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Then LTK, TLD, OHMSS, YOLT, GE, TSWLM, OP, CR, TB, FYEO...
There's a collective mentality at work here IMO. Personally, I don't think about what others have to say about a movie whilst watching it. I just let it flow over me. TND has great action, and it's not lacking in quality or distinctiveness. The PTS arms bazaar attack/plane fight, the motorcycle/helicopter stuff, the martial arts of Ms. Yeoh, the Big Giant Finale... all of these are fantastic, objectively speaking. The only real way to find fault with these action scenes (or indeed, the movie in general) is to judge them with a severely prejudiced eye.
For the longest time I was unwilling to cite FYEO as a great movie, because I had that prejudiced eye (I hate Bill Conti), but I recently watched it trying to imagine a Barry score, and yeah, it's pretty terrific.
Ha ha, it was the 90's man! The rule back then was 'no gun left behind'! :))
The LALD boat chase is one of my favorite action sequences in the series.
Agreed! And the Kananga & Tee Hee fights at the end were well worth our time IMO.
Agreed, as well, though I can't stand Kananga's death. The Tee Hee fight is amazing, though, from start to finish.
EWWWUE!
-Live and Let Die boat chase, with that world record breaking jump
-Live and Let Die crocodile farm scenes
-The Man with the Golden Gun astro spiral jump, minus loop whistle
-The Spy Who Loved Me ski chase and ski jump
-The Spy Who Loved Me Esprit chase
-The Spy Who Loved Me underwater Esprit battle
-The Spy Who Loved Liparus battle finale
-The Spy Who Loved Me train fight
-The Spy Who Loved saving Anya
-Moonraker centrifuge scene
-Moonraker PTS, minus Jaws
-For Your Eyes Only PTS
-For Your Eyes Only ski chase
-For Your Eyes Only climbing scene
-For Your Eyes Only JIM suit fight
-For Your Eyes Only Melina and Bond face the sharks...
-For Your Eyes Only Bond kills Loque
-For Your Eyes Only Citroen car chase
-For Your Eyes Only monastery finale
-Octopussy PTS
-Octopussy train scenes
-Octopussy hanging onto Khan's plane
-Octopussy circus
-A View to a Kill horse chase
-A View to a Kill mine massacre
-A View to a Kill Golden Gate Bridge dual
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Outstanding, sir! Couldn't have said it better myself. I'm willing to take an extra, perhaps controversial stance here and add that John Glen had a talent for shooting and directing action!
Must prove why I like it so much!
If we included the attack on Octopussy's palace you've got five. But I'll take a very good four. ;)
00Beast, yes, FYEO is one of my favorite too, though I wish it had starred Dalton rather than Moore (as the style matched Dalton's Bond, not Moore's, who was, anyway, too old by that time to still be portraying Bond).
Chris, thank you.
AS for FYEO true action set pieces, I count five:
1) opening helicopter scene
2) the great car chase through the hills, preceded by, and including, the gun & fist fight & foot chase beginning at the pool party.
3) that amazing multi-part ski/motorcycle etc. chase at the winter olympic game practices.
4) the submarine/scuba fight and the dragging of Bond & Melina (tied together) through the ocean waters.
5) the finale including the mountain climbing/fighting.
These are interspersed with several smaller action scenes:
1) the bomb explosion of the ship containing the ATAK system
2) the plane/machine gun attack on Melina's parents
3) the motorcyclists' attack on Bond at the flower shop
4) the hockey players' attack on Bond at the ice skating rink
5) the attack by Bond on the smugglers den at the shipping dock (which could arguably be considered a sixth true action set-piece).
6) the short foot/car chase that ends w/Bond kicking the car off the cliff (taken as part of item 3 above, again, makes it all, arguable, a sixth action set piece)
7) the sand buggies attack on Bond at the beach
It always amazes me when critics describe a Bond movie as "one of the most action-packed". DAD was described this way. It's as though these critics haven't even seen the other Bond movies. DAD doesn't have near the amount of action as FYEO. I'm not simply defending FYEO because it's one of my favorite (though not MOST favorite), I'm just stating a fact. FYEO IS the most action-packed Bond ever. It's NOT an opinion.
smiles!
The miscasting of Moore as Bond in a movies that was, basically, a reboot of the series.
Some silly moments and plot faults.
An out-of-place pre-credit set piece.
Still, again, one of the best, for sure.
FYEO and OP at or near the top.
Many times Bond relies on one or two big set pieces. The Craig films are more cerebral. OHMSS from the escape from Piz Gloria until the end of the Bobsleigh fight is one long almost non stop action pounding sequence. Even after Bond pops the question in that quiet romantic scene in the barn, we are treated to the ski chase with the avalanche to get us "back in the mood".
60's; Majesty's
70's; Spy
80's; hmm, I guess I'll go with LTK. The Wavekrest escape being a particular highlight.
Brozz: TND
Craig: CR