Bond Again - A parallel I didn't mention

Hi folks... regular readers will no doubt have read the review of Quantum Of Solace in which I described a potted history of Bond being unoriginal and repeating the same plots.

Well, it would be truly blind of me not to post this little thought-provoker for y'all.

By necessity it is majorly spoilerific so....

DO NOT READ ON IF YOU HAVE NOT YET SEEN QUANTUM OF SOLACE! YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED!

Right... still here?

So, it's regarding For Your Eyes Only.

Remember Melina Havelock?

Her character is first met on the cusp of exacting murderous revenge for the assassination of her family. Bond, who is investigating her target, inadvertently prevents her from doing so. She is upset and he agrees to help her out, taking her with him to the set-piece finale and they achieve revenge and resolution together.

Sound familiar, Camille? The only real differences between the characters of Melina and Camille is that Melina is persuaded not to actually go through with the act of murder, whereas things are different for Camille. Kristatos, who is the Havelock nemesis (played by a frankly rubbish Julian Glover), meets his end at the hands of Topol instead, so isn't spared. The other crucial difference is that Bond and Camille do not sleep together. If only Roger Moore had been able to restrain himself too.

So damn it, even this Bond is a recycler of old plots. Bugger it.

I still think it's worth an 8/10, but my conscience is now clear.

As an aside, that purveyor of made up rumour and rubbish, The Metro's Neal Sean quoted Daniel Craig as being keen on remaking iconic Bond movie, Goldfinger. I am really hoping this is just hot air from the doofus, keep in mind for the future that I am absolutely against remakes of earlier movies in the series. Yuck!

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