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  • 0BradyM0Bondfanatic70BradyM0Bondfanatic7 Quantum Floral Arrangements: "We Have Petals Everywhere"
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    5.) Xenia gives Bond a squeeze (GE)

    4.) Renard discovers Bond's injury (TWINE)

    3.) Bond getting "one last screw" (TWINE)

    2.) Bond in the Thames chase after he treads some water (TWINE)

    1.) Bond fighting Renard (TWINE)

    Honorable mention:

    Sean's looks to the prison guard from his cell (GF)- It still creeps me out and astounds me to this very day.

    http://screenmusings.org/Goldfinger/images/Gf_575.jpg
  • HASEROTHASEROT has returned like the tedious inevitability of an unloved season---
    edited April 2013 Posts: 4,399
    001. Connery in Thunderball, during the final fight with Largo... it's such a weird face to cut on, but i can't help but laugh every time i see it..
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    002. Moore in Octopussy "SIIIIIIITA!" - a really bizarre moment (and face) in what was a really tense chase sequence - the only thing that could possibly trump this would be a tarzan yell..
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    003. Moore in A View To A Kill at the end of the PTS.. poor Rog, it looked like he aged 30 years between OP and AVTAK, i guess that bit of a face lift he got also left him suspended in a constant state of surprise... either that or he is trying hypnosis on his next female victim-i mean Bond girl. lol.
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    004. Brosnan in The World Is Not Enough - this film lent itself to some wonderfully bad faces from Brozzers... #1... in this one he makes a awful "O" face while being doused with water..
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    005. Brosnan in The World Is Not Enough - #2... i can picture Apted going .."okay Pierce, in this scene you've caught up with Cigar girl and you're shooting torpedoes at her boat to take her out.. I want to see intensity as you're arming those torpedoes.." .. Brosnan "alright, i'll just make a monkey face."
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    006. Brosnan in The World Is Not Enough - #3... call the plumber, our Brozzer is backing up again..
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    006. Craig in Quantum Of Solace - the undefeated Daniel Craig challenges you to a staring and breath holding competition... annnnd, go!
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  • DarthDimiDarthDimi Behind you!Moderator
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    Awesome list, @haserot!! :D
  • thelivingroyalethelivingroyale
    edited April 2013 Posts: 12,837
    @haserot Brilliant :)) Helped me finish my list too, so thanks.

    1) Connery's creepy smile at the guard (Goldfinger)

    2) Any of Brosnan's "pain faces"

    3) Craig's face during the free fall (Quantum)

    4) Moore's face when he gets caught on the bridge while dangling from Zorins airship (View To A Kill)

    5) Any of Craig's pouts

    6) Moore telling the tiger to sit (Octopussy)
  • DarthDimiDarthDimi Behind you!Moderator
    edited April 2013 Posts: 24,187
    LIST 1: The 007 most intelligent Bond girls
    LIST 2: Your 007 favourite OT sequences by Maurice Binder
    LIST 3: Your 007 most annoying moments in a Bond film
    LIST 4: Rank the Aston Martin cars from the Bonds
    LIST 5: 007's 007 coolest moments
    LIST 6: Rank the non-Barry/Arnold scores
    LIST 7: Your 007 most sexy moments in the Bonds
    LIST 8: The 6 best moments of Bond in London
    LIST 9: The 007 best uses of the Bond Theme
    LIST 10: The 5 worst faces made by the Bonds

    <font color=orange size=5><b>LIST 011</b></font>

    <font color=green size=6> <b>Your top 10 PTS</b></font>
  • DarthDimiDarthDimi Behind you!Moderator
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    10 - TSWLM

    09 - TLD

    08 - OHMSS

    07 - MR

    06 - TND

    05 - TWINE

    04 - SF

    03 - CR

    02 - GE

    01 - FRWL
  • SoundofthesinnersSoundofthesinners
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    10 The World is Not Enough
    9 The Living Daylights
    8 Die Another Day
    7 From Russia With Love
    6 Tomorrow Never Dies
    5 Skyfall
    4 The Spy Who Loved Me
    3 Goldeneye
    2 Casino Royale
    1 Goldfinger
  • bondbat007bondbat007
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    10. The World Is Not Enough- Good move to put the boat chase before the titles

    9. Octopussy- a great little mini adventure

    8. Tomorrow Never Dies- Very exciting stuff. Especially the dog fight and music.

    7. On Her Majesties Secret Service- Music plus fight plus Tracy=awesome

    6. Skyfall- Very epic and just screams "Bond is back!"

    5. The Spy Who Loved Me- That stunt...that stunt

    4. The Living Daylights- Amazing intro for Dalton

    3. Goldfinger- nothing has to be said

    2. Moonraker- Doesn't matter if the rest of the film doesn't follow but this PTS is out of this world! (Get it? Uh never mind)

    1. Goldeneye- The perfect intro for a new Bond. Also when I first saw it I LOVED that he worked with another 00 agent
  • 00130013
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    010 Die Another Day
    009 From Russia with Love
    008 The Living Daylights
    007 GoldenEye
    006 Skyfall
    005 Goldfinger
    004 The World is not Enough
    003 Octopussy
    002 Thunderball
    001 Casino Royale
  • QBranchQBranch Always have an escape plan. Mine is watching James Bond films.
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    In no particular order:

    GF
    OHMSS
    TSWLM
    MR
    TLD
    GE
    TND
    TWINE
    CR
    SF

    Honourable mentions:

    FRWL
    OP
    DAD
    QOS
  • 0BradyM0Bondfanatic70BradyM0Bondfanatic7 Quantum Floral Arrangements: "We Have Petals Everywhere"
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    10.) The World is Not Enough
    9.) Goldeneye
    8.) From Russia With Love
    7.) The Living Daylights
    6.) The Spy Who Loved Me
    5.) Thunderball
    4.) Goldfinger
    3.) On Her Majesty's Secret Service
    2.) Skyfall
    1.) Casino Royale

    CR and Skyfall are basically a tie, and I am partial to OHMSS in the 3rd spot because of those awesome camera shots of Bond's face while he is driving and how the actual PTS introduces Tracy to us. That story meat is more important to me that the other action heavy PTSs, which is why I rank them lower. I am never one for these bigger rankings in the first place, but this is how it seems to stand at the moment.
  • DarthDimiDarthDimi Behind you!Moderator
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    0BradyM0Bondfanatic7 wrote:
    CR and Skyfall are basically a tie, and I am partial to OHMSS in the 3rd spot because of those awesome camera shots of Bond's face while he is driving and how the actual PTS introduces Tracy to us. That story meat is more important to me that the other action heavy PTSs, which is why I rank them lower. I am never one for these bigger rankings in the first place, but this is how it seems to stand at the moment.

    @0BradyM0Bondfanatic7,
    I struggled with both films too. I treat the CR PTS with the utmost respect, especially because they were able to structure and shoot it unlike any PTS we'd ever seen. The SF PTS is, in that sense, more of an 'ordinary' Bond adventure (though I mean no disrespect when using the word 'ordinary') but it's a bloody good adventure and by its sheer quality deserves a spot high up my list as well.
  • MajorDSmytheMajorDSmythe "I tolerate this century, but I don't enjoy it."Moderator
    edited April 2013 Posts: 13,978
    Based on the PTS...

    10 - TMWTGG
    09 - TSWLM
    08 - DAD
    07 - YOLT
    06 - TWINE
    05 - FRWL
    04 - FYEO
    03 - OHMSS
    02 - LTK
    01 - TLD
  • identigraphidentigraph
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    Not in order but here goes -
    1. OP - love this, feels like a thrilling finale to the previous mission.
    2. FYEO - ok so maybe not a fitting end for Blofield but otherwise a lot of fun
    3. TSWLM- amazing stunt, union jack, bond theme blaring, what more could you want?
    4. TLD - cracking tense opener and a brilliant way to introduce Timbo.
    5. GE - another exciting opener which brings Bond back big time.
    6. TWINE - cracking boat chase, better than the rest of the film.
    7. TND - really like this one, quite tense but played light, gets you in the mood.
    8. FRWL - really well staged and good payoff, the first real PTS.
    9. MR - whilst the stunt is let down by stupid gags, it's still amazing.
    10.LTK - exciting, a bit different and a good setup for the rest of the film.
  • sirseanisbondsirseanisbond
    Posts: 2,189
    Here's my list:

    10. Octopussy
    9. The World Is Not Enough
    8. Tomorrow Never Dies
    7. Goldeneye
    6. On Her Majesties Secret Service
    5. Thunderball
    4. Quantum Of Solace
    3. Casino Royale
    2. From Russia With Love
    1. Goldfinger
  • HASEROTHASEROT has returned like the tedious inevitability of an unloved season---
    edited April 2013 Posts: 4,399

    001. From Russia With Love
    002. Thunderball
    003. On Her Majesty's Secret Service
    004. The Spy Who Loved Me
    005. Octopussy
    006. The Living Daylights
    007. Goldeneye
    008. Casino Royale
    009. Quantum Of Solace
    010. Skyfall
  • M_BaljeM_Balje Amsterdam, Netherlands
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    1. Twine
    2. Goldeneye
    3. TSWLM
    4. OHMSS
    5. The Living Daylights
    6. Tomorrow Never Dies
    7. For Your Eyes Only
    8. Octopussy
    9. Diamonds Are Forever
    10. Goldfinger
  • Samuel001Samuel001 Moderator
    edited April 2013 Posts: 13,355
    1. On Her Majesty's Secret Service
    2. Thunderball
    3. From Russia With Love
    4. Octopussy
    5. The Living Daylights
    6. Licence To Kill
    7. Moonraker
    8. The Spy Who Loved Me
    9. For Your Eyes Only
    10. Live And Let Die

    Most difficult.
  • W_PPKW_PPK
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    1. Casino Royale
    2. GoldenEye
    3. The Living Daylights
    4. Quantum of Solace
    5. Skyfall
    6. Thunderball
    7. Dr. No :D
  • AgentJamesBond007AgentJamesBond007 Vesper’s grave
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    10. From Russia With Love
    9. Thunderball
    8. Live And Let Die
    7. Casino Royale
    6. GoldenEye
    5. Licence To Kill
    4. Skyfall
    3. Goldfinger
    2. The Living Daylights
    1. OHMSS
  • Aziz_FekkeshAziz_Fekkesh Royale-les-Eaux
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    I'm not even going to attempt to number them, so here are my 10 favorite ones:

    GF
    TB
    TSWLM
    MR
    OP
    TLD
    TND
    DAD
    QoS
    SF
  • DarthDimiDarthDimi Behind you!Moderator
    edited April 2013 Posts: 24,187
    LIST 1: The 007 most intelligent Bond girls
    LIST 2: Your 007 favourite OT sequences by Maurice Binder
    LIST 3: Your 007 most annoying moments in a Bond film
    LIST 4: Rank the Aston Martin cars from the Bonds
    LIST 5: 007's 007 coolest moments
    LIST 6: Rank the non-Barry/Arnold scores
    LIST 7: Your 007 most sexy moments in the Bonds
    LIST 8: The 6 best moments of Bond in London
    LIST 9: The 007 best uses of the Bond Theme
    LIST 10: The 5 worst faces made by the Bonds
    LIST 11: Your top 10 PTS

    <font color=orange size=5><b>LIST 012</b></font>

    <font color=green size=6> <b>The 6 best scenes in OHMSS</b></font>
  • DarthDimiDarthDimi Behind you!Moderator
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    006 - Bond escapes Piz Gloria

    005 - Final scene

    004 - PTS: Bond's extreme close up + cigarette lighting

    003 - Breaking into Ghumbold's safe

    002 - Second ski chase (pre-avalanche)

    001 -Sir Hilly meets the ladies
  • thelivingroyalethelivingroyale
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    1) Final scene

    2) Battle at Piz Gloria

    3) Bond smoking and driving in the PTS

    4) Bond and Tracy meet properly in the hotel room

    5) Ski chase

    6) Bond escaping Piz Gloria
  • MajorDSmytheMajorDSmythe "I tolerate this century, but I don't enjoy it."Moderator
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    6. Ski chase
    5. Battle at Piz Gloria
    4. Bond's cable car escape from Piz Gloria
    3. Bond breaking into Gumbold's safe
    2. The PTS
    1. The final scene
  • AgentJamesBond007AgentJamesBond007 Vesper’s grave
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    6. Hilly meets the Angels of Death
    5. Piz Gloria Battle
    4. Bond talks to Tracy in his hotel room
    3. Bond breaking into Gumbold's safe for information on Blofeld
    2. The Pre-Titles Sequence
    1. The finale
  • bondbat007bondbat007
    edited April 2013 Posts: 1,407
    Only 6? I'll try...:)

    6. Tracy finds Bond on the ice rink
    5. Sir Hilly meets the girls
    4. The PTS
    3. "Will you marry me?"
    2. Escape from Piz Gloria
    1. The wedding/ending

    HONORABLE MENTION: The title sequence. Barry's score plus the visuals is fantastic
  • 0BradyM0Bondfanatic70BradyM0Bondfanatic7 Quantum Floral Arrangements: "We Have Petals Everywhere"
    edited April 2013 Posts: 28,694
    I know you said to list a maximum of 6, @Dimi, but to be frank, listing less than 10 for this great film is blasphemous. ;)
    10.) Bond has a tiff with M over the Blofeld mission

    9.) Bond fights Che Che

    8.) Bond and Tracy out maneuver Blofeld and his men while they are being chased in the latter half of the film

    7.) We get various (and epic) close shots of Bond as he drives after Tracy

    6.) Bond and Blofeld battle as they slide down the snow covered hill

    5.) Bond reminisces on his past missions to the tunes of the previous themes for those respective films.

    4.) Bond flies with Draco's forces and attacks Piz Gloria; *WARNING* Epicness ensues
    *WARNING*

    3.) Bond throws his hat to Moneypenny as he takes off with Tracy after they wed, the look on her face heart-breaking.

    2.) Bond proposes to Tracy while in the barn

    1.) Bond holds Tracy's corpse and says, "We have all the time in the world", while the final shot we see is the bullet pierced windshield as credits roll.

    I interpreted "best" as the scenes that were most impactful on me, since I don't take pleasure in watching many of the sadder scenes in question, including the death of Tracy, though they are told magnificently.

  • DarthDimiDarthDimi Behind you!Moderator
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    There's never a limit to praise for OHMSS, @0BradyM0Bondfanatic7. ;-)
  • 00130013
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    006 Bond fights Che Che
    005 Tracy distracts Blofeld by quoting poetry, "such a poetic a pleasure".
    004 Blofeld and his soldiers chase after Bond and Tracy
    003 Bond and Draco discuss business over martinis and Campari.
    002 Helicopters flying towards Piz Gloria, "I suggest you check your records again".
    001 Bond's wedding and final scene.
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