5 Sleaziest Seductions In James Bond Films

1. Bond Tricks Solitaire Into Being His Lover (By Exploiting Her Belief System) - Live and Let Die

Solitaire is a very unique Bond girl. We might forget the name of the lady who helped Bond in Licence to Kill or that rich heiress in A View to a Kill, but we'll never forget about the innocent, tarot-card-reading Solitaire. Solitaire is a fortune-teller, having inherited the ability from her mother and her mother before her. Her boss Kananga believes in the cards as much as she does, and uses her frequently to predict the doings of those trying to stop him. The first time Bond meets Solitaire is in a back-room of a restaurant, surrounded by Kananga's cronies. She tells him to draw a card and it says "The Lovers." She is taken aback by this idea as Bond is taken off to be horribly murdered. Later in the film, Solitaire is returning to the main room of Kananga's (where her cards are) and finds Bond holding them, her ceremonial cape around his shoulders. She is furious with him, but he plays it cool. He asks her if she believes the cards, to which she says: "They have never lied to me." He then tells her to draw one, and she she is stunned when she pulls out "The Lovers." Totally believing the cards, she accepts Bond as her lover. But what she doesn't know is that the entire deck is completely made of "The Lovers" cards. Now, Bond's plan of "stacking the cards in his favor" is actually quite clever. It probably would have been better, though, if used on someone of equal maturity, instead of a an innocent, inexperienced virgin. This scene is not only troubling because Solitaire is so much more innocent (think "sheltered"), but because he tricked her using her own belief system. He realized that she had an enormous amount of faith and exploited it for his own uses (the DVD chapter of this scene is even called "Blasphemous Bond"). One could argue that it is his job to find out information in any way possible, but taking advantage of a devout, moral girl seems ethically skewed. Not only has Bond done all this, but since she is no longer a virgin, she can't even read the cards anymore. "By compelling myself to earthly love, the cards themselves have taken away my powers," she says. When he admits he made the deck himself, she says it makes no difference, for the "the physical violation cannot be undone." And now that she can't read the cards anymore, she risks getting killed by Kananga. According to the commentary by Tom Mankiewicz, there were discussions about this whether or not this should happen. They felt that because it was Roger Moore's first movie, it might be easier for him to get away with something of that nature. He further goes on to explain that Sean Connery could have never pulled off a scene like that, and went along with it with Roger because it seemed like "Roger could actually be concerned about her". He meets her, is blasphemous, tricks her into sleeping with him by exploiting her faith, takes her virginity, makes her lose her power, and risks her getting killed. Come on, Bond. What the hell is that? In conclusion, most of Bond's seductions through the movies have been totally fine. They are, after all, just movies - a bit of fantasy and fun. The rampant seductions and sexual innuendos are all part of the over the top nature of the movies. It's fun to see it happen. Only, however, if the two players are on equal ground. Bond sleeps with a sexy agent trying to kill him... great! Bond sleeps with an old lover he's reunited with... fantastic! Bond takes advantage of a girl who might lose her job, well... there will no doubt be more Bond movies, and that's great, but hopefully with less questionable philandering. What do you think? Any others that never sat well with you? Let us know in the comments section below.