I've touched on this a few times but it warrants a whole entry: what is with 007 being captured all the damn time? There's not a single film where he isn't blindsided, kidnapped, tortured or something else unpleasant along those lines. The job description of a spy is to slip in and out unnoticed, even if you favour the hired killer description more hitmen have the same modus operandi. If you're not bothered about secrecy why not send in a team of 00's and be done with it? He's amazingly lucky that everyone who captures him is so egotistical that they feel the need to toy with him until he can find a way to escape. If Goldfinger had started the laser beam a few inches higher it would have solved him (and maybe the world) a lot of problems, and if Mr White hadn't arrived when he did, Bond's sexual escapades would've been a thing of the (highly traumatic) past. Instead, he recieved severely crushed testicles for his troubles, which is still pretty awful. Oh, and lets not forget the time he was captured by the North Koreans. It must be quite embarrassing being Bond sometimes, supposedly the best spy in the world and yet again strung up over a giant shark tank. It's so easy to nab him that it seems pointless sending your best guys to do it just send the dregs along and save Jaws and Oddjob for shuffling him off the mortal coil while he's restrained.
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