Die Another Day

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I’m a James Bond fan. Oh, I’m not rabid or anything. I have all 20 films in the series, plus Casino Royale. (I’ve heard that the DVD of Never Say Never Again has been cut, so I haven’t bought that one. Besides, I have Thunderball.) I’ve read most of the books. But I’m not a “rabid” fan. I’m not a TruFan.

So I’ve just watched Die Another Day for the second time. (The first time was in the cinema. It’s a bit of a stretch between viewings.) There are little “nuggets” in it. For example, John Cleese issues Bond his watch and says (paraphrasing here), “This is the 20th one. Try to bring this one back.”

The shot of Halle Berry coming out of the water is a nod to Dr. No where Ursula Andress does the same. The car Bond drives in Cuba looks an aweful lot like the one he was picked up from the airport in in Dr. No.

And then there’s the Union Jack parachute, the shoe with the knife in it, and the various gadgets from other films of the series that we see when Cleese is taking Bond through his workshop.

I’m sure there are other things that I’ve missed. What are they?

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Try Another Forum.

Moving this to Cafe Society.

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Thanks Czarcasm. I thought I was in Café, but I guess I missed with my mouse. I was just going to ask it to be moved.

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I think many of these curiosities can be found in the Internet Movie Data Base imdb.com , in the trivia section

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The most important and subtle reference I caught in the movie was in Cuba when Bond picks up a book called “A Field Guide To Birds of the West Indies” and goes on to masquerade as a bird watcher as his cover. When Ian Fleming was selecting the name for his secret agent character he was looking for something fairly “bland” and settled on the author of a book titled, you guessed it, “A Field Guide To Birds of the West Indies.” Very clever touch and a nice nod to the Bond novel history.

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This one made swiss cheese of the laws of physics and common sense, much like various other ones starring Pierce as Bond.

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I would rather listen to Grandma got Run-Over by a Reindeer than that piece of crap tune that Madonna did for that flick. Just dreadful.

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True. As a pilot I really had a difficult time suspending my disbelief during the scene on the cargo plane and the helicopter. And the invisible car idea is one that I’ve had for years and years, but I’ve thought it out in much more detail and know it wouldn’t make it actually invisible. But it’s a Bond film. You have to expect outrageous “science”.

But the unbelievable science and the title song don’t have anything to do with the “nuggets”.

ChaosGod: I’ll have a look at IMDB later. Thanks!

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Don’t forget that Jinx was strapped to a table and about to be killed by a laser beam.