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Pheasant shooting: Both put a smile on my face. I go with the MR one, because I liked the scene already as a teenager.
Don't forget the Metaxa and pistachio nuts.
It's actually excellent stuff...well it was when I last had it in 1995 in Athens.
Round 6:
A) Quarrel
I've always been a fan of the relationship between Bond and Quarrel in the novels, and it was most gratifying to see it translated so well to the silver screen.
Quarrel is the quiet hero - how many black actors were represented that way, a courageous and charming manner, during the 60's? One could say that his fear of dragons, i.e. fear of the unknown, was a stock "black man trope" prevalent during that era. But, both Honey and Quarrel were should to be resilient and dare I say it, smart, of their knowledge of the natural world. The only thing one can say about both characters, is that they did not have a decent education. So it was only natural for them to fall prey to such superstitions.
In my mind, Quarrel is an great character, played with enormous empathy and resoluteness by John Kitzmiller. (Kitzmiller sadly passed away in 1965 due "liver ailments, which I've just found out)
B) Clay-pigeon shooting.
I do enjoy the pheasant shooting*, but there's something so badass about uber-cool Connery Bond, tweaking the nose of Largo.
(* is that a reference to Fleming's own aversion to blood sports, due you think? @Dragonpol, what do you think?)
Thank you for the compliment and your well explained vote for Quarrel. Would be great to read your votes and comments for future rounds.
Columbo wins against Quarrel: 10 : 8
Pheasant shoot destroys the clay-pigeon: 11 : 7
Which Blofeld do you prefer? Faceless Blofeld (FRWL/TB) vs. Blofeld in OHMSS
If you prefer another Blofeld incarnation, please feel free to add this, too.
Which final confrontation between Bond and Blofeld do you prefer? (Or in other words: which one is less disappointing?) Oil rig sequence (DAF) vs. London sequence (SP). From entering the MI6-building to Westminster Bridge.
The London sequence of course. Now, I know the SP haters will naturally pick the DAF sequence just to emphasise once again how so not in touch with SP they are but come on. The script let us down in both cases, but the SP sequence isn't half as bad as the DAF climax.
London. As many problems as I have with the finale of SP, it towers over the disappointing missed opportunity that was the ending of DAF. Should’ve been the salt mine.
London. DAF is a lot of fun, and I do like fun Bond, but there’s something iconic about London and Bond. Whilst it doesn’t use the capital quite as well as Skyfall, it does have the advantage of being set at night, and the helicopter sequence along the Thames looked superb.
Well, I guess it's possible. ;-)
London finale - Both of them are bottom of the barrel for me. But London's Blofeld finale we see the outcome of the situation. In DAF, Bond plays with Blofeld like a cat and mouse. The oil rig explodes, but the fate of Ernst Stavro is left unclear. Considering this would be the characters final appearance for so long, a better closure would've been better.
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LONDON FINALE - both crap but shooting a helicopter down wz a pistol while flying along the Thames in a boat ? Bog off.
Oil rig sequence (DAF). But i dislike both. London in Spectre in split in two or three parts, overall to much remember me to Skyfall. Stil double feelings or i like that Mi6 bulding is destroyd. And iam not Spectre hater. We will see what NTTD wil inprove Spectre. Don't vergot DAF Blofeld stil can be inspiration. Loves QOS, but overall Goldeneye lover ;)
London over oil rig.
And OIL RIG for the win. Diamonds was cheap, but at least the silliness entertained, vs Bond running around in a building screaming for Madeleine, and then finding her tied up in some closet, like a damsel tied to the train-rails... he easily gets her out of the situation, and then they chase down a helicopter, and, once again, easily enough, shoots it down from the sky...
This means you prefer the oil rig sequence?
Not a Spectre hater but the London finale has to be one of the worst climaxes of a Bond film. Overblown and underwhelming at once. Blofeld is arrested by the police. That's a sight I never thought I'd see in Bond in any form, to top it off.
Oil rig isn't special at all, but at least it's visual and a place a villain would go. Besides, DAF is a sentimental favorite of mine. So I choose oil rig, but will prefer Diana Rigg if she's an option.
London SP isn't that bad. The oil rig sequence is embarrassing. The final confrontation between Bond and his ultimate Nemesis (who killed his wife!) is a huge, very huge, disappointment: they chat almost like friends and this is followed by the most boring action scene in Bond history (the only (funny) highlight: Tiffany falling into the water).
The London part in SP is disappointing, too. However, in comparison to the oil rig it is almost a masterpiece. The mini submarine should have been waiting for Blofeld in the Thames for his successful escape in SP (Blofeld captured = very bad idea)
HATE both, but i will go with London.
Just like @Crazysoul95, I think both are awful but I'd have to go with the oil rig in DAF - at least it has a couple of cheesy, humorous lines to admire.
Hmm for the other........................................sigh.......Oil Rig
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Oil Rig only for Barry's score (and that scene doesn't even have the good stuff like "007 and Counting").
As for the second option, it's the Oil Rig finale all day, everyday. Sure, it's underwhelming, but at least there's some fun to be had in the banter between Blofeld, Bond and Tiffany. The SP finale essentially gave us the villain twirling his mustache while the hero untied our distressed damsel from the railroad tracks. It's awful, and I'm not a SP "hater" as I picked the train fight in one of the previous rounds.
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London
Savalas' Blofeld
The ideal blend of the more cerebral side of Blofeld, as well as the physical side. Great chemistry with Rigg and Lazenby to boot. Though the faceless interpretation is classic, setting up the stage for his big reveal later on in the series.
Oil Rig Finale
I'll take Barry's music over Newman's reheated garbage any day. (Both climaxes are on the insipid side, so the music plays a bigger part in my enjoyment/tolerance of said climaxes.)