Mayday Malone wrote:For Your Eyes Only
Roger Moore's best, true to Fleming's Bond as best as Moore can with Octopussy being the second one. [/i]
Beer Necessity wrote:Mayday Malone wrote:For Your Eyes Only
Roger Moore's best, true to Fleming's Bond as best as Moore can with Octopussy being the second one. [/i]
That's surprising. I take it you rate Moore's 80s Bond higher than his 70s version then?
Personally I thought all the 80s Bond films (including Never Say Never Again) were mediocre at best, save for the fabulous The Living Daylights!
Moon-Crane wrote:Beer Necessity wrote:Mayday Malone wrote:For Your Eyes Only
Roger Moore's best, true to Fleming's Bond as best as Moore can with Octopussy being the second one. [/i]
That's surprising. I take it you rate Moore's 80s Bond higher than his 70s version then?
Personally I thought all the 80s Bond films (including Never Say Never Again) were mediocre at best, save for the fabulous The Living Daylights!
I tend to agree with you, BN. For my money TSWLM is the best Bond film by Moore.
Beer Necessity wrote:Moon-Crane wrote:Beer Necessity wrote:Mayday Malone wrote:For Your Eyes Only
Roger Moore's best, true to Fleming's Bond as best as Moore can with Octopussy being the second one. [/i]
That's surprising. I take it you rate Moore's 80s Bond higher than his 70s version then?
Personally I thought all the 80s Bond films (including Never Say Never Again) were mediocre at best, save for the fabulous The Living Daylights!
I tend to agree with you, BN. For my money TSWLM is the best Bond film by Moore.
I do love that, but I've always had a soft spot for Live And Let Die. My childish mates and I still quote that to each other when going for a curry... "The corner booth will do!"
Moon-Crane wrote:Beer Necessity wrote:Moon-Crane wrote:Beer Necessity wrote:Mayday Malone wrote:For Your Eyes Only
Roger Moore's best, true to Fleming's Bond as best as Moore can with Octopussy being the second one. [/i]
That's surprising. I take it you rate Moore's 80s Bond higher than his 70s version then?
Personally I thought all the 80s Bond films (including Never Say Never Again) were mediocre at best, save for the fabulous The Living Daylights!
I tend to agree with you, BN. For my money TSWLM is the best Bond film by Moore.
I do love that, but I've always had a soft spot for Live And Let Die. My childish mates and I still quote that to each other when going for a curry... "The corner booth will do!"
LALD would probably rate 2nd of his outings, for me. It is great fun.
Mayday Malone wrote:I rate FYEO and Octopussy high but I do like Spy Who Loved Me but am none too fond of Golden Gun. Without sounding too full of myself, I am a bit of a Bondian and actually on the Bond forums getting a sound thrashing for not liking Thunderball, oh my!?
Beer Necessity wrote:Mayday Malone wrote:I rate FYEO and Octopussy high but I do like Spy Who Loved Me but am none too fond of Golden Gun. Without sounding too full of myself, I am a bit of a Bondian and actually on the Bond forums getting a sound thrashing for not liking Thunderball, oh my!?
Me neither, It's quite entertaining but it was obviously made in a rush.
Thunderball tends to drag a bit for me; it could do with 20 minutes editing out I think. But what do I know, many regard it as the epitome of the franchise.
Mayday Malone wrote:Beer Necessity wrote:Mayday Malone wrote:I rate FYEO and Octopussy high but I do like Spy Who Loved Me but am none too fond of Golden Gun. Without sounding too full of myself, I am a bit of a Bondian and actually on the Bond forums getting a sound thrashing for not liking Thunderball, oh my!?
Me neither, It's quite entertaining but it was obviously made in a rush.
Thunderball tends to drag a bit for me; it could do with 20 minutes editing out I think. But what do I know, many regard it as the epitome of the franchise.
they do that. Probably because automatically Connery is the best Bond...do not get me started...I'll go find a beer methinks!
Mayday Malone wrote:Trouble with NSNA is that it was an 'unofficial' film, it did come out in the same year as Octopussy and admittedly both Connery and Moore were, shall we say, reaching their Bond peak.
Moon-Crane wrote:It's weird, I always put YOLT relatively low down, but then love it to bits when i sit and watch it. It was even the Bond film i made our 'group' pick to show when we ran a film club at university.
Mayday Malone wrote:John Barry soundtrack, Nancy Sinatra singing the song, Tokyo and Japanese locations, set pieces and so on...hard not to dislike YOLT.
Mayday Malone wrote:It is indeed sublime though my ever-favourite will remain that of OHMSS possessing the best Bond theme, a good song (my fav's Nobody Does It Better), good incidental music and a 'new sound' as Barry had wanted to bring his music back to basics as director Peter Hunt (OHMSS) wanted to bring Bond back to basics.
Geez, I'll sprout torrents at the slighest oppurtunity.
Beer Necessity wrote:Mayday Malone wrote:It is indeed sublime though my ever-favourite will remain that of OHMSS possessing the best Bond theme, a good song (my fav's Nobody Does It Better), good incidental music and a 'new sound' as Barry had wanted to bring his music back to basics as director Peter Hunt (OHMSS) wanted to bring Bond back to basics.
Geez, I'll sprout torrents at the slighest oppurtunity.
I was actually going to add "Second only to OHMSS" but you beat me to it!
Mayday Malone wrote:Beer Necessity wrote:Mayday Malone wrote:It is indeed sublime though my ever-favourite will remain that of OHMSS possessing the best Bond theme, a good song (my fav's Nobody Does It Better), good incidental music and a 'new sound' as Barry had wanted to bring his music back to basics as director Peter Hunt (OHMSS) wanted to bring Bond back to basics.
Geez, I'll sprout torrents at the slighest oppurtunity.
I was actually going to add "Second only to OHMSS" but you beat me to it!
Great minds think alike, BN!?
Beer Necessity wrote:DHP's thoughts are always worth listening to on this subject, it'll be interesting to see his 'Connery' list.
DHP wrote:Beer Necessity wrote:DHP's thoughts are always worth listening to on this subject, it'll be interesting to see his 'Connery' list.
Thanks BN. I'd probably rate them as follows...
1) From Russia With Love
2) Goldfinger
3) Dr No
4) You Only Live Twice
5) Thunderball
6) Diamonds Are Forever
1-3 are classic spy thrillers, without many of the tongue-in-cheek trappings of some of Roger Moore's efforts which now rather unfairly seem to define Bond for many people, with Bond depending on his wits to survive and get the job done. FRWL tops it for me as Robert Shaw's Grant is possibly the best villain in the series for my money. 4 is much more of a fantasy film, 5 is very good indeed, but as BN has pointed out, drags a bit by today's standards compared to the first three. 6 is just very weak for me. Connery shouldn't have been playing Bond at this point, the villains are poor (including Blofeld) and the only thing worth the price of admission for me is Tiffany Case. Not only good eye candy, she's a genuinely interesting character too.
Beer Necessity wrote:DHP wrote:Beer Necessity wrote:DHP's thoughts are always worth listening to on this subject, it'll be interesting to see his 'Connery' list.
Thanks BN. I'd probably rate them as follows...
1) From Russia With Love
2) Goldfinger
3) Dr No
4) You Only Live Twice
5) Thunderball
6) Diamonds Are Forever
1-3 are classic spy thrillers, without many of the tongue-in-cheek trappings of some of Roger Moore's efforts which now rather unfairly seem to define Bond for many people, with Bond depending on his wits to survive and get the job done. FRWL tops it for me as Robert Shaw's Grant is possibly the best villain in the series for my money. 4 is much more of a fantasy film, 5 is very good indeed, but as BN has pointed out, drags a bit by today's standards compared to the first three. 6 is just very weak for me. Connery shouldn't have been playing Bond at this point, the villains are poor (including Blofeld) and the only thing worth the price of admission for me is Tiffany Case. Not only good eye candy, she's a genuinely interesting character too.
There's a theme here. We all seem to place FRWL near the very top of our lists and DAF near the bottom. It's an enjoyable enough romp though.
When you say Connery shouldn't have been playing Bond at that point, what do you mean exactly? I'm surprised if you mean his age as he's two years younger than Roger Moore!
DHP wrote:Beer Necessity wrote:DHP's thoughts are always worth listening to on this subject, it'll be interesting to see his 'Connery' list.
Thanks BN. I'd probably rate them as follows...
1) From Russia With Love
2) Goldfinger
3) Dr No
4) You Only Live Twice
5) Thunderball
6) Diamonds Are Forever
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