I've always thought that Goldfinger was such an egomaniac he had to divulge his plan to the mobsters just to see how impressed they'd be by it.

In "Die Another Day" the north koreans force Bond to listen to Madonna's music while being tortured. However later in the film we can clearly see that Madonna in this universe is a fencing instructor rather than a pop artist.

My Favorite is how a Korean man turned into a white businessman all within a year and no one noticed 😂

Honestly with the "Goldfinger" plot hole, I say the best way to defend that one is the simple fact that Goldfinger is a character with a huge ego and way simply telling it to the mobsters for the sake of an ego boost.

For Trevelyan's "...you're supposed to die for me" line to Bond, I interpret it as a remark on the loyalty Bond and him (and perhaps all 00's) are meant to hold to each other, and that he somehow feels Bond betrayed him by setting the bomb off 3 minutes earlier than they'd planned. The plot hole then becomes why Bond didn't simply retort "You think I betrayed you, Alec? How was I supposed to know you were faking your death?" or something similar. Here's an inexplicable moment from A View to a Kill: just how on earth did Stacey Sutton manage to get ambushed by a blimp?

Originally, they were going to open OHMSS with a revelation that Bond had just undergone plastic surgery to alter his appearance. I like to imagine they probably would have had Lazenby initially step out of the Aston Martin with his face mummified and pull the bandages off before he rescues Tracy. This obviously was to explain the physical differences between Connery and Lazenby and would have prevented the plot hole of Blofeld not recognizing Bond. But that was cut. In fact, when I asked Lazenby about it at a Q&A session, he said that was the first he had heard of it. So I guess it must have been scraped pre-production.

Goldfinger's plot hole never really phased me. My thought on having the meeting was that this was Auric's way of getting all the parties that had been involved in bringing in the materials for the heist to one place and eliminating them. Knowing that Goldfinger's plan was to nuke Fort Knox, having his mob contacts live following the destruction would cause Goldfinger so much hassle from every major US crime family.

Yeah, Silva’s plan always bugs me, not enough to stop me loving the film though

Yeah, I agree with your pass/fail decisions. The thing that bothers me about the Hip and the car one is that I’ve seen an edit on KZfaq where they just cut Hip and his nieces out: Bond jumps out the dojo window and runs straight for the boat and you’re into the khlong chase, and it worked so much better. It makes me wish that’s how it actually played out in the film. Sure it cuts out Hip’s nieces fighting the entire dojo, but in my opinion cutting that wouldn’t have been too much of a loss - it’s clearly just there because they were trying to jump on the Kung Fu bandwagon after ‘Enter the Dragon’. EDIT: Here’s the aforementioned edit if you’re interested kzfaq.info/get/bejne/la6Jd652zN2Rj6s.html

I once saw a trailer that had coming April 2020 and it's almost August and the movie isn't here. Explain that one.

I think the biggest Bond Plot Hole is the Sciarra's ring in SPECTRE carrying the DNA of Le Chiffre, Mr White, Sliva and Blofield

some suggestions of plot holes i haven't seen below: 1. in moonraker, its pretty fucking handy that nasa was able to deploy a shuttle full of astronauts with jetpacs and chest mounted lasers to attack a mysterious satellite about 200,000 miles up in space in about 10 minutes. nasa funding in the seventies must've been mental. 2. if m is ever really truly concerned about bonds sexual promiscuity, perhaps he/she should stop sending support agents to help him who are under 25 and beautiful (mary goodnight, strawberry fields, couple of others i've forgotten i'm sure). come on m, send some munters if you're that worried. 3. TSWLM - ah yes, the classic egypt to sardinia train route that totally exists apparently. 4. Zorin: mayday, kill this auberghine dude before he talks to a spy about our plans. here's a gun, and here's his address Mayday: Aw, but i want to kill him as a paratrooping killer ninja fisherman, right in front of this spy, in a world famous location zorin: but why would you do something so stupid and recklessly incriminating? mayday: because COCAINE zorin: (snnnffffffffffff) I FUCKIN LOVE IT LETS DO THIS I'LL DRIVE A SPEEDBOAT TOO

I kinda always thought that Goldfinger gave the briefing to the mobsters whilst fully intending to kill them to test the gas and also just because he enjoyed the sound of his entire plan in an overly pompous way. It's indicated when Bond says to Goldfinger "...I did enjoy your briefing. " and Goldfinger says " So did I ".

Always thought the bit in OCTOPUSSY where 007 is able to perfectly apply clown make up and attire in a matter of seconds while a bomb ticks was a bit odd. However, it just so happens that Superman himself Christopher Reeve visited the set that day. Perhaps Bond had some help from the Man of Steel during his quick change?

Not only does Silva’s entire plan seem wacko, but his actual attempt to kill M is bizarrely underdone. He walks in to a crowded room with security, and uses a semiautomatic pistol? First that, and then the fact that he supports himself with only two henchmen.

A few of the ones I’ve noticed: • Whilst I love YOLT, I do find it hard to believe that no one in Japan noticed the SPECTRE rocket ship blasting off. Sure the island was remote, but surely the islanders saw, and surely the Japanese would be aware of what was in their airspace. Also that SPECTRE had superior rocket technology to both the USA and USSR, and were also able to hollow out a volcano (again, without anyone noticing) is very, very implausible. But I love the volcano lair too much to be bothered by any implausibilities. • Bond investigates Kananga in LALD because 3 MI6 agents died. But why was MI6 investigating Kananga in the first place? His plot didn’t involve the UK at all. • In TMWTGG, if Andrew sent the golden bullet to MI6, and wants Bond to kill Scaramanga, why doesn’t she say so when she first meets Bond in her hotel room in Hong Kong? Why does she wait? • Also, why was Sheriff Pepper buying a car in Thailand? • In TSWLM, if Stromberg only needed two submarines, why did he capture a third? • How was Drax able to build an entire city in space without anyone on Earth noticing? And the fact that the US Space Marines can just launch into space at a moments notice is far fetched - space launches have to be planned a long while in advance. • In AVTAK, Zorin tries to destroy Silicon Valley so he can have the monopoly on microchip manufacturing, despite the fact that many of the companies there are tech companies that would be buying his chips. • M flys all the way to Bolivia to bring Bond back in QoS having lost faith in him, then suddenly decides “fuck the CIA, he’s my agent, I trust him again!”

Silva is like Joker in The Dark Knight. He gets away with things that are way too convenient.

Imagine if they put silva into a cell with metal bars and a padlock. Cant hack your way out of that one

Re: Bond/Blofeld in OHMSS... I always just figured that, given Bond's effective vocal impression of Bray (some say too effective, but alas), Blofeld didn't want to immediately pounce on the guy in case it's just an uncanny resemblance. Bond's mistake with the tombs was when Ernst was convinced it was actually Bond. But until then, if Blofeld really wants that title of Count, he's going to play it cool until he knows for sure.

In You Only Live Twice,when Bond is searching the volcanoes in Little Nellie,he finds nothing and reports that back to base,then gets attacked by Spectre helicopters,thereby raising suspicions there is something to hide!

I hope it's not too late to comment. 1) Regarding #2, I always thought Bond and Blofeld did recognize each other. Bond said nothing to maintain his disguise, thin as it was. Blofeld probably decided to play along for a while and expose Bond later in a cool poetic way. Thus, he set the trap when Bond was visiting ladies' rooms. 2) Considering Drax's plot to destroy life on Earth, I always wondered why the workers at ground control were so cooperative. They would have been destined to die like all others who did not blast off to the space station.

I've always thought they could get around the Goldfinger plot hole by having Goldfinger tell his plan to the Flying Circus or Mr Ling's men instead of the gangsters. It would have made more sense as it is sort of a debriefing before the plan goes into effect, and Bond would still be able to keep up with the plot. You also don't really need the 5 min Solo death scene so with that change you have a much tighter story.

For James and Blofeld not recognizing each other in OHMSS, I've always viewed it as a 'You Only Live Twice' production mistake. In YOLT, James undergoes surgery to pass as a Japanese man; but then, as soon as he enters the volcano base, his face is back to normal. He is supposed to still appear Japanese when meeting Blofeld in YOLT; which explains why Blofeld doesn't immediately recognize him in OHMSS.

The pre-title sequence of Goldeneye is only part of a bigger plothole: Hello, my name is Alec Trevelyan. My parents were Russians who collaborated with the Nazi's. After World War II, the British sent them back to the Soviet Union where they were killed by Stalin, so now I carry a grudge against the UK. To get revenge, I'm going to work my way up in MI6. In that position, I could steal secrets or otherwise cause huge harm, but I'm not going to do that. No, I'm going to wait until I get a mission to Russia, fake my own death, wait for the Soviet Union to collapse, become a bigtime gangster, and then use Soviet technology to steal money from London banks. It's foolproof, what could possibly go wrong?

Nothing is quite on the level of Bond going on holiday and accidentally bumping into a massive digital bank heist, that also happens to involve his dead ex colleague.

I never thought of the fake killing in GE that way... It's such a good sequence, that it does not take you out of it when thinking about Treveyan's plan. Also: we get a shot of Alec laying down, getting pummelled by the barrels Bond shoots down. Surely that would've actually killed him, right? For me, the one in TMWTGG is the most egregious, the rest I kinda don't mind. But that darn Hip driving away and those nieces looking back at Bond and calling out something... Why didn't he stop? Mind boggling.

There´s one that no one seems to mention. In From Russia with Love, Bond mentions that he was in Tokyo with M, and then in YOLT he says he´s never been to Japan. Maybe he lied.

God, the opening of part one of this reminded me how great the Frozen Lake scene in Skyfall is.

I love your continuous uses of the Nightfire Soundtrack in your videos :) It was one of my favorite soundtracks of any media growing up and I'm so glad you're giving it a lot of recognition :)

In Spectre, why was Hinx trying to kill Bond on the train when Blofeld needed Bond and Madeline alive so he could them his "it was me all along" speech? Blofeld had even set up decorated rooms, specifically for them. Mind you, finding plot holes in Spectre is like shooting fish in a barrel.

The one that I could never get was Sir Godfrey Tibbett in AVTAK going under cover as a chauffeur at Zorin's horse sale. If his character was such a well regarded expert on horse racing then surely there would be a pretty big chance that he would be recognized?

There's another plot hole in the Goldeneye opening. It's not nearly as big but you can notice it fairly easily. After Bond bungee jumped off a dam, climbed down into a toilet, and went down a bunch of stairs, how did he end on the big mountain airstrip? I'm just nitpicking XD.

I don't think that what you mentioned about GoldenEye is really a plot hole: if Trevelyan had killed Bond, his betrayal would have been discovered immediately by MI6. On the contrary, the fake kill allowed him to keep his criminal activity secret until Bond eventually found out.

The best plot hole for me is the one in Moonraker. Drax has this weapon that is designed to wipe out all of humanity. In a lab, some of it gets loose and kills the scientists. That's basically a no-go zone at that point, quarantine and get the hell out of it. But Drax just magically turns it into an office space as a cover from MI6. If it's so easy to get rid of that chemical, why should it even be feared?

Biggest plot hole: Bond ever being able to have sexual intercourse again -- much less within the same film -- following his brutal torture in Casino Royale.

I always thought that Trevelyan wasn’t “in” with Ourumov until after the first scene. I assumed that faking his own death wasn’t pre-planned but what he decided to do after getting legitimately almost killed by an enemy. Guess I was wrong?

The Goldeneye one I always just chalked up mostly for Bond setting the timers for 3 minutes instead of 6 minutes as it was referenced later in the movie and that's why Alec did what he did. Still a stretch but that's how I always interrupted it... Great video and loving these different topical videos!

I wish the tube timetable was that good

In Skyfall how did Bond survive being shot? The bullet could have killed him, the fall could have killed him and he could have drowned!

I agree Silva's plan doesn't really add up, but the train derailment was not meant to kill Bond, it was intended to create a diversion for emergency services so that he could attack the hearing. Another one I've always wondered about is what happened to the Soviet submarine crew in TSWLM?

Here's a plot hole: NASA so would have seen Drax's space station regardless of whether or not it has a radar jamming system.

I always assumed that Blofeld knew the entire time that sir Hillary was 007 in OHMSS and was just playing along.

Silvas plan required Q to completely ignore forensic protocols. Always work from an image of the laptop, and always work in a sand box...

When Bond and Hans fight in YOLT, Hans gets against the wall but does nothing to prevent Bond from grabbing the key to blow up the Spaceship

If I remember correctly, in the German dub of TMWTGG, Hip says something like "I first have to bring my nieces to safety" before driving off without Bond...

"Possible way of pouring some contrivance cement in those holes ..."

Thunderball always bugged me because the whole inciting incident is based on the coincidence that Bond just happens to at the same spa that the dead pilot is brought to. I can't even remember why the dead guy was even brought to the spa, but it never made much sense how Bond was brought into that whole story

In "Goldeneye" I always thought 006 Alec Trevelyan was a good agent, and on the same page as Bond, and only went after Bond for betraying him, and allowing him to die. The pothole for me was how he didn't die, but my explanation for that is the Russian general, who also survived the facility explosion, kept him alive for questioning, and eventually partnership.

The OHMSS plot hole makes more sense if you watch Diamonds are Forever first, since it sets up the idea of Blofeld changing his appearance and voice as well as having decoys in his place.

I’m glad that Calvin gave a pass to the OHMSS plot hole. I agree with him that even though it’s a plot hole when it comes to watching the films in chronological order, when you watch the film on it’s own it doesn’t affect the story so it’s never bothered me. However, I should point out that I might be biased because OHMSS is my all time favorite Bond film.

That one piece of footage you inserted from Skyfall reminded me, that I really like how fast Craig's Bond disarms his enemies. He's an excellent close-combat fighter. I don't have much to say about the plot holes. I was going to say that maybe Blofeld is a code name, but you beat me to it.

Great video! I’d agree with your pass and fails, but I may be being too lenient, i tend to get too wrapped up in the film to really critique the logic that much! Also, my granddad was George Baker who played Sir Hilary Bray, and dubbed George Lazenby when he was undercover. Ian Fleming actually wanted him to play Bond before Connery was cast! So fun to see him in your video! Hope you’re doing well and keep producing great content!

Re. Goldeneye, I never thought Trevelyan and Ourumov were working together in the opening scene. Trevelyan does far too much damage for that to be the case. My interpretation was that Ouromov meant to kill Trevelyan but only wounded him in the side of the face, hence the scar. Trevelyan survived but felt let down by Bond for not doing more to save him, which, combined with his background, led to the later determination to get revenge on him and the UK. Potentially Ouromov groomed Trevelyan into this as he saw an opportunity when Trevelyan survived. Re. MWTGG, I just thought Hip had assumed Bond had got in the car when he heard him slamming the door shut. He only glanced over his right shoulder so perhaps he thought Bond was back left. And the adrenalin was pumping so hard after defeating all those guys at the martial arts school prevented his nieces from making much sense and Hip from understanding them :)

Silva’s plan i find he might not of been able to pull of in real life and I just find it hard to believe that he was able to plant explosives in the right place. All that out of the way sky fall is one of my favorite bond films and always will be.

Some great picks Calvin. As you know I’ve been a long time bond fan and loved your channel. But oddly enough watching this is making me want to revisit all the films. I’ve planned to do this for a while now, so hopefully next month I’ll get round to it! Thanks for the great video

Also in Goldeneye: Bond bungee jumps off a dam into a canyon to enter a base, and then constantly walks down multiple staircases, going further underground, but after 006 fakes his death, Bond runs outside the base on the top of a mountain to catch the airplane.

Should just be a video devoted to Skyfall. As good as it is, it has more plot holes than any other Bond film.

Great job Calvin! Although I will say that you could have mentioned the plot hole on how 007 figured out Vesper was going to be kidnapped by Le Chiffre in Casino Royale cause that part always confused me every time I watched it.

You may find this surprising Calvin but your videos are nice and relaxing to listen to when I've had enough of work and want to unwind. There's something therapeutic about hearing someone else say exactly what you felt about a particular thing; in this instance, Bond films.

8:35 ”Purely because I couldn't concentrate on her face." 😂

I always viewed Goldfinger's assembly and killing of the mobsters as a means of avoiding payment for the supplies necessary for Operstion Grand Slam. The speech revealing his plan is more interesting, in that it shows how truly arrogant Goldfinger can be and how proud he is of his life's work. He takes the time to explain everything with a detailed model knowing full well that he's going to kill everyone in the room momentarily, which adds to the character and shows his level of true evil.

Unpopular View: The biggest James Bond plot hole is the entirety of Daniel Craig's dreary soap opera as "James Bond" (I put that in quotes since he seems nothing like James Bond to me, more some short, sulky and fugly Russian henchman masquerading as 007).

Jolly good video old chap. Jolly good You should do a video on the best chase sequences. Haven't seen that before. Perhaps best Bond scraps or boss battles ranked 😄

Good video as always Calvin. Other plot holes to consider- 1. Casino Royale- Mathis The Double Agent/Not double agent thing. 2. Spectre- A massive explosion doesn't interrupt the DOTD parade. 3. Casino Royale- Bond gives a different password for the money at the start of the mission than the one he enters into the keypad at the end. 4. Die Another Day- Gustav Graves is Colonel Moon is absolutely impossible. 5. DR No- Is it possible to kill someone with a tarantula? 6. Thunderball- Why doesn't Angelo use the planes ejector seat to escape the submerged plane? 7. The Man With The Golden Gun- No way Bond could have put the Bond dummys clothes on in the time he had. 8. Spectre- Why does Hinx attack Bond. Blofeld/Oberhauser wanted him to get to his lair. 9. Skyfall- One injury is referenced on Bond but he actually suffered two. The shrapnel wound and MoneyPenny shooting him. He surely couldn't survive both AND the fall. He would be unconscious.

As far as Ouromov's gun being "fake" for the first shot at Alec, and real when he shot the other guy, that's easy enough to explain. The gun would've been real but the first shot would have presumably been a blank (a special cartridge with powder in it but no bullet, meaning it makes the loud bang but is mostly harmless), and after that it had real bullets. Being a Brit, you might not be familiar enough with firearms to know about that, but it's certainly possible to do. ;) Of course there's still the problem of why Alec didn't just kill Bond, but I'll leave that answer to fix fic writers. The Man With the Golden Gun's plothole is especially head scratching because all they had to do was edit out (or reshoot) Hip looking back before driving off. Then everyone can assume he thought Bond got in when the door slammed shut, which is why he drove away. Problem solved.

Skyfall kind of reminds me of the Dark Knight Rises, in that they're two of the best big-budget films I've ever seen but both have severe inescapable plot holes.

In DAF when Bert Saxby tries to shoot Willard Whyte - when it was Bond talking to Blofeld impersonating Saxby.

The reason Goldfinger explained everything to the monsters before killing them is simple. He just wanted to. It gave him pride and amusement.

"I have no idea how you can make this make sense" - surely this should be said for most of the Moore era lol

Just a quick shoutout Hip in TMWTGG is the most useless partner in the bond franchise

I love your use of 007 video game sound track for your videos. ❤

I always just assumed the shot that "killed" Trevelyan was a blank, or it was real, but intentionally missed and shot off to the side.

When I saw that goldeneye was on number one I thought that you were going to talk about the elevation plot hole

Other plot holes that are a bit more glaring: YOLT: Even in the present day we don't have self-landing rockets, much less so with the accuracy that Blofeld seems to have. Also, the energy emissions from the rocket launch would completely incinerate the entire base and all the people in there. Also, I'm fairly sure that an active volcano is not a great place for an underground lair (much less so if they are launching rockets?!). This ties in with the previous point, but a rocket launch would be ample enough energy to cause that volcano to erupt. LTK: I never really understood the involvement of the ninjas. Much less so that they intervened when they did. They shared a goal with Bond of killing Sanchez, so why not just let Bond do it - they could even then have deflected the blame his way. Moonraker: obviously there are a few obvious examples here: pigeons (to the best of my knowledge) can't double take 😂, space wars can't just be initiated immediately (and possibly at all). Also no way did Jaws make the jump between those cable cars. Another point is that there is ZERO chance Bond wouldn't have passed out on the centrifuge and potentially even died. The human body, even in the most adapted fighter pilots, can't tolerate much more than about 5-6G without some kind of protective gear. The centrifuge was accelerating substantially faster than that. Goldfinger: firstly the fact that Pussy Galore suddenly changes sides to allow Bond to foil Goldfinger's plan, but then rejoins Goldfinger to help him make his getaway. At the golf club we see that Oddjob's hat slices through a statue, so when he throws it at Tilly it would logically have decapitated her, but instead it just seems to bounce off her?! Also, when Bond fights Oddjob (and this is probably true for several henchmen fights) he definitely would have broken multiple limbs, but yet shows no signs of this. Also, Oddjob is manhandling Bond, he doesn't need the hat to win the fight - why turn his back on the enemy by unnecessarily going for the hat? (Red Grant is guilty of this to a lesser extent in FRWL with his obsession with using the garroting watch rather than just shooting Bond). DAD: MI6's background checks failed to flag up that Miranda went to Harvard with Moon (and not only that, but they were on the fencing team together). That alone is enough to compromise her and rule her out from any case involving Moon, Zao or any of his other accomplices. TB: Count Lippe is assassinated for failing to foresee that the NATO pilot impersonator would demand more money for the job - this seemed harsh. I can understand killing the guy himself, but Lippe hardly deserved that outcome. Spectre: this whole movie is one big plot holes 😂 Those were just a few from the top if my head. But tbh we can find plenty of holes in every plot if we look hard enough, most of them don't detract too much from the quality of the film

Anya is shocked and concerned when the Lotus flies of the jetty into the water, briefly forgetting that she stole the blueprints of the car 2 years ago.

Bond tells Goldfinger “I enjoyed your briefing” and Goldfinger says “so did I” he just did it for a bit of fun

There's 2 that stand out to me hugely from the Craig era. 1) Vesper knows NOTHING about poker. To be clear; a staff member sent by the treasury to judge whether to re-stake Bond (and potentially fund terrorism) is selected despite having no idea how poker works. How is she supposed to make a judgement as to whether Bond is deserving of the re-stake? Also, Bond went all in with a hand that would win 99.9% of the time, so Vesper choosing not to re-stake him is stupid anyway. 2) Silva's whole escape plan in Skyfall. Chiefly though, the fact that Q (a certified genius) is reckless enough to plug Silva's laptop into MI6's servers. Has he never heard of ransomware?! Edit: Obviously Vesper not knowing about poker is used as an expositional tool so that Matthias can explain to the audience how poker works, but it's still a plot hole in the context of the film. Also, Bond being "the best poker player in the service" isn't a justification to allow him to risk up to £15million of the services money that could potentially be used for untoward purposes. Why don't they hire a professional poker player to play? Or at worst a high level amateur?

Because Ourumov shoots Trevelyan before he shoots the soldier, could he have loaded his pistol with just one blank and a bunch of live rounds? I don't know if it's possible to mix and match ammunition like that.

Silva's escape is the Dark Knight effect. The Dark Knight pioneered the villain getting caught on purpose, and did it so well that major blockbusters started copying it. Avengers, and Star Trek into Darkness did the exact same thing. All for the effect of demonstrating how much in control the villain is, just poorly thought out on closer inspection.

The hip/ bond being left plot hole is absolutely hilarious

Love your content as always. Tried to push myself through a 'Die Another Day' viewing last night and I gave up 1/2 way. Brutal.

There’s a gaping hole in every Bond film if you include the aftermath of the love scenes... just sayin

Apologies if this is already well-known, but I have only just noticed that Telly Savalas' right ear is not pinned back in some of the shots where they only intended for you to see his left ear.

Another small detail that was overlooked in Skyfall is that every single member of the Police force Silva passed (that wasn't in league with him) would be able to immediately recognise him as a fake and try to take him down. The reason for this is that the real Police are required to have short hair (or tie it back into a bun of some sort) to avoid anyone pulling it when in a situation where an officer is trying to arrest/restrain someone.

I wouldn't give Skyfall any passes. I often wondered why is this movie so "beloved". It's one big plot hole and since Casino Royale Bond movies have been becoming worse and worse.

I don't know if this is a plot hole but I was struck recently when watching Octopussy about the attention to detail that Bond goes to when he is putting on his clown makeup. He even goes to the effort of putting a tear on his face. You'd have thought that with a huge bomb about to explode he wouldn't be concerned about the fine details but he really goes to town on his clown-look. Then again in the same film he gets out of a gorilla suit in record time, so maybe he is just a master of changing costumes at break-neck speed!!!

I will say that letting Bond live at the beginning of Goldeneye was the real intention... He'd report 006 dead which would allow Travelyn to exist in the shadows and off the grid. "You were supposed to die for me" line is hyperbole and for dramatic effect.

On Her Majesty. I think the easy way to explain it is that Blofeld KNOWS it's Bond right from the start and decided to play along to see what Bond is up to or planning. Kind of a sneaky little mind game with Bond. Kind of like the reverse of Licence To Kill, where bond pretends to befriend the villains so he can find out his plans.

My problem with Skyfall is that a lot of those contrivances did bother me already on my first viewing, so while I can acknowledge the work put into the film and understand why a lot of people love it, I personally have a hard time really enjoying the film, especially that escape sequence.

Also in Goldeneye, why did Bond start at the bottom of the dam and end up at the top of a mountain without going up anything inside the facility?

One from Thunderball: In the beginning, Bond just happens to be at the one health clinic in the country where Derval's body double shows up. That's what made him go to Nassau and the rest is history.

The part in Goldeneye I always struggle with is when the chemical facility is shown blowing up, and they are on top of a snowy mountain, and there is no dam or reservoir to be seen

I;m not sure if these are plot holes but here's some i've seen 1. Live and Let Die solitare turning on bond at airport then goes back to needing him 2. You only live twice turning Japanese. Why? they still try to kill him meaning it didn't work. 3.Goldfinger he says he needs to seperate his gold from mr solo but why not just take it out before crushing it? 4.Goldfinger Tilly and Jill masterson are pointless to the whole movie. at the end it's forgotten about. 5.Goldfinger if killing Mr solo was spur of the moment why is there a car waiting at the scrap yard? 6.Goldfinger bond and pussy crash into the sea but they somehow parachuted to dry land? 7.You only live twice how did bond know he needed the suction cups? 8.you only live twice the building of the volcano. 9. you only live twice. it takes bond/kissy hours to get up the mountain but she was able to get down and alert the ninjas? 10.Thunderball What ever happened to the guy who saved them? 11. Dr no: bond being the hero actually caused more damage by causing a meltdown on Jamaica and other countries. 12.Diamonds are forever: they have Peter Franks fingerprints on file but not a photo? 13.the man with the golden gun. scaramanga's house is powered by solex before he stole it? 14.A view to a kill the whole plan doesn't make sense. 15.Die Another day what happened to the pilot?

I wouldn't call this a plot hole and more of a nitpick. In Goldfinger when Mr. Solo is being driven away from the ranch with his gold bullion in the boot of his car. Oddjob kills Mr. Solo and takes the car to the scrapyard where the car is crushed into a cube and then Oddjob takes the car back to Goldfinger's ranch to remove the gold bullion from the cube. Surely it would make more sense to just remove the gold bullion from Mr. Solo's car then have the car crushed rather than take it back to the ranch to remove the gold from a severely crushed wreck.

In Goldfinger they could have simply added a line where Goldfinger who had the gas as a backup decides the mobsters are too unruly and tells the chap with dial to kill them anyway.

It's always bugged me about how chipper Felix Leiter appears to be at the end of Licence To Kill. You could say that's a minor quibble, but when you think about what he's been through in that movie, it isn't at all! And thinking about the Dalton era, in the beginning of The Living Daylights, why has M chosen to set up his entire office complete with desk, trinkets and paperwork inside a cargo plane on a live training mission?

The thing I don't understand about the goldeneye intro sequence is that Bond does the bungee off a big dam to get to the weapons depot, but then the depot is clearly seen to be on the top of a mountain. Topographical inconsistency!

Imo the biggest plothole is that bond got his double o's thrashed in casino royale and still remains incredibly promiscuous.

The Aston Martin with gadgets in Skyfall really bothered me. It would have been better to be without gadgets and tie back to Casino Royale and how he won it in a bet.

From what I saw in a 101 facts James Bond video, the actor change in OHMSS was suppose to be explained by plastic surgery. It was set up in YOLT that plastic surgery was used to make Bond look completely different (I know the makeup is not great) so it makes sense. The script writers probably had this in mind when adapting the book, so that is why Blofeld doesn't recognize Bond.