Was there ever a movie where James Bond ended up as the bad guy and his target turns out to be a good guy?
>>62768005
Goldeneye because Sean Bean was just for England James.
>>62768005
im racking my brain, and hoenstly no. no bond has ever pulled that
>>62768005
>who is the bad guy?
maybe its just not about who is good or bad you know, this isn't star wars where the bad guys are color co-ordinated
you could argue Alec did nothing wrong and was on a revenge quest to avenge family/friends. a bit hypocritical of bond
>craig
>bond
You could make the argument for Moonraker. Drax is literally trying to save the planet and humanity.
Licence to Kill
> The film sees Bond being suspended from MI6 as he pursues drugs lord Franz Sanchez, who has ordered an attack against his CIA friend Felix Leiter and a rape and murder on Felix's wife during their honeymoon.
>James Bond doesn't consume substances that have been illegal
>James Bond has never raped a woman
>James Bond has never killed a man
>>62768188
wasnt sanchez alwasy the bad guy? and as such doesnt apply for this thread?
>>62768005
Silva did nothing wrong
The Man With the Golden Gun
He's a villain whose 'evil plot' is to kill Bond. It's pretty arbitrary why he's the bad guy.
>>62768005
For Your Eyes Only
Bond isn't the "bad guy" but his target turns out to be a good guy
>>62768297
The opening of the movie is Scaramanga murdering a dude
>>62768005
Based Stromberg did literally not one thing wrong.
>>62768005
No, even the books it was crazy clear cut (if in a slightly GLORIOUS MOTHER ENGLAND).
Flemming even said that James Bond was the dullest name he could think of to reflect how pulpy/simple the stories would be.
>>62771107
He also murders a bunch of people including his girlfriend just to fuck with him.
>>62768297
Pretty much this. I liked him from the moment when he said that the first man he killed was a douchebag that had tortured an elephant in a circus. Also cool dude with an obvious sense for sportsmanship.
>>62768005
>British government
>doing any wrong
Bond is fictional but it's not fantasy
Bond doesnt exactly have a heart of gold, but he mostly just destroys innocent peoples property but never kills innocent people, even during car chases in crowded streets. But that seems to be luck mostly. I dont think his missions would be considered failures if a few innocent people was collateral. But I remember being annoyed that he ruined the fruitstands of poor third worlders and stuff lime that.
>>62771640
In Casino Royale he destroys a medieval palace just because. The damage done by Bond on regular missions is through the roof.
He also destroyed things like petroleum infrastructures which is sure to impoverish the area for at least a short time.
I'm not saying any of these things can never be justified but it's not exactly as if Bond was repelling the Red Army or a Muslim razzia.
What he does to stop almost lone shadow villain is clearly overkill and the actions of a single movie would warrant a scandal so massive it would change the entire structure of British intelligence, yet they are casually reported in the movies with a shot of a journal with M shouting "dur dur Bond, go easy next time".
>>62768005
Well the Soviets were the good guys of the Cold War so yeah.
