Fun or Annoying Imperfections
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Here are some imperfections in the series, one per film, some more annoying than others:
DN: Don't worry, the spider's on the other side of the glass.
FRWL: I need to see this one again – I can’t think of any!
GF: A tad inefficient way to get the gold back from Mr. Solo…
TB: I know the underwater scenes are slow but, really, super scuba gear?
YOLT: No one notices when you hide a launching pad in a volcano.
OHMSS: We have the best Bond Girl and the best Blofeld but something’s missing…
DAF: Blofeld, what a drag!
LALD: Don’t be so scared, Rosie. You’ll be killed off soon.
TMWTGG: A Goodnight leads to a poor film.
TSWLM: Hamlisch loved his synthesizer – too bad I don’t.
MR: His name is Jaws – he used to kill people.
FYEO: When I said I’d like to see Maggie get the bird, that’s not what I meant.
OP: “Sounds like a load of bull” – I’ll say!
AVTAK: Roberts. Tanya Roberts.
TLD: I’ll bet you’re glad you went back for that cello now.
LTK: Newton. Wayne Newton.
GE: Xenia Onatopp - not as much fun as it sounds!
TND: I had expected more for a Pryce like that.
TWINE: When do we get to the opening credits?
DAD: Diamonds are forever. Or at least that same old plot is.
CR: Scratch his what?
DN: Don't worry, the spider's on the other side of the glass.
FRWL: I need to see this one again – I can’t think of any!
GF: A tad inefficient way to get the gold back from Mr. Solo…
TB: I know the underwater scenes are slow but, really, super scuba gear?
YOLT: No one notices when you hide a launching pad in a volcano.
OHMSS: We have the best Bond Girl and the best Blofeld but something’s missing…
DAF: Blofeld, what a drag!
LALD: Don’t be so scared, Rosie. You’ll be killed off soon.
TMWTGG: A Goodnight leads to a poor film.
TSWLM: Hamlisch loved his synthesizer – too bad I don’t.
MR: His name is Jaws – he used to kill people.
FYEO: When I said I’d like to see Maggie get the bird, that’s not what I meant.
OP: “Sounds like a load of bull” – I’ll say!
AVTAK: Roberts. Tanya Roberts.
TLD: I’ll bet you’re glad you went back for that cello now.
LTK: Newton. Wayne Newton.
GE: Xenia Onatopp - not as much fun as it sounds!
TND: I had expected more for a Pryce like that.
TWINE: When do we get to the opening credits?
DAD: Diamonds are forever. Or at least that same old plot is.
CR: Scratch his what?
Comments
Ignoring whether or not we agree with the rest, I don't even understand why this, er, comes up? How is this scene an "annoying imperfection"?
I know next-to-nothing about guns, but what you're saying sounds like the proverbial "famous last words" to me. I thought a person should always check to see if a gun is loaded when they pick it up. Especially the chamber. A single bullet there wouldn't seem to make much of a weight difference. I would think it would be second nature for a professional to check.
True,but I was refering to the fact they never notice when the whole clip is removed.
In the novelisation, Miranda bent the firing pin to stop it from firing. While there is nothing in the final movie to support this, there is also nothing to say that she simply removed the bullets. All we know is that the gun didnt fire when he wanted it to.
No matter how many times I see this film, that is always what catches my eye, and it drives me mad every time...
@merseytart
Hahaha now I'm gonna notice that. Thanks
Awww. I thought the cello scene was clever. Sure there's no way it could play afterwards...
And what about the impossible camera shots?
The only thing that bugs me in this movie is how fast all the action sequences are, fast as in the way they look on the film.
TSWLM: The way that Annya acts like she knows more than Bond.X-(
MR: How space flight suddenly became a reality.
OP: Kamal Kahn
AVTAK: Mayday, and her thong. Youre gonna whine of 2 lousy minutes
DAD: The whole movie Still havent figured out why thats annoying
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The last time I watched it, I could see the skin on Connery's shoulder flattening against the other side of the glass plate the spider was crawling on.
Yes, they're even worse!
The PTS was much longer than 2 minutes.
I had a hard time thinking of anything really annoying in CR. <shrug>
The PTS was much longer than 2 minutes.
I didn't mean the PTS was ONLY 2 minutes, I meant that it was only about 2 minutes longer...being 12 minutes instead of the usuall 10 minutes.
The PTS was much longer than 2 minutes.
I didn't mean the PTS was ONLY 2 minutes, I meant that it was only about 2 minutes longer...being 12 minutes instead of the usuall 10 minutes.
And its one of the best,
the PTS was originally supposed to end at the banker scene, but wasnt exciting enough.
Listen to the best ever commentary by Michael Apted.
"Better make that two."
Haha, its sort of like the whole movie then, isnt it. But he did shorten the boat chase. As much as I like the boat chase, I feel that if it had been longer it would have seemed too long and overdone.
Yea I would agree with what you said about the chase but the movie is fantastic
"Better make that two."
Still, what most annoys me about TLD (which is a film I love despite its imperfections) is how Bond conveniently manages to find a ready-to-use bomb in the middle of the Afghan desert.
The one that always stands out for me is at the end of Diamonds Are Forever when Blofeld is trying to escape in his pod, Bond runs over to the crane operator and just pulls him out of the crane and throws him on the ground and that's it! He's out of commission... Whew! That was lucky!!!
"Smuggling operation."
No matter how many times I've seen FYEO, plus he says it several times.
007 doesn't wait in lines.
Then of course there's this helpful information.
"There's a dangerous criminal loose somewhere on the premises, oh, is that smoking or non? Enjoy your flight!"
A related tactic is the old "bonk-someone-on-top-of-his-head-and-he's-out-cold" move. There was an action movie parody from the early '80s called High Risk, I think. In one scene, some mercenaries are trying to sneak quietly into this fortress. They konk a sentry over the head to knock him out but instead he yells out in pain from being hit, alerting the whole camp. Hilarious!
Well I thought that Kamrhan Shah gave him the bomb. Now where he got it is the question. But what I think is more annoying than that is Bond losing the bomb, finding it just in the nick of time, then timing it just right to blow up just as the trucks were crossin over the bridge.