Disco Stu 15,495 Posted September 29, 2017 Share Posted September 29, 2017 My favorite Bonds are the ones where they just said, "Whoa, look at this weirdo we found who does a cool stunt! Fuck it, let's just film him and pretend it's Bond." Gruesome Son of a Bitch 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koray Savas 2,251 Posted September 29, 2017 Share Posted September 29, 2017 That would be called the Roger Moore era. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted September 29, 2017 Share Posted September 29, 2017 3 minutes ago, Koray Savas said: That would be called the Roger Moore era. Heh heh, bingo! MAKE BOND STUPID AGAIN! Gruesome Son of a Bitch and Unlucky Bastard 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted September 29, 2017 Share Posted September 29, 2017 I love that bit! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,488 Posted September 29, 2017 Share Posted September 29, 2017 Always been one of my favorite Bonds. There's a time and place for the more gritty serious modern versions and the more lighthearted humorous Moore films. As long as it's entertaining, it's valid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Indianagirl 298 Posted September 29, 2017 Share Posted September 29, 2017 I've wanted to rate these movies for years. 1. Thunderball 2. Goldfinger 3. From Russia with Love 4. Dr. No 5. Skyfall 6. Goldneye 7. Casino Royale 8. On Her Majesty's Secret Service 9. Spectre 10. You Only Live Twice 11. For Your Eyes Only 12. Live and Let Die 13. Quantum of Solace 14. The Spy Who Loved Me 15. Diamonds are Forever 16. Moonraker 17. Liscense to Kill 18. The Man with the Golden Gun 19. A View to a Kill 20. Tomorrow Never Dies 21. The Living Daylights 22. The World Is Not Enough 23. Octopussy 24. Die Another Day Josh500 and Holko 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted September 29, 2017 Share Posted September 29, 2017 Wow, Thunderball is among my 5 least favorite Bonds. Interminably dull as I remember it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted September 29, 2017 Share Posted September 29, 2017 I'm not a big fan of Thunderball either. But some people just love it. Oddly I think NSNA was more watchable. Plus it was only recently I noticed Albert Broccoli and Harry Saltsman weren't credited on Thunderball, and Kevin McClory strongarmed his name as producer instead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Indianagirl 298 Posted September 29, 2017 Share Posted September 29, 2017 1 hour ago, Disco Stu said: My favorite Bonds are the ones where they just said, "Whoa, look at this weirdo we found who does a cool stunt! Fuck it, let's just film him and pretend it's Bond." This is why Thunderball is one of your five least favorite Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharkissimo 1,973 Posted September 29, 2017 Share Posted September 29, 2017 I have a soft spot for Thunderball as it was the first Bond I saw, but the languid underwater scenes really do drag it to a grinding halt. I also wished they had kept Adolfo Celli's vocal performance rather than dub it over with Robert Rietti. Movies: 1. Skyfall 2. From Russia With Love 3. The Living Daylights 4. Dr. No 5. GoldenEye Scores: 1. Diamonds Are Forever 2. Thunderball 3. On Her Majesty's Secret Service 4. A View to a Kill 5. Moonraker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted September 29, 2017 Share Posted September 29, 2017 Movies 1. A View to a Kill 2. For Your Eyes Only 3. Diamonds Are Forever 4. Live and Let Die 5. Octopussy Scores 1. A View to a Kill 2. Diamonds Are Forever 3. You Only Live Twice 4. The Living Daylights 5. Tomorrow Never Dies Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh500 1,615 Posted September 29, 2017 Author Share Posted September 29, 2017 9 minutes ago, Blanche Hudson said: I have a soft spot for Thunderball as it was the first Bond I saw, but the languid underwater scenes really do drag it to a grinding halt. The languid underwater scenes were what always fascinated me. I saw the movie for the first time when I was 6 or so, and it left a deep (no pun intended) impression on me! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharkissimo 1,973 Posted September 29, 2017 Share Posted September 29, 2017 I'm still in awe of the technical innovation in those scenes shot in the Bahamas, and the Ken Adam designed chariots and sleds are a thing of beauty, but in the end all of that counts for little as they're dramatically inert. I remember rightly, the director Terence Young abandoned the project in post leaving it to Peter Hunt and his team to pick up the pieces in the cutting room. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh500 1,615 Posted September 29, 2017 Author Share Posted September 29, 2017 2 minutes ago, Blanche Hudson said: but in the end all of that counts for little as they're dramatically inert. It's not always all about drama. Something can be visually stimulating and exciting and impressive as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick1Ø66 4,722 Posted September 29, 2017 Share Posted September 29, 2017 10 hours ago, Indianagirl said: I've wanted to rate these movies for years. 1. Thunderball 2. Goldfinger 3. From Russia with Love 4. Dr. No 5. Skyfall 6. Goldneye 7. Casino Royale 8. On Her Majesty's Secret Service 9. Spectre 10. You Only Live Twice 11. For Your Eyes Only 12. Live and Let Die 13. Quantum of Solace 14. The Spy Who Loved Me 15. Diamonds are Forever 16. Moonraker 17. Liscense to Kill 18. The Man with the Golden Gun 19. A View to a Kill 20. Tomorrow Never Dies 21. The Living Daylights 22. The World Is Not Enough 23. Octopussy 24. Die Another Day You don't have Die Another Day rated low enough. Indianagirl and mstrox 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh500 1,615 Posted September 29, 2017 Author Share Posted September 29, 2017 10 hours ago, Indianagirl said: I've wanted to rate these movies for years. 1. Thunderball 2. Goldfinger 3. From Russia with Love 4. Dr. No 5. Skyfall 6. Goldneye 7. Casino Royale 8. On Her Majesty's Secret Service 9. Spectre 10. You Only Live Twice 11. For Your Eyes Only 12. Live and Let Die 13. Quantum of Solace 14. The Spy Who Loved Me 15. Diamonds are Forever 16. Moonraker 17. Liscense to Kill 18. The Man with the Golden Gun 19. A View to a Kill 20. Tomorrow Never Dies 21. The Living Daylights 22. The World Is Not Enough 23. Octopussy 24. Die Another Day You forgot Never Say Never Again! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted September 29, 2017 Share Posted September 29, 2017 Ok, I ranked the scores a few days ago. Here's my ranking of the films! No objective measure, only measuring my personal affection for them 1. The Man With the Golden Gun 2. The Spy Who Loved Me 3. You Only Live Twice 4. Goldfinger 5. Tomorrow Never Dies 6. The Living Daylights 7. Goldeneye 8. Skyfall 9. For Your Eyes Only 10. From Russia With Love 11. Licence to Kill 12. Moonraker 13. On Her Majesty's Secret Service 14. Live and Let Die 15. Octopussy 16. Dr. No 17. Diamonds Are Forever 18. Casino Royale 19. The World is Not Enough 20. A View to a Kill 21. Spectre 22. Thunderball 23. Quantum of Solace 24. Die Another Day Also, I did a Bond ranking a couple of years ago. I just checked it and it actually is pretty different from this. Go figure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mstrox 6,651 Posted September 29, 2017 Share Posted September 29, 2017 Based on the completely scientific years-of-Flickchart.com data, apparently this is how I feel about the James Bonds that I've seen. 1.Casino Royale 2.Tomorrow Never Dies 3.Skyfall 4.Die Another Day 5.Quantum of Solace 6.Goldfinger 7.GoldenEye 8.The World Is Not Enough 9.On Her Majesty's Secret Service 10.The Man with the Golden Gun 11.Dr. No 12.You Only Live Twice It's not very accurate. I'd move Die Another Day down down down, and On Her Majesty's Secret Service up up up. I've probably seen bits and pieces of every other movie (except for Spectre) on TV over the years, but never sat down and actually watched. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted September 29, 2017 Share Posted September 29, 2017 Die Another Day is garbage! Indianagirl 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharkissimo 1,973 Posted September 29, 2017 Share Posted September 29, 2017 Die Another Day's a really solid Bond film for the first three or so reels. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted September 29, 2017 Share Posted September 29, 2017 Despite my ranking I'd watch Die Another Day over The World Is Not Enough any day. At least the former is entertaining in a daft sort of way. TWINE is so boring. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeH 768 Posted September 29, 2017 Share Posted September 29, 2017 1 hour ago, Disco Stu said: Here's my ranking of the films! No objective measure, only measuring my personal affection for them 1. The Man With the Golden Gun I agree with Disco Stu! Christopher Lee is my favorite villain next to Telly's Blofeld. The fried mushroom...looks terribly interesting.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted September 29, 2017 Share Posted September 29, 2017 27 minutes ago, MikeH said: I agree with Disco Stu! Christopher Lee is my favorite villain next to Telly's Blofeld. The fried mushroom...looks terribly interesting.... Oh I much prefer the Pleasance Blofeld. I will admit my affection for the first Austin Powers movie (but neither of its sequels) probably skews me there. Also, @Jay how did you do your signature quotes like that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,373 Posted September 29, 2017 Share Posted September 29, 2017 You have to go into HTML mode of your signature and make a table and put each quote in their own cell with two cells per row. Basically this: <table><tr><td>{FIRST QUOTE GOES HERE}</td><td>{SECOND QUOTE GOES HERE}</td></tr> <tr><td>{THIRD QUOTE GOES HERE}</td><td>{FOURTH QUOTE GOES HERE}</td></tr> {ETC} </table> Disco Stu 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted September 29, 2017 Share Posted September 29, 2017 1 hour ago, Blanche Hudson said: Die Another Day's a really solid Bond film for the first three or so reels. Yes, but it becomes awful later. What a piece of shit! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick1Ø66 4,722 Posted September 29, 2017 Share Posted September 29, 2017 No, it's awful from pretty much the beginning. Though that Korean dominatrix who tortures Bond is interesting. Indianagirl 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted September 29, 2017 Share Posted September 29, 2017 Grrrrrr.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick1Ø66 4,722 Posted September 29, 2017 Share Posted September 29, 2017 OK, here's what I have good to say about Die Another Day: 1. Korean Dominatrix 2. Sword Fight 3. Some of the dynamics between Bond & M ("You're no longer useful to me"). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted September 29, 2017 Share Posted September 29, 2017 Cowabunga! Cerebral Cortex 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick1Ø66 4,722 Posted September 29, 2017 Share Posted September 29, 2017 Yes, it's a cringeworthy scene, but the stellar effects work and Brosnan's acting really sell it. You feel like you're there. Unlucky Bastard and Naïve Old Fart 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted September 29, 2017 Share Posted September 29, 2017 No! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted September 29, 2017 Share Posted September 29, 2017 I'd probably actually like that scene if the movie knew it was goofy. Like I love the dumb scene in A View to a Kill when Moore snowboards to The Beach Boys, but you get the feeling there that the filmmakers are snickering along with you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick1Ø66 4,722 Posted September 29, 2017 Share Posted September 29, 2017 Late-era Roger Moore could almost make that scene work. Almost. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted September 29, 2017 Share Posted September 29, 2017 9 minutes ago, Disco Stu said: Like I love the dumb scene in A View to a Kill when Moore snowboards to The Beach Boys, but you get the feeling there that the filmmakers are snickering along with you. With DAD even the producers i believe admitted that was wrong Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharkissimo 1,973 Posted September 29, 2017 Share Posted September 29, 2017 1 hour ago, Nick1066 said: No, it's awful from pretty much the beginning. What exactly is wrong with the pre-titles? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor 7,520 Posted October 1, 2017 Share Posted October 1, 2017 I don't like, or have no interest in, anything James Bond. Never have, not even as a kid. But I have a soft spot for a couple of the Brosnan movies, and I've enjoyed the Daniel Craig films since they nurture more of a Jason Bourne aesthetic than the goofy old camp stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wojo 2,453 Posted October 1, 2017 Share Posted October 1, 2017 I like not one single Bond movie or score. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,553 Posted October 1, 2017 Share Posted October 1, 2017 On 29/09/2017 at 3:18 PM, Stefancos said: Yes, but it becomes awful later. What a piece of shit! Agreed. It's trash but it has the great line "I know all about the UN embargo. I studied at Oxford and Harvard. Majored in Western hypocrisy". It always makes me chuckle. Also, the swordfight music is ace! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,488 Posted October 1, 2017 Share Posted October 1, 2017 The swordfight is awesome. The first 40 minutes or so of Die Another Day excepting Halle Berry's acting (terrible!) are as solidly built as a North Korean bell. Unlucky Bastard 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,553 Posted October 1, 2017 Share Posted October 1, 2017 "North Korean bell" Wow. Now, there's a mouthful. Ooh, I forgot: Miranda Frost could kill me any day! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pixie_twinkle 48 Posted October 3, 2017 Share Posted October 3, 2017 Films: OHMSS From Russia With Love The Spy Who Loved Me Casino Royale Thunderball Scores: OHMSS Thunderball The Spy who Loved Me You Only Live Twice Live and Let Die Yeah, I'm old school. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted October 3, 2017 Share Posted October 3, 2017 Totally respectable list. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeH 768 Posted October 3, 2017 Share Posted October 3, 2017 On 10/1/2017 at 2:38 PM, Thor said: I've enjoyed the Daniel Craig films since they nurture more of a Jason Bourne aesthetic than the goofy old camp stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,553 Posted October 3, 2017 Share Posted October 3, 2017 On 27/09/2017 at 4:01 PM, Stefancos said: Why isnt this a poll? Because it doesn't come from Eastern Europe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted October 4, 2017 Share Posted October 4, 2017 I think I can imagine how Bond gets rid of all those women between films. He finds some annoying flaw in each of them. Perhaps he even seeks out such flaws just to find an excuse to break up with them. Then he phones or texts them that he has to leave for another assignment, and they never hear from him again. That, or he just ghosts them. Sharkissimo 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
publicist 4,643 Posted September 11, 2018 Share Posted September 11, 2018 Good interview on Barry with agent Richard Kraft: http://jamesbondradio.com/talking-john-barry-richard-craft-interview-the-music-of-bond-015/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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