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** "We Have All The Time in The World" was reportedly Satchmo's last recording. He died in 1971.

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** "We Have All The Time in The World" was reportedly Satchmo's last recording. He died in 1971.[[note]] The reports were inaccurate. He recorded it in 1969, and went on to record three albums and make numerous TV appearances between then and his death.[[/note]]
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* FightSceneFailure: The constant freeze framing, cutaways, accelerations and disconnected grunting sounds during Bond's earlier fist fights are really distracting.
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** To be fair, he ''was'' trying to save her life.
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*** Even worse, after Tracy dies, James is trying for a few moments not to admit that she's dead. His face shows that he knows she's dead, but he just can't say it.
--> '''James''': It's alright. It's quite alright, really. She's having a rest. We'll be going on soon. There's no hurry, you see. We have all the time in the world.
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* NeedsMoreLove
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* TheWeirdAlEffect: The title (originally of the book, of course) is a pun based around the phrase ''On Her Majesty's Service'' or OHMS for short, found on letters from Her Majesty's Government (DuringTheWar, often particularly associated with letters saying that family members had been killed in action). Nowadays the Bond title is better known than the original phrase.
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* NightmareFuel: The Mook getting minced up in the snowblower during the second ski chase, complete with [[LudicrousGibs pink snow]].
--> '''Bond''': He had a lot of guts....
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** There's an offhand mention at Sir Hillary Bray's home of the Bond family motto, "Orbis non sufficit", which is Latin for [[Film/TheWorldIsNotEnough the title of another Bond movie]].
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* GeniusBonus: "Arae et Foci", the Bleuchamp family motto, means "hearth and home". Also, Blofeld loosely translates to ''Bleuchamp'' in French.


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** Tracy's backstory and death.

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* MagnumOpus: To EON and many fans of the series, this is the best Bond film ever made.

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* MagnumOpus: To EON and many fans of the series, this is the best Bond film ever made. made.
* NarmCharm: "I have taught you to love chickens!"
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* CompleteMonster: Irma Bunt. Blofeld ''barely'' misses out by virtue of EvilIsCool.


* EnsembleDarkhorse: Despite being one of the most obscure Bond films amongst the general populace, often inaccurately thought to be a financial failure, the producers and EON have gone on the record saying that if they had to choose one Bond movie to preserve for future generations, it would be OHMSS.

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* MagnificentBastard: This is Blofeld's finest hour. The west is ready to cave in to his demands, and only Bond going rogue and teaming up with a crime lord saves the day. Even then, he still gets his revenge.

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* MagnificentBastard: This is Blofeld's finest hour. The west is ready to cave in to his demands, and only Bond going rogue and teaming up with a crime lord saves the day. Even then, he still gets his revenge.
* MagnumOpus: To EON and many fans of the series, this is the best Bond film ever made.
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* HellIsThatNoise: Blofeld's tapes emitted a warning sound that Ruby found irritating.
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* FunnyAneurysmMoment: Bond quitting Her Majesty's Secret Service? Just temporary leave. Lazenby leaving the Bond franchise? That's permanent and ultimately regrettable.


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** "We Have All The Time in The World" was reportedly Satchmo's last recording. He died in 1971.
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* LoveItOrHateIt: This is perhaps the film that viewers liked the least in the Bond series. But of course, there are just as many people who love it...

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* CompleteMonster: Blofeld and Irma Bunt.

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* CompleteMonster: Irma Bunt. Blofeld and Irma Bunt.''barely'' misses out by virtue of EvilIsCool.


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* EvilIsCool: Blofeld has a resort full of beautiful women in the Swiss Alps, totally flummoxes England until Bond teams up with Draco, and is played by a young and suave Telly Savalas. What's not to love?
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* CompleteMonster: Blofeld and Irma Bunt.


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* MagnificentBastard: This is Blofeld's finest hour. The west is ready to cave in to his demands, and only Bond going rogue and teaming up with a crime lord saves the day. Even then, he still gets his revenge.
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* ItWasHisSled: Tracy dies in the end.
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** Even Lazenby is considered to be VindicatedByHistory by many fans; lots of Bond and film critics now think he did great, most of the movie's bad reputation now almost solely falling on Lazemby's authentic failure of an agent.

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** Even Lazenby is considered to be VindicatedByHistory by many fans; lots of Bond and film critics now think he did great, most of the movie's bad reputation now almost solely falling on Lazemby's Lazenby's authentic failure of an agent.
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* NeedsMoreLove
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** The LouisArmstrong song "We Have All the Time in the World" is also great, arguably the most romantic song in the series.
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** The theme song is a rare one without lyrics, allowing it to take on quite a life of its own outside the film (the only other theme that's come close to this kind of success is "Live and Let Die").
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* EvilIsSexy: Blofeld to some.
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* TearJerker: Miss Moneypenny crying.
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** While the casual moviegoer or average film critic tends to think ''{{Goldfinger}}'' is the best Bond movie, hardcore Bond fans- and Bond fans who happen to be respected movie critics- have a good chance of listing ''this'' film as greatest in the series. Thats how vindicated it has become.

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** While the casual moviegoer or average film critic tends to think ''{{Goldfinger}}'' ''Film/{{Goldfinger}}'' is the best Bond movie, hardcore Bond fans- and Bond fans who happen to be respected movie critics- have a good chance of listing ''this'' film as greatest in the series. Thats how vindicated it has become.
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** Even Lazenby is considered to be VindicatedByHistory by many fans; lots of Bond and film critics now think he did great.

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** Even Lazenby is considered to be VindicatedByHistory by many fans; lots of Bond and film critics now think he did great.great, most of the movie's bad reputation now almost solely falling on Lazemby's authentic failure of an agent.
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** While the casual moviegoer or average film critic tends to think ''{{Goldfinger}}'' is the best Bond movie, hardcore Bond fans- and Bond fans who happen to be respected movie critics- have a good chance of listing ''this'' film as greatest in the series. Thats how vindicated it has become.
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** Even Lazenby is considered to be VindicatedByHistory by many fans; lots of Bond and film critics now think he did great.

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* ValuesDissonance: Draco slaps Tracey unconscious when she refuses to leave without Bond, and commments "Spare the rod and spoil the child, eh?"

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* ValuesDissonance: Draco slaps Tracey Tracy unconscious when she refuses to leave without Bond, and commments "Spare the rod and spoil the child, eh?"eh?"
** To be fair, he ''was'' trying to save her life.

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