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* It's mentioned that Bond was captured and tortured in Korea for "over a year". This is already a haunting thought, but consider this film released in November 2002. Now what [[UsefulNotes/TheWarOnTerror terrorist plot occurred a little over a year before the film's release]], one that the governments of the world were helpless to stop...
* It's mentioned that Bond was captured and tortured in Korea for "over a year". This is already a haunting thought, but consider this film released in November 2002. Now what [[UsefulNotes/TheWarOnTerror terrorist plot occurred a little over a year before the film's release]], one that the governments of the world were helpless to stop...
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* The concept of the bad guy as a [[spoiler:North Korean leader with dreams of conquest who was able to turn himself into a Westerner who is being worshiped by the Western World and who has a hot blond babe in love him may be cheesy, but we did have a certain North Korean leader who had been known for having particular... obsessions with the West. Whether the knowledge of this parody makes the movie all the more enjoyable or not is up to the viewer.]]
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* The concept of the bad guy as a [[spoiler:North North Korean leader with dreams of conquest who was able to turn himself into a Westerner who is being worshiped by the Western World and who has a hot blond babe in love him may be cheesy, but we did have a certain North Korean leader who had been known for having particular... obsessions with the West. Whether the knowledge of this parody makes the movie all the more enjoyable or not is up to the viewer.]]
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* When Graves flaunts over his ability to use [[spoiler: Miranda's sexuality]] against Bond, he merely responds that it's "the coldest weapon of all". It makes sense when you realize that James was likely referring to the events of [[spoiler: ''{{Film/The World Is Not Enough}}'', when Elektra King seduced him, only for her to be revealed as the BigBad.]]
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* When Graves flaunts over his ability to use [[spoiler: Miranda's sexuality]] sexuality against Bond, he merely responds that it's "the coldest weapon of all". It makes sense when you realize that James was likely referring to the events of [[spoiler: ''{{Film/The World Is Not Enough}}'', when Elektra King seduced him, only for her to be revealed as the BigBad.]]
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* M by the time she sends Frost and Bond to Iceland, already started to suspect Frost, watch her conversation with Frost again, knowing Frost is the mole, M makes slight allusions to Frost not acting like a standard [=MI6=] agent, she isolates herself, making no personal connections at all with the people she works with, M also outright points out that despite M pretty much already knowing Graves is up to something, Frost has not even found so much as a dust bunny of dirt on him (a subtle callback to the ''Tomorrow Never Dies'' [[AbsenceOfEvidence Gupta's law of Convenient Anomalies]]) and the fact that she dismisses Frosts protest of having Bond being at Iceland. By the time M had more evidence, she probably figured Bond would be able to deal with it.
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* M by the time she sends Frost and Bond to Iceland, already started to suspect Frost, watch her conversation with Frost again, knowing Frost is the mole, M makes slight allusions to Frost not acting like a standard [=MI6=] agent, she isolates herself, making no personal connections at all with the people she works with, M also outright points out that despite M pretty much already knowing Graves is up to something, Frost has not even found so much as a dust bunny of dirt on him (a subtle callback to the ''Tomorrow Never Dies'' [[AbsenceOfEvidence Gupta's law of Convenient Anomalies]]) and the fact that she dismisses Frosts protest of having Bond being at Iceland. By the time M had more evidence, she probably figured Bond would be able to deal with it.it.
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* Miranda's supposed fencing skill winds up being an InformedAbility when she flails around to little effect against Jinx. Except fencing she's not using fencing weapons, and she's facing someone who (ostensibly) has been trained in knife-fighting, and Olympic fencing is strictly limited in terms of rules anyway. If anything, it's impressive that she managed to land a hit on Jinx at all.
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* Miranda's supposed fencing skill winds up being an InformedAbility when she flails around to little effect against Jinx. Except fencing she's not using fencing weapons, and she's facing someone who (ostensibly) has been trained in knife-fighting, and knife-fighting. Also, Olympic fencing is strictly limited in terms of rules anyway. If anything, it's impressive that she managed to land a hit on Jinx at all.
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* M by the time she sends Frost and Bond to Iceland, already started to suspect Frost, watch her conversation with Frost again, knowing Frost is the mole, M makes slight allusions to Frost not acting like a standard [=MI6=] agent, she isolates herself, making no personal connections at all with the people she works with, M also outright points out that despite M pretty much already knowing Graves is up to something, Frost has not even found so much as a dust bunny of dirt on him (a subtle callback to the ''Tomorrow Never Dies'' [[AbsenceOfEvidence Gupta fallacy]]) and the fact that she dismisses Frosts protest of having Bond being at Iceland. By the time M had more evidence, she probably figured Bond would be able to deal with it.
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* M by the time she sends Frost and Bond to Iceland, already started to suspect Frost, watch her conversation with Frost again, knowing Frost is the mole, M makes slight allusions to Frost not acting like a standard [=MI6=] agent, she isolates herself, making no personal connections at all with the people she works with, M also outright points out that despite M pretty much already knowing Graves is up to something, Frost has not even found so much as a dust bunny of dirt on him (a subtle callback to the ''Tomorrow Never Dies'' [[AbsenceOfEvidence Gupta fallacy]]) Gupta's law of Convenient Anomalies]]) and the fact that she dismisses Frosts protest of having Bond being at Iceland. By the time M had more evidence, she probably figured Bond would be able to deal with it.
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* Graves/Moon being able to set up a mining corporation within 14 months and even building a working KillSat in that time seems like something that was missed, but Moon mentioned that he "had plans" for the diamonds Bond delivered in the ColdOpen, it's possible "Gustav Graves" and his corporation was in operation as a shell company Moon had been running before the events of the movie, with his "death" and subsequent gene therapy allowing him to use the cover "for real"
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* Graves/Moon being able to set up a mining corporation within 14 months and even building a working KillSat in that time seems like something that was missed, but Moon mentioned that he "had plans" for the diamonds Bond delivered in the ColdOpen, it's possible "Gustav Graves" and his corporation was in operation as a shell company Moon had been running before the events of the movie, with his "death" and subsequent gene therapy allowing him to use the cover "for real"real".
* M by the time she sends Frost and Bond to Iceland, already started to suspect Frost, watch her conversation with Frost again, knowing Frost is the mole, M makes slight allusions to Frost not acting like a standard [=MI6=] agent, she isolates herself, making no personal connections at all with the people she works with, M also outright points out that despite M pretty much already knowing Graves is up to something, Frost has not even found so much as a dust bunny of dirt on him (a subtle callback to the ''Tomorrow Never Dies'' [[AbsenceOfEvidence Gupta fallacy]]) and the fact that she dismisses Frosts protest of having Bond being at Iceland. By the time M had more evidence, she probably figured Bond would be able to deal with it.
* M by the time she sends Frost and Bond to Iceland, already started to suspect Frost, watch her conversation with Frost again, knowing Frost is the mole, M makes slight allusions to Frost not acting like a standard [=MI6=] agent, she isolates herself, making no personal connections at all with the people she works with, M also outright points out that despite M pretty much already knowing Graves is up to something, Frost has not even found so much as a dust bunny of dirt on him (a subtle callback to the ''Tomorrow Never Dies'' [[AbsenceOfEvidence Gupta fallacy]]) and the fact that she dismisses Frosts protest of having Bond being at Iceland. By the time M had more evidence, she probably figured Bond would be able to deal with it.
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* Jainx claims to be working for the NSA, an agency that does not send agents in the field. Of course, she is lying to cover her real employees.
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* Jainx Jinx claims to be working for the NSA, an agency that does not send agents in the field. Of course, she is lying to cover her real employees.employees.
* Graves/Moon being able to set up a mining corporation within 14 months and even building a working KillSat in that time seems like something that was missed, but Moon mentioned that he "had plans" for the diamonds Bond delivered in the ColdOpen, it's possible "Gustav Graves" and his corporation was in operation as a shell company Moon had been running before the events of the movie, with his "death" and subsequent gene therapy allowing him to use the cover "for real"
* Graves/Moon being able to set up a mining corporation within 14 months and even building a working KillSat in that time seems like something that was missed, but Moon mentioned that he "had plans" for the diamonds Bond delivered in the ColdOpen, it's possible "Gustav Graves" and his corporation was in operation as a shell company Moon had been running before the events of the movie, with his "death" and subsequent gene therapy allowing him to use the cover "for real"
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* Zao is quite reckless during the second half of the movie, continuing to engage Bond in the ice palace when he could have easily broken off. But his gene therapy was interrupted, and the doctor tells Jinx the first step is killing off all the subject's bone marrow - Zao's living on borrowed time and wants to kill Bond for himself while he can.
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* Zao is quite reckless during the second half of the movie, continuing to engage Bond in the ice palace when he could have easily broken off. But his gene therapy was interrupted, and the doctor tells Jinx the first step is killing off all the subject's bone marrow - Zao's living on borrowed time and wants to kill Bond for himself while he can.can.
* Jainx claims to be working for the NSA, an agency that does not send agents in the field. Of course, she is lying to cover her real employees.
* Jainx claims to be working for the NSA, an agency that does not send agents in the field. Of course, she is lying to cover her real employees.
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** Ironically, that one leader was a huge fan of this series until this movie came out.
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** Ironically, that one leader Kim Jong-il was a huge fan of this series until this movie came out.
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** Ironically, that one leader was a huge fan of this series until this movie came out.
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* When Graves flaunts over his ability to use [[spoiler: Miranda's sexuality]] against Bond, he merely responds that it's "the coldest weapon of all". It makes sense when you realize that James was likely referring to the events of [[spoiler: ''{{Film/The World Is Not Enough}}'', when Elektra King seduced him, only for her to be revealed as the BigBad.]]
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* When Graves flaunts over his ability to use [[spoiler: Miranda's sexuality]] against Bond, he merely responds that it's "the coldest weapon of all". It makes sense when you realize that James was likely referring to the events of [[spoiler: ''{{Film/The World Is Not Enough}}'', when Elektra King seduced him, only for her to be revealed as the BigBad.]]]]
* Zao is quite reckless during the second half of the movie, continuing to engage Bond in the ice palace when he could have easily broken off. But his gene therapy was interrupted, and the doctor tells Jinx the first step is killing off all the subject's bone marrow - Zao's living on borrowed time and wants to kill Bond for himself while he can.
* Zao is quite reckless during the second half of the movie, continuing to engage Bond in the ice palace when he could have easily broken off. But his gene therapy was interrupted, and the doctor tells Jinx the first step is killing off all the subject's bone marrow - Zao's living on borrowed time and wants to kill Bond for himself while he can.
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* FridgeBrilliance - Miranda's supposed fencing skill winds up being an InformedAbility when she flails around to little effect against Jinx. Except fencing she's not using fencing weapons, and she's facing someone who (ostensibly) has been trained in knife-fighting, and Olympic fencing is strictly limited in terms of rules anyway. If anything, it's impressive that she managed to land a hit on Jinx at all.
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* When Graves flaunts over his ability to use [[spoiler: Miranda's sexuality]] against Bond, he merely responds that it's "the coldest weapon of all". It makes sense when you realize that James was likely referring to the events of [[spoiler: ''{{Film/The World Is Not Enough}}'', when Elektra King seduced him, only for her to be revealed as the BigBad.]]
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** It doesn't seem as if he's really "hidden," just in cover in case he's spotted and someone starts shooting. He may just be crouching out of habit, or because a crouching target is harder to spot than a standing man.
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** It doesn't seem as if he's really "hidden," just in cover in case he's spotted and someone starts shooting. He may just be crouching out of habit, or because a crouching target is harder to spot than a standing man.man.
* FridgeBrilliance - Miranda's supposed fencing skill winds up being an InformedAbility when she flails around to little effect against Jinx. Except fencing she's not using fencing weapons, and she's facing someone who (ostensibly) has been trained in knife-fighting, and Olympic fencing is strictly limited in terms of rules anyway. If anything, it's impressive that she managed to land a hit on Jinx at all.
* FridgeBrilliance - Miranda's supposed fencing skill winds up being an InformedAbility when she flails around to little effect against Jinx. Except fencing she's not using fencing weapons, and she's facing someone who (ostensibly) has been trained in knife-fighting, and Olympic fencing is strictly limited in terms of rules anyway. If anything, it's impressive that she managed to land a hit on Jinx at all.
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** Hell, even the slightest paint scratch or dent in a body panel (from collision damage or bullet impact, both of which happen to the car ''a lot''' during the XKR duel) would throw off the camouflage by distorting the image or damaging the equipment needed to maintain the image. How also does it avoid projecting the car's shadow on the roof?
** Objects passing behind the car appear to be closer than they are, such as John Cleese's legs in the briefing scene. How is this not a dead giveaway?
** Objects passing behind the car appear to be closer than they are, such as John Cleese's legs in the briefing scene. How is this not a dead giveaway?
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** Even with the visual stealth, we know for a fact that the car isn't silent. That's a V12 engine in there, it's going to be loud, even idling. We even ''see'' one of the guards perk up for a moment when he hears the sound of a car engine, but [[TheGuardsMustBeCrazy he dismisses it.]]
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* A scene in which Bond hides behind his Vanquish, with its cloaking device. We've been given an explanation of how the Vanquish works, which means Bond's image should simply be reproduced on the other side, visible to the guard.
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* A scene in which Bond hides behind his Vanquish, with its cloaking device. We've been given an explanation of how the Vanquish works, which means Bond's image should simply be reproduced on the other side, visible to the guard.guard.
** It doesn't seem as if he's really "hidden," just in cover in case he's spotted and someone starts shooting. He may just be crouching out of habit, or because a crouching target is harder to spot than a standing man.
** It doesn't seem as if he's really "hidden," just in cover in case he's spotted and someone starts shooting. He may just be crouching out of habit, or because a crouching target is harder to spot than a standing man.
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* The Vanquish conceals itself thanks to tiny cameras all around it. Fact. But what happens when snow falls on the roof? Somebody might go, "Gee, that snow isn't quite touching the ground. In fact, it's falling in the perfect three-dimensional representation of a car. Oughtn't I go check this out?" Worse yet, the cloaking effect would be ruined when it's hailing taxis outside.
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* The Vanquish conceals itself thanks to tiny cameras all around it. Fact. But what happens when snow falls on the roof? Somebody might go, "Gee, that snow isn't quite touching the ground. In fact, it's falling in the perfect three-dimensional representation of a car. Oughtn't I go check this out?" Worse yet, the cloaking effect would be ruined when it's hailing taxis outside.outside.
* A scene in which Bond hides behind his Vanquish, with its cloaking device. We've been given an explanation of how the Vanquish works, which means Bond's image should simply be reproduced on the other side, visible to the guard.
* A scene in which Bond hides behind his Vanquish, with its cloaking device. We've been given an explanation of how the Vanquish works, which means Bond's image should simply be reproduced on the other side, visible to the guard.
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** Thanks to Q, he's CrazyPrepared--there must be a rudimentary "seat" form just under the real seat (complete with a backrest).
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** Thanks to Q, he's CrazyPrepared--there must be a rudimentary "seat" form just under No, he doesn't--he kind of lays her down in the real space where a seat (complete with a backrest).should be.
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* Bond uses the ejector seat to revert the flipped car... and minutes later puts Jinx in the seat that shouldn't be there!
* The concept of the bad guy as a [[spoiler:North Korean leader with dreams of conquest who was able to turn himself into a Westerner who is being worshiped by the Western World and who has a hot blond babe in love him may be cheesy, but we did have a certain North Korean leader who had been known for having particular... obsessions with the West. Whether the knowledge of this parody makes the movie all the more enjoyable or not is up to the viewer.]]
* The concept of the bad guy as a [[spoiler:North Korean leader with dreams of conquest who was able to turn himself into a Westerner who is being worshiped by the Western World and who has a hot blond babe in love him may be cheesy, but we did have a certain North Korean leader who had been known for having particular... obsessions with the West. Whether the knowledge of this parody makes the movie all the more enjoyable or not is up to the viewer.]]
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** Vanity ''is'' one of the Seven Deadly Sins.
* Bond uses the ejector seat to revert the flipped car... and minutes later puts Jinx in the seat that shouldn't bethere!
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** Thanks to Q, he's CrazyPrepared--there must be a rudimentary "seat" form just under the real seat (complete with a backrest).
* The concept of the bad guy as a [[spoiler:North Korean leader with dreams of conquest who was able to turn himself into a Westerner who is being worshiped by the Western World and who has a hot blond babe in love him may be cheesy, but we did have a certain North Korean leader who had been known for having particular... obsessions with the West. Whether the knowledge of this parody makes the movie all the more enjoyable or not is up to the viewer.]]]]
* The Vanquish conceals itself thanks to tiny cameras all around it. Fact. But what happens when snow falls on the roof? Somebody might go, "Gee, that snow isn't quite touching the ground. In fact, it's falling in the perfect three-dimensional representation of a car. Oughtn't I go check this out?" Worse yet, the cloaking effect would be ruined when it's hailing taxis outside.
* Bond uses the ejector seat to revert the flipped car... and minutes later puts Jinx in the seat that shouldn't be
** Thanks to Q, he's CrazyPrepared--there must be a rudimentary "seat" form just under the real seat (complete with a backrest).
* The concept of the bad guy as a [[spoiler:North Korean leader with dreams of conquest who was able to turn himself into a Westerner who is being worshiped by the Western World and who has a hot blond babe in love him may be cheesy, but we did have a certain North Korean leader who had been known for having particular... obsessions with the West. Whether the knowledge of this parody makes the movie all the more enjoyable or not is up to the viewer.
* The Vanquish conceals itself thanks to tiny cameras all around it. Fact. But what happens when snow falls on the roof? Somebody might go, "Gee, that snow isn't quite touching the ground. In fact, it's falling in the perfect three-dimensional representation of a car. Oughtn't I go check this out?" Worse yet, the cloaking effect would be ruined when it's hailing taxis outside.
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** Bond uses the ejector seat to revert the flipped car... and minutes later puts Jinx in the seat that shouldn't be there!
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* The concept of the bad guy as a [[spoiler:North Korean leader with dreams of conquest who was able to turn himself into a Westerner worshiped by the Western World and has a hot blond babe in love him may be cheesy, but we did have a certain North Korean leader who had been known for having particular... obsessions with the West. Whether the knowledge of this parody makes the movie all the more enjoyable or not is up to the viewer.]]
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* The concept of the bad guy as a [[spoiler:North Korean leader with dreams of conquest who was able to turn himself into a Westerner who is being worshiped by the Western World and who has a hot blond babe in love him may be cheesy, but we did have a certain North Korean leader who had been known for having particular... obsessions with the West. Whether the knowledge of this parody makes the movie all the more enjoyable or not is up to the viewer.]]
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* The concept of the bad guy as a [[spoiler:North Korean leader with dreams of conquest who was able to turn himself into a Westerner and have a hot blond babe in love him may be cheesy, but we did have a certain North Korean leader who had been known for having... obsessions with the West. Whether the knowledge of this parody makes the movie all the more enjoyable or not is up to the viewer.]]
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* The concept of the bad guy as a [[spoiler:North Korean leader with dreams of conquest who was able to turn himself into a Westerner worshiped by the Western World and have has a hot blond babe in love him may be cheesy, but we did have a certain North Korean leader who had been known for having...having particular... obsessions with the West. Whether the knowledge of this parody makes the movie all the more enjoyable or not is up to the viewer.]]
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* The concept of the bad guy as a [[spoiler:North Korean leader with dreams of conquest who was able to turn himself into a Westerner and have a hot blond babe in love him may be cheesy, but we did have a certain North Korean leader who had been known for having... obsessions with the West. Whether the knowledge of this parody makes the movie all the more enjoyable or not is up to the viewer.]]
