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Absolutely agree. Though I'd go as far as saying the Bond vs. Renard fight is among the worst of the series.
It is pretty anticlimactic yes but not as blatantly offensive as Bond vs. Robocop.
In particular, I love the bathroom fight. It's so vulgar and inarticulate; there's a certain desperate quality to the way the men are acting. Bond is so commanding and aggressive, but he isn't beyond taking a punch.
I love the moment in particular where Fisher finds the gun and Bond pushes his hand away by forcing him to shoot the sink. The following moment where Bond punches the mirror to force him to drop the gun is great. Also it's even more impressive as it is actually Craig who did it!
If you've seen CR a few times, you soon find it it quite easy to spot Ben Cooke, Craig's stunt-double, but I always get a thrill seeing Craig actually in action.
However,the fight between Bond and Colonel Bouvar,where Bond snaps his neck with the poker is right up there as well,it took him a while to snap it,in TB PTS.
I do like Bond's fight against the SPECTRE agents in the sea in OHMSS PTS as well,thats up there,but the editing is pretty naff.
Of course,Bond versus Peter Franks in the lift in DAF ,is brutal,and one of my favourites.
As for Sir Rog,i do like the fight in Beirut in TMWTGG and the fight at the pyramids in TSWLM...and the buzz saw fight in OP is very good,with a great score.
Dalton didnt use fisticuffs much but he did enjoy a good headbutt in both his films..nice one Tim !
Brosnan's Bond's fight 006 is very good,but for all the build up could have gone on for longer,and then we come back to Craig,full circle.
Still, it sits nicely in the top 5 fights for me - behind the Lazenby vs Draco's goon in the hotel room, the CR Stairwell scrap, Bond vs Trevelyan, and Bond vs Grant.
What separates the top two (Bond vs Grant in particular) from the rest is the build up. From Russia With Love expertly builds to the Bond and Grant confrontation for a good half an hour before it actually happens. It still feels extremely satisfying even today to watch that film all the way through and breathe the sigh of relief when Bond turns the tables and uses Grant's own garrot against him.
This is why, despite Bautista's good physical performance and the fight scene's brutal nature, Hinx is a bit of a wasted opportunity. Just like the rest of the henchmen in the Craig era, really.
The problem is that the fight comes out of nowhere and does not make any sense in the film. How did Hinx know that they were on this train and why does he wants to kill Bond? I also find it to be too much of a reference to the older train fights in the franchise - in particular FRWL.
I agree. The problem with the fight is not internal, rather it is the wider context.
Indeed. Why would Hinx want to kill Bond at this point? Do they want Bond out of the way so they capture Madeline (for no apparent reason)?
Surely Blofeld wants Bond alive otherwise he's denied his childish gloating?
I only like homages in the Bond films when they take old iconic moments and remix and repurpose them, instead of just copying them. For example, Craig rising from the water in CR. Or Bond flipping the DBS with the ejector seat in DAD. Yet for some reason, I despise the "golden girl" homage in QoS. I think because it doesn't do anything except sub in oil for gold, which is not all that clever, and its presentation has about 1/10th the impact of the original scene. Perhaps a good twist would have been showing Fields captured by Greene (or Elvis?) and her head dunked into a barrel of oil. The next time we see her, she's covered in oil - not painted, but suffocated in it, her body crumpled on the bed - with oil splashed all across the bright white room from the struggle beforehand. That would have been chilling.
Anyway, I digress.
We barely saw any of this on screen.
That's why I got to stop reading/watching pre release media. They hyped up Elvis's backstory too
What did they say about Elvis now?
He reminds me of Gollum around Bilbo or Frodo when they have the ring..always next to Greene ,I like Greene and Elvis,2 slimy characters.
Where does the Fields vs Elvis fight in the stairs rank among the best fights in the series?
I like that scene.
At the end of the day Craig lost the fight until Madeleine shot Hinx.
‘Elvis is Dominic Greene’s associate, cousin, family, tapestry who makes him shine and perform in the best way possible to save the world,’ said Taubman. ‘So Elvis is here to play to the king. And my king is my family member, Dominic Greene. [Elvis] is vain, colourful, and self-absorbed. He will definitely–hopefully–make a very colourful tapestry.’
http://commanderbond.net/5148/quantum-cast-and-crew-soundbites-from-bregenz.html
We really got a deep look at Elvis's backstory in the movie!
You re crazy.
Amazing how you pick out half of a sentence and then call me crazy...what about the rest of what i said ,you pratt.