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Fastest & Slowest paced 007 movie

Dr_StrangewaysDr_Strangeways
edited November 2014 in Bond Movies Posts: 23
Simple question. Which movie is the fastest paced, most action packed, edge of your seat kind of movie. Doesnt have to be good to be fast, just look at DAD. Which is the least boring, fastest, loudest, action packed bond movie. My winner without a doubt is Goldeneye. It's just so quick and fast and full of hardcore action. No wonder it made such a great game. Runners up would be Thunderball, Die Another Day, Octopussy, Casino Royale, and maybe QoS or YolT. But what do you guys think
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  • MurdockMurdock The minus world
    Posts: 16,330
    Quantum of Solace. :P
  • Dr_StrangewaysDr_Strangeways
    Posts: 23
    Slowest doesnt mean bad. Some of the best bonds have a slow pace. So to counter my other discussion, what do you think is the slowest bond? My winner? Either A View to a Kill, The World is not Enough or Dr. No. But what do you think?
  • Dr_StrangewaysDr_Strangeways
    Posts: 23
    Murdock wrote: »
    Quantum of Solace. :P
    cant deny QoS is fast.

  • JWPepperJWPepper You sit on it, but you can't take it with you.
    Posts: 512
    Quantum of Solace is the shortest but also the fastest in terms of editing, action, plotdevelopement.
  • MayDayDiVicenzoMayDayDiVicenzo Here and there
    edited November 2014 Posts: 5,080
    I have to disagree with naming "Thunderball" as a fast paced Bond film. For me, it's far from it!

    I would say that Quantum of Solace is the fastest, both in terms of editing and runtime.
  • MayDayDiVicenzoMayDayDiVicenzo Here and there
    Posts: 5,080
    Do we need two separate threads for "fastest and slowest" paced Bond films? Can't the threads just be merged?
  • DarthDimiDarthDimi Behind you!Moderator
    Posts: 23,529
    QOS. It's too fast paced.
  • MrBondMrBond Station S
    Posts: 2,044
    I think that we have to distinct "fastest paced" with "fastest editing". QoS is the fastest edited, but TSWLM the fastest paced.
  • BennyBenny In the shadowsAdministrator, Moderator
    Posts: 14,864
    Merged two threads into one as @MayDayVicenzo wisely suggested.
    Fastest and slowest paced Bond films...
    QOS and DAD move at a pretty quick rate.
    FRWL and TB seem to take a while to crank up. Though that's not a bad thing.
  • ClarkDevlinClarkDevlin Martinis, Girls and Guns
    Posts: 15,423
    Quantum of Solace - Fastest paced.
    The Man With The Golden Gun - Slowest paced.
  • DragonpolDragonpol https://thebondologistblog.blogspot.com
    edited November 2014 Posts: 17,787
    My view on this: QoS for fastest paced and TB for slowest paced.
  • NicNacNicNac Administrator, Moderator
    Posts: 7,568
    FRWL is quite a slow paced movie, but it's so well put together you don't really notice.
    I agree with @ClarkDevlin about TMWTGG. The pace is slow because the film is shot sans tension and action sequences that haven't been thought through.

    A fast paced film for me is one that is over before you know it, regardless of whether it's action packed or not, although again I agree with everyone about QOS.
    TLD is very pacey.
  • MooseWithFleasMooseWithFleas Philadelphia
    Posts: 3,343
    I agree @nicnac.

    Before I give my opinion, let me clarify that neither slow pace nor fast pace is a bad/good thing for me. You can have good slow or fast paced films as well as bad.

    FRWL is slow paced in that it feels a good deal longer than two hours as so much is developed in its shorter running time. So much plot and character development shown in shortn quick scenes that make the film seem longer than it is while the plot slowly progresses.

    CR is the fastest paced film for me. I can't believe how long the running time is. The movie flies by for me, perhaps because of how well the timing of the action sequences are. When I start the movie around 9:30, I'm stunned when its after midnight at the end of the film.
  • dragonskydragonsky
    Posts: 2,491
    For me personally TB is the slowest
  • royale65royale65 Caustic misanthrope reporting for duty.
    Posts: 4,421
    All three of Craig's films are pretty quick - both CR and SF belie their running time.

    TMWTGG could be a contender for slowest film, but it picks up in the final third. So, that leaves DAF - fairly decent first half, than followed by a dreary second half.
  • HASEROTHASEROT has returned like the tedious inevitability of an unloved season---
    Posts: 4,399
    Quantum Of Solace = Fastest paced Bond film

    The Man With The Golden Gun = Slowest paced Bond film... so slow it hurts..
  • Samuel001Samuel001 Moderator
    Posts: 13,350
    I agree with you hasrot.

  • Supes007Supes007
    Posts: 21
    Quantum = Fastest Pace

    Thunderball or You Only Live Twice = Slowest Pace
  • ThighsOfXeniaThighsOfXenia
    edited November 2014 Posts: 1,595
    Fastest: Tomorrow Never Dies
    Slowest: The Man with the Golden Gun or Thunderball or From Russia With Love.

    In the case of the latter two, slow pacing is certainly a good thing. ;)
  • Zorin61Zorin61
    Posts: 418
    Fastest for me - Quantum of Solace
    Slowest - The Man with the Golden Gun.
  • ThunderfingerThunderfinger Das Boot Hill
    Posts: 45,489
    Probably QOS and TB.
  • echoecho 007 in New York
    Posts: 5,961
    Am I the only person who thinks YOLT is fast-paced? Especially after TB.
  • ForYourEyesOnlyForYourEyesOnly In the untained cradle of the heavens
    edited July 2017 Posts: 1,984
    Quantum of Solace is the fastest-paced, followed by Tomorrow Never Dies, Die Another Day, and surprisingly, A View To A Kill.

    Slowest is Dr No, then Thunderball and The Man With The Golden Gun.
  • Some_Kind_Of_HeroSome_Kind_Of_Hero
    Posts: 6,844
    echo wrote: »
    Am I the only person who thinks YOLT is fast-paced? Especially after TB.

    I can see how someone might feel that way, but it has always felt rather leisurely paced to me. Perhaps because of the expansive feel to the film and the fact that we settle down in Japan and remain there for the duration.

    Similarly, OHMSS has always felt like one of the slowest paced films to me. I think it's a combination of settling down in one spot for a lot of the film's action and all the passing of time that occurs throughout the earlier portion of the film.
  • BT3366BT3366
    Posts: 1,882
    I'm surprised nobody nominated TND for fastest paced. It moves.

    By the same token, TWINE is a slog as is AVTAK once Bond arrives in San Francisco.
  • bondjamesbondjames You were expecting someone else?
    Posts: 23,883
    I agree. TND is the fastest paced for me (doesn't mean I like it though).

    Slowest paced? Hmm, let me think.... Here's a controversial view. GF.
  • BondAficionadoBondAficionado Former IMDBer
    Posts: 1,884
    Fastest paced must be QoS. No doubt about that. Longest take is just over 20s, leaving the viewer with no time to breathe.

    Slowest might be Thunderball but that's the reason I enjoy it. It moves at its own leisure and never compromises, which irritates some people I guess.
  • GoldenGunGoldenGun Per ora e per il momento che verrà
    Posts: 6,778
    FRWL and TB are probably the slowest.

    For the fastest I would nominate TND.
  • Mendes4LyfeMendes4Lyfe The long road ahead
    Posts: 8,078
    Fastest - Tomorrow Never Dies. About the same length as the original trilogy, slightly longer, but crucially with 90's lively pacing, and without the long sombre sections of QoS.

    Slowest - License To Kill. Should have been a straightforward, stripped down revenge thriller, 90 - 100 minutes tops. There's so many unnecessary strands to this film that get in the way, from Q popping up, to Ninjas randomly ambushing Bond, to a pointless love triangle.
  • Crazysoul95Crazysoul95
    Posts: 3,336
    Fastest = QoS and TND
    Slowest = TB
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