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Are the Komodo Dragons the silliest things in the Craig era so far?

JCRendleJCRendle
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Similar to the Connery era and the Moore era threads - What part of Craig's films did you find especially "silly"?
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  • chrisisallchrisisall Brosnan Defender Of The Realm
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    Fixing the cuff links. But that was silly in a good way.
  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy My Secret Lair
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    I loved the cufflinks fixing, a bit of old Bond silliness. :D
  • MayDayDiVicenzoMayDayDiVicenzo Here and there
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    Definitely the Komodo dragons. Bloody awful.

    I dislike the scene where Bond "hangs on" to the lift, again owed to CGI.
  • NickTwentyTwoNickTwentyTwo Vancouver, BC, Canada
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    DrGorner wrote: »
    I loved the cufflinks fixing, a bit of old Bond silliness. :D

    Yeah, to me, this kind of stuff separates Bond from the standard action/adventure stuff.

  • RC7RC7
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    'He hacked us!' - I just hate this. I hate it. It was dated in 2012, I imagine it'll just get worse.
  • JCRendleJCRendle
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    RC7 wrote: »
    'He hacked us!' - I just hate this. I hate it. It was dated in 2012, I imagine it'll just get worse.
    Tell this to Sony ;)

  • RC7RC7
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    JCRendle wrote: »
    RC7 wrote: »
    'He hacked us!' - I just hate this. I hate it. It was dated in 2012, I imagine it'll just get worse.
    Tell this to Sony ;)

    I hope someone in the head office shouted that line.
  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy My Secret Lair
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    :)) May have been a bit more swearing as well.
  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy My Secret Lair
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    I think in QOS, one minute M wants Bond arrested and disarmed to be taken home. After he escapes, all of a sudden M, loves him again and let's him go ?
    "He's my agent and I trust Him" I find that a massive turn around. ;)
  • SJK91SJK91
    edited February 2015 Posts: 1,310
    I think it is the goofiest, and a bit of a crap scene in an otherwise good film.

    It also didn't help that Craig was doing some very strange face acting during that scene...

    http://screenmusings.org/movie/blu-ray/Skyfall/pages/Skyfall-0617.htm
  • Gustav_GravesGustav_Graves
    edited February 2015 Posts: 11,119
    The parachute jump in QOS. The Craig-equivalent of Brosnan surfing on an iceberg.

    I mean, come on guys:
    Who+Framed+Roger+Rabbit+-+Mickey+and+Bugs.jpg
  • talos7talos7 New Orleans
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    I actually love the scene; it's a nod to pulp novels of the era from which Bond came. I don't find the CGI nearly as offensive as some make it out to be.
    Two scenes that come to mind as silly are the pasted on faces in the PTS of Skyfall and the parachute scene, particularly the last second opening, in Quantum.
  • KerimKerim Istanbul Not Constantinople
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    Shaky camera in QOS.
  • mcdonbbmcdonbb deep in the Heart of Texas
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    The dragons didn't bother me and added to the excitement.

    John Logan is the sillest thing for me in the Craig area. :P

    Runner up ..North Korea
  • doubleoegodoubleoego #LightWork
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    Definitely the dodgy face imprint on the bike/grand bazaar rooftop scene.
  • ThunderfingerThunderfinger Das Boot Hill
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    Yes, the Craig mask for me too.
  • MurdockMurdock The minus world
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    Craig's eating from this scene is pretty silly.
    james-bond-007-eating-caviar.jpg?w=800
  • SaintMarkSaintMark
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    The apocalypse now arrival of the chopper in SF

    the underground crash on 007's ........

    Silva goes the Hobbit

    the parachute jump from QoB was an insult to the real air work from TSWLM, MR & OP.
  • DrShatterhandDrShatterhand Garden of Death, near Belfast
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    RC7 wrote: »
    'He hacked us!' - I just hate this. I hate it. It was dated in 2012, I imagine it'll just get worse.

    Oh God, that line is just the pits. Took me right back to Boris and his bloody 'spike'.

  • slyfoxslyfox
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    The parachute scene in QOS. Both the cgi and also the fact that the chute opens up a few seconds before the ground. And of course the fact that it was done for real decades before.
  • DrShatterhandDrShatterhand Garden of Death, near Belfast
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    Actually, come to think of it, Q's role is probably the silliest thing in Craig's era. I mean he's meant to be the Quartermaster i.e. the bloke who equips Bond with his guns, radios, (non) exploding pens etc. But if you watch the scene in SF, it appears he's also head of IT security (not very well either by the looks of it). No wonder MI6 is always getting blown-up and infiltrated if this is how they run things!
  • LudovicoLudovico
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    talos7 wrote: »
    I actually love the scene; it's a nod to pulp novels of the era from which Bond came. I don't find the CGI nearly as offensive as some make it out to be.
    Two scenes that come to mind as silly are the pasted on faces in the PTS of Skyfall and the parachute scene, particularly the last second opening, in Quantum.

    I really enjoyed it too.
  • AceHoleAceHole Belgium, via Britain
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    No way. "That last hand... nearly killed me" was way cooler than the Komodo dragons.
  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy My Secret Lair
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    The CGI, in the parachute jump in QOS, was bad !
  • LudovicoLudovico
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    AceHole wrote: »
    No way. "That last hand... nearly killed me" was way cooler than the Komodo dragons.

    I loved that line too. Who said it was a bad one?
  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy My Secret Lair
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    I laughed out loud at that line. :))
  • DragonpolDragonpol https://thebondologistblog.blogspot.com
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    DrGorner wrote: »
    The CGI, in the parachute jump in QOS, was bad !

    Yes, it was easily as bad as that in DAD. To think that they used to do these sort of stunts for real in the James Bond films too (see TSWLM and MR PTS)!
  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy My Secret Lair
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    Moonraker, still looks amazing, and exciting because you know. Those
    Stung guys are doing it for Real ! =D>
  • DarthDimiDarthDimi Behind you!Moderator
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    Look, the komodo dragons were nothing compared to the Italian lady lamenting her broken jars of tomatoes or whatever. We're in the middle of a chase, one that's difficult to follow as it is, and now I'm pulled out of the action by an old lady and some broken glass. That's silly. The dragons? I'm fine with those.
  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy My Secret Lair
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    It is an odd scene ( old woman on stairs) as after all the fast 2 & 4 second
    Cuts, the camera lingers on her for ages ! :)
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