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What Bond movies are your faves?

Here is my rank order

21. The Living Daylights
20. Die Another Day
19. A View to a Kill
18. Golden Eye
17. The World is Not Enough
16. Octopussy
15. You Only Live Twice
14. Live and Let Die
13. Moonraker
12. For Your Eyes Only
11. Thunderball
10. Tommorow Never Dies
9. From Russia with Love
8. Licence to Kill
7. On Her Majesty's Secret Service
6. Casino Royale
5. Dr. No
4. The Man With the Golden Gun
3. Diamonds Are Forever
2. The Spy Who Loved Me
1. Goldfinger

i agree with ur list pretty much. although i would switch The Man with the Golden Gun and Casino Royale. and probably put Goldeney a little higher up.

cant wait for the new bond!! its already in pre-production and daniel craig is in it again obviously.

I hope they bring back Miss Money Penny.

Yeah, i'd like to see see more gadgets as well. I liked the realism of Casino Royale, I think Die Another Day was too far fetched.

In regards to you list, I thought goldeneye rocked

the only one's ive seen Golden Eye and Tommorow Never Dies

If you've never seen Goldfinger then you are fucking missing out.

I liked every Bond movie, just some more than others.

I put "The Living Daylights" at the very bottom, but I still enjoyed it. Althought Dalton's follow-up "Licence to Kill" was way better and an underrated film in general.

The only bond films i dont like is "diamonds are forever" and "die another day" (horrible movies).

I love them all. Especially Casino Royal. I like the fact that there re-doing the series.

I LOVE Diamonds are Forever. Mr. Wint and Mr. Kidd are two of the best henchman ever.

i loved casino royale.  probably my top 3 bond movies w/ craig as second best...behind sean

I kinda dig Roger Moore the best. I love the end of The Spy Who Loved Me and Moonraker.

"007"

"Tripple X"

"Bond, what do you think you're doing!"

"Keeping the British end up sir."

Goldeneye is my favorite Bond movie..

I enjoy the Connery Bond flicks. On the other hand, Roger Moore makes my skin crawl. And it's all downhill from there.

they should rename James Bond to Daniel Craig!

Timothy Dalton's my favorite James Bond - I loved his take on the character, and The Living Daylights and License to Kill were a nice jolt of energy and edge after the friendlier Roger Moore years. Which isn't a slam at Moore - When I was younger he was my Bond of choice, and most of his movies are still a lot of fun.

And current-Bond Daniel Craig is fantastic. I'd rather they didn't bog the films down with gadgets for a little while, because Casino Royale worked brilliantly without them.

My Top 5 Best Bond Movies:

5) Goldeneye
4) You Only Live Twice
3) Casino Royale
2) On Her Majesty's Secret Service
1) License to Kill

My Top 5 Worst Bond Movies:

5) The World is not Enough
4) The Spy Who Loved Me
3) Moonraker
2) Diamonds Are Forever
1) Die Another Day

I agree that Casino Royale was top notch.  It got Bond away from that silly shit from Die Another Day.

Just saw Casino Royale for the third time (just bought the DVD) and it's only gotten better with repeated viewing. Great dialogue, perfectly cast, dripping with intrigue and style, this is easily one of the best films in the Bond cannon.

i can only do a top 5 as i cant remember all bond movies

5.license to kill
4.thunderball
3. Goldfingerrrrr
2/1 its a tie between goldeneye and you only live twice

(in my oppinion id rank casino royale as low as the 70s roger more bond films)

hey dont forget "never say never again" (remake of thunderball)

or the spoof "casino royale" (woody allen... lol) funnier its has some similar ideas as the new casino royale

The only problem is, being a genuinely decent actor, he'll probably move on after two or three movies...

lets start a DC pool


SB calls 2-3 movies

I call 3-4

who else is in

I'm calling 3 movies - A nice and even trilogy.

One less than Brosnan, one more than Dalton.

I think Daniel Craig makes a wicked Bond, but Im still undecided if I like him as much as Pierce Brosnan :-\

If history has taught us anything - its that no actor should do more than 3 Bond films, things go badly wrong after that.....'The world is not enough', 'Thunderball', 'Moonraker' - certain patern emerges....

LOL...Moonraker... :rofl:

Now that was a horrible Bond film.

indeed - though i always loved it as a kid

Watching it now i just cant help it - but my brain kicks in and starts asking questions, and as soon as that happens the whole thing because some absurd joke

License to Kill is honestly my all time favorite Bond film.

Incredibly dark the whole way through with an amazing villian, plus "the transport" scene in the end is just insane.. :drool:

indeed 80 million dollar writeoffs - classic

Awesome film, Licence to Kill, Casino Royale and Goldeneye would be my picks for the best three

Great entertainment

This one time we were stoned, talking about something or other, and my friend goes,

the names James... James Bond.

Man, we couldn't stop laughing for about half an hour.

... We were stoned, alright? And, easily ammused.

Firstly i love both Timothy Dalton films, i always hate it when people knock those, especially License To Kill.  As for Brosnan he was a good Bond dogged down by poor films, shame really, Goldeneye was good but i never want to watch any of his others again.

On the subject of On Her Majesty's Secret Service, for years i have wanted this film to be remade, the story is great and it's fairly enjoyable it's only let down by the lead actor.  I remember reading once he was a model and they knew upon signing him he was a weak actor so to cover that up they gave him one of the stronger stories.

On the Connery front as a kid i loved all of his films, watching them again now i only really dislike Diamonds Are Forever.  As for Roger Moore, i have to admit i love cheese and really loved his films (bar Moonraker that plain sucked).  I know you guys seem to knock it but for me A View To A Kill was and is top notch.  True the plot was stupid but do you ever watch a film just for, well, lighthearted enjoyment.  As a big Christopher Walken & Avengers fan and with one of my fave themes, cheesy one liners, decent chases (Fire Engine stuff with the bridge, plus i did horse riding for years so that aspect struck a chord with me), no it's not serious and intelligent but do they all have to be, variety is the spice of life.

I do like the new direction though, Craig is a decent Bond, i found with the film it's one that is hard to digest in a way.  Great ride to start with but then it kind of went crappy at the end, overall solid stuff and after watching it and letting it sink in i thought yeah that was damn good and can't wait to watch it again.  Odd thing with the theme as well, heard it months ago, though it sucked, but when i heard it in the film itself i thought it rocked, and just thinking about the start of the film again, fantastic stuff, not sure about it being the best film but definately the best start.

Overall looking over the films i have loved Bond since a kid and the only ones i don't like as said are Moonraker, Diamonds are Forever and every Brosnan since Goldeneye...ewww....actually that's a fair few, but anyway, props to Dalton (Always slated) & Moore (Knocked for the cheese).

I love Moonraker. It's a lot of fun.

The ending is fucking hilarious!

"What's Bond doing"?

"I think he's attempting reentry."

Also, I disagree with those that say a Bond actor should only do three movies.

I think Thunderball and Diamonds Are Forever were two of Sean's best.

For your Eyes Only and Octopussy (Moore's 5th and 6th films) were also two of his best.

I hope Craig does five or six films.

think of his age - film number 6 would be some 12 years away at best.....

James Bond needs to be no older than 45....unless he's portrayed by a man who just doesnt age

Sean Connery looked haggard pretty quick, and 58 year old Roger Moore in 'A view to a kill' was.....horrifying, and utterly absurd, the girls were easily young enough to be his children.....

...we must remember the Bond character is very much about male virility - the old 'every man wants to be him, every girl wants to be with him' cliche

Some geriatric Bond is never going to work....

The series also seems to work by a revolving door of Bond's - it gives the films their dynamism, i think they should keep changing every few films and continaully be reinventing - otherwise we have the rut Bond films were in from the late 60's to the mid 80's.....

Agreed. There's quite a bit wrong with the film, but I can't help but enjoy AVTAK - The music is excellent, the actors are interesting choices, and the story is interesting.

what was wrong with a view to a kill??

I liked it.

Remember, the author of the bond stories originally wanted moore as bond instead of connery.


Moore is my fave. for your eyes only, a view to a kill, the spy who loved me, octopussy

Peirce brosnan is good, but i thought his bond movies were relatively weak. he came out good with goldeneye which is a great movie adn then the movies got rather dull.

casino royale is a good bond.

I like sean connery bonds also

havent seen any timothy dalten bonds. what are some good ones??

1. Casino Royale
2. The rest

Never been a huge Bond fan, though I did like the movies when I was a kid. Casino Royale was a pleasant surprise.

he only did two

The Living Daylights is a superb Bond film very much in the classic style - Dalton's Bond was the closest the series had come at that point to the Ian Flemming Bond. Dalton knows exactly how to play the character but struggles a bit with the jokes and the womanising. The film was trying to do exactly what Casino Royale did - reboot the series after Moore had effectively ended Bond as a serious action series
The villians are perhaps more low key than in the previous installments, but we do get the generic aryan baddie a staple of Bond's earlier days. Amazing car sequence, though how cutting a car half way through causes the whole thing to seperate doesnt make much sense :hihi:

License to kill was Dalton's final appearence. Its not really a Bond film, its an ultra violent thriller very much trying to distance itself from the cheese of Roger Moore. Robert Davi gives the most sinister villian yet and the un-edited version (finally available after 18 years) is full of scences which are shocking for a Bond film. A must see film whether u like Bond films or not - a lot of people didnt like it because it didnt seem to fit with the Bond series

Perhaps the best two of the series

Yeah those 2 films are top notch, well said, as for this unedited version....is it part of one of those new special edition dvds?? Is there a lot of extra stuff.

Oh and on the subject of those ultimate edition dvds, has anybody got them, are the extras really good, all this James Bond talk has got me thinking about picking up some of them....

I saw Tomorrow Never Dies again tonight and I'm glad that I put it on my top ten at the start of the thread. Best of the Bronson films, IMHO. Good plot, tightly written and executed. I think the later Bronson films relied too much on action sequences and stunts at the expense of a strong story, but Tomorrow Never Dies is great all around. One of the more underrated Bond films, after License to Kill.

A few months ago I just said "what the fuck" and bought all four of the box-sets, along with the non-EON Bond film, Never Say Never Again, for a complete collection. It was expensive, but worth every penny, as I've really been enjoying the films. I usually watch a few a week. All of the films come with a bonus DVD (not available if you buy them separate) that contain tons of extras--TV commercials, trailers, interviews, documentaries, TV specials, music videos, etc.

I just watched From Russia With Love again for the second time in the last few months. A really great film. In almost every scene, there is a memorable line, a memorable look, a memorable fight. A sign of a true classic.

I haven't even seen his first one!  : ok:

But were Thunderball and Diamonds "official"?  :rofl:

Yes, Thunderball and Diamonds are Forever are offical.

Moore's first Bond film is Live and Let Die, btw.

I seem to recall that Sean did an "unofficial" bond film. When he was a bit older. Anyone?

That film is called Never Say Never Again. It was released in '83 (while Moore was the official Bond) and competed with Octopussy that year. While both films were successful, Ocotopussy did a little better.

That was official  : ok:

Never Say Never Again is NOT an official film, as it was not put out by EON.

EON......WHO ARE THEY?! (oops had caps lock on).

Who did the theme song for the latest Craig film?

Chris Cornell .

Who? Never heard of him. Didn't get much air play. Anyone know what the song was called?

The song was called "You know my name", dude was the singer of Soundgarden and audioslave .

It wasn't among the most memorable Bond songs, but it was ok. 

I thought it was one of the best Bond theme songs. That and "Diamonds are Forever."

Well, it certainly beat the "Die Another Day" song, by Ms. Washed-up.

Do any of them have any stand out deleted scenes?  Any with a lot that could of made the film better?

What's this like..

License to Kill has a few deleted scenes that aren't in the film but that you can watch under the "deleted scene" section. Most of them add to the story and it's a shame that they were taken out. In one you find out more about the Truman Lodge character and how he became Sanchez's advisor. In another, while Sanchez is being interviewed, you get a sense of how much power he yields.

License to Kill is by far the most underrated film in the series.

Sounds good i think i'll pick up that and A View To A Kill next week probably my 2 faves.... :yes:

I've waited years to finally have the unedited Licence to kill (which was censored on its original release)

Call me sad, but finally having the cinema version was a great feeling

My ranking of the JAMES BOND actors?favorite to least favorite?

1. Roger Moore

For some fans it's a heresy to rank Moore above Connery, but he's always been my personal favorite. He actually gave the LEAST accurate portrayal of Fleming's Bond as depicted in the books, but I think he's the coolest. He just has this sophisticated playboy dandiness that I find enticing.

2. Sean Connery

As Roger Ebert noted, Connery is the one who planted the flag as Bond. He had it all?suave, utterly irresistible to women, determined yet not without a sense of humor, knowledgeable about all the finer things in life, yet not ostentatious or obnoxious. Connery certainly was the man?and ranks just barley below Moore in my book.

3. Daniel Craig

Since Craig only has one Bond film under his belt as of this writing, it may seem premature to rank him so high, but I think his performance in CASINO ROYALE and his potential warrants it. Craig is not your typical Bond?he's not too suave or sophisticated?he makes mistakes, he's rough around the edges, he's a meat-and-potatoes kind of Bond, a total departure from all his predecessors. But it works. After 45 years of Bond films, Craig's 007?a conflicted, lean, mean killing machine, with a chip on his shoulder is a welcome change. It will be exciting to see where Craig takes the character.

4. Pierce Bronson

Bronson may be ranked on the lower end of the list, but he still made a great 007. Props to Bronson for kick-starting the franchise after a lull through the first half of the 90s and bringing Bond to a new generation of fans. A determined assassin, suave in all ways like his predecessors, Bronson also brought more humanity to the role.

5. Timothy Dalton

Ranked towards the bottom of the list, Dalton still made a fine Bond. Dalton actually gave most accurate portrayal of Fleming's 007...totally serious and almost humorless, the antipathy of his predecessor Moore. A somber Shakespearian actor, there was nothing really "cool" about Dalton's Bond, which may be why some people never liked him in the role. His two films as 007, THE LIVING DAYLIGHTS and LICENSE TO KILL rank among two of the more underrated films in the series, and I would have to say that Dalton is the most underrated Bond.

6. George Lazenby

While ON HER MAJESTY'S SECRET SERVICE stands as one of the best films in the series, Lazenby was definitely not the best actor to portray 007 as he was basically just a stand-in for Connery who refused to do the film. Lazenby just seemed kind of stiff with no charisma. Some actors have "it" and others don't?put George down for "don't." He was actually offered a six film contract and he turned it down?bad career move?but definitely for the best, as Connery returned two years later for one last film before passing the torch to Moore. Still many props to George for doing many of his own stunts and his martial art skills are certainly impressive.

remember, originally they wanted Roger moore as bond...they couldnt get him, so they got sean connery...

I wouldnt put craig so high...just yet at least...it all depends on if his other bonds are good...look at peirce brosnan...goldeneye is IMO one of the best bonds...but then after that nothing else he made was good..

craig could have the same failling...but well see how the next movie is!

I thought Tommorow Never Dies was the best of the Bronson era, and I also really liked The World is Not Enough.

Goldeneye is easily the best of brosnan's bond movies IMO.. maybe because the game to it was awesome and gave me a special connection to the movie ;)

Tommorow Never Dies is on TV (second with PB) and I think it's an underrated film. Pretty awesome, in fact.

I saw The Living Daylights again and I think I like it better now, still say Dalton was very underrated. I also really enjoyed A View to a Kill although some say it blows.

P Diddy wants to be the next James Bond or at least a new black double 0 agent to help Bond out or eventually take over the role.  That's what he said recently....

just sayin... :hihi:

you have been watching too much TV JMack

Yeah I know it.  I think I was waiting to see the doc. and he was on Rachel Ray.... :drool:  Hey! How'd you know? Ha Ha

obama for first black bond!!!
OBAMA! OBAMA!  :hihi: