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[Pierce - Daniel]

What is it Bond hands over, when he returns to the hotel and finds M there? IS it some weapon or piece of the exploded rock?

[plankattack]

What is it Bond hands over, when he returns to the hotel and finds M there? IS it some weapon or piece of the exploded rock?

He hands over a knife when he's being escorted from the room.

[Judo chop]

He gives up his weapon. I'm not sure what rock you're referring to.

ps. Mathematically speaking, your screen name might be "-35 lbs".

[Pierce - Daniel]

The rock being the one that Bond says has been blown up by dynamite when him and Camille are in the sinkhole and figure out Greene's plan, maybe it's evidence or something.

[Jeff007]

The rock being the one that Bond says has been blown up by dynamite when him and Camille are in the sinkhole and figure out Greene's plan, maybe it's evidence or something.

At first I always thought it was a knife in a sheath. However, you may be on to something. I'll have to wait for the DVD for closer inspection.

[eddychaput]

I thought it was his pistol? Isn't that the one thing Bond always carries on him and that should promptly taken away if he is under arrest?

[byline]

I thought it was his pistol? Isn't that the one thing Bond always carries on him and that should promptly taken away if he is under arrest?

That's what I thought it was.

[sharpshooter]

He hands over a knife when he's being escorted from the room.

Correct. I recall M asking Bond to hand over any weapons he may have to the agents.

[MattofSteel]

Just saw the film again recently. Seems that it's clearly his PPK.

[Craig is 007]

I am 99% sure that it is a knife, because after he beats up the MI6 agents in the elevator, he takes a knife from the jacket of one of the agents and uses it to open the handcuffs.

[eddychaput]

Ah, this will go down as a mystery in 007 lore...

[MattofSteel]

Yeah. Right next to "how the hell does he flip that boat over."

[Judo chop]

Yeah. Right next to "how the hell does he flip that boat over."

Supposedly, a little light has been shed on that event in post-post-editing.

See Hildebrandrarity's CBn review thread.

[Righty007]

Ah, this will go down as a mystery in 007 lore...

No it won't. It's definitely a knife in a sheath. Trust me on this one.

[Craig is 007]

Ah, this will go down as a mystery in 007 lore...

No it won't. It's definitely a knife in a sheath. Trust me on this one.

Correct, there's no doubt.

[byline]

Ah, this will go down as a mystery in 007 lore...

No it won't. It's definitely a knife in a sheath. Trust me on this one.

Well, that just goes to show how little attention I was paying in that scene . . . even after eight viewings!

Yeah. Right next to "how the hell does he flip that boat over."

Supposedly, a little light has been shed on that event in post-post-editing.

See Hildebrandrarity's CBn review thread.

True, that thread finally cleared it up for me.

[double o ego]

a knife, a rock, a pistol? Amazing how people see what they want to see.

[MajorB]

I can't remember if he even had his PPK at that point--did he use it when fighting the cops who killed Mathis? If so, he would have had it with him when he returned to the hotel, and that's what he would have been surrendering. if not, I guess the knife would make sense.

[Born_again_Bond]

Ah, this will go down as a mystery in 007 lore...

I'll confess I was too busy watching the expression on his face to try and divine what he was going to do next to notice exactly what he hands over. I made an assumption that it was his PPK.

As for "a mystery in 007 lore...." ..............


I still want to know where he puts his shades when he is outside the Ocean club in CR.

He takes them off when he gets out of the Ford. As he bends waaay down to tie his laces and check the cameras, there is nothing in either hand, and there is nothing the same shape and size as sun glasses in either front pocket of his trousers.

Indeed, there is certainly not enough room in his trousers for him and the shades and for the tailored line to remain so smooth as he was bending down and standing up again and walking towards the Range Rover when the German throws him the keys.

You can see his rear view when he goes to get into the Range Rover and there is nothing in his back pockets, indeed there is no room for anything in his back pockets. He has a small cell phone shaped lump in his front right pocket, and that's continuity correct because he takes it out of that pocket in the security room.

As he rises and walks towards the Range Rover, he has the keys in his right hand and it looks like he is putting something in his left pocket as cameras switches angles from his front to his rear.

Right at the point where he gets into the Range Rover and the camera shot is on his front again, there are a few frames where it looks like there is something long and thin in his left front pocket.

If you slo-mo the footage of the Range Rover coming around the bed in the car park, you can see as he turns left into the first parking space, he does not have dark glasses on and does not have them on when he is reversing - there are a few frames where we can see him through the front windscreen as he is backing up.

However, he has them on when he gets out of the Range Rover....did he - while selecting reverse gear and backing up and taking all of 2 seconds to exit the vehicle -have time to fish his glasses out of his left front pocket and put them on??

If those were the glasses he puts into his left front pocket as he goes to get into the Range Rover, then where the heck were they just seconds before when he was bending down, standing up, walking towards camera, and it was obvious they were not in his pockets?

Sorry.......this was about QoS wasn't it? I get carried away by the shades mystery which has bugged me every time I watch CR.

[ElFenomeno]

questions like this what does bond hand over or how did the last boat flipped?
or how did Bond killed Slate should never exist and are proofs of the clumsy editing.

Edited by ElFenomeno, 19 January 2009 - 09:02 PM.

[byline]

questions like this what does bond hand over or how did the last boat flipped?
or how did Bond killed Slate should never exist and are proofs of the clumsy editing.

Well, for what it's worth, I'm not sure I particularly cared what specific weapon Bond handed over; I knew it was a weapon. I got how Slate was killed on second viewing. And I also pretty much got how the boat flipped on second viewing, as well. So I'm not convinced that the editing was "clumsy," but it was indeed fast, and the viewer has to pay attention to take it all in. I enjoy that kind of challenge, but that's just me.