James Bond: The Ultimate Collection (1962-2012) + Volume Collections

[RCRochester]

Originally Posted by Bobbyjoe766

Zorin is a very interesting character - a treacherous, super-intelligent, genetic experiment.

Gleefully mowing down his own men and betraying May Day, he seems only to have genuine feelings for his ‘father’ and nobody else.

I don’t think it was made clear in the film but was May Day also one of Dr. Hans Glaub’s / Carl Mortner’s genetic experiments or a genuine amazon?

I don't think so. However, I do think that Scarpine (the character played by Patrick Bauchau) might have been as he seemed pretty tight with Zorin and Mortner.

[Arawn]

Originally Posted by captainsolo

Which itself makes it magical.

And let's not forget Duran Duran!

[glennstl]

Finished my 24 movie Bond watching. Really enjoyed them all overall! Took me about a week and a half and it’s interesting watching them all back to back. I think the Connery movies mostly still hold up the best. The Moore movies not so much. Dalton was really underrated. Lazenby’s sole movie was good and would have liked to have seen more of him and Dalton. Brosnan was pretty decent. Craig is great for the most part. Can’t wait for Bond 25 !

[LeeFanatic007]

I like A View to A Kill. I've got to say that Quantum of Solace is probably my least favorite. It had horrible editing and seemed very choppy at time during action scenes. And the villain and plot was pretty weak with the hoarding water scheme.

[glennstl]

Originally Posted by LeeFanatic007

I like A View to A Kill. I've got to say that Quantum of Solace is probably my least favorite. It had horrible editing and seemed very choppy at time during action scenes. And the villain and plot was pretty weak with the hoarding water scheme.

Yeah, in Quantum I liked Daniel Craig...but I agree with the editing and plot that you mentioned. I was honestly confused with some of the movie’s plotting. It’s definitely my least favorite of Craig’s movies.

[Monterey Jack]

Originally Posted by MJD64

...and to this day I find it rather petulant and unsportsmanlike that Bond sends this stunner to her death with a missile fired from underwater when both he and Amasova are already well out of harm's way...

Well, she did try to kill them.

[Bobbyjoe766]

Originally Posted by Monterey Jack

Well, she did try to kill them.

I just wish Bond got the chance to nail her first. Very attractive woman.

[Arawn]

Originally Posted by LeeFanatic007

And the villain and plot was pretty weak with the hoarding water scheme.

Other than Chinatown, anytime the plot is about water you know you're in trouble.

[TheHutt]

My favourite Moore is actually "For Your Eyes Only". Apart from the music (which is rather dated) I quite how the movie is more grounded. Plus, it has Julian Glover in it.

[MJD64]

Originally Posted by Monterey Jack

Well, she did try to kill them.

True, but she wasn't very good at it...and her smile and wink at Bond during the attempt is very winning.

Besides, a beautiful woman trying to kill him is just another day at the office for Bond...

[PeterTHX]

Originally Posted by captainsolo

On top of that Spy was essentially a YOLT remake.

Huh?
The only similarity is the villain using a vehicle to "swallow" a Soviet and American vehicle. SPECTRE did it to start a war between the powers who thought the other did it. In SPY the villain did it to steal the subs to launch nuclear missiles at each other.

Originally Posted by MJD64

to this day I find it rather petulant and unsportsmanlike that Bond sends this stunner to her death with a missile fired from underwater when both he and Amasova are already well out of harm's way...

Harm's way? If they resurfaced you think she would have let them get away? They couldn't stay down there forever.

[Stanis]

Lowest, cringiest moments in Bond history, imo?

TMWTGG - Bond kicks entrepreneur Taiwanese child out of boat, though most will probably say the slide whistle
LOLD - Bond makes villain eat a gas thingy, he inflates (a very very bad effect) floats into the air and explodes (dummy looks nothing like Koto and it all seems wrong). This is also the movie where Bond takes some poor girl's virginity while dealing with heroin, my least liked 007 adventure. Baron is cool tho
YOLT - Bond gets turned Japanese by hunching over and wearing a Spock wig
Die Another Day - almost the entire film
TWINE - The Christmas line
OHMSS - The chicken phobic woman

opinions?

[CV19]

Originally Posted by Stanis

Lowest, cringiest moments in Bond history, imo?
LOLD - Bond makes villain eat a gas thingy, he inflates (a very very bad effect) floats into the air and explodes (dummy looks nothing like Koto and it all seems wrong).

This scene always made me laugh - you're right, it's one of those instances where the special effects were so bad it's actually quite funny. I think that's where Bond also says "he always had an inflated opinion of himself", or words to that effect.

[Tom Sharky]

Originally Posted by Stanis

Lowest, cringiest moments in Bond history, imo?

TMWTGG - Bond kicks entrepreneur Taiwanese child out of boat, though most will probably say the slide whistle
LOLD - Bond makes villain eat a gas thingy, he inflates (a very very bad effect) floats into the air and explodes (dummy looks nothing like Koto and it all seems wrong). This is also the movie where Bond takes some poor girl's virginity while dealing with heroin, my least liked 007 adventure. Baron is cool tho
YOLT - Bond gets turned Japanese by hunching over and wearing a Spock wig
Die Another Day - almost the entire film
TWINE - The Christmas line
OHMSS - The chicken phobic woman

opinions?

Die Another Day is a Bond movie that I am going to rewatch again pretty soon to see if my opinion on it at all changes. I have a poor opinion of it currently, as I remember an ice castle, an invisible car, way too much use of CGI, Bond surfing, a terrible Madonna song and the threat of a Halle Berry spinoff series as "Jinx".

[RCRochester]

Originally Posted by Stanis

Lowest, cringiest moments in Bond history, imo?

TMWTGG - Bond kicks entrepreneur Taiwanese child out of boat, though most will probably say the slide whistle
LOLD - Bond makes villain eat a gas thingy, he inflates (a very very bad effect) floats into the air and explodes (dummy looks nothing like Koto and it all seems wrong). This is also the movie where Bond takes some poor girl's virginity while dealing with heroin, my least liked 007 adventure. Baron is cool tho
YOLT - Bond gets turned Japanese by hunching over and wearing a Spock wig
Die Another Day - almost the entire film
TWINE - The Christmas line
OHMSS - The chicken phobic woman

opinions?

For Your Eyes Only - the Margaret Thatcher scene.

Originally Posted by CV19

This scene always made me laugh - you're right, it's one of those instances where the special effects were so bad it's actually quite funny. I think that's where Bond also says "he always had an inflated opinion of himself", or words to that effect.

The Kananga death scene in Live and Let Die is monumentally bad. What's funny is that Solitaire asks Bond "Where's Kananga?" to which he responds "He always did have an inflated opinion of himself", not even bothering to actually answer her question, though maybe she was confused because despite literally exploding, there aren't pieces of bone or viscera or blood anywhere. They really should have just had Kananga be eaten by one of the sharks or something.

[StingingVelvet]

Originally Posted by Tom Sharky

Die Another Day is a Bond movie that I am going to rewatch again pretty soon to see if my opinion on it at all changes. I have a poor opinion of it currently, as I remember an ice castle, an invisible car, way too much use of CGI, Bond surfing, a terrible Madonna song and the threat of a Halle Berry spinoff series as "Jinx".

The shame of it is that the first half of that movie ain't bad at all. Some good stunts, good Brosnan lines, a bit of a different feel, stunning Bond ladies, etc. Then it just totally craps the bed in the second half. Every time I watch it I'm like "this is better than I remembered" for the first half and then "oh..." for the second.

Anyway my cringiest Bond moments would probably be Sheriff Pepper's return in The Man with the Golden Gun plus slide whistle and the beach boys opening from A View to a Kill. Live and Let Die never really bothered me, I guess because I love blaxploitation movies and see it as just an extension of that.

[Stanis]

Originally Posted by StingingVelvet

Anyway my cringiest Bond moments would probably be Sheriff Pepper's return in The Man with the Golden Gun

I like when the baby elephant dumps that dude in the drink, that's what you get for being peanut greedy you cracker!

[MJD64]

Cringe-worthy Bond moments:

DR. NO: "Fetch my shoes."
GOLDFINGER: "That's as bad as listening to the Beatles without earmuffs."
OCTOPUSSY: Clown disguise, Tarzan yell, "Sit!"
A VIEW TO A KILL: "California Girls" , which is rendered even worse by having it being a cover band version...

[Dailyan]

Originally Posted by MJD64

A VIEW TO A KILL: "California Girls" , which is rendered even worse by having it being a cover band version...

It feels like it belongs in a ZAZ film.

[dallywhitty]

Originally Posted by MJD64

GOLDFINGER: "That's as bad as listening to the Beatles without earmuffs."

He wasn't wrong, though...