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Memorable Moments Lesser Referenced in Bond Films
Whether you watched them in the theatre or not, your favorite Bond movies often times can have those subtle moments from a particular scene where you were only focusing on the film. These are oftentimes not the kinds of scenes that are not marketed enough by the film nor critics or in most reviews.
To give you and example, for me, the scene in Casino Royale where Bond has just woken up in the hospital from his final encounter with Le Chiffre....memorable because the film took its time to develop the characters such that by the third act, you accept this new Bond character and allow him a fresh chance.
Quantum of Solace: the scene where Bond is being chased in the restaurant of the opera house or where he is walking in the dessert with Camille in three different frames with the music and setting immersing the audience in the turmoil going on within the characters' minds....mesmerizing.
Skyfall: the scene where Bond and M are solemnly looking at the Scottish Highlands and they are driving their way to Skyfall lodge.
Spectre, the train station and dessert scenes allow the audience to take and immerse in the setting. Also, when Mr. White is re-introduced, he's on an IV drip similar to the way we last saw him being interrogated by M. The silence of that shows the depressing conditions he's rotted in.
What subtle scenes made an impact on you when watching any of the Bond films for the first time?
To give you and example, for me, the scene in Casino Royale where Bond has just woken up in the hospital from his final encounter with Le Chiffre....memorable because the film took its time to develop the characters such that by the third act, you accept this new Bond character and allow him a fresh chance.
Quantum of Solace: the scene where Bond is being chased in the restaurant of the opera house or where he is walking in the dessert with Camille in three different frames with the music and setting immersing the audience in the turmoil going on within the characters' minds....mesmerizing.
Skyfall: the scene where Bond and M are solemnly looking at the Scottish Highlands and they are driving their way to Skyfall lodge.
Spectre, the train station and dessert scenes allow the audience to take and immerse in the setting. Also, when Mr. White is re-introduced, he's on an IV drip similar to the way we last saw him being interrogated by M. The silence of that shows the depressing conditions he's rotted in.
What subtle scenes made an impact on you when watching any of the Bond films for the first time?
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Yes indeed!
TSWLM - the big-screen audio in the background of the pyramid fight
LTK - the aquarium scene
TB - Bond breaking into Lago's place after the blackout
YOLT - Bond lighting the piece of paper with Henderson's address on it and letting it burn down. A friend I watched it with years ago commented on how cool it was.
DAF - Referenced this in another thread recently, Bond riding above the glass elevator outside to access Willard Whyte/Blofeld's penthouse.
TLD, LTK - There are several facial expressions Dalton makes in both films that say volumes. The main one I'm thinking of is the look he gives toward Koskov after the Bladen's safe house briefing, sorta says you're full of it.
TLD - Also like the laidback look of Dalton smoking a cigarette as Q goes through potential assassins. The near end of the era where smoking a cigarette could still look cool.
GE - Bullets whiz above Bond's head as he activates a bomb at Trevelyan's base and he shakes it off as if they were pesky insects.
I also like Bond and Camile’s walk through the Bolivian desert, which has already been mentioned.
The way that scene makes you feel like you're in the chair with Bond waiting for Yusef to return in the room surrounding by the cold setting being Kazaan, Russia.
Yes - especialy when he was hanging on the pole with all of Neon vegas hundreds of feet below whim. Great moment.
DN- The scene between Dent and Bond with the rock samples. Dent being a bad liar and playing off the samples. Bond knowing there is more to it and seeing through Dent's lies. Great stuff!
TB- Bond stumbling upon Lippe in the steam room. His look has he devises the plan and then tops it with the "Now don't you worry, I'll tell the chef."
TB- After disposing of the goons and finding Angelo's dead body. The way he smacks the fire alarm and then answers the lady "I don't know, could it be the front door bell?"
When Bond meets Felix at the bar and you see the hanging lights and the swat team moving in.
The shiny modernist private jet carrying Felix and Beam.
The peppers of Felix....Jeffrey Wrighf went on to do a documentary all about his love for peppers in culinary cuisine. A very classy man who plays Felix very well.
Yes that bit is excellent. “May I press you to a cucumber sandwich?”
With the countess and her friend as well, I trust?
Even the actors of supporting characters who had such little dialogue in the film played it as though they could carry forth their own kind of spinoff in the series or like they had their own sort of leadership role going.
Bond dropping off Camille at the cemetery by a train station in the middle of the dessert...metaphorically (not literally) could be a sign that she died in the hotel during the fire. A subtly in the editing shows her disappearing into the train station as the scene transitions to Kazaan, Russia....but let's not argue here about whether Camille died or not....we're talking about unforgettable moments here that are lesser heard/discussed.
Twine: Return of Valentine
CR: Museum art. Scene with Bond and Solange on the floor, always get idea that have seen a difrent longer version in the cinema then later views on tv.
QOS: Airport and Taxi scene with fields and Mathis. Mathis Burn Notice (extra Bondgirl, his talk with Bond)
Skyfall: The museum scene with Q
Spectre: 'l American.
+1 for that! In fact I love the entire Prater Fun Fair section, Necros stalking Saunders around with the balloons beforehand and passing across the cafe entrance is wonderful as well, as is Bond noticing the balloons behind the hedge and pursuit only to find an innocent boy.
There are many great little moments with Dalton in his two entries. I liked his acting.
It's a great little moment that really adds to Craig's characterisation of Bond.
Agreed. No cheap quip, just a character moment we don't normally get in a Bond film.
A nice musical touch would've been for Arnold to reference You Know My Name, which touches on exactly that with its lyrics.
Yeah, CR has so many of these great little touches. It was such a breath of fresh air for the Bond franchise.
Make the Bond movies longer to allow these in-between scenes to establish the mood, tone, and inner feelings being displayed by the characters on screen.
Here's another example: in AVTAK (which was the first Bond movie Cary Fujinaka saw)....in AVTAK, Bond is spending the night cooking, taking care of and protecting Stacey Sutton. With the musical score showing him taking care of the house and keeping a pure protective view of Stacey, it establishes something that makes the film more memorable....and that's AVTAK....AVTAK! It's not a CR movie that has all kinds of fans and non-fans liking it.