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The Most Loved Bond Endings

MurdockMurdock The minus world
edited January 2014 in Bond Movies Posts: 16,351
To sort of bring an opposite discussion to the Most Hated Bond endings thread, What are your most loved Bond endings?

My top 5 are.

1. Casino Royale: While the falling house in Venice climax was a bit over the top, Casino Royale had a perfect Bond ending. Bond catching a potential villain with his pants between his legs where the Bond theme is so well placed it brings a tear to one's eye. The Name's Bond....James Bond.. *cue end credits*

2. Doctor No: The perfect way to end rather magnetic first adventure. Float away in a boat with a beautiful Blond at your side with a peaceful instrumental version of Underneath the Mango tree plays softly.

3. GoldenEye: Oddly enough the ending reminds me of the endings to Vietnam War era movies. Our hero, slightly bloody flies away into the sunset (kind of) With his love interest. Sure a replay of Tina Turner's GoldenEye theme over the credits would have been nice. Eric Serra's The Experience of Love has grown on me. I think it was a nice way to end a Perfect Bond adventure.

4. On Her Majesty's Secret Service: One of the greatest Bond movies ever made. Ended on a sad note. We got to know Tracy from her suicidal beginnings to a fully fleshed out Bond girl with a future sadly taken from the world with bullets. I wish we got to know Tracy a little more but it's still one of the best films with a tragic ending.

5. Moonraker: It's cheesy, over the top and outright vulgar. But I love it. Moore's smile at the audience as he turns the camera off is great as John Barry's sweeping score kicks in one last time before we get the disco Moonraker theme to play in full swing. To be honest I feel like if Moonraker was Moore's last Bond movie, it would be almost depressing as I think it's a good movie. (Not good Bond movie mind you.) But good in it's own right.
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  • chrisisallchrisisall Brosnan Defender Of The Realm
    Posts: 17,800
    My faves are:
    DN
    TB
    DAF (so sue me)
    LTK (sue me AND the fish)
    TND (sue Carver's Estate)
    QOS
  • MurdockMurdock The minus world
    Posts: 16,351
    chrisisall wrote:
    My faves are:
    DN
    TB
    DAF (so sue me)
    LTK (sue me AND the fish)
    TND (sue Carver's Estate)
    QOS

    Save your legal troubles here @chrisisall. I'm not going to sue you. :)) All good choices you have. I happen to agree with all of them. :)
  • SoundofthesinnersSoundofthesinners
    Posts: 3,236
    Doctor No, On Her Majesty's Secret Service, The Spy Who Loved Me The Living Daylights, Skyfall.

    DN originated the standard Bond ending, OHMSS was brilliant but terribly depressing, TSWLM was the perfect ending to the best OTT Bond movie, TLD was simply charming, and Skyfall brought it all back home again.
  • chrisisallchrisisall Brosnan Defender Of The Realm
    Posts: 17,800
    I actually liked the ends to TLD & SF.
    OHMSS made me tear up too much though... (:|
  • GerardGerard
    Posts: 5,994
    OHMSS, CR '06 and SF for me.
  • SoundofthesinnersSoundofthesinners
    Posts: 3,236
    chrisisall wrote:
    I actually liked the ends to TLD & SF.
    OHMSS made me tear up too much though... (:|

    It's objectively the best, but it's tough for me to watch OHMSS, since I spend the whole movie dreading the end. Vesper's death is also very sad, but OHMSS's sudden turn for the worst is better (or worse).
  • Baltimore_007Baltimore_007
    Posts: 5,634
    Couldn't pick out one favorite above all, but these would be most highlighted

    On Her Majestys Secret Service, For Your Eyes Only, You Only Live Twice, Diamonds are Forever, Live and Let Die, The Spy Who Loved Me, Quantum of Solace, Casino Royale
  • pachazopachazo Make Your Choice
    edited January 2014 Posts: 7,314
    In no particular order...
    DN
    OHMSS
    DAF (An often overlooked one. I think it works well)
    LALD
    TSWLM
    GE
    CR
    QoS
    SF (Perhaps in time this one won't remain a favorite. It was great to see the old office again.)
  • MayDayDiVicenzoMayDayDiVicenzo Here and there
    edited January 2014 Posts: 5,080
    OHMSS
    LALD
    TSWLM
    AVTAK (very controversial, I know. However cringeworthy it might be with a 57 year old man and a woman old enough to be his daughter enjoying a shower together, there's something rather sad about it, that after nearly 13 years as Bond, this is his very last scene. I don't think it worked as much with Sean as it seemed anticlimactic as we thought YOLTs ending would be his last scene....)

    LTK
    QoS
    SF
  • ForcelandForceland
    edited January 2014 Posts: 42
    It seems that my favourite films always come out on top of any themed list on Bond.
    1. OHMSS
    2. TLD
    3. Dr No and Goldfinger (both iconic)
    4. FYEO (yes, I think the Thatcher bit is good fun)
    5. Skyfall

    I also think that LTK is a good one as Bond is laughing (you don't see that too often) and NSNA is underrated with some great dialogue.
    And OP would be a better bow out for Moore than AVTAK was.

    Oh, and CR is really great of course
  • ThunderfingerThunderfinger Das Boot Hill
    Posts: 45,489
    DN, OHMSS(not so much loved as respected), FYEO, CR, QOS ,SF.
    CR is probably the best.
  • LudovicoLudovico
    Posts: 15,123
    So many to choose, so in order of apparition: DN, TB, OHMSS, CR, QOS, SF. Those I like but don't consider best: GE, TSWLM (actually find superior to the movie), GF (but I do not like its many, many clones)... Those I'm not sure why but can't help loving: FRWL, OP, FYEO.
  • Perilagu_KhanPerilagu_Khan
    Posts: 2,483
    Actually, I think a strong majority of Bond endings are quite good. The ones I really like are:

    DN
    FRWL
    TB
    YOLT
    LALD
    Gun
    Spy
    MR
    FYEO
    TLD
    LTK
    CR
    QOS
    SF
  • thelivingroyalethelivingroyale
    edited January 2014 Posts: 12,837
    OHMSS, TSWLM, CR, and SF.

    Is it just me that doesn't particularly like any of the Connery era endings? They're not bad, but I don't find any of them really good either. Nothing interesting about them imo.
  • WillyGaloreWillyGalore
    Posts: 6,396
    thelivingroyale wrote:
    OHMSS, TSWLM, CR, and SF.

    Is it just me that doesn't particularly like any of the Connery era endings? They're not bad, but I don't find any of them really good either. Nothing interesting about them imo.

    Yes I'd go along with those but I do really like DN's ending too. It's a shame that it was emulated over and over again.
  • ThunderfingerThunderfinger Das Boot Hill
    Posts: 45,489
    WillyGalore wrote:
    thelivingroyale wrote:
    OHMSS, TSWLM, CR, and SF.

    Is it just me that doesn't particularly like any of the Connery era endings? They're not bad, but I don't find any of them really good either. Nothing interesting about them imo.

    Yes I'd go along with those but I do really like DN's ending too. It's a shame that it was emulated over and over again.

    Yes, as good as many of them were on their own, they were just endless variations of the original. The Craig era has been very good in that regard. I would not mind him with the girl in or near water in a later film. It would be new in this era and a nice homage, but once will do.
  • WestonMcKayWestonMcKay
    Posts: 52
    All of Craig's sendings are good but I prefer QOS and SF over Royale

    1. Skyfall
    2. Quantum of Solace
    3. Dr. No
  • LudovicoLudovico
    Posts: 15,123
    WillyGalore wrote:
    thelivingroyale wrote:
    OHMSS, TSWLM, CR, and SF.

    Is it just me that doesn't particularly like any of the Connery era endings? They're not bad, but I don't find any of them really good either. Nothing interesting about them imo.

    Yes I'd go along with those but I do really like DN's ending too. It's a shame that it was emulated over and over again.

    I think the GF ending has been the one that got emulated ad nauseam. Although yes it is in itself a variation of DN.
  • 00130013
    Posts: 1,817
    I like the ending YOLT but just after the volcano escape, so it's really the submarine scene. OHMSS has of course a brilliant ending not just for Bond but also for movies in general. SF is good but leaves too much to expectation, maybe when Bond 24 is out I'll like it more as I'll known what comes next.
  • Baltimore_007Baltimore_007
    Posts: 5,634
    Diamonds are Forever could well by my favorite of all the endings. Wint and Kidd are two humorous characters and the ending on the ocean liner with Case and Bond is actual great entertainment. It's a lousy movie for the most part, but the last five minutes is 'almost' worth the wait for the agony that precedes it..
  • Perilagu_KhanPerilagu_Khan
    Posts: 2,483
    Baltimore_007 wrote:
    Diamonds are Forever could well by my favorite of all the endings. Wint and Kidd are two humorous characters and the ending on the ocean liner with Case and Bond is actual great entertainment. It's a lousy movie for the most part, but the last five minutes is 'almost' worth the wait for the agony that precedes it..

    I love Bond and Tiffany's brief dining scene, Wint's line, "But then there would be no surpreeze!," the flaming kebabs (although Tiffany's "Eeeeek!" is a bit silly), and the way Bond dispatches Wint (one of the most hilarious moments in all of Bond), but Bond and Tiffany's concluding dialogue is only so-so, IMO.

  • LudovicoLudovico
    Posts: 15,123
    The thing is, for an ultimate confrontation with the main baddies (okay henchmen but still), I expected something far less comedic. It ruins the suspense and the menace. LALD did much better with pretty much the same scene. By the way is it only me or does DAF and LALD share very similar elements? Villains with double identity, last confrontation is with henchman, etc.
  • pachazopachazo Make Your Choice
    edited January 2014 Posts: 7,314
    deleted. sorry...
  • QBranchQBranch Always have an escape plan. Mine is watching James Bond films.
    edited January 2014 Posts: 14,582
    LALD is amongst my absolute favourites- hearing McCartney's theme kick in as Samedi tips his hat laughing like a goon is very memorable. OHMSS is an obvious choice for one of the best. TMWTGG and TSWLM are both great, and similar in the way we see long shots of the boat while getting a variation of the theme song. I also guess I'm in the minority saying I like LTK's ending. I've no problem with winking fish- they are a very rare breed indeed. All of Dan's endings are superb.
  • M_BaljeM_Balje Amsterdam, Netherlands
    edited January 2014 Posts: 4,520
    OHMSS
    QOS. Real end (I Never Left)
    Goldeneye

    LTK real end (2 Bond girls) & Octopussy

    I like Dr No & FRWL real end not his sub end. With real end in this case i mean Bond and the Bond girl in the boat.

    Skyfall (Exept the Ice, M death)

    TMWTGG TSWLM, FYEO and AVTAK based on your mood it can be a bit to much. But wil not say there are bad. Not realy a big fan of Yolt, DAF and subs ends of Dr no, LALD (Train) & LTK.
  • SuperheroSithSuperheroSith SE London
    Posts: 578
    OHMSS, LALD, CR, SF
  • SoundofthesinnersSoundofthesinners
    Posts: 3,236
    Quantum of Solace has a very good ending. It's the most atypical, certainly, but it represents Bond's journey throughout the movie very well.
  • chrisisallchrisisall Brosnan Defender Of The Realm
    Posts: 17,800
    Soundofthesinners wrote:
    Quantum of Solace has a very good ending. It's the most atypical, certainly, but it represents Bond's journey throughout the movie very well.
    I love the ending to that one. LTK & QOS had similar problems with writer's strikes, yet they both are in my favourites list. Bond on the fly works well for me I guess. ;)
  • DoubleOhhSevenDoubleOhhSeven
    edited January 2014 Posts: 1,778
    Soundofthesinners wrote:
    Quantum of Solace has a very good ending. It's the most atypical, certainly, but it represents Bond's journey throughout the movie very well.

    Well said. There's something about movies ending quietly in a snowy setting that I always loved, atleast from a visual standpoint. Same goes for Batman Returns. There's just something so melancholic about QOS's ending. And then BAM the gunbarrel hits and I want to stand up and cheer.

    It's almost unfair for Craig as opposed to the others. If I have the rank the top 5 Bond endings, all of Craig's films are on the list without question.
  • doubleohdaddoubleohdad
    Posts: 1,146
    Thunderball was the first Bond film I ever saw as a young kid, and that ending when Bond and Domino flew away via the balloon was the coolest thing I'd ever seen up to that point. Then Star Wars came out, lol.
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