Tiny Pleasures

13

Comments

  • FiremassFiremass AlaskaPosts: 1,910MI6 Agent
    Mine is the absolutely hideous seagull on top of connerys head on goldfinger, that really wouldn't fool anyone, but i just die laughing everytime i see it!

    I've seen Batman do the exact same thing in an old comic. Not sure what year it came out?


    tumblr_m5ceivx_Ju_Z1r85103o1_500.jpg
    My current 10 favorite:

    1. GE 2. MR 3. OP 4. TMWTGG 5. TSWLM 6. TND 7. TWINE 8.DN 9. GF 10. AVTAK
  • FiremassFiremass AlaskaPosts: 1,910MI6 Agent
    A View to a Kill provides me with seemingly endless list of tiny pleasures. I posted a similar list in the most "hilarious moments" thread, but it's really more appropriate here.

    The old-school orange snowmachines with the big red soviet star painted on the sides are so cute.
    The improvised snowboard session.
    The iceberg submarine with union jack hatch.
    Roger Moore mentioning 5 days to Alaska.
    Moneypenny, Q, and Bond all dressed up for a day at the races.
    M telling Bond he has 30 minutes to get properly dressed and Bond glances down at his suit wondering what's wrong with it?
    The french detective's lame joke about butterfly collection and Roger's polite half-hearted smile.
    The rapid rate at which his blue taxi was demolished.
    Pan Ho struggling to pronounce St. John Smythe.
    Seeing Jenny Flex in jodhpurs.
    The Zorin girls changing the oil at the gas station.
    Tibbett lugging the bags up the stairs while being heckled by Bond.
    Tibbett splashing the Rolls Royce with a bucket of water.
    Zorin talking horses while looking up 007 on his computer.
    Bad guys getting up after being hit with rock salt.
    Roger trying hard not to break the urn of ashes during the fight.
    Stacy's little 1985 Apple computer is just adorable!
    Roger cooking dinner, reconnecting the phone and sleeping in the chair.
    The dials on the waterpump peaking out when the KBG agent is killed in the propeller.
    Ivanova saying "Did you know I was a Russian agent with orders to seduce you?"
    Bond being issued a hard hat before entering Zorin's mine. This would be echoed in TWINE when Brosnan is posing as the Russian scientist.
    Stacy wearing a heavily tailored grey Zorin uniform. "Pity you couldn't find one that fits"
    Walken saying "right on schedule"


    On a personal note, RM totally reminds me of my dad in this outfit:

    A_View_To_A_Kill_Tanya_Roberts_and_Roger_Moore.jpg
    My current 10 favorite:

    1. GE 2. MR 3. OP 4. TMWTGG 5. TSWLM 6. TND 7. TWINE 8.DN 9. GF 10. AVTAK
  • ZorinIndustriesZorinIndustries United StatesPosts: 837MI6 Agent
    Great thread! In the DAF PTS, Connery is told to put his hands up. He almost shrugs as he does it, almost using a smarta** attitude haha.
    "Better luck next time... slugheads!"

    1. GoldenEye 2. Goldfinger 3. Skyfall 4. OHMSS 5. TWINE
  • KKwheelchairKKwheelchair BathurstPosts: 153MI6 Agent
    I personally loved the accent of Hugo Drax it was just so interesting
    "You know what's great about you English Octopussy man I must seen that movie, Twice" -the simpsons
  • BlackleiterBlackleiter Washington, DCPosts: 5,615MI6 Agent
    I love that one too! -{
    Great thread! In the DAF PTS, Connery is told to put his hands up. He almost shrugs as he does it, almost using a smarta** attitude haha.
    "Felix Leiter, a brother from Langley."
  • superadosuperado Regent's Park West (CaliforniaPosts: 2,656MI6 Agent
    edited March 2013
    OHMSS: Bond’s and Tracy’s romantic fashion montage.
    TSWLM and FYEO: Bond’s smile and nod to the enemy driver.
    MR: Freefall in PTS.
    OP: “Marksman” Bond nailing a Russian trooper in the forehead.
    TLD: PTS, we’re introduced with a serious Bond as a man of action, running after and leaping on the Landrover.
    TLD: Sniper Bond in the scene immediately after the PTS, very close to the book.
    TLD: Bond’s visible impatience with people, like Saunders and especially Kara.
    LTK: Bond giving a brash Killifer a disdainful look-over in Felix’s office.
    LTK: Bond’s sinister laugh in Sanchez’s office, showing he can be just as, or more ruthless than the villains.
    GE: Bond in a proper Special Forces assault outfit in PTS.
    GE: Bond freefalling to catch the diving Russian plane.
    GE: Race with Xenia’s Ferrari in beginning with Bond smiling at the exhilaration of being overtaken by a skillful female driver, very Fleming that had me also smiling in the theater.
    GE (and other PB films): Bond sprinting, particularly in stunt sequences while wearing a nice suit, very iconic ala “Film Bond.”
    GE: Bond finally “giving in” to using machine guns, whereas this was sporadic and incidental in previous movies (TSWLM, TLD). In the context of the action film genre, it was about time, though it sets the precedence of machine gun overuse.
    TND: Bond striding with cool and restrained urgency and giving a couple of paranoid glances behind him as he is about to exit the Carver building in Hamburg,
    DAD: Bond getting tortured and incarcerated for a very long period of time, very Fleming, particularly in the timeline of YOLT and TMWTGG. This never happened to the movie Bond fellow.
    CR: Bond's grin after the bomber's keychain explosive blows up.
    "...the purposeful slant of his striding figure looked dangerous, as if he was making quickly for something bad that was happening further down the street." -SMERSH on 007 dossier photo, Ch. 6 FRWL.....
  • FiremassFiremass AlaskaPosts: 1,910MI6 Agent
    good list Superado. Especially on TLD and LTK.

    looks like we share the same one for Octopussy... ;)
    My current 10 favorite:

    1. GE 2. MR 3. OP 4. TMWTGG 5. TSWLM 6. TND 7. TWINE 8.DN 9. GF 10. AVTAK
  • superadosuperado Regent's Park West (CaliforniaPosts: 2,656MI6 Agent
    Firemass wrote:
    good list Superado. Especially on TLD and LTK.

    looks like we share the same one for Octopussy... ;)

    Thank you, Firemass, it's great we both found the little gems in the Moore Bonds -{
    "...the purposeful slant of his striding figure looked dangerous, as if he was making quickly for something bad that was happening further down the street." -SMERSH on 007 dossier photo, Ch. 6 FRWL.....
  • PeppermillPeppermill DelftPosts: 2,860MI6 Agent
    MR: "Did I?"
    GF: "Man talk"
    Sf: "Craig smirk when Eve says: "You'd better stand still then."
    SF: The blatant, obvious, in your face ugly product placement in the PTS.
    MR: The fantastic PTS! This thing was done for real, in many many takes, but it is still looks great. When compared to the skydiving in QOS.....
    GF: Using the lighter to see the time on his Rolex, great shot.
    TB: Fiona Volpe
    All the casino scenes! Bond always looks cool in a casino
    1. Ohmss 2. Frwl 3. Op 4. Tswlm 5. Tld 6. Ge 7. Yolt 8. Lald 9. Cr 10. Ltk 11. Dn 12. Gf 13. Qos 14. Mr 15. Tmwtgg 16. Fyeo 17. Twine 18. Sf 19. Tb 20 Tnd 21. Spectre 22 Daf 23. Avtak 24. Dad
  • BlackleiterBlackleiter Washington, DCPosts: 5,615MI6 Agent
    Yes! :D
    Peppermill wrote:
    TB: Fiona Volpe
    "Felix Leiter, a brother from Langley."
  • NeverSayDieNeverSayDie Posts: 495MI6 Agent
    Tiny pleasures:
    The computer sound effects in Moonraler and TSWLM
    and the few notes before the announcer says "Moonraker 5 ready for launch."

    The lines "Yes I know don't tell me" and "All
    those feathers and he still can't fly." from TSWLM

    "Soon you and I will have money than God," and "You can't win." from Goldeneye.

    The track "Licence revoked" from LTKs soundtrack makes all the hairs on the back of neck stand on end.
  • LastRatStandingLastRatStanding ScotlandPosts: 296MI6 Agent
    The way the bullets that hit the underside of the truck in LTK sound like the bond theme!
    Now, they only eat rat.
  • Nick37Nick37 Posts: 270MI6 Agent
    I just rewatched LTK again last night, so I found some fresh ones.

    Bond flees the guard's machine gun fire, then plops the innocent lobster he saved into another fishtank before killing the other guard.

    "My god, what a terrible waste..." *Bond glares* "...Of money!" *Bond stops glaring*

    Pam's legs, and Lupe sleeping on Krest's boat without a robe.

    Bond playing blackjack like he's an idiot with the first 250k, then suckering them out of 500k when he rebuys.

    Q pitching his own gadget away into the bushes when shadowing Sanchez' house. Q! what the devil has gotten into you! Have you no respect for your equipment! :)

    After Bond narrowly avoids the farmer's pineapple truck, the startled look he gets on his face when one of the pineapples bounces off the windshield right in front of him.

    Bond and Pam's little moment after she dunks Perez and the other cronies with cropdust.

    Pam's shocked expression as she dodges the flaming fireball of Braun and Perez' truck, with the poor @ssholes screaming over the sound of her engines.

    When Bond's on the last truck moving forward the the driver suddenly stops, pitching poor Bond like a rag doll into the back of the cab and onto the ground. I dunno, it just strikes me funny, especially the little "Oof" Which is totally appropriate for the situation.

    Sanchez getting out of the truck with murder in his eyes to go after Bond, and then Bond is RIGHT there and he starts swinging while Bond is jerking himself out of the way of Sanchez' machete.

    Sanchez turns off the gas flow, looks up, and gets Bond's loafer right to the face.
    "I've had a few...Optional extras installed."
  • chrisisallchrisisall Western Mass, USAPosts: 9,062MI6 Agent
    Watching OP now, it's one BIG Moore gem IMO. :007)
    Dalton & Connery rule. Brozz was cool.
    #1.TLD/LTK 2.TND 3.GF 4.GE 5.DN 6.FYEO 7.FRWL 8.TMWTGG 9.TWINE 10.YOLT/QOS
  • ZorinIndustriesZorinIndustries United StatesPosts: 837MI6 Agent
    "Sweet mother of pearl!" - Quarrel, Jr. :))
    "Better luck next time... slugheads!"

    1. GoldenEye 2. Goldfinger 3. Skyfall 4. OHMSS 5. TWINE
  • Smiert-SpionamSmiert-Spionam Posts: 318MI6 Agent
    My fave Bond films have all the great subtle moments:

    FRWL

    Grant inside the train tailing Bond who's outside. Probably the greatest scene in the entire series.
    'I've had an interesting life. Would you like to hear about it?' *Villain mumbles* 'You would?'

    LALD

    'Bourbon and water, no ice.' 'That's extra man'
    'It's like following a cue ball'
    'Nice disguise Bond'
    'Secret Agent? On whos side?'
    'Now ya'll take this sucker outside and waste him!'
    The final shot of Mrs Bell, looking totally shellshocked. Makes me howl everytime.
    Tee Hee's look when Bond cuts the chords on his arm.

    LTK

    'She had a nice honeymooooooon'
    Darios look fout of the hole in the wall at the bar. Creepy doesn't even begin to cover it.
    'Compliments of Sharky'
    The closing scene. Hardly gets mentioned but it makes me very emotional every time.

    CR
    Bonds look at the Banker after the comment about not bringing chocolates
    Le Chiffres look out the window after his guard gets arrested. Almost makes you feel sorry for him.
    'Now the whole world will know that you just scratched my balls'. No matter how many times I hear this it never fails to make me laugh.
    Smiert Spionam
  • ZorinIndustriesZorinIndustries United StatesPosts: 837MI6 Agent
    The look RM has as he looks back, sailing away from Scaramanga's exploding island :007)
    "Better luck next time... slugheads!"

    1. GoldenEye 2. Goldfinger 3. Skyfall 4. OHMSS 5. TWINE
  • FiremassFiremass AlaskaPosts: 1,910MI6 Agent
    Octopussy pre-title sequence:

    Reversible jacket and hat
    Applying the fake mustache
    Roger flipping at some lower ranking soldier's uniform as he strolls through security
    The salute to judo chop
    Pulling the parachute rip chords on the truck
    The acro star jet coming out of the trailer and ensuing flight scenes
    and of course "fill 'er up please"

    Possibly the greatest of all the pre-title sequences and the very definition of the Roger Moore Bond.
    My current 10 favorite:

    1. GE 2. MR 3. OP 4. TMWTGG 5. TSWLM 6. TND 7. TWINE 8.DN 9. GF 10. AVTAK
  • superadosuperado Regent's Park West (CaliforniaPosts: 2,656MI6 Agent
    LALD

    'Bourbon and water, no ice.' 'That's extra man'
    'It's like following a cue ball'
    'Nice disguise Bond'
    'Secret Agent? On whos side?'
    'Now ya'll take this sucker outside and waste him!'
    The final shot of Mrs Bell, looking totally shellshocked. Makes me howl everytime.
    Tee Hee's look when Bond cuts the chords on his arm.

    LTK

    'She had a nice honeymooooooon'
    Darios look fout of the hole in the wall at the bar. Creepy doesn't even begin to cover it.
    'Compliments of Sharky'
    The closing scene. Hardly gets mentioned but it makes me very emotional every time.

    I love these, thanks for highlighting them!
    "...the purposeful slant of his striding figure looked dangerous, as if he was making quickly for something bad that was happening further down the street." -SMERSH on 007 dossier photo, Ch. 6 FRWL.....
  • BIG TAMBIG TAM Wrexham, North Wales, UK.Posts: 773MI6 Agent
    Many to choose from. A number have been highlighted. I always like two moments in OCTOPUSSY:

    1. Bond & Jim Fanning at Sotherby's. Bond's sly utterance of "Let's see how badly he wants it." when he raises Kamal's bidding.

    2. Kamal's nonchalant nod to Gobinda to offer more cash to the leader of the yo-yo-saw wielding assassins who seems none too keen to upset Octopussy.
  • Sir Hillary BraySir Hillary Bray College of ArmsPosts: 2,174MI6 Agent
    TSWLM - The muezzin's prayer call in Cairo. Great atmospheric scene-setter.
    Hilly...you old devil!
  • FiremassFiremass AlaskaPosts: 1,910MI6 Agent
    Octopussy- Bond asking Gobdina if he would care for a night cap. This scene is great because the camera is a long shot from way down the hall which makes it seem like Bond is behaving like he doesn't know anyone is watching.
    (as opposed for switching to a close up)

    View to a Kill- Stacy "Do you know what I'm sitting on?" Bond "I'm trying not to think about it"
    My current 10 favorite:

    1. GE 2. MR 3. OP 4. TMWTGG 5. TSWLM 6. TND 7. TWINE 8.DN 9. GF 10. AVTAK
  • LastRatStandingLastRatStanding ScotlandPosts: 296MI6 Agent
    Firemass wrote:
    Octopussy- Bond asking Gobdina if he would care for a night cap. This scene is great because the camera is a long shot from way down the hall which makes it seem like Bond is behaving like he doesn't know anyone is watching.
    (as opposed for switching to a close up)

    Love that too! Also when Bond goes on to escape his room and follow Kahn and Orlov down the corridor and Magda is looking down from her doorway smiling -{
    Now, they only eat rat.
  • Charmed & DangerousCharmed & Dangerous Posts: 7,358MI6 Agent
    In Thunderball, my two Tiny Pleasures both occur in the same scene:

    The way Bond says "hello" when he opens the bathroom door to see Fiona in his bath...

    The almost innocent look on his face when he hands her slippers...

    Sublime.
    "How was your lamb?" "Skewered. One sympathises."
  • BlackleiterBlackleiter Washington, DCPosts: 5,615MI6 Agent
    Those are great examples of the little touches Connery has that add to my appreciation for his portrayal of Bond. That and the fact that he is able to do it without diminishing the sense of danger he brings to the role.
    In Thunderball, my two Tiny Pleasures both occur in the same scene:

    The way Bond says "hello" when he opens the bathroom door to see Fiona in his bath...

    The almost innocent look on his face when he hands her slippers...

    Sublime.
    "Felix Leiter, a brother from Langley."
  • FiremassFiremass AlaskaPosts: 1,910MI6 Agent
    another one from AVTAK:

    Roger giving us a brief synopsis of the (future) plot for Goldeneye in M's office:

    One burst in outer space over the UK, and everything with a microchip in it, from the modern toaster to the most sophisticated computers and our defense systems, would be rendered absolutely useless." The pulse would be strong enough to disrupt or destroy the circuitry in a microchip.
    My current 10 favorite:

    1. GE 2. MR 3. OP 4. TMWTGG 5. TSWLM 6. TND 7. TWINE 8.DN 9. GF 10. AVTAK
  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy Behind you !Posts: 63,792MI6 Agent
    Also from AVTAK, I love how they filmed the
    Killing of Tibbett in the car wash, IMHO it's
    very Hitchcock. -{
    "I've been informed that there ARE a couple of QAnon supporters who are fairly regular posters in AJB."
  • Charmed & DangerousCharmed & Dangerous Posts: 7,358MI6 Agent
    In Goldfinger, when Bond breaks into Goldfinger's hotel room and sees Jill Masterson lying on her stomach on the balcony looking through the binoculars,they way they filmed 007's entry - camera sweeping towards Connery, the rising James Bond theme, the way he introduces himself to her - is another fantastic Tiny Pleasure.
    "How was your lamb?" "Skewered. One sympathises."
  • BlackleiterBlackleiter Washington, DCPosts: 5,615MI6 Agent
    Nice one! -{
    In Goldfinger, when Bond breaks into Goldfinger's hotel room and sees Jill Masterson lying on her stomach on the balcony looking through the binoculars,they way they filmed 007's entry - camera sweeping towards Connery, the rising James Bond theme, the way he introduces himself to her - is another fantastic Tiny Pleasure.
    "Felix Leiter, a brother from Langley."
  • FiremassFiremass AlaskaPosts: 1,910MI6 Agent
    Diamonds Are Forever:

    Moneypenny in a customs official uniform. Bond also gets a kick out of this.
    Seeing the hovercraft leaving.
    Bond pretending to be making out in the alley.
    Connery pretending to be an elevator man "Who is your floor?" cracks me up every time.
    The hearse drivers. "I godda bruddah. Small world"
    Q getting jackpots on the slot machines.
    All the scenes with Klaus hergesheimer G Section.
    Bond climbing out of the underground pipe in a tuxedo.
    "Baja? I haven't got anything in Baja!"
    Blofeld discussing possible targets and dismissing Kansas because no one would notice.
    My current 10 favorite:

    1. GE 2. MR 3. OP 4. TMWTGG 5. TSWLM 6. TND 7. TWINE 8.DN 9. GF 10. AVTAK
Sign In or Register to comment.