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#08 choose between two options: CONNERY-DALTON-BROSNAN ...or... LAZENBY-MOORE-CRAIG

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  • StirredNotShakenStirredNotShaken Toronto
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    This is a joke, right? Casino Royale is a key film of the 21st century. That pretty much settles the whole thing instantly. If Casino Royale were the only Bond film ever made, that would be okay.
  • DaltonCraig007DaltonCraig007 They say, "Evil prevails when good men fail to act." What they ought to say is, "Evil prevails."
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    QOS + SF.
  • SeanCraigSeanCraig Germany
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    CR is a must-have so for me it's CR+SP.
  • DaltonCraig007DaltonCraig007 They say, "Evil prevails when good men fail to act." What they ought to say is, "Evil prevails."
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    My mind says CR simply cannot be removed from existence, but my heart just wouldn't cope in losing the PTS car chase of QOS. And despite my best efforts, my heart always wins against my mind.
  • GoldenGunGoldenGun Per ora e per il momento che verrà
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    CR and SP, as CR is the only Craig film I really like.
  • Crazysoul95Crazysoul95
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    CR is a must so, CR and SP.
  • tanaka123tanaka123
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    CR and SP
  • barryt007barryt007
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    CR and SP..
  • chrisisallchrisisall Brosnan Defender Of The Realm
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    Despite having QOS in my top 5, I'd have to go with CR/SP. It's just a better package.
  • ThunderfingerThunderfinger Das Boot Hill
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    I would hate to lose SF, but CR/SP for me as well.
  • Some_Kind_Of_HeroSome_Kind_Of_Hero
    edited October 2016 Posts: 6,844
    QOS + SF for me.

    Thought this might be a difficult choice at first, then realized it really wasn't. Casino Royale and Quantum are about neck and neck for me in my rankings; CR places just one spot higher. But when it comes down to it, Quantum has far greater rewatchability value for me. Incidentally, Skyfall is a film that has grown on me and while it certainly has more than its share of flaws, I'd feel more inclined to throw SF on than CR (going back to rewatchability again).

    SPECTRE is currently, regrettably, a bottom-fiver for me. Hope this changes some day—maybe it will—but the whole affair feels so uninspired and redundant to me. There are simply not enough elements that get me excited about revisiting this film (a good torture sequence and train fight and opening tracking shot and that's about it).

    So two films (one great, the other not so much) that I don't feel inclined to revisit often vs. two films (one great, the other average-ish) that I do feel inclined to revisit often.

    Plus, QOS and SF boast some of the greatest cinematography in the entire series and I'm a big fan of great looking films. Would hate to lose all those spectacularly framed shots.

    Sucks to lose Casino Royale though—like OHMSS before it, one of the best and truest adaptations of Fleming's novels, and the best villain of Craig's era in Mads Mikkelson's LeChiffre.
  • IncompetentHenchmanIncompetentHenchman
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    CR and SP. I have no regrets with losing out on QOS.
  • BMW_with_missilesBMW_with_missiles All the usual refinements.
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    IncompetentHenchman wrote: »
    CR and SP. I have no regrets with losing out on QOS.

    I second this.
  • GoldenGunGoldenGun Per ora e per il momento che verrà
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    I don't get why CR is considered to be so true to Fleming. Sure it contains the casino parts, where they changed the game, and the torture scene, which they also changed. But not much more.

    The first half doesn't come from the novel and in the last part they relegate Vesper's tragical suicide to a cheap action chaos. CR isn't particularly more Fleming than TLD/LTK as far as I'm concerned.
  • ClarkDevlinClarkDevlin Martinis, Girls and Guns
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    I agree. The film isn't true to Fleming at all. 10% of the material is replicated but that's about it. I'm saying "replicated" as in derived from the novel, not updated, untouched, retold/rewritten.
  • MayDayDiVicenzoMayDayDiVicenzo Here and there
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    I'm gonna go with QOS+SF, marginally. Craig's first three films are really quite excellent, so this was a tough decision.
  • Escalus5Escalus5
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    CR and SP without hesitation. Although I like QOS, I've never been fond of SF.
  • JohnHammond73JohnHammond73 Lancashire, UK
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    CR and SF for me.
  • ClarkDevlinClarkDevlin Martinis, Girls and Guns
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    Escalus5 wrote: »
    CR and SP without hesitation. Although I like QOS, I've never been fond of SF.
    Seconded.
  • BondJasonBond006BondJasonBond006 on fb and ajb
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    Shark_0f_Largo wrote: »
    CR and SF for me.

    you can only choose:
    CR and SP together
    or
    QOS and SF together
    one option has to go
  • NickTwentyTwoNickTwentyTwo Vancouver, BC, Canada
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    TBH the choice is fairly easy for me, CR/SP, although it is very sad to lose both QoS/SF.
    Originally I thought it was Casino & Skyfall, vs. Quantum and Spectre, which I imagine would be very easy for other people but would have been a lot tougher for me.
  • ThunderfingerThunderfinger Das Boot Hill
    edited October 2016 Posts: 45,489
    What s the scenario, by the way? What would force us to choose between those two options?
  • ClarkDevlinClarkDevlin Martinis, Girls and Guns
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    Thunderfinger wrote: »
    What s the scenario, by the way? What would force us to choose between those two options?
    The Pierce Brosnan Protection Convention
  • BondJasonBond006BondJasonBond006 on fb and ajb
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    Aliens have invaded Earth and will destroy every single evidence of two of Craig's Bond films.
    Inhumane as they are they let us choose between CR/SP getting eradicated or QOS/SF.
  • ThunderfingerThunderfinger Das Boot Hill
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    You are delushanal.

    It is a divorce settlement. You have a dvd player and a bluray player. Two films in each format.
  • ClarkDevlinClarkDevlin Martinis, Girls and Guns
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    Thunderfinger wrote: »
    You are delushanal.
    No. No.

    His last name is Deschanel. The brother of famed actress Zooey Deschanel, albeit not seen or heard of due to his career as a super-spy.
  • ThunderfingerThunderfinger Das Boot Hill
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    ClarkDevlin wrote: »
    Thunderfinger wrote: »
    You are delushanal.
    No. No.

    His last name is Deschanel. The brother of famed actress Zooey Deschanel, albeit not seen or heard of due to his career as a super-spy.

    OK. You are Daeshchanel. As always.
  • ClarkDevlinClarkDevlin Martinis, Girls and Guns
    Posts: 15,423
    Thunderfinger wrote: »
    ClarkDevlin wrote: »
    Thunderfinger wrote: »
    You are delushanal.
    No. No.

    His last name is Deschanel. The brother of famed actress Zooey Deschanel, albeit not seen or heard of due to his career as a super-spy.

    OK. You are Daeshchanel. As always.
    That would be telling.
  • barryt007barryt007
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    Thunderfinger wrote: »
    You are delushanal.

    It is a divorce settlement. You have a dvd player and a bluray player. Two films in each format.

    Who the f**k mentioned 'divorce' ????

    ~X(
  • ThunderfingerThunderfinger Das Boot Hill
    Posts: 45,489
    barryt007 wrote: »
    Thunderfinger wrote: »
    You are delushanal.

    It is a divorce settlement. You have a dvd player and a bluray player. Two films in each format.

    Who the f**k mentioned 'divorce' ????

    ~X(

    Divorced and bald, if you keep going like that.
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