BOND PART IV: No Time to Die (2021)
We did it, Bond. James Bond.
BIG SPOILER WARNING: This episode extensively discusses spoilers for No Time to Die, so please skip this episode if you do not want spoilers at all.
CONTENT WARNING: Discussion of murder, grief, kidnapping, child endangerment, death, poison, biological warfare, injuries.
We’ve done Bond therapy on this show before, but wouldn’t you know it, a year and a half after our review of Spectre, after viewing al of the films in the Bond canon (and non-canon), we’re back to finally close the book on this series. How appropriate, then, that this film does the same for not just one James Bond but perhaps the entire franchise. Of course, the credits state, like they always do, that “James Bond Will Return,” but for the first time in nearly 60 years and 25 canonical films, this franchise has completely open runway to do whatever they want. It’s not their best film, and probably not in the top 5, but as a final bookend to a long journey, it’s incredibly satisfying. We’re talking about No Time to Die this week on Macintosh & Maud Haven’t Seen What?!
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Intro music taken from the Second Movement of Ludwig von Beethoven's 9th Symphony. Licensed under an Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Hong Kong (CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 HK) license. To hear the full performance or get more information, visit the song page at the Internet Archive.
Excerpt taken from "James Bond Theme," written and composed by John Barry, and performed by the John Barry Orchestra. ℗ 1962, 2012 Capitol Records LLC.
Outro music taken from "Thunderball" written and performed by Johnny freakin' Cash. Song available on Cash's 2011 compilation "Bootleg, Vol II: From Memphis to Hollywood," available on Amazon and iTunes. (P) 2011 Sony Music Entertainment. Title sequence with the song can be found on YouTube - it's amazing and bizarre and we love it.
