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  • PrinceKamalKhanPrinceKamalKhan Monsoon Palace, Udaipur
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    IGotABrudder wrote: »
    Given that there’s a discussion about OP on another thread it occurs to me that no one has yet mentioned the melee battle in the Indian palace in OP

    Indeed. Bond, Q, Octopussy and her gang of acrobatic women vs. Prince Kamal Khan's men should definitely warrant a mention.

    Also, I haven't seen a mention of the US Army vs. Goldfinger's men at the end of GF but that's probably because the true main battle there is inside the gold depository between Bond and Oddjob.

    I'm happy to see TB's final battle get quite a few votes. YOLT's final battle is my favorite of the 005 nominees but TB's is the most underrated IMHO.

  • thedovethedove hiding in the Greek underworld
    edited June 2020 Posts: 5,434
    Presenting the award for Best Melee is Mia Hama dressed in a white bikini! And the Bondie for best melee goes to....Bond and Draco do a demolition deal with Piz Gloria from OHMSS!

    The votes show the academy was torn on a number of the nominees:

    TB received 7 votes
    OHMSS received 13 votes
    YOLT received 6 votes
    TSWLM received 2 votes
    FRWL received 0 votes

    Another hallmark of the earlier films was the first meeting of the villain and Bond. Normally done in a social setting. The two protagonists would be feeling each other out. Sometimes threats were exchanged. Usually witty dialogue ensued. Time for us to find the best Bond meets villain scene!

    The nominees are:
    • Drax presses Bond to a cucumber sandwich from MR
    • Largo and Bond have a SPECTRE over their shoulders at the baccarat table from TB
    • Bond tells Sanchez he's more of a "problem eliminator" from LTK
    • Bond and Goldfinger meet on the links in GF
    • Bond and Graves slice and dice at Blades from DAD

    What say you Mi6? Who wins the Bondie for best villain meets Bond scene?
  • CraigMooreOHMSSCraigMooreOHMSS Dublin, Ireland
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    Bond and Goldfinger meet on the links in GF

    A very strong scene, continuing the mind games that Bond began in Miami and cementing the tone of their verbal sparring that would continue throughout the film.
  • mtmmtm United Kingdom
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    Some really good scenes there: all of the first three are absolute crackers and I thought I'd go with the cucumber sandwich one as it's full of so much good stuff, veiled insults, great lines, the dogs eating their meat...
    But then when I saw the golf match was in there it's no contest really (if we're taking it as the whole of that sequence up to Oddjob crushing the ball etc.). It's one of the all-time best scenes in any of the movies. Pretty much perfect (aside from that damned fake bird whistle someone keeps blowing! :D ).
  • Last_Rat_StandingLast_Rat_Standing Long Neck Ice Cold Beer Never Broke My Heart
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    Problem Eliminator from LTK. Best scene in the film.
  • R1s1ngs0nR1s1ngs0n France
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    Golf meeting in GF
  • Mathis1Mathis1
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    Another 3 way battle
    GF golf match is great, as is the card game in TB
    But I love the Problem Eliminator scene from LTK,
    So that wins it for me!
  • j_w_pepperj_w_pepper Born on the bayou, but I now hear a new dog barkin'
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    I must admit I find none of them particularly climactic. Might as well include the first meeting with Dr. No ("One million dollars") or a few others. Among those up for voting, I tend to favour the GF meeting, though not with a high degree of enthusiasm (but more than compared with the other choices).
  • marcmarc Universal Exports
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    Very good scenes. My clear favourite is the GF golf match, very stylish, tricky, witty.
    I also like the slice and dice, but it's because I usually like fencing action, not so much because of the Bond/Villain dialogue.
    The other three work very well for the film; the Spectre mentionings and Largo's reactions are especially great.
  • FatherValentineFatherValentine England
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    Going for MR on this one.
  • GerardGerard
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    GF for me.
  • IGotABrudderIGotABrudder UK
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    MR’s cucumber sandwich for me please
  • thedovethedove hiding in the Greek underworld
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    j_w_pepper wrote: »
    I must admit I find none of them particularly climactic. Might as well include the first meeting with Dr. No ("One million dollars") or a few others. Among those up for voting, I tend to favour the GF meeting, though not with a high degree of enthusiasm (but more than compared with the other choices).

    Good point here. Since most of these scenes are early or midway through the movie there isn't a climax about them. But I find they reveal much about the character of the villain. Goldfinger cheating once the gold bar is at stake, Drax wanting to show his magnificence. Largo trying to best Bond but falling just short. Graves showing his ego and Sanchez quietly showing he is boss and Bond trying to curry favour.

    The DN scene was out for me as it occurred to late in the film, even though it was their first meeting. I think the same thing happens in TMWTGG, while they meet at the kickboxing arena Bond and Scaramanga's real interaction occurs at the dinner scene at the end.
  • BeatlesSansEarmuffsBeatlesSansEarmuffs
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    Goldfinger OWNS the club.
  • GeneralGogolGeneralGogol
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    I'll give the sole vote to Largo and Bond despite the SPECTRE of defeat to Goldfinger.
  • PrinceKamalKhanPrinceKamalKhan Monsoon Palace, Udaipur
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    GeneralGogol wrote: »
    I'll give the sole vote to Largo and Bond despite the SPECTRE of defeat to Goldfinger.

    It's no longer the sole vote. Of those 005 nominees I happily cast my vote for

    Largo and Bond have a SPECTRE over their shoulders at the baccarat table from TB

    My favorite casino sequence in the series from Bond's entrance through the game of baccarat and ending with Bond wooing Domino on the dance floor to the soft rendition of Mr. Kiss Kiss Bang Bang in the background.
  • GoldenGunGoldenGun Per ora e per il momento che verrà
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    All of them are fine choices but I've got to go with LTK here.
  • ThunderfingerThunderfinger Das Boot Hill
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    Of these, GF stands out. The MR scene is also up there.
  • zebrafishzebrafish <°)))< in Octopussy's garden in the shade
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    GF, one of my favorite scenes of Bond and the baddie interacting. They pick up from where they left in Florida, yet both keep up appearances until the very end, when GF gets cross. What makes it more interesting is that GF does not think much of Bond, he is more like a nuisance, an annoying fly that needs to be scared away by Odd Job's golfball-crushing performance.
  • Fire_and_Ice_ReturnsFire_and_Ice_Returns I am trying to get away from this mountan!
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    Largo and Bond have a SPECTRE over their shoulders at the baccarat table from TB
  • DwayneDwayne New York City
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    GF. I enjoy the way Bond turns Goldfinger's own cheating against him. Good stuff. :)>-
  • OctopussyOctopussy Piz Gloria, Schilthorn, Switzerland.
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    Fire_and_Ice_Returns wrote: »
    Largo and Bond have a SPECTRE over their shoulders at the baccarat table from TB

    Brilliant moment. Series highlight, IMO. Connery at his absolutely at the peak of his powers. This is the clear winner for me too.

    Dwayne wrote: »
    GF. I enjoy the way Bond turns Goldfinger's own cheating against him. Good stuff. :)>-

    Close second.
  • Agent_OneAgent_One Ireland
    edited June 2020 Posts: 280
    I love the GF meeting, but LTK's Problem Eliminator is my favorite. As @Last_Rat_Standing said, it's quite possibly the best scene in the film.
  • thedovethedove hiding in the Greek underworld
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    As I reflect on the nominees and I thinking I made an error. I should have included Kamal meets Bond over backgammon. But I wanted to include DAD since it had an old school of meeting the villain and Bond.

    Did I make a mistake, would anyone vote for Kamal meets Bond?
  • mtmmtm United Kingdom
    Posts: 16,422
    Octopussy wrote: »
    Fire_and_Ice_Returns wrote: »
    Largo and Bond have a SPECTRE over their shoulders at the baccarat table from TB

    Brilliant moment. Series highlight, IMO. Connery at his absolutely at the peak of his powers.

    I didn't vote for that one but I agree Connery is pretty magic in TB. It's one of the rare examples of a Bond film where the sighing of all of those women as he walks past is actually believable!
    :)
  • goldenswissroyalegoldenswissroyale Switzerland
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    GF wins but LTK is also great.
  • bigladiesmanbigladiesman
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    I'll give this one to GF. Now THAT'S classic Bond.
  • Mathis1Mathis1
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    thedove wrote: »
    As I reflect on the nominees and I thinking I made an error. I should have included Kamal meets Bond over backgammon. But I wanted to include DAD since it had an old school of meeting the villain and Bond.

    Did I make a mistake, would anyone vote for Kamal meets Bond?

    Probably not...but the scene where Bond meets Orlov on the train, now that is a great scene!
  • vzokvzok
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    thedove wrote: »
    As I reflect on the nominees and I thinking I made an error. I should have included Kamal meets Bond over backgammon. But I wanted to include DAD since it had an old school of meeting the villain and Bond.

    Did I make a mistake, would anyone vote for Kamal meets Bond?

    Yes
  • NickTwentyTwoNickTwentyTwo Vancouver, BC, Canada
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    Kamal meeting Bond wouldn’t have been a bad nom, given it mirrors Bond meeting Drax in the novel.
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