Ekland perfectly plays her as a girl who's just out of her depth. I have no problem believing that Mary Goodnight is fantastic at running the Hong Kong Bureau of SIS when it's day to day routine. It's just when it comes to real spying, she gets lost pretty quickly.
Stacy Sutton, on the other hand, is meant to be a self-assured, self-reliant heiress turned "common person" who is also a highly trained geologist. Not a bimbo who's got kidnapped on the way back from the hair salon. "If it were to coincide with the high tide for maximum effect..." They could have at least explained to Tanya Roberts what the words meant.
@merseytart
I think May Day is terrific as a henchman, and she has a great scene at the end, sacrificing herself is actually touching. But that sex scene should NEVER have happened. Ick.
Bibi Dahl would be the worst if she was the main Bond girl, but since she has minimal screen-time, she squeaks by at #2.
Coming in at #3 is the nauseating yet sexy Christmas Jones, 22 year old nuclear physicist with a navel piercing and a bad attitude.
First runner-up is Rosie Carver, who is simply bad.
I like Mary Goodnight. She's sweet.
To get off the looks, I think that Stacy Sutton is the worst Bond Girl. She looked very nice, but her role in the movie was appalling. All she did was to rely on 007 to do everything, and if he wasn't doing something for her, she was shrieking "James!" to get him to do it. Amazing that she was a geologist. Maybe that is one of the things that she can actually do on her own.
What's wrong with being strong?
I don't think that there is anything with being strong, only that I think that one can be too strong. Being able to throw a 200 pound man, is quite strong. For me, I don't look for a girl that would be able lift me above her head and throw me. I don't know about other you other guys, but I don't like those bulging muscles in a woman.
May Day is supposed to be a female match for Bond and i think it worked.
Sutton is a close second with her screeching.
Goodnight is awesome - especially when locked away while 007 was doing his 'duty' for king and country!
Dr. No:
Wasn't to bad. Honey Ryder was actually good but they put her in the crapest Bond Films. (sigh).
From Russia With Love:
I hated Tatina Romanova. I rekon she was a bum. She didn't give the real meaning of a Bond girl.
Goldfinger:
Pussy Galore, kinda rubbish. Rubbish name. Pussy? Galore?
Thats just off.
Thunderball:
not too bad. I dont think she was the best though.
You Only Live Twice:
I liked Aki better then Kissy. Just like what Tiger said "She has a face like a pig".
On Her Majesty's Secret Service:
I think that Tracey was the best. She had the looks, the hair, the strength, the buety. Too bad she died.
Diamonds Are Forever:
I hated her! Not my type.
Live and Let Die:
Solitaire wasn't such a bad girl. I liked her.
The Man with the Golden Gun:
Goodnight was great! I liked her style.
The Spy Who Loved Me:
Anya wasn't bad. She was kinda good.
Moonraker:
Holly Goodhead? More like "Holy *******"! I didnt like her.
For Your Eyes Only:
Ms. Havlock was good. I liked her specialty, a crossbow.
A Veiw To a Kill:
One of the worst I have to say. Sutton Squeals.
The Living Daylights:
Cara was great. I liked her.
Licence To Kill:
Another great one. She was one of the best.
Goldeneye:
Natalya wasnt too bad. I liked other better, but she wasnt the worst either.
Tomorrow Never Dies:
Shes not for me! I didny like Wai Lin.
The World is Not Enough:
Pretty Good. Christmas was a little poo but I preferred Elektra!
Die Another Day:
Jynx is GREAT! She I think will come in 2nd or 1st best. For now, Tracey Di Vicenzo is the best.'
I think Jynx might take over thougj.
MayDay on manliness. It has been explained before, the whole bloke lifting thing.
Rosie Carver on...wel, just evrrything about her is, well, not a Bond girl, to put it very nicely.
Tatiana (FRWL) - lovable, innocent, sexy and good looking. How could anyone NOT like her?
Goodnight - not the smartest girl under in a situation, but what she doesn't have in brains she makes up for in effort. She was one of my favourites.
Holy ****head - lol, her and Dr. Jones are the same. Both hold a position which seems way above them, both are American (they sound the same, with their accent) And I got the impression both were written in as an after thought to the script. Neither do anything much to advance the story, and yet they are still in it. Lol
Octopussy - too old, but if she had done a Bond 9 years earlier...
Stacey - again not to smart, but I think she was meant to show how even being old, Roger could still save a woman.
Kara - just as good as a modern day Tatiana Romanov. Still loveable.
Pam - she just annoyed me
Wai Lin - less of an afterthought then Dr ****head and Dr. Jones, and all she does in the movie is that Bond could do (send messages, locate a Stealth boat)
Let's just wait and see what this year's movie can do
"James, help me!"
"James, I can't breathe!"
"James, I can't reach it! I can't reach it!"
She was so annoying, a poor actress and a typical typecast of a dumb US woman in the mould of Lois Lane in Superman II!
I want to throw another name in there, Paris Carver always annoyed me. Not so much the character, but Teri Hatcher.
but my worst would have to be Bibi when isaw her i was like
barf
i'm so glad bond didn't sleep with her
Of course I hear you all screaming : The Danish Teacher...
I agree with the Anarchist. I've liked Teri Hatcher since "Soapdish" and would rank her as Pierce Brosnan's most underrated Bond girl.
One I have never been particularly fond of is Pam Bouvier. I don't blame Carey Lowell(who is indeed quite beautiful, much more so than either Michelle Yeoh or Denise Richards) as she was just playing her character as written but Pam tends to get on my nerves. She is supposed to be a tough-as-nails CIA pilot who's been to hell and back. That tends to ring a bit false as she later turns into a sniveling, whiny flake when she catches Bond smootching Lupe Lamora. Of course, the lack of plausible/on-screen chemistry between Lowell/Pam and Dalton/Bond does not help either. I never bought their abrupt transformation from quarreling compatriots to lovers in that scene on the boat after the barroom brawl.
YOU SIR ARE A MORON. stick with the muppet movies.
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Her facial expressions are offputting for me, especially the eyes, and she has the worst accent ever. In too many moments during the movie she (and everyone else) forgets she's supposed to have a Russian accent. Now the real question is why have they never got a Russian girl to play the role of a Russian girl?
The most annoying part of Goodnight for me is the Swedish accent. I don't think her character was supposed to sound Swedish?
I think there were a few other annoying ones, but I think I get more annoyed by the flaws in the acting or actor's/actress' inconstencies rather than how the character was written. Wrong (like Teresa's, Goodnight's) or inconsistent (Triple X) accent.
I loved the women in Thunderball, as well as the modern performance by Eva Green.