Critical Investigation Task #5 - Introduction

Skyfall marks the anniversary of James Bond marking it as the 23^rd instalment in the iconic franchise and marking 50^th years of James Bond films and it couldn’t have been celebrated any better with the film winning an Oscar for best original song and it being held as one of the best James Bond films of all time. But behind all of the action, drama and fast cars lays a foundation of outright sexism that hasn’t been properly addressed in the past 50 years of this iconic franchise, ever since Dr No James Bond has hardly evolved as a character since the early 60’s and beyond. Looking at the character in-depth you see a man who only cares about himself and how he doesn’t let anyone else in even if he has slept with 55 women in the past 23 films. But due to this James Bond films following a set structure that mirror’s Propp’s film theory on character stereotypes leads to the James Bond character showing no potential to become a character that in the 21^st century. But the iconic Bond girl has become an importance in every James Bond film and despite everyone acting ok with this the way James Bond treats them is beyond belittling. But the question is has James Bond shown any progression since Dr No to now in Skyfall with women.