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Thoughts on Bond's Greatest Moment's - Sky Movies 007

SuperheroSithSuperheroSith SE London
edited January 2013 in Bond Movies Posts: 578
The moment that makes up each bond movie was featured here. For those who don't have access to viewing this, the list is below.

22) Tuk Tuk Chase (Octopussy)
21) Citroen 2CV Chase (For Your Eyes Only)
20) Two Wheel Car (Diamonds Are Forever)
19) Cello Case Chase (The Living Daylights)
18) Underwater Fight (Thunderball)
17) Sky Diving Scene (Moonraker)
16) Eiffel Tower Jump & Chase (A View To A Kill)
15) Little Nellie (You Only Live Twice)
14) Halle Berry out of the water (Die Another Day)
13) Sean Connery VS Robert Shaw (From Russia With Love)
12) Tanker dodges missile (Licence to Kill)
11) Remote Control BMW (Tomorrow Never Dies)
10) Tracy's Death (On Her Majesty's Secret Service)
09) Desmond Llewellyn's Exit (The World Is Not Enough)
08) Opening Car Chase (Quantum of Solace)
07) Crocodile Stepping Stones (Live And Let Die)
06) St Petersburg Tank Chase (GoldenEye)
05) Barrel Roll Car (The Man With The Golden Gun)
04) Free Running Scene (Casino Royale)
03) Bond, James Bond (Dr. No)
02) Union Jack Parachute Ski Jump (The Spy Who Loved Me)
01) Laser to the nuts (Goldfinger)
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  • RC7RC7
    Posts: 10,512
    SuperheroSith wrote:

    14) Halle Berry out of the water (Die Another Day)

    I'm hoping you put this in as a joke.
  • thelivingroyalethelivingroyale
    edited January 2013 Posts: 12,837
    I can forgive that shoved in reference simply because it's Halle Berry in a bikini. Yeah her character was crap but she's really hot. I just look at her tits whenever she opens her mouth in DAD.

    I'm surprised the GF laser scene won it. I would've thought DNs Bond, James Bond would win.

    Nice to see Desmonds exit high up, I love that scene. Not too bad a list, but one thing really annoys me. No TLD cargo plane fight? I don't think anything like that had been attempted in a film before and it was done for real.

    I also don't get why the QOS car chase is so high. It was a good chase, but above Tracy's death scene, the LTK tanker dodge, etc? Nah.
  • RC7RC7
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    thelivingroyale wrote:
    I also don't get why the QOS car chase is so high. It was a good chase, but above Tracy's death scene, the LTK tanker dodge, etc? Nah.

    Agreed. I enjoy the QoS intro for the pace but it's by no means a stand out scene. I think the tanker chase in LTK is one of the best and most iconic in the series. If it were in any other film I think it would be regarded more highly by the masses and the critics.

  • Major_BoothroydMajor_Boothroyd Republic of Isthmus
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    Good list - for me personally I'd put the assault on the volcano ahead of little Nellie In YOLT and the fight on the scaffolding ending with bond shooting at the camera from QOS. I also agree on the Necros/bond fight from TLD as the highlight.
  • SuperheroSithSuperheroSith SE London
    edited January 2013 Posts: 578
    RC7 wrote:

    14) Halle Berry out of the water (Die Another Day) I'm hoping you put that in as a joke


    Nope. In the show.
    On again in the U.K at 4:30pm today
  • GerardGerard
    Posts: 5,808
    I'm surprised the GF laser scene won it

    Not surprised. A few years earlier, there had been a similar poll listing great scenes in Bond movies, and it had won this one too. A classic scene, with one of the best lines in the whole series.

    BTW, the skydiving from MR, the parachute jump from TSWLM and the death of Tracy made that list as well.
  • BAIN123BAIN123
    Posts: 11,189
    SuperheroSith wrote:
    The moment that makes up each bond movie was featured here. For those who don't have access to viewing this, the list is below.

    14) Halle Berry out of the water (Die Another Day)

    Boo!!

    [-(
  • 0BradyM0Bondfanatic70BradyM0Bondfanatic7 Quantum Floral Arrangements: "We Have Petals Everywhere"
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    What an abortive list.

    How the hell do you include the pathetic Halle Berry as Jinx in a moment that was copied from Ursula Andress, and NOT INCLUDE THAT MOMENT! Honey rising out of the ocean is a top 5 contender, yet it is excluded by her copycat? Unbelievable. Bond...James Bond is always #1 for me, no matter how intense GF's laser scene is. Grant and Bond's fight is also top 5, but no...it gets beat by QoS's car chase and crocodiles, to name a few...Sheesh...
  • thelivingroyalethelivingroyale
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    It wasn't copied, it was a reference, copying would've been some other series ripping it off. It was a shoved in, needless reference that doesn't deserve to be on this list, but Halle Berry is really hot so I don't care that much to be honest.

    I'd take the crocodiles over Grant and Bond simply because of how dangerous, original and impressive it was. Sure it's unlikely they'd line up like that but still, really impressive, dangerous and done for real (they wouldn't dare do anything like that now, as shown by the CGI dragon stepping in SF).

    Grant vs Bond was a brilliant fight scene but there's plenty of those in the series.

    I think for lots of them, they did manage to pick the best moments from the film. The only one they really got wrong was TLD imo, it should've been the cargo net fight and it should've been higher on the list.
  • 00Beast00Beast
    Posts: 4,762
    0BradyM0Bondfanatic7 wrote:
    What an abortive list.

    How the hell do you include the pathetic Halle Berry as Jinx in a moment that was copied from Ursula Andress, and NOT INCLUDE THAT MOMENT! Honey rising out of the ocean is a top 5 contender, yet it is excluded by her copycat? Unbelievable. Bond...James Bond is always #1 for me, no matter how intense GF's laser scene is. Grant and Bond's fight is also top 5, but no...it gets beat by QoS's car chase and crocodiles, to name a few...Sheesh...

    Yeah I'm with you on this; I highly doubt that real Bond afficionados put together this list. These are the moments that only "the public" would remember, and probably wouldn't even be able to tell you which movie they go with! And besides, you know the list is botched when Goldfinger gets the top position, and For Your Eyes Only and Octopussy get the bottom two positions.
  • actonsteveactonsteve
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    thelivingroyale wrote:

    I also don't get why the QOS car chase is so high. It was a good chase, but above Tracy's death scene, the LTK tanker dodge, etc? Nah.

    I think putting the op and fyeo choices so low is a far worse crime.

    Not bad choices considering its the evil murdoch empire and probably compiled by rebecca brookes
  • actonsteveactonsteve
    edited January 2013 Posts: 1,492
    double post
  • 0BradyM0Bondfanatic70BradyM0Bondfanatic7 Quantum Floral Arrangements: "We Have Petals Everywhere"
    edited January 2013 Posts: 28,694
    thelivingroyale wrote:
    It wasn't copied, it was a reference, copying would've been some other series ripping it off. It was a shoved in, needless reference that doesn't deserve to be on this list, but Halle Berry is really hot so I don't care that much to be honest.

    I'd take the crocodiles over Grant and Bond simply because of how dangerous, original and impressive it was. Sure it's unlikely they'd line up like that but still, really impressive, dangerous and done for real (they wouldn't dare do anything like that now, as shown by the CGI dragon stepping in SF).

    Grant vs Bond was a brilliant fight scene but there's plenty of those in the series.

    I think for lots of them, they did manage to pick the best moments from the film. The only one they really got wrong was TLD imo, it should've been the cargo net fight and it should've been higher on the list.

    The special thing that makes the Grant/Bond fight so brilliant is the fact that Bond seems to really be looking death in the face. He is searching desperately for a way out. The whole film was leading up to this fight, and Grant has come the closest to punching Bond's card. The moment is intense, the fight relentless and brutal in the closed quarters of the train car. The night light seeping into the car as they fight in near darkness adds to the danger as Bond has really met a physical match.
  • thelivingroyalethelivingroyale
    edited January 2013 Posts: 12,837
    It is good, but at the end of the day it's just one fight scene out of many, no matter how good, dramatic or brutal it is.

    Bond seems to really be looking death in the face in lots of films. In GF he has no way out when he's strapped to the table and has to lie about operation Glandslam to stay alive, in CR he would've been killed by the poison if it wasn't for Vesper, in LTK when he's going into the cocaine grinder it really seems like the end, etc.

    The crocodile stepping stones wouldn't happen in real life, but it was done for real and is a really impressive stunt. Like I said, it hadn't been done before and they wouldn't have the balls to attempt that today, it'd all be CGI. The last croc almost took the stuntmans leg of during one take, which gives you an idea about how dangerous it is.
  • 4EverBonded4EverBonded the Ballrooms of Mars
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    I agree on the crocs stunt - it should definitely have been higher on the list. I am baffled the cargo plane, net dangling, fight scene from TLD was not included - that was filmed for real and I don't see how that is not one of the most exciting scenes in Bond history.

    And these are Bond films' most memorable moments, right? I would have put the Lotus going underwater in TSWLM, too - and for sure Ursula coming out of the water, not Halle. And I may have included climbing St. Cyril's in FYEO.
  • 0BradyM0Bondfanatic70BradyM0Bondfanatic7 Quantum Floral Arrangements: "We Have Petals Everywhere"
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    thelivingroyale wrote:
    It is good, but at the end of the day it's just one fight scene out of many, no matter how good, dramatic or brutal it is.
    Just another fight scene? That's like saying Casablanca is just another romance. But, alas...to each his own.
  • Samuel001Samuel001 Moderator
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    Number 11 is the Remote Control BMW chase from Tomorrow Never Dies? I wouldn't include that on any list!

    You've got to love Joe Public, if only for the $1 billion they've given Bond...
  • 0BradyM0Bondfanatic70BradyM0Bondfanatic7 Quantum Floral Arrangements: "We Have Petals Everywhere"
    Posts: 28,694
    Samuel001 wrote:
    Number 11 is the Remote Control BMW chase from Tomorrow Never Dies? I wouldn't include that on any list!

    You've got to love Joe Public, if only for the $1 billion they've given Bond...
    I actually like that one, though not that high. One of my favorite Brosnan era moments.
  • BAIN123BAIN123
    Posts: 11,189
    0BradyM0Bondfanatic7 wrote:
    Samuel001 wrote:
    Number 11 is the Remote Control BMW chase from Tomorrow Never Dies? I wouldn't include that on any list!

    You've got to love Joe Public, if only for the $1 billion they've given Bond...
    I actually like that one, though not that high. One of my favorite Brosnan era moments.

    I don't mind it either. Kind of cheesey but there are far worse potential choices. The Jinx tribute scene is unbelievable.
  • thelivingroyalethelivingroyale
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    I love the remote control car. Not the car itself (pretty ugly car imo, I wish the z8 was around in 1997) but I think the idea of it is brilliant, like the underwater lotus, it's OTT but the film never makes you think "this is stupid"
  • BAIN123BAIN123
    Posts: 11,189
    thelivingroyale wrote:
    I love the remote control car. Not the car itself (pretty ugly car imo, I wish the z8 was around in 1997) but I think the idea of it is brilliant, like the underwater lotus, it's OTT but the film never makes you think "this is stupid"

    I think the action scene itself is quite good. The problem is its in a film LOADED with other action scenes.
  • thelivingroyalethelivingroyale
    Posts: 12,837
    BAIN123 wrote:
    thelivingroyale wrote:
    I love the remote control car. Not the car itself (pretty ugly car imo, I wish the z8 was around in 1997) but I think the idea of it is brilliant, like the underwater lotus, it's OTT but the film never makes you think "this is stupid"

    I think the action scene itself is quite good. The problem is its in a film LOADED with other action scenes.

    The film doesn't really go into action overload until the Halo jump though, so I think things were still fine during the car chase.

    I like TND but it does have a bit too much action for a Bond flick. Lots of it is really inventive and different (the jump down the Carver poster, and I hadn't seen a Halo jump done in a film before TND came along), but it should've been toned down a bit in the 2nd half.

    I think maybe have it so less bullets fly during the finale and the Carver building escape, and (although it was good) take out the bike chase. Then we'd have a better balance of action.
  • TheWizardOfIceTheWizardOfIce 'One of the Internet's more toxic individuals'
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    The usual somewhat bollocks list compiled by people who have only seen GF, TSWLM and the last one.

    OP in particular is a travesty as this is the worst action sequence in the film. The Acrostar, train stunts and final plane fight all destroy the tuk-tuk chase.

    In mere chronological order heres my list of the 'standout moments' for each film (only one per film remember hence no Ursula):

    DN - 'Bond, James Bond'
    FRWL - Bond v Grant
    GF - Laser in the nads
    TB - Jetpack
    YOLT - Volcano battle
    OHMSS - Tracy's death/ski escape (too hard to split them)
    DAF - err the lift fight? Klaus Hergescheimer? Maybe the carnation sniffing?
    LALD - The croc stunt is damn good but the double decker and boat jump are also pretty iconic
    TMWTGG - Astro spiral jump
    TSWLM - ski jump
    MR - parachute fight
    FYEO - Kicking Locque over the cliff
    OP - defusing the bomb in the circus
    AVTAK - Golden Gate climax
    TLD - Tim popping the balloon or the cargo net fight (possibly the best stunt ever committed to celluloid)
    LTK - Tanker chase
    GE - Bungee jump
    TND - radio control car chase
    TWINE - Thames chase
    DAD - para surfing (standout but for all the wrong reasons)
    CR - 'Yes considerably' and bang into the best title sequence ever - Bond is back! (Although personally for me the moment after the stairwell fight where a bloodied Bond pours a scotch and stares at himself in the mirror wondering what he's doing with his life runs it pretty close. Pure Fleming).
    QOS - the final scene with M I guess
    SF - the Tennyson scene
  • thelivingroyalethelivingroyale
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    I can agree with most of your list @Wizard, except I'd say the fencing for DAD and the opera scene for QOS.

    I'd also say the parkour for CR, I think that was the standout moment in the film for me. The stunts there are up there with the best in the series.
  • SuperheroSithSuperheroSith SE London
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    You were only allowed to vote for one moment per movie.
    Probably explains Ursula's absence.
  • SuperheroSithSuperheroSith SE London
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    Also, you could vote for the double take pigeon in the poll. Thoughts on that?
  • Major_BoothroydMajor_Boothroyd Republic of Isthmus
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    SuperheroSith wrote:
    You were only allowed to vote for one moment per movie.
    Probably explains Ursula's absence.

    Yeah, reading the responses here I think some people missed that. Ursula Andress doesn't beat out 'Bond, James Bond' in Dr No. I'd say the invisible car is the defining moment from DAD, it's often all anyone talks about in regards to the film!
  • Pierce2DanielPierce2Daniel
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    Is this available online?
  • SuperheroSithSuperheroSith SE London
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    Pierce2Daniel wrote:
    Is this available online?

    I don't think so but I'm not 100 percent sure.
  • marketto007marketto007 Brazil
    Posts: 3,277
    Pierce2Daniel wrote:
    Is this available online?

    Yep, it's here, someone uploaded to Youtube.



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