Most underated Bond stunts
MilleniumForce
LondonPosts: 1,214MI6 Agent
So if you ask a non-bond fan about stunts, they'd talk about the alley scene in DAF, the car jump in TMWTGG, ski jump in TSWLM and the bungee jump from GE. However, what are some of the best underated stunts?
I have three favourites:
1) The crocodile stunt from LALD. Most people, when talking about LALD, talk about the speedboat jump. However, I've always found this a bit more impressive. Yes, the jump was good, but any action film could easily have a boat chase with a stunt like that, but not many can have walking along crocodiles backs. The croc stunt also had more danger to it.
2) Rock climbing in FYEO. Most people talk about Bibi, the 2CV chase, PTS, or don't say much about FYEO. However, the rock climbing scene is tense and one of the more dangerous stunts.
3) Driving through the fire in LTK. Most people talk about the truck and missile scene, but barely a minute after that, Bond takes his six wheel truck on to four and drives through a wall of flames. Partnered with a fantastic piece of the theme here as well, this is my favourite moment from LTK.
I have three favourites:
1) The crocodile stunt from LALD. Most people, when talking about LALD, talk about the speedboat jump. However, I've always found this a bit more impressive. Yes, the jump was good, but any action film could easily have a boat chase with a stunt like that, but not many can have walking along crocodiles backs. The croc stunt also had more danger to it.
2) Rock climbing in FYEO. Most people talk about Bibi, the 2CV chase, PTS, or don't say much about FYEO. However, the rock climbing scene is tense and one of the more dangerous stunts.
3) Driving through the fire in LTK. Most people talk about the truck and missile scene, but barely a minute after that, Bond takes his six wheel truck on to four and drives through a wall of flames. Partnered with a fantastic piece of the theme here as well, this is my favourite moment from LTK.
1.LTK 2.AVTAK 3.OP 4.FYEO 5.TND 6.LALD 7.GE 8.GF 9.TSWLM 10.SPECTRE 11.SF 12.MR 13.YOLT 14.TLD 15.CR (06) 16.TMWTGG 17.TB 18.FRWL 19.TWINE 20.OHMSS 21.DAF 22.DAD 23.QoS 24.NSNA 25.DN 26.CR (67)
Comments
As kamals plane is coming down to land bond grabs octopussy and they leap for safety. The plane is about to go over the edge and they find themselves dangling from a clifftop. Its shot in a way that keeps you on the edge of your seat
Bond jumping onto the bottom of the lift in SF
The car door being removed from the Aston, QOS
Hanging from the cable car in Moonraker ( no safety wire)
The cable stuff in OHMSS, it doesn't look like much but it was
Incredibly dangerous.
Of course! I forgot a lot of stuff from OHMSS, and the sequence from MR.
Richard Grayson ( sadly recently deceased) had no safety wire etc
Just had to hang on! {[]
Also Dalton on top of the humvee during the training on Gibraltar.
There are some good one's in Octopussy
I love the fight aboard the moving train. Mischka appears, they grapple, he goes over the edge with Grischka and roll down the embankment. Then he flees to a cabin in the woods where Bond executes Grischka (or is it Mischka??)
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=EDeUzB12ln8
( not saying it wasn't hard, but I'd probably only have needed one take )
That has to be one of the top 100 cinema moments. -{
That's one of the reasons to love OP and MR. They're full of great stunt work, and they're two of my favourites for that.
Cheers {[]
?:)
Actually, no I wouldn't.
#1.TLD/LTK 2.TND 3.GF 4.GE 5.DN 6.FYEO 7.FRWL 8.TMWTGG 9.TWINE 10.YOLT/QOS