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  • royale65royale65 Caustic misanthrope reporting for duty.
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    In the novelization of GoldenEye, by John Gardner, Wade was an avid gardener.
  • bondjamesbondjames You were expecting someone else?
    edited April 2016 Posts: 23,883
    Mendes4Lyfe wrote: »
    bondjames wrote: »
    The "Hey Bond, do you do any gardening?" was lost on my buddies when I first watched it in the theatre. They didn't get the English connotation.

    I still don't get that line. Actually that's a good topic for a thread, "stuff I still don't get".
    When I was growing up there my folks had a nice garden out back which they tended to often, as did all of the neighbours. I always assumed it had to do with the weather being conducive to plant growing. A sort of stereotype.
  • MayDayDiVicenzoMayDayDiVicenzo Here and there
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    I always chuckle at Wade's line just because it comes out of nowhere.
  • GoldenGunGoldenGun Per ora e per il momento che verrà
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    MayDayDiVicenzo wrote: »
    I always chuckle at Wade's line just because it comes out of nowhere.

    He might as well have asked: "Hey Bond, do you like drinking tea?"

    Happily he didn't because Fleming hated tea :))
  • dogrowup007dogrowup007
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    BOND: "I see. How fast does it go?"
    GOODHEAD: "It can go up to 20 Gs, but that would be fatal. Three Gs is equivalent to take-off pressure. Most people pass out at seven."
    BOND: "You make a great saleswoman."
    GOODHEAD: "You don't have to worry. This is what we call a "Chicken Switch". You just keep your finger on that button, the moment the pressure gets too much for you, release the button and the power's cut off.
    BOND: "Just like that?"
    GOODHEAD: "Come on, Mr. Bond. A 70-year-old can take 3 Gs."
    BOND: "Well, the trouble is there is never a 70-year-old around when you need one."

    No one delivers these lines quite as good as Roger Moore.
  • ClarkDevlinClarkDevlin Martinis, Girls and Guns
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    @dogrowup007, You know it! :D

    That's exactly why he's my favourite Bond.
  • OHMSS69OHMSS69
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    I just loved the train scene in OP with Bond in that gorilla suit and when he hears the bad guys say the time to detonate the bomb, he mimics checking his watch. I am sure that Moore ad-libbed this scene but I just LMAO when I saw it in the theater.
  • IncompetentHenchmanIncompetentHenchman
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    dogrowup007 wrote: »
    BOND: "I see. How fast does it go?"
    GOODHEAD: "It can go up to 20 Gs, but that would be fatal. Three Gs is equivalent to take-off pressure. Most people pass out at seven."
    BOND: "You make a great saleswoman."
    GOODHEAD: "You don't have to worry. This is what we call a "Chicken Switch". You just keep your finger on that button, the moment the pressure gets too much for you, release the button and the power's cut off.
    BOND: "Just like that?"
    GOODHEAD: "Come on, Mr. Bond. A 70-year-old can take 3 Gs."
    BOND: "Well, the trouble is there is never a 70-year-old around when you need one."

    No one delivers these lines quite as good as Roger Moore.

    Absolutely.
  • stun_harvestingstun_harvesting
    edited April 2016 Posts: 337
    @dogrowup007 Indeed. I (and the audience) had a laugh in each of Moore's films, something which seems to be getting increasingly sporadic with Bond, and I think that's a shame. I grew up with humour being as much a part of Bond as the action and the love-making.
  • ClarkDevlinClarkDevlin Martinis, Girls and Guns
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    And of course, there's the bit in Live And Let Die where Bond really plays that ultra ironic man who doesn't happen to show real emotion towards Rosie Carver who sees the snake in the bathroom and he deliberately doesn't tell her about it.

    Moore's eyebrows both lifting as he hears Gloria Hendry's voice is priceless, it always throws me off the chair, howling mad in laughter.

    "Oh, the snake. I forgot, I should have told you. You should never go in there without a mongoose."

    Priceless! :))
  • dogrowup007dogrowup007
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    I've read and heard he liked to improvise, and some of the punch lines are his.

    For me, it's especially the text combined with his stiff upper lip and unbaffled expression that really brings it home. He doesn't stress the fact he's going to deliver a punch line - he lets it slip in, which makes it all the more effective.
  • bondjamesbondjames You were expecting someone else?
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    dogrowup007 wrote: »
    I've read and heard he liked to improvise, and some of the punch lines are his.

    For me, it's especially the text combined with his stiff upper lip and unbaffled expression that really brings it home. He doesn't stress the fact he's going to deliver a punch line - he lets it slip in, which makes it all the more effective.
    Agreed. Moore had impeccable comedic timing. A natural, and that's a skill. That's why it is inadvisable for others to try to emulate him. EON attempted this with other actors not realizing that most of it is in the 'delivery', and it didn't work imho.
  • ClarkDevlinClarkDevlin Martinis, Girls and Guns
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    bondjames wrote: »
    dogrowup007 wrote: »
    I've read and heard he liked to improvise, and some of the punch lines are his.

    For me, it's especially the text combined with his stiff upper lip and unbaffled expression that really brings it home. He doesn't stress the fact he's going to deliver a punch line - he lets it slip in, which makes it all the more effective.
    Agreed. Moore had impeccable comedic timing. A natural, and that's a skill. That's why it is inadvisable for others to try to emulate him. EON attempted this with other actors not realizing that most of it is in the 'delivery', and it didn't work imho.
    Yes, but Brosnan also attempted to do the same thing on his own, and the ones he did came naturally as opposed to the ones the writers suggested him to do. For instance, "She's always enjoyed a good squeeze." in GoldenEye was Brosnan's very own line.
  • bondjamesbondjames You were expecting someone else?
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    ClarkDevlin wrote: »
    bondjames wrote: »
    dogrowup007 wrote: »
    I've read and heard he liked to improvise, and some of the punch lines are his.

    For me, it's especially the text combined with his stiff upper lip and unbaffled expression that really brings it home. He doesn't stress the fact he's going to deliver a punch line - he lets it slip in, which makes it all the more effective.
    Agreed. Moore had impeccable comedic timing. A natural, and that's a skill. That's why it is inadvisable for others to try to emulate him. EON attempted this with other actors not realizing that most of it is in the 'delivery', and it didn't work imho.
    Yes, but Brosnan also attempted to do the same thing on his own, and the ones he did came naturally as opposed to the ones the writers suggested him to do. For instance, "She's always enjoyed a good squeeze." in GoldenEye was Brosnan's very own line.
    He had a few good ones @ClarkDevlin, but most were pretty awful, and he makes that funny face when delivering them (like after the ski chase in TWINE or in the helicopter in DAD). Almost self conscious.

    Moore makes you smirk even in his non-Bond roles and without the specific quips/puns. He's just a natural at it. Just like Willis.

    It was so evident when Dalton took over that Moore had something in this regard that they couldn't emulate. I even feel it with Craig, most notably in SP but also in SF ("circle of life"). It's all in the delivery. I've said before that Craig should stick to being sarcastic. It suits him better. He doesn't have 'quip' comedic timing or delivery imho.
  • dogrowup007dogrowup007
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    I agree that Brosnan delivered some good lines, but he "announces" them too much. You see most of them coming in advance.
  • ClarkDevlinClarkDevlin Martinis, Girls and Guns
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    @bondjames - Yes, the ones he didn't come up with were actually cringe-worthy. Like saying "See you back at the lodge." during the ski chase didn't really sit well with the scene. I don't think I could remember him saying anything nearby any helicopter in Die Another Day. Perhaps you're referring his crafty victorious smile at Van Bierk's face?

    In anyways, that's why I said the ones the writers suggested him to say didn't really work apart from the ones he came up with, like that Onatopp joke on the tree. That one worked very well.
  • bondjamesbondjames You were expecting someone else?
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    ClarkDevlin wrote: »
    I don't think I could remember him saying anything nearby any helicopter in Die Another Day. Perhaps you're referring his crafty victorious smile at Van Bierk's face?
    @ClarkDevlin, "Now, you said something about going down... together?". Cringed both at the awful line and Brosnan's delivery.
  • ClarkDevlinClarkDevlin Martinis, Girls and Guns
    edited April 2016 Posts: 15,423
    bondjames wrote: »
    ClarkDevlin wrote: »
    I don't think I could remember him saying anything nearby any helicopter in Die Another Day. Perhaps you're referring his crafty victorious smile at Van Bierk's face?
    @ClarkDevlin, "Now, you said something about going down... together?". Cringed both at the awful line and Brosnan's delivery.
    Yes, that scene is very cringe-worthy. That line was just there for the hell of it.

    And sorry about forgetting about that scene. My mind isn't functioning well right now. :))
  • GoldenGunGoldenGun Per ora e per il momento che verrà
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    ClarkDevlin wrote: »
    I don't think I could remember him saying anything nearby any helicopter in Die Another Day. Perhaps you're referring his crafty victorious smile at Van Bierk's face?

    I think that's one of the better moments of DAD.
  • ClarkDevlinClarkDevlin Martinis, Girls and Guns
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    GoldenGun wrote: »
    ClarkDevlin wrote: »
    I don't think I could remember him saying anything nearby any helicopter in Die Another Day. Perhaps you're referring his crafty victorious smile at Van Bierk's face?

    I think that's one of the better moments of DAD.
    Agreed. I find that scene brilliant. It's like a "You're f***ed" kind of comeback at the damned bureaucrat's face.
  • BAIN123BAIN123
    edited April 2016 Posts: 11,189
    Moore tended (most of the time but not always) to say some of his cornier lines in a more subtle way. An example of that is his exchange with Ms. Flex:

    "I take it you spend a lot of time in the saddle?"
    "Yes...I love an early morning ride"
    "well I'm an early riser myself"

    Crap lines but a kid wouldn't (or shouldn't) automatically GET the sexual innuendo. It's delivered as if they were just having a normal conversation and the joke isn't emphasised.

    There's also "she's just coming sir"

    Broz almost says those sort of lines like he knows it's a bad joke. In fairness to him I'm not entirely sure you could say some of those lines he did in a straight way (the entire last scene of DAD).
  • Creasy47Creasy47 In Cuba with Natalya.Moderator
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    I'm sure I've posted it before, but one of the best moments in the series is Moore's line about a drive in the country during the car chase in FYEO, which seems to get Melina to genuinely laugh. I love it.
  • dogrowup007dogrowup007
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    Creasy47 wrote: »
    I'm sure I've posted it before, but one of the best moments in the series is Moore's line about a drive in the country during the car chase in FYEO, which seems to get Melina to genuinely laugh. I love it.

    You made me laugh, just reminding me of it. Great line!
  • Crazysoul95Crazysoul95
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    Casino Royale

    "To the right, to the right"

    Also 4:25-4:40 in this clip. So brilliantly acted.

  • BAIN123BAIN123
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    That got a big laugh if I remember.
  • cooperman2cooperman2 Uk
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    My favorite? In MR having just jumped off the cable car and sitting on the grass looking the worse for wear. GOODHEAD "anything broken" BOND "only my tailors heart" . Classic Roger Moore.
  • LeonardPineLeonardPine The Bar on the Beach
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    Another great Moore moment was in Octopussy at the auction.

    Bond asks to see the Faberge egg up close then offers a look to his companion, Jim Fanning. The look on Jim's face is priceless as he's already gobsmacked that Bond has joined in the bid for it!
  • GoldenGunGoldenGun Per ora e per il momento che verrà
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    LeonardPine wrote: »
    Another great Moore moment was in Octopussy at the auction.

    Bond asks to see the Faberge egg up close then offers a look to his companion, Jim Fanning. The look on Jim's face is priceless as he's already gobsmacked that Bond has joined in the bid for it!

    OP's finest scene in my opinion.
  • fire_and_icefire_and_ice
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    'Jinx you say...' That whole sequence on the beach in DAD is absolutely hilarious.
  • ForYourEyesOnlyForYourEyesOnly In the untained cradle of the heavens
    edited April 2016 Posts: 1,984
    I think I laughed a bit the first time I saw the FYEO chase. Moore's getting wrecked in his little Citroen 2CV, and when the baddies come up next to him, they exchange brief glances before Moore gets around to his usual mannerisms. That classic Moore nod was a bit surprising the first time I watched it and it gave me a giggle.
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