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Best Bond Girls
MSNBC ^ | 11/13/06 | Jason Katzman

Posted on 11/13/2006 8:05:17 AM PST by teddyballgame

Halle Berry as Jinx in “Die Another Day” (2002) Bond women aren’t usually appreciated for their acting assets, but Halle Berry brings something to the role that no other Bond girl ever has — Oscar, acting Oscar. Like Michelle Yeoh in “Tomorrow Never Dies,” Jinx is Bond’s equal. Bond first glimpses Jinx, who is an agent for the NSA, emerging from the ocean, skimpy bathing suit and all. It’s an obvious homage to Ursula Andress in “Dr.No” that works. To whatever effect, Berry rises above what may be one of the worst Bond films ever made. C’mon, it has an invisible car. Fortunately, Berry is anything but invisible.

MGM Famke Janssen as Xenia Onatopp in “Goldeneye” (1995) Perhaps her name should have been Xenia Overdatopp? What else can one say about a woman who gets aroused by murder, especially squeezing men to death between her vice-like thighs? Still, given Bond’s skill at seduction, driving a wedge in Xenia’s evil plan requires great care. They first meet on a mountain road with dueling cars, then in a casino with dueling wit, then in a sauna, with dueling libido. If anyone could get the best of James, it’s Xenia. With her, his manhood is at stake in more ways than one.

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I'd go for Lana Wood - Plenty (*work redacted*).


21 posted on 11/13/2006 8:20:17 AM PST by vollmond (Sorry, Mom, the mob has spoken!)
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To: Teacher317

She wasn't a Bond girl, she a archvillian.


22 posted on 11/13/2006 8:21:03 AM PST by Perdogg (I'm Perdogg and I approved this message)
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To: dogbyte12

Bastard!

And it was such a nice thread.


23 posted on 11/13/2006 8:21:22 AM PST by ItsForTheChildren
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24 posted on 11/13/2006 8:21:48 AM PST by houeto
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25 posted on 11/13/2006 8:22:12 AM PST by rightinthemiddle (Without the Media, the Left and Islamofacists are Nothing.)
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To: Teacher317

Forgot about Sophie... but she was a 'bad' Bond girl. One of my favorites though....

26 posted on 11/13/2006 8:22:22 AM PST by Rummyfan (Iraq: Give therapeutic violence a chance!)
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I'd take Rosamund Pike over Halle Berry. Images??


27 posted on 11/13/2006 8:23:47 AM PST by teddyballgame (red man in a blue state)
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To: Rummyfan

I'd take Rosamund Pike over Halle Berry. Images??


28 posted on 11/13/2006 8:23:48 AM PST by teddyballgame (red man in a blue state)
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To: Quilla
Shirley today, life comes at you fast.


30 posted on 11/13/2006 8:24:49 AM PST by Perdogg (I'm Perdogg and I approved this message)
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To: teddyballgame
License to Kill


31 posted on 11/13/2006 8:25:35 AM PST by Teacher317
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To: Andy from Beaverton

32 posted on 11/13/2006 8:25:36 AM PST by rightinthemiddle (Without the Media, the Left and Islamofacists are Nothing.)
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bump for later...


33 posted on 11/13/2006 8:25:52 AM PST by RebelBanker (It is, however somewhat fuzzier on the subject of kneecaps.)
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To: teddyballgame
the Bond Girls calendar...


34 posted on 11/13/2006 8:26:34 AM PST by Teacher317
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To: dogbyte12
C'mon, Lotte Lenya as Rosa Klebb in From Russia With Love was not exactly a "Bond Girl." 

http://bond007.webcindario.com/images/rosaklebb.jpg


However, you do get bonus points if you can tell us the connection between her and both Frank Sinatra and Bobby Darin (it's the same thing).

Hint, it's a song.

Oh, just to be fair, when she was younger she was not totally painful to look at, in a beatnik art house kind of way

http://static.flickr.com/38/118197827_29aaf0d9d9.jpg

35 posted on 11/13/2006 8:27:05 AM PST by Phsstpok (Often wrong, but never in doubt)
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To: teddyballgame

I liked Anna Kournikova in...

Oh wait, nevermind.


36 posted on 11/13/2006 8:27:18 AM PST by EQAndyBuzz (The voting machines aren't broken. The Dems operating the voting machines are broken.)
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To: Perdogg
Well, I was cheering for her
37 posted on 11/13/2006 8:28:02 AM PST by Teacher317
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To: teddyballgame

BEST BOND GIRL ?

Ursula Andres without a doubt.

Halle Berry was simply imitating her "Venus coming out from the sea" routine.


38 posted on 11/13/2006 8:28:03 AM PST by SirLinksalot
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To: Teacher317
I liked her here
39 posted on 11/13/2006 8:29:26 AM PST by rightinthemiddle (Without the Media, the Left and Islamofacists are Nothing.)
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To: Phsstpok
However, you do get bonus points if you can tell us the connection between her and both Frank Sinatra and Bobby Darin (it's the same thing).

Mack the Knife...

40 posted on 11/13/2006 8:30:24 AM PST by abb (The Dinosaur Media: A One-Way Medium in a Two-Way World)
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