›

Great Scenes

MartinAstonMartinAston
in Bond Movies Posts: 238
Have stole this idea from another thread. Great scenes.
Here are 3 of my favourites:

You Only Live Twice: Bond running accros the rooftops with the henchmen in pursuit, taking them out one after another. Accompanied by Barry swooshing strings.

Thunderball: Bond is pursued through the Junkanoo celebration before Fiona is shot. Again accompanied by Barry's brilliant music, this time Brass and Bongo's.

Goldfinger: Do you expect me to talk? Need I say more.

Comments

  • NicNacNicNac Administrator, Moderator
    Posts: 7,582
    Aha, here I am. Have to think about this........
  • NickTwentyTwoNickTwentyTwo Vancouver, BC, Canada
    Posts: 7,551
    I posted this in another thread, I'll pick one from the most contemporary film.
    To me, the scene on the dead island with Bond and Silva, dressed sharply and drinking expensive scotch in an otherwise harsh environment, with the henchmen behind putting pressure on Bond and Severine tied up to the fallen statue ahead... and then the vintage guns... to me it just drips of classic, iconic Bond. Bond being put to the test by the villain, involving a beautiful woman, expensive liquor, guns, tuxedos... need I say more?
    I know Skyfall gets its share of harsh criticism on this forum so I'm sure this'll be up for debate!
  • CrabKeyCrabKey
    Posts: 1,993
    Bond and Tracy in the barn.
    Bond and Vesper meet on the train.

  • DarthDimiDarthDimi Behind you!Moderator
    Posts: 24,183
    Bond forces Pushkin on his knees in TLD. Dalton oozes menace and cool.
    Anyone who doesn't like that scene is a boring person.

    Bond shoots Dent.
    Anyone who doesn't like that scene is a wimp.

    Bond introduces himself in DN.
    Anyone who doesn't like that scene is a terrorist.
  • WalecsWalecs On Her Majesty's Secret Service
    edited January 2015 Posts: 3,157
    "There's no hurry, you see, we have all the time in the world" and the aforementioned barn scene
  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy My Secret Lair
    Posts: 13,384
    A few of my favourites ...
    Bond about to get cut in half in GF
    the croc escape in LALD
    "attempting re-entry" MR
  • StirredNotShakenStirredNotShaken Toronto
    edited January 2015 Posts: 2,402
    Goldfinger: Bond on the laser table
    YOLT: Rooftop fight
    Dr. No: Bond shoots Dent
    FRWL: Bond and Grant fight on the train
    OP: "Then I shall use player's privilege..."
    Octopussy: Bond and Octopussy
    OHMSS: The Assault on Piz Gloria
    Octopussy: PTS (all of it)
    Octopussy: Disarming the nuke
    OHMSS: Piz Gloria Ski chase
    OHMSS: "We have all the time in the world..."
    TSWLM: PTS ski chase
    LTK: Bond meets Sanchez
    TLD: PTS (all of it)
    LTK: Bond drops Killifer
    TLD: Sniper sequence
    TLD: Ice chase
    TLD: Cargo net fight
    LTK: Tanker chase (best action in Bond)
    TLD: Interrogation of Pushkin (best scene in the series IMO)

    There's my shortlist of 20 scenes pre-hiatus.
  • bondjamesbondjames You were expecting someone else?
    edited January 2015 Posts: 23,883
    Oh my, where to begin. So many great scenes in the franchise's 50+ yr history. I'll distill it to just 5, but I agree with @DarthDimi regarding the TLD scene with Pushkin which is a superb one.

    For me it's:

    Bond and Saunders helping Koskov escape in Bratislava in TLD, including shooting of Milovy. One of the great moments of Bondage IMO. Dalton is fabulous.

    Bond and Domino introduction underwater and aboard the boat in Nassau. I absolutely love the atmosphere, the interplay between them, the cinematography and the way it reminds me of Grant/Kelly in Cannes in To Catch A Thief.

    Bond in Egypt in TSWLM. Truly breathtaking cinematography and brilliant scoring by Hamlisch in these bits, including the pyramid scene at night. Anything in Egypt is outstanding in this film IMO.

    Bond vs. Kananga/Big while strapped to a chair in LALD. The exchange between them over Solitaire is chilling, and I felt Bond was in genuine fear for his pinky here.

    Bond vs. Kamal Khan at Sotheby's in OP. Tense and tremendously entertaining encounter. Similar to Thornhill/Vandamm in the legendary North by Northwest, but amazing regardless.
  • ThunderfingerThunderfinger Das Boot Hill
    edited January 2015 Posts: 45,489
    FRWL. the boat chase. Most here hate it, i love it.
    GF, the golden girl and electrocuting Oddjob. Entire pts.
    TB, I think he got the point
    OHMSS, escaping the bell tower by cable and the safecracking scene
    DAF, every scene with Wint and Kidd
    TSWLM, train fight
    FYEO, PTS (mute!) and ascent to St Cyrils
    TLD, Bond and fake SMERSH agent jeep fight
    LTK, "give her his heart"
    CR, Bond tied to a chair has become a habit, but this was the best. The crane fight.
    SF, the DAF elevator tribute and subsequent skyscraper silhouette fight, the showdown on the frozen lake.
  • MartinAstonMartinAston
    Posts: 238
    Moonraker - the Gondola through Venice is an absolute classic
  • DrShatterhandDrShatterhand Garden of Death, near Belfast
    edited January 2015 Posts: 805
    Part 1

    DN - "Bond, James Bond"; "you've had your six"
    FRWL - "Siamese fighting fish. Fascinating creatures"; "You won't be needing this, Old man"
    GF - "Positively shocking"; "I never joke about my work, 007"; "I think you've made your point, Goldfinger"; Operation Grand Slam reveal; Oddjob fight
    TB - Briefing the double 0's; "SPECTRE is a dedicated fraternity whose strength lies in the absolute integrity of its members"; "I think he got the point"; "Do you mind if my friend sits this one out? She's just dead"
  • DaltonCraig007DaltonCraig007 They say, "Evil prevails when good men fail to act." What they ought to say is, "Evil prevails."
    edited January 2015 Posts: 15,718
    A scene that always struck to me is when Bond takes the bag of drugs with the explosives and tries to sneak in into the truck in TLD. Dalton's intensity, the look on Kamran Shah's face, Barry's lush score... Just epic.
  • JohnBarryFanJohnBarryFan
    Posts: 1,405
    In no particular order:

    Centrifuge scene in Moonraker
    The whole "sniper was a woman scene" from TLD
    Defibrilator scene in Casino Royale
    Barn scene from On Her Majesty Secret Service

    and

    -"The stiff...eh..the deceased back there, your brother Mr. Franks?"
    -"Yes it was"

    -"I got a brother"

    ???!!!???

    -Small world.
  • CrzChris4CrzChris4
    Posts: 463
    - Connery's introduction as James Bond in Dr. No.
    - Any scene involving Red Grant in From Russia With Love (including the entirety of the Orient Express sequence).
    - Ernst Stavro Blofeld's introduction in You Only Live Twice.
    - The ending of On Her Majesty's Secret Service (including the eerie use of the James Bond Theme during the end credits of the film).
    - 007 and 006 battling it out on-top of the antennae cradle at the end of GoldenEye.
    - Daniel Craig introducing himself to Mr. White at the end of Casino Royale.
    - The "What's Keeping You Awake?" scene in Quantum of Solace.
    - The introduction of Mallory as M at the end of Skyfall. When seeing this scene in cinema for the first time, I couldn't help but think that they've brought the entire Bond franchise full-circle for the 50th anniversary.
  • NickTwentyTwoNickTwentyTwo Vancouver, BC, Canada
    Posts: 7,551
    "M really doesn't mind you earning a little money on the side, Dryden; she'd just prefer if it wasn't selling secrets."
  • doubleohdaddoubleohdad
    Posts: 1,146
    The end of QoS.

    Just awesome.
  • ThunderfingerThunderfinger Das Boot Hill
    Posts: 45,489
    Glad you didn t make a great scene when you were banned.
  • royale65royale65 Caustic misanthrope reporting for duty.
    Posts: 4,423
    @Thunderfinger's here until next Thursday folks! ;)

  • ThunderfingerThunderfinger Das Boot Hill
    Posts: 45,489
    royale65 wrote: »
    @Thunderfinger's here until next Thursday folks! ;)

    Yes, and after that I will be lurking until next Sunday, so be careful.
  • yogi1yogi1
    Posts: 94
    Best Connery scene
    "Do you expect me to talk?
    Best Lazenby
    "Assault on Piz Gloria" specifically sliding on the curling ice, machine gun blazing.
    Best Roger
    "Has to be TSWLM opening"
    Best Dalton
    "Finally getting revenge for Della and Felix"
    Best Pierce
    "Bungee jump, although I've always loved the bit in GE where Pierce is setting the timers in Cuba and bullets hit the wall behind and he casually flicks his head as if irritated by a fly."
    Best Craig
    "Bond running after Silva through London in SF, on his way to save M, the slightly broken Bond shaking off his recent problems and finally getting back to what he does best"
Sign In or Register to comment.