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Bond Films and Their Influences

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6.4

6.5

Diamonds Are Forever

The Rat Pack
Also known as the one in which Sean Connery stopped giving a fuck, Diamonds Are Forever resembles a Rat Pack movie. Sammy Davis Jr. even showed up in a scene which was deleted - I shit you not.

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734

6.7

6.8

Live and Let Die (1973)

Blaxploitation

This one is pretty obvious to those who have seen it..

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775

6.6

6.7

The Man with the Golden Gun (1974)

Kung Fu

The part that was in a dojo was clearly based on the kung fu genre.

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687

6.3

Moonraker (1979)

Science Fiction

The Moonraker movie is very different from the book. The movie is clearly a jump on the Star Wars bandwagon.

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746

6.5

6.7

Licence to Kill (1989)

Narcocultura
Shows like Miami Vice as well as many Mexican narcopelículas (narcofilms) and narcocorridos (narco ballads) were big in the 1980's. The 007 franchise jumped on the bandwagon, and with an excellent result.

ChihuahuaDaddy's rating:

2028

6.9

7.2

GoldenEye (1995)

Grunge
GoldenEye was said by some critics to be Bond for the grunge era. The mood, if nothing else, does seem to be from the era that gave us Nirvana and Pearl Jam.

Is it just me, or did Pierce Brosnan's portrayal of Bond in GoldenEye remind anybody else of Jefferson D'Arcy (of Married With Children)? Is it more than just a coincidence?

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2194

5.7

6.1

Die Another Day (2002)

Science Fiction(again)
The self-parody that tried too hard to be a real Bond film? Yes, that one.
An invisible car, a killer satellite and a Korean who turns himself into a white man? Die Another Day not only has sci fi influences, it goes berserk with them, as well as taking a huge shit on the Bond franchise.

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2298

6.3

6.6

Quantum of Solace (2008)

Bourne
The Bourne influence can not be denied.

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1960

7.5

7.8

Skyfall (2012)

Batman
Some have said that Skyfall is a ripoff of the Dark Knight. If anything, I didn't see the Batman influence as much as a buttload of Easter eggs from throughout the Bond franchise. Watch Skyfall and see if you can catch them all!