I may be an idiot but...

DieAnotherDayDieAnotherDay Glasgow, ScotlandPosts: 460MI6 Agent
in The James Bond Films
...How does Bond survive the Sniper shot AND the gigantic fall at the beginning of Skyfall? :s
....and the best he ever managed was a sermon on the mount.
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  • Number24Number24 NorwayPosts: 22,334MI6 Agent
    By being James Bond :D
  • Sir MilesSir Miles The Wrong Side Of The WardrobePosts: 27,757Chief of Staff
    It's a film...go with it...
    YNWA 97
  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy Behind you !Posts: 63,792MI6 Agent
    There was an air stewardess who fell around 33,000 feet and survived. So it's
    possible. :))
    "I've been informed that there ARE a couple of QAnon supporters who are fairly regular posters in AJB."
  • DieAnotherDayDieAnotherDay Glasgow, ScotlandPosts: 460MI6 Agent
    He survived about 80 machine gun bullets at the beginning of YOLT, so I s'pose what happened to him in SF was just a drop in the ocean :v :))
    ....and the best he ever managed was a sermon on the mount.
  • Napoleon PluralNapoleon Plural LondonPosts: 10,467MI6 Agent
    If you're an idiot, it's because it's taken you a year to figure out this plothole, not to mention how does he get rid of the bullet and injury? It's not referenced again.
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  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy Behind you !Posts: 63,792MI6 Agent
    Those 60s suits were tough :))
    ( His death was faked to fool Bond's enemies, so I'd guess they were blanks )
    "I've been informed that there ARE a couple of QAnon supporters who are fairly regular posters in AJB."
  • DieAnotherDayDieAnotherDay Glasgow, ScotlandPosts: 460MI6 Agent
    I know. :)) So this probably is the biggest Bond plot hole of all time then. I thought there was some camouflaged reason revealed in the film as to how Bond survived the gunshot/fall...
    ....and the best he ever managed was a sermon on the mount.
  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy Behind you !Posts: 63,792MI6 Agent
    The main reason Bond survived was they had to fill up the next
    Two hours of the movie. :))
    "I've been informed that there ARE a couple of QAnon supporters who are fairly regular posters in AJB."
  • Mr MalloryMr Mallory North by northwestPosts: 632MI6 Agent
    I thought the fall was ok. A bit unbelievable couldn't see see it happening
    in Craig's other Films CR or QOS.
    What makes you think this is my first time?
  • Charmed & DangerousCharmed & Dangerous Posts: 7,358MI6 Agent
    I'm pretty sure it was just splinters of the bullet that hit him - that's what he dug out if his shoulder. And I'd guess those TF suits are even tougher than the 60s ones (they ought to be at several grand a pop) :))

    Or maybeit was one of these: :D

    http://newsfeed.time.com/2013/11/12/hated-people-you-can-now-buy-a-20k-bulletproof-suit/
    "How was your lamb?" "Skewered. One sympathises."
  • PeppermillPeppermill DelftPosts: 2,860MI6 Agent
    Charmed & Dangerous wrote:
    I'm pretty sure it was just splinters of the bullet that hit him - that's what he dug out if his shoulder. And I'd guess those TF suits are even tougher than the 60s ones (they ought to be at several grand a pop) :))

    Or maybeit was one of these: :D

    http://newsfeed.time.com/2013/11/12/hated-people-you-can-now-buy-a-20k-bulletproof-suit/

    What he dug out of his shoulder was a splinter of the bullet of Patrice, not the one fired by Eve.
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  • DieAnotherDayDieAnotherDay Glasgow, ScotlandPosts: 460MI6 Agent
    Ah it's just Bond logic taken to the extreme I guess.
    ....and the best he ever managed was a sermon on the mount.
  • screenamescreename Posts: 388MI6 Agent
    I still don't even know where Eve shot him! :#
  • Charmed & DangerousCharmed & Dangerous Posts: 7,358MI6 Agent
    screename wrote:
    I still don't even know where Eve shot him! :#

    Somewhere the sun don't shine... :))
    "How was your lamb?" "Skewered. One sympathises."
  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy Behind you !Posts: 63,792MI6 Agent
    I agree it was near the tunnel. :D
    "I've been informed that there ARE a couple of QAnon supporters who are fairly regular posters in AJB."
  • DieAnotherDayDieAnotherDay Glasgow, ScotlandPosts: 460MI6 Agent
    I thought he said something about the shot damaging a few of his ribs but we see him shirtless numerous times and there ain't a mark on him around that area
    ....and the best he ever managed was a sermon on the mount.
  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy Behind you !Posts: 63,792MI6 Agent
    There is a scar on his side which you can see in the shaving scene, when Eve arrives.
    "I've been informed that there ARE a couple of QAnon supporters who are fairly regular posters in AJB."
  • DieAnotherDayDieAnotherDay Glasgow, ScotlandPosts: 460MI6 Agent
    Thunderpussy wrote:
    There is a scar on his side which you can see in the shaving scene, when Eve arrives.

    Must've missed that
    ....and the best he ever managed was a sermon on the mount.
  • The Domino EffectThe Domino Effect Posts: 3,638MI6 Agent
    I think it's completely logical. If he'd plummeted from that height into the river without being shot, he wouldn't have stood a chance. If he'd been shot twice but not fallen in the river, he wouldn't have stood a chance. But, the bullets heightened Bond's adrenalin which enabled him to survive the fall, and the water cleansed the bullet wounds and enabled him to survive the shots. It's easy. :v
  • DieAnotherDayDieAnotherDay Glasgow, ScotlandPosts: 460MI6 Agent
    The Domino Effect wrote:
    I think it's completely logical. If he'd plummeted from that height into the river without being shot, he wouldn't have stood a chance. If he'd been shot twice but not fallen in the river, he wouldn't have stood a chance. But, the bullets heightened Bond's adrenalin which enabled him to survive the fall, and the water cleansed the bullet wounds and enabled him to survive the shots. It's easy. :v

    Good try -{ But not quite.
    ....and the best he ever managed was a sermon on the mount.
  • AlphaOmegaSinAlphaOmegaSin EnglandPosts: 10,926MI6 Agent
    Thunderpussy wrote:
    I agree it was near the tunnel. :D

    Oh... Moneypenny..
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  • Charmed & DangerousCharmed & Dangerous Posts: 7,358MI6 Agent
    Thunderpussy wrote:
    I agree it was near the tunnel. :D

    :)) :)) :))
    "How was your lamb?" "Skewered. One sympathises."
  • Gassy ManGassy Man USAPosts: 2,972MI6 Agent
    Bond survives a cliffside fall and traumatic head injury in the novel You Only Live Twice, so this fall, outrageous as it is, has its roots in Fleming . . . still, I chuckle when people tell me that movies today are so much more "realistic" than old movies will present . . .
  • Sir MilesSir Miles The Wrong Side Of The WardrobePosts: 27,757Chief of Staff
    Gassy Man wrote:
    ... still, I chuckle when people tell me that movies today are so much more "realistic" than old movies will present . . .

    Depends upon the type of movie obviously...and in general, they probably are more realistic...unless its a superhero movie....but even the special effects are more realistic today...
    YNWA 97
  • raptors_887raptors_887 CanadaPosts: 215MI6 Agent
    This is the problem. Everybody is willing to look past all the ridiculousness of the older Bond films but the newer ones are held at such a high standard.

    If the older Bond films get a pass then I think the newer ones should as well.
    1: Casino Royale 2: Goldeneye 3: Skyfall 4: Octopussy 5: Goldfinger 6: Tomorrow Never Dies 7: The World Is Not Enough 8: The Living Daylights 9: From Russia With Love 10: The Spy Who Loved Me
  • DieAnotherDayDieAnotherDay Glasgow, ScotlandPosts: 460MI6 Agent
    The Moore film rarely get a pass though :#
    ....and the best he ever managed was a sermon on the mount.
  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy Behind you !Posts: 63,792MI6 Agent
    {[] agree poor old Roger and his films take a lot if stick. :#
    "I've been informed that there ARE a couple of QAnon supporters who are fairly regular posters in AJB."
  • DieAnotherDayDieAnotherDay Glasgow, ScotlandPosts: 460MI6 Agent
    I would've said the same about Brosnan not that long ago but there's a lot of respect for him on this forum -{ Most people are in agreement that his films weren't a let down because of him, but instead weak scripts, bad CGI etc.
    ....and the best he ever managed was a sermon on the mount.
  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy Behind you !Posts: 63,792MI6 Agent
    -{ I can't disagree with that. :D
    "I've been informed that there ARE a couple of QAnon supporters who are fairly regular posters in AJB."
  • Gassy ManGassy Man USAPosts: 2,972MI6 Agent
    Sir Miles wrote:
    Gassy Man wrote:
    ... still, I chuckle when people tell me that movies today are so much more "realistic" than old movies will present . . .

    Depends upon the type of movie obviously...and in general, they probably are more realistic...unless its a superhero movie....but even the special effects are more realistic today...
    Higher verisimilitude maybe, but I wouldn't say higher realism.
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