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The pre-credits sequence is pretty daft

posted 9 years ago by DC1977
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Why would Jacques Bouvar attend his own 'funeral' in drag, pretending to be his own widow???

If he really did have a wife, why didn't she just attend instead?

And if he wasn't married, wouldn't his presence as the widow arouse suspicion?

[–] mobile-707 9 years ago

The questions you raise are not answered in the movie, as far as I could tell. But, it's at least possible to imagine a scenario in which a person fakes their own death and them has to disguise their appearance in order to make the "death" seem plausible to outside observers, and/or the authorities.

[–] DC1977 9 years ago

That's true but there's no need for him to attend his own funeral.

[–] franzkabuki 9 years ago

As with many things in Bond movies, I don't think one should try and attach too much logic or reason to it - it just makes for a fairly spectacular little standalone sequence, that's all.

"facts are stupid things" Ronald Reagan

[–] mariakelly-04164 7 years ago

Daft, but pretty cool.

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