Spectre Favorite Scene

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  • DutchJamesBondFanDutchJamesBondFan the NetherlandsPosts: 414MI6 Agent
    Q escaping in Austria. It reminded me of OHMSS and FYEO. Great moment.
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  • double o egodouble o ego Posts: 93MI6 Agent
    Many great scenes in SP.

    At the start of tge PTS you see Bond abd estrella just standing there among the people as Marco Sciara walks into view.

    The PTS as a whole was great.

    Bond being berated by M back in the office.

    Lucia walking through her house and then waiting to be murdered only for her would be killers to be assassinated by Bond who then casually swaggers into frame, quips about how lovely the view is and then suggesting tgey havecenough time for a drink.

    The interrogation/love scene between Bond and Lucia
    The SP meeting all the way through to Bond casually landing on the road and detaching himself from his parachute.

    Bond's meeting with Mr.White.

    Bond at the clinic.

    Bond and the mouse.

    The entire train sequence.

    Bond and Swann waiting in the desert and as the Rolls approaches Bond cooking his gun and calmly keeping his hands behind his back as he stands next to Swann.

    Arriving at Blofeld's lair.

    The entire Lair sequence.

    Bond breaking free from his restraints in London.

    Bond and Swann in a boat chasing after Blofeld's chopper to shoot it down.
  • heartbroken_mr_draxheartbroken_mr_drax New Zealand Posts: 2,073MI6 Agent
    Sir Miles wrote:
    I don't see that at all...it's the biggest let down in the film for me...I just don't 'believe' it...Bond & Vesper was FAR superior for me -{

    I guess it comes down to personal preference based on the girls. I am not attracted to Eva Green, but immensely attracted to Madeline. Probably makes me hold the relationship in higher regard.

    I really enjoyed the Vesper relationship when I first saw the movie, but overtime because of the horrid and dated dialogue - I feel less affection for them overall.
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  • caractacus pottscaractacus potts Orbital communicator, level 10Posts: 3,944MI6 Agent
    that opening tracking shot, that was slick, almost bravura filmmaking, like Hitchcock or Kubrick

    somebody had mentioned recently Connery's walk as character establishing, and Craig sort of reinvents Connery's walk then does his own thing with it

    so we see him in the crowd in costume, and so fars we know this could be the villain, but the camera follows him walking, and thats how we know its Bond, if we've been paying attention these last three movies

    CraigBond seems to be the surest-footed man to ever put one foot in front of another, and when he steps out on the ledge and the camera tracks him from in front (ie the camera is now moving backwards) it is hard not to be aware how precarious that roof is, to feel a bit vertiginous, and be awed how he is confident enough not to slow, stumble, think twice, or look at his feet even once

    throughout all the films he moves across various landscapes with that same relentless confidence, always forward, never slowing, eg the big crane fight in Casino Royale, but this tracking shot really celebrates the walk in and of itself, and is technically very well done

    once he stops moving and starts bugging the meeting the film is functional enough, much better are the following large scale shots of the crowds in the Plaza underneath the outofcontrol helicopter, but its that tracking shot in particular thats the best part of the film


    btw that opening seemed to last forever, would this now be the longest opening sequence after The World Is Not Enough?
  • chrisisallchrisisall Western Mass, USAPosts: 9,061MI6 Agent
    The part between the gunbarrel & the end credits was absolutely AWESOME!
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  • heartbroken_mr_draxheartbroken_mr_drax New Zealand Posts: 2,073MI6 Agent
    chrisisall wrote:
    The part between the gunbarrel & the end credits was absolutely AWESOME!

    Quite a few people loving the film. Bloody good!
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  • Sir MilesSir Miles The Wrong Side Of The WardrobePosts: 26,573Chief of Staff
    Sir Miles wrote:
    I don't see that at all...it's the biggest let down in the film for me...I just don't 'believe' it...Bond & Vesper was FAR superior for me -{

    I guess it comes down to personal preference based on the girls. I am not attracted to Eva Green, but immensely attracted to Madeline. Probably makes me hold the relationship in higher regard.

    I really enjoyed the Vesper relationship when I first saw the movie, but overtime because of the horrid and dated dialogue - I feel less affection for them overall.

    Which is fair comment - but, in filmic terms - the Bond/Swann relationship just doesn't convince...
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  • HigginsHiggins GermanyPosts: 16,618MI6 Agent

    I guess it comes down to personal preference based on the girls. I am not attracted to Eva Green, but immensely attracted to Madeline. Probably makes me hold the relationship in higher regard.

    I really enjoyed the Vesper relationship when I first saw the movie, but overtime because of the horrid and dated dialogue - I feel less affection for them overall.

    I agree and an added bonus is to disagree with Sir Miles.

    I've always found the pseudo-flirty banter * on the train (CR), the Casino (CR) and in the clinic (CR) immature and simply annoying - how it should have been done shows in the dialogues between Bond and Swann thruout Spectre.

    *it's just like reading the majority of posts from Asp9mm here :s
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  • Sir MilesSir Miles The Wrong Side Of The WardrobePosts: 26,573Chief of Staff
    Higgins wrote:

    I guess it comes down to personal preference based on the girls. I am not attracted to Eva Green, but immensely attracted to Madeline. Probably makes me hold the relationship in higher regard.

    I really enjoyed the Vesper relationship when I first saw the movie, but overtime because of the horrid and dated dialogue - I feel less affection for them overall.

    I agree and an added bonus is to disagree with Sir Miles.

    I've always found the pseudo-flirty banter * on the train (CR), the Casino (CR) and in the clinic (CR) immature and simply annoying - how it should have been done shows in the dialogues between Bond and Swann thruout Spectre.

    *it's just like reading the majority of posts from Asp9mm here :s

    Thank heaven you disagree with me ! Now I know I'm right :D

    There is a *bit* of flirty banter with Swann...but not the slow-burning desire and *challenge* that Vesper presents...
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  • Bondage007Bondage007 AustraliaPosts: 371MI6 Agent
    The Spectre boardroom scene, easily
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  • Willard WhyteWillard Whyte Posts: 166MI6 Agent
    Too many to mention, but the most underated scenes are the scene with Swann and Bond when they first meet and the music accompanying them.

    Highlights

    Pre credits up there with Skyfall and OHMSS as the best.
    Car chase, better with each viewing.
    Mr White scene
    Mountain Clinic scene
    Train fight......EPIC scene, will go down in history.
    Blofelds first meeting with Bond
    The end


    Loved how Bond waved at a Mafioso at the Funeral scene.

    best of all for me in coolness.

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  • 007JBDCMWR007JBDCMWR Posts: 2,517MI6 Agent
    PTS tracking shot. Awesome... So many punters wont even realise it was done in a one'r
    Skewered, one sympathises...

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  • Matt SMatt S Oh Cult Voodoo ShopPosts: 6,596MI6 Agent
    007JBDCMWR wrote:
    PTS tracking shot. Awesome... So many punters wont even realise it was done in a one'r

    Was it all done in one? I find that hard to believe when going between outside and inside.

    Edit: Just found this: http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/behind-screen/how-spectres-opening-scene-pulled-836200

    It's what I thought.
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  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy Behind you !Posts: 63,792MI6 Agent
    Mendes admitted it wasn't a continuous shot long ago, I remember
    Posting about it, pointing out about lighting changes and where the two
    cuts were most likely made.
    To be honest to anyone with an eye for detail, it's fairly obvious.
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  • chrisisallchrisisall Western Mass, USAPosts: 9,061MI6 Agent
    However it was accomplished it looked amazing.
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  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy Behind you !Posts: 63,792MI6 Agent
    Yep !, I posted in my review of the film ( Which I'd highly recommend
    everyone to read, as it's absolutely brilliant and by far the best review
    ever) where I thought the cuts were made, but how it took nothing
    away from the effect. Which was a big statement piece ! -{ magical
    to look at, brilliant. -{
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  • chrisisallchrisisall Western Mass, USAPosts: 9,061MI6 Agent
    Yep !, I posted in my review of the film ( Which I'd highly recommend
    everyone to read, as it's absolutely brilliant and by far the best review
    ever) where I thought the cuts were made, but how it took nothing
    away from the effect. Which was a big statement piece ! -{ magical
    to look at, brilliant. -{
    There was a shot a little like it in Serenity where they walk through the ship, going from the top level to the lower level and they did a camera 'swish' in between levels since both levels were actually on the same level on the soundstage, so yeah, I pretty much saw the two changes in SP.
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  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy Behind you !Posts: 63,792MI6 Agent
    There is one camera move in the evil dead, which I was always
    Impressed with, the camera follows a character through a clearing
    Then through the back window of a car, out the other side, then
    Keeps going ! Very inventive for a low budget movie.
    In Spectre, I was very impressed with the cinematography -{ it
    Really did look beautiful and all shot on 35mm. :)
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  • chrisisallchrisisall Western Mass, USAPosts: 9,061MI6 Agent
    In Spectre, I was very impressed with the cinematography -{ it
    Really did look beautiful and all shot on 35mm. :)
    I thought SP looked beautiful- better than SF. Refresh my memory TP, was SF shot digitally?
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  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy Behind you !Posts: 63,792MI6 Agent
    Yes, SF was digital.
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  • Matt SMatt S Oh Cult Voodoo ShopPosts: 6,596MI6 Agent
    chrisisall wrote:
    In Spectre, I was very impressed with the cinematography -{ it
    Really did look beautiful and all shot on 35mm. :)
    I thought SP looked beautiful- better than SF. Refresh my memory TP, was SF shot digitally?

    SP looked so much better. The locations they had to shoot in SP were a big help, since SF only had Britain and a little Turkey.
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  • chrisisallchrisisall Western Mass, USAPosts: 9,061MI6 Agent
    Matt S wrote:
    SP looked so much better. The locations they had to shoot in SP were a big help, since SF only had Britain and a little Turkey.
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  • always shakenalways shaken LondonPosts: 6,287MI6 Agent
    my favourite part of SPECTRE was when Sam Smith stopped singing (if that's what you call it) :D
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  • chrisisallchrisisall Western Mass, USAPosts: 9,061MI6 Agent
    my favourite part of SPECTRE was when Sam Smith stopped singing (if that's what you call it) :D
    :)) :)) :))
    Oh come now, there are worse Bond songs...
    Dalton & Connery rule. Brozz was cool.
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  • Red IndianRed Indian BostonPosts: 427MI6 Agent
    IMO Madonna gets the prize for that one!
  • heartbroken_mr_draxheartbroken_mr_drax New Zealand Posts: 2,073MI6 Agent
    Red Indian wrote:
    IMO Madonna gets the prize for that one!

    Nope! DAD is an awesome song! To me, it's Sheryl Crow.
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  • Gassy ManGassy Man USAPosts: 2,972MI6 Agent
    This would be a tie between the PTS, which I will count as one scene, and when Bond and Swann escape from Blofeld's lair. While the battle itself was underwhelming, I like how Craig plays Bond in his natural evolution -- cool, controlled, and determined.

    Interestingly, this is the first of Craig's Bond where the action sequences are the ones that are more memorable than the rest. The train fight and even the conference scene, which I will consider action because of Hinx, are well done and interesting.
  • Agent LeeAgent Lee Posts: 254MI6 Agent
    Very difficult to pick just one, this movie was full of great sequences, but if I have to pick I'd say the long opening tracking shot. The cgi cuts in it were a little distracting but still the flow of it was just so cool. Bond with a capital B!
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  • Charmed & DangerousCharmed & Dangerous Posts: 7,358MI6 Agent
    chrisisall wrote:
    Matt S wrote:
    SP looked so much better. The locations they had to shoot in SP were a big help, since SF only had Britain and a little Turkey.
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    :)) :)) :)) brilliant! Pmsl!

    My favourite scenes have to be the introduction of Oberhauser - genuinely creepy - and, ahem, the last shot we see of Lucia Sciarra in lingerie ;% :x :))
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  • HatThrowingHenchmanHatThrowingHenchman Russia With LovePosts: 1,834MI6 Agent
    and, ahem, the last shot we see of Lucia Sciarra in lingerie ;% :x :))
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