{"id":11884,"date":"2012-10-25T11:29:44","date_gmt":"2012-10-25T11:29:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wonderlandmagazine.com\/?p=11884"},"modified":"2012-10-25T11:30:21","modified_gmt":"2012-10-25T11:30:21","slug":"best-worst-james-bond-moments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wonderlandmagazine.com\/2012\/10\/25\/best-worst-james-bond-moments\/","title":{"rendered":"BEST &#038; WORST:  James Bond moments"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>With Skyfall making its debut tomorrow, we round up the best and worst moments in the James Bond franchise. Warning: features parachute surfing, gondola hovercrafts and Sean Connery&#8217;s best lines ever. <\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><strong>BEST<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;ve tried eschewing the typical &#8220;girls, guns and car chases&#8221; that traditionally make 007 great and focus on less conventional standout moments of the Bond empire. And no, it&#8217;s not just Daniel Craig in swimwear. <\/p>\n<p><em>1. Sean Connery in pretty much everything<\/em><\/p>\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/0t1_usmB30s\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s a reason why Connery is considered the best Bond by some. Even while meeting ludicrously named women (Plenty O&#8217;Toole, anyone?) or delivering Carry On-esque one-liners, Connery manages to rise about the waft of cheese to ooze sheer unadulterated sex appeal. Gravelly-voiced Scotsmen never go out of style, it seems.  <\/p>\n<p><em>2. James Bond leaps into the 21st century with Casino Royale<\/em><\/p>\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/iZxNbAwY_rk\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>After the runaway success of Jason Bourne, the 007 franchise was challenged to produce a meaner, leaner Bond &#8211; and when Daniel Craig was cast, the naysayers came out. A beta-male blond Bond in tiny swim shorts? No thanks. Thank god Daniel Craig bulked up and delivered. He comes off as the athletic, physically-trained super spy Bond is meant to be &#8211; even if he is wearing a tropical shirt.<\/p>\n<p><em>3. The Queen finally meets her most loyal subject <\/em><\/p>\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/xW5abat5NEU\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>OK, so this isn&#8217;t actually in a James Bond film. But after years of whispers that the franchise was dead in the water, this was one way to very visibling that Bond wasn&#8217;t dead: by having him pop up in the most-watched Olympic ceremony of all time. Plus, you know, corgis. <\/p>\n<p><strong>WORST<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s worth remembering that James Bond wasn&#8217;t always the sleek, efficient killer played by Daniel Craig. In fact, watch any Bond film back and you&#8217;re sure to find cringeworthy scenes like the ones below. Just embrace the cheese &#8211; America may have Jason Bourne, but we&#8217;ll always have Pierce Brosnan parachute surfing over icebergs. <\/p>\n<p><em>1. The gondola hovercraft in Moonraker<\/em><\/p>\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_0uCz7XdcN8\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>When you&#8217;re planning your next 007 marathon, you might want to skip over Moonraker, Roger Moore&#8217;s fourth outing in the Bond franchise. While most older Bond films will inevitably jar thanks to a combination of vintage sexism, shoddy special effects and ill-judged racism (Odd-Job, anyone?), Moonraker is just objectively awful. Even the most capable 21st century FX team could not make a gondola hovercraft look cool. <\/p>\n<p><em>2. Pierce Brosnan surfs a tsunami in Die Another Day <\/em><\/p>\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/6w6FV8P7HXg\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>James Bond is meant to be the epitome of a cool, suave killing machine. You know what&#8217;s not cool? Parachute surfing. It&#8217;s parachute jumping for cowards and gap year tourists on overcrowded Thai beaches.  <\/p>\n<p><em>3. Kananga&#8217;s death in Live And Let Die<\/em><\/p>\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Myc6HpJzgaU\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Live And Let Die was a very weird Bond movie: less secret agent spy fun and more blaxploitation tribute that wound up being, well, a little bit racist &#8211; especially considering its hero wasn&#8217;t Pam Grier and was actually a white Englishman. (Come on, one of the cars in it is called a &#8220;pimpmobile&#8221;.) But in terms of sheer ludicrousness, nothing beats main villain Kananga&#8217;s death scene. Instead of a satisfying dismemberment or a quip-filled shoot-out, Bond forces him to swallow a shark gun pellet, whereupon Kananga literally balloons and then explodes. What? <\/p>\n<p><em>Skyfall comes out on Friday. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.skyfall-movie.com\/\">www.skyfall-movie.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Words: Zing Tsjeng<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With Skyfall making its debut tomorrow, we round up the best and worst moments in the James Bond franchise. 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