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  • royale65royale65 Caustic misanthrope reporting for duty.
    Posts: 4,423
    Worst

    5. Elephant pushes J.W into the water
    4. Bond grabs the sumo wrestler's ass
    3. Slide whistle
    2. Anything with J.W Pepper
    1. Locking Goodnight in a closet, while Bond gets "groiny" is simply unforgivable. "Your turn will come next, I promise"... The most misogynistic film in the series.


    and Best

    5. "and forever hold your piece..."
    4. Hai Fat gives a tongue lashing to Scaramanga, blissfully unaware that his end is nigh...
    3. Arrival at Scaramanga's Island (Barry thy name is God)
    2. Scaramanga gives his life history to 007.
    1. 007 and The Man With The Golden Gun have dinner.
  • Baltimore_007Baltimore_007
    Posts: 5,634
    #1 The chase in Thailand with Bond / Pepper / Scaramanga / Nick Nack and the actual somersault over the bridge (if only for Pepper's reaction, but hate the slide whistle sound effect almost with a vengeance)

    #2 The Rodney / Scaramanga cat and mouse game during the pre credits sequence

    #3 The Bond / Scaramanaga talk over dinner with Mary Goodnight

    #4 The 'action' at the Karate School (blatant rip off of Enter The Dragon) and the subsequent fight outside with the Hip girls

    #5 The Bond / Scaramanga ending in the fun house (your golden gun to my six, but I only need the one etc)
  • DarthDimiDarthDimi Behind you!Moderator
    edited July 2013 Posts: 24,183
    LIST 1: The 007 most intelligent Bond girls
    LIST 2: Your 007 favourite OT sequences by Maurice Binder
    LIST 3: Your 007 most annoying moments in a Bond film
    LIST 4: Rank the Aston Martin cars from the Bonds
    LIST 5: 007's 007 coolest moments
    LIST 6: Rank the non-Barry/Arnold scores
    LIST 7: Your 007 most sexy moments in the Bonds
    LIST 8: The 6 best moments of Bond in London
    LIST 9: The 007 best uses of the Bond Theme
    LIST 10: The 5 worst faces made by the Bonds
    LIST 11: Your top 10 PTS
    LIST 12: The 6 best scenes in OHMSS
    LIST 13: David Arnold's 6 finest moments in the Bonds
    LIST 14: The five nicest folks who ever played a part in a Bond film.
    LIST 15: Ranking the Glen directed Bonds.
    LIST 16: Rank the Blofelds (including NSNA and FYEO)
    LIST 17: The 5 worst moments in DN.
    LIST 18: The 5 best moments in DN.
    LIST 19: The 5 worst moments in FRWL.
    LIST 20: The 5 best moments in FRWL.
    LIST 21: The 5 worst moments in GF.
    LIST 22: The 5 best moments in GF.
    LIST 23: The 5 worst moments in TB.
    LIST 24: The 5 best moments in TB.
    LIST 25: The 5 worst moments in CR67.
    LIST 26: The 5 best moments in CR67.
    LIST 27: The 5 worst moments in YOLT.
    LIST 28: The 5 best moments in YOLT.
    LIST 29: The 5 best moments in OHMSS.
    LIST 30: The 5 worst moments in DAF.
    LIST 31: The 5 best moments in DAF.
    LIST 32: The 5 worst moments in LALD.
    LIST 33: The 5 best moments in LALD.
    LIST 34: The 5 worst moments in TMWTGG.
    LIST 35: The 5 best moments in TMWTGG.

    <font color=orange size=5><b>LIST 36</b></font>

    <font color=green size=6> <b>The 5 worst moments in TSWLM.</b></font>
  • DarthDimiDarthDimi Behind you!Moderator
    Posts: 24,183
    5 - Jaws crushes his foot. Come on, guys, I didn't even think that funny when I was a child. (:|

    4 - Having fun with the music, are we? The "funny" music as the desert car breaks down. Almost insulting.

    3 - Some pretty poor facial expressions during the train fight.

    2 - There are moments when Barbara looks kind of... uh... not from this world. (I'm sure @Luds would agree with me. ;-))

    1 - To be fair, no matter how big a presence Richard Kiel and his character of Jaws, the very concept of teeth and jaws that can bit through steel: NO, it's too far for Bond.
  • MurdockMurdock The minus world
    Posts: 16,351
    5. The subplot of Anya wanting to kill Bond because Bond killed her boyfriend. WAH!

    4. The YOLT plot of vehicles eating other vehicles for the villains plot for world domination.

    3. The Lotus driving up the beach to the shock of random people.

    2. NOT ENOUGH NAOMI! :(

    1. Marvin Hamlisch's score. It's severely dated and loaded with too much Disco. Though I give him a +1 point for paying homage to John Barry during the scene where Bond and Anya search for Jaws in the temple.
  • 00130013
    edited July 2013 Posts: 1,817
    I'm ashame of having missed a lot of rankings as I really like this tread. This is a fast update:
    Best of LALD
    1) M's briefing at Bond's flat (and a honorable mention to the Pavoni coffee machine)

    Worst of TMWTGG
    1) The Solex plot

    Best of TMWTGG
    1) Scaramanga, Francisco Scaramanga

    And now back on time
    Worst of TSWLM
    5) Hamlich's music
    4) Jaws' comical moments
    3) Taking a train from Cairo to Sardinia?
    2) Bond's yellow ski outfit
    1) Stopping the Bond theme when the camera is off
  • Dr_YesDr_Yes
    Posts: 169
    1. Disco-themed music score (ironic, given Carly Simon's above-average title sequence song)
    2. Jaws dropping the block on his own foot
    3. Stromberg's webbed fingers (I know he craves an undersea civilization, but really...)
    4. Anya's shift from fear at sinking inside the Lotus to smugly reporting that she'd seen its stolen blueprint
    5. The primitive text message via Bond's watch (that strip with letters on it was from a labeler like the one we had at my house when I was a kid back in the 70s)
  • QBranchQBranch Always have an escape plan. Mine is watching James Bond films.
    Posts: 14,585
    1.
    DarthDimi wrote:
    Having fun with the music, are we? The "funny" music as the desert car breaks down. Almost insulting.
    Yeah, the scene didn't need that lame music. Almost as bad as the slide whistle.

    2.
    Dr_Yes wrote:
    Anya's shift from fear at sinking inside the Lotus to smugly reporting that she'd seen its stolen blueprint
    That annoys me a bit as well.

    3. During the train fight- when Jaws crushes Bond against the ceiling, at one point you can see it's a dummy.

    4.
    Murdock wrote:
    NOT ENOUGH NAOMI! :(
    "It's time we said goodbye to an uninvited guest." Speak for yourself, James ;)

    Now I'm struggling to find 5- TSWLM being one of my absolute favouites of the series.

    5. Stromberg's death. Bond should've fed him to the sharks.
  • pachazopachazo Make Your Choice
    Posts: 7,314
    5) The recycling of the YOLT plot - I think it actually works better in this manifestation but it has to lose a few points for the lack of originality.

    4) Overall, Barbara Bach's acting could have been a little better - I'm not as harsh on her as some people are but she does come off as a little wooden at times.

    3) Perhaps Rog makes a few too many jokes in the van - One would have sufficed but let's not dissolve all the tension from the scene!

    2) Perhaps this correlates with Number 4 but when Anya points the gun at Bond near the end it just isn't very convincing.

    1) Stromberg wants to make a new world under the sea - Wait... What?!?!
  • SoundofthesinnersSoundofthesinners
    Posts: 3,236
    5. Restarting the world underwater is more than a little silly.

    4. "Nobody Does it Better" sung by a men's chorus at the end. Never quite sat right with me.

    3. Stromberg's anticlimactic death

    2. The block of wood masquerading as a Bond girl

    1. Disco action score
  • DarthDimiDarthDimi Behind you!Moderator
    Posts: 24,183
    LIST 1: The 007 most intelligent Bond girls
    LIST 2: Your 007 favourite OT sequences by Maurice Binder
    LIST 3: Your 007 most annoying moments in a Bond film
    LIST 4: Rank the Aston Martin cars from the Bonds
    LIST 5: 007's 007 coolest moments
    LIST 6: Rank the non-Barry/Arnold scores
    LIST 7: Your 007 most sexy moments in the Bonds
    LIST 8: The 6 best moments of Bond in London
    LIST 9: The 007 best uses of the Bond Theme
    LIST 10: The 5 worst faces made by the Bonds
    LIST 11: Your top 10 PTS
    LIST 12: The 6 best scenes in OHMSS
    LIST 13: David Arnold's 6 finest moments in the Bonds
    LIST 14: The five nicest folks who ever played a part in a Bond film.
    LIST 15: Ranking the Glen directed Bonds.
    LIST 16: Rank the Blofelds (including NSNA and FYEO)
    LIST 17: The 5 worst moments in DN.
    LIST 18: The 5 best moments in DN.
    LIST 19: The 5 worst moments in FRWL.
    LIST 20: The 5 best moments in FRWL.
    LIST 21: The 5 worst moments in GF.
    LIST 22: The 5 best moments in GF.
    LIST 23: The 5 worst moments in TB.
    LIST 24: The 5 best moments in TB.
    LIST 25: The 5 worst moments in CR67.
    LIST 26: The 5 best moments in CR67.
    LIST 27: The 5 worst moments in YOLT.
    LIST 28: The 5 best moments in YOLT.
    LIST 29: The 5 best moments in OHMSS.
    LIST 30: The 5 worst moments in DAF.
    LIST 31: The 5 best moments in DAF.
    LIST 32: The 5 worst moments in LALD.
    LIST 33: The 5 best moments in LALD.
    LIST 34: The 5 worst moments in TMWTGG.
    LIST 35: The 5 best moments in TMWTGG.
    LIST 36: The 5 worst moments in TSWLM.

    <font color=orange size=5><b>LIST 37</b></font>

    <font color=green size=6> <b>The 5 best moments in TSWLM.</b></font>
  • DarthDimiDarthDimi Behind you!Moderator
    Posts: 24,183
    5 - The ski jump. Wonderful!

    4 - The dramatic sinking of the Liparus.

    3 - The side car rocket launch always amused me.

    2 - Great exciting photography during the helicopter chase.

    1 - "Just keeping the British end up, sir."
  • MurdockMurdock The minus world
    Posts: 16,351
    5. The PTS Ski Chase.

    4. The Lotus battle against Naomi and the Atlantis underwater soldiers.

    3. The Liparus Battle.

    2. The final battle between Bond and Jaws.

    1. Naomi and her assets. ;)
  • SoundofthesinnersSoundofthesinners
    Posts: 3,236
    5. Final battle in the Liparus

    4. Lotus Espirit car chase (especially the underwater portion)

    3. Moore's one-liner tour de force

    2. Nobody Does it Better

    1. Ski jump. Union Jack parachute.
  • Dr_YesDr_Yes
    Posts: 169
    1. Ski-parachute stunt
    2. Bond's cold-blooded killing of Sandor
    3. The title song
    4. Jaws at the Pyramids (enjoy the scary Jaws while he lasts!)
    5. Stromberg's remote-control helicopter detonation
  • 00Beast00Beast
    Posts: 4,762
    1. Gun battle aboard the Liparus
    2. 007 eliminates Stromberg
    3. Lotus car chase/underwater battle
    4. Rooftop rendezvous with Sandor
    5. Jaws attacks on the train
  • 4EverBonded4EverBonded the Ballrooms of Mars
    Posts: 12,480
    Best moments:

    1. Ski jump in PTS!
    2. Roger Moore's sparkling performance, one of my favorites
    3. Pyramids scenes
    4. Bond and Anya (before she drugs him with her cigarette smoke); I liked her throughout the movie, actually
    5. theme song by Carly - love it!
  • pachazopachazo Make Your Choice
    Posts: 7,314
    5) What a helpful chap - A one liner without a smile. I always like the moments when Moore's Bond is pushed to the brink and he lets some frustration out. Alas, his Bond is human after all.

    4) The Mujaba Club - I love the atmosphere. Anya in that dress! Bond is a perfect match in his tux. I like how Kalba plays both parties against each other to his advantage. The musical build up to his death is impressive. The look of absolute terror on his face when looking Jaws (death) in the eyes left me haunted as a child. Also, the first time that OHMSS is officially acknowledged.

    3) The pyramids - The visuals are stunning to say the least. One of the seven wonders of the world indeed. In the modern age of CGI overload this scene makes me smile. A perfect combination of lighting, enthralling music and suspense.

    2) Catch me if you can - The hunt is on for the Lotus and Bond is up to the challenge. The best car chase scene in the series at this point and it still holds up well today. It does come with a caveat however. Anya's bewilderment at the car transforming into a sub and then her sudden, intimate knowledge of it's blueprints is annoying but it's not enough to spoil an otherwise fantastic action sequence.

    1) The ski chase and parachute jump - Arguably the best PTS of the entire series. Perhaps even a watershed moment when many people finally recognized Roger Moore as James Bond for the first time. Might this have happened for Dalton if he had gotten a third film? What would our opinion of Sir Rog be if he had only done LALD and TMWTGG? An interesting debate but I digress.
    I was never a fan of disco but I don't care what anybody says; The Bond 77 tune is awesome! It may get a little stale later in the film but it is used to perfection here. I enjoy the whole score actually. I like that each film captures the style of the time in which it was made.
  • QBranchQBranch Always have an escape plan. Mine is watching James Bond films.
    edited July 2013 Posts: 14,585
    1. PTS ski chase/jump. Didn't this jump start the trend of unique stunts in Bond films?

    2. thrilling Lotus chase sequence from start to finish. Especially with the helicopter buzzing around the Lotus like a wasp.

    3. 'Here on the Plateau of Giza...' Love this scene, with the changing lights and a menacing Jaws lurking in the shadows.

    4. Mujaba Club scene. As mentioned, the spinning dancers interlaced with Max Kalba's death is well done. But I doubt Kalba would think so.

    5. Naomi, duh.

    Honourable mentions:

    -Sandor faces gravity.
    -unlike most o' y'all, I love the disco music.
    -the rest of the film ;)
  • 4EverBonded4EverBonded the Ballrooms of Mars
    Posts: 12,480
    My honorable mention would be the Lotus chase scene; I just didn't fit it in as I wanted the main theme song mentioned. But it's a great action sequence.
  • DarthDimiDarthDimi Behind you!Moderator
    edited July 2013 Posts: 24,183
    LIST 1: The 007 most intelligent Bond girls
    LIST 2: Your 007 favourite OT sequences by Maurice Binder
    LIST 3: Your 007 most annoying moments in a Bond film
    LIST 4: Rank the Aston Martin cars from the Bonds
    LIST 5: 007's 007 coolest moments
    LIST 6: Rank the non-Barry/Arnold scores
    LIST 7: Your 007 most sexy moments in the Bonds
    LIST 8: The 6 best moments of Bond in London
    LIST 9: The 007 best uses of the Bond Theme
    LIST 10: The 5 worst faces made by the Bonds
    LIST 11: Your top 10 PTS
    LIST 12: The 6 best scenes in OHMSS
    LIST 13: David Arnold's 6 finest moments in the Bonds
    LIST 14: The five nicest folks who ever played a part in a Bond film.
    LIST 15: Ranking the Glen directed Bonds.
    LIST 16: Rank the Blofelds (including NSNA and FYEO)
    LIST 17: The 5 worst moments in DN.
    LIST 18: The 5 best moments in DN.
    LIST 19: The 5 worst moments in FRWL.
    LIST 20: The 5 best moments in FRWL.
    LIST 21: The 5 worst moments in GF.
    LIST 22: The 5 best moments in GF.
    LIST 23: The 5 worst moments in TB.
    LIST 24: The 5 best moments in TB.
    LIST 25: The 5 worst moments in CR67.
    LIST 26: The 5 best moments in CR67.
    LIST 27: The 5 worst moments in YOLT.
    LIST 28: The 5 best moments in YOLT.
    LIST 29: The 5 best moments in OHMSS.
    LIST 30: The 5 worst moments in DAF.
    LIST 31: The 5 best moments in DAF.
    LIST 32: The 5 worst moments in LALD.
    LIST 33: The 5 best moments in LALD.
    LIST 34: The 5 worst moments in TMWTGG.
    LIST 35: The 5 best moments in TMWTGG.
    LIST 36: The 5 worst moments in TSWLM.
    LIST 37: The 5 best moments in TSWLM.

    <font color=orange size=5><b>LIST 38</b></font>

    <font color=green size=6> <b>The 5 worst moments in MR.</b></font>
  • DarthDimiDarthDimi Behind you!Moderator
    Posts: 24,183
    5 - The pigeon.

    4 - The girl on the plane just keeps strapping on her chute while Bond and her boss are in a death match.

    3 - Deadly padres in Q's monastery.

    2 - The Q'd out gondola running amok in Venice.

    1 - The Jaws comedy
  • MurdockMurdock The minus world
    Posts: 16,351
    5. Jaws the klutz. Everything just goes wrong for Jaws. Shouldn't have turned good either.

    4. Dolly.

    3. Double taking pigeon.

    2. Use of the Close encounters music for the keypad.

    1. The Bondola scene.
  • SoundofthesinnersSoundofthesinners
    Posts: 3,236
    5. Dolly

    4. Double taking pigeon

    3. Jaws turns good

    2. Bondola

    1. Bond in space

    Took literally 2 minutes.
  • QBranchQBranch Always have an escape plan. Mine is watching James Bond films.
    Posts: 14,585
    1. In the PTS, Jaws is anything but unflappable.
    2. Mr. Pigeon gets his neck jerk on.
    3. Why does everyone hate the Bondola scene? I thought it was quite- No, you're right. It sucks.
    4. Jaws and Dolly- not because they don't deserve a shot at love, but because we had to witness it.
    5. Bond in a poncho/Magnificent Seven theme. Am I still watching a Bond film, amigos/amigas?
  • 4EverBonded4EverBonded the Ballrooms of Mars
    Posts: 12,480
    1. the godawful Bondola
    2. Jaws as buffoon
    3. doubletaking pigeon
    4. Corrine's incredibly stupid death by dogs
    5. Jaws and Dolly, just not enjoyable

    I could go on and on ...
  • 00130013
    Posts: 1,817
    Best moments in TSWLM
    5 Bond coldly killing Stromberg
    4 Briefing at MI6 HQ in Egypt (it was great to have Gogol and M together)
    3 Fight near the pyramids
    2 Bond and Anya interchange at Mojave Club (and reference to Tracy)
    1 The whole sequence at the Naval Base

    Worst moments in MR
    5 The disregard for one of Fleming's best novels
    4 Jaws making stupid faces before crashing
    3 MI6 HQ and Bond arriving with the Magnificent Seven theme (the same idea from TSWLM but this time it was too cheesy)
    2 Jaws and Dolly
    1 The Bondola (pigeon included)
  • pachazopachazo Make Your Choice
    Posts: 7,314
    5) Bond punching Jaws in the mouth again - Seriously James, didn't you already learn this lesson from the last movie?

    4) All the silliness that ensues once the Bondola inflates - I actually like the part when the Bondola is in the water. Overall I think it's a good chase scene with some questionable moments of "humor" thrown in. However, we are clearly in camp territory once Bond starts driving it on land.

    3) The giant space station that no one knows about - How in the world do the super powers not know that this thing is up there? I'm not sure if it was built on Earth and then launched into space or if it was built in space but either way it's pretty dubious.

    2) Turning Jaws into comedy relief - Talk about taking all the menace out of the character. Also, in TSWLM he survived some questionable things but here they take it way too far.

    1) Jaws falling in love - Especially because it was so unnecessary to make him turn against Drax. Jaws didn't need to fall in love to switch allegiances. When he learned that he would be killed because he was not part of Drax's master race then I would find it perfectly understandable that he would fight him in the interests of self preservation. In this way he wouldn't have switched from a "bad" guy into a "good" guy. He would be just fighting to stay alive. Jaws was just recently hired by Drax so it's not like he has any long standing sense of loyalty towards him. The film wants to tell us that it's because of his love for Dolly and his fear of her getting killed that makes him fight against Drax and thus he "redeems" himself. This was a huge mistake.
  • QBranchQBranch Always have an escape plan. Mine is watching James Bond films.
    Posts: 14,585
    pachazo wrote:
    I actually like the part when the Bondola is in the water. Overall I think it's a good chase scene with some questionable moments of "humor" thrown in. However, we are clearly in camp territory once Bond starts driving it on land.
    Agreed. The Bondola when in the water was actually a pretty cool and unique chase sequence. As for Bond cruising through the streets... well, the only good thing to come out of that scene was Victor's cameo.
  • DarthDimiDarthDimi Behind you!Moderator
    Posts: 24,183
    LIST 1: The 007 most intelligent Bond girls
    LIST 2: Your 007 favourite OT sequences by Maurice Binder
    LIST 3: Your 007 most annoying moments in a Bond film
    LIST 4: Rank the Aston Martin cars from the Bonds
    LIST 5: 007's 007 coolest moments
    LIST 6: Rank the non-Barry/Arnold scores
    LIST 7: Your 007 most sexy moments in the Bonds
    LIST 8: The 6 best moments of Bond in London
    LIST 9: The 007 best uses of the Bond Theme
    LIST 10: The 5 worst faces made by the Bonds
    LIST 11: Your top 10 PTS
    LIST 12: The 6 best scenes in OHMSS
    LIST 13: David Arnold's 6 finest moments in the Bonds
    LIST 14: The five nicest folks who ever played a part in a Bond film.
    LIST 15: Ranking the Glen directed Bonds.
    LIST 16: Rank the Blofelds (including NSNA and FYEO)
    LIST 17: The 5 worst moments in DN.
    LIST 18: The 5 best moments in DN.
    LIST 19: The 5 worst moments in FRWL.
    LIST 20: The 5 best moments in FRWL.
    LIST 21: The 5 worst moments in GF.
    LIST 22: The 5 best moments in GF.
    LIST 23: The 5 worst moments in TB.
    LIST 24: The 5 best moments in TB.
    LIST 25: The 5 worst moments in CR67.
    LIST 26: The 5 best moments in CR67.
    LIST 27: The 5 worst moments in YOLT.
    LIST 28: The 5 best moments in YOLT.
    LIST 29: The 5 best moments in OHMSS.
    LIST 30: The 5 worst moments in DAF.
    LIST 31: The 5 best moments in DAF.
    LIST 32: The 5 worst moments in LALD.
    LIST 33: The 5 best moments in LALD.
    LIST 34: The 5 worst moments in TMWTGG.
    LIST 35: The 5 best moments in TMWTGG.
    LIST 36: The 5 worst moments in TSWLM.
    LIST 37: The 5 best moments in TSWLM.
    LIST 38: The 5 worst moments in MR.

    <font color=orange size=5><b>LIST 39</b></font>

    <font color=green size=6> <b>The 5 best moments in MR.</b></font>
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