So Bond stacks the tarot deck in order to trick Solitaire into sleeping with him. I'm convinced that the filmmakers knew how shady that scene was and tried to recover by showing that not only does Solitaire not regret getting tricked by Bond, but that she enjoyed herself and is glad it happened. They did their part in keeping the rapey vibe off of 007.
Nice save, guys.
He didn't remotely force or pressurise her, so there's no "rapey vibe". The Lovers doesn't automatically mean sex. Solitaire wanted to escape her imprisoned life with Kananga and took the rescue.
He also doesn't hide the fake pack, dropping it on the floor where Solitaire could spot it. I know that's really for the audience to see the 'all Lovers' gag but that's what his character does.
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He didn't remotely force or pressure her, you're right. He flat-out tricked her into sleeping with him by taking advantage of her beliefs and superstitions. You've got to see how shady that is. James dropping all of the duplicate cards was a wink to the audience, it wasn't something Solitaire saw.
Of course, in the end Solitaire enjoyed her time in bed with James, and he saved her from Kananga's evil clutches. She clearly didn't regret being fooled so there's absolutely no problem with how everything worked out. But come on, one small change to her reaction and the next Bond film would have been titled "The Man with the Prison Sentence".
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Ram this in your clambake, bitchcakes!
He didn't remotely force or pressure her, you're right. He flat-out tricked her into sleeping with him by taking advantage of her beliefs and superstitions. You've got to see how shady that is.
James dropping all of the duplicate cards was a wink to the audience, it wasn't something Solitaire saw.
Of course, in the end Solitaire enjoyed her time in bed with James, and he saved her from Kananga's evil clutches. She clearly didn't regret being fooled so there's absolutely no problem with how everything worked out.
But come on, one small change to her reaction and the next Bond film would have been titled "The Man with the Prison Sentence".
Well there's no sense going off half cocked.
shareThere was no "rapey vibe". This was 1973, and grownups were grownups. She had sex with him because she wanted to. If she had said "no", he would have backed off. She enjoyed it so much she asked him to do it again.
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