Favourite moment of humour in Craig's films?

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  • Posts: 1,894
    HASEROT wrote:
    There is a lot of humor in Craig's films - but its so dry that people don't get it... or they have it out for the man and choose not to acknowledge it..
    Or they seem to think that Bond should deliver a punchline, and then smirk at the camera so that the audience know it is funny.
  • Or they seem to think that Bond should deliver a punchline, and then smirk at the camera so that the audience know it is funny.

    Seem to be missing the obvious the modern Bond audience is then. No wonder nothing gets a chance...

  • Agent007391Agent007391 Up, Up, Down, Down, Left, Right, Left, Right, B, A, Start
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    Bond goes up to the bar
    "Vodka Martini."
    "Shaken or stirred?"
    "Does it look like I give a damn?"

    Bond drunk on the plane.
  • Samuel001Samuel001 Moderator
    edited November 2011 Posts: 13,355
    Or they seem to think that Bond should deliver a punchline, and then smirk at the camera so that the audience know it is funny.

    Seem to be missing the obvious the modern Bond audience is then. No wonder nothing gets a chance...

    I expected that to happen after Bond and Vesper separate after first meeting on the train. Thankfully it didn't, I was so greatful. It gave me so much hope for a turnaround of direction in regards to humour in the films, something that's coming along nicely.
  • Nothing funny in QOS? All the following are chuckle worthy from QOS (from Bond only). Keep in mind Craig's delivery makes these lines.

    "Well I missed." (knocks guy off bike)
    "Tell her Slate was a dead end."
    "Here. She's seasick." ("she's just dead" nod)
    "I'm not going to dwell in the past. You shouldn't either."
    "I really think you people should find a better place to meet."
    "I do hope so..."
    "We're teachers on sbbatical...and we just won the lottery."
    "Im sure they do"
    "He wanted you, so I gave him the car as collateral."
    "You and I had a mutual friend"

    plus others at aren't as obvious:
    "Get in" "(beat) All right..."
    "You wouldn't know anything about that?" "Wish I could help."

    Then the lines from others.

    And Im sure there are a few more Bond ones. If that's not enough chuckling in a Bond movie...

    I can already see the post Craig backlash coming.

  • DaltonCraig007DaltonCraig007 They say, "Evil prevails when good men fail to act." What they ought to say is, "Evil prevails."
    edited November 2011 Posts: 15,713
    10 funny lines in a 110 minutes movie isn't a lot... IMO that's almost non-existent humour.. And half the lines you listed aren't even funny... I fear I find the boring, normal lines mixed with Craig's constipated delivery terribly unfunny...

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    I am a fan of "We have people everywhere? I thought it was hyperbole - Florists say that for god sakes...."
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    10 funny lines in a 110 minutes movie isn't a lot... IMO that's almost non-existent humour.. And half the lines you listed aren't even funny... I fear I find the boring, normal lines mixed with Craig's constipated delivery terribly unfunny...

    I would say that is the same ratio as Moonraker

  • DaltonCraig007DaltonCraig007 They say, "Evil prevails when good men fail to act." What they ought to say is, "Evil prevails."
    edited November 2011 Posts: 15,713
    actonsteve wrote:
    10 funny lines in a 110 minutes movie isn't a lot... IMO that's almost non-existent humour.. And half the lines you listed aren't even funny... I fear I find the boring, normal lines mixed with Craig's constipated delivery terribly unfunny...

    I would say that is the same ratio as Moonraker

    "Not socially. His name's Jaws, he kills people. "

    "The thought had occurred to me."

    "I fell out of an airplane without a parachute"

    "Why did you break up the encounter with my pet python?
    "I discovered it had a crush on me."

    "Heartbroken Mr. Drax!"

    "I think he's attempting re-entry, sir."

    "You missed, Mr. Bond."
    "Did I? "


    "Well, the trouble is there's never a 70-year-old around when you need one. "

    "Play it again, Sam. "

    "Very novel, Q. Must get them in the stores for Christmas"

    "Where's Drax?
    Oh, he had to fly."

    "Bang on time! "

    And countless more...

    And you can't honestly be saying that MR and QOS are as funny as each other... MR blows QOS out of the earth's orbit in terms of humour.
  • "now the whole worlds gonna know that you died scratching my balls", found that hilarious.
  • @daltoncraig007 there will never be a craig film as funny as a moore film, but i think the craig films do have some hunour, its just different to the humour in the moore films
  • NicNacNicNac Administrator, Moderator
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    actonsteve wrote:
    10 funny lines in a 110 minutes movie isn't a lot... IMO that's almost non-existent humour.. And half the lines you listed aren't even funny... I fear I find the boring, normal lines mixed with Craig's constipated delivery terribly unfunny...

    I would say that is the same ratio as Moonraker

    "Not socially. His name's Jaws, he kills people. "

    "The thought had occurred to me."

    "I fell out of an airplane without a parachute"

    "Why did you break up the encounter with my pet python?
    "I discovered it had a crush on me."

    "Heartbroken Mr. Drax!"

    "I think he's attempting re-entry, sir."

    "You missed, Mr. Bond."
    "Did I? "


    "Well, the trouble is there's never a 70-year-old around when you need one. "

    "Play it again, Sam. "

    "Very novel, Q. Must get them in the stores for Christmas"

    "Where's Drax?
    Oh, he had to fly."

    "Bang on time! "

    And countless more...

    And you can't honestly be saying that MR and QOS are as funny as each other... MR blows QOS out of the earth's orbit in terms of humour.

    The one liners were ok and MR has a fair share of amusing dialogue.
    The problem with MR tended to be the physical humour, sight gags, pratfalls, gurning, comedy characterisations and sound effects that worried Bond fans.
  • DaltonCraig007DaltonCraig007 They say, "Evil prevails when good men fail to act." What they ought to say is, "Evil prevails."
    edited November 2011 Posts: 15,713
    NicNac wrote:
    The problem with MR tended to be the physical humour, sight gags, pratfalls, gurning, comedy characterisations and sound effects that worried Bond fans.

    Didn't worry me at all - loved all those things.
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    Mathis: "Oh, not that I have anything against acountants. Many of them are lovely people."
    And "Just because you're dead doesn't mean you can't still be helpful."
    I'd rather have subtle humour like this than Moore's Tarzan yell or Brosnan's one-liner about Christmas (although "I don't know any Doctor jokes" was amusing.)
  • DarthDimiDarthDimi Behind you!Moderator
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    The sound effects in some of the Moore Bonds I do have issues with. The whistle in TMWTGG was the worst by far. I don't mind a bit of fun but that one simply went too far. It didn't get a laugh out of me when I was 7, nor when I was 15, nor when I am 29 today. It's absolutely terrible - an insult in fact. It always takes me out of the moment, out of the film in fact when I hear it. Worst - creative - choice - in - a - Bond - ever!
  • DaltonCraig007DaltonCraig007 They say, "Evil prevails when good men fail to act." What they ought to say is, "Evil prevails."
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    DarthDimi wrote:
    The sound effects in some of the Moore Bonds I do have issues with. The whistle in TMWTGG was the worst by far. I don't mind a bit of fun but that one simply went too far. It didn't get a laugh out of me when I was 7, nor when I was 15, nor when I am 29 today. It's absolutely terrible - an insult in fact. It always takes me out of the moment, out of the film in fact when I hear it. Worst - creative - choice - in - a - Bond - ever!

    But can you imagine the stunt without the slidewhistle ? I can't ! Sorry Dimi but I just love the hilarious sound effects in the Moore films. You laugh WITH the film and WITH Moore and not AT the film or AT Moore. You just have a very pleasant and entertaining 2 hours with Sir Rog !
  • edited November 2011 Posts: 555
    actonsteve wrote:
    10 funny lines in a 110 minutes movie isn't a lot... IMO that's almost non-existent humour.. And half the lines you listed aren't even funny... I fear I find the boring, normal lines mixed with Craig's constipated delivery terribly unfunny...

    I would say that is the same ratio as Moonraker

    "Not socially. His name's Jaws, he kills people. "

    "The thought had occurred to me."

    "I fell out of an airplane without a parachute"

    "Why did you break up the encounter with my pet python?
    "I discovered it had a crush on me."

    "Heartbroken Mr. Drax!"

    "I think he's attempting re-entry, sir."

    "You missed, Mr. Bond."
    "Did I? "


    "Well, the trouble is there's never a 70-year-old around when you need one. "

    "Play it again, Sam. "

    "Very novel, Q. Must get them in the stores for Christmas"

    "Where's Drax?
    Oh, he had to fly."

    "Bang on time! "

    And countless more...

    And you can't honestly be saying that MR and QOS are as funny as each other... MR blows QOS out of the earth's orbit in terms of humour.

    Agreed. The homor in MR kills QOS in a "it's so bad it's funny" kind of way.

    Many of those lines are actually very similar in tone to the QOS lines I listed. And the others, like "he had to fly" and "it had a crush on me" are of the weakest in Moore's era (the former on face value and the latter because of the groan inducing and belabored setup all just for that decidedly weak punch line).

    Lord knows I love Moore's Bond, but I can't shake he feeling people like XXX and Goodhead must be infuriated trying to talk to him. Every time you ask him a question, he restponds with a quip. Every. Damn. Time. ;)

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    Agreed. The homor in MR kills QOS

    No, the humour in QoS is subtle. MR, as much as I love it, the humour derails it half way through. They take it too far. They go overboard. The double taking pigeon, Jaws in love, Chinese manservants falling through pianos...

    The humour in QoS is for adults, the humour in MR is for kids.

  • DaltonCraig007DaltonCraig007 They say, "Evil prevails when good men fail to act." What they ought to say is, "Evil prevails."
    edited November 2011 Posts: 15,713
    actonsteve wrote:
    The humour in QoS is for adults, the humour in MR is for kids.

    Atleast the 'kiddie' humour in MR was funny... Unlike the QOS 'grown-ups' humour that was terribly unfunny, boring, unmemorable and dull... If they want to do adult humour it's fine... but atleast make it funny... QOS fails on every level in the humour department... I hope they strongly rectify the mess in SF...
  • HASEROTHASEROT has returned like the tedious inevitability of an unloved season---
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    QOS fails on every level in the humour department... I hope they strongly rectify the mess in SF...

    did you study comedy and timing at the conservatori too?

    sorry @DaltonCraig

    I prefer my humor in Bond to be subtle - maybe the occasional one liner..

    Roger Moore abused the humor gag way way too much in his films.... especially in Moonraker - where his awful puns equally matched the idiocy of every action piece's ending - "can't take ourselves too seriously, so lets end with a dumb joke."

    people talk about Fleming rolling in his grave over the torture scene in CR..... well, he must've been rolling in his gave and on fire after he saw the hatchet job they did to Moonraker - really quite sad.

    but hey, if you like humor as the equilivant of getting slapped in the face with a giant tuna every 2 minutes - no one is saying you shouldn't ;) ... then just leave the humor discussion in CR and QOS to some of us who enjoyed it.
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    How long can an argument last when people are simply re-posting the same thing re-worded!
  • DaltonCraig007DaltonCraig007 They say, "Evil prevails when good men fail to act." What they ought to say is, "Evil prevails."
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    Sorry haserot but for me the beauty of MR is to see Moore just enjoy himself for 2 hours... Craig's constipated delivery of unfunny lines is just appalling... Bring back the humour please. And no haserot I don't mean MR level of humour... but alteast FUNNY lines... they can be grownups humour... but please be FUNNY...
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    Sorry haserot but for me the beauty of MR is to see Moore just enjoy himself for 2 hours... .

    Well, I am glad he is. The audience is cringing.

  • DaltonCraig007DaltonCraig007 They say, "Evil prevails when good men fail to act." What they ought to say is, "Evil prevails."
    edited November 2011 Posts: 15,713
    actonsteve wrote:
    Sorry haserot but for me the beauty of MR is to see Moore just enjoy himself for 2 hours... .

    Well, I am glad he is. The audience is cringing.

    I have never seen anyone cringe while watching MR. Everytime I watch the film with someone it's always a pleasure, a fun 2 hours, a pure entertaining, epic spectacle.

  • HASEROTHASEROT has returned like the tedious inevitability of an unloved season---
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    I'm glad he did then - at my expense...

    thats like excusing a grown 400lbs man running up an down the street naked...

    glad he's having fun - because no one watching is.

  • Sorry, but the humor in Moonraker is more out of adolescent nonsense than genuine comedy, it's clearly not taking itself seriously, the Venice scene and Saint Marks square was an insult to the franchise, and not only that, but going into outer space too, been over this so many times before, but there you are. Moonraker was more like a Carry On movie than James Bond, if Sid James was still alive at the time he could of got involved and brought some pals like Kenneth Williams etc to join in the juvenile fun

    I thought the best lines of the film came more from Lonsdale than Moore himself more often than not, 'Can I press you to a cucumber sandwich', 'Look after Mister Bond, see that some harm comes to him', and 'You appear with the tedious inevitability of an unloved season' etc

    However for however childish it appears, it does represent a fine two hours spent and is one of my favorite Bonds ever, in simply there is so much to get involved in

    Said it before I never really found Craig amusing, there were one or two moments of hilarity, but that came mainly from the cringeworthy LeChiffre/Testicles bit, i.e. it was so bad it was good
  • edited November 2011 Posts: 1,310
    I always liked when the Miami Airport terrorist blew himself up while Craig just looks on and smiles...dark humor, but I always get a chuckle out of it.
  • i like moonraker, its not my fave but i enjoy it. I enjoy alot of the homour, but parts of it went too far. The pigeon doing a double take is kinda stupid (but not as bad as many made out), but the one thing that i HATED was what they did to jaws. Gone is the towering monster, now jaws is a softy in love who turns good. Jaws is a baddy and I'd have preferred it if he had stayed that way.
  • SAMSAM
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    There was one moment of black humour in Casino Royale when James Bond (DC) smiles when the bomber activates the transmitter and blows himself up (not realising that JB had transfered the receiver to his person)

    Ouch !
  • 0BradyM0Bondfanatic70BradyM0Bondfanatic7 Quantum Floral Arrangements: "We Have Petals Everywhere"
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    I don't understand all the backlash coming at Craig's films. I'm a cold SOB and still I laugh at Craig's lines because it is the comedy of a cold-hearted man. You can't expect live comedy acts in a Bond film...oh sorry Roger, almost forgot you for a minute old boy!...but Craig's films are serious and shouldn't have to include humor to stand up with the rest. I like the lack of humor because I am a serious individual and see why Dan wouldn't do well with the dull jokes and gags. It weights down the brilliant films he's had and offers a change from the character that DAF, LALD, TMWTGG, TSWLM, MR, FYEO, OP, and AVATK need to be held accountable for. New change in the formula decreases the chance of stagnation. At this point there are Craig haters that simply turn their heads to him and his lines as Bond because they don't like him and don't want to give any kudos to him. I can even admit Moore kept the films entertaining, it's just in the way he did it that I dislike. Alas, haters will hate, lovers will love, and I will try to teach myself that it will never change as long as people are ignorant to what is lying in front of their noses.
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