Whenever there is a Bond film, there is always a Bond girl. She is as indispensable as the gadgets, the car, the chase and the villain set on overtaking the earth.
They have always been in the centre of controversy; they have always been branded as beautiful women (often with sexually overt names) who need Bond and ironically, Bond cannot complete his mission without them. They always seem to have perfection in everything they do. However, this portrayal of women can be somewhat unrealistic. Some may want the representation of the Bond Girl' to stay as it is but others may want the portrayal of the Bond Girl' to depict the modern idea of girl power. .
I for one think that this representation of women is harmless, partly because it is only a fictional character. It is a representation to be regarded only in entertainment. .
In this essay, I am going to look at and analyse the Bond saga looking especially at how the Bond Girls' in particular are shown and how their characteristics and qualities have changed over the decades.
The James Bond series was created to boost up Britain's prospects of being noticed as a powerful country with their own hero armed with fast cars, girls, gadgets and gimmicks. Over the years the audience grew to love this hero who they called Bond, James Bond' with his callous persona, dead-pan humour armed with good looks and a sexy voice to go with his trademark saying. In reality, Britain was falling rapidly from the world stage.
The first Bond' film, released in 1962 was Dr. No'. It was created with a meagre £90.000 budget and featured Sean Connery (then a virtually unknown actor) who was to play Bond's character for the remainder of the decade with the exception of 1969's release of In His Majesty's Secret Service' featuring George Lazenby.
Throughout the years of Bond, every film has been popular despite the changes in actors, directors and producers.