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[danielcraigisjamesbond007]

Just curious. What scenes from any Bond movie will you NOT watch? Or, put another way, which scenes do you skip over?

For me:
OHMSS: When Bond reads the Playboy Magazine.
DAF: All of it (Especially the scenes with Wint and Kidd)!
AVTAK: All of the "love" scenes.
DAD: The CGI parasail scene.
TWINE: The whole "I thought Christmas comes once a year" scene.

There's probably a lot more...

[DamnCoffee]

Cringe:
"You and I HAD A MUTUAL FRIEND!!!!!!"

Can't watch:
Ice Wave from Die Another Day


That's all really, well... at the moment, I'm sure I can think up some more in due course.

[danielcraigisjamesbond007]

Cringe:
"You and I HAD A MUTUAL FRIEND!!!!!!"

Can't say that I had a problem with that line of dialogue, as the Colonel may have forgotten who Bond was...

Can't watch:
Ice Wave from Die Another Day

Seconded. It looks TERRIBLE...

[sharpshooter]

The DAD pulse wave is appalling. I’d put it down as my worst Bond scene.

I intermittently find the MR laser battle a blight on the series, but settle to think it’s quite alright given the outrageously fun nature of the film.

[BoogieBond]

I have a couple that I just cringe at

Some Roger scenes, especially the romance scenes, Moonraker Corrine and Holly Goodhead snogging scenes are just pure cringeworthy seeing Roger going in for the kill, I also slightly cringe at the Bond/Anya clinch on the boat in "Spy" but then Rog says "Thought never crossed my mind" to the Anya "take advantage" line and I normally smile at that.

I oddly do not find the same amount of Cringeworthyness to the Sean scenes, and I even like the Thunderball Bond/Fiona Volpe scenes as some of the dialogue is good, and you can buy Sean as the handsome agent and he's not too old in TB.

Some of the Pierce lines especially the "Christmas" lines at the end of TWINE, pure smarmyness.

I gotta say the QOS hotel scene with Bond and Fields I also find a bit of a dodgy scene. Throwback to the Roger days. Oddly the CR scene with Solange(another sacrificial lamb) doesn't jarr as much as Bond at least has to do a bit of work to woo her.

I agree with you about the OHMSS scene, makes me cringe as well, that's supposed to be Commander Bond on screen.

[Vauxhall]

Delighted to note that a Grace Jones reference is already in the thread. However, the ultimate worst must the "what a view... to a kill" line. Having said that, I can't remember the last time I watched any of A VIEW TO A KILL from the moment Bond gets to San Francisco.

In addition to most of the famous cringeworthy lines, I will add in my new pet hate: Craig's unnecessary line "that wasn't very nice" after Camille tries to shoot him in QUANTUM OF SOLACE. Craig's Bond uttering quips to no-one but himself doesn't work for me.

[MkB]

In addition to most of the famous cringeworthy lines, I will add in my new pet hate: Craig's unnecessary line "that wasn't very nice" after Camille tries to shoot him in QUANTUM OF SOLACE. Craig's Bond uttering quips to no-one but himself doesn't work for me.

Funny you say that, for I had copletely missed that line. You're right, he was really uttering this quip to no-one but himself, as far as I am concerned!

I'll have say some scenes of DAD make me cringe... The wave, the Robocop outfit... also, the invisible car, and the total miscomprehension of what gene therapy is... Brrrr!

[sthgilyadgnivileht]

I love MR, but I don't like the line 'a woman' that Bond says when he first meets Goodhead.
I'm with everyone about the CGI sequence in DAD also

[Mr. Blofeld]

In addition to most of the famous cringeworthy lines, I will add in my new pet hate: Craig's unnecessary line "that wasn't very nice" after Camille tries to shoot him in QUANTUM OF SOLACE. Craig's Bond uttering quips to no-one but himself doesn't work for me.

Funny you say that, for I had copletely missed that line. You're right, he was really uttering this quip to no-one but himself, as far as I am concerned!

Well, at least it works better than in the Brozza years...

[Pierce - Daniel]

I did'nt like the way Craig says "Dominic Greene" on the boat to Camille a piece of boat could deliver that line better then he did.

Hate the CGI surfing. Most of Octopussy is cringeworthy, so is alot of AVTAK, actually most of Roger's film the viwer really needs a strong stomach to sit through.

[Red Barchetta]

Any scene with JW Pepper in it makes me cringe!

Oh, and of course, the parasail scene in DAD (it's become a classic, but not in a good way).

[Judo chop]

"They feast."

Ironic that I'm usually losing my lunch while he says it.

[Mr_Wint]

Medrano: It is double to what we are paying now!

[00Twelve]

Cringe/Wince-worthy: Bond's "Stockholm Syndrome" monologue, the post-Sub finale to TWINE, the slide whistle bit, Carver's mocking of Wai Lin, the icy wave, any scene featuring Paris Carver

Unwatchable: The Max/Maggie finale of FYEO. Can't do it, WON'T do it.

[Conlazmoodalbrocra]

Not so much cringe, but yawn through Thunderball

All of Diamonds Are Forever, apart from the fight with Peter Franks

The car chase in The Man With The Golden Gun

Most of Die Another Day

The boat chase and plane chase in Quantum Of Solace

[00Jaws]

LTK - when Bond and Pam kisses each other on the boat and that dialogue, soap-like...

DAD - Icarus, CGI wave

CR - M and her lover in bed

QOS - M removes her make-up (absolutely disgusting), parachute jump

[Conlazmoodalbrocra]

QOS - M removes her make-up (absolutely disgusting), parachute jump

I completely agree with you about the make-up removal. It is cringe-worthy.

[Safari Suit]

At the risk of being called a DCINB-ite, that "come on you know you want to me" smirk Craig gives Solange in CR.

Actually, the "smile" line and most of that scene is a little cringeworthy too.

[dogmanstar]

Halle Barry's: "That's a mouthful." <retch>!

[Mr. Blofeld]

"They feast."

Ironic that I'm usually losing my lunch while he says it.

Which movie was that in?

[MkB]

QOS - M removes her make-up (absolutely disgusting), parachute jump

I completely agree with you about the make-up removal. It is cringe-worthy.

????

I really don't get what you find disgusting there?

[dogmanstar]

"They feast."

Ironic that I'm usually losing my lunch while he says it.

Which movie was that in?

DAD: When Bond is giving Jinx the line about the predators and the Mojitos. The whole scene is, well, just not good.

[sthgilyadgnivileht]

"They feast."

Ironic that I'm usually losing my lunch while he says it.

Which movie was that in?

I don't know, I never watch it

[Conlazmoodalbrocra]

QOS - M removes her make-up (absolutely disgusting), parachute jump

I completely agree with you about the make-up removal. It is cringe-worthy.

????

I really don't get what you find disgusting there?

Because it looks like she's attacking her face with a scouring pad. And she just looks greasy as well, and all red, and just...blah! Maybe I'm just weird? Yeah, that's probably it!

[danslittlefinger]

Any bad CGI scenes.

Any running scenes with Brosnan. He makes a meal out of them.
His face, his high pumping hands...

[Conlazmoodalbrocra]

Any bad CGI scenes.

Any running scenes with Brosnan. He makes a meal out of them.
His face, his high pumping hands...

Yes, but DC's running in Casino Royale (the airport scene in particular) is also quite weird and over-emphasised.

[Santa]

DAF: The whole scene where SC's Bond comes across Bambi and Thumper and ends up holding their heads under water. Shudder. Oh, also Tiffany's "You just killed James Bond!" - isn't he supposed to be a secret agent?

J. W. Pepper.

I'm not keen on the scene with TD's Bond and Kara on the big wheel in Vienna in TLD, or the bit where he points out that they're prisoners in an Afghan airbase and it won't be easy to escape. He's too avuncular.

I was going to mention that any of PB's love scenes put me right off the whole concept of sex, but then I realised that these days I really struggle to watch any part of any PB Bond film.

CR: The whole little finger/You stripped it from me stuff makes me squirm uncomfortably, plus the scenes with Solange didn't really work for me. Mostly because I thought Caterina was a truly terrible actress in them, sorry. I tend to speed up the Miami airport chase sequence because I get bored.

QOS: Due to the editing I find it hard to watch any of it. I will watch it again but maybe I'll play it on slow motion. Not keen on the scenes with Gemma A because her voice is very common.

[danielcraigisjamesbond007]

Any bad CGI scenes.

Any running scenes with Brosnan. He makes a meal out of them.
His face, his high pumping hands...

Yes, but DC's running in Casino Royale (the airport scene in particular) is also quite weird and over-emphasised.

Are you talking about the chase with the tanker? Or his running through the inside of the airport?

[Conlazmoodalbrocra]

Any bad CGI scenes.

Any running scenes with Brosnan. He makes a meal out of them.
His face, his high pumping hands...

Yes, but DC's running in Casino Royale (the airport scene in particular) is also quite weird and over-emphasised.

Are you talking about the chase with the tanker? Or his running through the inside of the airport?

When he's running after the tanker.

[Santa]

QOS - M removes her make-up (absolutely disgusting), parachute jump

I completely agree with you about the make-up removal. It is cringe-worthy.

????

I really don't get what you find disgusting there?

Because it looks like she's attacking her face with a scouring pad. And she just looks greasy as well, and all red, and just...blah!

Er, that's what older women look like when they're removing their make-up. Better get used to it...