Favorite PB Bond Films & Scenes

[Ace]

As brought up in another Bond topic by respectanimals, what are your favorite PB Bond films, action set pieces, love scenes/ interests, moments etc and why.

[respectanimals]

Favorite PB Bond film: Die Another Day. I don’t enjoy the gadgets in the Bond movies or the over-the-top action sequences, so I usually fast-forward past some of the silliest things, like the opening surfing scene, the incredibly stupid Windsurfing on the ice wave scene and the scene with Q and his invisible car. However, I liked the story and the relationships between Bond and most of the other characters. My favorite scenes were those with Jinx and Bond, but I also really enjoyed the sword fight between Graves and Bond, and the scenes between M and Bond. I thought the titles with the torture scene and the Madonna song was really interesting as well. While Pierce did appear older in this film, I thought his appearance only made Bond appear more serious and more human than in previous films. I also thought Halle Berry made a really good Bond girl, and a much needed improvement over previous Bond girls, as she was his equal, yet still very feminine and needing to be rescued. I loved it when she looked at him after he resuscitated her and said “What took you so long?” I also liked the scene where Jinx says to Miranda, “Oh, yeah, I think I got the thrust of it.” and when she says to Bond “Oh, I’ll always be a Jinx to you.” Basically, I just liked all the scenes with Bond and Jinx together. LOL! Ursula Andress remains my favorite Bond girl, but Halle is definitely a close second now.

Favorite PB Bond Action Sequence: I really enjoyed the whole escape scene in Tomorrow Never Dies, from them in the helicopter to where she does her judo stuff and he gets the equipment ready. The Motorcycle scene was really a lot of fun to watch, especially with her going from the back to the front like that and them disagreeing on who gets to drive! Unlike most action scenes there was some character interaction, not just the usual boring “I’m going to chase you” and “You’re going to get away” stuff, with a bunch of explosions thrown in for the male audience’s enjoyment.

Favorite PB Bond Love Scene: The love scene in Die Another Day, (the one just after she comes out of the water, not the one with the diamonds at the end) was my favorite of all the love scenes, in all the Bond movies. It was very passionate! When it comes to nudity and things getting explicit, I personally like leaving things to the imagination of the viewer, but I also like things to be heated up a bit too, with a lot of emotion! I only recently read that they cut two minutes from the scene in order to get it the PG-13 rating. I would have loved to see those two minutes!

Favorite PB Bond Moments: I’d have to go back and watch all the movies again to come up with them all, but off the top of my head, I liked the scene in Goldeneye where they are trapped in the train and she says, “Don’t just stand there. Get us out of here!” I also liked their love scene on the beach in Goldeneye. It was a good character scene for Bond and the kiss was passionate. Oh well, that’s all I can remember at the moment and I just have to go get some sleep now.

I probably should have mentioned that I don't really consider myself a huge Bond fan. LOL!

[Ace]

I didn't know this was such an extensive question until I started thinking about my answers. I don't have just one answer for any category. But there's nothing to say it all has to be answered at once.

So I'll start with the action.

I love the opening surfing scene in DAD, probably because I know it was really done on the most dangerous surf there is and the cinematography and music is pretty top notch making for quite a thrilling scene. As oppossed to the CGI surfing later on which is just goofy and should have been left on the cutting room floor.

Most Bond films though have at least one action set piece if not more that should be left on the cutting room floor, or at least trimmed to half the length. Even the fantastic tank chase in GE would be better a couple of minutes shorter.

My favorite use of action commingled with plot and character sustainmed over along period is the opening to TWINE from the bankers office to the fall to the millenium dome it's a thrilling mini movie in and of itself. The opening to GE from the bungee jump to the motorcycle off the cliff to catch the plane probbaly comes in second.

As a standalone action sequence my favorite is the sword fight in DAD, it's thrilling fun, and the fight at the GE cradle with Bond/Alec probably comes second to it.

TND probably has the best overall action from the sneaking into the Carver headquarters and escape, the carpark chase and the motorcycle chase. The problem is the film at the end has too much action as one sequence almost runs into another until the film ends. Which is the same problem at the end of DAD.