Tiny Pleasures

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  • chrisno1chrisno1 LondonPosts: 3,601MI6 Agent
    Bond stealing the centrefold of Gumbold's copy of Playboy in OHMSS, do Swiss bankers really read Playboy?
  • Mister BiswasMister Biswas TokyoPosts: 78MI6 Agent
    chrisno1 wrote:
    Bond stealing the centrefold of Gumbold's copy of Playboy in OHMSS, do Swiss bankers really read Playboy?

    That's a great moment.

    Another from OHMSS: When Bond escapes Piz Gloria on skis and Blofeld gets the call from one of his men, he throws his white cat down on the desk so hard, as if to say, "I'm not letting that stinkin' Bond out of my hands! Move, Cat!"
  • bigzilchobigzilcho Toronto, ONPosts: 245MI6 Agent
    Great topic, jetsetwilly. This calls for a list.

    DN- "Get her, Quarrel...and the camera!" Bond at his snarling best.

    FRWL- During the gypsy camp fight, Bond saves the Gypsy chief's life and is rewarded with a very joyous:"Thank you!" A wonderful touch.

    GF- One of the all-time great moments in the series, is during the Fort Knox fight when Bond picks up Oddjob's hat and, for the first time in the whole movie, Oddjob's smug smile disappears...as he slowly backs up.

    TB- Francois the pilot is about to leave Fiona. She tells him she'll be waiting for him. He might not be in the mood later, he says. "Wanna bet" she purrs. All hail Luciana Paluzzi! Without a doubt, question or deliberation the sexiest villainess in the series.

    YOLT- Bond kills another deadly henchman and rewards himself with a drink. Cringing at the taste, he looks at the bottle and, in disgust, murmurs "Siamese Vodka?" Is it too much to ask that the world's greatest spy indulge in a good drink after a deadly encounter?

    OHMSS- Bond ia about to go golfing when he is grabbed by Draco's goons. Bond enters the car and is DELIGHTED to see the large thug he had fought the previous night. Let me repeat that: DELIGHTED. I cannot think of another hero who appreciates worthy opponents as much as Bond does. His attitude is one of: "Sorry I had to beat you up, old boy. No hard feelings, I hope."
    Professional respect at its finest.

    DAF- Bond and Franks in elevator: "Who is your floor?"

    LALD- Everytime Geoffrey Holder as Baron Samedi appears the screen suddenly chills with a sense of danger. Check out the scene where Bond and Solitaire come across Samedi hanging out playing the flute. The way he says it is going to be a "beautiful day" is just out-and-out creepy...and then some.

    TMWTGG- Bond waits outside the Bottoms Up club. He looks down and sees a perfectly tailored Nick Nack checking his reflection. Nick Nack glances up and gives Bond the friendliest of henchman smiles. A touch that Hitchcock would have appreciated.

    TSWLM- "Q, have I ever let you down?"
    "Frequently."

    MR- Bond tests out Q's wrist dart-gun for the first time in M's office. When the dart pierces a painting, M, dripping with sarcasm, offers a hearty thank you to 007. Bernard Lee...forever M.

    FYEO- During the car chase in Spain, Bond and Melina's car overturns: "Take the low road. (crash) Not THAT low." Special bonus points for the way the villagers jump in to help them. Good to see ordinary folks give Bond a hand in a tight moment.

    OP- The Sotheby's Auction scene. Bond brazenly makes a bid he has no right to make. Fanning looks at him with complete shock: "Have you gone mad?" Always good to see Bond throw a monkey wrench into a supposedly "proper" situation.

    AVTAK- Bond graciously eases Tibbett's job in lugging the suitcases by helping him carry an umbrella. Too bad old friend Patrick Macnee was killed off. He would have made a wonderful British Felix Leiter.

    TLD- Pushkin enters his girlfriends room and sees Bond, silencer at the ready, slowly close the door behind him. Dalton's look and demeanor at this moment are as close to Fleming's Bond as you will ever find in the series.

    LTK- Check out that glorious double-take when Bond turns around sees Pam Bouvier walk in with a new look and new clothes. Sexist he may be, but NEVER EVER underestimate the power women have over 007. (One of the funniest moments in CR is when Vesper appears at the card game, kisses 007, and totally rattles Bond's concentration as she walks away)

    GE- 006, in the train, looks at the screen and sees a tank in the distance. "Only Bond." he murmurs half in admiration. Bonus points for Xenia realizing they are going to be de-railed and looking as if she's actually going to enjoy it!

    TND- Bond: "I doubt she'll remember me."
    M:"Remind her."
    Make no mistake, M has ALWAYS been aware of the fact that Bond's reputation as a womanizer is a valuable asset to be used whenever necessary.

    TWINE- During a terrific confrontation, Renard taunts Bond on his belief system as being nothing more than the "preservation of capital". One of the smartest, most subversive lines in the series.

    DAD- After Bond and Graves trash the fencing club, Bond is handed a note by a doorman who approves of the carnage: "Place needed redecorating anyway."

    CR- "You OK?"
    "Me?!?"

    'Nuff said.

    QOS- Mr. White cackling with glee during the interrogation is one of those old-school villian moments that has gone the way of the dodo bird. Simply put: when was the last time a Bond villian was just so outwardly HAPPY to be a bad-guy? Someone in another thread had the audacity to use the word camp. Please! Is it possible that the scene with White and his JOY at being a villian can be enjoyed as straight-up celebration of villiany in general, without having to analyze it too much?
    An absolutely GLORIOUS moment for the series.


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  • chrisno1chrisno1 LondonPosts: 3,601MI6 Agent
    Bloody hell, that's a list and a half, i didnt realise there were so many "tiny moments", i tend to forget them amongst the general mayhem
  • Napoleon PluralNapoleon Plural LondonPosts: 10,467MI6 Agent
    bigzilcho wrote:
    OHMSS- Bond ia about to go golfing when he is grabbed by Draco's goons. Bond enters the car and is DELIGHTED to see the large thug he had fought the previous night. Let me repeat that: DELIGHTED. I cannot think of another hero who appreciates worthy opponents as much as Bond does. His attitude is one of: "Sorry I had to beat you up, old boy. No hard feelings, I hope."
    Professional respect at its finest.

    I agree with most of your list, bigzilcho, but must suggest that what follows is highly odd and weirds me out! It's when they cross the bridge and Lazers says in his awfully strange accent. "I think we'll find it much more enjoyable without that..." (his ceaseless chirpy patter grates throughout), and it pans to a close-up of the black guy going "Hmmmm" - just odd to me!
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  • Napoleon PluralNapoleon Plural LondonPosts: 10,467MI6 Agent
    Goldfinger

    So many... the strange considered nod of humility Bond makes after seeing Oddjob squash the golf ball and shake the gunge off his hand.

    Auric's chit chat with Pussy Galore at the ranch incorporating a subtle pass at her, and her response "put up a sign saying 'No Trespassers'" plus his amused, gentlemanly acceptance of the situation.

    Bond's later tribute to his nemesis in the same scene. "My apologies Goldfinger. It's an inspired plan!" What a gentlemanly movie this is.

    "I told them, drinks for three"
    "Who are the other passengers?"
    "Oh, there are no other passengers!"
    Funny and screenwriting at its best: explains to the audience that Bond is supposed to be on his todd up there in the plane.
    "This is where we leave you Mr Bond."

    Roger Moore 1927-2017
  • chrisno1chrisno1 LondonPosts: 3,601MI6 Agent
    bigzilcho wrote:
    OHMSS- Bond ia about to go golfing when he is grabbed by Draco's goons. Bond enters the car and is DELIGHTED to see the large thug he had fought the previous night. Let me repeat that: DELIGHTED. I cannot think of another hero who appreciates worthy opponents as much as Bond does. His attitude is one of: "Sorry I had to beat you up, old boy. No hard feelings, I hope."
    Professional respect at its finest.

    I agree with most of your list, bigzilcho, but must suggest that what follows is highly odd and weirds me out! It's when they cross the bridge and Lazers says in his awfully strange accent. "I think we'll find it much more enjoyable without that..." (his ceaseless chirpy patter grates throughout), and it pans to a close-up of the black guy going "Hmmmm" - just odd to me!

    I think the coloured dude has a switchblade knife in his hand which he is digging into Bond's rib cage. Blink and you miss it.
  • Napoleon PluralNapoleon Plural LondonPosts: 10,467MI6 Agent
    Oh yeah, I know, but it's the black dude's reaction and the whole direction of it that seems odd. Connery would have delivered the cockiness with a deep voice tapering down at the end, it would have worked for him.
    "This is where we leave you Mr Bond."

    Roger Moore 1927-2017
  • sambwoysambwoy Berkshire, EnglandPosts: 90MI6 Agent
    edited January 2009
    In DAF, the gorilla show in Circus Circus:

    Scientist: God forbid if something should go wrong in here, getta outta here!

    Now vee start ze transformation!

    I think this moment gets overlooked because its construed as part of the typical 'not-taking-itself-seriously-enough' philosophy of DAF. But I disagree, I think its brilliant.

    Sheriff: Why you dirty ba...

    (Yes, go on! You can say it!)

    Blofeld: One more word Metz and I'll have you shot!

    Metz: Will you please leave you irritating man!

    Bond: Bitch!

    (My brother made a point the other day about how that word seems more and more acceptable. Loads of pop records have got 'bitch' in its lyrics and they never censor it on daytime radio)
  • boothroyd13boothroyd13 Winchester, VAPosts: 44MI6 Agent
    One of my favorite "tiny pleasures" in the series comes from TWINE. It takes place in the pretitle sequence in the banker's office. Soon after the gun explodes on the desk, Bond shoots the man behind the desk. The glare that he turns around and gives IS Bond, pure and simple. I love that part.
  • boothroyd13boothroyd13 Winchester, VAPosts: 44MI6 Agent
    Another one is from CR. This falls in line with the Swiss banker someone mentioned earlier. After Bond makes the comment about the chocolates, the laugh the banker does is odd, but funny. But, I crack up every time Daniel Craig gives that look shortly after. It's almost as if he's thinking "who let THIS guy in the movie..." Craig looks almost uncomfortable in this scene.
  • TrenchcoatTrenchcoat Posts: 10MI6 Agent
    Too may to mention but. . .

    This one is from YOLT.
    At the climax, when Bond and Blofeld are in the control room, Blofeld's cat freaks out as the Ninja "baby rockets" penetrate the control room's window shutters. Donald Pleasance suppress a smile as he struggles to keep the cat from leaping out of his arms. Very funny.

    Trenchcoat over and out
  • LoeffelholzLoeffelholz The United States, With LovePosts: 8,998Quartermasters
    edited January 2009
    Another one is from CR. This falls in line with the Swiss banker someone mentioned earlier. After Bond makes the comment about the chocolates, the laugh the banker does is odd, but funny. But, I crack up every time Daniel Craig gives that look shortly after. It's almost as if he's thinking "who let THIS guy in the movie..." Craig looks almost uncomfortable in this scene.

    Undeniably one of my favourite 'Craig moments' in that picture. In a way, IMO it rather defines the humour style of his interpretation of the role.
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  • 72897289 Beau DesertPosts: 1,691MI6 Agent
    edited January 2009
    I really hope that Banker Mendel will return....

    In CR I always laugh at Bond's reaction to Vesper's coment "I suppose you realise that if you loose our goverment will be directly funding terrorism."

    In QOS "We are teachers on sabbitical and we have just won the lottery."

    :D


    Have to add Vesper gone commando .... a tiny lecherous moment that only a gal from France could get away with!
  • LoeffelholzLoeffelholz The United States, With LovePosts: 8,998Quartermasters
    Loved The Dreamers...

    ;%
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  • Harry PalmerHarry Palmer Somewhere in the past ...Posts: 325MI6 Agent
    edited January 2009
    Great topic. I should start by saying that I subscribe to many of the "tiny pleasures" mentioned above. Here are my 5 contributions, in descending order of preference.

    1. Pushkin's "then I must die" in TLD (climaxing what might be, for me, the single greatest scene in the entire series).

    2. Bond's "considerably" in CR. (This is is so obvious that I'm not sure it qualifies as a "tiny" pleasure. If so, please ignore and proceed to the next one)

    3. Pam Bouvier's mimicking of Lupe's "I love him so much" and Q's attempts to console her in LTK. (Cheesy, I know, but I find the moment irresistible).

    4. The close-up on Bond's face, and his subtle grin, just after Carlos blows himself up in CR. (Again an almost obvious entry, but I submit it for the subtlety of the acting and editing rather than the power of the particular moment in the plot).

    5. Sanchez and the lizard: just after dismissing Lupe with a kiss, he turns to his pet-reptile and asks "you want one too?" (Absolutely charming)
    1. Cr, 2. Ltk, 3. Tld, 4. Qs, 5. Ohmss, 6. Twine, 7. Tnd, 8. Tswlm, 9. Frwl, 10. Tb, 11. Ge, 12. Gf, 13. Dn, 14. Mr, 15. Op, 16. Yolt, 17. Sf, 18. Daf, 19. Avtak, 20. Sp, 21. Fyeo, 22. Dad, 23. Lald, 24. Tmwtgg
  • Golrush007Golrush007 South AfricaPosts: 3,421Quartermasters
    In Moonraker, Frederick Gray's line "I've played bridge with this fellow Drax."

    A nice little nod to the Fleming novel in which Bond catches Drax cheating at bridge. This is especially enjoyable since almost nothing from the novel made it into the film.
  • jetsetwillyjetsetwilly Liverpool, UKPosts: 1,048MI6 Agent
    Rewatching TLD this evening, I remembered how much I loved that Kara shouts "James!" in time to the music in the Hercules take off sequence.
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  • Willie GarvinWillie Garvin Posts: 1,412MI6 Agent
    edited March 2009
    I like the sequence in From Russia With Love where Bond is at the station and walking around outside of the Orient Express-and at that very instant we see that he's being shadowed by Grant who is already inside the train.If there was ever any doubt,we now know for certain that 007 is really in danger.Alfred Hitchcock couldn't possibly have improved upon what Terence Young does with this moment.

    Then there's a scene towards the close of You Only Live Twice where Bond is pointing up at something(this takes place during the raid of the SPECTRE "dormant" volcano hideout).007 looks up points and(it sounds to me that) he says,"Oop thah!"
  • jamesboldmanjamesboldman Posts: 12MI6 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!
  • PendragonPendragon ColoradoPosts: 2,640MI6 Agent
    edited March 2009
    re-watching CR as I type.

    I love when Bond is strangling Obanno, Obanno's feet twitch in time to the music.

    call me sick if you will, but it really makes me happy :p

    also, I love Bond's amused reaction when Mendel says he hasn't brought chocolates.

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    PS. the smell of bacon is wafting into my room. I really like that as well. :D
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  • AlexAlex The Eastern SeaboardPosts: 2,694MI6 Agent
    Bond poisoned. My favorite sequence in Casino Royale.

    After he realizes the drink's been spiked, I love that old foreground focus trick on the swirling mysterious contents of a lava lamp martini.
  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy Behind you !Posts: 63,792MI6 Agent
    Dalton in TLD turning to a close up saying " yes, I got the message"

    Dr no telling bond to put back the knife from the dinning table.

    TND, Brosnan smiling in the back of the bmw,during the chase,just as Connery and co did in Goldfinger in the Aston Martin.

    CR, where Bond kills the villan behind the pillar in venice one shot silenced, very cold.

    These are just a few as others have said there are so many from each film.
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  • Dan SameDan Same Victoria, AustraliaPosts: 6,054MI6 Agent
    edited March 2009
    Here are three of my favourite tiny pleasures:

    DN- Dr No's 'stupid policeman' line. Probably the greatest insult ever delivered to 007, this line is one of the reasons why Dr No remains IMO one of the greatest of all Bond villains. :D He is an insane and yet hospitable genius who, with this line, completely cuts Bond down to size.

    GF- What, you think I would overlook GF? :v One of my favourite moments in this film is Bond's response to Pussy's introduction. The line (which is on my sig) is wonderful; the delivery, however, makes me want to jump for joy. :D Connery has this ability to appear so satisfied, yet so lovable and charming at the same time. He usually executes this type of satisfaction after having sex, so this scene was rare in that Bond didn't have sex. Although that's not to say he wasn't having sex in his mind. :v

    3)LALD- Tee Hee (the character, not the Chairman of the Cinematic Bond Traditionalist Party) is one of the all-time great Bond henchmen. Joyful, forever smiling yet deadly, one of my favourite LALD moments involves him. Tee Hee escorts Bond to the crocodile pond and gives him some great advice on how to get away from a hungry croc. Nice chap. :D
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  • Sir Hillary BraySir Hillary Bray College of ArmsPosts: 2,174MI6 Agent
    Some small bits I find funny:

    DN - Leiter tells Quarrel to breathe on the dragon. Quarrel drunkenly yells, "aaaaaah!" back, quite the witty response. :))

    OHMSS - The Australian blonde's furtive shake of the head "no" to Bond/Bray, trying to discourage him from droning on anymore about the finer points of heraldry.

    DAF - Goofball Leiter leading his goofball team. "OK, let's hit that tunnel!" Such comedy! Tell me, would the Scooby Doo gang have sounded any different than that? :))

    TSWLM - Bond tweaking Anya by telling her not to be a bother to Naomi.
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  • heartbroken_mr_draxheartbroken_mr_drax New Zealand Posts: 2,073MI6 Agent
    DN: Yes Dan "stupid policeman" gets me everytime.

    DAF: "There is no year for Sherry 007" and the fake kissing with Sean only outside the apartment before the fight with Peter Franks.

    MWTGG: "So is my aunt"

    MR: "Actually its from the upper reaches of the Tipparape"

    OP: "Spend the money quickly, Mr Bond" "I intend to, Khamal Khan" and the money landing in the buskers pan.

    LTK: How hilarious the whole bar fight is.

    GE: "Tell him Demetri!" "Well it depends..." "SILENCE!"

    TWINE: Robbie Coltranes horrible Russian accent.

    CR and QoS: The use of non-apple computers.
    1. TWINE 2. FYEO 3. MR 4. TLD 5. TSWLM 6. OHMSS 7. DN 8. OP 9. AVTAK 10. TMWTGG 11. QoS 12. GE 13. CR 14. TB 15. FRWL 16. TND 17. LTK 18. GF 19. SF 20. LaLD 21. YOLT 22. NTTD 23. DAD 24. DAF. 25. SP

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  • Mister WhiteMister White The NetherlandsPosts: 814MI6 Agent
    GF: No mister Bond, I expect you to die.

    Greatest line ever!:D

    LTK: the way Pam Bouvier motions shaken not stirred to the bartender.

    CR: Skewered. One sympathises.
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  • FiremassFiremass AlaskaPosts: 1,910MI6 Agent
    edited March 2013
    Octopussy: When Roger whirls around and shoots the Russian guard right between the eyes. The lack of any hesitation really impresses me. Then Roger blasts away with his trusty PPK and kills several other guards. I like seeing Bond actually use his license to kill.
    My current 10 favorite:

    1. GE 2. MR 3. OP 4. TMWTGG 5. TSWLM 6. TND 7. TWINE 8.DN 9. GF 10. AVTAK
  • Dr NowtDr Nowt Posts: 28MI6 Agent
    It's weird that this topic has been resurrected cos I was thinking of doing a similar thread, about those little easy to miss moments in Bond films that always make you smile.

    It was because I noticed a new one to add to the list when I watched Skyfall again on blu ray.

    It's at the lodge when Bond kicks up the shotgun from the floor with his foot, grabs it, and strides on.

    So cool and it just sums up the Craig-era Bond to me - lethal, efficient, confident and unrelenting.
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  • Nick37Nick37 Posts: 270MI6 Agent
    TB: "I'm not with you." "Oh you soon will be."

    LALD: Strutter: "Can't miss him! It's like following a cue ball!" JW Pepper: "SECRET AGENT!? ON WHO'S SIDE???!" "You wouldn't, not after what we just did." Well I certainly wouldn't have before!"

    TSWLM: "Ever get the feeling somebody doesn't like you!?" "What a handsome craft. Such lovely lines."

    TLD: "We MUST get my cello!" "NO WAY" *Cut to Dalton looking pissed off* Then dalton trying to get her to drive into the airplane, and she doesn't get it. "MY GOD" With an exasperated eye roll.

    LTK: "Sweet dreams, Mr. Bond." "I hope you don't snore, Q." I also get a good chuckle out of Dalton's smile when the semi's on two wheels, and Pam dousing the guys with cropdust.
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