I was flipping through the James Bond novel You Only Live Twice and came to the chapter where Bond, dressed in all-black ninja clothing, tries to sneak into Dr. Shatterhand’s castle but gets captured and knocked out. As Bond is beaten awake by one of Shatterhand’s henchmen…
Now I realize the moment is tense, but I just can’t think of black cotton ninja underpants without smiling.
Any other book/movie moments that threaten to destroy the mood coming to mind?
Well, in The Passion, at the moment of Christ’s death (and the opening of the Kingdom of Heaven to humanity), it cuts to a scene of Satan in Hell, screaming in anger at being unable to prevent Christ’s assumption of mankind’s sin. The scene really should have been cut for a couple of reasons, but the main one for me was that I as soon as I saw it, I couldn’t help thinking “KHHAAAAANNNN!!!” and almost started giggling.