Best & Worst SFX in Bond Movies

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• Thunderpussy Behind you !Posts: 63,792MI6 Agent

  August 2014

  Best :
  The foreground miniatures in OP and TLD, fooled me
  
  Worst :
  DAD, tidal wave. X-( crap!

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• Peppermill DelftPosts: 2,860MI6 Agent

  August 2014

  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.

  1. Ohmss 2. Frwl 3. Op 4. Tswlm 5. Tld 6. Ge 7. Yolt 8. Lald 9. Cr 10. Ltk 11. Dn 12. Gf 13. Qos 14. Mr 15. Tmwtgg 16. Fyeo 17. Twine 18. Sf 19. Tb 20 Tnd 21. Spectre 22 Daf 23. Avtak 24. Dad
• AlphaOmegaSin EnglandPosts: 10,926MI6 Agent

  August 2014

  Best - Blofelds Volcano exploding
  
  worst - DAD Tidal Wave

  1.On Her Majesties Secret Service 2.The Living Daylights 3.license To Kill 4.The Spy Who Loved Me 5.Goldfinger
• Shady Tree London, UKPosts: 2,998MI6 Agent

  August 2014

  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)

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• chrisisall Western Mass, USAPosts: 9,062MI6 Agent

  August 2014

  AlphaOmegaSin wrote:

  Best - Blofelds Volcano exploding
  

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

  Dalton & Connery rule. Brozz was cool.
  #1.TLD/LTK 2.TND 3.GF 4.GE 5.DN 6.FYEO 7.FRWL 8.TMWTGG 9.TWINE 10.YOLT/QOS
• MooseWithFleas Philadelphia, PAPosts: 754MI6 Agent

  August 2014

  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 Behind you !Posts: 63,792MI6 Agent

  August 2014

  Another Great Special effect, The Tanker from TSWLM -{ brilliant
  Model work !
  
  And bad, Those damned maggots from LTK.

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• Jarvio EnglandPosts: 4,241MI6 Agent

  August 2014

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

  1 - LALD, 2 - AVTAK, 3 - LTK, 4 - OP, 5 - NTTD, 6 - FYEO, 7 - SF, 8 - DN, 9 - DAF, 10 - TSWLM, 11 - OHMSS, 12 - TMWTGG, 13 - GE, 14 - MR, 15 - TLD, 16 - YOLT, 17 - GF, 18 - DAD, 19 - TWINE, 20 - SP, 21 - TND, 22 - FRWL, 23 - TB, 24 - CR, 25 - QOS
  
  1 - Moore, 2 - Dalton, 3 - Craig, 4 - Connery, 5 - Brosnan, 6 - Lazenby
• Thunderpussy Behind you !Posts: 63,792MI6 Agent

  August 2014

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

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• Blackleiter Washington, DCPosts: 5,615MI6 Agent

  August 2014

  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.

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• CmdrAtticus United StatesPosts: 1,102MI6 Agent

  August 2014

  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 AlaskaPosts: 1,910MI6 Agent

  August 2014

  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

  My current 10 favorite:
  
  1. GE 2. MR 3. OP 4. TMWTGG 5. TSWLM 6. TND 7. TWINE 8.DN 9. GF 10. AVTAK