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Scenes in the James Bond Films that make you squeamish?

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  • Mendes4LyfeMendes4Lyfe The long road ahead
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    When Craig stabs himself in SF.
  • DragonpolDragonpol https://thebondologistblog.blogspot.com
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    Birdleson wrote: »
    The animal's heart in the ice chest in THE LIVING DAYLIGHTS.

    Yes, when I first saw The Living Daylights as a child on ITV is around 1993 (I taped some of the audio on a cassette tape!) that scene stood out as being a bit gross. It doesn't bother me now though.
  • BondJasonBond006BondJasonBond006 on fb and ajb
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    Violence is not really something that makes me squeamish in Bond movies.

    It's more the sexual stuff.

    Xenia doing Admiral Farrell.
    Elektra trying to get Bond hard by strangle him in that chair.
    Silva getting all gay and touching Bond.
    MayDay getting on top.

    Can't stand those scenes. I want to throw up.
  • BAIN123BAIN123
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    The only two real contenders for me are both from the Craig era. You can probably guess them as they are both torture sequences.

    There are other moments when I think "that's nasty" but never get me physically uncomfortable.
  • DragonpolDragonpol https://thebondologistblog.blogspot.com
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    Since creating this thread I've certainly learned that squeamishness affects us all individually in differing ways. ;)
  • Creasy47Creasy47 In Cuba with Natalya.Moderator
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    BondJasonBond006 wrote: »
    Violence is not really something that makes me squeamish in Bond movies.

    It's more the sexual stuff.

    Xenia doing Admiral Farrell.
    Elektra trying to get Bond hard by strangle him in that chair.
    Silva getting all gay and touching Bond.
    MayDay getting on top.

    Can't stand those scenes. I want to throw up.

    Why?
  • OHMSS69OHMSS69
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    Krest's head...I always close my eyes when I'm watching LTK

    The torture scene is SP is pretty disturbing.
  • DragonpolDragonpol https://thebondologistblog.blogspot.com
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    Birdleson wrote: »
    OHMSS69 wrote: »
    Krest's head...I always close my eyes when I'm watching LTK

    The torture scene is SP is pretty disturbing.

    I like that bit, but I don't get squeamish because it comes off as somewhat cartoony to me.

    Yes, there is a bit of overkill there with the expanding face before the explosion.
  • royale65royale65 Caustic misanthrope reporting for duty.
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    Creasy47 wrote: »
    BondJasonBond006 wrote: »
    Violence is not really something that makes me squeamish in Bond movies.

    It's more the sexual stuff.

    Xenia doing Admiral Farrell.
    Elektra trying to get Bond hard by strangle him in that chair.
    Silva getting all gay and touching Bond.
    MayDay getting on top.

    Can't stand those scenes. I want to throw up.

    Why?

    I always turn the volume down on the Xenia/Farrel scene. Wouldn't do to have my neighbours think I'm watching porn
  • ThunderfingerThunderfinger Das Boot Hill
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    royale65 wrote: »
    Creasy47 wrote: »
    BondJasonBond006 wrote: »
    Violence is not really something that makes me squeamish in Bond movies.

    It's more the sexual stuff.

    Xenia doing Admiral Farrell.
    Elektra trying to get Bond hard by strangle him in that chair.
    Silva getting all gay and touching Bond.
    MayDay getting on top.

    Can't stand those scenes. I want to throw up.

    Why?

    I always turn the volume down on the Xenia/Farrel scene. Wouldn't do to have my neighbours think I'm watching porn

    Haha! Who are your neighbours?
  • royale65royale65 Caustic misanthrope reporting for duty.
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    A South African and an old biddy
  • ThunderfingerThunderfinger Das Boot Hill
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    I always turn the volume down while watching porn, in case the neighbours think I am watching Goldeneye.
  • BondJasonBond006BondJasonBond006 on fb and ajb
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    I just can't stand those scenes.
    Sure I love sex but I don't want to be dominated by some psychotic woman or Grace Jones, yikes.
    And Silva is so gross I would throw up on the spot if he'd touch me like that.
    And I sure don't need to die by getting strangled in a sex game accident.
  • royale65royale65 Caustic misanthrope reporting for duty.
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    You're no fun
  • GerardGerard
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    From QOS : "In the room !" Knowing what Medrano likes to do with women, I cringe every time I watch that scene.
  • LeonardPineLeonardPine The Bar on the Beach
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    Thunderfinger wrote: »
    I always turn the volume down while watching porn, in case the neighbours think I am watching Goldeneye.



    :))
  • DragonpolDragonpol https://thebondologistblog.blogspot.com
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    LeonardPine wrote: »
    Thunderfinger wrote: »
    I always turn the volume down while watching porn, in case the neighbours think I am watching Goldeneye.



    :))

    Yes, that was a pretty excellent joke, @Thunderfinger, given your obvious love of the Brosnan Bond era. ;)
  • ThunderfingerThunderfinger Das Boot Hill
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    That scene is hideous, but a lot of perverts here seem to love it.
  • DragonpolDragonpol https://thebondologistblog.blogspot.com
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    Birdleson wrote: »
    Testing out QUANTUM OF SOLACE in black and white (turned down the color) while stoned of of my mind, I had to close my eyes during the dispatching of Slate.

    Yes, that's a tough one to sit through even though it is more grimly realistic than virtually any other Bond film death.
  • Creasy47Creasy47 In Cuba with Natalya.Moderator
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    Bet it looks even more thrilling in black and white...and while stoned.
  • royale65royale65 Caustic misanthrope reporting for duty.
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    Don,t play it backwards, while listening to Dark Side of the Moon mind....
  • Mendes4LyfeMendes4Lyfe The long road ahead
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    Birdleson wrote: »
    Testing out QUANTUM OF SOLACE in black and white (turned down the color) while stoned of of my mind, I had to close my eyes during the dispatching of Slate.

    What a queer exercise that sounds.
  • ProfJoeButcherProfJoeButcher Bless your heart
    edited May 2016 Posts: 1,714
    Hinx driving those thumbs into that guy's eyes was something I couldn't look at the first four times I saw the movie....
  • DragonpolDragonpol https://thebondologistblog.blogspot.com
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    ProfJoeButcher wrote: »
    Hinx driving those thumbs into that guy's eyes was something I couldn't look at the first four times I saw the movie....

    Yes, that was rather disturbing.
  • ThunderfingerThunderfinger Das Boot Hill
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    And are you accusing him of exercise?
  • IncompetentHenchmanIncompetentHenchman
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    ProfJoeButcher wrote: »
    Hinx driving those thumbs into that guy's eyes was something I couldn't look at the first four times I saw the movie....

    That scene gets a lot of praise but it seems like it's trying too hard given that it is never really capitalised on.
  • Tokoloshe2Tokoloshe2 Northern Ireland
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    Dragonpol wrote: »
    Yes, I'd consider Last Salute to the Commodore the oddest of the original 45 as it's a genuine mystery and is mostly played for laughs. Of the newer episodes No Time to Die and Undercover are unusual as they are both based on Ed McBain novels. A Bird in the Hand is unusual as it's a mystery episode too, just like Undercover. For me the worst episode is definitely Murder in Malibu which is just woefully bad to the point of not making any sense at all!


    I only just realised that "No Time To Die" was the title of a Columbo episode, and a search of this forum finds @Dragonpol mentioning it in the above comment in 2016. Almost certainly the first use of that phrase :D

    Curiously, it is the only episode of Columbo in which no murder takes place.
  • NickTwentyTwoNickTwentyTwo Vancouver, BC, Canada
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    On the topic of the thread, I don't think there are any scenes that make me squeamish, but when I watched Tomorrow Never Dies for the first time when I was younger it stuck out to me as very violent. Bond throwing Carver into the drill always makes me wince now as a result, even thought they don't show it. Along with the newspaper printer crushing the guy and the blood on the paper, and Stamper's chakra torture tools, IMO I think it's the most violent Bond film.
  • QBranchQBranch Always have an escape plan. Mine is watching James Bond films.
    edited October 2022 Posts: 14,691
    Mathis, dead in the dumpster... This unsettling feeling in my stomach.

    Now who will prescribe me pills for everything?
  • George_KaplanGeorge_Kaplan Being chauffeured by Tibbett
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    Alec's broken leg when he hits the bottom of the dish. I'm only squeamish about broken bones.
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