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Have to say i love the scene myself but it wouldnt work with any other Bond except Moore!
I also like the fact it was done for real, yes I know the gators were tied down, but it was still dangerous, as anyone who saw the outtakes would know, when one of the crafty buggers stuck their head up and nipped the shoe of Kananga (the guy who did the actual stunt!) in one of the takes!
Ah yes: I always loved that little bit. I know Bond rolling along on a little trolley is maybe a bit small scale (and I'm sure wouldn't really work in real life), but it is fun.
Another lovely Brosnan escape (involving a trolley!) is the GoldenEye standoff in the chemical plant at the beginning where he's rolling his squeaky trolley along very slowly with the Russian army all aimed at him. That's something we hadn't seen in a Bond film before and it's nicely tense and funny at the same time, and really quite Bond-y too. That's a lovely little scene.
Yeah, Great scenes. And I really love that GE scene as well. Brosnan's Bond always did have a stylish and distinctive way of escaping. All done to stunning Bond music....Slick escape is definitely a forte of Brosnan's Bond.
What I find jarring is that there are no bullit holes etc Pity the nineties had that 'no blood shooting' thing going on. It makes it far less dangerous to my mind. Still, love the scene.
Yes, compare, say, OP where you see the bullets hit.
This is one of the things I do love about that escape; while it is great on its own, it also serves as a precursor to a pretty great fifteen minutes of action.
Yeah, Great Scene. Talking about 'Blood Shooting' in the 90s, the late 80s and 90s had John Woo. But even the most Violent Bond films don't do that.
Try comparing it to a more gritty film, say, CR. It's the same director after all...
Well they don't have to overdo it, but for me it seemed Bond was still too much going for an, what is it, R rating? Or PG? I'm not very good at those rating things.
All our nominees received votes!
TLD Bond escapes an Afganistan prison received 1 vote
FYEO Bond unties himself received 3 votes
OHMSS Bond uses pockets to escape the cable car room receiving 4 votes
GE Bond uses his head and a watch to escape the train received 1 vote
Okay lets swing back to the Klebbie side of things. We have many tropes in the Bond movies and one is the sacrificial lamb. In some movies this is a great moment for Bond to show some emotion at the death of an ally or person. Think of Vijay from OP or even Saunders from TLD. But in some cases the character seems shoe horned in and as a result their death just lacks emotional punch. We don't feel anything cause either the character is given nothing to do or just lacks any charisma or chemistry with Bond.
I present the worst sacrificial lamb role. You may consider any of the following: would the story be different without their death, the acting of the person in the role, or anything else you'd like to consider. So I present to you the worst sacrificial lamb of the series:
Which of these is the worst sacrificial lamb role of the series. Time for the academy to weigh in and see which of these should get a good kick to the shins.
Discount Italian Timothy Dalton
Chuck Lee I rather like, and it's a nice little shock for Bond when he finds out he's dead. Don't mind that one.
Plenty is a very strange character, plus we have her corpse's appearance being just really confusing as we have no idea why she's there (due to a scene getting cut). Plus she's that rare thing of a totally innocent bystander who isn't part of the plot at all and isn't on anyone's side getting killed. Not ideal.
I don't see any issue with Solange at all. Good, main character, sad death. Not sure why she's on the list.
Paula is a weird character (in that the director doesn't seem interested in her at all, along with Pinder) but her disappearance does drive a whole set piece and drives the plot along a little bit. I don't mind her, but she did really need to actually have the camera pointed at her occasionally!
So of that lot I think I'll go for Luigi.
As others have said: Fun thread.
Thanks for your shout out @Thunderfinger I enjoy doing it and have had some great awards suggested by some of the academy!
Speaking of FYEO, why not a Klebbie for pettiest act of villainy ? I'm sure that Locque and his bodyguard stealing the money from the pool lady has to count here ? Or throwing Plenty O'Toole from the hotel room right in the swimming pool ?
It sort of surprises me that so many don't understand Bond's reasoning on this score. Bond knows all too well the damage that killing does to the psyche of the killer. He's already suffered that damage, and has since long before he took his revenge on "Blofeld." (Have we finally gotten around to admitting that the fellow offering Bond a delicatessen in stainless steeeeeeeel is indeed Blofeld? I can't keep track.) Remember (as noted in CR) the second one is "considerably" easier, as (one presumes) is the third, fourth, and so on. So the damage to Boind has already been done. He's trying to protect Melina be preventing her from suffering the same psychological damage that he long since came to terms with.
Annoying girl as well...