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The boards Bond thread
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27-01-2012 1:28am#1Starting watching some of the Bond movies this past week so thought I'd start a thread about them, I'm not really watching them chronologically although I've done that before over a few weeks. so what are peoples favourite movies, favourite Bond, favourite setpieces, songs, villains etc?
I would have grown up watching the Roger Moore ones on UTV so have a soft spot for them, silly as they are, The Spy Who Loved Me is definitely Moore's best, but if Octopussy or Live And Let Die are on tv I'd find myself watching them. Of Connery's movies Goldfinger and From Russia With Love are my favourites, if only for Connery and Robert Shaw's fantastic fight on the train.
I always thought Timothy Dalton was a really underrated Bond, its a pity he only got two movies to show it, Licence To Kill did the harder edged Bond long before Casino Royale did, and was more of an 80's revenge action movie than a Bond film in parts, thought Michael Kamen did a great job on the score and the Gladys Knight title song is excellent
has some of the best stuns of the series too, the highlights being the opening plane stunt, the ski-less waterskiing and the truck sequence at the end.
Brosnan I liked as Bond, his movies got progressively worse though, Goldeneye was a real return for the series and Tomorrow Never Dies as its moments but a really weak villain, The World Is Not Enough has a stunning opening sequence, just proper Bond action, and Die Another Day...well the first 20 minutes or so are interesting, but then its got cgi surfing, invisible cars and that horrid Madonna track, ugh. Pity he never got to end his run with the character on a high note.
Daniel Craig was an odd choice for Bond, probably the least "Bond" looking of any of the actors, he wouldnt look out of place as one of the villians man henchman in another movie, but he did the cold hearted bastard thing quite well, and the series got the kick in the arse it sorely needed, in the years after Austin Powers you couldnt take it seriously anymore with villians having mountain layers or private armies of henchmen, stripping the series down to the basics and rebooting the franchies was what it needed, and Casino Royale was the best Bond in years. The new direction can be accredited to one Mr Jason Bourne as well, reigniting audiences taste for blockbuster spy thriller action without the sillyness of the previous Bond movies. and its got a kick ass theme song
Wonder who'll they go with after Craig? I'd love to see either Michael Fassbender or Tom Hardy get a crack at it, both could easily pull it off depending on the direction they go with for the next few movies.
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Timothy Dalton is definitely most underrated Bond. I'd say Daniel Craig is the worst, follows extremely closely by Roger Moore.
I like Daniel Craig, but he portrayed Bond all wrong I though.. he made cool and funny, yet serious character into a kind of one dimensional prat I thought. When he tried to do the Bond one liners they just came across as pervy and creepy instead of cool.
AlsoI can't stand the Bourne influence on him. Was half expecting Quortex of Nothing to end with Extreme Ways by Moby!
My personal favourite was easily You Only Live Twice. The perfect Bond film (except for the surgery part which was just wierd). Favourite scene being this one . Its such a good one take shot.0 -
love this video tribute to Desmon Llewelyn was on one of the dvds after he died. His final scene with Brosnan is pretty poignant given he died not long after.
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I quite liked Timothy Dalton as Bond. I think I preferred him in The Living Daylights over Licence To Kill though I much preferred the story in Licence To Kill.
My favourite Bond moments:
As for Bond music:
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Cool to see i'm not the only Timothy Dalton fan, two solid Bond outings, License to Kill was also my first Bond film in the cinema, will never forget that scene where the smarmy henchman gets blown to bits in the pressure chamber
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I grew up with Connery and Moore on TV, Connery is my favourite Bond by a mile, Moore is fun in a campy comedic kind of way which I really liked as a kid.
Even though I like Daniel Craig as Bond, he lacks the sophisticated, charming side of Bond and is more of a cold thug sometimes. Connery was best at striking this balance.
Couldn't stand Brosnan as Bond, never bothered to watch his last 2 films, saw a clip of that CGI surfing...sad!
Right now I can't see Fassbender or Hardy as Bond in the future, I rekon Craig doing a decent job and there's less focus on gadgets which is a good thing.0 -
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Theres a few stinkers in there unfortunately.
Had a look through the clips you posted, 'For Your Eyes Only' classic! Best Moore film IMO.0 -
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Without doubt; my own personal favourite "James Bond" moment...
On a serious note; I don't think I'll ever understand the the hatred for the extremely under-appreciated "On Her Majesty's Secret Service".
From it's tongue-in-cheek "This would have never happened to the other fella!" opening, to Louis Armstong's "We have all the time in the world" closing, the story itself is apparently the closest adaptation of any of Ian Fleming's works.
George Lazenby (incidentally; the youngest actor to play James Bond) wasn't the greatest; but, I'd really have liked to see him give it another shot.0 -
Live and let die was my first Bond in the cinema. I remember they had a speedboat in the foyer although I can't remember whether it was the Savoy or the Adelphi. Being from Dalkey it was a big interest at the time as the boats were made in western marine Bulloch harbour. It remains one of my favourites and Jane Seymour was stunningly beautiful. McCartney's theme also made it special.
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Pre-Craig, Dalton was the best for me. He had the suaveness but seemed to be able to have an agressive touch too. Course pairing him up with Miryam d'Abyo worked well too. And now I've just realised my ex was a carbon copy of her. Maybe I'm more of a bond fan than I thought!
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spankmaster2000 wrote: »Without doubt; my own personal favourite "James Bond" moment...
On a serious note; I don't think I'll ever understand the the hatred for the extremely under-appreciated "On Her Majesty's Secret Service".
From it's tongue-in-cheek "This would have never happened to the other fella!" opening, to Louis Armstong's "We have all the time in the world" closing, the story itself is apparently the closest adaptation of any of Ian Fleming's works.
George Lazenby (incidentally; the youngest actor to play James Bond) wasn't the greatest; but, I'd really have liked to see him give it another shot.
I saw On Her Majesty's Secret Service for the first time recently and really enjoyed it.
But while Lazenby isn't that bad, I found it hard to take him seriously and have much confidence in him for a good chunk of the film because he had to have his voice (noticeably) dubbed by another actor when he was pretending to be the coat of arms expert.
Even if it's unreasonable to expect him to pull off the accent (and I'd find it hard to see Connery bothering!), it's quite jarring and takes up a good chunk of the film's running time.
I've always had a soft spot for Octopussy as I seem to remember RTÉ showing it all the time when I was a kid, especially around Christmas.
I haven't seen it too often since then, which helps it keeps its nostalgic glow.
Goldeneye has a similar place in my heart, strangely, because I had played the awesome N64 game a hell of a lot before I got round to seeing the film, and it kept amazing me by how faithful, in terms of the look of locations etc at least, the game was.
But I still think it's a great film in its own right, and a needed return to form.
I'm still on the fence about the two new ones. I thought they were a bit too obviously influenced by the Bourne films, and went too far the other way from the traditional Bond campiness and took themselves too seriously, especially Casino Royale.
Though I think I enjoyed Quantum of Solace more than most people. I like Mathieu Amalric as the villain and it has some great set pieces and locations. I love the opera scene.
It's too short though. It feels like the bare bones of a Bond film, and is just lacking a certain je ne sais quoi. All the necessary parts of a Bond film are there, but they don't seem to add up to a satisfying whole. And for the some reason the whole "Bond's gone rogue" element of the story bugs me. It doesn't feel necessary to the story at all, and seems like it was added on to artificially generate drama and conflict, and of course it had been done before.
I think if I had to choose a favourite Bond film I'd go for Goldfinger. It just seems to be quintessentially Bondian but without being clichéd.
I also quite like Dr. No. Connery seems to play Bond with a hard edge (reminiscent of the way Dalton plays him) that's lacking from his other performances.0 -
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The King of Moo wrote: »I've always had a soft spot for Octopussy as I seem to remember RTÉ showing it all the time when I was a kid, especially around Christmas.
. You're not wrong.
It was wheeled out a few Xmas's in a row.0 -
spankmaster2000 wrote: »Without doubt; my own personal favourite "James Bond" moment...
On a serious note; I don't think I'll ever understand the the hatred for the extremely under-appreciated "On Her Majesty's Secret Service".
From it's tongue-in-cheek "This would have never happened to the other fella!" opening, to Louis Armstong's "We have all the time in the world" closing, the story itself is apparently the closest adaptation of any of Ian Fleming's works.
George Lazenby (incidentally; the youngest actor to play James Bond) wasn't the greatest; but, I'd really have liked to see him give it another shot.
Well summed up.
Sking down a mountainside in the dark through trees with only one ski...
Need i say more? A classic chase scene and THEY all love BULLITT.
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