James Bond : Bond PTS Tournament Round 1: Goldfinger vs The World Is Not Enough

Predictably TND went through in the last match up. NSNA is out.

Next matchup,

Goldfinger vs The World Is Not Enough.

Goldfinger has the fairly iconic fight that ends in a "shocking" moment. A cracking little mini movie, plastic Seagull not withstanding.

TWINE has of course, the massive boat chase on the Thames. I may be wrong on this one, but I am sure this is the longest PTS in any of the Bond films to date. As, I keep telling my Wife, length isnt always a guarantee of quality, but this opening scene is excellent.

If it was a match up between the two films as a whole there would be no contest, but.

My pick: The World Is Not Enough

TWINE.

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Verily I say unto thee..GF of course, within seconds of the opening Bond kicks a guy in the face and that wasn't as common to see in the 60's as it is now.

GOLDFINGER.

The PTS for TWINE is nice, and I like the fact that it takes place in London, but it's too long, as a PTS is not supposed to be half of the movie.

GOLDFINGER all the way. A movie within a movie, showing the essence of Bond. Shocking, positively shocking. The best PTS of them all.

Whereas TWINE's PTS is, well, part of TWINE. Overblown, overlong, underwhelming.


Ceterum censeo OCTOPUSSY esse delendam.

TWINE. One of the best parts of the movie.

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GOLDFINGER all the way. A movie within a movie, showing the essence of Bond. Shocking, positively shocking. The best PTS of them all.

Whereas TWINE's PTS is, well, part of TWINE. Overblown, overlong, underwhelming.

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Yep. (Although there are a couple of PTS I like better.)

So Goldfinger it is.




Send her to the snakes!

Goldfinger, of course. More than fairly iconic, there are few scenes in Bonddom that are moreso. Perfectly executed, often homaged, never surpassed, for the most part.

The World is Not Enough is ambitious enough, but is flawed in its disjointedness (Bilbao was cohesive but underwhelming in test screening, so London was butchered then tacked on for impact.) Not to mention, the stupidity of the waves in the face for the driver of the mini-boat always annoys me. Though, plenty of impressive components throughout, such as the score. Just, some are less than the sum of their parts.

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Goldfinger is probably my favorite PTS of the series. A perfect little Bond short-film.

Many should know my thoughts on TWINE but those who don't just be aware that I don't have many good things to say. Even if the boat chase is one of its better parts.

TWINE

I love the Bank scene.

I'm starting to sweat with all these TWINE votes

Even though the GF PTS is classic Bond, I gotta go with TWINE. Combined with Arnold's off-the-charts score the whole sequence just pulsates with excitement from first scene to last. The rest of the movie would never be able to live up to this sequence, and rightly so. That sequence alone was worth the price of admission, multiple admissions even, never mind the rest of the film.

Folks were ecstatic about the SP PTS but I'm personally much more ecstatic about this one.

Connery, Moore, and Brosnan! Accept NO substitutes!

As charming as the Cigar Girl is I have to vote for Goldfinger. From being able to conceal a tuxedo with white dinner jacket under a wetsuit to the "Shocking. Positively shocking." moment it's one of the very best.

GF without a doubt. If there's one scene you wanted to pick to show people the essence of James Bond, that's it, which makes it the perfect PTS.

Hell, I'll go with TWINE. But it's not a fair contest, really. TWINE was the 19th Bond film and was made 35 years after GF, so its PTS came with a different set of expectations. It's only logical that it would have more to offer than GF's PTS.

That said, GF's PTS fight scene is one of my favorites. Better than FRWL's train fight. It feels utterly violent and relentless, especially when Bond pushes Capungo toward the tub. To me, that bit feels so real; it has this latent sensation of real danger, that feeling that someone is going to get really badly hurt any second.

DING DING DING !!! 24 HOURS !!!
It's time for the next tournament ! (Yeah I know, I'm a bit too much into it

By the way how do you decide the contestants of each tournament ?

Voting is closed. Goldfinger is through.

By the way Thylacine I just pick them randomly. Every PTS sequence has some merit so there isnt ant real need for seeding.

Ok Thanks ;-) I was just wondering.

That was too close.

Phil, you better hurry with the remainderor we may never find out the truth and have to rely on alternative facts.


Ceterum censeo OCTOPUSSY esse delendam.

Ha, I will do my best!

Goldfinger

Attempted voter fraud.

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shepardjessica-1, you old fraud.