Hey, Stoned nice to see another person who appreciates Timothy Dalton and Licence to Kill
Personally my fav Bond was Pierce Brosnan and fav film Goldeneye - i though they got everything right with that one, amazing sequences, great Bond and villian, intresting plot and those women
Very close second Timothy Dalton and both of his superb films - loved the darker side.
Never been a fan of Sean Connery's films, though he was an excellent Bond, the films seem rather dated now and while they have a retro appeal it feels very much like ur watching films from a different era, and an era i never knew
Lazenby and On her majesty's secret service are horrendous - after 22 years of trying to actually finish OHMSS i am yet to achieve it (i'm damn close!) Awful in every way -Sean Connery couldn't have saved that - hell i'm not sure Jesus could inject any life into it!
Roger Moore did a fine job and while Live and let die and The Mna with the Golden Gun are IMHO travesties the rest were good>great - For your eyes only being my fav
As a general rule the newer they get the more i like them -with the exceptions being The World is not Enough and Die another Day which are all effects and no substance - hell both were just stupid most of the time - laser factories? Invisible cars? Wtf?
Top 5
1.Goldeneye (as above)
2.Licence to kill (so dark - great villian and the tanker sequnce is probably my fav Bond moment)
3.The living daylights (gotta love that car)
4.For your eyes only (so many great sequnces - the subs, the VW chase - genius stuff)
5.A View to a kill (Walkern is superb)
(awesome theme songs in each case)
worst (worst first...)
1.Diamonds are forever (ye gods - those ''effects'' - do u think they spent a fiver on them?)
2.From Russia with love (tedious - some action...please!)
3.Live and let die (when u have a 20 min boat chase u know they are compensating for something!)
4.Dr No (just so average)
5.The Man with the golden gun (loads of production probs - and it shows)
As for this new chap playing bond (he looks like he's in his late 50's
) - i'll wait and see, but i hold out no real hope....
I like all your 'Worst' films especially
Live And Let Die but we'll agree to disagree. Great to see somebody appreciating
A View To A Kill Walken has to be my fave
Bond bad guy and i love the fact that the film has that awesome dude from
The Avengers in it.
Timothy Dalton is so damn good and according to the late
Desmond dude who played
Q and starred alongside all
Bonds he was closest to the one in
Fleming's books, i mean come one he kept the charisma and coolness and added a dark side and some substance to his character....The others were great but where was the depth?
Worst Bond Films (
Casino Royale Spoof Not Included)
1.
Moonraker2.
The World Is Not Enough3.
Tomorrow Never DiesThe rest...in there own way i like....overall i am a big fan of the series. Craigy boy is 37 btw!
Seems you don't like old-fashioned films that look a tad dated
Izzy. You see that doesn't bother me, i see them as classics i enjoy them all the same i can ignore that as long as the acting is fine, i mean all the early
Bond films look a bit ropey like the car scenes clearly done in the studio with moving backgrounds but what the hey they still rock! I mean you could say well it makes it obvious it's not real...that it's only a film, but so does the fact that their recognisable actors who you've seen in various other roles....with the exception of the latter end of the 80s the more recent the
Bond films the worse. End of the 80s ruled as i'm sure you agree dude,
A View To A Kill (1985), Living Daylights (1987), License To Kill (1989), now that for me is an awesome triple bill that unfortunately most reviews would slate....oh well....each to his own
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