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Romantic its part of Bond too.
I think I would add FRWL to that list with Klebb turning up as the chambermaid in Bond and Tatiana's hotel room. A case could also be made that OHMSS had that sort of ending but with as we all know a tragic ending instead of the standard happy one.
TLD is my personal favorite of that style of ending.
Dénouement also known as "sting in the tail" ending. We haven't really had one since Guy Hamilton left the series 51 years ago and we've had plenty of the romantic ones since so I think we're overdue for one.
There's no reason we can't be treated to both options - have a henchperson pop up following the main villain's death and threaten the girl which Bond has to save afterwards, i.e. TND.
Tom Cruise and company nailed it with Top Gun: Maverick
Yeah and as I say, the Craig films nailed it for this fan. Who doesn’t love the ending of CR?
I think big budget really showed in Maverick i saw it in new cinema.
I think the Brosnan endings were fairly strong. The only one that stands out to me in a bad way is TND as there was never really any sign of chemistry between Bond and Wai Lin and yet they are clinching on a piece of the ship wreck together.
I actually liked the ending to GE when the marines pop up around Bond and Natalya. The TWINE ending was a groaner but called back a bit to some of the Moore type endings. The Moneypenny VR scene interrupted the flow of the ending with Bond and Jinx.
Oh, come on! The GE ending is nonsense since there is not a sound to be heard until the marines pop up... in Huey helicopters, which are infamous for making a lot of noise. The TWINE ending was indeed a groaner. And the DAD ending with Bond and Jinx in that temple is just...cringe-inducing. I'd say that the TND ending, no matter how much nonsense happened before it, is the only acceptable one in all of the Brosnan films. Give me any of the "final villain/henchman attacks" of the other films any time.
My favourite bit about that is that because the helicopters are hovering above the shot until right at the end, James Bond can't hear them :D
This. At least the Craig endings felt more like out of the Fleming novels where Bond wasn't always in the best position and sometimes worn down by what he's experienced. The LTK and the latter two Brosnan endings felt forced complete with the bad dad jokes.
Perhaps we were too harsh on Stacey?
While the original "denouement" in Bond (Wint and Kidd vs Bond on the Queen Elizabeth in Fleming's DAF) is one of my favourite passages, it perhaps only works for me because it isn't exactly true to the trope! Since one of the Spangs is alive it makes sense for a henchman to chase after in revenge, whereas in many films it never exactly made sense what they had to gain for going after Bond at their own expense.
The romantic endings, while perhaps more cliche, fit better for me.
GF and FRWL both have the big bad coming back to tangle one last time. Klebb in desperation to gain the Lektor and Goldfinger to tidy up a loose end and gain revenge on Bond.
QOS has this type of ending now that I am thinking more about it. The Guy Haines ending would have even had more of this type of ending.
Would you? if you had Isabell- eh, Natalya in your arms?
I don't really care for the ending as long as it fits the story and isn't an afterthought. I thought TMWTGG was quite nasty, and, as was stated above, TND is the best for Brozzers' Bond. It makes sense and fits the story.
It all depends on the style they're going for, and as of now, I haven't got a clue where they're going to take him.
What are folks favourite/least favourite endings i.e. final scenes?
I'd probably go for CR as my favourite as it just leaves you feeling so pumped, although I really like FRWL (even though it doesn't really make sense!); and I'd put MR up there for being just so wonderfully outrageous.
Least favourite probably TND, because it's like they felt like it had to end on that note even though it didn't ring true to the relationship between the characters at all and just falls a bit flat. The Maxwell gag is good though.
The TB one is weird: it has that amazing stunt (it's hard to believe that thing is real, they take off at such a speed you'd think their necks would break. Tom Cruise really needs to do that one!) and yet it kind of has no impact and nothing really goes on with the characters, and then the film just suddenly stops. An odd one- sort of both good and bad.
TWINE is my least favorite, so crude. And DAD repeats the offense. At least MR adds some panache to its innuendo.
Come to think of it, though I don't like the movie much, Spectre does have a fitting end. It's just the getting there that I really don't like. Oh, and Dr. No, is nice as well.
My least favorite is TMWTGG. That one is just evil. Other than that, I think most are ok.
When you think of Carole's age and her shedding of the bathrobe to a man almost old enough to be her father...cringe.
Best endings? I will always love the OHMSS and I don't mind the Bond theme swelling after. I actually quite enjoy the DAF ending and it's cute teasing of Case proposing to Bond at the end. The TLD is well done, though not a fan of the comedy "We got held up at the airport".
Yeah, it's got a decent quality filthy gag, but there's something about Bond going to that island to kill Scaramanga and steal his solex gadget, and then ending up nicking his yacht and shagging the girl in Scaramanga's actual bed that all seems a bit lower and grubbier than Bond's usual style. Plus torturing Nick Nack as I think you allude to: it really is the film where James Bond is a proper bastard.
But then Lulu sings his name and it does make it a bit better.
TWINE and DAD are among the least, although LTK with the uncharacteristic Dalton jumping into a pool and the winking fish being too cutesy for what went before. It cries out for a Craig era ending.
TND seems to be getting some negatives, but wasn't that and the next two Brosnan endings Eon just following the tropes? It took the Craigs to say Bond doesn't have to end up with a girl and a bad quip to send the audience home on a satisfying note.
Lazenby's ending of course is quite poignant and is really well done.
Moore's endings are probably are the trope definers in that he ended the film with the girl and with a funny line in a comedic scenario. LALD tries it with the disarming line, but I think TMWTGG is the first funny one with "Goodnight sir." It felt like the ending was a sketch to reward the viewer with a laugh for making it through the film.
Dalton's endings try to go for sweet and romantic, perhaps trying to touch on that side of Fleming's character. While Fleming's endings did have a romantic element to them, they were often in the context of Bond being seriously injured and weakened, adding to the caring dynamic of the relationships. These endings fall flat by comparison.
Brosnan's endings do kind of replicate Connery's. While some may hate the pun, TWINE is the most inventive of the Brosnan era.
Craig's era subverted tropes in the meat of the film I suppose, so they tried to end with an upper. I'm not sure about NTTD but the other four end on a Bond theme and a Bond moment: Bond saying the line and catching Mr. White in CR, him regaining M's trust and leaving behind Vesper in QoS, him getting back to work, and then him taking the refurbished DB5 out for a spin in SP. In NTTD that manifests with Madeleine telling his story in the DB5.
In terms of endings I like Moore's the most: I think his endings are the ones with the most rewatch value and apart from FYEO they pretty all hit the mark comedically (and maybe OP and AVTAK have weak jokes, but I still find them funny). The Craig endings aren't rewarding without the entire film (and if one doesn't buy into the film than the ending loses value) and the others are a bit cookie-cutter
"Keeping the British end up sir." curtain drops and it is assumed that Bond and Triple X start to shag with their superiors right there.
"For your eyes only darling." Cringe. No real romance between 20 year old Melina and 50 year old Moore. Yet they are going for a skinny dip.
Moore's best ending is OP and I think that is where his era should have ended.
"Drat I dropped the soap." cringe. This time 57 year old Bond and 20 something lady who never really had any romance in the film are now having sex in a shower. Moore's last utterance is an exaggerated "Ohhhh"
It is funny how Moore's are extolled on here and Brosnan which matches that tone get ripped. I actually think Pierce consistently takes arrows that are meant for others.
From the movies I have watched in the cinema I would say Craig's first three are great endings. I remember really being pumped at the end of GE. Dalton's were strong, though some comedy and a somewhat cheery Leiter undo that ending for me.