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I'm inclined to agree. The fun thing is that we're lead to believe that he's just a stuffy butler, yet he puts up almost more of a fight against Necros than even Bond! Love that fight.
That pan full of boiling water always makes me wince, that looks like it could hurt.
If I have to do a top three list it would look something like this.
1. Bond vs Necros on the cargo plane
2. Bond vs Greene at the exploding hotel
3. Stuffy Butler vs Necros at the MI6 kitchen.
Honorable mention goes to Bond vs Obanno in the stairwell at Casino Royale. The choreography in that fight is amazing.
Some nice one liners at the end though.
That's exactly why I was disappointed with the fights in Skyfall as well, seeing as that was probably the best one. But I have to say, Silva's death was way more satisfying than a long brawl.
You can't help but laugh
If they had given us something half as good as the stairs fight with Obanno in Royale it would of made for good entertainment, but they took a different route, and it didn't quite work
Computer generated imagery of komodo dragons FFS ! That was just absurd
Some silly nonsense on an otherwise very good release, but it didn't spoilt the overall enjoyment, but as CGI has entered the world of James Bond now, you do have to imagine what they may come up with for the next release if they continue on this path
Goodnight
So how else could you do komodo dragons in a movie? Get real ones in?
Watch them snooze and not move around the set. And when they do move see the camerman as dinner. The bite of these things is poisonous - they are highly dangerous.
The cgi worked for me. I just liked the idea of komodo dragons being kept in a casino like white tigers at Caesars Palace. Its one of the little touches of the bizarre that Fleming had in his books like barracuda in TB or giant squid in DN.
I think the fights in SF were a bit of a step down. I felt mixed on CR and I hated QOS, but one of the things I always have really liked in Craigs films are the brutal fight scenes.
Nothing in SF was on the same level as the stair or bathroom fight in CR imo, none of the fights matched the brutality of those two.
I just love
I do love that one. You really do get the sense that it's two childhood friends beating the crap out of eachother in a brutal fight to the death on a radio tower. Definetly Brosnans best fight, and I thought it was really well choreographed.
Out of intrest what's your top 10?
I think it's brutal. They're slamming eachother into walls, kicking eachother down ladders, etc. Much more brutal than the casino fight in SF that's for sure. My top 10 Bond fights are probably
1) Bond vs Necros (cargo net)
2) Bond vs Alec
3) Bond vs the tranny in the TB PTS
4) Bond vs Red Grant
5) Bond vs Obanno (stair fight)
6) Bond vs Jaws at the pyramids
7) Bond vs the guard in OHMSS (before the ski chase)
8) Bond vs Dario n co (LTK bar fight)
9) Bond vs the thug in the toilets (CR PTS)
10) Bond vs Patrice on the train
Well said. This is exactly how I feel.
007 vs. Alec Trevelyan (GoldenEye)
007 vs. Peter Franks (Diamonds Are Forever)
007 vs. Dominic Greene (Quantum of Solace)
007 vs. Stephen Obanno (Casino Royale)
007 vs. Slate (Quantum of Solace)
007 vs. Donald "Red" Grant (From Russia with Love)
007 vs. Emilio Largo and SPECTRE thugs (Thunderball)
007 vs. Tee Hee (Live and Let Die)
007 vs. Nightclub Thugs (The Man with the Golden Gun)
007 vs. Che Che (On Her Majesty's Secret Service)
Hahaha! That's a really great point; those cheesy inflicted-pain grunts don't help that scene out very much. Thankfully, the fighting style is excellent and fast-paced, as well as close-quarters, which I always enjoy in a Bond fight, as my list probably showed!
I thought the fight with Tee-hee on the train was OK, if a little brief. Was that an acknowledgement to Connery and Shaw from Russia ?, because it never worked. Same goes for Moore and Kiel in The Spy Who Loved Me. If that was their intention, you'll never beat the original and best, and they shouldn't have attempted (in retrospect)
Yeah that black guy kept going "MMMM UGGH HUUH" at random times during the fight
Damn his agent
To be honest, the "grunting" doesn't bother me in the least. Given how dynamic and energetic the fight is, it seems natural!
(1) Bond vs. Alec Trevelyan
(2) Bond vs. Donald "Red" Grant
(3) Bond vs. Peter Franks
(4) Bond vs. Beirut Nightclub Thugs
(5) Bond vs. Obanno
(6) Bond vs. Dominic Greene
(7) Bond vs. Emilio Largo and Disco Volante Crew
(8) Bond vs. Tee Hee
(9) Bond vs. Hans
(10) Bond vs. Stamper
To that end, I give the nod to Sean's epic battle with Red Grant, followed by Sean versus the widow Jacques Bouvar in TB. Sean versus Peter Franks in DAF was a pretty solid punch-up as well. Connery's battle with Blofeld bodyguard Hans I think was nicely done, as there was so much riding on the outcome. The safety of the free world hung in the balance, with Bond needing to get by this one last very formidable obstacle before he could reach the capsule destruct button. The sheer suspense. The drama. Heartstopping Mr. Wint....speaking, of the final showdown with Blofeld's killer pair had some great entertainment value as well. Very satisfying to see these two finally get their comeuppance.
I hesitate to include Bond vs Oddjob as that was a terribly one-sided battle that Bond managed to survive by using his formidable improvisation skills. But again much like the later battle with Hans at the Spectre volcano, so much was riding on the outcome.
This James Bond fellow has truly heroic ablities to deliver when all is hanging in the balance. Give this man a medal!
Bond vs. Peter Franks
Bond vs. Trevelyan
Bond vs. Necros
Bond vs. Largo/henchman
just a few of the best that come to mind, but I don't have any numbered list.
In Dr. No, when Bond fights Quarrell and Pussfeller, in the shot where he throws Pussfeller, the stunt double is a WHITE GUY. And it's absolutely, 100% clear as day. They don't even try to hide it. I always enjoyed this very brief bit of fisticuffs but now I'll never look at it the same way. Apologies if this isn't quite on topic, but I didn't know where else to post it.
I think the fight with Grant on the Orient Express appears a little exaggerated sometimes, and more recent examples such as Bond and Trevelyan in Cuba and Bond and Necros over Afghanistan provided far better entertainment
The Bond / Hans tussle from You Only Live Twice had the potential to be one of the best ever, but it was over too quickly and the Hans character was never properly utilized. Think in retrospect they could of done so much more, than what was presented