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The best James Bond movies

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Friday, August 15, 2008 11:08 AM

OPPYH


Just watched From Russia with Love.
I really enjoyed the villan(Robert Shaw).
Very well crafted Bond movie. Although Bond doesn't have too many action scenes throughout. 'Mostly he's just being a bad ass with good taste in Woman.


Here are my favorites...so far.

-The Spy Who Loved Me

-Moonraker(what can I say, Roger Moore rocks)

-From Russia with Love

I really hated Live, and let Die. My only disappointing Bond film so far.

What are your favorites?


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Friday, August 15, 2008 11:47 AM

LWAVES


Quote:
Originally posted by OPPYH:
Just watched From Russia with Love.
I really enjoyed the villan(Robert Shaw).
Very well crafted Bond movie. Although Bond doesn't have too many action scenes throughout. 'Mostly he's just being a bad ass with good taste in Woman.


Here are my favorites...so far.

-The Spy Who Loved Me

-Moonraker(what can I say, Roger Moore rocks)

-From Russia with Love

I really hated Live, and let Die. My only disappointing Bond film so far.

What are your favorites?



Not a huge fan of Live And Let Die myself, although I do like the theme tune a lot.

Faves would be:
You Only Live Twice
Thunderball

Followed by in no order:
Goldeneye
OHMSS
Licence To Kill
Goldfinger
Dr. No
Casino Royale
Diamonds Are Forever

Worst movie is A View To A Kill.



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Friday, August 15, 2008 11:53 AM

MSB


Golden Eye
Diamonds are Forever
Casino Royale
The World is Not Enough
The Spy Who Loved Me ( just keeping the British end up...cracks me up)

Those are in no particular order

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Friday, August 15, 2008 12:07 PM

OPPYH


How could I forget Casino Royale?
Great Bond film. I'm really looking forward to Quantum of Solace...or whatever it's called.

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Friday, August 15, 2008 12:23 PM

DAVESHAYNE


Everything with Connery. Also, "The Spy Who Loved Me" proabably the best of the bunch even if it does star inferior James Bond Moore. Stopped watching them during the Dalton era. Not so much because of the actor as I just got bored with the formula.

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Tuesday, August 19, 2008 10:02 AM

CHRISISALL


Tomorrow Never Dies, Goldfinger, Diamonds Are Forever, Thunderball, Goldeneye, & The World Is Not Enough are my favourites, and I like On Her Majesty's Secret Service quite a lot.

All, Chrisisall

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Tuesday, August 19, 2008 10:10 AM

REDDRAGON


The Connery years, followed by... (in no particular order)
Moonraker,Goldfinger, Diamonds Are Forever, Thunderball.


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Tuesday, August 19, 2008 10:16 AM

THESOMNAMBULIST


Not a big Bond fan, but given a rainy bank holiday -- I'd be in the mood for :

Thunderball (because of Domino)
Dr No (because of the location)
On her Majesties Secret Service (Best score!)
For Your Eyes Only (First Bond film I saw in the cinema, when I was a kid)
Living Daylights (I liked Dalton and the action in this one)
License to Kill (Great stunts!!!)
Tomorrow never dies (Well.... Michelle Yeoh)






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Tuesday, August 19, 2008 10:16 AM

CHRISISALL


Quote:
Originally posted by RedDragon:
The Connery years, followed by... (in no particular order)
Moonraker,Goldfinger, Diamonds Are Forever, Thunderball.


Aren't Goldfinger, Diamonds Are Forever, & Thunderball included in the Connery years?

Chrisisall

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Tuesday, August 19, 2008 10:19 AM

CHRISISALL


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Originally posted by TheSomnambulist:

On her Majesties Secret Service (Best score!)
Abso-gorram-lutely.

Barryisall

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Tuesday, August 19, 2008 10:22 AM

MSB


Hey Mythbusters just did a James Bond episode where they busted Bond myths...it was fun:)



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Tuesday, August 19, 2008 10:25 AM

REDDRAGON


Indeed they are chris, and the point is?
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Tuesday, August 19, 2008 10:44 AM

THESOMNAMBULIST


Originally posted by chrisisall:
Quote:
Tomorrow Never Dies, Goldfinger, Diamonds Are Forever, Thunderball, Goldeneye, & The World Is Not Enough are my favourites, and I like On Her Majesty's Secret Service quite a lot.


Clearly a Pierce fan eh?

:D

Fav Bond stunt 'C' ?


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Tuesday, August 19, 2008 10:57 AM

CHRISISALL


Quote:
Originally posted by TheSomnambulist:


Clearly a Pierce fan eh?
Yes, in fact I just bought season 2 of Remington Steele for it's....Bondish flavour.
Quote:



Fav Bond stunt 'C' ?

Wow, put me on the spot, Som..

I'm actually quite partial to the boat chase/crash/explosion in the beginning of World Is Not Enough, but for real human stuff, the one on one fight early on in On Her Majesty's Secret Service still makes me gasp.

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Tuesday, August 19, 2008 11:05 AM

CHRISISALL


Quote:
Originally posted by RedDragon:
Indeed they are chris, and the point is?
Well, you say the Connery years, followed by...Connery Bonds, and they should already have been cov-

nevermindisall



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Tuesday, August 19, 2008 11:08 AM

REDDRAGON


I see, so my being redundant is just a screw up on my part, thanks for pointing that out.

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Tuesday, August 19, 2008 11:15 AM

CHRISISALL


Quote:
Originally posted by RedDragon:
I see, so my being redundant is just a screw up on my part, thanks for pointing that out.

Hey- that's what us thread Nazis are here for...



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Tuesday, August 19, 2008 11:19 AM

REDDRAGON


No harm, no foul. It's all good.

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Tuesday, August 19, 2008 11:26 AM

CHRISISALL


Ahhh, here's my boy:




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Tuesday, August 19, 2008 1:07 PM

CHRISISALL


& here's OUR boy:


Chrisisall

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Tuesday, August 19, 2008 1:23 PM

THESOMNAMBULIST


Originally posted by chrisisall:
Quote:
Wow, put me on the spot, Som..

I'm actually quite partial to the boat chase/crash/explosion in the beginning of World Is Not Enough, but for real human stuff, the one on one fight early on in On Her Majesty's Secret Service still makes me gasp.


I don't remember the one from Her Majesty's Secret Service. Now I'm going to have to try and watch it to see what you're refering to.

I always liked the one on the cable car in 'Moonraker' (yeah I know) plus the car roll from Man with the Golden Gun.

However the Hercules, jeep, raft thing from Living Daylights is probably my fav....


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Tuesday, August 19, 2008 1:52 PM

CHRISISALL


Quote:
Originally posted by TheSomnambulist:

However the Hercules, jeep, raft thing from Living Daylights is probably my fav....

Didn't the idea for that come from Temple of Doom?

?Chrisisall

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Wednesday, August 20, 2008 12:05 AM

THESOMNAMBULIST


Originally posted by chrisisall:

Quote:
Didn't the idea for that come from Temple of Doom?


Could be. I hazard a guess and suggest that it was probably the same stunt men working on both anyway... Still good :D


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Wednesday, August 20, 2008 4:36 AM

FINN MAC CUMHAL


Quote:
Originally posted by OPPYH:
Just watched From Russia with Love.
I really enjoyed the villan(Robert Shaw).
Very well crafted Bond movie. Although Bond doesn't have too many action scenes throughout. 'Mostly he's just being a bad ass with good taste in Woman.


Here are my favorites...so far.

-The Spy Who Loved Me

-Moonraker(what can I say, Roger Moore rocks)

-From Russia with Love

I really hated Live, and let Die. My only disappointing Bond film so far.

What are your favorites?

Aw man, Moonraker sucked. It belongs on MST3000.

Now For Your Eyes Only, which followed Moonraker, was pretty good for Moore, but the best Bond films, by and large, are the Connery films and of them Goldfinger, From Russia With Love and of course Thunderball are the most preeminent of all Bond. Nothing yet compares to them, although a few have gotten close.


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Wednesday, August 20, 2008 4:46 AM

CHRISISALL


Quote:
Originally posted by Finn mac Cumhal:

Aw man, Moonraker sucked. It belongs on MST3000.

LOL, I agree.
Objectively, I thought Goldeneye was easily up there with the Connery Bonds.
Subjectively, Tomorrow Never Dies has my favourite Bond girl of all time in Wai Lin (Though, Domino in Thunderball blows me the **** away ).

Double D'oh! Chrisisall

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Wednesday, August 20, 2008 6:38 AM

JONGSSTRAW


Don't be so hard on Moonraker. When it played in the theaters in 1979 it looked pretty awesome. This was 2 years before the actual first Space Shuttle flight in 1981. Although not my favorite Bond movie, it ranks high on my list mainly due to the special effects, sultry Lois Chiles, and the opening free-fall scene.

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Wednesday, August 20, 2008 7:28 AM

OPPYH


Quote:
Originally posted by Jongsstraw:
Don't be so hard on Moonraker. When it played in the theaters in 1979 it looked pretty awesome. This was 2 years before the actual first Space Shuttle flight in 1981. Although not my favorite Bond movie, it ranks high on my list mainly due to the special effects, sultry Lois Chiles, and the opening free-fall scene.


Yeah man, what the hell?

Roger Moore IS Bond!!! Where's the love? I aint feelin it. At least most of his Bond flicks had a really good fun factor. Of all other Bond movies a current quote from another popular movie:
"Why so serious?"

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Wednesday, August 20, 2008 7:38 AM

JONGSSTRAW


Quote:
Originally posted by OPPYH:
Quote:
Originally posted by Jongsstraw:
Don't be so hard on Moonraker. When it played in the theaters in 1979 it looked pretty awesome. This was 2 years before the actual first Space Shuttle flight in 1981. Although not my favorite Bond movie, it ranks high on my list mainly due to the special effects, sultry Lois Chiles, and the opening free-fall scene.


Yeah man, what the hell?

Roger Moore IS Bond!!! Where's the love? I aint feelin it. At least most of his Bond flicks had a really good fun factor. Of all other Bond movies a current quote from another popular movie:
"Why so serious?"

Best line of the movie....final scene....Bond is on top of Dr. Goodhead under the sheets inside the shuttle....M asks Q what's Bond doing? Q replies it appears he's attempting re-entry....pretty risque for 1979!

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Wednesday, August 20, 2008 7:49 AM

CHRISISALL


Quote:
Originally posted by Jongsstraw:
the opening free-fall scene.
That was a nice beginning.

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Wednesday, August 20, 2008 12:18 PM

REGINAROADIE


One of my favorites is DIAMONDS ARE FOREVER. Even though DR. NO was the one that started it all, FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE is now rightfully considered one of the best, and GOLDFINGER perfected the formula, DIAMONDS is my favorite of the Connery Bonds, since it has my all time favorite stunt, where he shoots some grappling hooks onto the ledge of the hotel and then leaps off. Sounds incredibly simple, but it always takes my breath away. Plus it has the narrator from ROCKY HORROR as Blofeld, and two duo henchmen (Bambi and Thumper and Mr. Wint and Mr. Kidd) that are iconic.

And I'm surprised that DIE ANOTHER DAY was the Bond film that made them consider doing a reboot. Especially since it came after THE WORLD IS NOT ENOUGH, which is IMHO the WORST Bond film ever made. I heard even Pierce Brosnan couldn't understand the plot of the film. If they wanted to do the reboot after WORLD, I would have gotten it, but not after DIE ANOTHER DAY which was highly entertaining.

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Wednesday, August 20, 2008 12:24 PM

MSB


I will say I think best line delivery every should go to Connery in Never Say Never Again

Fatima Blush: You know that making love to Fatima was the greatest pleasure of your life.

James Bond: Well, to be perfectly honest, there was this girl in Philadelphia...





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Wednesday, August 20, 2008 12:44 PM

THESOMNAMBULIST


Originally posted by Jongsstraw:
Quote:
Best line of the movie....final scene....Bond is on top of Dr. Goodhead under the sheets inside the shuttle....M asks Q what's Bond doing? Q replies it appears he's attempting re-entry....pretty risque for 1979!


Well that's the thing it wasn't that risqué considering this was straight forward 'Carry On' material, and they had been doing that style of joke for years. By then Bond was just a big joke, and it sat curiously amougst some great stunts and outlandish ideas. Quite a confussing time for Bond films in my view, and as this was sort of my era when I discovered him, I never really got into the character.

Since Austin Powers, Bond was even harder to take seriously, and as such I wonder if the reasons why Casino Royale and indeed Daniel Craig are so different to previous Bonds, is to perhaps try and distance themselves from the parodies that Bond had fashioned.

To each their own though - I can fully see why people vary on their likes and dislikes of the Bond films, and hey if you enjoy them for what they are then so much the better. It obviously isn't meant to be taken seriously, and coming from a guy who thinks the greatest secret agent is actually Danger Mouse, then maybe I'm at risk of doing just that.








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Wednesday, August 20, 2008 12:50 PM

CHRISISALL


Quote:
Originally posted by reginaroadie:
One of my favorites is DIAMONDS ARE FOREVER.
That was my single favourite until Goldeneye & Tomorrow Never Dies; now it's a three way tie.
Quote:


If they wanted to do the reboot after WORLD, I would have gotten it, but not after DIE ANOTHER DAY which was highly entertaining.

Surprisingly, I found DAD to be sorta preposterous, & found TWINE highly entertaining...diff'rnt strokes, I guess.

Bonded Chrisisall

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Wednesday, August 20, 2008 12:53 PM

CHRISISALL


Quote:
Originally posted by MSB:
I will say I think best line delivery every should go to Connery in Never Say Never Again

Fatima Blush: You know that making love to Fatima was the greatest pleasure of your life.

James Bond: Well, to be perfectly honest, there was this girl in Philadelphia...
No a favourite Bond movie of mine, but it IS filled with many memorable moments, like when he kills that assassin with his pee...

Heeheeisall

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Wednesday, August 20, 2008 12:53 PM

CHRISISALL


A SPECTRE double post!!!

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Wednesday, August 20, 2008 12:59 PM

CHRISISALL


Quote:
Originally posted by TheSomnambulist:
Quite a confusing time for Bond films in my view, and as this was sort of my era when I discovered him, I never really got into the character.

Roger Moore was a great Saint, but a doofy Bond IMO.
Quote:


It obviously isn't meant to be taken seriously,
Which is why flicks like From Russia With Love & Casino Royale get too close to being real- Bond is an adult comic book, to try to make a 'serious' Bond movie defeats the purpose.
But then, too silly is a problem too; I like a laugh here & there, but I don't want my intelligence insulted.
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Wednesday, August 20, 2008 1:14 PM

REGINAROADIE


I'm willing to buy a car with a cloaking device and gene therapy more than Denise Richards as a nuclear physicist and an incredibly uneven tone and pace.

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Wednesday, August 20, 2008 1:18 PM

CHRISISALL


Quote:
Originally posted by reginaroadie:
I'm willing to buy a car with a cloaking device
No way- that's Austin Powers territory.

Chrisisall

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Thursday, August 21, 2008 2:50 PM

TRAVELER


I'm a Goldfinger fan and then come From Russia with Love.


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Friday, August 22, 2008 1:47 PM

CHRISISALL


Quote:
Originally posted by traveler:
I'm a Goldfinger fan and then come From Russia with Love.

No love for the Bros-man?

I loved when he just executed Paris' killer in TND.

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Friday, August 22, 2008 4:01 PM

TRAVELER


I just thought Goldfinger was so evil. One of the more ruthless foes that Bond had to take on. Gadgets aside, Goldfinger was a killer and a cruel killer. He would use his bare hands if he had to and enjoy it.


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