Line #2 Awesome/Spectre


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2	[[caption-width-right:350:And that stunt was done for real.]]
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4	* The opening scene has Bond tracking an assassin in Mexico City. In the process, he struggles to hijack a helicopter and the helicopter does several ''barrel rolls'' (which were done for real) as Bond kicks the assassin as well as the pilot out of the chopper to their deaths. It also rises straight up while tilted 90 degrees (which is literally impossible for helicopters to do, but when you accept the laws of action movie physics, it's an awesome scene).
5	** The TitleSequence that plays afterwards is simply beautiful.
6	** And let's not forget that the first five minutes of the movie (up until Bond sets up the scope for his rifle) was one long, glorified ''[[TheOner tracking shot]]'' during during a Día de Muertos parade. From the streets, to the hotel room, going outside, and seeing 007 walk on rooftops like it was yesterday's business. All one shot.
7	*** Even better? It's ''not'' one shot. The editing is just that damn good that the viewer can't see where the shots have been joined together.
8	** And before all that, the return of the gun barrel sequence to the beginning of the film, complete with the Bond theme itself to get you jazzed up.
9	* A posthumous example from Judi Dench's M. Sometime off-screen during the events of ''Film/{{Skyfall}}'', she recorded a tape for Bond, requesting that he hunt down and kill Sciarra. As she had likely already discovered Spectre's existence, she made it her ultimate mission to undo the organization's global influence by having all of its members eliminated, even if she wasn't going to be around to see it. James even lampshades this in his conversation with Moneypenny.
10	-->'''Bond:''' [[TheDeterminator She wasn't going to let death get in the way of her job.]]
11	* The car chase in Rome between Bond and Hinx. It all culminates in Bond ejecting from the car after causing it to crash into the water.
12	** Points for Hinx in particular. Through sheer persistence and the use of a car that's faster than Bond's, he manages to keep up with 007 and isn't too fazed by the rear mounted flamethrower which Bond roasts his front end with.
13	** The fact that Bond's spy car this time isn't just a modified version of a normal car, but a bespoke model made especially for the film. Aston Martin even gave the vehicle the tagline, "Built for Bond."
14	* The chase in Austria, where Bond pursues Madeleine's kidnappers and Hinx using a plane.
15	** Bond gets one for managing to gradually pick off the Land Rovers one by one with his unarmed turboprop plane and thinking quickly when its wings get torn off. He uses it as a makeshift bobsled and after crashing through a barn, uses it to interdict Hinx's Ranger Rover.
16	** Not to mention Mr Hinx, when he sees Bond pursuing him with a turboprop plane, he doesn't panic and almost calmly winds down the window after Bond shoots at his Range Rover, sticks his [[HandCannon own gun]] out and promptly begins tearing through the fuselage with a hail of .45 ACP lead like a boss.
17	* The train fight between Bond and Hinx. Madeleine manages to wound Hinx, and Bond hangs Hinx and throws him out of the train to his death.
18	** Hinx manages to dominate the fight against Bond. In his previous films, Bond has persevered in his unarmed combat fights with his enemies. That's not the case here, with Mr Hinx surviving a candle setting his dinner jacket on fire, dodging Bond's swipe with a corkscrew and taking it out of play by ramming it into the bar and generally tossing around 007 like a ragdoll.
19	* Hinx in general is a walking villainous CMOA. He's the first henchman in the Craig continuity to give Bond a genuine run for his money and give as good as he gets. He also comes seconds away from killing 007 and would have succeeded had it not been for Swann's timely intervention. It's even possible that he might have survived, as [[UncertainDoom we don't actually see him die onscreen]], and Dave Bautista has implied he'd be willing to return to the role again.
20	* At Oberhauser's SupervillainLair in Morocco, Bond manages to escape from his ColdBloodedTorture with help from Madeleine, then blows up the entire facility by shooting one of the gas lines, all the while shooting {{Mooks}} left, right and center.
21	** One for Madeline for managing to catch on to what the Omega Seamaster 300 really was and tossing it at Blofeld, who gets blown clean out of his chair by the bomb and knocked unconscious; he gets his iconic scar later in the movie.
22	* And lastly, we have the entire final battle in London. To clarify:
23	** M [[TookALevelInBadass takes a level in badass]] and fights Max, who he sends [[DisneyVillainDeath falling from the top floor of the building to his death]]. At the same time, [Q manages to disable the Nine Eyes program.
24	--->'''M:''' Not a good feeling being watched, is it? \
25	'''Max:''' Don't tell me you're responsible for this. \
26	'''M:''' No, but my quartermaster is. (''[[SoProudOfYou turns to Q with pride]]'') And he's extremely talented. \
27	'''Max:''' [[SarcasmMode Oh bravo.]] But in case you hadn't realized it, you two are out of a job. So you're trespassing. \
28	'''M:''' I'm afraid you got the wrong end of the stick, Max. We're going to stop this system going online, and then I'm going to bring you in. \
29	'''Max:''' On what grounds exactly? \
30	'''M:''' Poor taste in friends.
31	*** Not so much take a level as remind everyone that he ''is'' a badass. He is a retired SAS colonel after all.
32	*** The build-up to the scene itself makes it all the more satisfying, as M is constantly being told by Max how obsolete he -- as well as the 00 program in general -- are becoming as well as his own agents going behind his back. Once the restraints are loose, M with full control with his agents quickly shows Max just how pissing him off is very much a bad idea, starting with taking the bullets from Max's gun. If anything, the final act reminds us that [[AsskickingLeadsToLeadership this M got his position for a damn good reason]].
33	---->'''Max:''' [[StrawNihilist Take a look at the world; chaos.]] Because people like you, paper-pushers and politicians, [[KnightTemplar are too spineless to do what needs to be done]]. So I made an alliance to put the power where it should be, and [[TheEvilsOfFreeWill now you want to throw it away for the sake of democracy, whatever the hell that is?]] How predictably moronic. (''takes out his handgun and points it at M'') But then isn't that what 'M' stands for; "Moron"? (''pulls trigger, realises the gun is unloaded'')\
34	'''M:''' (''[[ItWorksBetterWithBullets opens his hand to reveal he'd already removed the magazine]]'') And now we know what 'C' stands for. ''[[ShutUpHannibal Careless.]]''
35	** Bond subdues his captors by ''shooting them with his hands tied and vision obscured by a hood'', then enters the ruins of the [=MI6=] building, where he rescues Madeleine in the nick of time just before the whole building explodes.
36	*** His [[TheDeterminator desperation and determination]] to rescue Madeline, period, as shown from the moment he takes off running full-tilt through the building, [[SayMyName screaming her name]]. The man is just ''fed up'' with losing people that he cares about and will ''not'' let it happen this time.
37	*** And just how does he rescue her from several stories up with less than a minute before the building explodes? He ''picks her up and jumps down a huge hole through the center of the building from the fourth or fifth floor all the way to a net in the basement.''
38	** The boat chase. Bond manages to ''[[ImprobableAimingSkills shoot down]] Blofeld's chopper from a few hundred meters away from a speedboat'', with his trusted PPK, causing it to crash. ([[ThemeMusicPowerUp And a bit of the James Bond theme plays while he does this]]!) He later [[NotWorthKilling throws his gun away and leaves Blofeld to be arrested by M]], since he's "out of bullets".
39	** Bonus points for the weapon he uses being his .32 Walther PPK and pulling off the shot with iron sights, from a distance, at night, from a fast-moving boat.
40	* The ending. For the first time in the Daniel Craig movies, the Bond girl stays with Bond alive and doesn't depart.
41	* Q gets into an ActionSurvivor mode when in Austria, successfully outmaneuvering henchmen on his own. And then he manages to single-handedly take down Nine Eyes and Spectre's intelligence system.
42	* Oberhauser provides one just by speaking one special name:
43	-->'''Oberhauser:''' [[ThatManIsDead Franz Oberhauser died twenty years ago]], James, in an avalanche alongside his father. The man you are talking to now, the man inside your head, is [[CanonCharacterAllAlong Ernst Stavro Blofeld]].
44	* Oberhauser's plan in general. No inefficient and ridiculous [=WMDs=] like his previous incarnations in this film. Instead, he comes seconds away from stealing the collective intel gathered by the world's intelligence services through cultivating an asset and helping him get into a position where a global surveillance system that has been compromised with a back door could be implemented. As a bonus for a short period, he manages to put [=MI6=] and Bond out of business and cause more damage to them than the previous versions of Blofeld ever did.

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