Top 10 Worst Bond Film Moments

calvinmdyson

[@BezoRazo]

Imagine the stunt driver of this world-class stunt sitting with his family in the theater for the red carpet premiere screening, eager to see and share his miraculous feat on the big screen for the first time, and... **slide whistle** -_-

[@jamesage24]

Couldn't agree more! And your scenario really puts that in perspective.

[@Sam-vp3pw]

If I remember, the stunt driver refused to do it. So some other crew member volunteered instead. The stunt driver dodged that whistle at least.

[@jamesage24]

@@Sam-vp3pw I believe you're semi-correct. I read the stunt driver completed the jump on the first try as seen in the movie. Then the director wanted him to do it again, for multiple takes, angles, or whatever. The stunt driver refused to do it again, as it was is his contract to successfully complete the jump. Which he did.

[@randomhuman97]

@@jamesage24 anyways, they got the best view. Sometimes a 2nd take isn't a good one

[@strikerbowls791]

@@jamesage24 What a dick. Cares more about contract technicalities than making a better film

[@nathancombs527]

I never thought Connery looked Japanese in You Only Live Twice. He looks more like a Vulcan

[@projectmayhem6898]

Live Long and Proshper, Moneypenny.

[@gkroll8467]

live long and prosper funny you say that they wanted him to play sybok in star trek 5 just for the name of the planet they were going to sha kn ree I may have spelled it wrong but true he could have raised the film a bit

[@mike9338]

Yes!

[@gkroll8467]

@@mike9338very illogical silly scene should have been cut

[@fredloeper8579]

I was very disappointed in YOLT. How do you screw up Bond looking for a secret rocket base in Japan? Well, they did. More's the pity because YOLT's theme song is the best of the Bonds.

[@SwordHMX]

Connery doesn't just speak Spanish with a Scottish accent. He also speaks Scottish with a Connery accent.

[@omerozel4716]

😂

[@gkroll8467]

great actor not so versital hear his accent in wind and the lion where he plays an arab Im the bloody mufte away with ya

[@gkroll8467]

yesssssss

[@wowo4504]

SwordHMX a book fell on my head, I blame my shelf as Sean Connery would say

[@MrMZaccone]

Yup. I have a friend from Scotland and every time we see Connery in a film, he's like "WHU' THE FECK IS 'E DUING? He can't stand Connery.

[@porflepopnecker4376]

The "Jaws meets Dolly" scene is even worse when you consider what a perfect sight gag they passed up--Dolly returning Jaws' metal-mouthed smile with her own mouthful of shiny metal braces. When she smiled and there were no braces on her teeth, I was stunned at what a missed opportunity it was.

[@MrMadshepherd]

Every time I see that scene I always keep looking at her mouth expecting to see bracers when she smiles. Somehow it always surprises me when I see she doesn’t have any. It’s such an easy joke to do, even to this day I keep forgetting she has normal bare teeth

[@nickryan4126]

I was just thinking "didn't she habe braces" I guess my mind filled it in all these years

[@F0nkyNinja]

@@nickryan4126 she did, mandela effect tho

[@trans8010]

@@F0nkyNinja do you mean the "Minegla Effect"?

[@69Peopleshit]

@@F0nkyNinja Yes i have watched this film tens of times during 2005-2009 and every time she had braces. Now she doesnt??? The scene doesnt make any sence now.

[@gatopreto-xq4dd]

Denise Richards looks more like Lara Croft in that outfit, imagine a game or a movie with James Bond and Lara Croft working together...Britishing intensifies

[@jamaali2358]

Lara Croft tomb raider staring Angelina Jolie and Daniel Craig

[@gkroll8467]

she was an airhead never believed her for a moment as a nuclear genius she cant even spell it and to give her the name Christmas so brosnan can say the funny but filthy line at the end of the film

[@kelleysauer1693]

@@gkroll8467 The idea of a nuclear scientist working on a construction site for a pipeline made no sense. Richards should have shot her agent for finding her a role that no actress could have portrayed in a believable manner. All her dialogue lines were absurd. Naming her "Christmas" was another bit of ridiculous nonsense. Her role served no purpose other than to give Brosnan a woman to have sex with at the end of the movie. There was no need for a second female in the movie.

[@DyrianLightbringer]

It wasn't just a pipeline construction site, it was an old silo where nuclear missiles were being dismantled. Kind of the entire reason Renard stole weapons grade plutonium. The idea was to blow up a pipeline with a dirty bomb, making it look like Renard was just being a terrorist, but in reality, irradiating the region where competing pipelines went through so that Electra had the only oil pipe in the region. It's the entire plot of the movie.

[@Nocturnalux]

I can't imagine Lara putting up with any iteration of Bond, in all honesty. The moment he tried to put the moves on her, she'd shoot him dead. The End.

[@MrTommyUdo]

No Tarzan yell from Octopussy?

[@nelsdanburg5407]

I thought it was funny. It fit the tone of the movie as well. I loved it.

[@thevoid99]

i know. i like those cheesy things.

[@porflepopnecker4376]

That entire movie is one of the worst Bond moments.

[@annnee6818]

Oh god yeah

[@AndrewChapman]

+Porfle Popnecker Surely not including the part in the pre-titles where Bond flies a small plane into a warehouse to lure a missile in there and blow up the warehouse.

[@nickryan4126]

Mayday sex scene should get a pass since it birthed the best quip ever: "a little restless but I got off eventually"

[@Jotari]

I like Zorin's reaction of just why not when the scenario comes up to let his girl friend fuck another guy. It's kind of surprising yet totally in character at the same time.

[@niels25chr1]

@@Jotari Zorin is a psychopath so he doesn´t give a fuck as seen at the end.

[@damienhine1861]

Basically, Roger Moore in Octopussy:
- Swinging on vines like Tarzan.
- Telling a tiger to "Sit!"
- Dressing up as a clown.

[@GianniGuy]

You forgot dressing up as a gorilla too! Haha

[@user12383]

😂😂😂

[@adamcade604]

The clown disguise is logical because he needed to go undercover form the police men into the Circus. The other two are questionable

[@Orto4956]

I’m not mad about the clown one. It makes sense considering the context. But the other two I agree.

[@matthew3774]

"SiiiTTTT!!" is hilarious. I like that one.

[@Lionkingview]

What about that atrocious speed up boat footage from thunderball

[@Lionkingview]

@Retro Lover "the prisoner" managed to make chase scenes look good on water and they had a TV budget to work with.

[@gkroll8467]

that was the funky style back then you know the 60s man groovy

[@biggawinnacrapsa3870]

Good one.

[@gkroll8467]

what about the stupid cartoon face Jaws makes before he goes over the waterfall wile e coyote is a better actor

[@davidjames579]

And sped up fight scenes.

[@gatopreto-xq4dd]

the problem with the windsurfing scene is not the winsurfing itself, it`s that shit CG

[@helgaratbone1691]

gatopreto 1207 .. they’re both shit.

[@SnowDaulphin]

It’s the worst scene. The slide whistle undermines a great stunt but it is still great nonetheless

[@Aldiraider]

at least the Score was great.

[@charlesmarsh316]

Shit CGI, indeed! Another stunt I hate from this film is Jinx's backdive off the ramparts of the fort. It looks so phenomenally crap and it's a stunt that could have been done for real so much more effectively.

[@eerievlad]

The question was why did the producers accept the CGI...?

[@Tubeite]

The producers of You Only Live Twice knew that making Sean Connery look Japanese was a stupid idea, but Mickey Rooney wasn't available.

[@calql8er]

Very good

[@ElmoUnk1953]

Bravo 👏😁

[@nightowl685]

The Mandela Effect seems to be at work with a lot of people who have seen Moonraker, and swear that Dolly has braces when she smiles at Jaws. It is admittedly rather odd that they didn't think of that little touch when they did the movie.

[@Powerbandm]

nightowl685 what the fuck. She doesn’t have braces????

[@davidjames579]

@eating sugar no papa Have another look.

[@Gamingnstuff131]

nightowl685 that’s weird. I never once noticed her having braces. Her teeth always looked white to me, no sign of silver at all.

[@DLJohnsonHonourofKings]

I saw it in theater and could have sworn she had braces but then again maybe we all felt she should have had them to match his silver. I think the cleavage is what blinded us all away from her teeth.

[@davidjames579]

@@DLJohnsonHonourofKings There's rumours the braces were removed optically after the theatrical release, as EON had second thoughts, thinking people might take braces to mean Dolly is underage. Obviously embarrassed to admit that, it's never been spoken of. Anyway, it's not in even the earliest video release.
But as you say, it may also be a kind of Rorschach Test, where people see or feel what so should be there. Also bear in mind in the cinema, you're only watching it briefly with no chance to rewind, so the impression might just be left on you the second after you've seen that bit. "Oh yeah, that happened".

[@derdestroyer5566]

Bond kills Dr. Kananga in live and let die. It's hilarious.

[@CptnWolfe]

Massi H. He always did have an inflated opinion of himself.
Speaking of LaLD, I finally got around to watching it last night

[@stereomanuk]

KANANGA BALLOON!! #jamesbonding

[@gkroll8467]

look closely and freeze the frame when yaphat comes out of the water you can see the mock up with his big louis armsrtong lips and eyes bugging out then when they cut to him hitting the pointy ceiling it looks like a cheesey baloon no point to that device but just for the villian to be killed that was and you hear the soundtrack it soulds like a ballon deflating

[@gkroll8467]

I read some where it was either rick baker I dont think it was bottin who
did the effects

[@rustyshackelford9156]

Ah the subliminal racism of live and let die...still one of the best films though. Especially the boat chase scene.

[@lucianogranie4247]

Connery as a japanese fellow looks like the original klingons from the 60's Star Trek...Good show...I like your comments

[@mariakelly5]

Luciano Granie Any scene that Tanya Roberts is in.

[@rafachrzaszcz6997]

Not like Spock?

[@rustyshackelford9156]

That film was rough..." Why do Chinese girls taste different?"

[@gkroll8467]

he looked like a klingon silly scene should have been cut

[@davidjames579]

@@rustyshackelford9156 Well, sometimes you want Peking Duck, other times you want Clam Chowder. It's just a bit much if you want takeout to have to order a call girl.

[@davidray6821]

I actually didn't mind the tarantula thing (I had one for many years). I mean the whole point was that some exotic venomous creature was to kill Bond. Back in the sixties before the Internet most people probably weren't aware that there wasn't a species of tarantula that wasn't poisonous. They likely just thought spiders were creepy much like people do today. I mean it could have been a random snake designed to achieve the same effect (which they did in Live and Let Die).
Plus I thought the orchestral stabs while Bond was crushing said spider was pretty creative.
But yeah, I'm with you on the slide whistle and double take pigeon thing.

[@JeremiahEcks777]

The Tarantula one just appeals to base arachniaphobia. Which, if you're arachnaphobic, that's you screwed.

[@scepticalchymist]

Well, as far as I recollect, in the Fleming novel it is even more ridiculous, since the spider is a centipede. On the other hand, they also mention black widows in the novel, but these are rather small and unimpressive spiders. So a tarantula was possibly chosen just for the size.

[@Robyamdam]

they should've just made it a scorpion

[@Ven-7xv]

It’s still kinda bad though. Of all the things they could have put in his room to kill him why didn’t they put a bomb or a human with a gun or something? Not something as easy to kill as a tarantula. If you had one you must know how fragile and easy to kill they are and how careful you need to be with them even when you’re not trying to kill them

[@teijaflink2226]

Bond could just have spider phobia.

[@SpiralFirst]

It always annoys me when the woman on the boat where Timothy Dalton lands is saying on her phone how boring everything is and nothing ever happens. Did she not notice a burning Land Rover shoot off the nearby cliff and then explode? Most odd.

[@gkroll8467]

the original cut the truck hit her boat and killed her the brain dead bitch dalton then arrived drank her booze jerked off and left

[@mikesteelheart]

That entire scene is a bit cheesy and out of place in Dalton's darker universe. It's just pandering to the previous Moore humor so older fans will accept the passing of the torch.

[@randomhuman97]

@@mikesteelheart that's true.
Actually I don't mind the scene, as they couldn't go from 0 to 90 in 1 movie, they needed some humour to smooth out the change

[@cockshield]

I remember Lee Tamahori on the dvd commentary saying how great the scene was, and how ALL Bond stunts should be done now in CGI.
Thank FUCK for Casino Royale!

[@FullArcher05]

So they could’ve tried to make it practical but they didn’t. Wow.

[@TitanSubZero15]

Lee Tamahori always had his head stuck up his own ass. He was trying to be witty with CGI and try to appease the younger generation at the time with fast cuts and slow motion pans.

[@alwaysOPEN4business]

@@FullArcher05 hahaha, yeah they could've made Bond surfing a huge wave made by a collapsing ice cliff due to a solar powered space beam, practically..

[@TheT3rr0rMask]

If we can thank it for one thing- since then to this day they've tried to do as much stuntwork as they can in an industry taken over by bad CG.

[@FindecanorNotGmail]

"I thought Christmas came only once a year" -- every use of the character's name is a run-up to that stupid one-liner ...

[@buckybarnes3803]

It's like watching the Cryptkeeper use a bad pun in every stupid sentence. Not funny just bad, lazy writing

[@teijaflink2226]

Ugh that's just awful.

[@241ae]

If they replace the whistle with the bond theme it would immediately improve TMWTGG

[@BitcoinMotorist]

In the novel it was a centipede not a tarantula.
The Mayday scene is a little cringe worthy but I thought Zorin's reaction saved it. Can you imagine how bad A View to a Kill would be if Walken wasn't in it?
You forgot the Tarzan holler in Octopussy.

[@gkroll8467]

zorin was a pretty good villian the film not great dont forget when hes escaping the bad guys in the beginning and uses whats left of a snowmobile he skis on the single blade then they start to play california girls

[@fredloeper8579]

Yeah. It would have gone from the second worst Bond movie to the worst Bond movie.

[@gkroll8467]

I thought it was a killer butterfly any way whats the worst bond film any body you can pick the all time one or 1 from each actors role as bond not the worst film but nobody can give me an explanation on the line when Blofeld says mr Bond we can do a deal Ill buy you a delicatessen in stainless steel please! what is this crap just because broccoli is jewish he had to make the greatest villian of all time a jew what is this a mel brooks film?

[@gkroll8467]

walken a typical ny actor but good, tried to be british sometimes but when he says in his heavy ny accent okay not the heaviest, good right on schedule the way the brits say it but he cant pull it off still a very enjoyable villian Im sure everybody knows this already they wanted david bowie for zorin

[@calvindyson]

Hahaha! Well when you put it like that... Sheriff Pepper and his wife should totally have had a spin-off series. The two of them travelling the world, offending every race on the planet while being stalked by an elephant with a grudge, hell bent of pushing Pepper in every river, stream and canal they come across!

[@buckybarnes3803]

Notice how the stunt man decides to go head-first with his arms back into the water, very odd

[@JanetDax]

Yes, that would have been better than JAWS: The revenge

[@cwhitney1972]

For Your Eyes Only was my first in-theater Bond film and when Lynn Holly Johnson made eyes for Roger Moore I simply could not believe that she was infatuated with him. Not that I understood but rejected the premise, but that the premise was so absurd that it didn't even occur to Little Kid Me that that's what was going on. It's like one of your 12 year-old friends perving on your great aunt.

[@mikecampbell411]

The one you listed that I'd have to disagree about is the Doctor No scene. I always thought it was shot really well, with the closeup of Bond all sweaty and terrified. I completely agree with your take on the Slide Whistle. Also, I thought that there were a couple scenes in Octopussy that were worse than the snowboard scene from A View To A Kill, namely the Tarzan yell.

[@WedgePee]

I agree! I was never scared by anything in the Bond franchise but I did get a bit tense seeing that!
And in case you want to know how old I was when I first watched it: six.

[@TheT3rr0rMask]

I don't mind the tarzan scene that much cus Octopussy executes it's tone perfectly, even when it switches to dark moments it never feels like whiplash. That being said I'd prefer it not be there but doesn't significantly detract from the film.

[@GBPackers3224]

I agree 100% on number 1. I showed TMWTGG to my father for the first time, and he was immediately upset with the slide whistle. It distracted from the actual stunt that they spent so much time on in the filmmaking.

[@heymistercarter.]

Honestly, with the tarantula thing, there would've been an easy fix for that: make it a Sydney Funnel-Web Spider. Those are highly venomous, pretty aggressive, and they're around the same size as your average tarantula. That would've caused the scene to work.

[@lazarushernandez5827]

I'm guessing the Tarantula was easier to handle for the scene. Apparently the original scene in the novel was a centipede which are very temperamental.

[@chrissonofpear1384]

@@lazarushernandez5827 Funnel Webs? Urrgh - forgot how BIG they were...

[@triplejazzmusicisall1883]

Wise words.

[@dereknight861]

In defense of number 9: I was under the impression that Dr. No found SOME way to weaponize the venom inside this particular tarantula. It’s not like they grab a tarantula out of a pet shop and dispatch it on bond, also Bond’s reaction (feel free to correct me) would be understandable considering as far as I’m aware, Bond is resting at an island that doesn’t typically have Tarantulas and as such came to the conclusion that this might be a death trap.
Honestly it would’ve been more pants shitting if it was a snake sent to poison him but oh well.

[@Orto4956]

Yeah. But a scorpion would have made more sense then if that was the idea behind it.

[@BezoRazo]

I think the geishas got confused and gave Bond the Romulan makeover instead.

[@buckybarnes3803]

Definitely Romulan

[@frankenbuster]

What about Blofeld as a woman in Diamonds Are Forever?

[@GT_Walker]

I thought it was pretty funny, and a clever disguise.

[@annnee6818]

I thought that was hilarious

[@rocketcon]

Yeah, that was awful. There was no need for that disguise either. Did Blofield really have to walk through the crowded casino dressed in drag? Surely there was a back door or a secret exit from Willand White's office.

[@doaftheloaf]

or blofeld as dr. evil in spectre...

[@crakatoot5480]

I loved Spectre. Real Bond fans love Spectre. And I’m Glad Waltz did not do his normal over The top gimick.

[@adamstringer7092]

I just realised that Team America parodied the Bond Japanese make-up scene.

[@willmcc4070]

YES omg someone else got this

[@sircoolsmartass7682]

Tarzan scream in octopussy

[@crodo123]

if this guys was being realistic this list would have nothing but roger moore moments.

[@randomhuman97]

@@crodo123 there's so many moments that aren't "PC" now. Isn't possible to lost all of them.

[@twintron]

Calvin Dyson, I really love your work and spend many an hour watching your reviews - keep it up man.

[@calvindyson]

twintron Thanks, mate :) very kind of you to say!

[@spanner4778]

+Calvin Dyson | James Bond Reviewer I know you get this a lot but seriously dude you are awesome

[@mickesmanymovies]

As for M (in the shape of Judy Dench) getting out and about in the field, Bernard Lee's M sinned equally bad, if not worse, in Moonraker.
Bond has reported to his superior that he has found a secret chemical lab of some sort, where he has witnessed the death of two scientists due to a minor spill of an extremely dangerous substance.
And what does his superior do? He makes Bond bring not only himself but also another government hotshot (Sir Frederick Gray - played by Geoffrey Keen) to the lab. They punch the code to open the door, and all three just briskly walks right in to where they up until that very second was absolutely certain laid a secret laboratory that had suffered a deadly chemical spill...!!

[@ryankeever6596]

I think Bond becoming Japeneze is the stupidest thing in the seires.

[@crodo123]

not if you've seen moonraker

[@georgeemil3618]

@eating sugar no papa Well he did hunch over and try to squint. The only thing missing was the buck teeth.

[@markwalch6065]

I'd say the Korean villain in die another day transforming himself into some posh white brit millionaire is up there with it. Oh....and he NEVER sleeps! Like....wtf! And! ???? Lol

[@KnightOwl1881]

I remember the scene in the Dr. No book involved a centipede rather than a tarantula...which it makes it more amusing because they obviously used a tarantula because they are easier to handle. The book relies more on Bond not being able to identify what it is exactly

[@janeyrevanescence12]

The first James Bond movie I saw in theaters was Die Another Day. When the windsurfing scene came on, my dad (who has seen every single James Bond movie since Dr. No and is a huge James Bond fan) and I looked at each other like "Did they really just do that?" About walked out of the theater on that one.

[@1ukjunglednbraver]

wow it was bad,, like real fecking bad

[@mariakelly5]

1ukjunglednbraver That's an understatement.

[@porflepopnecker4376]

I got over it and just enjoyed the rest of the movie.

[@mariakelly5]

@@porflepopnecker4376 The Tsunami windsurfing scene was truly horrifying (as in Golden Turkey horrifying). But at least Pierce Brosnan has a great sense of humor and I later saw an interview where he was was laughing his head off about the silliness of this scene.

[@JohnSmith-kn5xx]

Eh,im glad Skyfall was my first Bond cinema movie,sucks to be you.

[@scottreacher]

Double-take pigeon is legendary, 🐦 That scene always prompts a giggle from me.

[@calvindyson]

After all these suggestions in the comments here I think I may need to do a whole other top 10 video for this! 'More Top 10 Worst Bond Film Moments'!

[@quidestveritas659]

I actually don't mind the first one.
Madonna as a fencing instructor should've been there.
Plus two moments in Octopussy - Tarzan scene and the obviously fake tiger.

[@calvindyson]

I'm going to have to make another one of these worst moment videos... I missed so many obvious ones!

[@porflepopnecker4376]

From OCTOPUSSY I would also add "Get off my bed!" and Bond in both a gorilla suit and a clown suit.

[@gkroll8467]

everything she does shouldnt be there

[@gkroll8467]

what ! I couldnt see the guy pushing it out from the bushes monty python episode where he fights a guy in a lion suit was more terrifying

[@gkroll8467]

hag bitch shouldnt have done the song either even back then her trying to be sexy was pathetic

[@whitepointstarproductions8905]

That windsurfing may have been shit but the music was AMAZING!

[@CarWhiz22]

WhitePointStar Productions it actually gives me shivers it's so good...just such a shame about the awful CGI and scene in general.

[@MildMisanthropeMaybeMassive]

CarWhiz22 If it swapped music with the skiing you would have the best and worst scene.

[@twrampage]

If that scene had decent CGI I don't think it would bother anyone all that much.

[@peterfuidge1718]

No it wasn't, Madonna's music was awful

[@fredloeper8579]

I thought Die Another Day was the best of the Brosnan's. (Ain't saying' much. I know.) Otherwise I didn't care for the Brosnan Bonds. On the other hand, they were running out of credible villains.

[@MrPoeGhost]

Oh my fuck, I'm glad I'm not the only one who hated the slide whistle sound at #1. I was watching Man with the Golden Gun in remembrance of the late Christopher Lee, and what that part came up, I just rolled my eyes in annoyance. They couldn't just let a cool moment be cool, they had to add some camp to that, too.
What a waste of a perfectly good stunt.

[@user-ms2df2rz7y]

+Poe Ghost Yes, the bump against pasted straight finally strange. If there are errors in the words do not pay attention, I just write Russian and those using Google translator.

[@SeekerLancer]

+Poe Ghost I know a lot of people don't like to edit things out of classic movies but I honestly would not hold it against anyone if they released Golden Gun with that sound edited out.

[@porflepopnecker4376]

+Poe Ghost I thought exactly the same thing when I first saw this in the theater.

[@count69]

John Barry always regretted that, I think there is general consensus that they need to Lucas MWTGG and take it out!

[@JRMcNelisEsq]

Great list, but wind surfing is #1. And I would put the “invisible car” on the list, as it is a “gadget” so desperately trying to one up all the prior films, that there was no room to continue but to reboot.

[@DerekMoore82]

#1 Should've just been the entire Die Another Day movie.. all of it.

[@evancortez2]

John Barry made up for that boo boo later on in his career with some of the most beautiful movie music ever created - Somewhere in Time, Out of Africa, Dances with Wolves, Chaplin, Hanover Street

[@aaronwalderslade]

We couldn't wait to see that stunt. It was so highly anticipated. There were magazine articles about it, interviews with the stunt designer etc. (Same with the car going through the alley on two wheels.) When this film opened and we finally saw the barrel roll, the slide whistle was almost like "Here's that stunt you've all been waiting to see" and it kind of worked. It hasn't aged well. But at the time we didn't care.

[@superbowlofselfabuse]

My word. Over 8 years ago. You were a baby (as was I, frankly) but even then, and especially now, listening to you chat Bond is like Michael Jordan chatting basketball. Genuinely happy you and your channel exist for us Bond fans.

[@RC_Jev]

For me the worst moments was making Blofeld in Spectre transforming him from an over the top villainous mastermind to a man who tortured Bond over brotherly jealousy. And the climax where its pretty much like so...
Blofeld: "Kill me"
Bond: "Nah"

[@davidjames579]

Bond: "I'm good mate"

[@johncrawford5225]

They turned Spectre into an Austin Powers movie.

[@RC_Jev]

@@johncrawford5225 And they got inspiration from it too with Austin and Dr. Evil being twin brothers. But they changed it a little to think we wouldn’t notice but we did 🤣

[@TheSmart-CasualGamer]

11:30 A team of BIKINI-CLAD women performing cosmetic surgery on him!

[@TigerofRobare]

Re: 6) Considering how often MI6 Headquarters gets attacked, maybe M is in the field because her office is constantly being rebuilt.

[@SuperSailorOutlawGeorgeIshaq]

James Bond going Japanese sure beats Austin Powers wearing an absolutely ridiculous turtle costume and saying turtle every single bloody freaking time

[@doaftheloaf]

austin powers is intended as a parody of the bond series, so you should expect stuff like that. except spectre forgot and decided to make its villain a parody of dr. evil.

[@emiliodelbozo3155]

#1: The entire third act of Spectre.

[@BSCTDrayden]

I always interpreted the scene where Jaws falls in love as a parody of the overused love at first-sight scene. Otherwise, I agree with this list a lot! That bloody slide-whistle is easily the worst thing to happen to Bond.

[@rocky-o]

tanya roberts opening her mouth to say anything....

[@picasso114]

I’m so happy you put that slide whistle at #1. A man risked his life in that car for what? This? They should edit out that sound in future releases.
I’m also happy you didn’t include Moore dressed as a clown, as it does appear on many lists of unbondlike moments. Love that part. It’s a clever disguise to obscure his face from police on the fly.

[@gooondie]

Calvin!! You should the "top 10 best lines from bond villains" as a list!! One of my favorites is "may I press you to a cucumber sandwich?" lol

[@doaftheloaf]

number 1 would have to be "no mr. bond, i expect you to die." - auric goldfinger

[@gkroll8467]

drax was a wimp not as bad as blofeld dressing up in drag to leave vegas

[@rustyshackelford9156]

"Mr. Bond you defy all my attempts to plan an amusing death for you"
😂😂

[@davidjames579]

@@rustyshackelford9156 "Mr Bond, you return with the tedious inevitability of an unloved season". Drax could have made a fortune writing Birthday cards.

[@mididude39]

I think the most stupid one was Kananga Blowing up like a balloon in LALD. someone earlier talked about the windsurfing scene at the beginning of DAD, but they could have been thinking about the surfing scene at the beginning with Laird Hamilton?

[@MattMcIrvin]

That was the one I was going to mention. Also, maybe Bond in clown makeup in Octopussy, though honestly that seems like Bond actually doing spy stuff more than he usually does, so maybe it's not stupid at all.

[@ringozeitgeist]

@@MattMcIrvin Except you know that it would have taken him well over an hour to get into costume and make-up, not the 30 seconds it shows in the movie.

[@th3lonef0x4]

Maybe the Jaws romance scene was supposed to be a parody of the cliché.

[@RogersRoyal]

Two words: Invisible Car
INVISIBLE CAR!!!!

[@mariakelly5]

RogersRoyal Even Sir Roger Moore thought that car was stupid!

[@thevoid99]

dude, what about the... invisible car?

[@gkroll8467]

another crap moment dont forget madonnas horrible song and then to make matters worse she had to be in it even in a small part terrible nothing worse than an aging whore who still thinks shes sexy and how many years ago was that film

[@rustyshackelford9156]

This one physically hurt me when I saw it on screen. Pierce Brosnan looks the most like Bond IMO and he's a good actor but his films were too ridiculous and they're not aging well.

[@Antihero297]

I thought Toby Stephens was going to be a pretty decent villain, until I realised he was supposed to be a Korean man who turned white.

[@baronvg]

I would argue that the windsurfing scene didn't deserve #1 for the same reason the Slidewhistle was. Because I really believe that had the windsurfing scene been REAL, real stunts, real people, real water, real ice (obviously I don't expect the producers to go scouting for the largest surf in the history of mankind or to even create one, although it IS Bond). Doing it for real would have turned it from one of the worst moments to possibly one of the best moments.

[@DeadPixel1105]

In the original novel version of "Dr. No", it's a giant toxic tropical centipede that crawls on Bond while in bed, rather than a spider. Those huge tropical centipedes are extremely lethal to humans, so the tension of that scene actually makes sense in the novel. I assume they changed it to a tarantula in the film because a tarantula is much easier to acquire than a giant tropical centipede, and a tarantula is a lot safer since they aren't lethally toxic like those big centipedes.

[@CocainBuzz]

Okay that's creepy asf

[@helgaratbone1691]

Tarzan yell in Octopussy bugs me. That would be high on my list.

[@notsocialatall]

I love the double take pigeon lol

[@calvindyson]

He (or she) is the unsung hero of the franchise.

[@notsocialatall]

As you said before, it's so stupid it's good

[@davidjames579]

@@notsocialatall It's like a trick a kid who's been let loose on Adobe Premier does. "I can make it's head move!"

[@theearthmovesagain]

I do not remember the man's name from off the top of my head but, I remember watching a short interview over twenty years ago in the early 90's of an early snowboarding champion and innovator, before it was so mainstream and what it is now, who said he was originally influenced to start snowboarding because he had seen it first in the pretitle sequence of "A View to a Kill". I have since thought, if we did not have Bond's brief moment at snowboarding, then we would not have had this champion, and snowboarding itself may have become relegated to perhaps one of history's passing fads like hacky-sack or trolls are from that same time. And we only thought these Bond films were just meant to just entertain us mindlessly, eh?

[@RegularGirl79]

Even Tiger Tanaka from You Only Live Twice did a better job hiding himself as appose to M. He states. "In my position it would be most unwise"

[@al007italia]

1. Half of these & the dishonorable mention, are from the Roger Moore era. I think that says something about the direction they took during that period.
2. Another thing about the tarantula is the fact that at times you can see there is something separating Bond from the tarantula.

[@ringozeitgeist]

For my money, the only Moore-era Bond film that's any good is "For Your Eyes Only."

[@jenniferschillig3768]

I have a strong feeling that the only reason Christmas Jones was in TWINE at all was to have a girl Bond could be in bed with at the end. That's the real issue with TWINE, as good as most of it was...it had a split personality. The makers were dipping their toes in the idea of a more serious Bond, which Pierce Brosnan did pull off admirably, but pre-Daniel Craig, they weren't ready to take it as far as it might go, so we still have the quippy ending with Bond in a girl's arms. You'll notice that none of Craig's first three Bond movies have the "Oh, James" ending...you know, where Bond's in the arms of some woman making sly sexual double-entendres. By that point, the new people in charge were willing to push the envelope and try something new. Just imagine how much more effective TWINE would have been if its makers had been that daring...there would have been no Christmas Jones, and the ending would have been Bond and M consoling each other over a drink, each affected by Electra's betrayal. In short, somewhere in TWINE is a Daniel Craig Bond movie trying to get out.

[@martysmovies7892]

Yeah I always thought the ending should be Bond and M back in Scotland at the King family grave.

[@poppaspank]

Excellent list. I agree with everyone who mentioned the villain who inflated, floats up like a balloon and explodes.
But the one I was most expecting was "bald man in wheel chair dropped down chimney after offering Bond a delicatessen in stainless steel". "In jokes" don't work if no one can possibly understand the reference, no matter how funny the producers thought it was.

[@walterwhitejr.445]

I forgave a lot of crap over the years with many franchises (you don't grow up watching Doctor Who avidly without some advanced degree of the willing suspension of disbelief), but that windsurfing moment was so unbelievable as to be insulting.
Doctor Who managed the same feat with "Kill the Moon", where the moon itself turns out to be a giant egg that hatches and immediately lays an identical moon-egg in its place. (And I don't care if that is a spoiler for someone, you should be thankful for being spared any need to watch that monstrosity.) It really kills a franchise to have those running the show be that insulting to the audience - I stopped eagerly looking forward to new Bond films until "Casino Royale" thankfully redeemed the series (although the personally unwatchable "Quantum of Solace" made me leery again), and I stopped watching Doctor Who as soon as each episode dropped after the whole moon bit. That faith-shattering aspect is why I would rank the windsurfing bit as an uncontestable number one worst Bond moment.

[@triplejazzmusicisall1883]

I was too going to make a Doctor Who reference and then I changed my mind thinking that most of the viewers will be American and not that familiar with Doctor Who.
So I suppose I have three points I wish to make.
1. Yay fantastic another DW fan who also is a James Bond fan.
2. I agree with your views on Kill the Moon - what a shocker. I mean Who was never that great with the Science but this was an all time low.
3. I also share you view on the windsurfing. Woeful effects even for that time considering the budget these movies got allocated.
I mean as much as DW is derided for it's special effects, they only in the 60's and 70's had a production team consisting of about 12 people and a budget that barely
would have covered the lunch breaks (if they were even provided). DW for its pathetic budget and intense scheduling actually pulled off some amazing effects for the
time it was aired. It's just that we tend to remember the worse. The 1960's I think only had about 8 staff work on the show EIGHT!
Anyway with sincerity and no sucking up I found it a treat to read your post as it echoes all my thoughts as well. Cheers from Australia

[@triplejazzmusicisall1883]

@@walterwhitejr.445 Yes good points. Here is 15 seconds of Tom being Tom!
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Have you been buying the special season box editions? It's hard as they are always managing ways to bribe fans into spending more and more money.
Just for fun if like you can answer these if you wish. No pressure though..
Favourite episode:
Favourite Doctor (Classic series):
Favourite Doctor (Modern series):
Favourite Companion across all Who?
Story epsiode you hate the most?
Cheerio Walter

[@TheNathanScot]

lol
I KNEW the Bond / Mayday bed scene would be on here when I saw the title of the video! I laughed my ass off when it clocked in at #7. A hearty thumbs up to Calvin on this one.

[@MechaBeej]

Can't believe noone has mentioned Margaret Thatcher at the end of For your eyes only, it makes me cringe every time.

[@martysmovies7892]

For Your Eyes Only is my favorite Moore Bond film but it has the worst opening and closing scenes of his films!

[@daxmiller35]

No Dalton or Lazenby. Those movies were taken a tad more seriously, and I think they were--in many ways--better results

[@brutallyhonest123]

The Dalton films were ahead of their time. People needed the Brosnan bridge to bring them to serious action film territory.

[@gkroll8467]

a better actor in each could have made them even better

[@MrPaulmorris7777]

Lazenbys dubbed voice is a shocker.

[@gkroll8467]

either I forgot about that or dont remember saw him in a cameo in kentucky fried movie before the zuckers did airplane some pretty tasteless but funny shit which you could never get away with these pc days any way hes in a small bit called thats armegedon take off on distaster films he sounded the same or maybe they went to the trouble in dubbing his voice in this not as famous film@@MrPaulmorris7777

[@samuelstephens6163]

Dalton's two are in my top 5. Dr. No, Thunderball, and Live and Let Die are my other three.

[@BramClaes]

I think the spider scene was actually pretty damn good and genuinly frightening. I don't really mind the fact that tarantulas aren't that venomous, because just about every movie has similar factual errors, just don't think about it too much. Besides, there are similar looking spiders who actually are dangerous, so you could always pretend it is one of those species

[@seadragondrawings7843]

Bram Claes err no there’s not that scene is stupid.

[@timokautto9815]

Yes, I totally agree. It is clear in that scene that Bond HATES (read H-A-T-E-S) big spiders, and yes some people can be allergic to the bites and yes you can actually die if U are really unlucky. But the main thing is, NOBODY wants to take a bite from a thing like that - or would U?

[@thevoid99]

honestly, i found that scene scary as well.... i'm afraid of spiders.

[@porflepopnecker4376]

Good scene, not stupid.

[@rocketcon]

That tarantula part was great. The loud music and Bond hitting it was intended to be funny, to allow to audience to laugh and release all that tension from the scary scene. In the book it was actually a poisonous centipede, but spiders are easier to obtain and use on a film set.

[@SenorTucano]

The spider in Dr No was supposed to be the very deadly Australian Funnel Web spider (which looks very similar to a tarantula).

[@chrissonofpear1384]

Hmm, so they were trying to imply that, in the film? As it was not in the book?

[@edp2260]

I agree with your #1. What a great stunt and a great scene to be RUINED by a slide whistle! The bond stunts are best when they are real, and this one appears to be real. The set-up to the jump is well done too. Great driving sequences, plus the reactions from passenger in the car, Sheriff J.W. Pepper!

[@rollercoaster478]

About Number6 - I have to agree that it was a bit ridiculous that she went all the way to Bolivia or Russia to have a little conversation with Bond, and even more ridiculous to go to Italy to interrogate Mr.White, but it can all be explained -
1)Bolivia - she went there personally because she wanted to take control of Bond and she could not do it behind her desk. Sending agents to take him home would not work, since he is the best agent.
2) Italy - Mr.White is a part of a mysterious organization, which manipulates and finances terrorism, but MI6 does not know a thing about them, since M is the head of Secret Service she maybe had to take the lead and do it herself. Take account of the fact that she thought it was a totally secret base and that Head of MI6 had to do more than just sitting by the desk.
3) Russia - She was afraid Bond was unstable. I dont know, russia is hard to explain even for me :(
4) Die Another Day - it was a matter of international security, head of CIA was there and since M probably wanted to be well informed and in control, she could not have done it through a phone.

[@declansheehan1768]

The slide whsitle doesn't really ruin the moment for me but I would prefer it if it wasn't there to begin with. Wouldn't it have been appropriate for the Bond theme to kick in right as the car went into the air?

[@gkroll8467]

great scene never should have put the freaking slide whistle no cgi amazing stunt looks too perfect an underrated film gun

[@gkroll8467]

although the car that turns into an airplane model not great

[@budgiecat9039]

the "dun dun! boom! dun dun!" intro part of the Bond theme woulda worked better. Or just actual silence with the moter revving

[@davidjames579]

@@budgiecat9039 Followed by Nobody Does It Better

[@helgaratbone1691]

The bond theme kicking in is what I imagine as well. That would have been bad ass

[@Blokewood3]

Plot Twist: Dr. No intended for the *cage* to be the assassination weapon. Dent misunderstood and used the spider inside.

[@kgldude]

Yeah, the barn scene with Pussy Galore from "Goldfinger" should've been here. I don't like going around saying that scenes in movies are "rapey" because a lot of the time they're not as bad as people make them out to be, but that one is absolutely a rape scene played like it isn't. It's even worse because it's what makes Galore change sides. It's the only really bad thing about an otherwise excellent movie.

[@GrosvnerMcaffrey]

Thunderball had a rapey moment in the steam shower scene

[@matthewperris]

Calvin swore a lot more in these old vids! 😂

[@LiberalSquared]

What's wrong with the Grace Jones scene? I agree she's too young for him, but most Bond girls are.

[@brendancskinner]

I didn't get it either? Also why too young? She was 37 in A view to a kill.

[@GrosvnerMcaffrey]

It's mostly just because moore was too old the man was almost 60 it just feels wrong thinking of a younger woman getting it on with a near senior citizen

[@martysmovies7892]

@@GrosvnerMcaffrey if thats the reason surely the end with Tanya Roberts who is seven years younger than Jones should be on the list.

[@GrosvnerMcaffrey]

@@martysmovies7892 7 isn't the same as 20

[@martysmovies7892]

@@GrosvnerMcaffrey I think you've misunderstood me. Tanya Roberts, the main Bond girl in A View to a Kill is 7 years younger than Grace Jones and 28 years younger than Roger Moore.

[@kyletitterton]

A girlfriend of mine who's a neutrino physics PhD genius says she loves the fact that Mayday just decides to bang Moore 'cos it's her taking charge. She reckons it probably wasn't even in the script.

[@buysideprussian]

Always assumed the 'tarantula' was meant to represent the brazilian wondering spider

[@GrosvnerMcaffrey]

Ironic because some men who get bit by those get raging almost painful hard on's

[@mcdornan1]

withsome of Sheriff J W Pepper's expressions, he looks a lot like Auric Goldfinger...

[@Anthony1uk]

None from Timothy Dalton or George Lazenby. meaning they are the best bonds....

[@user-yk3rx7ok1i]

Don't forget George Lazenby badly dubbed and unseccusefully pretending to be sir Hillary Bray, a... homosexual scientist on a kilt who is afraid of flying in OHMSS... Awfull

[@SeekerLancer]

Everything about the gondola scene is "what the hell" and the slide whistle ruins an otherwise awesome stunt, but at least they were Moore films where that kind of thing is almost expected.
The windsurfing Brosnan though... there's a reason the franchise needed a reboot.

[@Gamingnstuff131]

That horrible scene where Moneypenny having virtual sex with Bond should be on another dumbest Bond moments. Actually most of Die Another Day could be on a list of dumbest Bond moments.

[@NarokathCrimzonAE]

That intro reference to Goldfinger had me giggle.

[@k1productions87]

I just HAVE to know.... where did the moment where Space Marines engage in a Laser battle in present day 1979 rank on your list? 12? 13? I don't know, that moment was every bit as groan-enducing as the triple-taking pigeon.... or is it just me?

[@davidjames579]

If Drax can build, launch and sustain a Death Star in 1979, then NASA can have Space Marines.

[@crodo123]

when I saw that I had to pick my jaw off the floor. I was already fed up with moore movies but that was the last straw. worst moment by far.

[@crodo123]

@@davidjames579 well world governments can build, launch and sustain a space station and they don't have laser guns in space. why do you keep defending this? it's retarded.

[@k1productions87]

@@crodo123 And it took 31 launches (over 13 years) to build.... while Drax's space station was multiple times larger,... how the frak did they get it up there WITHOUT shuttles? Or wait, frak that, the habitable modules couldn't fit in a payload bay 10x the size of a shuttle cargo bay.

[@davidjames579]

@@crodo123 My point is Drax has a Death Star, and you're complaining about space marines! Also chill out. it's fiction. You'll give yourself a stroke at this rate.

[@jimmyboy7817]

I thought a low point was in Diamonds are Forever where Tiffany Case yells "Blow up your pants!" at a whiny kid.

[@MerlinParish]

Um....how about the spa scene from Thunderball? The one where Bond threatens to get a woman fired if she won't sleep with him, then corners her in a steam room?
Obviously I like James Bond movies or I wouldn't be watching this video, but I can still call a spade a spade.

[@sams9894]

Loved the Positively Shocking reference!

[@jamesporter2542]

I can think of a worse one for You Only Live Twice. The main Bond girls name is never mentioned in the film only in the credits.

[@tropicalcatdetective]

Venomous or not, my reaction to discovering a tarantula crawling on me in the middle of the night would have been exactly the same.

[@biggawinnacrapsa3870]

Admittedly, they could have gone with Gabrielle Anwar over Denise Richards, BUT you CLEARLY have DROPPED THE BALL and could replace any of about 6 of your picks with........drum roll.........the hand wave at the end of 'From Russia With Love'. I get nauseous just thinking about it.

[@LittenMandrake]

We need a revisited version of this list. Surely "Finish it" has topped even the slide whistle

[@burtha3]

There is, of course, one single Bond moment worse than the slide whistle. In QoS where where the film starts, then continues to the end... That.

[@calvindyson]

Too true, my friend!

[@porflepopnecker4376]

QoS has a great story and some really good scenes once you get over the bad editing.

[@doaftheloaf]

anything involving blofeld in spectre. i'd rather have the idiotic slide whistle with the best stunt of the series than to completely ruin the trademark villain of the series by literally making him a parody of a parody of himself. ian fleming would be appalled.

[@twrampage]

I keep on wondering if people saw the same movie that I did, QoS isn't good but I can name three Bond films that were worse; two of them (Golden Gun and Spectre) actually made me feel bored at times.

[@doaftheloaf]

@@twrampage there are a few bond films that left me disappointed, but only one left me angry - spectre. spectre just squats down and takes a big shit on the franchise. the franchise would be better off without it.;

[@andrewdevine3920]

Black tarantula: Don't play with my style I might sting ya!
And it will be really itchy and uncomfortable!

[@saltystick_99]

My headcanon for the Tarantula scene in Dr. No was that the titular villain did some scientific bull to make the Tarantula poisonous.

[@antoniodiavolo]

For me I always just assumed that it was a fictional type of tarantula that was venomous

[@saltystick_99]

@@antoniodiavolo Either one could work

[@johnduncan4108]

the spider was actually a very poisonous giant centipede in the book

[@Clarkthek]

Still not deadly.

[@uselessDM]

@@Clarkthek Well, I guess you could get away with a centipede because noone really knows how poisinous it might be, but it's pretty well known that tarantulas aren't really dangerous.
But in reality of course the scene probably worked perfectly when the movie came out and such things probably weren't common knowledge.

[@MrDanAng1]

Some centipedes have insanely painful bites, but I don't think there is any lethal ones, so the scene still doesn't make sense in the book.

[@simonbrunner3062]

Spider or centipede, why would they bite a mammal that's A) way too big to be prey and B) sound asleep in the first place? Before Bond started beating it to death, it had no reason to attack whatsoever.

[@davidjames579]

@@simonbrunner3062 Because scary looking animals are crazy?

[@SuperJM9]

Blofeld in drag in Diamonds are Forever would have to come near the top for me. It was a terrible destruction of what had been such a menacing character in From Russia with Love and Thunderball. The jungle chase in Octopussy is also pretty bad. It contains moments such as Bond escaping from a tiger by telling it to 'sit', and Bond swinging across the jungle yelling like Tarzan. The car driving away without Bond for no reason in The Man with the Golden Gun is another one that comes to mind.

[@ninjabluefyre3815]

SuperJM9 I think it was better because Charles "just a jump to the left" Grey can pull off the campy Blofeld.

[@doaftheloaf]

blofeld in drag did less damage to the character than spectre did.

[@gkroll8467]

heres blofeld the best villian in the world reduced to going drag to get out and whats the point in having him suddenly with hair must have one of the many operations down there that got screwed up

[@michaeldemus6666]

Concerning #6, also Bernard Lee's M would show up in the field every now and then, like TSWLM (Egypt, together with General Gogol!), TMWTGG: Hongkong on the QE2-wreck, in LALS he even enters quite uselessly Bond's apartment with Moneypenny in his wake. Later, in TLD's teaser / pre-title sequence, M is instructing the 00-agents about the Gibraltar exercise, then again in LTK, M shows up at Key West to revoke Bond's licence. So... looks like all the Ms are rambling quite a bit, doesn't it? :-)

[@RJSRdg]

Queen Elizabeth, not QE2 - the QE2 was only a few years in service at the time!

[@blythjc]

The Tarzan yell when swinging on a vine in one of the Moore films should be high on this list.