Pierce Brosnan and Sean Bean - "GOLDENEYE"

L JonesL Jones Posts: 131MI6 Agent
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I realize a lot of people make a big deal about the fight scene between Sean Connery and Robert Shaw in "FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE". But for me, my favorite fight was between Pierce Brosnan and Sean Bean in "GOLDENEYE".

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  • superadosuperado Regent's Park West (CaliforniaPosts: 2,656MI6 Agent
    L Jones wrote:
    I realize a lot of people make a big deal about the fight scene between Sean Connery and Robert Shaw in "FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE". But for me, my favorite fight was between Pierce Brosnan and Sean Bean in "GOLDENEYE".

    That was one of the features of GE that made it so welcome. The last time a Bond movie had a fight of that kind, which began in FRWL as you mentioned, was in DAF.
    "...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.....
  • BlackleiterBlackleiter Washington, DCPosts: 5,615MI6 Agent
    L Jones wrote:
    I realize a lot of people make a big deal about the fight scene between Sean Connery and Robert Shaw in "FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE". But for me, my favorite fight was between Pierce Brosnan and Sean Bean in "GOLDENEYE".
    The reason people make such a big deal about the Connery/Shaw fight is because it's an extremely well-done and memorable highlight of the film series. That doesn't mean there aren't other fight scenes worthy of note, such as the Goldeneye scene, which I think is excellent. But for many fans, myself included, the fight between Bond and Grant in FRWL has yet to be surpassed.
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  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy Behind you !Posts: 63,792MI6 Agent
    After the "Bond vs Grant " the Goldeneye fight is my Favourite. -{
    It looks "Real" with great editing. :)
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  • don pdon p Posts: 607MI6 Agent
    the ge fight was good..
  • zaphodzaphod Posts: 1,183MI6 Agent
    don p wrote:
    the ge fight was good..

    GE fight is another series highlight for me. Well executed by both, with Bond winning out by wits (the ladder) as Trevelyan was the marginally superior fighter in my view. A big up to Brozzer who often gets unfairly criticised for his good looks.
  • Napoleon PluralNapoleon Plural LondonPosts: 10,467MI6 Agent
    Unlike Craig, of course! :D
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  • Mr_Sable_BasiliskMr_Sable_Basilisk BerlinPosts: 50MI6 Agent
    It's a brillaint fight sequence. It's a pity there was nothing comparable in later Brosnan Bonds.
  • AlphaOmegaSinAlphaOmegaSin EnglandPosts: 10,926MI6 Agent
    Napoleon Plural wrote:
    Unlike Craig, of course! :D

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  • BlackleiterBlackleiter Washington, DCPosts: 5,615MI6 Agent
    AlphaOmegaSin wrote:
    Napoleon Plural wrote:
    Unlike Craig, of course! :D

    Every Opportunity you get aye? 8-)

    Busted! :))
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  • 007bond007bond Posts: 71MI6 Agent
    Napoleon Plural wrote:
    Unlike Craig, of course! :D

    Who looks like he rip your head off. Brosnan was never tough and that fight in GE is soooooooooo overrated.
  • RogueAgent007RogueAgent007 Corn-fed central USPosts: 154MI6 Agent
    007bond wrote:
    Napoleon Plural wrote:
    Unlike Craig, of course! :D

    Who looks like he rip your head off. Brosnan was never tough and that fight in GE is soooooooooo overrated.

    Oh puh-lease! Overrated?! It's one of the best fights in the series!

    Just because Broz is a good looking man doesnt make him a wimp and DC looking like a Hobbit twisted by the One Ring doesn't make him tough. Every time I watch this fight, I'm impressed by what I see. PB gets knocked around, thrown across a table, punched, falls, and just keeps coming!. He knows he's overmatched but fights anyway. Even hanging by one hand with Alec stepping on his fingers, that smug look on his face as he thinks he's won, Bond refuses to give in. He's actually angry that Alec would do that, while looking for an opportunity to win. It's a Never Say Die attitude, a mental toughness that far outweighs anything physical. And Broz displays it beautifully!

    Incidentally, this is one aspect of Bond I feel DC also does really well, he has the relentlessness/mental toughness down pat. Watching DC in a chase, or a fight, is fun. It's all the other bits I feel he can't seem to get.
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  • hehadlotsofgutshehadlotsofguts Durham England Posts: 2,112MI6 Agent
    Second best fight in the series apart from the train fight in FRWL obviously
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  • Sir James MoloneySir James Moloney LondonPosts: 139MI6 Agent
    hehadlotsofguts wrote:
    Second best fight in the series apart from the train fight in FRWL obviously

    Honourable mentions: the stairwell fight in CR and the elevator fight in DAF.
    1- CR. 2- OHMSS. 3- FRWL. 4- GF. 5- DN. 6- TLD. 7- SF. 8- TSWLM. 9- GE. 10- LTK.
    11- TB. 12- OP. 13- LALD. 14- TMWTGG. 15- FYEO. 16- YOLT. 17- TND. 18- QoS.
    19- TWINE. 20- AVTAK. 21- MR. 22- DAF. 23- DAD.
  • hehadlotsofgutshehadlotsofguts Durham England Posts: 2,112MI6 Agent
    Sir James Moloney wrote:
    hehadlotsofguts wrote:
    Second best fight in the series apart from the train fight in FRWL obviously

    Honourable mentions: the stairwell fight in CR and the elevator fight in DAF.

    The fight with the aeroplane bomber in CR deserves a mention too.
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  • zaphodzaphod Posts: 1,183MI6 Agent
    RogueAgent007 wrote:
    007bond wrote:
    Napoleon Plural wrote:
    Unlike Craig, of course! :D

    Who looks like he rip your head off. Brosnan was never tough and that fight in GE is soooooooooo overrated.

    Oh puh-lease! Overrated?! It's one of the best fights in the series!

    Just because Broz is a good looking man doesnt make him a wimp and DC looking like a Hobbit twisted by the One Ring doesn't make him tough. Every time I watch this fight, I'm impressed by what I see. PB gets knocked around, thrown across a table, punched, falls, and just keeps coming!. He knows he's overmatched but fights anyway. Even hanging by one hand with Alec stepping on his fingers, that smug look on his face as he thinks he's won, Bond refuses to give in. He's actually angry that Alec would do that, while looking for an opportunity to win. It's a Never Say Die attitude, a mental toughness that far outweighs anything physical. And Broz displays it beautifully!

    Incidentally, this is one aspect of Bond I feel DC also does really well, he has the relentlessness/mental toughness down pat. Watching DC in a chase, or a fight, is fun. It's all the other bits I feel he can't seem to get.

    You really nailed what makes it so special, it's because he is punching quite literally above his weight that it is so good. your point about mental toughness is spot on. It's great when someone expresses something in a way that makes you feel ' I wish I had said that'
  • zaphodzaphod Posts: 1,183MI6 Agent
    RogueAgent007 wrote:
    007bond wrote:
    Napoleon Plural wrote:
    Unlike Craig, of course! :D

    Who looks like he rip your head off. Brosnan was never tough and that fight in GE is soooooooooo overrated.

    Oh puh-lease! Overrated?! It's one of the best fights in the series!

    Just because Broz is a good looking man doesnt make him a wimp and DC looking like a Hobbit twisted by the One Ring doesn't make him tough. Every time I watch this fight, I'm impressed by what I see. PB gets knocked around, thrown across a table, punched, falls, and just keeps coming!. He knows he's overmatched but fights anyway. Even hanging by one hand with Alec stepping on his fingers, that smug look on his face as he thinks he's won, Bond refuses to give in. He's actually angry that Alec would do that, while looking for an opportunity to win. It's a Never Say Die attitude, a mental toughness that far outweighs anything physical. And Broz displays it beautifully!

    Incidentally, this is one aspect of Bond I feel DC also does really well, he has the relentlessness/mental toughness down pat. Watching DC in a chase, or a fight, is fun. It's all the other bits I feel he can't seem to get.

    You really nailed what makes it so special, it's because he is punching quite literally above his weight that it is so good. your point about mental toughness is spot on. It's great when someone expresses something in a way that makes you feel ' I wish I had said that'
  • BlackleiterBlackleiter Washington, DCPosts: 5,615MI6 Agent
    Sir James Moloney wrote:
    hehadlotsofguts wrote:
    Second best fight in the series apart from the train fight in FRWL obviously

    Honourable mentions: the stairwell fight in CR and the elevator fight in DAF.

    +1 - those are great fights, too!
    "Felix Leiter, a brother from Langley."
  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy Behind you !Posts: 63,792MI6 Agent
    The stairwell Fight in CR was marvelous -{
    "I've been informed that there ARE a couple of QAnon supporters who are fairly regular posters in AJB."
  • Moore ThanMoore Than EnglandPosts: 3,173MI6 Agent
    Thunderpussy wrote:
    The stairwell Fight in CR was marvelous -{

    Marvellous up to the point where Bond chokes the life out of Obanno. A bit too graphic for my particular taste.
    Moore Not Less 4371 posts (2002 - 2007) Moore Than (2012 - 2016)
  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy Behind you !Posts: 63,792MI6 Agent
    Well I actually enjoyed that bit too. :D As with
    the recent Batman films. I thought "Great " they've
    made Bond Dangerous again. -{ .
    Bond's job is messy and not very pleasant So at
    times. His nastier side should be shown.
    I remember thinking how cool it was to see the
    Cruel side to Bond, Kicking the car off the cliff etc.
    And I remember seeing " The Sicilian Cross" on
    TV where Roger Moore Brakes a mans neck, something
    we never got to see with His Bond.
    Still diferent times for Different Bonds. :)

    http://youtu.be/ZDKfW1K9aeQ
    The sicilian cross trailer ( there is one brief Boob & Bottom shot in the Trailer
    Thankfully not Sir Rogers. :)) )
    Just thought I'd include this for those who think RM couldn't be "All badass" :007)
    "I've been informed that there ARE a couple of QAnon supporters who are fairly regular posters in AJB."
  • Napoleon PluralNapoleon Plural LondonPosts: 10,467MI6 Agent
    Yeah, good, the ending is a bit LTK with the supertankers.

    Meant to be an awful film though.
    "This is where we leave you Mr Bond."

    Roger Moore 1927-2017
  • Moore ThanMoore Than EnglandPosts: 3,173MI6 Agent
    Thunderpussy wrote:
    Well I actually enjoyed that bit too. :D As with
    the recent Batman films. I thought "Great " they've
    made Bond Dangerous again. -{ .
    Bond's job is messy and not very pleasant So at
    times. His nastier side should be shown.
    I remember thinking how cool it was to see the
    Cruel side to Bond, Kicking the car off the cliff etc.
    And I remember seeing " The Sicilian Cross" on
    TV where Roger Moore Brakes a mans neck, something
    we never got to see with His Bond.
    Still diferent times for Different Bonds. :)

    http://youtu.be/ZDKfW1K9aeQ
    The sicilian cross trailer ( there is one brief Boob & Bottom shot in the Trailer
    Thankfully not Sir Rogers. :)) )
    Just thought I'd include this for those who think RM couldn't be "All badass" :007)

    A point well made regarding Bond's more dangerous/nastier side, but I still think Bond choking the life out of Obanno was a bit too graphic. :D

    And thanks for posting the link to The Sicilian Cross. I have not seen that in a very long time.
    Moore Not Less 4371 posts (2002 - 2007) Moore Than (2012 - 2016)
  • L JonesL Jones Posts: 131MI6 Agent
    But for many fans, myself included, the fight between Bond and Grant in FRWL has yet to be surpassed.


    I understand. But not only do I feel that the Bond/Trevelyan was more memorable for me, but also the Bond/Franks fight in DAF.
  • BlackleiterBlackleiter Washington, DCPosts: 5,615MI6 Agent
    L Jones wrote:
    But for many fans, myself included, the fight between Bond and Grant in FRWL has yet to be surpassed.


    I understand. But not only do I feel that the Bond/Trevelyan was more memorable for me, but also the Bond/Franks fight in DAF.

    Different strokes.
    "Felix Leiter, a brother from Langley."
  • Charmed & DangerousCharmed & Dangerous Posts: 7,358MI6 Agent
    hehadlotsofguts wrote:
    Sir James Moloney wrote:
    hehadlotsofguts wrote:
    Second best fight in the series apart from the train fight in FRWL obviously

    Honourable mentions: the stairwell fight in CR and the elevator fight in DAF.

    The fight with the aeroplane bomber in CR deserves a mention too.

    A brilliant sequence but not too much hand-to-hand combat, which makes the GE fight sequence so good.

    When it comes to Craig's Bond, the QOS fight in Haiti is a much better hand-to-hand combat scene IMO.
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