The Single Biggest Mistake Every James Bond Film Has Made

Live and Let Die is arguably the most misogynistic James Bond film of them all. This is a perfectly solid instalment in many ways, but it is dragged right down by its sexism and it's one of the Bond films that's ageing the worst as a result.

All of the Bond Girls here are passive and agency-free to the point of being beyond parody and the film goes out of its way to mock and belittle them at every turn. This is especially true with the first major Bond Girl, an incompetent double agent named Rosie Carver (Gloria Hendry).

Speaking of Rosie, after she and Bond first hook up he confronts her over her deception. He threatens her with death if she doesn't tell him the truth and she replies "Not after what we just did." Bond replies. "I certainly wouldn't have killed you before." Yes, really.

The film's main Bond Girl, a psychic named Solitaire (Jane Seymour), fares even worse. Not only is she a ridiculously weak and helpless damsel-in-distress, but Bond basically commits rape by deception by tricking her into losing her virginity to him.