Is James Bond a Sociopath?
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Archived from the IMDb Discussion Forums — Dr. No
bluesbrothersnl-1 — 11 years ago(November 21, 2014 09:29 AM)
I know the one in the novels isn't as he's just a drunk who hates his job. And there also seems to be varying degrees of the character depending on which actor you watch - but primarily here in the early years (Sean Connery).
I mean he has dozens of meaninglessness flings with women, doesn't mind hitting them, kills people with absolutely no remorse, and drinks a lot. I was reading up on sociopaths for school and he seemed to fit the textbook definition -
disinterested_spectator — 11 years ago(November 26, 2014 01:52 PM)
My answer would be yes. The best evidence for that would be in
Dr. No,
where he kills Dent. Bond could easily have called the police to come pick up Dent, who could have been interrogated for that matter. Instead, he makes a wisecrack and puts couple of slugs into him unnecessarily. It was the first time the good guy in a movie committed a gratuitous, cold-blooded murder, and there really has been nothing like it since. -
jacowium — 10 years ago(March 13, 2016 04:41 AM)
If I'd just witnessed an actual sociopath attempting to put 6 slugs (actually 7, including the last attempt) in me, then I too would be grateful for a
licence to kill
. (Even if I could just pick up the phone instead.)
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Kel_Vernsen — 11 years ago(March 27, 2015 06:47 PM)
The thing is though Bond knew he had no more bullets left. He was toying with him as he had no reason to shoot him anylonger, he just chose that Dent was of no use to him
And what makes you think he won't try to kill Bond again if he let him go. Bond let him live after the first attempt, but then he goes for the gun again. So naturally Bond put him down. It's kill or be killed. -
tomimt — 11 years ago(March 30, 2015 12:45 PM)
Whit a gun with no bullets, a fact Bond was aware of. And besides killing him wasn't that smart either from Bond, as he could have interrogated him in order to get more info about Dr. No's lair. But no, he just killed him despite he knew that at that moment he was no threat to him at all.