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He’s the womanising spy, famed for his rampant alcohol abuse and insanely-high kill count. But now it appears cinemagoers need to be warned about James Bond’s antics, which might leave them ‘shaken, not stirred’. 

Snowflakes at the British Film Institute have issued an ‘absurd’ trigger alert for modern day film-goers, warning 007’s movies could ’cause offence’ and upset  modern-day film lovers. 

The BFI, which is tasked with promoting and preserving the best of British cinema, has issued a blanket warning for the beloved spy franchise, which last year marked its 70th anniversary. 

Film buffs attending a season of classic movies have been warned Bond’s adventures ‘will cause offence today’, with big screen hits like Goldfinger and You Only Live Twice containing language and themes that were ‘prevalent’ in the 1960s. 

A note, cautioning would-be viewers, has been fitted outside BFI’s cinema on London’s Southbank, reports the Telegraph. It says: ‘Please note that many of these films contain language, images or other content that reflect views prevalent in its time but will cause offence today (as they did then).

Snowflakes at the British Film Institute have issued an ‘absurd’ trigger alert for modern day film-goers, warning 007’s movies could ’cause offence’

In Goldfinger, Bond is shown in a scene throwing Pussy Galore – played by Honour Blackman – to the floor in a barn before pinning her down and forcing himself on her

Cinema-goers have been warned about some of the themes and language used in classic 1960s Bond films 

In it’s warning, the BFI said the films contained ‘language, images of other content’ that could ’cause offence’ 

‘The titles are included here for historical, cultural or aesthetic reasons and these views are in no way endorsed by the BFI or its partners.’ 

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The warning has been issued for a selection of films as part of a seasonal look at the work of composer John Barry, who provided the scores for Sean Connery’s 1964 classic, Goldfinger and You Only Live Twice. 

Other films being shown include Midnight Cowboy, which the BFI warns ‘Contains use of homophobic language and sexual violence’.

And Petulia, which is also part of the same collection, features a warning declaring that it ‘Contains scenes of domestic violence’. 

In Goldfinger, Bond is shown in a scene throwing Pussy Galore – played by Honour Blackman – to the floor in a barn before pinning her down and forcing himself on her.

An additional warning for the 1968 release of You Only Live Twice said the film contained ‘outdated racial stereotypes’, in which the film sees Bond undergoing cosmetic surgery to look more Japanese.

The film also features the bowler hat-wearing henchman, Oddjob, who suffers from a cleft palate, has been highlighted by some campaigners as an example of villains being given physical disfigurements or disabilities. 

But the trigger warnings have been mocked watch porn online, with one person raging: ‘What a bull***t time we are living’, while another added: ‘James Bond getting a trigger warning is hilarious and absolutely absurd! More pandering to the snowflakes!’

A second Bond fan added: ‘I’m not sure how the modern viewer survives in real life. Original Bond films are very good. Far better than the recent ones.’

the 1968 release of You Only Live Twice said the film contained ‘outdated racial stereotypes’, in which the film sees Bond undergoing cosmetic surgery to look more Japanese.

An additional warning for the 1968 release of You Only Live Twice said the film contained ‘outdated racial stereotypes’ in reference to villain, Oddjob.

Among the films deemed potentially offensive includes 1967 classic You Only Live Twice (Sean Connery is pictured as Bond in the film being scrubbed down by a group of women)

People have reacted with anger online over the new trigger warnings for 007’s films 

Others on X, formerly Twitter, said the warnings were another example of ‘wokery’.

‘I’m fed up with this WOKERY. Every program or film seems to have a ‘disclaimer’ ahead of it, YET there are worse things on the news every single day suggesting that society or some sections of it have regressed and far more depraved than anything that was ever on TV or the cinema,’ one person wrote.