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[Safari Suit]

Very much intentional, I would imagine.

[Binyamin]

Jinx and Bond in bed in Cuba: mostly cringe-inducing, but where does the knife end up when they start going at it? Check it next time. Cracks me up every time.

That's gonna crimp his style.

[A Kristatos]

Just saw this in "Moonraker" which is being run right now on the This TV Network (a new over-the-air digital movie channel). I'm referring to Lois Chiles' "befuddled" look on her face as she removes a very "shaken" Bond off the centrifuge. This look either portrays "real" intensity or the "I can't act my way out of a paperbag" look!

Actually, Chiles isn't that bad of an actress. It's her lack of emotion during the climatic scenes of the movie that always left a bad impression with me. But the centrifuge scene wasn't much better either.

[ChristopherZ22]

There is nothing worse in the history of James Bond than the Ruby brainwashing scene in On Her Majesty's Secret Service. The scene as a whole is unintentionally funny, but the worst part about it is Blofeld's laughably bad dialogue about chickens. Do the film's fans really take this seriously?

[Eric Stromberg]

There is nothing worse in the history of James Bond than the Ruby brainwashing scene in On Her Majesty's Secret Service. The scene as a whole is unintentionally funny, but the worst part about it is Blofeld's laughably bad dialogue about chickens. Do the film's fans really take this seriously?

Not at all. I can only speak for myself, but there is very little I do take seriously in movie-Bond. I still enjoy the film overall and find it entertaining. The chicken dialogue is silly, and the whole plot is pretty outrageous. It's only made slightly more believable in Fleming's book.

[QOS007]

I don't really know if it was meant to be funny or a surprise, but the scene in OHMSS when Lazzy goes back to Ruby's room, only to meet Irma in the bed. His reaction and "Fancy meeting you here" really cracks me up every time i see it

[Turn]

Just saw this in "Moonraker" which is being run right now on the This TV Network (a new over-the-air digital movie channel). I'm referring to Lois Chiles' "befuddled" look on her face as she removes a very "shaken" Bond off the centrifuge. This look either portrays "real" intensity or the "I can't act my way out of a paperbag" look!

Actually, Chiles isn't that bad of an actress. It's her lack of emotion during the climatic scenes of the movie that always left a bad impression with me. But the centrifuge scene wasn't much better either.

A lot of her performance is wooden with many line deliveries right out of amateur theater. That "Let me help you" line in the centrifuge aftermath doesn't help.

Just as bad if not worse to me is her reaction when she bumps into Bond in Venice.

It's a Bond movie, so I don't make too much of it. Chiles must have improved or made a better impression as she showed up in more actor-friendly films such as Broadcast News, which had a heavyweight case in it, although hers was just a supporting role.

[Judo chop]

Just saw this in "Moonraker" which is being run right now on the This TV Network (a new over-the-air digital movie channel). I'm referring to Lois Chiles' "befuddled" look on her face as she removes a very "shaken" Bond off the centrifuge. This look either portrays "real" intensity or the "I can't act my way out of a paperbag" look!

Actually, Chiles isn't that bad of an actress. It's her lack of emotion during the climatic scenes of the movie that always left a bad impression with me. But the centrifuge scene wasn't much better either.

A lot of her performance is wooden with many line deliveries right out of amateur theater. That "Let me help you" line in the centrifuge aftermath doesn't help.

Just as bad if not worse to me is her reaction when she bumps into Bond in Venice.

It's a Bond movie, so I don't make too much of it. Chiles must have improved or made a better impression as she showed up in more actor-friendly films such as Broadcast News, which had a heavyweight case in it, although hers was just a supporting role.

I really can’t comment as I’ve never seen her in anything else but MR, but I can’t help myself from theorizing that the woman simply didn’t want to be a Bond girl. In interviews with her, she plainly harbors a disgust for the generic role of Bond girl, and she plainly conveys that the Bond character's chauvinism irks her. It seems likely that she took the part with a degree of self-ashamedness. For me, her woodenness can easily be interpreted as a personally pissy attitude; a defense mechanism in reaction to ‘selling out her soul’ that carries over into her character. Obviously, most unprofessional.

On the other hand, it might be that she just sucks.

[the villain's architect]

Just saw this in "Moonraker" which is being run right now on the This TV Network (a new over-the-air digital movie channel). I'm referring to Lois Chiles' "befuddled" look on her face as she removes a very "shaken" Bond off the centrifuge. This look either portrays "real" intensity or the "I can't act my way out of a paperbag" look!

Actually, Chiles isn't that bad of an actress. It's her lack of emotion during the climatic scenes of the movie that always left a bad impression with me. But the centrifuge scene wasn't much better either.

A lot of her performance is wooden with many line deliveries right out of amateur theater. That "Let me help you" line in the centrifuge aftermath doesn't help.

Just as bad if not worse to me is her reaction when she bumps into Bond in Venice.

It's a Bond movie, so I don't make too much of it. Chiles must have improved or made a better impression as she showed up in more actor-friendly films such as Broadcast News, which had a heavyweight case in it, although hers was just a supporting role.

I really can’t comment as I’ve never seen her in anything else but MR, but I can’t help myself from theorizing that the woman simply didn’t want to be a Bond girl. In interviews with her, she plainly harbors a disgust for the generic role of Bond girl, and she plainly conveys that the Bond character's chauvinism irks her. It seems likely that she took the part with a degree of self-ashamedness. For me, her woodenness can easily be interpreted as a personally pissy attitude; a defense mechanism in reaction to ‘selling out her soul’ that carries over into her character. Obviously, most unprofessional.

On the other hand, it might be that she just sucks.

My impression exactly!

[karligula]

Lois Chiles was in Death On The Nile with Peter Ustinov, she was quite good in that. And I've always assumed that Holly Goodhead was supposed to be a bit frosty?

[elizabeth]

Lois Chiles was in Death On The Nile with Peter Ustinov, she was quite good in that.

she was also in the great gatsby with robert redford. sparknotes says jordan baker is supposed to be flighty like daisy but jordan in the movie seems sort of seductive...

[col_007]

When Kamal Khan goes to see the yo-yo guy about Bond when he puts his saw through that picture of Bond

[Judo chop]

I've always assumed that Holly Goodhead was supposed to be a bit frosty?

Sure, on paper. Her dialogue proves that point. But is 'frost' what we get from her performance? Is Goodhead an icy bitch?

I don't think so. More like a wet dog.

[Cabainus]

Brosnan's acting of realisation in TWINE.

Renard: "There's no point in living if you can't feel alive"
Bond: " HUH?!"

LOL, I'm 100% with you on that one.

The 'HUH?!' The expression on his face, combined with the little sound effect that accompanies it, (presumably in case the first two arent enough for the penny to drop) is a funny/silly moment!

[Major Tallon]

In CR, M's calling out "Bond, Bond" on the phone during the Miami Airport scene sounded an awful lot like the parrot's delivery of the same line in the Margaret Thatcher sequence of FYEO.

[DaveBond21]

There is nothing worse in the history of James Bond than the Ruby brainwashing scene in On Her Majesty's Secret Service. The scene as a whole is unintentionally funny, but the worst part about it is Blofeld's laughably bad dialogue about chickens. Do the film's fans really take this seriously?

I agree. It's hilarious.

I think the movie's fans have blocked that scene from their memories!

[elizabeth]

There is nothing worse in the history of James Bond than the Ruby brainwashing scene in On Her Majesty's Secret Service. The scene as a whole is unintentionally funny, but the worst part about it is Blofeld's laughably bad dialogue about chickens. Do the film's fans really take this seriously?

I agree. It's hilarious.

I think the movie's fans have blocked that scene from their memories!

i know. what was that, anyway? seriously.

[danslittlefinger]

Now that you mention it...

[A Kristatos]

I really can’t comment as I’ve never seen her in anything else but MR, but I can’t help myself from theorizing that the woman simply didn’t want to be a Bond girl. In interviews with her, she plainly harbors a disgust for the generic role of Bond girl, and she plainly conveys that the Bond character's chauvinism irks her. It seems likely that she took the part with a degree of self-ashamedness. For me, her woodenness can easily be interpreted as a personally pissy attitude; a defense mechanism in reaction to ‘selling out her soul’ that carries over into her character. Obviously, most unprofessional.

On the other hand, it might be that she just sucks.

I was going to ask why she took the part too. I guess she needed the money or something of that sort, but if she was that put off by it, why bother?

[BoogieBond]

OHMSS Bond and Tracy escape Blofeld and encroach on an Avalanche area

Blofeld to unnamed Henchmen : "You three keep going"

Then Blofeld releases flare and 3 nameless henchmen are sent to their doom.

Edited by BoogieBond, 12 March 2010 - 12:46 PM.

[Lachesis]

Dominic Greene...pretty much every scene he's in I find difficult to take seriously, the end fight 'Bond Vs Roman Polanski' replete with sissy screams had quite a few of us in hysterics on the last viewing.....or maybe it was just that the film had left me Hysterical by that time?

EDIT: oh and Pierce Brosnan and Terri Hatcher trying to show 'chemistry' from some earlier affair in TND always makes me want to snigger!

Edited by Lachesis, 12 March 2010 - 01:02 PM.

[Mr. Somerset]

Dominic Greene...pretty much every scene he's in I find difficult to take seriously, the end fight 'Bond Vs Roman Polanski' replete with sissy screams had quite a few of us in hysterics on the last viewing.....or maybe it was just that the film had left me Hysterical by that time?

EDIT: oh and Pierce Brosnan and Terri Hatcher trying to show 'chemistry' from some earlier affair in TND always makes me want to snigger!

Pierce's great facial expression after she says "Did I get too close....for comfort" makes me laugh every time.

[Colossus]

OHMSS Bond and Tracy escape Blofeld and encroach on an Avalanche area

Blofeld to unnamed Henchmen : "You three keep going"

Then Blofeld releases flare and 3 nameless henchmen are sent to their doom.

lol!!!! i never noticed that.

[Attempting Re-entry]

I find many of Roger's clothes/facial expressions extremely amusing...with Rog, though, you can never be sure as to whether he intended such things to be funny...

In Casino Royale (a movie I adore), I find the advert for Omega watches during Bond and Vesper's conversation vulgar, crass and embarrassingly painful to watch; laughable in a way, but to have it occur in the midst of such a fine movie is a real shame. It really jarred on me and still takes me out of the moment any time I see it.

[hilly]

The Russian jailer in TLD, who seems to be either reading his lines from idiot boards or having them fed to him via an earpiece. Never fails to make me laugh.

[SecretAgentFan]

Louis Jordan (slightly shakes his head, slowly): "Octopussy... Octopussy."

[Attempting Re-entry]

The Russian jailer in TLD, who seems to be either reading his lines from idiot boards or having them fed to him via an earpiece. Never fails to make me laugh.

To compound this character's problems, he's played by a fat guy off the 1980's/90's UK TV soap opera "Brookside"...

[BoogieBond]

Sean in Dr. No climax looking for Honey

"Where is the girl that came in with me, where is she ?"

The unnamed guard "I dunno"

Then Bond gives him a smack in the chops for no reason.

[hilly]

Pierce's cravat in GE

FYEO- The bloke in the shiney '80s shorts who dances (and looks like a refugee from a pørn film)whilst Rog sneaks into Gonzeles' villa.Ditto the bit where the guard puts his gun down to have a quick snog and grope with a "Bond beauty" at the exact moment that Bond scuttles past..

FRWL- After attempting to kill each other over the same man, the gypsy girls are quite content, by the next scene to dress up in their best frocks, mend Sean's shirt and let him decide who wins.. As he leaves, we,and seemingly they, are still none the wiser. Presumably he boffed them both and they decided that the other fella paled in comparison...

[tb75]

I always laugh at how Sean Connery says Honey Rider's Name when he's looking for her at the end of Dr. NO:

HONNAYYYY