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A bit of intrigue, suspense, action and the classic 'Exercise On Gibralter' track from Mr Barry. =D>
That makes me want to watch the film right now. But no, I have a Bondathon to stick to.
Goldfinger (despite it being #21 on my list, I always enjoy the PTS)
1970's
Moonraker
1980's
A View to a Kill (I've always loved that ski chase!)
1990's
GoldenEye
2000's
Die Another Day
Better than Casino Royale?!
He set a timer to detonate the plastic explosives. Then he nonchalantly lights up a smoke when the timer was due to go off so it didn't look like he was waiting for something to happen. It's fairly obvious that Ramirez was aware of his presence there and watching him. I'm surprised you missed all this, you're usually much more observant.
So many great PTS' in this series, I'll have to recall them. MR, GE, and DAD for sure won't be among them.
1960's
Goldfinger (but i also like From russia with love's)
1970's
Moonraker (but close call with the spy who loved me)
1980's
The living daylights
1990's
The world is not enough
2000's
Casino royale
Sorry, but yes! I've always been a fan of the longer pre-title sequences, and Die Another Day delivers on that note. Also, the hovercraft chase is pretty sweet! Brosnan is ultra-cool in the DAD PTS! I also rather like the short fight between Bond and Colonel Moon aboard the big hovercraft towards the end.
No, that I understand perfectly. What I find convoluted is what he blows up. Something about morphine flavored bananas or something?
What's wrong with those two?
He dissed the GoldenEye pre-titler sequence.......oh my goodness.....my rage meter is rising rapidly!!!!
The GE PTS does conclude in a pretty silly manner (as does MR) but surely the opening stunt makes up for it?
(Actually the last minute of the PTS in TLD is quite silly when you think about it)
Ramirez likely had raw opium in the drums. That's what Bond means by his quip about him "selling heroin flavored bananas to finance revolutions". The bananas are a reference to that part of the world such as when Killifer refers to Isthmus as a "banana republic" in LTK.
The shot of Connery calmly smoking while his explosion goes off in the background is cracking.
GE I thought was amazing, I can understand why some didn't like it because of the plane chasing and the plot hole with 006 dying, but still, the bungee jump, the chemistry between Brosnan and Bean, the machine gun battle, epic.
DAD is pretty good too, I thought. The PTS is praised alot as one of the high points in a bad film and I agree. James Bond does a cool stunt (surfing, done for real), cooly takes another guys identity (when he takes the sunglasses, little things like that make me smile), Moon (unlike when he became Graves), seemed pretty threatening, especially when he was attacking the punchbag with a guy in it. Then it finishes with Bond using a gadget to escape and leaping onto a hovercraft, followed by an epic chase.
MR, really don't get why you wouldn't like this, other than the circus tent bit at the end. The skydiving is really impressive, and done for real. Bond is getting off with hot girl, baddy points gun at him, Bond does cool stunt and fights OTT but threatening henchman. Classic.
Anyway, my favourites are
TWINE Starts of cool but low key with the bit in the bankers office, with Bond doing a classic escape, then later there's the EPIC boat chase. My favourite PTS.
TLD When Dalton turns around, it was the first time I ever saw James Bond. The idea of a training mission gone wrong is really well done, the skydive is great, Bond jumping onto the roof and fighting the villian is a classic stunt/fight sequence, then he destroys the veichle, parachutes out and cooly lands on a boat and gets off with the hot chick.
GE Already said my reasons for liking it.
LTK The shootout with Sanchez and his men is cool, then there's the epic plane fishing, and I love the way Bond and Felix casually parachute in for the wedding.
GF Nuff said.
TSWLM Again, nuff said.
Noticed this recently, the altitude to the plane changes in a few seconds when they patachute :))
Settle down Jesus boy, it's OK. You just think I'm out to get GoldenEye, don't you? You would be wrong. The only two things that I dislike about GE are the soundtrack (except the title theme, the rest I've discussed ad nauseum), and the PTS. Otherwise it's an excellent film and I am always happy to watch it with my boy.
Regarding the PTS for this movie, it is very well done until Bond and the plane go over the cliff. Not only is Bond catching the plane here as implausible as Bond catching the pilot in Moonraker, it's even more implausible for him to pull it out of that nosedive and out of the gorge. Bond movies were supposed to be based on some level of reality no matter how fantastical the situation was. Things like this, Jaws surviving a freefall through a circus tent, when people scream about the QOS parachute scene into the sinkhole it's minor and far more believable compared to the PTS seen in MR and GE. They both go beyond what they should. It would have been much better for Bond to catch the plane when it went over the edge in GE rather than repeating what didn't work in MR.
DAD, just too many machine guns and flying bullets during the hovercraft chase and not enough cover for Bond to explain how he escapes without a hit. It makes the villains seem highly incompetent. At least in the archives scene in GE, it was plausible for Bond and Natalya to hide behind bookcases and there was a tight metal walkway where many bullets might not make it through to the target.
Is that really called for? No need to be derogatory, especially when you are attacking @00Beast's beliefs. I am by no means religious, but respect his faith.
It's an expression
CR
TLD
3 great PTS to get you in the mood! :-bd
I don't care what it is. That doesn't make it excusable.
FRWL
GF
OHMSS
TSWLM
OP
TLD
LTK
GE
TND
TWINE
DAD
Could also add in CR and QOS but I thought that was enough for a best of :D
Thank you Bain. You get it.