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name it, explain why

Edit: note I say" favourite", not" best"  :grin:

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On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969) (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0064757/)

Most beautiful (and most talented) Bond Girl: Diana Rigg (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001671/)

Best theme: it is (no poor vocals)

Best story:  Bond's an assassin, gets married, becomes a widower, Novel link (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/On_Her_Majesty%27s_Secret_Service_(novel))

Well you spelled Favorite wrong, so I don't even know what to say ....

its British spelling like "honour"... come on, seriously

Also wrong! I'm just teasing :sad_panda:

My favorite is Goldfinger, mostly because it was the first Bond film I saw. Plus the most risque name of the 60's: Pussy Galore!

(http://www.virginmedia.com/images/1bondgirl-gal-pussy.jpg)
(hotlinked and loving it)

Dr No.

They never got better than that IMO. It was funny and camp without overdoing it and it still had a touch of gritty darkness to it that stopped it being just a kids film.

Isn't it more fun to talk about BAD Bond movies?

I mean, come on. Die Another Day wasn't only the worst Bond movie I've ever seen, but it was one of the worst movies OF ALL TIME.

The only thing I like about Die Another Day was the hovercraft chase at the beginning and the only reason for that is because they filmed it in Aldershot at a place where they also hold a race called the Grim Challenge which is very wet, very muddy and very cold (first year was an icebreaker in January) and also a lot of fun.

(http://farm1.static.flickr.com/29/56268688_acb132198f.jpg)

Other than that it's diabollically bad.

My favourite Bond film, however, is more difficult.  Of the Moore era it was "Live and Let Die" because of the boat scene, the voodoo vibe and the classic theme tune.  Of the Connery era I'm going to say You Only Live Twice because it's got Donald Pleasance playing Blofeld.  Other than that, I'm about the only person on the planet who really likes License to Kill because - I don't know - probably fancied Carey Lowell or something. Or maybe it's because it reminds me of the summer of 1989 which was quite probably one of the best summers I ever, ever had.

Octopussy and Never Say Never - and I think mostly because of how old I was when I say them and the fact that they are the only two Bond films I ever saw in the theater...I.e. I was fairly young and they were pretty damn exciting at the time.

From Russia with Love. Classic Connery, Robert Shaw, Rosa Klebb and her shoe dagger. It felt more on the line of the Flemming novels than the silly later stuff.

As for the newer movies, I'll admit to loving Goldeneye.

I'd select one for each era.

Connery era: I'd go with Goldfinger because it's the first one which got the formula exactly right although Thunderball is also great.
I really like on her majesty's secret service with Lazenby because it provides a backstory to Bond and adds some drama and emotion to the series.
I never was that much into Moore's interpretation of Bond but I liked Live and let die.
I can't say anything about Dalton's Bond because I never watched his movies.
My favorite Brosnan Bond is 'The world is not enough'

I don't remember the name but it's the one where they ski down the hills for a bit while people shoot at them and they drive off the side of the road and the car explodes and they jump out of an airplane and some pretty girl is killed at some point.  That one.

That would be Thunderpussy.

From Russia with Love is my favorite.  Well paced, detailed plot, people doing things for reasons you can understand, etc...  This one is followed, in no particular order, with Goldfinger, Thunderball, On Her Majesty's Secret Service, and then the Daniel Craigs.

I love Goldfinger, even if it was the pattern on which all the shlocky Bond movies were based.  "No, Mr. Bond, I expect you to die!"

From Russia with Love and Dr. No are both more classic spy movies.  Both great.  Bond in Dr. No is about three parts manipulative asshole.

As ridiculous as they are,  I'll watch The Spy Who Loved Me and Live and Let Die if they're on.

The Dalton movies are still better than the Brosnan movies except for Goldeneye.

The only Brosnan Bond worth it is the World is Not Enough, for no reason other than Michelle Yeoh. For classic Bond, I'm thinking Dr. No and Goldfinger and for Roger Moore movies Live and Let Die and The Spy Who Loved Me are probably the only decent ones. Though I did love Moonraker for the Pew Pew Lazers, and always dug the Jaws character.

Thunderball
Goldeneye
Casino Royale

GooooooooooooldFINGAH.

Best movie, *and* best theme song. Shirley Bassey > *.

The Spy Who Loved Me

I had seen bits and pieces of some of the other Bond movies on TV but this was the first one I saw in the theaters as a kid. Obviously it was the most awesome movie I had ever seen besides Star Wars (underwater Lotus Espirit for teh win!).

Goldfinger
From Russia With Love
Live and Let Die
GoldenEye

The Living Daylights.

The downhill skiiing fight in the cello case clinches it for me.  Plus, it gets points for having other 00 agents in it.

I also liked most of the Brosnan ones, largely because the effects were way nicer.

The only one I really can't stand is Live and Let Die.  It just really doesn't click for me.

Wat? Goldeneye is a far better film on multiple levels.

I don't know what my all-time favourite is, I have a real soft spot for Moonraker because that's the one I'd watch if I was sick and missing school way back when. Goldeneye, Casino Royale, Goldfinger and the Living Daylights I also love. The living daylights being also sweetly ironic nowadays.


Live and Let Die was the best Bond Theme Song imo


Baron Samedi is fucking creepy in that film.

I literally just fell out of my chair. 

Goldfinger is my all time favorite.  Casino Royale (the recent one) may eclipse it upon further review.  It was the only Bond film that got me emotionally involved in the story.  Also, Chris Cornell made that the best theme, in my O.

I liked World Is Not Enough the first time I saw it, but I turned it off in disgust second time.  It's all gimmick,  no heart.

From Russia with Love

Goldeneye.

Live and Let Die I will also allow in for sheer :awesome_for_real: ness. Best Bond seduction evah!

I've always had a fondness for Never Say Never Again since it was the first Bond movie I ever saw.

She was in 'Tomorrow never dies'

Jeff beat me to it.  I was starting to question some very basic assumptions about the people saying they thought The World is Not Enough as their favorite Brosnan, because that movie was just about as bad as it gets.  Tomorrow Never Dies had Michelle Yeoh and, apart from Goldeneye, was the only Brosnan bond I can still watch.

Connery: You Only Live Twice
Moore: Live and Let Die
Dalton: The Living Daylights
Brosnan:  Goldeneye
Craig: Casino Royale

Lazneby: On her Majesty's Secret Service
Niven: Casino Royale

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Shit, that's what I get for not looking up the stuff on IMDB. Yeah, Tomorrow Never Dies is the one I meant - Michelle Yeoh is teh awesome. World is Not Enough - fuck what a piece of dogshit that was. Denise Richards as nuclear scientist named Christmas Jones.  :uhrr:  :ye_gods:

Goldeneye was decent, but it had that scene where he catches the plane at the beginning that's falling over a cliff. That one broke me.

The problem with all post-Goldeneye Bond films is that they got too caught up with the notion that fancy gadgets were what had made previous Bond films successful. If you're going to argue that the catching the plane scene broke Goldeneye for you then I'd return that the defensive driving using your phone as a remote-control scene was breaking for me. That said, the world is not enough wasn't a bad film overall; Die another Day and the World is Not Enough showed us the depths that could be plumbed.

So while it seems the consensus is that the Brosnan Bonds were mostly shit (and I agree), I think Brosnan as an actor made an excellent Bond, he was just saddled to shitty shit shit writers.

Also, Goldeneye.

And Michelle Yeoh.

All of them.

I haven't put much time into the older Bonds. I think I like Goldeneye the best, out of the newer ones.

I can sit through pretty much any Bond movie, I imagine. Even the weird one with the model guy as Bond.

I'm torn between On Her Majesty's and my affection for the delightfully offensive You Only Live Twice

Best would be different, either Russia or Goldfinger.

Russia here too.

I like Goldeneye because Famke's my favorite Bond girl. And possibly, villain. ;)

This thread is broken.

Where the subject says "Film" it should say "Woman"

Fix thread please.

Goldeneye then. Both of them. At once.

I agree.  Izabella Scorupco is the only reason I watched Vertical Limit, and Famke Janssen can break me whenever she'd like.

Not to say she isn't always hot (she is), but she was damn near perfect in that.

Hmm...I always loved The Man with the Golden Gun.

In spite of the comedy, and solely because of Christopher Lee as Scaramanga.

I have to say that I LIKE the gadgets in Bond movies. But like all things, they have to be done in moderation and with some bit respect to the moviegoer.  Thats one reason why I never liked Die Another Day - Akira death ray satellites I can take, but invisible cars is just making fun of us. Moonraker was just plain stupid - James Bond in space...

Sean Connery: You Only live Twice
Connery did several gadget heavy Bond movies, but IMHO - if done right as in here, it is a classic. Rappelling down the mouth of a disguised volcano serving as a launchpad for space capsule eating rockets - WINNER.

Roger Moore: The Spy Who Loved Me
Submarine convertible Lotus Espirit and supertankers that eat SSBNs. The only Moore Bond movie that i can stomach to any real extent.

Pierce Brosnan: Tomorrow Never Dies
Michelle Yeoh.

Matt Damon: The Bourne Identity
Huh...
Could sworn that the last two Bond movies actually featured Jason Bourne...
Since Quantum of Solace is a big hit, the next Bond movie will actually feature more of the grim n' gritty tough guy riff. Mores the pity because thats just not "James Bond" anymore. No more gadgets, no more Q, no more suave agent with the girls - just glum, depressive and almost suicidal Daniel Craig. Craig's Bond does not enjoy being James Bond - and that IMHO puts him far below all the other Bonds (except maybe David Niven).

PS:
Quantum as the new ongoing supervillain criminal organization? Bah! Why can't they resurrect SPECTRE!?

PPS: Yeah, I know SPECTRE is tied up with the whole Thunderball/McClory lawsuit - pity.

i think bond was closer to craig's gruff moodiness in the books.. or so i hear.

Where's the Thanksgiving weekend Bond marathon here in the states? A quick scan through the channels reveals nothing.  I'm starting to get nervous, very nervous.

Last night it was on sci-Fi of all places.  Goldeneye, Tomorrow Never Dies, The World is Not Enough.   It seems that Spike isn't running it anymore.

Of course, today they're running Mork & Mindy all day, and tomorrow is a Stephen King movie marathon.. so yeah, looks like no Bond marathon at all this year.

Spy Who Loved Me was my first one and will always be high on the list, but From Russia With Love is my favorite: good gadgets, good villain, good naive hot bond girl. I thought Brosnan was going to mark a huge revival in Bond movies with Goldeneye, but we all agree on how that turned out, I see.

We should rank top ten and then score them like that MMO thread.  Does The Living Daylights make anyone's top ten? It wasn't bad and it had some great scenes but the package just didn't quite come together.

Worst Bond films? The World Is Not Enough and License to Kill. The latter was killed by horrible Bond girl.

You shut your whore mouth!

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It is definitely in mine.  I think Dalton made a good Bond but is generally reviled more because of the suckiness of License to Kill than for anything wrong with Living Daylights.  One of the better title songs, too.

I liked The Living Daylights, it was actually one of the first bond movies I remember crushing over the bond girl.  I always thought it was kind of neat how they brought back Joe Don Baker as a Bond ally in Goldeneye after he played a main villain in The Living Daylights.  Makes me hope for a Daniel Craig-Sean Bean mashup at some point.

Fixing this thread.

The first Bond girl that ever stopped me in my tracks

(http://www.grimwell.com/images/carrera007_bc.jpg)
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Plenty O'Toole, from Diamonds are Forever:

(http://www.bondmovies.com/moregirls/plenty.jpg)

I see your Fatima Blush and raise with Xenia Onatopp!
(http://www.geocities.com/eqdoktor1/miscpix/Bond/xenia_onatopp.jpg)

Also, IMO - the prettiest Bond Girl - Maryam D'Abo
(http://www.geocities.com/eqdoktor1/miscpix/Bond/d_abo.jpg)

I now approve of this thread.

No Jane Seymore fans?  You all lose.

Apparently the programming director at Spike TV removed their head from their ass and the Bond (mini) marathon is back for Christmas!

Christmas Eve:

Thunderball
You Only Live Twice
Diamonds Are Forever
Never Say Never Again
Die Another Day

And for Christmas:

Dr. No
From Russia With Love
Goldfinger
Die Another Day

 :drill:

I agree with this. I love them all.

Yes.