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[Coconut]

There's a lot of unfortunate aspects to You Only Live Twice.

Sean Conneryin yellow face was pretty brutal.

 

[Bobby Roberts]

Was Dr. No the only Bond movie staring Sean Connery's actual hair?

I believe he was rocking a toupee even for that film, although I might have that wrong.

 

[Exterminieren]

All the sex puns are cringeworthy and all, but nothing beats the unabashed stupidity and confusion of.... ooh, everything Blofeld says and does in For Your Eyes Only. Culminating in the deathless...

I'll buy you a delicatessen! IN STAINLESS STEEL

 

[SturokBGD]

Diamonds Are Forever

Plenty O’Toole: “Hi, I’m Plenty.”
Bond: “But of course you are.”
Plenty O’Toole: “Plenty O’Toole.”
Bond: “Named after your father perhaps?"

But this is amazing.

 

[dan2026]

'My name is Mr Kil'
'That's a name to die for!'

 

[Jezbollah]

Diamonds Are Forever

Plenty O’Toole: “Hi, I’m Plenty.”
Bond: “But of course you are.”
Plenty O’Toole: “Plenty O’Toole.”
Bond: “Named after your father perhaps?"

You got "worst" confused with "best"

There's a lot of unfortunate aspects to You Only Live Twice.

Hey, that film gave Elon Musk the idea to land rockets!

 

[strobogo]

All the sex puns are cringeworthy and all, but nothing beats the unabashed stupidity and confusion of.... ooh, everything Blofeld says in For Your Eyes Only. Culminating in the deathless...

That line is allegedly some mob thing that was an inside joke for the Broccolis. But it is bizarre and hilarious, no doubt.


The Christmas comes ones a year line is the best line in that movie and does not belong in this thread. Likely, the worst line comes from a Brosnan movie or one of the many "Moore Bond knows every detail of any given subject" moments.

 

[Bobby Roberts]

All the sex puns are cringeworthy and all, but nothing beats the unabashed stupidity and confusion of....

This is pretty goddamned good.

For Your Eyes Only has its rep by way of being only mediocre in the shit-tier era that is Moore's run. I mean I guess you have to grade on a curve, but still, it's basically that movie and Spy Who Loved Me, and that's it. For Your Eyes Only is easily the lesser of the two.

 

[dofry]

"What a view..."

"...to a kill."

This.

At least all the awful sex puns make sense. This one is just a pointless way of forcing in the movie's name for really no reason.

Trivia for less informed. This was translated roughly as "What a view....Tokyo" by the Finnish TV translation services. Makes it an awesome line in the end.
edit: as I was searching about it online, I found out that also the sweds might have had the same mistake. Any Swedish here that can confirm this?

 

[djplaeskool]

I AM INWINCIBLE

 

[Peru]

From Russia With Love:
James Bond: "You're one of the most beautiful girls I've ever seen."
Tatiana: "Thank you, but I think my mouth is too big."
James Bond: "No, it's the right size... for me, that is."

This whole exchange is fucking stupid:

"Why do Chinese girls taste different from all other girls?"
"You think we better, huh?"
"No, just different. Like Peking duck is different from Russian caviar. But I love them both."
"Darling, I give you very best duck."

The first one here is definitely odd, but odd in an intriguingly weird, nonsensical way. I like it. The 'Christmas' joke in the op is a simple, very bad pun that's the sole reason for naming a main character.

The second has some of the same qualities, although the lighthearted racist overtones of the movie makes it a bit harder to endorse this kind of clownery ("In Japan women come second" etc). Oh Roald Dahl.

"What a view..."

"...to a kill."

This one is bad

 

[TAJ]

All the sex puns are cringeworthy and all, but nothing beats the unabashed stupidity and confusion of.... ooh, everything Blofeld says and does in For Your Eyes Only. Culminating in the deathless...

It was supposed to be stupid. They were trying to turn Blofeld into a joke. I find it amusing, if petty.

 

[RedShift]

i wonder if you could help me, i'm looking for dr goodhead
you just found her
a woman?

moonraker

Used to love in Adam and Joe's radio show when they'd constantly quote 'a woman?' and hide samples of it in songs.

 

[ComputerMKII]

From Casino Royale:

How did he die?
Your contact?
Not well.
Made you feel it, did he?
Well...
...you needn't worry.
The second is--
Yes.
Considerably.

I'm not sure if it's even bad but I just don't understand that part.

 

[Kinyou]

From Russia With Love:
James Bond: "You're one of the most beautiful girls I've ever seen."
Tatiana: "Thank you, but I think my mouth is too big."
James Bond: "No, it's the right size... for me, that is."

From Casino Royale:



I'm not sure if it's even bad but I just don't understand that part.

I also didn't get it at first, but it makes sense if the guy was about to say

"The second is easier"

 

[Peru]

From Casino Royale:



I'm not sure if it's even bad but I just don't understand that part.

Implied that the second kill is easier and Bond agrees as he makes the kill.

 

[Bobby Roberts]

The second has some of the same qualities, although the lighthearted racist overtones of the movie makes it a bit harder to endorse this kind of clownery ("In Japan women come second" etc). Oh Roald Dahl.

It's not just the racism, though. It's the shit attempt at worldliness (they have Connery do that "ah, I can tell by the taste what migrant hands picked the grapes that went into the making of this bordeaux from a tiny monastery in the belgian hinterlands blah blah later, I believe) they pack into such a short exchange that is just total horseshit. It's not even so much an entendre, it's that they wanted dudes in the audience to be super-impressed that he's all "eating you out reminds me of fish eggs and dead birds."

 

[Walter White Walker]

Tomorrow Never Dies:

Bond: "I always enjoyed learning a new tongue."

Moneypenny: "You always were a cunning linguist, James."

 

[RedShift]

From Casino Royale:



I'm not sure if it's even bad but I just don't understand that part.

I think it's pretty cool. The guy was about to say the second kill is easier. He was Bond's second kill.

 

[Broken Joystick]

James Bond: Weren't you a blonde when I came in?
Tiffany Case: Could be.
James Bond: I tend to notice little things like that - whether a girl is a blonde or a brunette.
Tiffany Case: Which do you prefer?
James Bond: Well, as long as the collar and cuffs match...

*rolls.eyes*

 

[Smithy C]

"Shocking."

 

[TAJ]

The first one here is definitely odd.

Eh... I've had the same thought. I'd just never say it out loud.

 

[LabouredSubterfuge]

"You know, Le Chiffre, this really is a Casino Royale"

Fuck me :lol:lol

 

[Bobby Roberts]

I think it's pretty cool. The guy was about to say the second kill is easier. He was Bond's second kill.

Yeah, that opening is slick because it completely subverts the expectations of the Bond one-liner. I really appreciated that.

By the way, isn't "Shocking. Positively shocking" considered to be the first of the classic one-liners? I never really liked that one, either.

 

[Empyrean Heaven]

For me, it has to be from The World is Not Enough, after bond screws Denise Richards:

"I thought Christmas only comes once a year."

I still remember watching the film in theaters and hearing the entire audience groan when he said that line.

What is yours?

They named her character Christmas for that ONE FUCKING JOKE.

That's how bad was for Brosnan as Bond. Seriously, TWINE and DAD have to be the two worst consecutive Bond films ever.

 

[Peru]

*rolls.eyes*

It really was hard for Austin Powers to come up with bond bane dialogue and names sillier than some real examples.

 

[Dan]

For me, it has to be from The World is Not Enough, after bond screws Denise Richards:

"I thought Christmas only comes once a year."

I still remember watching the film in theaters and hearing the entire audience groan when he said that line.

What is yours?

I've never been more proud of an audience than when my entire theatrical groaned at this line.

The second has some of the same qualities, although the lighthearted racist overtones of the movie makes it a bit harder to endorse this kind of clownery ("In Japan women come second" etc). Oh Roald Dahl.

Whoa, I had no idea Roald Dahl wrote a Bond film.

 

[QuicheFontaine]

"A Woman!"

edit: dammit Empty!

The way he delivers "A woman!" is priceless.

 

[AHA-Lambda]

"What a view..."

"...to a kill."

Holy shit that's bad XD

 

[Ophelion]

Implied that the second kill is easier and Bond agrees as he makes the kill.

Precisely. Everything about that opening scene was my favorite. Definitely not the worst anything in a James Bond film. Worst use of color, maybe?

I'm honestly not sure what the absolute worst was, but I'm almost certain it was uttered by Pierce Brosnan. God, his Bond films were just terrible. Not his fault I don't think. But they were unbelievably bad in retrospect.

 

[Kinyou]

The way he delivers "A woman!" is priceless.

I like how it takes him 5 seconds to comprehend this information

 

[StopMakingSense]

It was supposed to be stupid. They were trying to turn Blofeld into a joke. I find it amusing, if petty.

To elaborate, that was after the legal wrangling between EON and McClory turned south and EONs lawyers told them they couldn't use Blofeld/SPECTRE/etc. anymore, so it was a big "fuck you" to the other party by the Broccolis.

(it is super stupid though)

 

[ascii42]

"What a view..."

"...to a kill."

Yeah. Probably the worst title drop in any movie, as well. At least the sex puns and post-mortem one-liners generally made sense.

 

[Exterminieren]

It was supposed to be stupid. They were trying to turn Blofeld into a joke. I find it amusing, if petty.

The fact that it's meant to be stupid does not improve it. My viewing experience is not improved by Albert Broccoli figuratively cock-slapping Kevin McClory, no matter how intentionally shitty it was.

 

[Guerrillas in the Mist]

Precisely. Everything about that opening scene was my favorite. Definitely not the worst anything in a James Bond film. Worst use of color, maybe?

I'm honestly not sure what the absolute worst was, but I'm almost certain it was uttered by Pierce Brosnan. God, his Bond films were just terrible. Not his fault I don't think. But they were unbelievably bad in retrospect.

I want to agree, but Goldeneye is possibly my favourite Bond film.

Although it was originally written for Timothy Dalton, which would have made it even better.

 

[Jackpot]

Die Another Day

"Read that, BITCH!"

 

[TAJ]

The fact that it's meant to be stupid does not improve it. My viewing experience is not improved by Albert Broccoli figuratively cock-slapping Kevin McClory, no matter how intentionally shitty it was.

Now I'm going to picture that next time I see it. The scene just keeps getting better.

 

[thesoapster]

I can't find a clip, but from Die Another Day...Halle Berry's retort

Spoiler

after she kills Rosamund Pike's character

- "Read that, bitch!" (or something along those lines). Christ.

edit: beaten

 

[Penguin]

Yeah, that opening is slick because it completely subverts the expectations of the Bond one-liner. I really appreciated that.

By the way, isn't "Shocking. Positively shocking" considered to be the first of the classic one-liners? I never really liked that one, either.

Like a dagger through my heart Bobby!

I still use that in my life

 

[GoldenEye 007]

Everything about DAD after the first 30min were some of the worst things in the Bond franchise.

God I was so depressed after being hyped up in the 1st 30min.

 

[Beaulieu]

"men talk" *SMACK*
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NRaDQZGFdBs

 

[Bobby Roberts]

Like a dagger through my heart Bobby!

I still use that in my life

How many people you electrocute in any given week, man? Damn.

 

[Penguin]

How many people you electrocute in any given week, man? Damn.

Neither here nor there!

I'm not being judged here!

 

[-Deadpool-]

For me, it has to be from The World is Not Enough, after bond screws Denise Richards:

"I thought Christmas only comes once a year."

Soon as I saw the title I thought this, so I'm done here.

 

[StopMakingSense]

The World is Not Enough would have been such a better movie if they had hired anyone other than Denise Richards.

 

[Ophelion]

Neither here nor there!

I'm not being judged here!

I rather think you are at this point...

 

[TAJ]

How many people you electrocute in any given week, man? Damn.

My boss has electrocuted me three times in five years. He has zero knowledge of western pop culture so I'll never hear the line.

 

[lobdale]

OP nailed it.

 

[QuicheFontaine]

I like how it takes him 5 seconds to comprehend this information

Moore's Bond was such a male chauvinist. There's a bit in The Spy Who Loved Me where Jaws is tearing their car to pieces, but Bond finds the time to do some "women drivers eh?" shtick instead of helping in any way.

 

[Bobby Roberts]

My boss has electrocuted me three times in five years. He has zero knowledge of western pop culture so I'll never hear the line.

insult to injury