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The Bond Movies & Actors I Love (Positivity Only Please)

SarkSark Guangdong, PRC
in Bond Movies Posts: 1,138
So as a counterpoint to the other thread, how about one where negativity isn't allowed? Just say the things you love in the Bond franchise.

This isn't a debate thread. I someone says "I love X as Bond" this isn't the place to "politely debate" them.
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  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy My Secret Lair
    Posts: 13,384
    Love OHMSS, love Sir Roger, love The Lotus and love, love Bérénice Marlohe. :x
  • SarkSark Guangdong, PRC
    Posts: 1,138
    Bérénice Marlohe

    Agreed.

    That said, I love the scene where she dies. I think anyone who thinks it's Craig being too callous has totally lost the plot. It's one of the best in the film.
  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy My Secret Lair
    Posts: 13,384
    I think for the short amount of time she had on screen. She made a big
    Impression. I think her Death scene was very Fleming, and what was Bond
    Supposed to do, he had a gun at his head. When he got the chance he killed
    Them all.
  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy My Secret Lair
    Posts: 13,384
    I also love dear old Q, The much missed Desmond !
  • AceHoleAceHole Belgium, via Britain
    edited January 2015 Posts: 1,731
    Hehe, I was wondering how long it would take for this one to pop up :>

    Cinematic 007... oh how I love thy flights of fancy, thy mysterious gadgets and thy far away places!

    I love the icon-ism of it all - the celluloid images forever burnt onto my consciousness

    Picture perfect Aston Martins....
    A white Lotus beneath the sea...
    Skiing, white mountaintops...
    Tranquil mahogany offices with double leather-clad doors...
    Daring aerial stunts...
    Turquoise hued antics under the ocean...

    Oh, and Naomie from TSWLM (easy now...) =P~
  • Problem_EliminatorProblem_Eliminator Ojai, CA
    Posts: 613
    I love Timothy Dalton, both his movies, xenia onatopp, and Casino Royals PTS just to name a few that are coming into my mind at the moment.
  • doubleohdaddoubleohdad
    Posts: 1,146
    Noooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!
  • Problem_EliminatorProblem_Eliminator Ojai, CA
    Posts: 613
    its time for you to say something nice about Roger Moore, come on you can do it.
  • chrisisallchrisisall Brosnan Defender Of The Realm
    edited January 2015 Posts: 17,804
    I love DN, FRWL, YOLT, TLD, LTK, GE, TLD, TWINE & QOS. I love Roger for keeping the Bondish end up. I love Wai Lin, Solitaire, Xenia & Aki. I love Sanchez, Carver & Kamal Khan.
    Roger was awesome in FYEO & OP.
    Lazenby was good considering his theatre background at the time.
    LTK & QOS have unusually perfect endings.
  • 4EverBonded4EverBonded the Ballrooms of Mars
    edited January 2015 Posts: 12,480
    I love having an appreciation thread for each Bond. :)

    I love having a new thread where I can just string along some of my favorite things, like a necklace.

    For today, I'll make this shorter than usual list:

    I love ... 8->

    Connery's attitude and style in the first three films

    Moore in TSWLM and FYEO gave me the most fun, with some fine serious moments, too, in two sparkling films that will always be among my favorites

    Dalton in TLD was a great Bond in an unusually romantic Bond film (which I do appreciate)

    Brosnan in GE and TND - I fell in love with Bond again, even though my heart had been broken by Timothy not retuning; and frankly, that was no small feat of Brosnan's, moving the series forward and being a a very cool, and memorable Bond

    Craig - From the PTS ("I know where you keep your gun"), he had me sold - and how I love the way he just was Bond, right from the start, and a very compelling, growing, challenging, and great Bond he has become.

    That's all for now.
  • MayDayDiVicenzoMayDayDiVicenzo Here and there
    edited January 2015 Posts: 5,080
    I love all the Bond films to some degree, but my particular favourites are FRWL, OHMSS, LALD, TSWLM, FYEO, AVTAK, TLD, LTK, GE and TWINE.

    Sean was brilliant between DN and GF, Lazenby was good, Rog is my favourite, Dalton is my second favourite, Brozzer is very good (especially in GE and TWINE) and Craig is good, too.

    My favourite scores are FRWL, GF, TB, YOLT, OHMSS, LALD,TSWLM, MR, OP, AVTAK, TLD and GE.

    Favourite villains are Dr No, Rosa Klebb, Blofeld (OHMSS and DAF), Kananga, Scaramanga, Zorin, Sanchez, Trevelyan, Carver and Elektra King (the Broz era had some great villains).

    Favourite henchmen/women are Red Grant, Oddjob, Fiona Volpe, Irma Bunt, Wint&Kidd, Tee Hee/Baron Samedi, Jaws (TSWLM), Mayday, Dario and Xenia.

    Favourite Bond Girls are Honey, Tania, Pussy, Tracy (absolute favourite), Tiffany, Solitaire, Melina, Octopussy, Pam, Natalya and Camille.
  • Agent007391Agent007391 Up, Up, Down, Down, Left, Right, Left, Right, B, A, Start
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    TSWLM is my favorite Moore film.
  • chrisisallchrisisall Brosnan Defender Of The Realm
    Posts: 17,804
    I forgot Trevelyan, he's one of my faves as well.
    I love 1987 - 1997; my Favourite Bond years.
  • MayDayDiVicenzoMayDayDiVicenzo Here and there
    Posts: 5,080
    My favourite Bond years are between 1981-1995. Loved every film released in this time.
  • chrisisallchrisisall Brosnan Defender Of The Realm
    Posts: 17,804
    My single best theatrical experience: 1997. The multiplex in Fresh Meadows, NY. Tomorrow Never Dies.
    From beginning to end, the most satisfying Bond movie ever. Pure OTT cinematic perfection. I even liked Terri in it. Pierce, Michelle & Roger brought back the sheer fun & spectacle of Bond!
    No, it wasn't FRWL or LTK...
    It was Pierce's YOLT! And WE LIKED it that way!! =D>
  • doubleohdaddoubleohdad
    Posts: 1,146
    The entire train compartment scene and fight between Red Grant and Bond.

    Absolutely the best scene in the entire series, for me.
  • chrisisallchrisisall Brosnan Defender Of The Realm
    Posts: 17,804
    doubleohdad wrote: »
    The entire train compartment scene and fight between Red Grant and Bond.
    Absolutely the best scene in the entire series, for me.
    Great choice.
  • Agent007391Agent007391 Up, Up, Down, Down, Left, Right, Left, Right, B, A, Start
    Posts: 7,854
    The PTS of Casino Royale says more about Bond than most others.
  • doubleohdaddoubleohdad
    Posts: 1,146
    Another favorite.
  • chrisisallchrisisall Brosnan Defender Of The Realm
    Posts: 17,804
    The whole "...tell M what you like..." scene was awesome, as was the Puskin interrogation. Those, combined with Barry's score, make it easy to see why TLD is my favourite Bond.
  • doubleohdaddoubleohdad
    Posts: 1,146
    The first two scenes in TLD are just really, really impressive, two of the best in the series.
  • OHMSS69OHMSS69
    Posts: 2,341
    The script of OHMSS and how the narrative for once gives Bond and the girl a real "charcter arch".
    The scene in OHMSS when Bond is being pursued thru the Christmas village to the tune of "do You Know How Christmas Trees are Grown?" the whole scene has a very surreal effect to it. And seeing Bond at the end of his rope as he is waiting for Bunt and her men to capture him. Laz really played this scene well.

    Tracy

    The CR theme song
    Vesper Lynd

    Bond scaling that rock in FYEO. A real suspenseful scene with Roger (these had become few and far between from 1973-1985

    Bond's fight on the train in OP

    Connery's "Shocking, positively shocking" line

    Dalton's scenes with John Rys Davies in TLD

    Dalton as Bond
  • OHMSS69OHMSS69
    Posts: 2,341
    OHMSS69 wrote: »
    The script of OHMSS and how the narrative for once gives Bond and the girl a real "charcter arch".
    The scene in OHMSS when Bond is being pursued thru the Christmas village to the tune of "do You Know How Christmas Trees are Grown?" the whole scene has a very surreal effect to it. And seeing Bond at the end of his rope as he is waiting for Bunt and her men to capture him. Laz really played this scene well.

    Tracy

    The CR theme song
    Vesper Lynd

    Bond scaling that rock in FYEO. A real suspenseful scene with Roger (these had become few and far between from 1973-1985

    Bond's fight on the train in OP

    The MR PTS

    Connery's "Shocking, positively shocking" line

    Dalton's scenes with John Rys Davies in TLD

    Dalton as Bond

  • Problem_EliminatorProblem_Eliminator Ojai, CA
    Posts: 613
    the arrival of silva at skyfall in the chopper with music playing that part was amazing in theatres.
  • bondjamesbondjames You were expecting someone else?
    edited January 2015 Posts: 23,883
    Here are my postive contributions

    Favourite Movies: FRWL, TB, TSWLM, CR
    Also Good: GE, QoS, LTD, TLD, OP, SF
    Favourite Bonds: Connery, Moore, Dalton, Craig
    Favourite Bond Performance: Connery in TB, FRWL
    Favourite Girls: Natalya, Anya, Tracy, Melina, Fiona, Domino, Solitaire, Vesper, Tanya
    Favourite Villains: Kronsteen, Grant, Jaws, Largo, Drax, Orlov, Orumov, Trevelyn, LeChiffre, Silva
    Favourite Associates: Felix (Hedison & Wright), Kerim, Mathis
    Favourite Sacrificial Lamb: Severine, Strawberry Fields, Tilly Masterson
    Favourite Score: TB, TLD, OHMSS, LALD
    Favourite Cars: Lotus Espirit (white from TSWLM) & Aston Martin DBS (OHMSS)
    Favourite GB Music: GE, FYEO, LTK, LALD
    Favourite GB Spin & Shoot: Pierce Brosnan (GE)
    Favourite Pretitles: TSWLM, GE, MR, OP & TND
    Favourite M: Bernard Lee (by far)
    Favourite MP: Lois Maxwell (by far)
    Favourite Action Sequence: TSWLM Lotus chase & underwater, CR crane chase & fight, SF China skyscraper sequence
    Favourite Fight: Grant/Bond in FRWL followed by 006/Bond in GE
    Favourite Delivery of Bond, James Bond: Connery in Dr. No
    Favourite Bond Suits: Connery in FRWL
    Favourite Watch: Dalton in LTK (Rolex Submariner w/date)
    Favourite Atmosphere: FRWL, SF (in China), GE (in Monaco) & TSWLM (in Egypt)
    Favourite Cinematography: TSWLM & SF
    Favourite Locations: Istanbul & Monaco
    Favourite Line: "My dear girl, don't flatter yourself. What I did this evening was for Queen and country. You don't think it gave me any pleasure, do you?" - TB
    Favourite Comeback: "But of course, I forgot your ego, Mr. Bond. James Bond, the one where he has to make love to a woman, and she starts to hear heavenly choirs singing. She repents, and turns to the side of right and virtue...well not this one" - TB
  • chrisisallchrisisall Brosnan Defender Of The Realm
    Posts: 17,804
    bondjames wrote: »
    Favourite GB Spin & Shoot: Pierce Brosnan (GE)

    I no longer feel alone in this! :x
  • bondjamesbondjames You were expecting someone else?
    edited January 2015 Posts: 23,883
    chrisisall wrote: »
    bondjames wrote: »
    Favourite GB Spin & Shoot: Pierce Brosnan (GE)

    I no longer feel alone in this! :x

    Yes, no doubt he does it best. Assured and confident walk, with a fast turn and accurate single handed aim.
  • chrisisallchrisisall Brosnan Defender Of The Realm
    Posts: 17,804
    I love the dinner talk in DN (before the Doctor has Bond beaten for his insolence). Bond is so contemptuous in a bad situation. Very Fleming IMO.
  • SarkSark Guangdong, PRC
    Posts: 1,138
    The meeting between Bond and Solitaire. The line "You have found yourself" was the best, but the whole scene is great.
  • chrisisallchrisisall Brosnan Defender Of The Realm
    Posts: 17,804
    Sark wrote: »
    The meeting between Bond and Solitaire. The line "You have found yourself" was the best, but the whole scene is great.
    LALD was just great all around IMO. One of the finest endings as well. AHH-HA HA HA HA HA HAAAA!
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