Movie spies- Bond, Palmer, Powers and Bourne
All of us have a fav spy -someone we’d call on to save our country in our hour of need. These are the super spies with a license to kill, and to entertain.
James Bond- could we have not done this list without him? Always well dressed, with the best gadgets and a gorgeous girl on his arm whilst saving the day, Bond showed us how to save the world with style. Everyone will argue for hours over who was the best Bond, but never whether 007 deserves his legendary status. When we think of Spies we think of him because nobody does it better.
Harry Palmer- Micheal Caine played this spy. Taking a completely different route to the Bond films, Palmers world was much gritter, and the man himself was a mirror image of 007. While he might not have the charm of 007, he had the drive to get the mission done, and the means to do so.
Austin Powers- the 60s hippest spy, who was frozen only to be defrosted in the late 1990s to fight Dr Evil and his schemes. Powers is a send up of all the great spy movies, with Palmers glasses and Bonds gadgets, but with a charm all of his own. Wed always get a good laugh as he saved the day in the most outrageous ways. Not only have the movies successfully paid tribute to the spy movies of yesterday, but also given us catchphrases and a world all of its own.
Jason Bourne. Millions of dollars and the training made him the man for the job, but we first met Bourne having bullets pulled out of him, and no memory of who he is. While Bond struggled to adapt to the nineties, Bourne slots in perfectly, blending in with the crowd rather than standing out, but not afraid to hijack a car when need called for it. Attacked by the agency who trained him over the three movies, Bourne was always one step ahead.
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