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[Bon-san]

I always find it funny to watch RogerBond wrestle the fishing line from his legs on the Eiffel Tower stairway. And then as he's freed himself and renews his slow, puffing jog up the stairs, the pole he's cast aside bounces back and smacks him again. All while wearing a tuxedo.

[ComplimentsOfSharky]

I always find it funny to watch RogerBond wrestle the fishing line from his legs on the Eiffel Tower stairway.  And then as he's freed himself and renews his slow, puffing jog up the stairs, the pole he's cast aside bounces back and smacks him again.  All while wearing a tuxedo.

 

Even funnier to me is the scene with him slowly trying to puff his way out of the mine screaming: mayday! mayday!

[Bond_Bishop]

There is a scene in YOLT that you have to be swedish to understand but anyway. In the sumo scene it sounds that the judge says: "In i k

[Gri007]

When Bond introduces himself. I always laugh at those. If anything I get slight embarrased whilst watching those scenes at the cinemas

[marktmurphy]

"They feast."

 

Pierce's red nose during that scene makes me giggle. It looks really cold there.

[Flash1087]

Pierce Brosnan runs like he's constantly covered in insects.

My favorite unintentional-comedy moment comes from Tomorrow Never Dies. Watch Carver every time he types something on his PDA. He's gonna burn holes in that thing, and the text appears entirely too slowly for it to be anything more than hand-overacting.

[Qwerty]

When Bond introduces himself.  I always laugh at those.  If anything I get slight embarrased whilst watching those scenes at the cinemas

 

No matter which Bond it is?

[TortillaFactory]

Pierce Brosnan runs like he's constantly covered in insects.

People do say he runs funny, but it's never particularly struck me that way. To each his own, I suppose.

The "something to.........remember me by?" moment from Ocotopussy was surreal just because of the expression on Bond's face, of which I used to have a screencap, but apparently I lost it because I'm a spaz. He really just looks like somebody startled him while he was sucking on a popsicle, and then his face got stuck that way.

Xenia's hats. I mean...does anyone really dress that way anymore?

Johnathan Price saying "genitals." It just gets me every time.

[pgram]

Right - why is he pushing up his hands so high during running? Looks very strange.

If you watch him running in Remmington Steele, you 'll notice he keeps his hands very low. Probably, someone told him to change that, and he overdid it. I noticed it in the Pre title sequence in GE...

[Spoon]

The "something to.........remember me by?" moment from Ocotopussy was surreal just because of the expression on Bond's face, of which I used to have a screencap, but apparently I lost it because I'm a spaz. He really just looks like somebody startled him while he was sucking on a popsicle, and then his face got stuck that way.

Roger also makes a face like that in The Spy Who Loved Me, when he's on that little boat with XXX and she asks him if he's trying to seduce her, or some line like that. When AMC did its recent marathon, it was highlighted in the commercials, so you really noticed it. It looked very silly (and totally non-Bond IMO; Bond should certainly have a clever, flirtatious comeback to that sort of comment, rather than make a "oh no, I'm so embarrassed, forget I ever said anything" face! But, that was Roger.)

[Qwerty]

I never noticed anything particularly odd about Brosnan's running. I thought Halle Berry in Die Another Day looked a bit more strange doing so. Will have to watch for this next time I suppose.

[ComplimentsOfSharky]

I never noticed anything particularly odd about Brosnan's running. I thought Halle Berry in Die Another Day looked a bit more strange doing so. Will have to watch for this next time I suppose.

 

He does it in all his movies, but it's only really noticeable in DAD, to me. He just throws his arms up very high around his face...it's like he's trying to protect himself...but it just looks...odd.

It's nothing compared to Halle though, you're right.

[A Kristatos]

Pierce Brosnan runs like he's constantly covered in insects.

My favorite unintentional-comedy moment comes from Tomorrow Never Dies. Watch Carver every time he types something on his PDA. He's gonna burn holes in that thing, and the text appears entirely too slowly for it to be anything more than hand-overacting.

 

I always get a big kick out of that! I have never seen anyone type quit like that! It almost seems like a little kid banging his/her hands on the keyboard!

[Qwerty]

Welcome to CBn A Kristatos.

[A Kristatos]

Here is a list of unintentionally funny moments from each movie that I recently posted on another Bond message board (I use the same screen name on that board as well):


Here are some of my favorite scenes for each movie:

DN: Bond's facial contorsions when he is trying to keep one of Doctor No's agents from swallowing the cyanide cigarette, and when he is later being chased by more of DN's thugs. That grin of intensity on his face says it all!

FRWL: Anyone notice Tanya lipsyncing some lines just after she is given her passport on the train? It looks like she is mimicing Kerim's lines while looking up at the ceiling!

GF: Bond is getting dressed on Pussy's airplane. Pussy's stewardess spies Bond, but Bond covers all of the holes in the dressing room. After Bond comes out, Pussy threatens to kill Bond if he continues to play rough. I just thought the way Pussy delivers her lines is funny!

TB: The aforementioned Bond "brain " on Felix's helicopter is funny, but the funniest scene is the also oft-mentioned cheesy, sped up boat special effects during the climatic fight! Those are on the order of the worst special effects in Bond history, right up there with the DAD parasailing scene! When I first saw this movie when I was younger, that almost ruined the whole movie for me. However, now I just let it slide, as it makes for a good bit of Bond nostalga for me!

YOLT: The two Ninjas that are fighting during their training are shouting "yabo, yabo, yabo" the whole time. Just what the heck is THAT supposed to mean?!

OHMSS: Many of the sped-up, jerky camera movements during the movie. Probably the 1960's equivalent of a Lee Tamahori directed movie! Also, just how did Bond and Blofeld not fall off that bobsled for so long?!

DAF: I didn't know Baha has an extra syllable in it ("Bah-ah-ha? I don't have anything in Bah-ah-ha!")!

LALD: How does Solitare not hear the racket from the fight between Bond and Tee Hee in the train?

TMWTGG: The whole "work of art" speech from Scaramanga, which sets up the duel at the end.

TSWLM: The reaction of the drunk guy in Italy as the "car-sub" comes out of the water. I believe this guy is also seen in MR and FYEO.

MR: Bond staggering off the centrifuge, and then walking away perfectly fine 20 seconds later as if nothing happened!

FYEO: Columbo's smuggling speech ("I smuggle. I smuggle diamonds, pistachios, but no heroin!"). Also, the way Kristatos always starts a sentence with the sound, Ahhhh... ("Ahhhh, the sharks have them! Make port.)! Finally, Columbo showing Bond Kristatos' hideout in Greece: "I've been studying this place for years for just such an occasion!" Excuse me Columbo, just HOW did you know which mountain out of the hundreds and thousands of mountains in Greece Kristatos was going to use as his future hideout?!

OP: One word: Sit-ta!

NSNA: Any scene with Max Von Sydow as Blofeld. This guy seems like a cross between Winston Churchill and Coloniel Sanders! Way too prim and proper to be Blofeld!

AVTAK: After Zorin kills most of his crew in the mine: "Good! Right on schezuule!" Also, on the blimp, "More powah!" and "Go getem!"

TLD: Bond's response to Kara after the police car is split in half: "What happened? Salt corrosion!"

LTK: After Milton Krest describes Bond's escape from his ship, Sanchez responds with a hilarious line: "Oh, you mean he flew away...like a bird!"

GE: The ridiculous parasailing scene with Bond diving into the freefalling airplane!

TND: Elliott Carver's mocking of Wai Lin's martial arts moves: "Hwa, hwoo, hiaa ha! Pathetic!"

TWINE: M's portrayal of MacGyver in her jail cell!

DAD: The introduction of Mr. Kill: "I'mmmm Mr. Killll! Now there's a name to die for!" That exchange is so ridiculously stupid, and Bond's comeback is so unoriginal, I can't help but laugh!

[Monsieur B]

In A View To A Kill there are two scenes that absolutely kill me:

1) That asian guy plummeting towards the Pacific Ocean from the Zorin blimp with his arms and legs flailing madly Hilarious!
2) The other "take the plunge" scene that I enjoy is when Zorin, the poor bastard that he is, also goes for a dip in the Pacific. Heh, just a drop in the ocean ineed.

[Dunph]

Kristatos, a few of the ones you mentioned in your list are meant to be funny moments as opposed being unintentionally funny.

Don't think anyone's mentioned that bit in Thunderball where Connerybond's on 'the rack' after the assassin turns the setting up. It's meant to look like Connerybond's being stretched and contorted out of shape but just looks like he's getting bummed.

[Bondian]

It's meant to look like Connerybond's being stretched and contorted out of shape but just looks like he's getting bummed.

 

LOL 'Thunderbum'. ROFL

[blofeldblows]

The horribly obivious stunt doubles in AVATAK. I mean we all know Rog is elgible for social security but some of those jumps and what not were too good. BTW the ending although genuinely thought out cries out green screen way too much. Anyone who has seen the dvd with Rog hanging there with the green screen is in for a night of laughs. Too good EON, too good.

[Flash1087]

TND: Elliott Carver's mocking of Wai Lin's martial arts moves: "Hwa, hwoo, hiaa ha! Pathetic!"

 

Oh cripes, I forgot about that. I'm not sure if we're supposed to think that's funny, or feel bad for Wei Lin, or what, but cripes, Carver...cut that out.

Also, speaking of TND, every time Stamper has to look intimidating or deliver dialouge.

[Qwerty]

AVTAK: After Zorin kills most of his crew in the mine: "Good! Right on schezuule!" Also, on the blimp, "More powah!" and "Go getem!"

 

Gotta love that line.

"More! More powahh!"

[Spurrier]

In Live And Let Die, Roger Moore is clamped down in a chair while being interrogated by Kananga as to whether or not he had sex with Solitaire. To see if Solitaire still had her power of seeing the future, Kananga asked Solitaire to say the identification number on Bond's watch. Kananga tells Tee Hee, that if she's wrong, to cut off Bond's pinky. Bond didn't look concerned until Kananga said that after the finger, Tee Hee is to proceed to a more vital part of Bond's body. That body part is presumably the one that would have violated Solitaire. The look on Roger's face then was priceless.I crack up every time I see Roger's facial expression in that scene.

[Flash1087]

I just watched TSWLM and found another one.

After Stromberg's stolen submarines have been sent out and Bond is trying to rescue the sailors and get off the Liparus, huge blast doors go up around the operations room. As the doors close, Stromberg's second in command (name escapes me) orders one of the henchmen to "Stand guard over there!" and the guard he was yelling at just scurries a little to the left. It always cracks me up, but only because I'm not sure what's going on. Was the guard supposed to move further than the nameless extra actually did, did that guy keep screwing up his blocking, or what?

Edited by Flash1087, 09 October 2005 - 01:31 AM.

[A Kristatos]

Kristatos, a few of the ones you mentioned in your list are meant to be funny moments as opposed being unintentionally funny.

Don't think anyone's mentioned that bit in Thunderball where Connerybond's on 'the rack' after the assassin turns the setting up. It's meant to look like Connerybond's being stretched and contorted out of shape but just looks like he's getting bummed.

 

Well Dunph, I suppose if one was to dissect every one of these posts, you could make a case of each one being either unintentionally funny and/or intentionally funny. But I feel most of them were unintentionally funny scenes that were supposed to be serious.

I will mention a couple on the list that may have been intentionally funny, but I had to add to the list. The "Sit-ta" line from OP was definately played for laughs, but was one of the most absurb lines to ever grace a Bond film (or any film for that matter), that I had to site it. Ditto for the "Mr. Kill" introduction in DAD. That "intentionally" funny line is in actuality, so lame that one has to laugh at it because it is so bad! So, I guess that would make this scene an unintentionally, intentionally funny scene!

I will give you the TSWLM "drunk" guy, and TLD "salt corrosion" line as intentionally funny lines/scenes. Therefore, I did think of alternate unintentionally funny lines/scenes for each of these movies.

TSWLM: The famous "Stromberg Flop", that takes place after he gets killed by Bond. The way his face looks as he falls into his food is priceless, and of course, not technically supposed to be funny.

TLD: Two from this movie. First, the obvious scene where Kara somehow misses the fact that she is flying right toward a mountain! (Of course, this can apply to Stacey in AVTAK as she somehow misses Zorin's blimp heading her way)! Second, the way Necros quickly changes from "milkman" to "doctor" during the fake abduction of Koskov by Necros.

[Dunph]

Nice explanation of your choices, Kristatos, have a star. It's on me [*]

I hate overly topical jokes in Bond films. They date terribly, like the "Sit-ah" reference in Octopussy.

Anyone else find the cut to Natalya and her newly spazzed-up hair after the satellite dish crashes through the bunker in GoldenEye funny? I do.

[A Kristatos]

Nice explanation of your choices, Kristatos, have a star. It's on me [*]

I hate overly topical jokes in Bond films. They date terribly, like the "Sit-ah" reference in Octopussy.

Anyone else find the cut to Natalya and her newly spazzed-up hair after the satellite dish crashes through the bunker in GoldenEye funny? I do.

 

Agreed on the Natalya reference.

Thanks for the star, Dunph!

[A Kristatos]

Welcome to CBn A Kristatos.

 

Thank you, Qwerty!

[SecretAgent007]

My wife always getting a good laugh when Pierce is running, especially in TND when he is running towards the camera at Tomorrow. If anyone ever gets to meet Broz, you should ask him why he is trying to give himself black eyes when he runs.

[ComplimentsOfSharky]

How about LTK in general?

Sometimes it's just so serious that it's hilarious.

[Flash1087]

How about LTK in general?

Sometimes it's just so serious that it's hilarious.

 

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