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Name Your Favorite "Bond Moments" for Each Actor
This is pretty simple. Just list your favorite moment of each actor. Bond moment means pretty much what it sounds like. A moment that makes you proud to be a fan,
Sean Connery- I’ll have to pick a cliché answer and say his introduction in Dr.No. But honorable mention goes to Bond tricking the half-witted security guard in Goldfinger and is “man talk” moment with Dink in the same film.
George Lazenby- Slim pickings. I’ll go with his scene with M before the attack on Piz Gloria. One of Lazenby’s better acted scenes.
Roger Moore- A toss up between the way he beats Kamel Khan at the card table in Octopussy and his legendary cold-blooded kill of Locque in For Your Eyes Only.
Timothy Dalton- There’s no question here as to what my favorite Dalton moment is. In LTK after Bond has killed Sanchez and stands in the middle of the desert bruised, bloodies, and battered. He limps over to a nearby rock, sits down, and takes a breath all alone, as he’s been through most of the movie, culminating his journey. It’s one of those instances where I can point my finger and say “That’s James Bond”.
Pierce Brosnan- I was going to say his cold-blooded killing of Electra followed by his cool delivery of “I never miss” but then Brosnan ruins it by almost getting on top of Electra’s dead body. So I’ll settle with Bond’s introduction in the PTS of Tomorrow Never Dies.
Daniel Craig- Like Dalton I know my choice for sure. Near the end of QOS after Bond has made quick work of the MI6 guards in the elevator he defiantly walks up to M and speaks his mind. M then finally realizes that Bond was never in it for revenge but it was indeed always about doing the job and finally believes Bond’s earlier statement of “You don’t have to worry about me”. I easily see it as a huge shift in their relationship. Craig’s Bond has finally made that transition of being fully trusted by M as the other 5 Bonds were. It was just nice seeing how it happened.
Sean Connery- I’ll have to pick a cliché answer and say his introduction in Dr.No. But honorable mention goes to Bond tricking the half-witted security guard in Goldfinger and is “man talk” moment with Dink in the same film.
George Lazenby- Slim pickings. I’ll go with his scene with M before the attack on Piz Gloria. One of Lazenby’s better acted scenes.
Roger Moore- A toss up between the way he beats Kamel Khan at the card table in Octopussy and his legendary cold-blooded kill of Locque in For Your Eyes Only.
Timothy Dalton- There’s no question here as to what my favorite Dalton moment is. In LTK after Bond has killed Sanchez and stands in the middle of the desert bruised, bloodies, and battered. He limps over to a nearby rock, sits down, and takes a breath all alone, as he’s been through most of the movie, culminating his journey. It’s one of those instances where I can point my finger and say “That’s James Bond”.
Pierce Brosnan- I was going to say his cold-blooded killing of Electra followed by his cool delivery of “I never miss” but then Brosnan ruins it by almost getting on top of Electra’s dead body. So I’ll settle with Bond’s introduction in the PTS of Tomorrow Never Dies.
Daniel Craig- Like Dalton I know my choice for sure. Near the end of QOS after Bond has made quick work of the MI6 guards in the elevator he defiantly walks up to M and speaks his mind. M then finally realizes that Bond was never in it for revenge but it was indeed always about doing the job and finally believes Bond’s earlier statement of “You don’t have to worry about me”. I easily see it as a huge shift in their relationship. Craig’s Bond has finally made that transition of being fully trusted by M as the other 5 Bonds were. It was just nice seeing how it happened.
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Laz - the bobsled chase
Rog - the meeting with Colombo in FYEO "my country awarded him the kings medal.."
Tim -at the Prater Park chasing the balloon sellar after Saunders is killed. "Yes, I got the message.."
Broz - Dr Kaufman in Hamburg
Craig - getting up from nearly dying of poisoning and asking Vesper if she is alright. So tough and so British.
Laz - "There's no hurry you see, we have all the time in the world"
Rog - "You left this with Firarra I believe"
Dalton - the threatening of Pushkin
Brozza - "Me too"
Craig - "Yes, considerably"
Me!
Sean Connery: "Old man? Is that what you chaps in SMERSH call each other?"
George Lazenby: "It takes more than cutting off your earlobes to turn you into a count, Blofeld!"
Roger Moore: "When I kill it's on specific orders of my government; I doubt you qualify as a gentleman."
Timothy Dalton: "If you can't trust Krest, who can you trust?!"
Pierce Brosnan: "You first. You, second. UP!"
Daniel Craig: "That last hand, nearly killed me."
When he executes Dent - loved this moment from the very first time I saw it... not just the killing, but the way he sets it up and catches Dent in the act as well.. F-ing brilliant
Lazenby
I always liked the way he disarms Tracy of his PPK in his hotel room... other than that, I love the fist fight between him and the guy in Tracy's room - and also the scene where he breaks in Gumbold's safe.
Moore
When asked to go Pheasant hunting by Drax, and he shoots one of Drax's gunmen from a tree, who was aiming to kill Bond... "Ha-ha, you missed Mr. Bond." (guy falls out of tree) "Did I?.. As you said, such good sport."
Dalton
Interogating Pushkin in his hotel room in Tangiers.. "That was damned STUPID!!" (thwack!)
Brosnan
Bond's first confrontation with Renard in TWINE down in bunker... IMO, one of Brozzer's good moments as Bond... right along with that, goes the scene in which he kills Dr. Kaufman..
Craig
The PTS in CR, the whole sequence showing how he brutal kills the man in the bathroom, and also how he calmly kills Dryden... i also do like his chase, and fight with Mitchell in QOS, as well as his confrontation with Yusef at the end of the movie.
GL: George ended up having all the time in the world after filming ended.
RM: Roger shows his mean streak and kicks Locque's car off the cliff and then goes out for ice cream.
TD: Timothy avenges Della's death and roasts weinie's on Sanchez's corpse.
PB: Pierce avenges Alec's betrayal and celebrates by getting a haircut.
DC: Daniel teaches us all how to laugh in the face of testical torture.
GL: the bobsleigh chase and fight with Blofeld
RM: running across the crocodiles backs
TD: holding the knife to Lupe's throat
PB: fight with Trevelyn
DC: fight with Obannon and his henchman then comforting Vesper later
Connery Too many to name, but I may go with Bond's escape from Dr. No's prison-- it was such a change of pace to see him bloodied and hair all over the place with his torn up clothes-- after seeing him neat as a pin in his tailored suits the rest of the movie. The escape itself had some tension as well (particularly in those tubes with the HOT water-- I would have freaked)
Lazenby Haserot mentioned one of my favs (below) so I'll go with the attack on Piz Gloria when Bond slides down on the ice firing his machine gun! What a (stylish) badass!
Moore Another tough one- I'll have to go with OP- the entire train sequence followed by the car chase. Very adventurous- like right out of an Indiana Jones film.
Dalton LTK with Bond sneaking aboard Krest's ship and interrogating Lupe- he was SCARY! Then I love when he goes on deck and just shoots that laughing diver right in front of everybody! ('Compliments of Sharkey')
lol It was like one of those Stealth video games like Metal Gear Solid-- like 'ok I'm done sneaking around now, I'm going to just kill this guy'
*honorable mention: framing Krest with the money later on, Bond's double-take when Pam strips down to her swimsuit! LOL I would have done the same thing! Those LEGS! DAMN! :-O
Brosnan The shootout, and then hand-to-hand between Bond and OO6 at the end of GoldenEye. Two professionals throwing everything they've got at each other- the filmmakers really did a good job of conveying that these two guys have had years of the same training- and they're just neck and neck the whole way. 30+ years in, we're finally seeing Bond go up against someone who's truly his equal
Craig I feel SkyFall will have something to top this one, but for now I'll go with the very end of Casino Royale, when he calls Mr.White as if he's somewhere far away, then SHOOTS him! Then he steps into frame decked out in that sharp suit (I want one), combined with that music, I thought to myself the first time I saw it in the theatre 'That's Bond right there....' and then that's exactly what came out of Craig's mouth! Now that's how to do a re-boot!
I LOVE that part! Lazenby seriously moves almost faster than I can see-- and he looks so confident-- even stating at Tracy's eye the whole time! 'I could think of something more sociable to do **SNAP**"
That was the moment that sold as Bond for me
George - the final scene of OHMSS.
Roger - dressed as a clown at the end of OP - brilliant bit of acting.
Tim - PTS of TLD
Pierce - the last glimpse of him at the end of DUD
Dan - train meeting between Bond and Vesper
His what ? :O
People have said there are too many to mention, obviously the introduction of Connery in 1962, killing of Dent, beach scenes in Dr No, Train fight with Donald Grant, and some classic lines of dialog in Diamonds. Moore too had some such as the Crocodile Farm, snake in the bathroom, fooling Solitaire with the tarot cards, emerging on the beach and fish out the window in Spy, killing Drax in Moonraker 'take a giant step for mankind etc', the Acrostar Jet escape in Octopussy, dice game at Kamals club, Miss Magda 'needs refilling' in bed, steeplechase at Zorins racecourse and the Eiffel Tower shots were fun too. Dalton had the interogation of Pushkin and burning of Sanchez, Brosnan on the train with Bean and Janssen, remote control car demonstration wih Q, opening titles of TWINE on the Thames, pipeline scenes and sword fight with Toby Stephens. Craig at the airport, talking with M, futile attempt to save Green from drowning and some hard edged action scenes in QOS
George-Reaction to Traci's death, breaking the 4th wall in PTS.
Rog-Killing Stromburg, facing off against Scaramanga.
Tim-LTK bar fight, reaction to finding Felix near death.
Pierce-TND fight at Carver's gala/event, tank rampage in GE, TWINE Thames chase.
Dan-CR PTS, CR opening chase, Bond meets Vesper, smiling at Carlos's big BOOM, reaction to Vesper's death, "the bitch is dead", forgiving Mathis, payback for Mathis, giving Greene an ultimatum, meeting Yusef, "I never left".
Great thread idea to boot! =D>
I believe he means his innocence when at the bar as the explosion goes off. Yet he is the only one remaining after the aftershock besides his on site overseer. Suspicious, hmmm? :P
Noun:
Casual lack of concern; indifference.
Synonyms:
unconcern - indifference - carelessness - nonchalance
*MIND BLOWN*
@-)
Laz: fight with Blofield
Rog: to the bullet maker, pointing gun at his groin: "Speak now or forever hold your piece."
Tim:PTS of TLD
Pierce: when shooting Elektra: "I never miss"
Daniel: when asked if he wanted his VM shakin or stirred: "Do I look like I give a damn?"
Insouciance - lighthearted unconcern , nonchalance etc.
The essence of Connery's Bond and of course Moore's as well.
Err... no, that's not what I mean. I know it's a 'big word', but seriously... No one understand English any more?
If you'd taken the care to read previous comments you'd see that we have both corrected ourselves and thanked you for giving us a new vocabulary word. I on one hand, do not appreciate being told that I don't "understand English anymore". I have an expansive vocabulary, and write with great prose, but that does not mean that I know the meanings of every word in the English language present under the moon. It isn't that it is a "big word", but that it was just foreign to me and the other members. So please, in the future, a simple correction and clarification will do, but never insult my intelligence.
Perhaps it just isnt used over that side of the atlantic? I knew what it meant. Its used over here.
Lazenby - Throwing the hat to Moneypenny at the wedding.
Moore - Knocking the tie out of the henchman's hand and sending him off the roof in TSWLM.
Dalton - The sniper scenes in TLD.
Brosnan - Racing and then playing baccarat with Xenia in GE.
Craig (so far) - PTS and "The name's Bond, James Bond" from CR.
I was just watching OHMSS and thought about that wedding scene. What a touching moment. It's a shame it gets ruined in DAF by Moneypenny asking Bond for a ring. Not sure if that was an appropriate request given the way Bond's marriage ended.
Connery - "My name is Bond, James Bond" (where else could you start)
Lazenby - "We'll be going on in a moment, she's just having a rest"
Moore - The parachute jump at the start of the Spy Who Loved Me. Yes, it was Rick Sylvester, and not Moore of course, but it's all a lot of people talk about, and it was a standout moment for the franchise
Dalton - Setting ablaze Robert Davi. "Don't you want to know why"...
Brosnan - The Jump off the dam in Switzerland (Archangel research facility)
Craig - Trying to save Vesper Lynd from a drowning in a Venice elevator and sinking building
Lazenby - "We have all the time in the world".
Moore - the moment in FYEO when he kicks Locque off the cliff. One of the coldest of all Bond moments in the only film where Moore is truly convincing.
Dalton - the death of Sanchez, and the solitude that follows.
Brosnan - "For England? No, for me". Although most of Goldeneye could have taken this.
Craig - a tie between the train conversation with Vesper (probably the best bit of acting in the entire franchise) and the ascent up the stairs of White's villa, with the Music and the Line. And so we come full circle.
Good thread idea! So hard for some of them!
Sean Connery
Many great moments to choose from. His introduction in Dr No, the bedroom scene in From Russia With Love, walking through the casino in Thunderball, any of them would be worthy winners
But for me, the fight scene with Peter Franks in Diamonds are Forever is stunning. Connery at his most brutal and charming. The fight is the best fight sequence not just in a Bond film but in all of cinema.
George Lazenby
Not much to pick from here. I think the love scenes with Tracy steal the show and are amongst the best.
The rawness at the end where he is cradling Tracy is emotional and terrifically done. It's all filmed very well and Lazenby plays it so well
Roger Moore
This is the toughest category because there are so many great moments in the Moore era!
Contenders included
- The crocodile jump in LALD
- The ski jump in TSWLM
- Bond kicking the car of the cliff in FYEO (the series darkest moment)
But for me, it is the Germany sequence (and more specifically, the clown) scene in Octopussy. Terrific and amazing, it highlighted the best of Moore and was the series most tensest moment
Timothy Dalton
Dalton's stint as Bond was short but very sweet. Though neither TLD and LTK are iconic as such, he did have some great moments (his confrontation with M in LTK for example)
But it is LTK that provides one of the series greatest Bond/Villain interaction. When Dalton first meets Sanchez, it's the wolfish look and approach that makes the scene. It's topped off by one of the best lines in the series
Sanchez: So you're a problem solver
Bond: More of a problem eliminator
Terrific, and the little smile he does makes it even better
Pierce Brosnan
Ah the Brosnan years...yes. Well there are some good moments. Though she's turned into a pest, when he first meets M in GE is terrific, the straightening of the tie in TWINE is good and, if i'm honest, so is the torture sequence in DAD
But for Brosnan, his best moment came in GE when he and Xenia Onatopp are in the sauna. She attacks him he draws his PPK out and this follows:
Xenia: You don't need the gun
Bond: That depends on your definition of safe sex
An all time high for Brosnan that was
Daniel Craig
Yea, the running in CR is good, the car chase in QOS isn't bad either. But there is only one winner in the Craig years:
The train sequence with Vesper. Stunning, sparkling dialogue. So well played and hinted that Moore's interpretation of Bond isn't fully dead. Craig and Green relish it and create a chemistry that sets the tone for the film. It's the best Bond/Bond girl interaction in the series imo