Why I’ll Never Forget James Bond’s Death – Drunk Monkeys Issue #7.4

“No Time to Die is about time. Yes, there are beautiful women. Yes, there is camp comedy. Yes, there are plenty of stunts—but the heart of the film is about time, specifically time running out. It’s a theme that’s set up within minutes of the picture’s opening, when Bond (loved up and retired) turns to amour Madeleine Swann and declares, “We have all the time in the world.” It’s such a beautiful and poignant remark that the screenwriter in me immediately balked at the whiff of deathly irony in it, an impending doom that would only be punctuated by a third act callback to the exact opposite sentiment. Emptying hourglasses during the movie’s opening titles only served to compound the notion of time running out and there never being enough time. This was a familiar feeling to me, because my father was dying whilst I was watching it.”