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The one where Bond rapes a woman....


What a hero!

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It's not as bad as that awful Daniel Craig scene where - as far as I can recall, as I'm not a fan and only saw it once - Craig "Bond" is told by this woman she's been a sex slave or something and then whilst she's taking a shower in this boat, unbeknown to her Craig "Bond" stealthily sneaks on to the boat and then creeps up on her in the shower and then forces himself upon her.

That was truly awful and really troublesome given the information she had told him beforehand...

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And yet Craig claimed he'd "remove[d] the misogyny" from the James Bond series.

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Well, there's that plus it just doesn't sit right with the literally darker (black & white), edgier take of the Craig "Bonds".

The authentic, canon Bond films are more comical, larger than life if you will anyway, so the sexism also seems almost joking / not realistic anyway, e.g. when Connery slaps whomever on the arse.

However, whomever that character was (can't remember) was telling "Bond" in the preceding scene that she'd been trafficked and it was very dark and graphic.

Therefore it's a lot worse - and a horrible take on the character - to show him, armed with that information about the girl, subsequently stealthily creep up on her and have his way with her...

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