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his death in the book is much better
What was it? I read some of the book then lost it then sold it
I suggest you read it again. Describing the end would be difficult without making it sound a bit ridiculous.
Also, there's this:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dr._No_(novel)#Plot
;-)
2.Elliot Carver in TND
3.Stamper in TND
4.Alec Trevelyn in GE
5.Sir Gustav Graves in DAD
6.Helga Brandt & Hans in YOLT
7.Necros in TLD
8.Franz Sanchez in LTK
9.Dario in LTK
10.Ernest Stavro Blofeld in FYEO
11.Gominda in OP
Simply doesn't work, because Brosnan just grins through it, and offers a poor attempt at humor. Yes, it's an unusual exit, but not really gory so to speak - just different. But any upsetting factor is simply made redundant by Brosnan himself, being almost flippant and smirking and making a 'funny' quip. A real Bond film death that works has to be where the killer themselves shows no remorse for their victim, and certainly doesn't offer any puns or wisecracks after a killing. Moore's killing of Karl Stromberg would be one great example, but Brosnan at the Hamburg printing rooms, just didn't work for me. Horrible death ?, no it was a silly death, I feel
Arent we discussing the mechanics of the deaths themselves not other characters reactions to them?
If the criteria of a horrible death is Bond not making a lame quip over it then we are left pretty much with Tracy, Vesper and M.
I would say the printing press death is probably not far off the 'he has lots of guts' guy both in terms of bone crunching pain and Bond quippery so is justified in being included in this list.
Could we add Grave's death to that? Its nature is grisly and there's a naff quip there too. Maybe even add Drax's death aswell.
My vote for "nastiest death" all round goes to either Sanchez (The heat was certainly on that time :D ) or Krest. Probably the latter as he had to go through not only the physical agony but also the mental agony of knowing that he he'd been set up.
"PLEEASSE FRANZ, NO!!! AAAAAHHHHH"
I'm suprised no one has mentioned Xenia in GE. Having her spine effectively ripped out of place must have been pretty horrible...I'm suprised she didn't enjoy it :p
The most heartbreaking horrible death for me was Herr Stamper in TND. He is stuck to the rocket and knows
KNOWShe will soon die. Hes already lost all his friends "for Kaufman!" "And Carver." Could you imagine that kind of fear?
Mod edit: Expect a PM.
I know some don't like that line but I've never had a problem with it. According to the commentary Martin Campbell wasn't sure whether to keep that in or not.
Maybe. Still, the one in the movie was horrible all the same.
I would of put Rosie Carver into this, but her death was more upsetting than horrific. Still something uncomfortable whenever you see it
Maybe Kronsteen warrants a mention, with the slow acting poison. Was hardly a nice way to go, or if not him, then the Bond impersonator at the SPECTRE gardens at the very start, killed by Donald Grant. One or the other
This guy:
http://screenmusings.org/AViewToAKill/pages/AVtaK_427.htm
Has anybody mentioned Blofeld in FYEO? I can't imagine going down an industrial chimney is very pleasant.
I think it might have been quick but very painful.
Oh how could I forget that one? Such an awful way to go. I still think Dr No being slowly boiled alive might be the worst. Dying slowly, horribly AND knowing you had lost.
Or Strawberry Fields (terrible Bond girl) and Jill Masterson being covered in oil/paint and Fields got it in her. Also Greenes how did he die? Oil or bullets and who shot him?
His own side (Quantum) shot him, I assume.
Why though because he failed? And how did he fail? Such a bad film not watched it in ages watching it later though.
Well, the Bolivian coup was an abject failure, was it not?
Oh yeah.
The Quantum organisation would have lost much influence in the country as a result, as well as the monetary loss associated with losing the resale of the Bolivian water supply.
I think Field was okay as a Bond girl. Not great by any stretch of the imagination, but better as a minor Bond girl than many we have seen.