Bond with Allies
A7ce
Birmingham, EnglandPosts: 655MI6 Agent
I was watching a bit of FRWL on TV the other nite, and it struck me that JB with Ali Karim Bey had a special kind of relationship, than with other allies (not inc Bond Girls), ie more respectful, more trusting.
From meeting him in his office and the way AKB tells him although JB is wasting his time in Istanbul, he should spend a few days and then go home. It was a warm delivery, as opposed to other allies who are merely indifferent or just snap.
Also at the Gypsy Camp after the shootout, the way JB bandages AKB's arm, kind of indicates that this is someone that JB respects a lot.
From meeting him in his office and the way AKB tells him although JB is wasting his time in Istanbul, he should spend a few days and then go home. It was a warm delivery, as opposed to other allies who are merely indifferent or just snap.
Also at the Gypsy Camp after the shootout, the way JB bandages AKB's arm, kind of indicates that this is someone that JB respects a lot.
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And like u said about the newer films, think JB and Wade. enough said !
turns out theres a whole set of characteristics Fleming recycles when describing these rare friends Bond makes while away on a mission
the warm dry handshake is one, you can tell the bad guys because their handshakes are tentative, clammy, or otherwise unmanly
a Bonds ally is usually hairy chested man's man, always eating tablefulls of food and claiming to "consume vast quantities of women" (a phrase used to describe many characters, good and bad)
Kerim Bey is undoubtedly the epitomy of this type, so fully realised Bond becomes a guest star in his own story
Tracy's father MarcAnge Draco shares many of the same characteristics
Tiger Tanaka and Dikko Henderson are each variations of this type
the story Risico plays with this expectation, as there are two mediterrenean smugglers at war with each other, and Bond unwittingly allies himself with the "bad" one at first (Kristatos), only to find that the other (Colombo) is really the "good" one - Bond and us readers are clued into this by the fact it is Colombo who has the warm dry handshake, eats and drinks well, and consumes vast quantities of women - in fact at the end, Colombo lets Bond borrow his woman for one night in gratitude for all his help
Amis also points out surprisingly Emilio Largo shares many of these traits, make of that what you will
also note when Red Grant shows up on the train impersonating a British agent, he is twitchy and clammy and undoubtedly some sort of freak, despite his muscular build hes not a mans man at all, and these are all clues that despite appearances, this guy is not Bonds ally
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'Kerim Bey is undoubtedly the epitomy of this type, so fully realised Bond becomes a guest star in his own story' - is true. In those brief scenes I observed AKB more than JB. Pedro Armendáriz really played it well, as an ally and as a host.
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