Top Teasers
#1
Posted 12 June 2001 - 03:27 AM
Goldfinger A classic-agirl, a fight, a killer one liner.
OHMSS Sets up the story, terrific action, great style, great editing and great photography.
TND Good action and great score, and wonderful interplay between M and Roebuck. "What's he doing?" "His job!"
TWINE More plot and action than most movies. [Could have done without the Q-boat careening throughthe restaurant, though]
TSWLM Moore's best. Silly but stylish and the union jack flag is a great stunt and a good gag.
#2
Posted 03 November 2001 - 09:27 AM
Adam (30 Oct, 2001 06:47 a.m.):
5. A View To A Kill-come on, you KNOW you love that schmaltzy awkward "California Girls" scene
Aaaaah! I don't. I loathe it with every fibre of my being. Up to that point it's a pretty good sequence, with a nice OHMSS-ish score from maestro Barry. Then...utter farce.
#3
Posted 30 October 2001 - 06:47 AM
2. The World Is Not Enough-longest pre-credits sequence ever, and you've got the babe using several different types of weapons
3. Tomorrow Never Dies-one of the best teasers followed by the worst credits sequence in the series (saved only by the song)
4. For Your Eyes Only-has nothing to do with the movie, but it's funny and REALLY dangerous
5. A View To A Kill-come on, you KNOW you love that schmaltzy awkward "California Girls" scene
#4
Posted 18 December 2001 - 03:41 PM
LeiterCIA (18 Dec, 2001 03:17 p.m.):
You are a sick bastard.
So the wife's always telling me.
#5
Posted 25 June 2001 - 08:56 PM
White Persian (12 Jun, 2001 04:27 a.m.):
The Bond films invented the precredit teaser. Here's my top five list.
Goldfinger A classic-agirl, a fight, a killer one liner.
OHMSS Sets up the story, terrific action, great style, great editing and great photography.
TND Good action and great score, and wonderful interplay between M and Roebuck. "What's he doing?" "His job!"
TWINE More plot and action than most movies. [Could have done without the Q-boat careening throughthe restaurant, though]
TSWLM Moore's best. Silly but stylish and the union jack flag is a great stunt and a good gag.
I think that the boat going through the restaurant bought a bit of the original Bond back, a bit like the Bondola going through St Mark's square.
Dr. No didn't have a pre-title sequence, what made them to decide to do one in FRWL?
- From Russia With Love
- Goldfinger
- The Spy Who Loved Me
- The Living Daylights
- Goldeneye
- Tomorrow Never Dies
- The World Is Not Enough
I think that all Bond films to come with have great pre-title sequences, they all know that this builds up the excitment amongst the fans - and they're god damn right!
#6
Posted 08 January 2002 - 12:40 AM
I THINK my favourite one would be Tomorrow Never Dies, it's packed with action and has brilliant music I think.
#7
Posted 25 June 2001 - 07:44 PM
1. Moonraker
2.The Living Daylights
3.GoldenEye
4.Tomorrow Never Dies
5.Diamonds Are Forever
#8
Posted 28 June 2001 - 04:12 PM
#9
Posted 26 September 2001 - 10:42 AM
2. Tomorrow Never Dies
3. The World Is Not Enough
4. The Spy Who Loved Me
5. Moonraker
#10
Posted 12 June 2001 - 05:43 AM
1.THE SPY WHO LOVED ME
2.GOLDFINGER
3.OCTOPUSSY
4.GOLDENEYE
#11
Posted 28 June 2001 - 05:19 AM
That's exactly why I didn't like it.
"Dr. No didn't have a pre-title sequence, what made them to decide to do one in FRWL?"
That's a damn good question. I wonder if anyone at EON remembers. It was a pivotal moment for the action movie.
#12
Posted 17 December 2001 - 01:06 AM
Trevelyan (16 Dec, 2001 06:04 a.m.):
Jim (07 Nov, 2001 02:03 p.m.):
12. Tomorrow Never Dies. I don't really know if the last line's a joke or not. I thought it was meant to be something along the lines of "ask the Admiral where I can stick his missiles".
Well the Admiral though Bond couldn't do it, while M and bout eveyone else thinks he can.....when Bond gets the bombs (and delivers the line) its like saying "I did it you old bas****
LOL!
The GoldenEye teaser to me is one of the most effective. The opening at the dam and with the bungee jump was a superb idea. It introduces key characters (Ouromov, Trevelyan) and provides a fascinating glimpse into the interplay b/w 006 and 007 (For England, James?).
I like the TND teaser, but I would consider it to be slightly above average. Great action, but could be somewhat more original than Bond simply blowing everything in his sight, imo.
TWINE's teaser, on the other hand, scores points for originality. I think its main downfall is its length. The boat chase is a little drawn out during the scene where Bond explodes through the town and restaurant. If you noticed, there is also a noticeable lack of humour. What happened to the tasteful/tasteless joke? It was quite a serious, tense action scene. Nothing along the lines of TLD's Dalton parachuting onto a boat to a woman's "pleasant" surprise, GE's Bond hiding behind a squeaking movable rack while eyeing Ouromov, or TND's "Ask the admiral where he would like the bombs delivered."
Anyway, GoldenEye's teaser does it for me.
#13
Posted 16 December 2001 - 06:04 AM
Jim (07 Nov, 2001 02:03 p.m.):
12. Tomorrow Never Dies. I don't really know if the last line's a joke or not. I thought it was meant to be something along the lines of "ask the Admiral where I can stick his missiles".
Well the Admiral though Bond couldn't do it, while M and bout eveyone else thinks he can. Then he almost screws up the mission (and the planet) by blowing the F*** outta the base, which made things just a little harder for Bond. Then when Bond gets the bombs (and delivers the line) its like saying "I did it you old bas****
#14
Posted 15 December 2001 - 09:48 PM
The ultimate classy teaser is From Russia With Love - often copied but never bettered (think Charlie's Angels on the whole ripping off masks stuff). I adore that one!
And finally it is a draw between Thunderball (just like the whole cheese of it! Man dressed as woman, speeded up fight sequence - possibley the worst edited of the teasers) and The Spy Who Loved me (god save that English flag! Love it! Also pretty damn cheesey!)
#15
Posted 29 January 2002 - 05:58 AM
FRWL-the classic
TSWLM-the union jack stunt and bond 77, great music
OHMSS-very cool, and you gotta love Lazenby's line at the end
TLD-cool mini mission, but that girl's not hot
#16
Posted 15 December 2001 - 05:59 AM
Worse than the Bondola?!
#17
Posted 14 December 2001 - 09:44 PM
That was a damn good review of all the teasers, and I gotta admit, I laughed out loud more than once. A few humble comments on your takes on the trailers.
2. The Living Daylights. ...and the woman at the end isn't that attractive (sorry, but that's all she's there for) and the character's dumb; a Land Rover has just fallen out of the sky and blown up within a few feet of her. "So bored, Margot". Dolt. Yep, made Janet from Three's Company look like a fox. But hey, if they expect us to accept that the range rover completely dissintegrates into dust, rather that come crashing down in a fiery wreck on top of her... Well then sure, maybe she didnt hear a thing.
3. GoldenEye. ...Neither do I see Bond ever 1) going into a pub and 2) asking for a "pint". I did a double take at that line too. But since the teaser is supposed to take place nine years previously, I figured they were trying to underscore that this is Bond in his youth.
7. The World is Not Enough. The teaser is, more than. Does go on a bit, and was great to watch in the cinema. On video/DVD, there's just an unhappy feeling that that is the best bit, by a long way, of the film. It's just a bit anticlimactic from thereon in. On its own merits, it's fine, except, unlike a true artist, they don't know when to stop. Very true, but when you take into consideration that this wasn't even supposed to be the teaser at all, that part is forgivable. Now if they'd have included the entire original teaser and the entire original boat chase on the DVD - Now THAT'S something I'd like to see!!
8. Moonraker. Cut out Jaws and it's great, if a rather shallow attempt to top TSWLM. Unfortunately, Jaws is in it, so that's why it's at number 8 and not number 2, pop pickers. This one has grown on me lately, but I can still spot problem on top of problem and its not just Jaws. (I'll forget the obvious "Scott Evil" questions like "Why are they crashing a perfectly good plane, instead of firing a perfectly good gun?) Watch when a perfectly manicured Moore kicks the gun away from the pilot, the chick slipping on her parachute doesnt seem to mind at all that a fight has just erupted. ...yatta yatta, then yes, Jaws flaps his "wings" and lands in a circus tent. Great analogy though, cause little did we know that we ALL landed in a circus when we watched that dismal flick.
10. For Your Eyes Only. The dialogue is largely cretinous, but it's a neat trick at the end, if blindingly obvious. And when the helicopter swoops past [name removed for legal reasons] and does that 180 degree turn in the air, and back past [name removed for legal reasons], why doesn't Bond just jump off? And how the hell did [name deleted for legal reasons] get onto the roof in the first place? Ok first of, would YOU want to jump off that helicopter at that height and speed? And what was so strange about Dr Evil, (oh I mean Blofeld) getting onto the roof of a building? I REALLY like that one.
11. Octopussy. This would be higher up if a) the back projection wasn't so dismal and when we close up on Moore "flying" through the air, on the other side of the windscreen you can see trees. He's plainly on the ground. Furthermore, once you know that Jaguar with the pole is there, you can't miss it. Now WHY did you have to tell me about the trees?? Just guess what I'll be looking for tonight. It's bad enough I have to see the Jag everytime I watch it now.
14. A View to a Kill. But the worst bit of it is the poor old cow in the iceberg submersible (possibly the stupidest gadget ever). Five days to Alaska with that randy old goat. I pity you, lady. Now THAT made me seriously laugh out loud!!
#18
Posted 12 December 2001 - 12:06 PM
No one could ever accuse this guy of not meeting his literary obligations.
Now Jim, I want a five page essay on how supralapsarianism affects the political Bond, by Friday.
Lacking a Calvanist upbringing, I'm not entirely sure that I sympathise with the theorem.
On balance, I would have thought a better topic was whether supralapsarianism creates the political Bond; indeed, whether Bond is the primary supralapsarian heroic ideal.
I have now written the word supralapsarian far more times than I was expecting to today (although it was likely to feature in the Christmas card to my mother, admittedly). Isn't life full of wonder? Grandy and dandy? And brandy.
(p.s. it's on page 110 of the Concise Oxford Dictionary, 7th edition. Apparently it's a strong liquer made from fermented fruit juices).
#19
Posted 12 December 2001 - 11:20 AM
Jim (07 Nov, 2001 02:03 p.m.):
1. The Spy who Loved Me. There's nothing like seeing that in a full cinema, especially when there are a few folks who haven't seen it before. Every other teaser since has been trying to top it, with marginal success.
.........................................
18. Licence to Kill. Entirely beneath contempt. Makes Bond look a complete fool, whirling around on a bit of string. Music is awful, Leiter is far too old, there's little danger and little excitement and everyone's shouting and Timothy Dalton looks grumpy and his hair's odd and it's a row and it goes on too long and it's got no sense of wit, charm or style. As a preface to its film, ideal.
Just my opinion
No one could ever accuse this guy of not meeting his literary obligations.
Now Jim, I want a five page essay on how supralapsarianism affects the political Bond, by Friday.
#20
Posted 12 December 2001 - 04:12 AM
2. The Spy Who Loved Me - almost a tie for first. The reasons have already been mentioned here so many times.
3. OHMSS - The introduction of the new Bond is almost impeccable. We have a mysterious troubled beauty, action, the Bond theme, and an exotic location. Lazenby's "Other fella" joke was un called for though.
#21
Posted 09 December 2001 - 05:04 AM
TSWLM and Goldfinger close runners up.
#22
Posted 17 December 2001 - 05:16 PM
1. The World is not Enough
2. Tomorrow Never Dies
3. GoldenEye
4. Goldfinger
5. From Russia With Love
Some of you bright spark kids will notice that these movie start with the most recent going to the older ones. As I said in another thread, I am a guy who prefers the more modern material, generally.
#23
Posted 18 December 2001 - 01:47 PM
Trevelyan (16 Dec, 2001 06:04 a.m.):
Jim (07 Nov, 2001 02:03 p.m.):
12. Tomorrow Never Dies. I don't really know if the last line's a joke or not. I thought it was meant to be something along the lines of "ask the Admiral where I can stick his missiles".
Well the Admiral though Bond couldn't do it, while M and bout eveyone else thinks he can. Then he almost screws up the mission (and the planet) by blowing the F*** outta the base, which made things just a little harder for Bond. Then when Bond gets the bombs (and delivers the line) its like saying "I did it you old bas****
(Grumpily and in a huff for "comedy" effect (larf? I nearly did)).
Yeah, but I fink my joke was better, so there.
#24
Posted 18 December 2001 - 01:54 PM
LeiterCIA (14 Dec, 2001 10:10 p.m.):
3. GoldenEye. ...Neither do I see Bond ever 1) going into a pub and 2) asking for a "pint". I did a double take at that line too. But since the teaser is supposed to take place nine years previously, I figured they were trying to underscore that this is Bond in his youth.
(Stroking chin in ruminative manner, and not, as might be believed, to check that I haven't spilled soup down meself again).
Yeahhh....but I don't see Bond in a pub and I don't see Bond wrappin' his lips round a pint (whatever one of those might be) of Old Blofeld's Peculiar.
(There's probably an unutterably filthy single entendre in there...can you spot it?)
Bond is martinis and casinos, not pub quizzes and dry roasted peanuts and talking about last night's television and going silent whenever a stranger walks in.
Unless his liver's so far gone it's a pint of Martini. Urr. Man must be mad. Stuff tastes foul anyway. Stir the alcohol; it's much nisher.....you're me besshht mate Alec...you're a really good bloke, a really good bloke (ad infinitum, until chucking out time when James and Alec buy a kebab and wee against a bookie's).
#25
Posted 07 January 2002 - 09:33 PM
#26
Posted 18 December 2001 - 02:01 PM
Jim, you're a real "unit". You know that, don't you?
#27
Posted 07 November 2001 - 02:03 PM
2. The Living Daylights. If only for the dramatic turn of the head to introduce the new Bond. Looks incredibly dangerous. Shame the traler gave it all away, but still fun. The stilted delivery of the last line doesn't help it, and the woman at the end isn't that attractive (sorry, but that's all she's there for) and the character's dumb; a Land Rover has just fallen out of the sky and blown up within a few feet of her. "So bored, Margot". Dolt.
3. GoldenEye. I like it. Sure, the dam appears to be halfway up a mountain and the matte work on the final scene is a bit offputting but come on...that final stunt. It's so stupid, it's brilliant, and is as much a statement about making James Bond fun again and setting the whole thing before The Living Daylights (which is a more subtle way of forgetting Timothy Dalton). Never did like Trevelyan's accent though. Why not have Sean Bean's real voice, That'd be reet good. Neither do I see Bond ever 1) going into a pub and 2) asking for a "pint".
4. Goldfinger. Tip top fun from the people who brought you James Bond. Sex, snobbery, sadism, style. Probably art.
5. OHMSS. Save for the last line (oh tear down the veil, why don't you?), this is bone-crunchin', damsel-savin', tyre-squealin' (on sand...hmm), stooge-drownin', jerky-editin', creative-lightin', rootin' tootin' violence. Great. And just to get better, we segue into the theme music. I now need a valium
6. Thunderball. I like it. No-one else does. Nothing really happens, and yes the back projection's all a bit dirty, but the poker, the flowers and whacking that poor widow around the chops...hold on, that ain't Jesus, it's just a fella (wrong film, sorry)...what's not to like?
7. The World is Not Enough. The teaser is, more than. Does go on a bit, and was great to watch in the cinema. On video/DVD, there's just an unhappy feeling that that is the best bit, by a long way, of the film. It's just a bit anticlimactic from thereon in. On its own merits, it's fine, except, unlike a true artist, they don't know when to stop.
8. Moonraker. Cut out Jaws and it's great, if a rather shallow attempt to top TSWLM. Unfortunately, Jaws is in it, so that's why it's at number 8 and not number 2, pop pickers.
9. From Russia with Love. Can't really judge it against (say) The World is Not Enough, but I guess it sets everything up nicely, which I suppose was the idea behind the pre-credits sequence in the first place.
10. For Your Eyes Only. The dialogue is largely cretinous, but it's a neat trick at the end, if blindingly obvious. And when the helicopter swoops past [name removed for legal reasons] and does that 180 degree turn in the air, and back past [name removed for legal reasons], why doesn't Bond just jump off? And how the hell did [name deleted for legal reasons] get onto the roof in the first place?
11. Octopussy. This would be higher up if a) the back projection wasn't so dismal and when we close up on Moore "flying" through the air, on the other side of the windscreen you can see trees. He's plainly on the ground. Furthermore, once you know that Jaguar with the pole is there, you can't miss it.
12. Tomorrow Never Dies. Somewhat "bitty", and I don't really know if the last line's a joke or not. I thought it was meant to be something along the lines of "ask the Admiral where I can stick his missiles". That's funnier, anyway. Sorry. Music's good though, and Judi Dench delivers the only decent line they've given her in three films, so it's not all bad.
13. The Man with the Golden Gun. I quite like it. Not hugely, but it's there and I can't do anything about it, sorry.
14. A View to a Kill. The Beach Boys (although wasn't it a cover band called Gidea Park doing it? Cost cutting there) apart, it's not massively original really. The highlight is the snowboarding stuff, which I suppose was new at the time, but it's got the music in the background...and the plot that it sets up is completely thrown away later. But the worst bit of it is the poor old cow in the iceberg submersible (possibly the stupidest gadget ever). Five days to Alaska with that randy old goat. I pity you, lady.
15. Diamonds are Forever. Wildly underwhelming, given the opportunities for "revenge". I guess they didn't want to remind folks of OHMSS and Lazenby. Odd that Tracy isn't mentioned at all. Odder still that they cast that camp old as Blofeld, but there you go. It wasn't my decision.
16. You Only Live Twice. Great music. Very ambitious. Completely bananas. Way over the top, and as a preface to its film, entirely appropriate. But YOLT's pretty awful anyway.
17. Live and Let Die. Somewhat underwhelming, and the United Nations looks like it's been filmed in my garage. Bit of a cheapo one, but the funeral is a fun idea, even if it goes on and on, and the dancing bit at the end is not unentertaining. But there's no mention of Bond at all. Which puts it in the relegation zone.
18. Licence to Kill. Entirely beneath contempt. Makes Bond look a complete fool, whirling around on a bit of string. Music is awful, Leiter is far too old, there's little danger and little excitement and everyone's shouting and Timothy Dalton looks grumpy and his hair's odd and it's a row and it goes on too long and it's got no sense of wit, charm or style. As a preface to its film, ideal.
Just my opinion
#28
Posted 18 December 2001 - 03:17 PM
Jim (18 Dec, 2001 01:54 p.m.):
Bond is martinis and casinos, not pub quizzes and dry roasted peanuts and talking about last night's television and going silent whenever a stranger walks in.
Fair enough, but we all have to start somewhere. Even I'll confess to starting out sneaking Coors Light at High School parties, before slowly moving up the ladder to a Killians, then Bass...before reaching true excellence by becoming a Guinness drinker. Nowadays I cant even stand the sight of a Coors Light. And of course thats long before I even considered a Bombay Sapphire martini, straight up and slightly dirty, much less appriciated one.
So even James Bond has come a long way from having drinks in Harry's Bar, losing his virginity and having his wallet stolen.
Jim (18 Dec, 2001 01:54 p.m.):
....but I don't see Bond in a pub and I don't see Bond wrappin' his lips round a pint (whatever one of those might be) of Old Blofeld's Peculiar.
(There's probably an unutterably filthy single entendre in there...can you spot it?)
You are a sick bastard.
#29
Posted 07 November 2001 - 11:47 AM
freemo (04 Nov, 2001 12:05 p.m.):
For Your Eyes Only: Sometimes I feel I'm alone in liking this one. I've always be intriged by the faceless Blofeld, and I like the Tracey reference. Perhaps not a fitting end for the man with the white cat, but I've always liked this pretitle.
You're not alone, Freemo. I like it too, except for the goofy "stainless steel delicatessen" line.
#30
Posted 04 November 2001 - 12:05 PM
My fav Pretitles
1 - Goldfinger: Almost too slick and cool for its own good. Tux under the wetsuit, Bond all casual when the whatever it was blows up.
2 - The Spy who Loved me: Gotta love the jump, the parachute with the Union Jack coming out as the Bond theme kicks in. I was swelling with patriotic pride, and I'm not even British
3 - Tomorrow Never Dies: Best part of the whole movie. Bond kicks some butt and saves the day again, even don't mind the ejector seat it.
4 - Diamonds Are Forever: I love seeing Bond smack everyone around at the start looking for Blofeld. "Hit me", "Something I'd like to get off your chest", Connerys return, its all good.
5 - For Your Eyes Only: Sometimes I feel I'm alone in liking this one. I've always be intriged by the faceless Blofeld, and I like the Tracey reference. Perhaps not a fitting end for the man with the white cat, but I've always liked this pretitle.