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[YOLT]

Last 20 minutes of:
Octopussy

Why Octopussy?

I disliked the fight in the end. I wished they had finished it in Germany, but they went tı India again. Its like DAD they could have finished it in Iceland, but in one minute they are in N.Korea with commando clothes

Overall Octopussy is a good film but I dont like the finale. Atleast its a Moore film.
To each their own. I loved the Octopussy finale. Kept moving from place to place, but never lost any tension.

Plus John Barry's score throughout was on/above par.

[Bon-san]

Am I the only person who likes Halle Berry and Jinx?

Nope. I like Halle, and I like Jinx.

Outside of this site, most everyone else does, too.

[Qwerty]

Am I the only person who likes Halle Berry and Jinx?

Nope. I like Halle, and I like Jinx.

Outside of this site, most everyone else does, too.

I like Halle Berry more than I like Jinx.

[Kingdom Come]

Weakest moments? . . . Willie & Bab's taking control.

[bryonalston]

I would say Bond switching places with the mannequin in TMWTGG and shooting Scaramanga. That was one of the most predictable climax's ever.

[tdalton]

I would say Bond switching places with the mannequin in TMWTGG and shooting Scaramanga. That was one of the most predictable climax's ever.

Agreed. The ending of TMWTGG was very predictable.

I think that the weakest moment in Bond history was Jinx's introduction in Die Another Day, since it was the introduction of the weakest of the Bond girls in the history of the franchise.

Other weak moments include Brosnan's motorcycle dive at the end of the PTS in GoldenEye and Sean Connery's Bond finding Blofeld in the penthouse of the Whyte House in Diamonds Are Forever.

[Mr. Somerset]

The weakest moment of the series was earlier this week when the final four list was revealed. Okay, enough of that.
I'll go with the ending of DAD involving Moneypenny's virtual reality fantasy. Then I'd say the climaxes of the other three PB films as well. TWINE's is pretty weak....and I used to think the oil rig in DAF was lame.

[Bond_Bishop]

The ending of DAD with the VR or the stupid Aston Martin Vanquish

[ACE]

All of Thunderball - crap special effects, slow action, bored Connery. Should not be considered an Eon Bond film.

[Skudor]

All of Thunderball - crap special effects, slow action, bored Connery. Should not be considered an Eon Bond film.

One of my top five Bond movies... I think Connery is brilliant in it...

Anyway... weakest moments: There are several in Die Another Day: The Vanish, whenever it vanishes, the rubbish CGI and the virtual reality stuff. Moonraker: Jaws and his girlfriend ( ) and when Jaws turns goodie ( ). The Blonde bimbo in A View To A Kill is one long weak moment, and the 'plutonic' and 'nuclear family' jokes in The World Is Not Enough make me cringe every time.

[Red Grant Fanatic]

Diamond are Forever in it's intirety.

Overtly Campy humors, the only ugly Bond girl to date, no gadgets, minimal plot, bad villian, even Blofeld was bad.

This is the only Bond film I have not liked all the others are awsome, even DAD and Moonraker, especially when compared to this.

[bryonalston]

Diamond are Forever in it's intirety.

Overtly Campy humors, the only ugly Bond girl to date, no gadgets, minimal plot, bad villian, even Blofeld was bad.

This is the only Bond film I have not liked all the others are awsome, even DAD and Moonraker, especially when compared to this.

I think you're being a little harsh, but I see where you're coming from. The first third of DAF was fantastic, and Tiffany was credible (I don't think that she's ugly, but there's something about her that I can't quite put my finger on, but anyways, Kara Milovy was quite ugly in some scenes of TLD.) The plot had potential and didn't need gadgets to drown out the plot. Blofeld was terrible. If there was a Bond film that got this kind of criticism, I would say TMWTGG, which is very weak. I think that ALL of the jokes and humor in DAD was campy, crappy, etc... just like the movie.

[tdalton]

Diamond are Forever in it's intirety.

Agreed. DAF would have been much, much, much better had it been a strict continuation of OHMSS with George Lazenby back as Bond, or perhaps even Gavin in the role, but Connery just looked too bored in the role and was only there for the money, and the entire film appears to almost be a slapstick comedy rather than a James Bond adventure.

[Kingdom Come]

Weakest moments is the background projection of which Moonraker is one of the worst examples. LTK was the last film to use this process.

[RJJB]

Weakest Moment: the pre-title sequence of Live and Let Die. Here's the movie introducing the new James Bond, and he is not even in the opening sequence. Big mistake. Bond should always be the most important thing in the movie.

[007_Stef]

Clive Owen:
stating that playing 007 would be a `deadly` career move

[Kingdom Come]

". . . all of Thunderball - crap special effects, slow action, bored Connery. Should not be considered an Eon Bond film."

I agree completely. The only interest for me is that this was the 1st shot in 2:35.

[Qwerty]

". . . all of Thunderball - crap special effects, slow action, bored Connery. Should not be considered an Eon Bond film."

I agree completely. The only interest for me is that this was the 1st shot in 2:35.

Really? What about characters such as Largo and Fiona Volpe?

[Lady Rose]

Weakest Moment: the pre-title sequence of Live and Let Die.  Here's the movie introducing the new James Bond, and he is not even in the opening sequence. Big mistake. Bond should always be the most important thing in the movie.

Yeah ... If Roger Moore had been in it he might have been a sucessful Bond

[Kingdom Come]

Didn't one of the Sean Connery films have a wonky start to the end credits?

[Colossus]

Die Another Day

[ComplimentsOfSharky]

Die Another Day

Welcome to CBn!

[Kingdom Come]

Not Die Another Day! it was either YOLT or FRWL

[Kingdom Come]

Their sound departments right from Connery's days, through Lazenby's film, Moore's films and into Dalton's films - Doctor No - From Russia With Love -
OHMSS, MWTGG, MR, AVTAK all had below standard dubbing.

[SecretAgent007]

Cubby and Dana passing away
Harry Saltzman
Any scene with Jaws
Almost everything after the pre-credits in TWINE
Almost everything after the introduction of Jinx in DAD
Any of the "on camera" Blofeld scenes
TMWTGG
Almost everything after the safe cracking scene in YOLT
Any scene were Bond wears a pink tie
Roger Moore's eyebrow raising
Most of Moonraker
Pierce running
soundtrack for Goldeneye
Safari suits
Stacy Sutton (I have nightmares!!JAMES JAMES )
Beach Boys music in AVTAK
Maryam D'Abo
most any scene with backscreen projection
Bond skydiving after plane in GE
Dr. Kaufmann
Walther P99

Edited by SecretAgent007, 09 October 2005 - 05:09 AM.

[Qwerty]

Didn't one of the Sean Connery films have a wonky start to the end credits?

None I can think of off the top of my head...

[killkenny kid]

He's too old

[crheath]

Two scenes in A View to a Kill:
1. The ridiculously stupid scene on the bridge, when the chief is yelling at his officers for crashing their police cars while his car gets smashed itself...very funny...not.

2. The scene where Bond's Russian girlfriend stole the cassette that she thought had information, when it turned out to be the wrong cassette and started playing the music instead. Way to obvious.

[Flash1087]

A bit in The Spy Who Loved Me. Yes, it is my favorite Bond movie...but the point where Bond and the American submarine are brought on board the Liparus, to when they leave to go attack Atlantis, is pretty weak.

Along the same lines would be everything in Tomorrow Never Dies after Wei Lin and Bond meet Carver in his office...it's all downhill from there, despite how good the beginning of the movie was.

Another moment I'd add to the list is the fact Never Say Never Again got made at all. It's a fine movie, but...was it really neccessary? We already had Thunderball, and it's not like the official Bond series was dead. I guess Kevin McClory needed to finish paying off a car or something.

Edited by Flash1087, 09 October 2005 - 06:35 AM.

[Stax]

That weird, awful safari/leisure suit Roger Moore often wore.

The slide whistle ruining a cool car stunt in GOLDEN GUN. Sheriff Pepper and Nick Nack didn't help the film, either.

Christmas Jones killed what had started as a decent Bond movie.

Jinx. I didn't dislike DAD at the time but you guys have since made me see the light.

DAF is pretty much crap. The overtly gay henchmen just being one of the more painfully dated and offensive elements (like Quarrel in Dr. No).

That fight in Stacey's house in AVTAK.

"I am invincible!"

The clown face in OP is bad but it didn't bug me until I saw the film again. Hey, I was 10 when I first saw it and thought it was fun.

Carey Lowell and Wayne Newton in LTK. Carey is pretty and proved she was a decent actress in Law & Order but, man, in LTK she was lame.

Madonna in DAD. And that godawful theme song.

Almost every Bond quip in TWINE. Only good line of his: "I never miss."

The Bond theme blaring as Connery hangs up his clothes and checks out the john in his hotel room in FRWL.

The helicopter/Blofeld opening in FYEO. I liked the visit to the grave but, post-Dr. Evil, I just can't see a bald Blofeld in a chair as anything but Mike Myers.

And, yes, the horrible CGI surfing in DAD. I don't mind Lee Tamahori as a director but he has no eye for CGI. Just look at the chase finale in XXX: State of the Union for proof. Actually, don't. Just take my word for it.

Edited by Stax, 09 October 2005 - 06:48 AM.