Name Your Favorite "Bond Moments" for Each Actor

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  • MartinBondMartinBond Trying not to muck it up again
    edited October 2012 Posts: 861
    Sean Connery: the introduction in Dr. No. Simple as.

    George Lazenby: Mourning Mrs. Bond.

    Roger Moore: "He had no head for heights."

    Timothy Dalton: the talk with Pushkin

    Pierce Brosnan: Escape of the Carver Building and driving to Paris.

    Daniel Craig: WARNING - BIG SPOILER AHEAD, ENTER AT YOUR OWN
    RISICO
    O
    7
    using the DB5 at Skyfall.
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    MartinBond wrote:
    Sean Connery: the introduction in Dr. No. Simple as.

    George Lazenby: Mourning Mrs. Bond.

    Roger Moore: "He had no head for heights."

    Timothy Dalton: the talk with Pushkin

    Pierce Brosnan: Escape of the Carver Building and driving to Paris.

    Daniel Craig: WARNING - BIG SPOILER AHEAD, ENTER AT YOUR OWN
    RISICO
    O
    7
    using the DB5 at Skyfall.

    Spoiler fail.
  • I didn't even look at it ?

    I can't choose only one instance of Bond favorite moments for each 007

    Being quick, and having a reconsider (and in no order of preference)

    Connery

    #1 The killing of Professor Dent in Doctor No
    #2 Fight with Donald Grant on the Orient Express
    #3 Hiding on the beach with Honey and Quarrel Snr as the patrol boat approaches

    Lazenby

    #1 Discussion with the Piz Gloria girls
    #2 Taking the adult magazine into the elevator from Gumbolds office
    #3 Rescuing of Tracy on the beach and fight with Draco's men

    Moore

    #1 The killing of Karl Stromberg - 'You've shot your Bolt'
    #2 Fighting off 'gators in Live and Let Die and jump to safety
    #3 Dinner discussion with Scaramanaga in Golden Gun

    Dalton

    #1 Meeting with Saunders in Bratislava and before the defection of Koskov
    #2 The climax with Whitaker in Tangiers
    #3 Being caught by the Hong Kong narcotics agents and 'who would use a signature gun'

    Brosnan

    #1 The first meeting with Natalya before the Mishkin interrogation
    #2 At the russian arms fair and escape with the nuclear torpedoes, 'back seat driver'
    #3 At the pipe control center in TWINE before M gets abducted and King goes bad

    Craig

    #1 The fight with Edmund Slate in QOS
    #2 The card game with LeChiffre, 'That last hand almost killed me'
    #3 Leaving Greene stranded in the Bolivian desert with a can of motor oil
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    Right off the bat:

    Sean Connery: "The stiff..eh..the body back there, your brother Mr Franks?"
    "Yes, it was"
    silence
    "I got a brotha"
    Connery turning back
    "Small world!"

    George Lazenby: PTS beach fight

    Roger Moore: When Bond steps out of the centrifuge

    Timothy Dalton: When Saunders get kills and Bond tells Kara
    "I've got the message"

    Pierce Brosnan: Bond vs 5 thugs in Carver's studio

    Daniel Craig: Poisonned, Bond trying to save his life in CR
  • edited October 2012 Posts: 153
    Sean Connery: "Bond. James Bond." in Dr. No

    George Lazenby: The chase in Piz Gloria

    Roger Moore: The final fight between him and Jaws in The Spy Who Loved Me

    Timothy Dalton: The sniper scenes in The Living Daylights and when he burned Sanchez alive in Licence to Kill

    Pierce Brosnan: 007 vs 006 in Goldeneye and despite my facepalms and winces... the parasailing scene in Die Another Day

    Daniel Craig: Beating Le Chiffre at his own game in Casino Royale
  • Connery: Dialogue - ‘That’s a Smith and Wesson, and you’ve had your six’; scene as a whole - tie between this scene with Dent, and his first meeting with M in Dr No

    Lazenby: Dialogue - ‘Some men are trying to kill me’; scene as a whole - the same: when Tracy comes to his rescue and he tells her some men are trying to kill him

    Moore: Dialogue - ‘James I need you’…’So does England!’; scene as a whole - kicking Locque's car off the cliff in FYEO

    Dalton: Dialogue - ‘More a sort of problem eliminator’; scene as a whole - not everyone likes it, but he owns the casino scene in LTK

    Brosnan: Dialogue - ‘No, no, no.....no more foreplay’; scene as a whole - the banker's office at the start of TWINE

    Craig: Dialogue - ‘Yes…considerably’ or 'That last hand..nearly killed me'; scene as a whole - tie between the bathroom smackdown and the train scene with Vesper (providing i mentally edit the watch reference). Honorable mention to final scene of Skyfall.
  • edited August 2015 Posts: 12,466
    (COPIED FROM A RECENTLY CLOSED THREAD):

    Standouts to me (even though there's lots more):

    Sean Connery
    -"Bond. James Bond" (Best introduction in history) from DN.
    -Besting Red Grant in a fistfight from FRWL.
    -The golf game with Goldfinger from GF.
    -Escaping Fiona in TB.
    -Little Nellie sequence in YOLT.

    George Lazenby (All OHMSS moments of course)
    -Keeping his cool and taking out the large thug in Tracy's room.
    -Escaping Piz Gloria in a ski chase.
    -Mourning the loss of Tracy.

    Roger Moore
    -Introduction in LALD to Solitaire.
    -Showdown with Scaramanga in TMWTGG.
    -Ski chase PTS from TSWLM.
    -Finishing off Blofeld in FYEO.
    -The car kick in FYEO.

    Timothy Dalton
    -Losing Saunders in TLD (great emotion from Dalton).
    -Giving Necros the boot in TLD.
    -Killing Killifer in LTK.
    -Using the Felix Lighter on Sanchez in LTK.

    Pierce Brosnan
    -Tank chase in GE (I could list a TON of GE moments).
    -(Almost) Killing Alec in GE.
    -The remote-controlled car chase in TND.
    -"I never miss" from TWINE.
    -Enduring torture in DAD (one of his technical lowest points, but good for making Bond more vulnerable).

    Daniel Craig
    -Earning 00 status at the start of CR.
    -Hunting down White, end scene of CR.
    -Embarrassing Quantum at the opera house in QoS.
    -"I never left" end scene from QoS.
    -Mourning the loss of M in SF.
  • SzonanaSzonana Mexico
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    Pierce Brosnan

    The sauna Scene- Goldeneye
    Casino Scene- Goldeneye
    Bond and Natalya at the beach in Cuba-Goldeneye
    Bond and Elektra's Love Scene-The World is not Enough
    Bond kills Dr Kauffman- Tomorrow never Dies
    Bond and Gustav sword fight-Die Another Day
    Bond and Jinx first flirt in Cuba-Die Another Day
    Car chase in the ice-Die another Day
    I never miss -the world is not enough

    Sean Connery

    Bond introduces himself at the casino-Dr No
    Bond meets Honey Ryder-Dr No
    Bond discovers Gill masterson's dead- Goldfinger
    Do you expect me to talk- Goldfinger
    Bond and Domino's -chat at the beach Thunderball
    Bond and Sylvia in From Russia witn love
    Aren't you in the wrong room? - Thunderball
    Meeting Pussy Galore in Goldfinger


    Daniel Craig
    Im the money- Casino Royale
    Bond discovers the girl in black painting- Quantum of Solace
    Bond tries to rescue Vesper-Casino Royale

    Roger Moore

    Escape from the atlantis- The Spy who loved me

    George Lazenby

    Bond's wedding
    Bond is saved by Tracy
    Tracy is murdered

    Timothy Dalton

    Bond introduces himself-the living daylights
    When Q appears at Bond's hotel room -Licence to kill
    Bond kills Sanchez - Licence to kill
    Helicopter scene-The living Daylights








  • HASEROTHASEROT has returned like the tedious inevitability of an unloved season---
    edited August 2015 Posts: 4,399
    i last posted this in 2012 - before Skyfall came out, so i think it's time for a bit of a refresher..

    Connery
    When he executes Dent - loved this moment from the very first time I saw it... not just the killing, but the way he sets it up and catches Dent in the act as well.. F-ing brilliant

    as of 08/17/15
    Bond and Grant fighting on the train at the end of FRWL

    Bond punching out Col. Bouvar in the PTS of TB "Madam, I've come to offer my sincere condolences.." PUNCH!.. gets me every time :)


    Lazenby
    I always liked the way he disarms Tracy of his PPK in his hotel room... other than that, I love the fist fight between him and the guy in Tracy's room - and also the scene where he breaks in Gumbold's safe.

    Moore
    When asked to go Pheasant hunting by Drax, and he shoots one of Drax's gunmen from a tree, who was aiming to kill Bond... "Ha-ha, you missed Mr. Bond." (guy falls out of tree) "Did I?.. As you said, such good sport."

    as of 08/17/15
    Bond confessing to Anya that he did kill her boyfriend in TSWLM - Rog is awesome in this little bit.

    Would be remiss if i didn't include the the Lotus chase in TSWLM as well, full of some good ol' Rog one liners.. "All those feathers and he still can't fly." .. "Did you ever get the feeling that someone doesn't like you." lol.


    Dalton
    Interogating Pushkin in his hotel room in Tangiers.. "That was damned STUPID!!" (thwack!)

    Brosnan
    Bond's first confrontation with Renard in TWINE down in bunker... IMO, one of Brozzer's good moments as Bond... right along with that, goes the scene in which he kills Dr. Kaufman..

    as of 08/17/15
    Alec revealing himself as the head of Janus to Bond in GE - loved both Sean and Broz in this scene.

    another one from GE is the end fight between Bond and Alec above the satellite dish - one of the best fist fights in the entire series - so personal.


    Craig
    The PTS in CR, the whole sequence showing how he brutal kills the man in the bathroom, and also how he calmly kills Dryden... i also do like his chase, and fight with Mitchell in QOS, as well as his confrontation with Yusef at the end of the movie.

    as of 08/17/15
    Bond stalking Patrice through the Shanghai office tower in Skyfall
  • Posts: 12,466
    Ah you reminded me of Connery's Bond killing Dent - I meant to include that on my list.
  • edited August 2015 Posts: 11,189
    HASEROT wrote: »
    i last posted this in 2012 - before Skyfall came out, so i think it's time for a bit of a refresher..
    Dalton
    Interogating Pushkin in his hotel room in Tangiers.. "That was damned STUPID!!" (thwack!)

    I really liked Dalton's delivery of "get down on your knees...put your hands behind your back".

    Rys-Davis's helpless expression is also great. You really feel for Pushkin in those few moments as he's thinking "this is it...I'm going to die".

    My other ones (as of 2015):

    Connery: So many to choose from but I'm going to go with his first meeting with Jill Masterson on the balcony in GF. He oozes confidence in that scene.

    Laz: The end scene.

    Moore: "Keeping the British end up Sir"

    Brosnan: His expression during the office scene with M in GE / "No...for me"

    Craig: His performance during M's death scene.
  • ThunderfingerThunderfinger Das Boot Hill
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    Connery
    The ascent to the Whyte House,

    Lazenby
    Strangling a minion with a ski

    Moore
    Rock climbing scene in FYEO

    Dalton
    Cargo net fight

    Brosnan
    The bank scene in Bilbao, TWINE PTS

    Craig
    Fight on the cranes
  • BondJasonBond006BondJasonBond006 on fb and ajb
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    Sean Connery:

    Best action:
    Fight with Grant on board the train

    Best line to Bond girl:
    Honey Ryder: Looking for shells?
    Bond: No. I'm just looking.

    Best line killing villain:
    [after knocking a fan into a bathtub to electrocute a bad guy]
    Shocking! Positively shocking!


    George Lazenby:

    Best action:
    bobsleigh run action

    Best line to Bond girl:
    [a girl writes on Bond's leg under the table, to which Bond makes an awkward face]
    Irma Bunt: Is anything ze matter, Sir Hilary?
    James Bond: Just a slight stiffness coming on... due to the altitude, no doubt.

    Best line killing villain:
    [a bad guy chasing Bond skis into a snow blower, which then spews red snow]
    He had a lot of guts.


    Roger Moore

    Best action:
    Eiffel Tower sequence plus on streets of Paris

    Best line to Bond girl:
    Bond refuses the advances of an underage girl, Bibi: Now put your clothes on and I’ll buy you an ice cream.

    Best line killing villain:
    After Bond kicks a car carrying the villain Locque over the edge of a cliff: He had no head for heights


    Timothy Dalton:

    Best action:
    Truck chase sequence in LTK

    Best line to a Bond girl:
    [Pam saves Bond from Dario, who is then violently decimated in a crushing machine]
    Pam Bouvier: Are you all right?
    James Bond: SWITCH THE BLOODY MACHINE OFF!

    Best line killing villain:
    James Bond: Don't you want to know why?
    [Shows Sanchez Felix's lighter, then sets Sanchez on fire]


    Pierce Brosnan:

    Best action:
    PTS of TWINE

    Best line to a Bond girl:
    Xenia Onatopp: You don't need the gun, Commander.
    James Bond: Well, that depends on your definition of safe sex.

    Best line killing villain:
    [to Carver before he is kiled by the sea-vac]
    James Bond: You forgot the first rule of mass media, Elliot! GIVE THE PEOPLE WHAT THEY WANT!


    Daniel Craig:

    Best action:
    fight in the stairway in the Casino Royale

    Best line to a Bond girl:
    Vesper Lynd: [introducing herself to Bond] I'm the money.
    James Bond: Every penny of it.

    Best line killing villain:
    James Bond: [chucks a can of motor oil at Greene's feet] I bet you make it 20 miles before you consider drinking that.
    [Bond gets in the car and drives away, leaving Greene stranded in the middle of the desert]
    James Bond: Goodbye, Mr. Greene.
  • SuperheroSithSuperheroSith SE London
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    Sean Connery - You've had your six

    George Lazenby - Could it be anything other than Tracy's death?

    Roger Moore - The Moonraker PTS

    Timothy Dalton - His introduction in TLD

    Pierce Brosnan - The dam jump from GE

    Daniel Craig - Free running in CR
  • mcdonbbmcdonbb deep in the Heart of Texas
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    Connery ..umm fight with Grant.
    Lazenby death of Tracy.
    Moore death of Stromberg.
    Dalton when he got fired.
    Brosnan death of Carver
    Craig explanation to Vesper that she is not his type.
  • echoecho 007 in New York
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    Connery: THE introduction
    Lazenby: "This department owes her a debt."
    Moore: after the centrifuge
    Dalton: "I must have scared the living daylights out of her."
    Brosnan: among the statues
    Craig: defibrillator scene
  • bondjamesbondjames You were expecting someone else?
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    Connery - Bond, James Bond from DN
    Lazenby - getting told off in M's office from OHMSS
    Moore - centrifuge from MR
    Dalton - Pushkin confrontation/interrogation from TLD
    Brosnan - Kaufman from TND
    Craig - Nutcracker from CR
  • edited July 2016 Posts: 12,837
    Connery- Despite having so many great moments this is probably the easiest just because of how great his best moment is. Has to be the original introduction.

    Lazenby- I like him in the scenes where he quits MI6, and he sells the whole escape from Piz Gloria (from getting out of his cell to meeting Tracy in the village) brilliantly, it's the most vulnerable and human we've ever seen Bond during any kind of action scene, which adds to the tension. But his best moment for me has to be Tracy's death.

    Moore- This one is difficult because of how different his portrayal is to all the others. And again, so many great ones. I've always found his confrontation with Orlov in Octopussy to be one of the most underrated moments of the series ("and I suppose you don't give a damn about all the innocent people that'll die? on your feet general, etc"). He really sells that well. Shows so much conviction, passion, it's one of the most heroic moments of the series for me. When he angrily, but matter of factly tells Orlov he's going to get up and stop the train, I get goosebumps. I also love his talk with Melina about revenge, the moment where he reveals to Anya he killed her boyfriend, and the majority of his interactions with the villains. His best moment though has to be some sort of pun or one liner that only he could pull off. Still not sure which but the British end up is a top contender. Great note to end the film on.

    Dalton- My favourite Bond and I instantly know which to pick. Killing Sanchez. He's human and vulnerable but it's also so badass and satisfying. Love how he stumbles off into the desert afterwards, exhausted, beaten up, dishevelled, covered in cocaine and dust, but finally it's all over. It's an amazing moment that gives me chills every time. Shows how resilient, badass and committed the character is. It's such a great moment that I'm struggling to find the right words to be honest. Probably my favourite scene of the franchise.

    Brosnan- For me the coolest Bond so there are a number of moments I could pick. But I read an interesting quote about Brosnan's Bond in a review once, it said that he had "hot" kills rather than cold ones. Connery executed professor dent without a second thought, with Brosnan you get the sense that killing is more of a last resort and when he does kill, it's often with anger and passion. For that reason I'm tempted to pick either Kauffman or especially the Elektra kill as his best moment but it has to be finishing off Alec. "No, for me". So satisfying.

    Craig- Again a number of great ones but for me there's another clear standout: Bond, James Bond at the end of CR. It's the moment the entire film had been building towards and Craig nails it, showing just how well he'd sold Bond's transformation from rookie to the experienced agent we were used to. He was also great in the torture scenes in CR and SP, and Vesper and M's deaths were highlights. Honourable mentions to adjusting his cuffs after the train jump in SF and casually strolling off after ejecting from the DB10, just because of how cool he was in those scenes.
  • DaltonCraig007DaltonCraig007 They say, "Evil prevails when good men fail to act." What they ought to say is, "Evil prevails."
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    Connery: Checking his watch just seconds before the silo explodes. (GF)
    Lazenby: Reading a Playboy magazine as he waits for the safe to crack open. (OHMSS)
    Moore: Raid of the Albanian docks. (FYEO)
    Dalton: Pushkin interrogation. (TLD)
    Brosnan: Inside Gupta's office in Hamburg. (TND)
    Craig: Crashing the Rover and throwing away the keys. (CR)
  • GBFGBF
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    Connery: Whole interaction with Grant on the Orient Express. (FRWL). There are so many more great scenes in that era.
    Lazenby: Final scene or love scene in the barn. (OHMSS)
    Moore: Citroen chase (I love that Conti score and the eye brow raise). (FYEO)
    Dalton: Pushkin interrogation or Vienna. (TLD)
    Brosnan: Graveyard scene (GE), Bond killing Elektra (TWINE)
    Craig: Train conversation or shover scene with Vesper (CR)
  • GoldenGunGoldenGun Per ora e per il momento che verrà
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    Sean Connery:
    Tough one but the PTS is the most archetypical Bond sequence ever in my opinion, so I'm going to go with that one.

    George Lazenby:
    It still angers me how people say George couldn't act, while we all know how great he delivered that final, heartbreaking, scene.

    Roger Moore:
    Absolutely loved that dinner table conversation with Christopher Lee, the chemistry between the two is magnificent and it's Moore's most Flemingesque moment.

    Timothy Dalton:
    After the LTK climax when he sits against that rock and fights his tears while looking back at his quest, so human, so well acted.

    Pierce Brosnan:
    Surprisingly I'm going with the Swiss banker scene. Always loved Pierce'so delivery there: "If you can't trust a Swiss banker, what has the world come to?"

    Daniel Craig:
    Got to agree with that playful scene in the train. It's a side of Bond that we haven't seen a lot during Daniel's tenure but it's a well-written scene executed perfectly by two great actors.
  • GoldenGunGoldenGun Per ora e per il momento che verrà
    edited July 2016 Posts: 7,120
    double post

  • ThunderfingerThunderfinger Das Boot Hill
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    @GoldenGun, I guess you mean the GF PTS?
  • GoldenGunGoldenGun Per ora e per il momento che verrà
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    @GoldenGun, I guess you mean the GF PTS?

    I do, although now that I think of it, the TB PTS also perfectly sums up the typical Bond traits even including the DB5.

    Still going to go with GF, thanks for pointing that out.
  • w2bondw2bond is indeed a very rare breed
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    I'm going to give a shout out to the tie adjust scene in TWINE. I think most here cringe at that but the whole sequence/stunts along with the score is Bondtastic and is among my favourite in the franchise despite twine being ranked close to bottom
  • BondJasonBond006BondJasonBond006 on fb and ajb
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    Shocking, positively shocking.

    We have all the time in the world.

    He had no head for heights.

    Whoever she was. I must have scared the living daylights out of her.

    Dr. Kaufmann: Wait I'm just a professional doing a job.
    Bond: Me too!

    Who sent you? Who are you working for?
  • Jazz007Jazz007 Minnesota
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    Connery: Dr. No - Dispatching Dent.

    "That's a Smith & Wesson - and you've had your six."

    Lazenby: OHMSS - Christmas Carnival.

    "There's people after me."

    Moore: The Spy Who Loved Me - Egypt.

    "What a helpful chap."

    Dalton: The Living Daylights - Confronting Pushkin.

    "Correct. You should have brought lillies."

    Brosnan: GoldenEye - PTS.

    "For England, Alec."

    Craig: Casino Royale - 00 Status.

    "Yes.... Considerably."
  • BondAficionadoBondAficionado Former IMDBer
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    Someone should open a thread about our favourite action scene for each actor/era. It could be an entire set-piece or just a fist fight.
  • TripAcesTripAces Universal Exports
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    SC: In TB, sneaking around, finding the body at Shrublands, and then punching the fire alarm. "It's funny you should say that."
    GL: The helicopter ride to Piz Gloria: "I'm not much of a sporting man."
    RM: In LALD, the hotel room: encounter with the snake and meeting Rosie. I love Martin's score here.
    TD: In LTK, the bar scene and fight--Bond's first encounter with Dario.
    PB: In GE, the sauna scene with Xenia.
    DC: In SF, having a drink with Severine. "Perfect."
    Someone should open a thread about our favourite action scene for each actor/era. It could be an entire set-piece or just a fist fight.

    I'l have to think a little more on this. Too many to choose from.
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    Connery:
    Bond's intro in Dr. No. Shooting Dent in cold blood. Coming face to face with Evil in YOLT.

    Lazenby:
    Sliding across the ice wielding a machine gun at Piz Gloria. "Guns make me nervous!"

    Moore:
    Sliding down the staircase railing during the palace fight in OP. Jumping off the cliff at the end of the PTS of TSWLM.

    Dalton:
    Clinging to the roof of a speeding vehicle travelling down the side of a mountain in TLD.

    Brosnan:
    Commandering a tank and taking a drive through St. Petersburg in GE.

    Craig:
    The ending of CR. Craig delivering the line dressed in that three-piece suit along with Arnold's score is a series highlight. A second scene would be the "What's Keeping You Awake?" scene onboard the plan with Mathis in QOS.
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