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Dr No
1. The first meeting between Bond and M
2. “I was just looking”
3. “Bond. James Bond”
4. Dinner with the Doctor
5. Death of Quarrel
From Russia With Love
1. Kronsteen's Chess Match
2. Blofeld, Klebb et al
3. “Pimping for England”
4. Bond and Kerim's first introduction
5. Gypsy Fight
6. Bond and Tatiana's first meeting
7. “I'd say one of their aircraft was missing...”
8. Bond vs Grant
9. Klebb and Tatiana
10. Bond and Kerim under the embassy
Goldfinger
1. “Gold paint”
2. Golf game
3. Q scene
4. M and Bond
5. PTS
6. Bond and Jill
7. “Do you expect me to talk?”
8. Bond vs Oddjob
Thunderball
1. Bond and Fiona dancing till the death
2. Bond and Bouvier
3. Meeting with the 00's
4. “I'll just tell the chef”
5. Vulcan hi-jack
6. Q's first appearance in the field
7. Underwater mayhem
You Only Live Twice
1. Bond, the driver and the statue
2. Little Nellie
3. The wedding ceremony
4. “Stirred, Not Shaken?”
5. “This is the big one”
6. Battle at the Volcano
On Her Majesty's Secret Service
1. “She's quite all right”
2. Ski chase
3. Bond and Blofeld clash egos in the laboratory
4. The safe cracking scene
5. Hotel Room Fight
6. Draco's birthday in Portugal
7. Cable car escape
8. “Mr and Mrs James Bond”
Diamonds Are Forever
1. Elevator fight
2. Wint and Kidd visit the dentist...
3. “As long as the collar and cuffs match”
Live And Let Die
1. Solitaire “follows” Bond as he's arriving in America
2. Bond and Solitaire first meet
3. Bus shenanigans
4. Bond, Tee Hee and some crocodiles
The Man With The Golden Gun
1. The kick boxing scene
2. Dinner with Scaramanga
3. “He always did like that mausoleum”
4. Searching for Scaramanga's island
5. “Speak now, or forever hold your piece”
The Spy Who Loved Me
1. “So does England!”
2. “The instruments of Armageddon!”
3. Louts Esprit and the water
4. Reveal of Jaws on the train
5. Anya discovers that it was Bond who killed her lover
6. Anya mentions Tracy
7. Bond is silhouetted against a minaret in downtown Cairo, which contrasts superbly with the shocking, brilliant blue of the desert sky. Hamlisch provides an eerie cue.
Moonraker
1. Death of Corinne
2. Centrifuge
3. Rio Carnival
4. Bond vs Chang
5. Searching the Amazon
6. The set of Drax's base in the Amazon
7. Reveal of the space station
8. Drax's speech up in the heavens
For Your Eyes Only
1. Climbing to the monastery
2. Keel hauling
3. “Love a drive in the country, don't you?”
4. Bond and Kristatos's first meeting
5. Bond and Colombo’s first meeting
6. Warehouse fight
7. Bond kills Locque
8. Ski chase
Octopussy
1. Property of a Lady
2. 009 and the twins
3. “Double sixes”
4. Bond and Octopussy meet for the first time
5. Bond and Orlov
6. “No more problems”
7. Train stunt
8. Countdown
A View To A Kill
1. Bond and Tibbett's banter in France
2. The steeplechase
3. Fire in City Hall
4. Zorin's mine massacre
The Living Daylights
1. “Section six”
2. Bond following Kara in Bratislava
3. Necros at the safe house
4. Bond and Kara at the fair
5. Death of Saunders
6. Attack on Airbase!
7. Interrogation of Pushkin
8. Assassinating Pushkin
9. Cargo Fight
Licence To Kill
1. Tanker chase
2. “He disagreed with something that ate him”
3. Jet ski and lift off
4. Barrellhead Bar
5. Krest's depressurisation
6. Bond and Sanchez meet for the first time
7. “Watch the birdie”
GoldenEye
1. 006 vs 007 in Cuba
2. The new M
3. But same old Q
4. Bond and Mishkin
5. Bond and 006 in the graveyard
6. Bond cuts a deal with Valentine
7. “I might as well ask you if all those vodka martinis ever silence the screams of all the men you've killed... or if you find forgiveness in the arms of all those willing women for all the dead ones you failed to protect.“
8. Bond onboard Trevelyan's train
Tomorrow Never Dies
1. High speed briefing in London
2. PTS
3. Bond waiting for his assassin in the Hotel Atlantic
4. Carpark chase
5. Motorbike chase
The World Is Not Enough
1. Goodbye Q
2. Bond, Renard and the bunker
3. PTS
4. “I take great pleasure in great beauty”
5. “I never miss”
Die Another Day
1. Fencing duel
2. Bond and Raoul
3. Spy cars duel
4. Bond and M in the underground tunnel
Casino Royale
1. PTS
2. Bond surveys the damage after his fight with Obanno in the mirror
3. Bond face patting Dimitrios
4. “Skewered. One sympathises”
5. Dizzying heights in Madagascar
6. Bond vs Obanno in the stairwell
7. Le Chiffre tortures Bond
8. Mathis stitches up MGW
9. Bond and Vesper in the shower
10. Dirty Martini
11. Le Chiffre loses his clients money
12. Bond and Vesper in Venice
13. Vesper's death
Quantum of Solace
1. “Tosca's not for everyone”
2. PTS
3. Bond and Camille take a moment in the DC-3
4. and after they've crash landed
5. “He's my agent and I trust him” (at last M!)
6. “You only buy cheap wine”
7. Bond and Yusef
Skyfall
1. On the roofs of the Grand Bazaar
2. “Take the bloody shot”
3. Bond's obituary
4. First introduction of Mallory
5. Bond fails his tests
6. Fist fight in Shanghai
7. Introduction of Silva
8. Casino and Severine
9. On board the Chimera
10. M's present to Bond
11. “With pleasure M”
12. Bond's convalescing in Turkey
Let me explain, dear Sir. Sean Connery I admire, great actor, great carrer. Nobody sane will dispute that. However, Connery's Bond, much like Brosnan's Bond, looked invulnerable. He could not err, he could not miss, he could not lose a fight. Yeah, you could find him in a bad spot, kneeling, a seemingly helpless "old man", but you just knew he would get out of it in a matter of seconds.
Dalton however, played Bond like a human being, he could make mistake, he could lose a fight, he could even lose a friend.
The rooftop fight, in my opinion, illustrate this perfectly. Bond, only targeting his prey, does not care about his surroundings. He had opportunity to note the Chinese agents before, but he was careless. "Watch the birdie you bastard" was all he could think about.
He got caught with his pants down. 007 James Bond, completely surprise by Chinese spies. Now, 2 against one, Connery and Brosnan (remember the Brosnan vs 5 thugs in Carver's studio) regularly beat those odds, hands down.
Dalton's Bond however, he had limits, he had weaknesses, he was human. Totally outgunned and outsmarted, he went down couragously, but hard and fast.
I can easily feel much more for that kind of Bond than for any other. That must be why I'm also so attached to Daniel Craig and George Lazenby. I don't understand how in the world so many people compares George with a wood plank. Have they seen the "I know I'll never find another girl like you scene"?
Bottom line, Grant vs Bond may be a better fight than Bond vs 2 Chinese agents.
But for my money, Dalton's Bond fights were emotionnaly more captivating, engaging for me than ANY Connery or Brosnan fight.
That's why.
10. James Bond vs. Peter Franks in the elevator (DAF)
9. Assault on SkyFall Mansion; the deaths of Silva and M (SF)
8. SPECTRE Volcano Lair Battle (YOLT)
7. Zorin's Mine Shaft Massacre; May Day's sacrifice (AVTAK)
6. Tanker Truck Chase; Bond burns Sanchez (LTK)
5. Battle of Fort Knox (GF)
4. The murder of Elektra King (TWINE)
3. The murder of Professor Dent (DN)
2. James Bond vs. Donald "Red" Grant on the Orient Express (FRWL)
1. James Bond vs. Alec Trevelyan on the GoldenEye satellite dish (GE)
Dialogue Scenes
10. Bond orders General Orlov to stop the train (OP)
9. Bond restores his friendship with Mathis (QoS)
8. Bond admits to the murder of Sergi Barsov (TSWLM)
7. Dr. Kananga and Mr. Big- one and the same (LALD)
6. Zorin exposes Bond as 007 (AVTAK)
5. M confronts Bond about his time in North Korea (DAD)
4. Lunch with Scaramanga (TMWTGG)
3. Alec Trevelyan, "Back from the Dead" (GE)
2. Red Grant reveals himself and SPECTRE (FRWL)
1. Dinner with The Doctor (DN)
2. "Bond, James Bond" in CR
3. "For England?" "No, for me" GoldenEye
4. Bond killing Sanchez in LTK
5. The train scene in FRWL
6. Silva's opening speech and subsequent dialogue with Bond in Skyfall
7. Bond opening his parachute and revealing the Union Flag in TSWLM
8. Ski chase when escaping from Piz Gloria in OHMSS
9. "Time to face gravity" from DAD
10. M reading Tennyson's poem from Skyfall
I could agree with you if you were talking Connery from GF on but in DN and FRWL he is far from a superman and in the fight with Grant he is in real trouble and if it wasn't for a gadget to save him he would have been garrotted.
My other gripe with your choice is that it's not even the best scene where Bond looks vulnerable in LTK! The scene on the conveyor belt with Sanchez and Dario rather than two faceless ninjas we have never met before and never see again (so don't give a toss about) is infinitely better in every respect.
Added to this the whole Chinese agents thing is a clunky an unnecessary addition to the plot and the fight choreography itself is pedestrian at best so there really is very little justification to see it anywhere near a top 10 scenes in all of Bond list unless you really enjoy seeing Bond making mistakes.
Apart from anything else the best fight of the Dalton era by a country mile is Necros v Green 4.
I can't be too hard on you I suppose though as any bloke who appreciates Laz is alright in my book.
I like Dalton as much as the next man, but Brosnan-Bean GE finale is f***ing awesome.
Agreed; it's possibly the best match up in the entire series. It's just that there's not the drive behind it like there was in the Stamper confrontation (can't call that a fight as Bond was being mostly pummelled). He was fighting Alec out of pure anger.
Will post mine later.
Rock climbing scene in FYEO
PTS of CR
Dent picking up the tarantula cage in DN
Escape from Piz Gloria, OHMSS
Car chase in TSWLM
Crocodile stepping stones in LALD
Scaramanga flying away with his car, Mary Goodnight looking out of the trunk, TMWTGG
Crane fight in CR
PTS of GF
PTS of SPECTRE
Sniper scene in TLD initially made it, but then I realized I had listed 11 and had to stop, edit and post comment.
TMWTGG Bond and Scaramanga at dinner table
TSWLM Bond at Pyramids
MR Bond and Goodhead on mountain cable car
FYEO Bond rock climbing
FYEO Bond giving the car on cliff the boot
FYEO Bond skiing
FYEO Bond at Tracy's grave
OP Dice game with Kamal Khan
AVTAK Bond on Golden gate bridge
2. Bond and Grant train fight (FRWL)
3. Vesper's death (CR)
4. Bond and Vesper spar on the train (CR)
5. Tortute scene with Le Chiffre (CR)
6. Escape from Piz Gloria (OHMSS)
7. Bond shoots Dent (DN)
8. Bungee jump (GE)
9. Word association (SF)
10. Bond and Scaramanga at dinner table (TMWTGG)
2. Tanker chase scene (LTK)
3. Bond vs. Grant (FRWL)
4. Bratislava sniper scene (TLD)
5. Bond and Zukovsky (GE)
6. Dinner with Scaramanga (TMWTGG)
7. Introducing Bond (DN)
8. Bond visits Mathis (QOS)
9. Alpine escape (OHMSS)
10. Golf with Goldfinger (GF)
We look forward to your post in 2 years and three months, that is the @Thunderfinger standard.
I look forward to sharing my thoughts in the middle of 2019, then!
In all honesty, it'd probably take me a good while to get around to doing the list, as I'd prefer to create it as I watch all the movies. Perhaps I'll try it during my next Bondathon.
2. "Bond, James Bond." - DN
3. Bond vs. Pushkin - TLD
4. "That's a Smith & Wesson - and you've had your six." - DN
5. Escape from Piz Gloria - OHMSS
6. Dinner with Dr. No - DN
7. "I never left." - QOS
8. Tanker finale. - LTK
9. "What a helpful chap." - TSWLM
10. SPECTRE meeting. - TB
This is in no particular order...
FRWL - Train confrontation in FRWL
Goldfinger - Laser table
TWINE - Bond and Renard in the underground bunker
Spectre - Blofeld and Bond faceoff at MI6
TLD - Bond confronts Pushkin
Octopussy - Backgammon with Khan
DAD - Vehicle battle on ice
TWINE - Bond tortured/Bond kills Elektra
Thunderball - Mardi Gras sequence
YOLT - Bond in OSATO Chemicals
I am not even sure this is my final list. Ten is just not enough. I need 50.
In chronological order (ranking them is too hard):
- Dinner with Dr No (DN)
- 007 steals the Lektor (FRWL)
- Bond and Grant talk & fight on train (FRWL)
- Bond meets Domino and lunches with her (TB)
- “Merry Christmas, 007” (OHMSS)
- Escape from Piz Gloria (OHMSS)
- “The sniper was a woman” (TLD)
- Death of Saunders (TLD)
- Pushkin interrogation (TLD)
- Bond meets Silva (SF)
Honourable mentions:
- Golden girl (GF)
- Golf game (GF)
- Bond meets Draco (OHMSS)
- The twins kill 009 (OP)
- Stairwell fight and aftermath (cleaning wounds / shower) (CR)
Swiss car chase, GF
Tracy's death, OHMSS
Car transforms into plane, TMWTGG
Union Jack parachute jump, TSWLM
Escape by cello case, TLD
Bond fights in the back of the cargo plane while Kara tries to work out how to fly it, TLD
Bond rides a bike into thin air to leap into a plummeting aircraft, GE
Judi Dench reunited with sitcom partner Geoffrey Palmer, TND
Moneypenny shaves Bond, SF
Plane chases car, SP
Many of my favourite scenes involve planes, yes. I like planes.
From Russia With Love -Confrontation and Fight with Grant
Goldfinger - Game of Golf
Goldfinger - "Now start losing, Goldfinger"
The Living Daylights - Pushkin interrogation
The Living Daylights - Koskov's defection
Casino Royale - Meeting Vesper
For Your Eyes Only - "You left this with Ferrara, I believe.."
Spectre - Train fight
OHMSS - Assault on Piz Gloria
Damn that's hard just picking 10!
Very solid list.
Thanks. So many great moments to choose from. To be honest I could have easily picked 10 just from TLD....
I haven't done mine yet because it seems daunting to try and get it down to just ten but I will do it. I know there would be at least a couple of TLD moments and probably one from LTK too. Dalton really made his mark on the series in just two films.
It's not my favourite, but I think TLD is the quintessential Bond film.
I would say:
10) Golden Gate bridge fight (CR),
09) Shower scene (CR)
08) Death of Tracy (OHMSS)
07) Golden Girl (GF)
06) Crocodile Stunt (LALD)
05) Sniper Scene (TLD)
04) Rock Climbing (FYEO)
03) Clown vs. knife throwers (OP)
02) Dinner with the Doctor (DN)
01) Bond and Grant on the train (FRWL)
That honour surely goes to FRWL ?