James Bond is better than everything

[Jay 45,797]

In a hotel room in Cambridge, UK about to zonk out for the night and The Living Daylights is on ITV4. 

 

It's a bit cheesy (I think Bond just stole the stair car from Arrested Development) but dat Barry score tho... 

 

 

 

 

And now the Bond girl just whacked him in the head with a pillow. She's not a very good actress... 

[gkgyver 1,647]

She is very good at playing the innocent and scared girl from the slums of Eastern Europe, she is a very unique Bond girl. And she underlines the straight attitude and detached character of Dalton's Bond, by contrasting him.

If the film has a flaw, of which there are very few, it's that the script calls for Dalton to be outright humorous and smiling ear to ear occasionally, which doesn't fit his Bond at all.

[Bespin Copilot 10,728]

Sabrina is better than everything.

[gkgyver 1,647]

You are worse than everything.

[Xander Harris 9,545]

I like the nurse in Never Say Never Again who brings 007 lentils and then shags him.

[Naïve Old Fart 12,879]

8 hours ago, Jay said:

 

And now the Bond girl just whacked him in the head with a pillow. She's not a very good actress... 

Are you calling me a "horse's arse?!".

THE LIVING DAYLIGHTS is one of my top-5 Bond films.

[#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 12,172]

Good film, excellent final 007 score for Barry.

 

What's Jason doing back in the UK? Overseeing BREXIT?

[Naïve Old Fart 12,879]

Ha-ha! An American overseeing Brexit! That'll be the - oh, crap!

[#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 12,172]

[Jay 45,797]

That was the first time I'd ever seen any of The Living Daylights, I believe. I've listened to the Rhino expansion of the score loads, though!

 

As far as films go, I've only seen the first four Connerys, then everything from Goldeneye forward. 

 

I gotta watch em all! 

[Disco Stu 15,517]

It’s a top 5 Bond for me.  Bearing in mind, my love of a Bond film rarely has much to do with its “objective” qualities.  Or a better way to put it: my criteria for what makes a great Bond are very different from how I evaluate any other kind of film.

[Jay 45,797]

Well now you gotta share your whole top 5!

[Disco Stu 15,517]

5 minutes ago, Jay said:

Well now you gotta share your whole top 5!

Luckily I did this years ago on letterboxd already

 

[Jay 45,797]

Casino Royale's too low! 

[Xander Harris 9,545]

TWINE is my favorite Pierce Brosnan one.

 

I also love the first 45 minutes of Die Another Day more than the other PBs.

[MikeH 805]

22 minutes ago, Disco Stu said:

Luckily I did this years ago on letterboxd already

 

I think we’re the only two people with Golden Gun in our top 5 

[Naïve Old Fart 12,879]

@Disco Stu

1 minute ago, Richard said:

@Disco Stu,   and @MikeH

THE MAN WITH THE GOLDEN GUN, at #1? That's bold.

 

 

My top-5, in chronological order.

ON HER MAJESTY'S SECRET SERVICE

THE SPY WHO LOVED ME

THE LIVING DAYLIGHTS

GOLDENEYE

SPECTRE

 

[Disco Stu 15,517]

Lately though whenever I’ve felt like I was in a Bond mood I’ve been reaching for For Your Eyes Only.  I’ve watched it like 5 times in the last year.  I love it!  Might climb my ranking above Goldfinger.

[SteveMc 2,687]

14 minutes ago, Disco Stu said:

Lately though whenever I’ve felt like I was in a Bond mood I’ve been reaching for For Your Eyes Only.  I’ve watched it like 5 times in the last year.  I love it!  Might climb my ranking above Goldfinger.

Funny enough, I couldn't stand it!

 

Goldfinger is just fine.  From Russia With Love is the best Connery Bond. 

My Top 5 favorites:

On Her Majesty's Secret Service

GoldenEye

From Russia With Love

The Spy Who Loved Me

Thunderball

 

 

[Disco Stu 15,517]

Moore, Brosnan, and Dalton are just my guys.

[SteveMc 2,687]

Dalton would have been the best Bond if they wrote more to his strengths.  

[Disco Stu 15,517]

I like Bond best when it’s clear they had locations and setpieces/stunts in mind first and then created a story to fit them.

[Xander Harris 9,545]

Timothy Dalton was a badass 007.

[TheUlyssesian 2,696]

Best Bonds

 

1. Goldfinger

2. From Russia with Love

3. Thunderball

4. Dr. No

5. Casino Royale

6. OHMSS

7. You Only Live Twice

8. Spectre

9. Never Say Never Again

10. Diamonds Are Forever

[Disco Stu 15,517]

I'll buy you a delicatessen!  In stainless steel!

[Jill Sandwich 11,029]

Jamesh Bom

[Disco Stu 15,517]

I'm watching For Your Eyes Only right now.   I love the identigraph scene.  The giant computer that takes up a room,  Bond and Q working late to identify the lead henchman.  It leads directly into Bond going to Cortina, which is one of the all-time best Bond locations.  I love this movie!

[SteveMc 2,687]

I like the cars.

[Disco Stu 15,517]

I like the jailbait figure skater!  And the great ski chase!  Equaled only by the ice chase in Living Daylights where Bond sleds in a cello case!

[SteveMc 2,687]

The skater is annoying for me.  And the OHMSS ski chase is the true chase to rule them all!

[Disco Stu 15,517]

The OHMSS ski chase has great music but is boring as heck.  Overrated movie if you ask me.

 

ATAC to St. Cyril's!  ATAC to St. Cyril's!   I love that this is a Bond movie where the plot is moved forward by a parrot.

[Xander Harris 9,545]

Living Daylights has one of the best openings of anything I've ever seen. The car chase with the guy going off a cliff while Bond escapes in a parachute and lands on that babe's yacht as she immediately proceeds to offer him a drink and her sexy body. What a legend.

[#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 12,172]

Great opening cue too.

[Mr. Who 1,115]

My top 10 would be:

1. Spectre

2. Casino Royale

3. The Man With the Golden Gun

4. From Russia With Love

5. Skyfall

6. Goldfinger

7. Moonraker

8. You Only Live Twice

9. For Your Eyes Only

10. Goldeneye

[Pellaeon 597]

I have a top nine “classic Bond” list — nothing against Brosnan and Craig, they’re just in a different headspace for me.

 

1. Goldfinger		Connery #3
2. From Russia with Love		Connery #2
3. Dr. No		Connery #1
4. You Only Live Twice		Connery #5
5. Thunderball		Connery #4
6. On Her Majesty’s Secret Service		Lazenby
7. Live and Let Die		Moore #1
8. The Spy Who Loved Me		Moore #3
9. The Living Daylights		Dalton #1

 

I had to cut it off at nine because there didn’t seem to be any serious contender for the tenth spot.

[Disco Stu 15,517]

It's funny, I LOVE Roger Moore, he's my favorite Bond hands down, but people who don't like him as much as I do tend like Live and Let Die more than I do.

 

My Moore Ranking

 

1. The Man With the Golden Gun

2. For Your Eyes Only

3. The Spy Who Loved Me

4. Octopussy

5. Moonraker

6. Live and Let Die

7. A View to a Kill

[MikeH 805]

1. OHMSS

2. Dr. No

3. Man with the Golden Gun

4. Octopussy

5. A View to a Kill

[#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 12,172]

I'm still surprised Jason hasn't seen a lot of Bond films

[Xander Harris 9,545]

I'm not.

[Pellaeon 597]

I wasn’t old enough to see any in theaters prior to GoldenEye, and Moore and Dalton were seriously pooh-poohed at the time*, so I rented VHSes of the Connery movies in order until I got bored.

 

* - Still are? I suppose they always try to say the current Bond is the best since the iconic Sean Connery.

 

 

 

1 hour ago, Disco Stu said:

It's funny, I LOVE Roger Moore, he's my favorite Bond hands down, but people who don't like him as much as I do tend like Live and Let Die more than I do.

 

Well, there are a number of factors which make it so memorable that most people have to at least give it a shout-out. The first is Jane Seymour. There are many beautiful Bond women, and many (most?) have better roles, but just watching Jane Seymour at all is something of a transcendental experience. (And they threw in Madeline Smith as a very nice bonus.)

 

Also, the name of the film stands out because its theme song stands out.

[Naïve Old Fart 12,879]

Jane Seymour? Madeline Smith? Wait'll you see Valerie Leon.

[Pellaeon 597]

False

[Xander Harris 9,545]

 

[Disco Stu 15,517]

I like The Man with the Golden Gun because a key plot turn is triggered by a Bond girl's ass

 

[Code 000. Destruct. 0. 4,262]

Phuyuck?!

[MikeH 805]

He always did like that mausoleum. Put him in it. 

[Jay 45,797]

6 hours ago, Stefancos said:

I'm still surprised Jason hasn't seen a lot of Bond films

 

Why? 

[Pellaeon 597]

Listening to the Art of the Score episodes about James Bond now.

[Jill Sandwich 11,029]

Ohh Gemsss

[Sweeping Strings 3,381]

A love for the Bond movies was passed down from my late father, and that led to my reading all the Fleming novels and short stories and quite a few of the continuation ones, too. Love the character ... the first action hero, you might say. 

I do like Craig, but I harbour a hope that with the next actor we can move away from the 'this time it's personal/weight of the world on Bond's shoulders' plotting and return to something more akin to 2 hours of escapist action-adventure.