Bond in Peril
MooseWithFleas
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Searched through the forums and didn't find a thread defining what I'm looking for here.
What moments in the series have you thought "Oh my god, Bond might die here." or "There's no way he can get out of this!" Of course, when thinking logically, there is no way they would kill of Bond halfway through the film, but the danger of the situation seemed so real that there was no way at that moment in time you thought Bond could get out of it.
For me there are two moments that come to mind immediately.
1.) In the crematorium in DAF. Yes strangely enough a moment in DAF, perhaps the campiest of all Bonds is where I find Bond at his most vulnerable and in peril. When he's in that coffin and the flames are on full blast with the creepy music playing in the background, I thought it was it for our hero!
2.) Rock climbing in FYEO. With each and every hit from the henchmen on Bond's carabiners, I couldn't help but think 'There is no way Bond is getting all the way back up there in time to stop him from knocking the final peg loose!'
What moments in the series have you thought "Oh my god, Bond might die here." or "There's no way he can get out of this!" Of course, when thinking logically, there is no way they would kill of Bond halfway through the film, but the danger of the situation seemed so real that there was no way at that moment in time you thought Bond could get out of it.
For me there are two moments that come to mind immediately.
1.) In the crematorium in DAF. Yes strangely enough a moment in DAF, perhaps the campiest of all Bonds is where I find Bond at his most vulnerable and in peril. When he's in that coffin and the flames are on full blast with the creepy music playing in the background, I thought it was it for our hero!
2.) Rock climbing in FYEO. With each and every hit from the henchmen on Bond's carabiners, I couldn't help but think 'There is no way Bond is getting all the way back up there in time to stop him from knocking the final peg loose!'
Comments
It lacked something for me. I would have loved it to slow down just for a moment so we could read Bonds fear, but it just carried on in its admittedly brutal way. I would have liked Daniel to have more to do (not physically you understand ) I'm probably very nearly on my own here as most seem to really rate it. For me the outstanding fisticuffs in the Craig era have been the bathroom and the stairwell in CR both superb and amongst the very best. We certainly see Daniel's mind at work in those ones.
Dario & the conveyor belt in LTK and the Hinx fight in SP are up there for me too.
#1.TLD/LTK 2.TND 3.GF 4.GE 5.DN 6.FYEO 7.FRWL 8.TMWTGG 9.TWINE 10.YOLT/QOS
Agree with Dario. Roger to me looked more constipated than in peril. Also Dalton after truck scene in LTK seems genuinely in major do do.
1. GE 2. MR 3. OP 4. TMWTGG 5. TSWLM 6. TND 7. TWINE 8.DN 9. GF 10. AVTAK
And then the writers brilliant show he is a thinking person, and he talks his way out of it. A wonderful moment in a movie that could so easily have relied just on an action scene to resolve the conflict.
#1.TLD/LTK 2.TND 3.GF 4.GE 5.DN 6.FYEO 7.FRWL 8.TMWTGG 9.TWINE 10.YOLT/QOS
- Bond in the crematorium (DAF)
- Bond and Solitaire tied up (LALD)
- Bond on the conveyer belt (LTK)
- Bond and Kaufman (TND)
- Torture chair (TWINE)
- Torture (CR)
- Brain torture (SP)
He flips a coin into the laser, of course!