Your most satisfying endings to Bond movies?

chrisisall · February 2013

Many Bond movies seem to have lacklustre endings IMO, rushed (TB) or silly (FYEO), just wondering which endings AJBers find the most agreeable.

My list:

YOLT (silly but fun)
OHMSS (so sad though)
DAF (makes me smile every time)
TMWTGG (Lulu's send off lyrics are great)
TLD (actually kind of sweet...)
TND (sort of a YOLT retread, but I'm a sucker for that stuff)
QOS (best last line in a Bond film IMO)

Yours?

Firemass · February 2013

Most satisfying:

The Spy Who Loved Me - aircraft carrier vs. escape pod. "Double Oh Seven, Triple X! Bond what do you think you're doing? Keeping the British end up"

Moonraker: "Take me around the world one more time." "I believe he's attempting re-entry"

Live and Let Die: Baron Samedi on the back of the train

Least Satisfying:

Goldeneye: All the Marines pop up in the grass and helicopters are suddenly everwhere. Thanks for all the help Jack!
Plus the song over the credits is seriously the lamest most boring song ever in a Bond film.

TMWTGG: Stupid battle with Nick Nack. M calling Bond on Scaramanga's schooner?!? Bond toying around with the phone before hanging up.

chrisisall · February 2013

Firemass wrote:

Least Satisfying:
TMWTGG: Stupid battle with Nick Nack. M calling Bond on Scaramanga's schooner?!? Bond toying around with the phone before hanging up.

Oh come on, have you no sense of humour?

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Firemass · February 2013

Well, I wanted Nick Nack to inherit the island and live happily ever after. (like Jaws)

And there's no way M could be able to reach Scaramanga unless Mi6 installed that phone somehow?

LastRatStanding · February 2013

The YOLT ending is great! Definitely the highlight of the film..In fact, I only watch it for the Volcano Lair! Other great endings are OHMSS, sad but amazing! Octopussy - an ending would HAVE to be great to build up as much tension as it did while the main character was dressed as a clown! I like the Licence To Kill ending with the tanker chase, Bond jumping into the swimming pool and of course Patti Labelle's "If You Asked Me To". The final scene in Skyfall was pretty great to, a nice little set up for the next Bond film!

chrisisall · February 2013

LastRatStanding wrote:

Octopussy - an ending would HAVE to be great to build up as much tension as it did while the main character was dressed as a clown! I like the Licence To Kill ending with the tanker chase, Bond jumping into the swimming pool and of course Patti Labelle's "If You Asked Me To". The final scene in Skyfall was pretty great to, a nice little set up for the next Bond film!

Well, if you include climaxes as well as the very endings, I must concur here.

chrisisall · February 2013

Firemass wrote:

Well, I wanted Nick Nack to inherit the island and live happily ever after.

That little evil punk? Better off locked in the crow's nest for future jurisprudence says I.

Nick37 · February 2013

LTK. After Sanchez is dead, we resolve the Leiter angle, Lupe and El Presidente, and Pam, and even get a "Oh GROW UP 007" head shake from Q. Also, great reuse of "Why don't you wait until your asked?" "So why don't you ask me?"

raptors_887 · February 2013

Probably LTK because of what Sanchez did to Leiter and his bride on their wedding day. Anybody with a soul is going to hate that guy and he finally gets what he deserves in the end.

chrisisall · February 2013

Nick37 wrote:

LTK. After Sanchez is dead, we resolve the Leiter angle, Lupe and El Presidente, and Pam, and even get a "Oh GROW UP 007" head shake from Q. Also, great reuse of "Why don't you wait until your asked?" "So why don't you ask me?"

And the fish winks. Yeah, I did love that. -{

Nick37 · February 2013

TLD is also satisfying. I like the fact that Kara is set up for a "World tour", so it makes sense why she'd no longer be in Bond's life. They are in separate worlds.

Let's just thank god that Kara didn't give a wolf whistle in that scene though.....

Blackleiter · February 2013

Loved the end of Casino Royale when Daniel Craig finally gets to utter that immortal introduction. The ending of OHMSS was probably the most affecting and the end of YOLT was the most fun.

Brosnan_fan · February 2013

For me:

TSWLM
MR
FYEO
OP
TLD
GE
TWINE

Silhouette Man · February 2013

My favourite endings are:

OHMSS
LALD
TMWTGG
TLD
QoS
Skyfall.

LoGabrielle · February 2013

MR and TSWLM for the quips at the end. OHMSS I watched the other day to give it another chance because I never really liked it and absolutely loved it. The ending is so beautiful

I love GE and TLD too

Your most satisfying endings to Bond movies?

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