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Susan Foreman 28th May 2012 11:24 AM

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Originally Posted by ArrowFan (Post 245499)
Trying to get my head around the whole Heinenken deal. I can't believe Bond's going from vodka martini to beer.

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Originally Posted by antmumford (Post 245526)
Throughout the whole series of Bond films, James drank many a different variety of drink so having a beer in Skyfall is no different.

As quoted from wikipedia:

"Bond's drinking habits mirror those of his creator, Ian Fleming. Fleming as well as Bond throughout the novels had a preference for bourbon. Fleming himself actually had a fondness for gin, drinking as much as a bottle a day; however, he was converted to bourbon at the behest of his doctor who informed him of his failing health.

Otherwise, in the films James Bond normally has a fondness for vodka that is accompanied by product placement for a brand. For instance, Smirnoff was clearly shown in 1997's Tomorrow Never Dies, in which Bond sits drinking a bottle while in his hotel room in Hamburg. Other brands featured in the films have included Absolut vodka, Stolichnaya and Finlandia. In the film GoldenEye, Bond suggests cognac when offered a drink by M, who gives him bourbon instead. In Goldfinger, Bond drinks a mint julep at Auric Goldfinger's Kentucky stud farm; in Thunderball, Largo gives Bond a Rum Collins. Bond is also seen in Quantum of Solace drinking bottled beer when meeting with Felix Leiter in a Bolivian bar. In Die Another Day, Bond drinks a mojito. In Casino Royale, Bond orders a Mount Gay rum with soda. In several of the Bond films, he is known to prefer Bollinger and Dom Perignon champagne. Never primarily a red wine drinker, Bond tended to favour Château Mouton Rothschild; a 1947 vintage with Goldfinger, and half a bottle On Her Majesty’s Secret Service, a 1934 ordered by M in Moonraker, and a ’55 in Diamonds are Forever—where Bond unveiled the assassin Wint posing as a waiter because the latter didn’t know that Mouton-Rothschild is a claret. In the Jeffery Deaver novel Carte Blanche, Bond expresses a knowledge and appreciation of South African wine.

Outside of alcoholic beverages, Bond is said to favour Yin Hao, the highest traditional grade of jasmine tea, and in the novel Live and Let Die Bond expresses his fondness for Jamaican Blue Mountain Coffee.

In the novel Moonraker it is noted in the card club Blades, Bond adds a single pinch of black pepper to his glass of vodka, much to M's consternation; he claims it sinks all the poisons to the bottom."

Daemonia 28th May 2012 11:30 AM

So, in a nutshell, Bond is actually a raging alcoholic and will drink anything!

They should rename the films:

You're Only Pissed Twice
Drunk Another Day
For Your Glass Only
View to a Pub
From Russia with Vodka
Whiskey is Forever
Hammered On Her Majesty's Secret Service
Live and Let Drink
The Man with the Golden Beer Garden
The Barman Who Loved Me
License to Drink

:lol:

Susan Foreman 28th May 2012 11:32 AM

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Originally Posted by Daemonia (Post 245531)
So, in a nutshell, Bond is actually a raging alcoholic and will drink anything!

Well, everyone has to have a hobby!

the blob 28th May 2012 11:35 AM

Always thought Vodka Martini was a bit of a lightweight's drink anyway. He'd be much more hard if he asked for a Snakebite..

Susan Foreman 28th May 2012 11:46 AM

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Originally Posted by the blob (Post 245538)
He'd be much more hard if he asked for a Snakebite..

"In a dirty glass"!

Demdike@Cult Labs 28th May 2012 12:02 PM

I'm not bothered what he drinks.

He'll look cool sipping a Heineken.

I'm presuming so anyway. I doubt he'll take a large guzzle, burp, then wipe his mouth on his sleeve

Daemonia 28th May 2012 12:10 PM

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Originally Posted by Demdike (Post 245558)
I doubt he'll take a large guzzle, burp, then wipe his mouth on his sleeve

And what's wrong with that?

:lol:

Demdike@Cult Labs 28th May 2012 12:12 PM

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Originally Posted by Daemonia (Post 245563)
And what's wrong with that?

:lol:

:lol:

Thats what us commoners do. Not a suave superspy killing machine.

the blob 28th May 2012 12:16 PM

I'm hoping someone brushes past him and he says 'did you spill my pint?'.

Demdike@Cult Labs 28th May 2012 12:24 PM

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It became obvious that Bond and Felix would have to go back to the vodka martini's, as twelve pints every Friday started to take their toll.


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