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All Bond films: Unintentionally funny moments!

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  • DragonpolDragonpol https://thebondologistblog.blogspot.com
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    FoxRox wrote: »
    Thunderfinger wrote: »
    Some of you actually laugh out loud when Bond finds Della?

    Not me.

    Nor me.
  • Mathis1Mathis1
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    Dragonpol wrote: »
    FoxRox wrote: »
    Thunderfinger wrote: »
    Some of you actually laugh out loud when Bond finds Della?

    Not me.

    Nor me.

    Or me!
  • NicNacNicNac Administrator, Moderator
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    MajorDSmythe wrote: »
    Thunderfinger wrote: »
    Some of you actually laugh out loud when Bond finds Della?

    I will take Dalton showing emotion over "Oh no." from Spectre any day. The last time I saw that much lack of life, was in a little known film called Night Of The Living Dead. But I guess that is a different complaint for another thread.

    I'm trying to recall the "Oh No" moment Major? I can't think of it.
  • MajorDSmytheMajorDSmythe "I tolerate this century, but I don't enjoy it."Moderator
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    NicNac wrote: »
    MajorDSmythe wrote: »
    Thunderfinger wrote: »
    Some of you actually laugh out loud when Bond finds Della?

    I will take Dalton showing emotion over "Oh no." from Spectre any day. The last time I saw that much lack of life, was in a little known film called Night Of The Living Dead. But I guess that is a different complaint for another thread.

    I'm trying to recall the "Oh No" moment Major? I can't think of it.

    During the poor excuse for a chase, Bond hit a button expecting some Q-Branch magic, and "New York, New York" starts playing on the radio. Other people have a problem with his delivery of "Mr White, of course", not me, that's ok. It's his "Oh no" which is so half hearted.
  • NicNacNicNac Administrator, Moderator
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    Yes, got it. Sometimes you see a quote and despite numerous viewings you can't bring it to mind. Yes, terrible chase. If Hinx had at least fired a few bullets at Bond when he drew level it would've raised the chase by a notch or two. They just stare at each other.
  • BAIN123BAIN123
    edited January 2018 Posts: 11,189
    John Curcio's comment on the clip below is right. All the scenes that show an anonymous Blofeld stroking his cat (FRWL, TB and YOLT) are rather funny once you imagine the cat is the villain.



  • bondjamesbondjames You were expecting someone else?
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    For me some of the most unintentionally funny moments occured in SP. I definitely agree on "Oh no" and "Of course, Mr. White", but some other "hah" moments include:

    1. octopuses around Craig during the music titles
    2. Bond and Swann jumping each other after the train fight
    3. "I love you"
    4. "Cahhnt any of you speeeek!"
    5. "You're leaving?" (*cringe laugh*)
    6. Hanging photos
    7. Blofeld's little 'Landa snigger' at MI6 ruins
    8. "author of all yer pain"

    These moments are especially notable because they come out of nowhere and don't fit in with the tone. So they are sort of 'huh?' as well as laugh out moments.
  • mattjoesmattjoes Julie T. and the M.G.'s
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    I think number 2 was intentional.
  • RemingtonRemington I'll do anything for a woman with a knife.
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    What "oh no" are we referring to?
  • bondjamesbondjames You were expecting someone else?
    edited January 2018 Posts: 23,883
    Remington wrote: »
    What "oh no" are we referring to?

    This one:
    MajorDSmythe wrote: »
    NicNac wrote: »
    I'm trying to recall the "Oh No" moment Major? I can't think of it.
    During the poor excuse for a chase, Bond hit a button expecting some Q-Branch magic, and "New York, New York" starts playing on the radio. Other people have a problem with his delivery of "Mr White, of course", not me, that's ok. It's his "Oh no" which is so half hearted.
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    mattjoes wrote: »
    I think number 2 was intentional.
    Yes, perhaps you're right. It's just that if so then Smith's instrumental tune playing just doesn't work because that song is quite serious lyrically.
  • DikkoHendersonDikkoHenderson Daniel Craig at the plastic surgery clinic- "Gently my friend Gently... THAT'S NOT BLOODY GENTLY!!"
    edited January 2018 Posts: 50
    Always found Bond's disposal of his dead friend Mathis, by throwing his body in a dumpster was unintentionally funny- or were we supposed to think it was darkly comic? Its hard to tell the intentions with such a poorly made movie.
  • bondjamesbondjames You were expecting someone else?
    edited January 2018 Posts: 23,883
    I forgot to add this earlier. Oh dear. *Cringe*

    "Get away from me!! Get away!! Did it cross your mind that you led them to me!!" while swinging her finger around near her head like 'you loco'

    "Go to hell!!!!"

    I mean really, who came up with this crap? I hope they weren't paid.
  • Some_Kind_Of_HeroSome_Kind_Of_Hero
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    Thunderfinger wrote: »
    Yes. Disgusting types.

    When @Thunderfinger calls you disgusting, it's time to reevaluate your life.
  • Some_Kind_Of_HeroSome_Kind_Of_Hero
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    bondjames wrote: »
    For me some of the most unintentionally funny moments occured in SP. I definitely agree on "Oh no" and "Of course, Mr. White", but some other "hah" moments include:

    1. octopuses around Craig during the music titles
    2. Bond and Swann jumping each other after the train fight
    3. "I love you"
    4. "Cahhnt any of you speeeek!"
    5. "You're leaving?" (*cringe laugh*)
    6. Hanging photos
    7. Blofeld's little 'Landa snigger' at MI6 ruins
    8. "author of all yer pain"

    These moments are especially notable because they come out of nowhere and don't fit in with the tone. So they are sort of 'huh?' as well as laugh out moments.

    Jumping each other to that over-the-top instrumental was surely designed to get audience laughs. I don't agree with the choice, tonally, and I think it does ultimately undermine the attempt at creating a believable romance between Bond and Swann—this self-aware jab at the well-trodden trope of Bond and Bond girl making love immediately upon escaping certain death—but surely the scene wasn't intended any other way.

    What does make me laugh, unintentionally, every time is when Bond and Swann are having a pretty deeply emotional moment in the streets of London before she departs and she says "James, I can't" and then we cut to Bond standing there like Archer in his tactleneck pulling a confused expression and saying something to the effect of "You mean you can't stay or you can't...?" I seriously have no idea why that's there. There's no way they could have been going for comedy—Thomas Newman's gorgeously sad piano music tells us so—and yet the moment is pure Archer.
  • bondjamesbondjames You were expecting someone else?
    edited January 2018 Posts: 23,883
    I completely agree @Some_Kind_Of_Hero . That was my point #5. above. A moment so ridiculous that I honestly couldn't believe what I witnessed in the theatre. I couldn't believe that they thought that would be anything but a funny moment given the manner in which it was executed.
  • Some_Kind_Of_HeroSome_Kind_Of_Hero
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    Oh I see. Didn't realize that was the part you were referring to.
  • bondbat007bondbat007
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    I haven't gone through this thread so forgive me if it's been said, but in LTK, when Dalton yells "Della!!" In an otherwise fantastic performance, I can't believe Glen let that one stay in. Not sure if if was bad ADR but it almost ruins a powerful moment. I can't help but chuckle
  • bondjamesbondjames You were expecting someone else?
    edited January 2018 Posts: 23,883
    I don't know if anyone has mentioned this, but the way Dalton draws his gun in both TLD's Puskin interrogation scene and more notably in the hotel in LTK when Pam walks in always gets a chuckle out of me. So theatrical.

    @bondbat007 I agree on "Della!!!!"
  • LeonardPineLeonardPine The Bar on the Beach
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    When Lazenby delivers that brutal uppercut to the black henchman outside Draco's office, i always laugh! His head goes back like one of those Pez dispensers!!! :))
  • cwl007cwl007 England
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    "You were just in time, things were about to turn nasta "
    beg your pardon Timothy, what happened to your accent there?
    😂
  • Safin_UnmaskedSafin_Unmasked
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    DR NO
    Bond sucking and slurping on Miss Taro's towel.
    The music going out of tune during the final shot of the dinghy.

    FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE
    Baffling moment where Bond opens a window blind, it makes a deafening CRASH sound, and he raises his hand to his face like he's just been hurt...?

    GOLDFINGER
    Goldfinger's positivity and lust for life when he says "As soon as my bank opens... in the morning!", he's full of good spirits.
    When Sean sees Pussy and says "PUssy..."

    THUNDERBALL
    Sean's face when he's being briefed by M and Captain Pritchard, his face is grubby and dirty and his lips dripping with saliva, and he says "Nassau" very passionately.
    Bond yelling "NOWMOVE" at Quist.
    Largo talking to his shark like a human "Gently my friend... gently..."
    "Tell him Paula's dead" ... "Okay"
    "Have a sip... won't harm your man..."
    Bond getting hit on head by a speedboat... "BONK"
    "You haf geeven me... mush pleasure Daminu..."
    One of Largo's men coming up to serve a beautiful platter and champagne right in the middle of the big fight on the Disco Volante

    YOU ONLY LIVE TWICE
    When Bond says "Neeng Poh"
    Aki saying "No one wurr distullb you tonite.."
    Connery's acting in the background as Helga is jumping out of the plane
    Connery getting the staff knocked out of his hand... "Kobai..."

    OHMSS
    Lazenby running into the surf like a dog chasing a tennis ball
    Polar bear laughing
    Telly's face weeping and crying as he watches Piz Gloria collapse

    DIAMONDS ARE FOREVER
    "Cai Cai Cairo"
    Bond pretending he's bedding a woman by rubbing his hands up and down his back... how many hours was he doing that waiting for Franks to arrive?
    Connery gazing up into the chandelier... "Priceless..."
    Saxby falling down the cliff slope

    LIVE AND LET DIE
    Rosie staring into the camera, beaming with pride, when Roger says "Beautiful brave and now resourceful..."
    The cheap production and close-up of Bond's morse code brush gadget
    Quarrel dubbed voice saying "No one on de island dare go up dere"
    Bond wearing Solitaire's beautiful sequined gown... very camp...

    THE MAN WITH THE GOLDEN GUN
    Hip abandoning Bond
    The sucking sound effect when Bond pulls off his nipple
    Nick Nack's lifeless corpse in the basket... or was this meant to be funny?

    THE SPY WHO LOVED ME
    Tasteless disco wah wah guitar as the camera zooms on the body of Anya's lover
    Beckman & Markovitz shaking hands

    MOONRAKER
    Bond spooking Goodhead when she goes to turn on the lamp... and his ultimate reveal when the light comes on...

    FOR YOUR EYES ONLY
    "You can cum too late... and have to wait..."
    Topol rolling down the staircase while fighting Kristatos

    OCTOPUSSY
    "Rupeeeeeeeee-aaaaahhhhhh"
    Moore's tangled, thin hair as he strruggles to climb out of body bag
    Moore yelling "Come on, COME ON" while riding a horse

    A VIEW TO A KILL
    "I'm happiest... IN DA saddle..."
    Bond falling like a dead body onto the wedding cake
    Bond struggling to swim out of oil pipe
    Bond struggling to climb onto bomb winch in the mine... Moore showing his age...
    "Moah... moah powah... DO IT"
    "Maaaaxxx... MAAAAAAXXX"

    THE LIVING DAYLIGHTS
    Dalton running like a fat girl towards a buffet in the pre credits
    Dalton simmering with pleasure at the idea of buying a beautiful sequined ballgown "Let's buy it..." his body shaking with pleasure
    Dalton laughing on rollercoaster
    Final shot of Bond's beautiful platter....

    LICENCE TO KILL
    Felix and the DEA running in slow motion towards Sanchez's pilots, followed by a real bad shot of them raising their hands
    Dalton trussed up like a Christmas turkey slowly rotating in the air as he hangs from the helicopter
    Wedding music... "We chop eet up, we chop eet up..." Played it at my own wedding
    "Della!"
    Magic sprinkles music playing when Dalton double takes when he notices Pam's sleek new dyke haircut
    Poorly framed shot of Dalton arriving by car at Banco de Isthmus
    Dalton laughing

    GOLDENEYE
    Pierce laughing and full of life in the final shot

    TOMORROW NEVER DIES
    Establishing shot of Carver's party as we see a very old man with a big white beard in the bottom of the screen while sensuous sax music plays
    Bald guy laughing at Carver's mad cow jokes
    The man Bond throws into the printing press being an exhausted, out of shape, 5'9" at most, father of three with a valid job just trying to put food on the table

    THE WORLD IS NOT ENOUGH
    Q descending into hell
    Confused Bond going "HUH???" to Renard

    DIE ANOTHER DAY
    Bond taking off his sunglasses and messing up his hair over his ears
    "Me thooo...."
    Bond wearing 3x leather jackets layered on top of each other
    Col. Moon laughing as he rams Bond's hovercraft
    Pierce's reaction when he gets injected with sedative "Ugghhhhuuuu"
    Pierce's fat hairy stomach
    Jinx jumping off the cliff
    The South African patient not knowing where to put his admission documents when handed them by the waiter
    Acting of the journalists at Graves' parachute PR event
    "Guess we're gonna die rich"... "HUH????? Oh..."

    CASINO ROYALE
    Mollaka being VERY invested in the outcome of the mongoose fight, then being instantly distracted by a text message. A preview of 21st century attention spans...
    Ambassador saying "Listen to me...." and then not following up with anything
    Weird close up of kids smiling at Solange's horse
    "Good job... big boy"
    The way the big poker tournament ends with everyone just silently walking away like "Well, that's it". Nobody evens goes up to congratulate Bond.

    QUANTUM OF SOLACE
    Elvis asking "How much longer" and nobody responds... intentional?
    Parachute dive. Worse than the DAD CGI surfing

    SKYFALL
    "DOWN SIRRRR!!!"
    Judi Dench getting out of her car "For GOD'S SAKE..."

    SPECTRE
    Craig's pose as he leans against the bar, with the camera pulling closer to his big, luscious butt... horribly conceived shot
    Craig yelling "COME OOOOOOON" while trying to steer the plane away from trees
    Fiennes' panicked reaction when Q and Moneypenny interrupt his meal
    "TherecentlydeceasedheadofSpectre"




  • FoxRoxFoxRox
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    Goldfinger - the zoom-in of Felix resting after the gas spray, with the solemn score in the background.
  • ThunderfingerThunderfinger Das Boot Hill
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    @Safin_Unmasked , great list. Never really noticed the death disco in TSWLM, but now that you mention it. Lot of tasteless stuff in that one.
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