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[mrmoon]

What do you think is the best scene ever in any Bond movie?

My personal favourite best scene of all time is at the SPECTRE HQ in Paris (Thunderball) The Interior of spectre HQ where no.9 is electricuted and Largo reveals his plan.

[SPECTRE]

My favorite scene in a Bond film comes from GoldenEye. It is in the precredits sequence when we see the plane go over the edge of the cliff, and then we see Bond go over the side and jump off the motorcycle. I love watching this scene! I think its really a compliment to Bond's skill, courage, and resourcefulness. Plus it just looks really cool, in my opinion.

[freemo]

I know its hardly a unique one to have as a favorite, but for me Bond on the table with the laser beam aimed at him in 'Goldfinger' is the best scene of the series, some great lines for Goldfinger and yeah, ofcourse you know that Bonds not going to get sliced in half, but I still think theres tension there.

[Dr. Tynan]

I'm not sure, I THINK my most favourite scene in all the Bonds, is Felix Leiter being fed to the shark in LTK.

As far I am concerned, that scene starts when we see Krest talking to Sanchez.

"Go get the cop".

Sorry to go on about LTK.

[zerozeroseven]

I enjoyed the Lotus Espirit chase scene in The Spy Who Loved Me with the motor-bike and side-car missile, to the paint on the car's windshield, to the helicoptor attack and the dive into the water, followed by the helicoptor's destruction. Everything is perfect in this segment, even the music, which could be considered quite dated, but which works nonetheless.

[RossMan]

General Koskov (06 Apr, 2002 05:31 a.m.):
No one said I couldn't pick a scene from the novels.

Well, if the novels count, then, Bond's final battle with Blofeld in YOLT or Bond introducing himself to Rosa Klebb at the end of FRWL.

[Jim]

I have a sneaking fondness for the Bond/Fiona/bathroom/bedroom scene in Thunderball.

[Friedrich Baxter]

That's a difficult one. But I like all the spectacular surprise scenes when 007 has again safed the world for a real danger. For instance when Tiffany en 007 are on the cruise at the end. I love the fight between 007 and Mr. Wint & Mr. Kidd. The same counts for Goldfinger's escape, when Bond is on the way to the president.

[ray t]

so many of them and some of mine already mentioned above...but i'll separate them into action and non-action

action: moonlight ski chase down Piz Gloria

non-action: Bond arrives by boat to the casino and taunts largo with the "SPECTRE OF DEFEAT" line while playing bacarrat.

oh...action runner-up: bond free-falling without a parachute in Moonraker pre-titles. saw that at the theatre as a teenager...it was mindblowing!

[Adam]

Definitely the base jump in the teaser of TSWLM...a combination of elements: the stunt itself, the music (Bond '77) and the transition into the title sequence

[Double-Oh-Zero]

There are so many I could name, but one of the best for me was the Aston Martin chase in Goldfinger. Bond put the gadgets on it to good use, but it's a pity that he had to smash it into the wall.

[Zorin]

RossMan (30 Jan, 2002 11:04 p.m.):
Narrowing it down to one single scene? That's a tough one.

I'm going to have to go with Bond's fight with Necros in The Living Daylights when they're hanging off the back of the cargo plane. I really liked how Bond got rid of Necros there.

Can't Agree with you more, it was perfectly staged, and then there was the point were Necros was holding on to Bond's shoe, and then Bond takes the knife and cuts the laces, and then you here Necros scream as he plunges to his death. Perfect

[Blofeld's Cat]

My very favourite scene is the one in which we see Bond attached to the bungy cord heading towards the camera at the bottom of the dam wall. Then he fires his piton gun and slowly draws himself (and the audience) down to the roof of the structure thingy. Very atmospheric, very surreal looking.

[Turn]

General Koskov (06 Apr, 2002 05:31 a.m.):
No one said I couldn't pick a scene from the novels, so: Bond using the cigarette case to save his life in FRWL. Absolutely fantastic, why didn't they use that in the film? Probably because it took away from an almost equally good fight.

Well, Bond is probably going to travel by train some more, so I'd like to see this one on film.

I agree with you, General. The only problem may be that they don't even let Bond smoke in the current films. So they would need to either let Bond smoke again or come up with a good reason for Bond having a cigarette case on him.

So many scenes I love, it's hard to narrow it down. I'll just go by the different Bonds.
Connery - The fight with Grant. I wasn't around for it when it was released, but action movies had just reached a whole new level.
Lazenby - The scene in his hotel suite when he finds Tracy in his robe. Did the people who criticize Lazenby ever watch this scene? Sure, he's a little awkward, but it was the guy's first time.
Moore - The baccarat scene in Octopussy. Moore's suave cockieness really comes through here.
Dalton - The look on his face after Saunders is murdered outside the cafe in Vienna. The goofieness of the Moore days was over with that look.
Brosnan - The Dr. Kauffman scene. The brutal Bond is back.

[RossMan]

Narrowing it down to one single scene? That's a tough one.

I'm going to have to go with Bond's fight with Necros in The Living Daylights when they're hanging off the back of the cargo plane. I really liked how Bond got rid of Necros there.

[Dr. Yes]

I'm a sucker for fast cars and eye candy...so I'll pick two of the better chase scenes. The first would be the Lotus chase in TSWLM, the second would be the BMW in the parking deck in TND. They're both just so incredibly awesome that I could watch them over and over again.

[OO7Qbranch]

My fav. is everything that happens after blofeld is talking to teresa and then the heles attacks.

[Victor Zokas]

So many great moments. But if I have to pick just one, then I'll go for the Bondiest moment I can think of. Bond sliding down the ice and machine gunning Blofeld's men in OHMSS.

[General Koskov]

No one said I couldn't pick a scene from the novels, so: Bond using the cigarette case to save his life in FRWL. Absolutely fantastic, why didn't they use that in the film? Probably because it took away from an almost equally good fight.

Well, Bond is probably going to travel by train some more, so I'd like to see this one on film.

[General Koskov]

RossMan (07 Apr, 2002 09:29 p.m.):
Bond introducing himself to Rosa Klebb at the end of FRWL.

I think this was put on film with the Bond/Stromberg scene at the end of The Spy Who Loved Me. The hurling the chair to the ground thing, yes, exactly like From Russia With Love.

[Parasyte]

Off the top of me head, I'd say the scene where Bond and Kara are in the Aston driving through to Austria.

[Blofeld's Cat]

Xenobia (05 Apr, 2002 11:20 p.m.):
A very close second is Bond attempting to show off in Wai Lin's Q branch in TND.  It's so much fun to watch his face when he sets off the lion / flamethrower!

-- Xenobia

That scene definitely highlights Brosnan's unique Bond humour that the other actors would have handled differently or not at all. Animated and expressive, but not OTT. Similar to how actors would project humour on the stage.

[Adam]

I forgot, not only TSWLM teaser but also Melina & Bond being dragged behind the yacht in FYEO--sublime with the mix of natural beauty and danger.

[Tedley King]

HA. You all suggested some great moments, but I would have to say in TWINE, the pre-creds, when Bond is speeding alonmg the Thames in the 'Q' Boat! I love the music during that part. When I had my friends round earlier and watching LTK I had to keep a straight face, I didn't do so well, but I don't think it was that obvious (when he is in the Kenworth Trucks doing his stuff)!

[OO7Qbranch]

FYEO. bOND AND hAVELOCK ARE BEING DRAGGED BEHIND THE YAGHT. woops capslock. Moonraker when Bond is brought to the moonraker launching site. I like the exoticness.

[Xenobia]

The sentimental moron...that being me...would have to vote for Bond and Lisel's scene in FYEO.

Bond knows why Lisel is there, Lisel knows Bond knows why she is there, but in the spirit of two British people stuck together in a foreign country, they make the best of it, and have a jolly good time!

A very close second is Bond attempting to show off in Wai Lin's Q branch in TND. It's so much fun to watch his face when he sets off the lion / flamethrower!

-- Xenobia