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Best James Bond Film?

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Wool

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I searched and didn't see a thread about it, but this is my first OP so forgive me if there is.

I've probably seen 16-17 of them, and there is no doubt in my mind that On Her Majesty's Secret Service is the best of them all. This has a lot to do with George Lazenby being my favorite 007 actor. Sean Connery and Roger Moore were both fine, but Lazenby acts much more like the Bond from the books IMO. There's not as much wisecracking and antics; he is a serious man doing a serious job. Pierce Brosnan is a good runner-up, but that is an entirely different era.

On a separate subject, Tom Jones' Thunderball is my favorite of the theme songs.

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DJ_Lae

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Goldeneye is my personal favourite (biased a bit by it being the first one I saw in theatres) but I'd probably put Goldfinger as the best overall Bond movie.

It just nails the tone.
 
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beelzebozo

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casino royale was probably the first james bond movie i really, truly LOVED. there were parts of goldeneye that i adored--sean bean's meta commentary about james bond as a character always gets me, and the movie was full of great lines--but casino royale's really mature treatment of bond was just a whole different level for me. it also helps that i thought vesper was very complex and charming, which is not something i would say of most females in these movies.

yeah yeah, i like the new bond movie, lol, philistine.
 
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Imm0rt4l

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Casino Royale, Goldfinger, From Russia with love, Dr. NO.




So many good themes
my avorite theme songs are

Diamonds are Forever
Living Daylights
License to Kill
Goldeneye
TWINE <3
Gold Finger
A view to a kill
Nobody does it better
 
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Derrick01

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Goldeneye was my favorite, having a legendary game was a nice added bonus.

I haven't seen them all and I'm not huge on the series as a whole but Goldfinger was pretty sweet too. I disliked about half of Brosnan's and both Craig movies so far.
 
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TDLink

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Hard to name a best since James Bond has been many different kinds of movies. Objectively best probably would be either On Her Majesty's Secret Service or Casino Royale. That being said I would also say The Spy Who Loved Me would win for best "campy" James Bond film (of which there were many) and You Only Live Twice would probably be my personal favourite.

A View to a Kill is best at being the worst....wait, I forgot Die Another Day existed.
 
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Zod the Bear

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Casino Royale and From Russia with Love are my top two. Goldeneye's number three, but largely due to nostalgia/it being the first one I saw.
 
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vas_a_morir

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I thought "The World is Not Enough" is overlooked. It's actually one of my faves, and it was a PB one.

You know, now that I think of it, only the last one in that era was really bad.
 
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speculawyer

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GoldenEye.


And that is coming from a big fan of the Connery & Roger Moore era. Live & Let die is pretty great.


BTW, Casino Royale sucked. I mean come on . . . Woody Allen & Peter Sellers? Is this a joke?
Yes, it is.
 
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I watched most of them between the ages fo 10 and 13, so my opinion would probably shift a lot if I saw them now... but based purely on nostalgia, I liked...

You Only Live Twice: for the Japan shit (was a gamer nerd obsessed with Japanese games/culture in my preteens), micro helicopter scene that lasted so long the James Bond theme looped about 20 times, and all of the silliness that Austin Powers later parodied (Blofeld, sharks in the hideout, secret base hidden in volcanos, etc)

Goldfinger

Dr No: hair stuck between closet doors = sign of an elite spy.

A View to a Kill - super campy but a lot of fun to rewatch...

Goldeneye - because I loved the game and damnit the movie was a lot of fun too. The tank chase was awesome: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yy-MKdRwhHs. USE THE BUMPER, THAT'S WHAT IT'S FOR * SLURPS VODKA * * BOND DRIFTS TANK AROUND STREETS *

I must've watched Goldeneye 10+ times. That's how obsessed I was with the game. Natalya buying Pentium II 133 Mhz computers "for the children." The creepy and egotistical Boris Grishenko. The first appearance of a female M who kicks ass and repeatedly reminds us what a cold war chauvinist relic Bond is. Alec betraying Bond. Alec and Bond actually using stealth! etc. I can basically replay the entire film in my head. Maybe it won't hold up if I rewatch again for the first time in 10+ years, but I have very fond memories of it.

this thread brings back so many good memories! I think I've outgrown the series, though. I desperately wanted to love Casino Royale (and saw it in theatres twice), but I was only moderately entertained. That's the last Bond film I've seen and it likely will be the last one I will ever see unless I am forced to watch another through circumstance.

If you look at any of these films with a mature or cynical eye, you won't enjoy them. I think the decision to take the series in a more serious direction with Craig does the franchise disservice because the juxtaposition between the serious tone and the ridiculousness of the plot is a bit jarring -- it makes it even harder to watch the film without being cynical. I prescribe more silliness and humour for the franchise.
 
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vas_a_morir

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I'm also a Street Fighter fan. I'm starting to see some tiers here, lol. Casino Royale, Goldfinger, and Goldeneye are God tier, i feel most would agree.
 
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Kitsunebaby

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Goldfinger

I will admit to loving A View to a Kill for Christopher Walken's awesomeness, and I'll watch Never Say Never Again if only for Barbara Carrera.
 
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Wool

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speculawyer said:
GoldenEye.


And that is coming from a big fan of the Connery & Roger Moore era. Live & Let die is pretty great.


BTW, Casino Royale sucked. I mean come on . . . Woody Allen & Peter Sellers? Is this a joke?
Yes, it is.
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Finally somebody who I can see eye to eye with. I always thought Daniel Craig played the role like he was supposed to be Vin Diesel or something. I also have a strong preference for the Bond girls of the 60's-70's. Moonraker was the beginning of the end.
 
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GoldenEye 007

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Wool said:
Finally somebody who I can see eye to eye with. I always thought Daniel Craig played the role like he was supposed to be Vin Diesel or something. I also have a strong preference for the Bond girls of the 60's-70's. Moonraker was the beginning of the end.
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Daniel Craig wasn't in Casino Royale.
 
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Imm0rt4l

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vas_a_morir said:
I thought "The World is Not Enough" is overlooked. It's actually one of my faves, and it was a PB one.

You know, now that I think of it, only the last one in that era was really bad.
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I think twine sucked, it's just die another day was way over the top. I think tomorrow never dies is better than twine, and tomorrow never dies plot is pretty ridiculous. Also Denise Richards doesn't make for a convincing nuclear physicist.


"I thought Christmas comes only once a year" lol
 
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