Friday, November 03, 2006

Hottest Bond Girl Ever?


Casino Royale is due in theaters on November 17. Time flies, huh? Anyway, our friends at Egotastic wonder if Eva Green is the hottest Bond girl ever. Though they're reasoning is a little suspect, they say yes and I'm inclined to agree.

In other Bondiana, Bram points out that there's something very post modern about this entire enterprise. For instance, Casino Royale is, of course, the first Bond story and yet we get the most recent M (Judy Dench, though I imagine Bernard Lee is looking a little, er, haggard at this point) and we get a brand spanking new Aston Martin rather than a more historically appropriate one given the setting of the book. Discuss!

Posted by jwb at 9:30 AM   

4 Comments:

Blogger Bram said:

I think it could be powerful, re-presenting and re-imagining Bond and his origin for the modern era in the Ultimate style. But as I've commented, anything to take a risk or two and reinvigorate the franchise would be welcome.

For the record, I've never actually read any of the Fleming Bonds.
at 6:07 PM     

Blogger jwb said:

For the moment, I have to go with:

1. Honor Blackman
2. Diana Rigg
3. Claudine Auger

There's what appears to be a complete list here. On scanning the list, I'm struck by how forgettable most of the recent Bond girls have been--with the exception of Rosamund Pike.
at 1:58 PM     

Anonymous Anonymous said:

Okay, you guys are all whacked in your Bond girl proclivities. By far the hottest Bond girl so far has been Sophie Marceau as Elektra King in The World Is Not Enough. Perhaps you were all thrown by the fact that she's inexplicably omitted from the (otherwise) comprehensive list at the Bond Girl site to which jwb refers.

Don't believe me? Check out Sophie's homage website at: http://librenet.50webs.com/francais/sexe/sophie_marceau/
Also, be sure not to miss the clip of her 'wardrobe malfunction' at Cannes near the bottom of the page.

My other personal favourite Bond Girls:
- Maryam D'Abo as Kara Milovy in The Living Daylights
- Denise Richards as Christmas Jones in The World Is Not Enough

'nuff said
at 11:20 AM     

Anonymous Anonymous said:

Hey, by the way, how do I get one of those nifty icons to appear with my posts?
at 11:20 AM     

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