20 Perfect Shots From Oscar Winning Movies

15. Skyfall - Shanghai Fight

Skyfall Shanghai Fight
MGM

Of course the work of Roger Deakins was going to show up in this list sooner or later, and one of his best recent efforts was his sublime, Oscar-nominated work in Bond flick Skyfall.

There are a ton of memorable shots, but the sure winner is the eye-melting beauty of Bond's (Daniel Craig) trip to Shanghai, where he tracks a mercenary down to a skyscraper filled with surreal neon visuals of jellyfish.

The brief fight scene plays out in silhouette and is by far the most visually impressive fight sequence in the entire Bond saga, though that finale in Scotland comes pretty damn close as well.

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