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[Colossus]

Any of the "on camera" Blofeld scenes

The only Blofeld that brought dignity to his character in every department was Pleasence as Blofeld in YOLT though.

Almost everything after the safe cracking scene in YOLT

Yep like the whole great Volcano lair, ninjas, Donald Pleasence, etc.

most any scene with backscreen projection

You might as well discredit scifi/fantasy/action/adventure cinema up to the 80's.

[pgram]

Well, not exactly a moment, but the period starting from the gun barrel sequence in TND to the end titles of DAD.

It is a shame how a potentially good Bond was ruined...

[00Twelve]

Yo' momma.


All time low.

[tdalton]

The final line of dialogue in The World Is Not Enough was one of the worst moments in the Bond franchise.

[Harmsway]

The final line of dialogue in The World Is Not Enough was one of the worst moments in the Bond franchise.

I think the final dialogue in DAD was just as bad, if not worse, with all that "leave it in" nonsense.

[SecretAgentFan]

I found this final line most amusing. And so did the three audiences I watched the film with.

[Harmsway]

I found this final line most amusing. And so did the three audiences I watched the film with.

Ugh. Both of those endings leave a bad taste in my mouth.

[rnblover1971]

Anytime that Timothy Dalton tried to belt out a one-liner is always something to cringe at. Here are some examples:

"Why didn't you learn to play the violin?"

"Interesting this modern safety glass!"

"You're calling me a horse's a**?"

"Better make that two."

"I guess it's a Farewell To Arms"

"I do anything for a woman with a knife"

Flat, flat, flat!!!!!!

[rnblover1971]

How about when George Lazenby breaks the fourth window and says "This never happened to the other fella". Why would they ever have James Bond look straight at the audience as if this were a screwball comedy?

That just seemed very very out of place for a Bond film.

[Qwerty]

How about when George Lazenby breaks the fourth window and says "This never happened to the other fella".  Why would they ever have James Bond look straight at the audience as if this were a screwball comedy?

That just seemed very very out of place for a Bond film.

There is actually a whole thread on that around here somewhere.

[rnblover1971]

[quote name='Qwerty' date='18 October 2005 - 23:10'][quote name='rnblover1971' date='19 October 2005 - 01:43']How about when George Lazenby breaks the fourth window and says "This never happened to the other fella".

[tdalton]

I found this final line most amusing. And so did the three audiences I watched the film with.

To each his own, I guess. I thought that it was very inappropriate and the audience that I watched the film with seemed to feel the same way.

[ComplimentsOfSharky]

The final line of dialogue in The World Is Not Enough was one of the worst moments in the Bond franchise.

I think the final dialogue in DAD was just as bad, if not worse, with all that "leave it in" nonsense.

That made me want to puke the first time I heard it.

[Harmsway]

Anytime that Timothy Dalton tried to belt out a one-liner is always something to cringe at.  Here are some examples:

"Why didn't you learn to play the violin?"

"Interesting this modern safety glass!"

"You're calling me a horse's a**?"

"Better make that two."

"I guess it's a Farewell To Arms"

"I do anything for a woman with a knife"

Flat, flat, flat!!!!!!

Cringe-worthy might be a tad strong (none of them make me bat an eye), but yeah, Dalton didn't really do comedy well.

[A Kristatos]

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.

Ugghh!!! It is not only very unfunny, but very offensive! Especially the line, "And I'm Dick Tracy, and your still under arrest!"

I find that offensive because a cop would not use that tone on someone of such stature as an agent, at least without checking. Plus, this is a classic example of the "Idiot Plot" in which the audience knows more than the character on screen, and that the audience has to sit through this sequence grimacing in pain for having to endure dialogue like that! Definately a low point of the series!

[A Kristatos]

The final line of dialogue in The World Is Not Enough was one of the worst moments in the Bond franchise.

I think the final dialogue in DAD was just as bad, if not worse, with all that "leave it in" nonsense.

Good call!

[A Kristatos]

[quote name='rnblover1971' date='19 October 2005 - 00:40']Anytime that Timothy Dalton tried to belt out a one-liner is always something to cringe at.

Edited by A Kristatos, 19 October 2005 - 06:07 PM.

[Kingdom Come]

Well they say Dalton's Bond had a sense of humour bypass but to be fair to Dalton he wanted a Bond where you REALLY could believe this man was who he was. Tonning down the humour was a good idea for this approach. But like Roger's last three films, Dalton had Maibaum and Wilson's scripts . . . . . I believe that The Living Daylights is a wonderful Bond film and probably Glen's best effort but by this time they needed new writers and a new director AND many other changes on the production side of things.

[Kingdom Come]

Weakest moments - the producers relying far too much on people who have run out of invention. Having the same production designer for years and years and years; the same costume designer for years and years and years etc etc There are sooooooooo many stunning talents out there - why not use them? why not try something fresh? a long running series becomes stale and this series is no exception.

[Vanish]

My Top 5 Weakest Moments...

5) The bar fight in License to Kill

Out of place, poorly choreographed and shot, and tacky.

4) Diamonds Are Forever

All of it, actually. From the pink tie to Jill St. John's "Hi Ernst!!", it's all pretty dire.

3) Jaws getting a girlfriend in Moonraker

No explaination needed.

2) Anything that John Glen and Co. thought would by "good for a laugh."

The Prime Minister/Parrot debacle in FYEO. The Tarzan yell and the clown suit in Octopussy. The San Francisco Cop, the French taxi driver (Oh! Oh my car! Oh! Oh! Oh my car! Oh!), the Firetruck sequence (cowboy hats?), and California Girls in the PTS in A View to a Kill. I'm sure I'm forgetting a number of other ill-advised humorous moments from Glen's films.

1) Jinx

Everything about this character. Her name, Halle Berry's awful acting, her beyond-awful dialogue, her bizarre hip wagging when she comes out of the ocean, "Yo momma"... the list is endless. It's fitting that she exists in DAD, which by my estimation is the worst, most embarrassingly bad film in the series.

[BondReader 007]

Any Roger Moore 007 film! Live and Let Die was decent and after that it was all down hill!

[BondReader 007]

[quote name='A Kristatos' date='19 October 2005 - 10:44'][quote name='crheath' date='9 October 2005 - 00:32']Two scenes in A View to a Kill:
1.

[MarcAngeDraco]

LTK- Bond pops a wheelie in a Class 8 Kenworth. I have to leave the room or fast-forward through that scene...

[saltnpepper]

FRWL : Daniela Bianchi's acting skills

YOLT : Two weak Japanese Bond Girls instead of a good interesting one.
The special effects at the end (volcano explosion...)

DAF : Connery's wardrobe.
Lana Wood's part being reduced - that leads to the fact that nobody understands why she's in Tiffany's swimming pool.

TMWGG : Scaramanga's flying car.
The third nipple.

TSWLM : Atlantis !!!
Action sequences in Liparus (too long...)

MK : The second half of the film (space)
as well as Jaws' surreal jump from one cable car to another, and this ridiculous bondola.

OC : Tarzan... + Bond clown.

AVTAK : Moore too old + the quiche

LTK : Main credits sequence.

GY : Bond's flying then catching the plane in the air + Trevelyan's long resistance to death.

TWINE : 25 year-old nuclear physicist (it woud have been more clever to say Christmas was a student).

DAD : DAD-CGI parasurf stunt + Icare

[PierceConneryMoore]

Weakest Moments for Me

Dr.No:Tame action scenes
OHMSS:George Lazenby, overly long running time, all the dubbing
DAF:Very very silly
FYEO:The entire cast sucked except for Moore, Carole Bouquet & the series regulars
Octopussy:General Orlov, the worst Bond villain ever
AVTAK:Tanya ROberts god awful performance

[Blue07]

I can forgive so many awful moments simply because its Bond, but, like so many others...a parachute, a wave and a computer does too much laughter make.

[Qwerty]

FYEO:The entire cast sucked except for Moore, Carole Bouquet & the series regulars

What did you think of Topol's Enrico Columbo?

[Streetworker]

The Jaws romance in MOONRAKER.

The last hour and a half of THE WORLD IS NOT ENOUGH!

Agree with the first one. Can't agree with the second (I feel TWINE is shamefully underrated by fans pretty much the same way you do about NSNA... )

[Streetworker]

How about when George Lazenby breaks the fourth window and says "This never happened to the other fella".

That's one of my favourite moments from what is, for me, the best film in the series. Oh well, it's all subjective.

[tdalton]

The Jaws romance in MOONRAKER.

The last hour and a half of THE WORLD IS NOT ENOUGH!

Agree with the first one. Can't agree with the second (I feel TWINE is shamefully underrated by fans pretty much the same way you do about NSNA... )

I agree. I think that TWINE is a very underrated Bond film. I think that it's easily Brosnan's best Bond film.

I also agree with Jaws' romance being a weak point in the series.