Best & Worst SFX in Bond Movies

chrisisall

Best:
TSWLM/ MR- all the model work by Meddings & Co.

Worst:
YOLT- Volcano erupting, DAD- CGI tidal wave.

Thunderpussy

Best :
The foreground miniatures in OP and TLD, fooled me

Worst :
DAD, tidal wave. X-( crap!

Peppermill

Best: Difficult one, there are many many great special effects in the Bond Movies but the exploding hanger in Octopussy gets my vote.

Worst: Well this one is kind of easy. DAD kite surfing scene..... And Roger Moore's face in A View To A Kill.

AlphaOmegaSin

Best - Blofelds Volcano exploding

worst - DAD Tidal Wave

Shady Tree

DAF - exploding helicopters.

But the DAD tidal wave is more galling, as a significant use of CGI was intended as an entertaining new development for the franchise (bad move)

chrisisall

AlphaOmegaSin wrote:

Best - Blofelds Volcano exploding

The interiors definitely! But then they use that exterior junk!

MooseWithFleas

DAF when the laser is activated is pretty weak.

One of the best is the opening from Octopussy, when the hangar explodes looks so cool.

Thunderpussy

Another Great Special effect, The Tanker from TSWLM -{ brilliant
Model work !

And bad, Those damned maggots from LTK.

Jarvio

Worst is the slide whistle in TMWTGG - one of the best stunts completely ruined.

Thunderpussy

+1, I don't think many would disagree. -{

Blackleiter

Best - Casino Royale - I think the blend of practical effects and CGI used for the fight atop the crane is just outstanding.

Worst - Die Another Day - Predictably, the tidal wave and kite surfing. They are so poorly done that all the other bad SFX in Bond films appear to be Academy Award caliber by comparison.

CmdrAtticus

Any of the effects that had poor rear projection - though that was state of the art FX at those times, or obvious model work. Pasted on explosions are cringe inducing (DAF exploding helicopters). Attempts to scale large water physics - the underwater base rising from the sea in TSWLM using slow motion to magnify the small waves. Fires that don't generate enough smoke (the govt building in FAVTAK or at the end of QOS).

Though the laser scene in GF with Bond at it's mercy is made up for the screen (you wouldn't see the beam itself in reality), it's rendering with the table melting is still pretty tense. The practical tanker explosions in LTK are impressive. I dont have a lot of problems with the destruction of the jets and bunker at Severnaya.
The GE satellite is an improvement over past space based FX, but it's still more obvious than need be.

Firemass

chrisisall wrote:

Best:
TSWLM/ MR- all the model work by Meddings & Co.

Worst:
DAD- CGI tidal wave.

Note this key difference between Moonraker and D.A.D