Best Shot Per Decade - GE , DAD & SP (The Finals pt:1)

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Observing



Pursuing Patrice



London rush hour



Evening at Bond's



"Get away from my car"

QBranch

Got a few in mind that surprisingly haven't come up yet.

TripAces

Shanghai



The island



Servers



Scotland



London

M_Balje

Look James: Music to my ears


The coldest blood runs through my veins, You know my name


Grandson and his Grandfather.

Table of Death in the mirror. The shot i realy looking for is couple of seconds later with closer to Bond without back of bar guy but you stil see three people at table on th right. But for now this one is moost close. Classic favorite as some people know because of link with statue picture from Casino Royale.

Walk a way from a rainbow of Fire. Another classic link with picture from maintitle of QOS.

CraigMooreOHMSS

TripAces wrote: »

Shanghai



Overpass



Jellyfish



Macau



The island



Servers



Scotland



Reflections



Silhouette



London

Sorry @TripAces, five only please (even though I know it's tough! :) ). You can either take your own choice five out or I will only consider the first five for voting.

TripAces

CraigMooreOHMSS wrote: »

TripAces wrote: »

Shanghai



Overpass



Jellyfish



Macau



The island



Servers



Scotland



Reflections



Silhouette



London

Sorry @TripAces, five only please (even though I know it's tough! :) ). You can either take your own choice five out or I will only consider the first five for voting.

Since it was skyfall, I figured it was double. LOL

TripAces

CraigMooreOHMSS wrote: »

TripAces wrote: »

Shanghai



Overpass



Jellyfish



Macau



The island



Servers



Scotland



Reflections



Silhouette



London

Sorry @TripAces, five only please (even though I know it's tough! :) ). You can either take your own choice five out or I will only consider the first five for voting.

FIXED ;)

CraigMooreOHMSS

TripAces wrote: »

CraigMooreOHMSS wrote: »

TripAces wrote: »

Shanghai



Overpass



Jellyfish



Macau



The island



Servers



Scotland



Reflections



Silhouette



London

Sorry @TripAces, five only please (even though I know it's tough! :) ). You can either take your own choice five out or I will only consider the first five for voting.

FIXED ;)

ringfire211

CraigMooreOHMSS wrote: »

ringfire211 wrote: »

j_w_pepper wrote: »

ringfire211 wrote: »

Kronsteen wrote: »

#36. Don't really know who, but I've always LOVED that shot. It doesn't really make much sense, but it adds so much flavour to the scene.

That one scene symbolizes what’s wrong with the whole film. Instead of the filmmakers paying more attention to the plot and story (which is practically nonexistent - something about hoarding water) they instead chose to focus on random scenes that signify nothing. Some local ironing his clothes. A dog on a roof. A drop of water slowly dropping from a faucet. I guess you have no choice but to focus on these things once you realize you’re making a film but have no real story to tell. I’m sorry but Bond trying to get over Vesper is a not a story for a Bond film. Not something that takes up 2 hours of a film. It’s a subplot in a film that has no real plot. Nothing worthy of Bond anyway.

It seems , @ringfire211, that you share the feelings of some certain poster from our joint times on the IMDb forum of the past (remember "Verily, I say unto thee..."), who claimed that QOS did not have any action at all because he couldn't tell what was going own. I myself would have definitely preferred a more leisurely pace of that movie, and that's why I enjoy at least those rare moments of locals ironing their clothes, a dog on the roof and a final drop of water from a tank. These are the shots I enjoy. In fact, I don't really give a damn about most action scenes.

It's the hectic, quick-cut scenes I don't like and that I have deplored ever since that movie came out. A totally wasted car race in the tunnel in the beginning, a totally wasted horse race in Siena, a totally wasted fight afterwards, all due to erratic quick-cut editing that leaves most of possibly spectacular cinematography on the floor of the cutting-room (adapt this for digital video). It's what really drags down QOS to the lowest third of Bond movies to me. Except for the editing, it could be one of the shining stars. But as it is, it ends up with the likes of DAF, AVTAK...though not necessarily with TWINE and DAD.

Verily I say unto thee… here-here! :) Those epileptic cameramen must have been shooting those scenes while bouncing off trampolines. Come on, that’s no way to make movies.

Can we get a vote from you, @ringfire211?

Sorry, no can do. There is no cinematography in this film. The cameramen had seizures and kept jumping on trampolines so everything turned into a blur.

Now for Skyfall, I nominate every scene in the film! Marvelous looking specimen of a film! :)

CraigMooreOHMSS

ringfire211 wrote: »

CraigMooreOHMSS wrote: »

ringfire211 wrote: »

j_w_pepper wrote: »

ringfire211 wrote: »

Kronsteen wrote: »

#36. Don't really know who, but I've always LOVED that shot. It doesn't really make much sense, but it adds so much flavour to the scene.

That one scene symbolizes what’s wrong with the whole film. Instead of the filmmakers paying more attention to the plot and story (which is practically nonexistent - something about hoarding water) they instead chose to focus on random scenes that signify nothing. Some local ironing his clothes. A dog on a roof. A drop of water slowly dropping from a faucet. I guess you have no choice but to focus on these things once you realize you’re making a film but have no real story to tell. I’m sorry but Bond trying to get over Vesper is a not a story for a Bond film. Not something that takes up 2 hours of a film. It’s a subplot in a film that has no real plot. Nothing worthy of Bond anyway.

It seems , @ringfire211, that you share the feelings of some certain poster from our joint times on the IMDb forum of the past (remember "Verily, I say unto thee..."), who claimed that QOS did not have any action at all because he couldn't tell what was going own. I myself would have definitely preferred a more leisurely pace of that movie, and that's why I enjoy at least those rare moments of locals ironing their clothes, a dog on the roof and a final drop of water from a tank. These are the shots I enjoy. In fact, I don't really give a damn about most action scenes.

It's the hectic, quick-cut scenes I don't like and that I have deplored ever since that movie came out. A totally wasted car race in the tunnel in the beginning, a totally wasted horse race in Siena, a totally wasted fight afterwards, all due to erratic quick-cut editing that leaves most of possibly spectacular cinematography on the floor of the cutting-room (adapt this for digital video). It's what really drags down QOS to the lowest third of Bond movies to me. Except for the editing, it could be one of the shining stars. But as it is, it ends up with the likes of DAF, AVTAK...though not necessarily with TWINE and DAD.

Verily I say unto thee… here-here! :) Those epileptic cameramen must have been shooting those scenes while bouncing off trampolines. Come on, that’s no way to make movies.

Can we get a vote from you, @ringfire211?

Sorry, no can do. There is no cinematography in this film. The cameramen had seizures and kept jumping on trampolines so everything turned into a blur.

Now for Skyfall, I nominate every scene in the film! Marvelous looking specimen of a film! :)

So you've nothing to contribute then. Nice one! :)

GoldenGun

Not this film’s biggest fan, but credit where it’s due, it does look very pretty at times:


Annus horribilis


Top floor pool


Modigliani


Goons Approaching

GoldenGun

Thanks for leaving me that last one @TripAces, it always stood out to me, glad I could still nominate it ;)

goldenswissroyale

Goons approaching really is very cool. Tension combined with an angle of the beautiful car we've never seen before.

CraigMooreOHMSS

A few from me.

Assassin's Tango.


Poolside.


Rockedhall.


Silva on the hunt.


With pleasure, M. With pleasure.

TripAces

All of these screenshots just remind me: Skyfall is a gorgeous film. I think I'll watch it for the thousandth time tonight. I never get tired of it.

SIS_HQ

Beautiful looking shots!

CraigMooreOHMSS

Going to let this roll until this evening. Then we vote.

Get your submissions in, if you haven't already! :)

QBranch

Just changing carriages


All in the wrist


Hang on, James!


Get on the train


Rooms on fire

CraigMooreOHMSS

And here we go.....

Voting!

1.
Bond seeks his prey

2.
Casino Macau

3.
Into the unknown

4.
A blunt instrument at work

5.
Hunting for a spy

6.
In focus.


7.
Got you.


8.
Jellyfishing.


9.
Here's to us.


10.
Expected.

11. Lost a step


12. Good fortune tonight sir


13. Welcome to Scotland


14. An exemplar of British fortitude


15. One equal temper of heroic hearts


16.
Observing

17.
Pursuing Patrice

18.
London rush hour

19.
Evening at Bond's


20.
"Get away from my car"

21.
Shanghai

22.
The island

23.
Servers

24.
Scotland

25.
London



Look James: Music to my ears



The coldest blood runs through my veins, You know my name

28.

Grandson and his Grandfather.

29.

Table of death in the mirror.

30.

Walk a way from a rainbow of Fire

31.
Annus horribilis

32.
Top floor pool

33.
Modigliani

34.
Goons Approaching

35. Assassin's Tango.


36. Poolside.


37. Rockedhall.


38. Silva on the hunt.


39. With pleasure, M. With pleasure.


40.
Just changing carriages

41.
All in the wrist

42.
Hang on, James!

43.
Get on the train

44.
Rooms on fire


Have at it folks. I'll give you til Monday night. :)

j_w_pepper

Too many to choose from, as they are all excellent. No other Bond film has a cinematography as continually great as that of Roger Deakins in SF. I think that just for the sake of uniqueness, I'll vote for No. 35, which is just one frame in a great series of shots of the fight in the high-rise building. But for me it's totally fine if any of the other 43 choices prevails, since they are all exceptional.

RichardTheBruce

7. is my vote. Visually maybe my favorite moment into the series, the two fingers grabbing Bond and drawing him further into the deep.

22. has been my wallpaper for some time. Living in Japan I flew over that island on my way to Nagasaki multiple times. Didn't know what it was until after the film.

goldenswissroyale

#38.
But #30 and #15 are very similar and also equally beautiful.

Benny

I'm going to vote for...
#24 Great shot

Junglist_1985

#25… uniquely Skyfall

M_Balje

#4.

I named this picture RUN the first of 3 parter Run, Shoot and Jump. But like James Bond him self order in the movie is a mess because in movie is Jump, Run and Shoot.

Mallory

Number 9.

If Bond could be collectively summed up in one image, that is it.

CraigMooreOHMSS

4 & 18 are duplicates that I didn't spot when listing the candidates. If there are votes for both then they will be merged together at the end for a single total.

Mathis1

Not my favourite Bond move by a long shot..
But I’ll go with
#17

zebrafish

After a long thought I'll have to go with #34, the goons reflected in the mirror's chrome.

Jordo007

#9 please.
That was the moment Craig became my favourite Bond. I love the lighting of the shot and how everybody is oblivious, aside from Bond and the guards.

This is the most difficult one so far, every shot is like a painting, almost every shot would win in any other round