4. Quantum Of Solace Alcoholism
If there's a universal truth to take from the James Bond films, it's that Britain's favourite amoral super-spy hits his martinis with all the subtlety and force of a truck, and is probably sh*tfaced pretty most of the time. And that's fine Ian Fleming superimposed many of his own characteristics onto his creation, and that included a legendary tolerance and proclivity for alcohol. Yet for my money, this little tic gets all sorts of ridiculous around the time of Quantum Of Solace. Up until now in the franchise, we've seen Bond down a few tipples, but never enough to break his suave charm. Yet under Daniel Craig's aegis, Bond became a rougher sort more suited to the on-page hero something we began to see in Casino Royale where he downed his drink before attempting to charge Le Chiffre. Yet it was only in Quatum Of Solace that we began to see just how bad Bond's drinking got. Namely, he got sh*tfaced on a plane to Bolivia, and didn't care who knew it. It was something of a crystallising moment for naïve fans, knowing that under the surface our hero was possibly running on little more than cocktail olives and alcohol. Yet still, he's all sorts of awesome, pulling off amazing feats with martini-soaked bombast. He's a great advert for alcoholism while you or I would struggle to walk in a straight line under liquor's influence, Bond proved later that he could shoot up a Bolivian hotel with a hangover, before graduating to juggling scorpions and sucking down Heinekens come sequel time. I guess the moral here is that no matter how brilliant it looks, I don't think you should try this at home I don't you'll make it look half as awesome as Bond.