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    the Lost Ark' and 'Tomorrow Never Dies' are both action films with a similar theme. Both films are about good fighting evil. The heroes have many similarities and differences. 'Raiders of the Lost Ark' is targeted at any age, its certificate PG. 'Tomorrow Never Dies' is targeted at twelve years onwards and is a certificate 12. Both films may appeal more to teenage males who may look up to Indiana Jones and James Bond because they are good looking men who have exciting, action

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    James Bond, Die Another Day and Johnny English James Bond’s, Die Another Day is a spy film filled with action. James Bond is the main character in the film who has a mission to discover the connection between a North Korean terrorist and an adventurous diamond broker. His character seems very clever and crafty. He is always the hero that successfully completes each mission. He has the gadgets, the fast car, women and of course a famous catchphrase which is what makes

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    James Bond - Modern Myth

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    immortality, is Ian Fleming’s James Bond. Fleming created the character of Bond in 1953, when he released his first novel entitled Casino Royale. Critical acclaim for the novels led Fleming to partner with EON productions to film a James Bond movie – the first being Dr. No. While Fleming penned his final Bond story in 1964, other novelists and directors have continued to produce material that adds to the never-ending story of this British superspy. The image of James

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    A Comparison of Two James Bond Posters ‘Dr No’ in 1962 was the first James Bond film released and ‘The World Is Not Enough’ is one of the most recent Bond films to have been released in 1999. The two film posters are distinctively different, which would be expected as the films were released decades apart from eachother. The first poster for ‘Dr No’ shows that James Bond is a new, never seen before film as the logo ‘007’ is printed on the poster more than once

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    634 Using the James Bond films, You Only Live Twice and Casino Royale, discuss how Bond meets the criteria of a hero. You Only Live Twice directed by Lewis Gilbert and Casino Royale directed by Martin Campbell show the character of James Bond to have the characteristics that make up a hero. It is questionable throughout both texts if James Bond is actually a hero. During both texts Bond foils plans that would cause havoc for regular civilians, for example, in You Only Live Twice Bond stops a plan

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    super spies are pinned up against one another, and only one can reign victor. I’m going to compare the movie adaptations of both James Bond and Jason Bourne. For this debate, I will be comparing the Daniel Craig-Era Bond (for reference; these films include Casino Royale [2006], Quantum Of Solace, Skyfall, and Spectre) and Jason Bourne as he appears in these three films: “The Bourne Identity,” “The Bourne Supremacy,” and “The Bourne Ultimatum.” These iconic characters have many similarities and differences

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    Bond Girls

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    The true comedy of the film comes out during run ends with Dr. Evil’s failed gadgets. The first example is when Dr. Evil gets mad at one of his henchman for not doing his job correctly, so he tries to kill him by trap door into a fire pit. What ensues is pure hilarity as his henchman shouts back up in pain that he is not dead and would like someone to help him. This brings comic relief to the audience, and then suddenly they hear a gun shot and expecting there to be silence the audience hears the

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    True Heroes: Modern Bond

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    Modern Bond James Bond is one of the first heroes that movie goers came to love. The first Bond movie came out in 1962 with Dr. No, and 24 movies later is the latest installment of Spectre in 2015. There is a lot of history and significant events that have gone on in that 53 year span. This is true for the real world as it is for the Bond world. The James Bond series has modernized to fit into the new world with changes to the personalities of the characters, change of the globalist perspective

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    James Bond, the world’s most famous spy, has been played by many iconic actors. Daniel Craig and Sean Connery are arguably two of the best to play James Bond. Both Daniel Craig and Sean Connery were fantastic playing the part of James Bond but had differences such as popularity, box office success, and salaries. First, Sean Connery was the first actor to play James Bond in a movie. He played the part of Bond for seven movies. His movies are titled Dr. No(1962), From Russia With Love(1963), Goldfinger(1964)

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    Casino Royale

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    The James bond film series has captivated its audience for decades with eye-catching gadgets, explosions, and heroism of Agent 007. Over the years that these films have been produced, a variety of actors have played James bond and many actresses have played his love interests. The male roles are portrayed as overly masculine and all of the women are overly sexualized. It seems that in every James bond movie the special agent is beating up twenty guys and saving the lives of various gorgeous women

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