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in chronological order:
- PTS: Look how Daniel Craig walks smooth and with a coolness that leaves you in awe through the crowd with the latina beauty besides him up to the hotel room.
THAT'S THE BLOODY EVER COOLEST THING I'VE SEEN IN ANY BOND MOVIE
- The Day Of The Dead Parade: They built all this especially for the movie! WOW JUST WOW, let alone all the people in skeleton suits and masked, and how beautiful it all is.
- Bond falling through the floors of the collapsing building. Look at the facial expression of Craig when he realizes (twice) that he will fall! Just awesome and priceless.
Look at his reaction of falling onto the couch! ROGER MOORE IS PROUD OF YOU DANIEL, VERY PROUD!
Well, that's three, damn :))
oh...shoot...three of the whole movie?!? damn :))
I will think of it at my 4th viewing of SPECTRE tomorrow <:-P
Maybe the PTS should have been the whole film. :))
2) Austria car and airplane chase scene
3) Bond meeting with Spectre Organization.
Runners-up: Q-Branch Lab scenes, Train fight scene, Torture scene.
Yeah :)) and even then it would be infinitely better than Skyfall
1. Daniel Kleinman's title sequence. Wow, that is probably his best work to date. And it meshes beautifully with WOTW. I've seen Spectre three times now and each time i get real amped for this.
2. Lady Sciarra's villa sequence. Oh man, the lighting and cinematography in this scene is SO GORGEOUS, from the moment she turns on that lamp onwards. The way the assassins are hidden in the shadows and slowly follow her as the music plays. Bond's reveal is superb! Everything in Rome is the true highlight of this movie.
3. Speaking of Rome, next up is the SPECTRE boardroom. Jesus, each time in the cinema when this scene plays, you could hear a pin drop. So excellent and sinister. Just as it should be. I really appreciate the quiet moments in SP, this being the crown jewel in that department. Eyes Wide Shut is one of my all time favorite films and this is a stunning visual homage.
I LOVE THIS MOVIE.
Thing is that with the PTS alone SP blows SF right out of the water as far as entertainment value goes. SF's half-hearted attempt at melodrama did not make up for a few limp action sequences.
With cinematic Bond you have to feel 'the cool factor' when watching it (especially in the cinema) - if you do not get that then there is something wrong.
I got this with SP, but not with SF, and I'm inclined to blame the film, not myself...
2.- Train fight
3.- Torture/Spectre meeting.
2. SPECTRE meeting - Blofeld has been introduced as a contrast to James Bond introduction in DN.
3. 007 runs across London's Westminster Bridge with Big Ben in the background, then this scene shows that Blofeld is an integral part of the Bond franchise.
What a PTS! From the opening tracking shot (or should that read 3 shots..?) to the segue into the titles, this is one of the best PTSs in years. Watching Craig swagger out on to the roof, with such insouciance, was a joy to behold. Funny and thrilling.
2. Hinx tramples Bond
It is so unusual to have a fight with Craig's Bond to be one sided. When Bond ducks under Hinx's punch, and it smashes through a piece of wood, straight at the camera, one felt the raw power emanating from Bautista. Brutal. Although Bond puts up a decent fight, no one could stop this man mountain. Battered and bruised, Bond desperately flings everything at Hinx in the kitchen - I was genuinely fearful for Bond.
3. The Rome Reveal
The boardroom sequence. One can feel the respect, the fear and the loyalty from the assembled lackeys, as Blofeld sat down.
1) PTS in Mexico - it was a wonderfull scene. Best PTS of D.Craig 007 movies.
2) Debriefing in Q-Branch (jokes about watch and "I told you to return equipment in one piece not return one piece").
3) Converstation between 007 & Mr White (because I'm a fan of Mr White).
Fight in train was good too ;)
2- "L'Americain". I still need a rewatch because I can't really explain why I loved that scene so much. I just know I do. That's when I was sold on Bond and Madeleine's "relationship". Also, I liked seeing Mr. White's secret room and Vesper's interrogation tape. The pictures of his family humanized a character that we met a long time ago but knew nothing about.
3- The train sequence. From the fancy dinner, the thrilling fight scene (man, I wish there was more scenes like that one) until the love making scene (they were both so hot for each other).
1. Mexico PTS
2. Spectre board meeting
3. Train fight
Shout out to the scene between M and C, when C tries to shoot a seated M with his unloaded gun. Great tribute to the CR PTS.
2. Start spreading the news
I'm leaving today...
Yes, the slapstick is back!
3. Blofeld's fate
Ha ha! I might have reversed the order, but basically THIS!^
01. "The Dentist Drill Torture":
If someone has read a bit about Ernst Stavro Blofeld in Ian Fleming's novels "Thunderball", "On Her Majesty's Secret Service" and "You Only Live Twice", then you know that he is much more psychotic than, let's say, Silva and Le Chiffre. Those villains more or less were brandmarked by their pasts, but were also acting out of pure desperation and hate. So that sets this particular torture sequence apart from, for instance, the Rope Torture Sequence in "Casino Royale".
Having said all this, I just loved the newly re-imagined way of Blofeld not directly fighting Bond, but using machinery and buttons instead. The sequence felt like the more lush, luxury version of the rope torture sequence from "CR" or the Boat Dragging Torture from "For Your Eyes Only". And for me it was especially cruel and psychotic when he detailedly describes the killing of the previous SPECTRE-head. I liked it when he was fascinated by the fact that he tried to kill the soul earlier than the actual body. Slightly gory, but so was "Skyfall". And those tiny little droplets of blood attached to these miniature dentist drills. Won-der-ful. Highlight of the film! Brings me to the 2nd highlight....
02. "The S.P.E.C.T.R.E. Board Meeting + Killing A Member":
I was glad that the board meeting worked so well. Together with the cinematography, the lighting and all the shadows the scene reminded me a bit of Kubrick's "Eyes Wide Shut" and several of David Fincher's films. It started off rather 'ordinary', like another of those top secret Bilderberg meetings (which this S.P.E.C.T.R.E. is slightly modelled after). Dr Vogel does off course the German introduction and talks about all the successes of the pharmacy acquisition (possible biological warfare plot for the future?).
When then the Spanish S.P.E.C.T.R.E.-head is being challenged by one hell of a big man: Hinx. Perhaps the nicest introduction ever of a henchman. What follows next is the prelogue to the killing of the Spanish member. Hinx has a signature weapon....his steel thumb nails. And then it happens: Hinx grabs the poor man, pushes out / destroys the man's eyeballs. Leaving a lot of blood. You feel the soul leaving his body. And then, in an instant, Hinx kills the man entirely by snapping his neck. Won-der-ful-ly re-imagined S.P.E.C.T.R.E.-meeting and not as cheesy as Austin Powers feeding a man to the sharks.
03. "The Train Fight Sequence":
Off course this scene pays tribute to past Bond films. But what especially worked for me was the fact that I haven't seen Bond so...vulnerable. Finally he's not someone's equal physically, and he has to use other methods than his bare fists. The fight is as elegant -or not as elegant- as the stairwell fight sequence from "Casino Royale". And you see him suffering, even hearing him moan as Hinx tries to use his thumbs again.
But the fight sequence particularly works because it's set in two parts. During the 2nd part Madeleine joins and Thomas Newman's track 'Hinx' (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oup3E5xfG5Q) kicks in. It works deliciously. The strangling makes Madeleine suffer and moan too. And as this fight sequence is quite long, it therefore really never feels long. The final scene is very funny then, when Bond manages to make Hinx say one final word: *beep* Lovely :-).
Other highlights of this film for me were the comedy in the Remy Jullienne-esque car chase through the streets of Rome. When I first saw it, I was delighted by Bond pushing that little blue Fiat 500 :-P. The cinema audience here (during my first viewing) was rolling in laughter :-): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LEmN04IR6tc.
The snow chase in Austria was OK, but IMO not the nicest action sequence. I think a real ski chase / paraski sequence would have worked better here....perhaps with GoPro camera equipment.
I also liked the PTS a lot, but I slightly prefer the "Skyfall" pre-credits sequence more.
So, please tell me what your favourite TOP 3 highlights were of "SPECTRE" :-).
When Bond opens the door to Swann's cabin in the train.
When M opens the door to the Hildebrand shop.
I see you have opened the doors of perception.
When bond walks in the bedroom and removes his hat how cool would it have been if without looking he threw it and it landed on top of the bed post, a la Connery
The AVTAK car chase is criminally underrated.
Then we fully disagree.
2. Mexico PTS. Unbelievably tense opening shot that builds and builds to an amazingly high octane crescendo.
3. "The author of all your pain." Seeing Waltz turn from charming host to sinister mastermind in this scene was a terrific performance. Loved Bond shouting at him to turn off the footage of him and Mr. White while Madeline stands idly by.
Finally someone who more or less agrees with me ;-). I go one step further: The entire Moroccan sequence was my uttermost favourite bit of the film, Because it had:
--> This cute little scene where Bond talks to a mouse
--> Leading towards the discovery of Mr White's little Safe House
--> Then there's this teriffic fight sequence on the Desert Express
--> Bond and Madeleine being picked up by Blofeld's assistant (very reminiscent of how suddenly Honey Rider and Bond were welcomed by sister Lily and sister Rose)
--> A cheeky butler asking in a 'polite' way for Bond's gun
--> Bond and Madeleine getting this very 1960's modernist room
--> Bond and Madeleine waiting for Blofeld's introduction in front of that meteoroid
--> From there Blofeld gets...Blofeld...using his iPad to cause some little extortion (the "T" from S.P.E.C.T.R.E.)
--> Then this terrific torture scene in the dentist chair
I thought it all was exquisit! If there weren't SonyLeaks, if people were not so brainwashed by all that CGI-action from "Furious 7" and "Avengers 2", if people were not suffering from "comparing sickness", if we didn't have Silva's introduction, and IF people really took the time to fully appreciate the slower approach of 1960's films (including Bond films from that era), then the entire Morocco-scene would have been loved by everyone.
Instead, the latter half of the film is being mocked ALL over the place. From critics who don't know what to expect from a Bond film these days. And from people who don't have the guts anymore to say that "SPECTRE", especially the 2nd half of the film (Morocco), was way way more credible and wonderful than all the 2nd halves of Brosnan's last three Bond films. And you know what? I think "SPECTRE"s 2nd half was even better than "GoldenEye"!
There you have it.
2. First Blofeld cat reveal. Hi-lite of film really.
3.Sigman slinking about on bed in pts.