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Women want him and men want to be him.
Cue Carly Simons title song, bizarrely belted out by a bunch of blokey sailors.
The naval final-note comes out of nowhere and is bafflingly surreal as Cold War potboiler lurches intoPopeyeat the climax.
Did no one behind-the-scenes at any point think I have a bad feeling about this?
Serious, but it all melts into mind-numbing uncoolness as The Beach Boys back Bonds getaway from Soviet soldiers.
A nonsensical choice of music (California Girlsand the Russian wilderness: wheres the link?)
and a sad nudge towards retirement for Mr. Moore… Crass and corny: yuck… As a franchise institution, Moneypenny deserved better than a simulated lip-locking for her grand finale.
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