Best Villain Deaths
jamesbondforever
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what was the best villain death in the 20 James Bond films. or can you think of any other deaths they could use for the future.
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gets literally 'blown up.'
Auric Goldfinger's death is a popular one,too.Sucked out of the window of his private jet.
Right there with you, and don't forget Alec in Goldeneye. First you fall aobut 50ft., then you get a satellite on you for dessert.
of my fave actors get turned into hamburger was
gross.
I'm not really fond of the piranhas either.
quite right lkkll! That, for me, was one of the best in the series- "She's waiting for you!" yeah, that was awesome.
I totally agree, zebond. Both Bond and the audience were sympathetic to the villian here.
yeah, I did too. I mean... to get sucked out of a tiny window was a little corny, and an undignified death for such a great villian.
I still like Goldfinger's death, but the simple coup de grâce given to Scaramanga is underrated IMO.
1 - Moore, 2 - Dalton, 3 - Craig, 4 - Connery, 5 - Brosnan, 6 - Lazenby
Chipper shredder was done in OHMSS when one of Blofeld's stooges fell into a snow plow "He had plenty of guts!" cracked Lazenby's oo7.
While some think it "cheesey", chubby old Goldfinger getting sucked through that little bitty window in the jetstar cannot be topped.
Bond’s Beretta
The Handguns of Ian Fleming's James Bond
I like Stromberg's death the best also. It is a very chilling scene. Bond shooting Stromberg right in the face and body that many times is one of Moore's more serious moments. He does it without hesitation and doesn't even flinch.
Not only a spectacular death, handled perfectly by Sakata, but one of those times where Bond's split-second decision defines the character of Bond.
That quick dive across the floor to grab the cable, in my opinion, is TOTALLY what Bond is all about.
And how about a tip of the hat to Fiona Volpe's death scene.
You can search far and wide, but I defy ANYONE to show me a better handled dance of death than Bond/Fiona.
Peter Hunt's editing in this scene alone should be studied by every film editor in the world.
Why? Because 99.999% of all action edting nowadays is all sound and fury with very little cohesion or tension. (Are you listening, Michael Bay?)
Look at the speed of the rapid-fire cuts between Bond, Fiona, a pointed gun and an ecstatic drummer. Peter Hunt was MTV 15 years before MTV.
With one difference, the split-second cuts in TB fuse together perfectly and, 40 years later, puts to shame the terrible efforts of that hack Christian (call me Hack) Wagner in DAD.
Well done action will be appreciated forever. Lame action (such as DAD's last third)is already being laughed at.
One final note: anyone else realize that one of the reasons CR is such a success is because of the superb work done Stuart Baird? A master editor of action from way back, and a director in his own right (Executive Decision) Baird's work in the first two action scenes alone should convince BABS that the series can NEVER-NEVER-NEVER (did I say never?)revert to the awful bells-and-whistles editing of DAD.
In fact, I would say Baird is a possible Bond-director of the future. Always remember that Peter Hunt and John Glen began as editors.
"Strange as it may seem...I've grown accustomed to your face."
Roger Moore 1927-2017
100+ watchings, and that had never occurred to me -- excellent! Another reason I love this site...
Roger Moore 1927-2017
simple. Bond kills his leading lady. I am not an advocate of violence against women but that scene was shocking. The "I never miss" line uttered by Brosnan was one of his best one liners. Yet the scene remained somber. Th single shot echoes in the imagination. If you blink you miss it. Bond id what he had to do, what he warned her he would do. One of the best choreographed, most believable and most wrenching
scenes in a Bond film. Brosnan and Marceau are perfect.-{
Possibilities for future Bond villain deaths:
-Skin gets melted off after exposure to deadly gas (The Rock). This would have been good for Moonraker if the producers wanted to bump up to a '15' certificate, as Drax's orbs contained something like Ed Harris' VX gas, but the side effects were not as horrendous. The deaths of those men in the lab in Moonraker were nowhere near as horrific as they could have been. That would have improved Moonraker tremendously.
-Diced up in a food blender or grass trimmer (Braindead). If Bond is in his garden shed one time and he is pounced upon by a guy for stealing his fertiliser, this might not be such a bad counter strike. Simarly, if he's in the kitchen and a baddie duffs him up in order to obtain the vital foodstuff required to power a global-destructing space weapon.
Bond one-liner:
'You could have just asked'
-Bond empties the fuel tank of the villain's plane and then, after falling to the ground, lights his lighter and sets fire to the trail of fuel, turning the plane into a fireball (Die Hard 2)
-Shot to pieces and then falls out of an office block (Die Hard, Robocop). It gets used in films so much because its so good.
-Bond shoots a pylon wire which befalls and intervenes with the rotar blades of the villain's helicopter, the electric current conduct through the blades and causing it to blow up. (Die Hard With A Vengeance) P.S Will be better if the villain is using the helicopter as a getaway.
-Impaled on a steam tank with a broken piece of pipe, to which Bond quips 'Let off some steam, [insert villain's name here]'. Excess gore from the villain's mouth viable (Commando)
-If Bond is in a Far Eastern fortress and pushes the villain into a metal chopper or spikes (the original Prince Of Persia).
-Head crushed in a giant stone compressor (Con Air)
I thinks Goldfinger's exit from the mortal plane was the best. It was from the original novel, I believe, although it was Odd Job suffered this fate. Also, it's definitely memorable.
I have to counter that and say it was one of the most boring deaths, in my opinion. I really thought Christopher Lee made the best of a bad script but I always felt not only was that death simple and dull, it was underplayed and not in any way interesting or tense. Certainly Bond has shot a lot of his enemies and been done with it (TWINE, CR, DN) but all had a real feeling of the ruthlessness of killing. Moores shooting of Lee was unemotional and uninteresting - in my opinion.