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The great Bond directors elimination game

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  • MansfieldMansfield Where the hell have you been?
    Posts: 1,263
    These are the two directors that served the franchise critically in the most consistent way, in my opinion. If I look at my personal rankings, I would have Campbell as a slim favorite due to Thunderball being ranked 14th. Objectively, Terence Young is probably more synonymous with Bond at its core. One mention of respect Campbell holds over Young is that he directed two critically acclaimed films with different lead actors and in their very first outings as Bond no less. The two contrast each other in many ways, showing how flexible Campbell can work. It's very hard for me to down vote either of them, though, seeing as 4 out of the 5 films they worked on are in my top 6.

    All I can say it well done everyone. =D>
  • ThunderfingerThunderfinger Das Boot Hill
    edited October 2015 Posts: 45,489
    Sunday

    01. Terence Young - DN / FRWL / TB - 74 (+1)
    02. Martin Campbell - GE / CR - 51 (-2)

    Eliminated:

    03. Peter Hunt - OHMSS
    04. John Glen - FYEO / OP / AVTAK / TLD / LTK
    05. Sam Mendes - SF
    06. Guy Hamilton - GF / DAF / LALD / TMWTGG
    07. Lewis Gilbert - YOLT / TSWLM / MR
    08. Marc Forster - QOS
    09. Roger Spottiswoode - TND
    10. Michael Apted - TWINE
    11. Lee Tamahori - DAD
  • mcdonbbmcdonbb deep in the Heart of Texas
    edited October 2015 Posts: 4,116
    Finally an elimination game with the two appropriate and most deserving finalists.

    (I'm still remiss about the third nipple not making the cut the last game around ... but oh well)
  • SoundofthesinnersSoundofthesinners
    Posts: 3,236
    01. Terence Young - DN / FRWL / TB - 75 +1
    02. Martin Campbell - GE / CR - 49 -2

    Eliminated:

    03. Peter Hunt - OHMSS
    04. John Glen - FYEO / OP / AVTAK / TLD / LTK
    05. Sam Mendes - SF
    06. Guy Hamilton - GF / DAF / LALD / TMWTGG
    07. Lewis Gilbert - YOLT / TSWLM / MR
    08. Marc Forster - QOS
    09. Roger Spottiswoode - TND
    10. Michael Apted - TWINE
    11. Lee Tamahori - DAD
  • TripAcesTripAces Universal Exports
    Posts: 4,589
    John Glen and Peter Hunt over Mendes...

    =))
  • Some_Kind_Of_HeroSome_Kind_Of_Hero
    Posts: 6,844
    Sunday

    01. Terence Young - DN / FRWL / TB - 76 +1
    02. Martin Campbell - GE / CR - 47 -2

    Eliminated:

    03. Peter Hunt - OHMSS
    04. John Glen - FYEO / OP / AVTAK / TLD / LTK
    05. Sam Mendes - SF
    06. Guy Hamilton - GF / DAF / LALD / TMWTGG
    07. Lewis Gilbert - YOLT / TSWLM / MR
    08. Marc Forster - QOS
    09. Roger Spottiswoode - TND
    10. Michael Apted - TWINE
    11. Lee Tamahori - DAD
  • jobojobo
    Posts: 7,507
    Sunday

    01. Terence Young - DN / FRWL / TB - 77 (+1)
    02. Martin Campbell - GE / CR - 45 (-2)

    Eliminated:

    03. Peter Hunt - OHMSS
    04. John Glen - FYEO / OP / AVTAK / TLD / LTK
    05. Sam Mendes - SF
    06. Guy Hamilton - GF / DAF / LALD / TMWTGG
    07. Lewis Gilbert - YOLT / TSWLM / MR
    08. Marc Forster - QOS
    09. Roger Spottiswoode - TND
    10. Michael Apted - TWINE
    11. Lee Tamahori - DAD
  • ForYourEyesOnlyForYourEyesOnly In the untained cradle of the heavens
    Posts: 1,984
    Sunday

    01. Terence Young - DN / FRWL / TB - 77 (-2)
    02. Martin Campbell - GE / CR - 45 (+1)

    Eliminated:

    03. Peter Hunt - OHMSS
    04. John Glen - FYEO / OP / AVTAK / TLD / LTK
    05. Sam Mendes - SF
    06. Guy Hamilton - GF / DAF / LALD / TMWTGG
    07. Lewis Gilbert - YOLT / TSWLM / MR
    08. Marc Forster - QOS
    09. Roger Spottiswoode - TND
    10. Michael Apted - TWINE
    11. Lee Tamahori - DAD
  • Crazysoul95Crazysoul95
    Posts: 3,336
    Sunday

    01. Terence Young - DN / FRWL / TB - 78 +1
    02. Martin Campbell - GE / CR - 43 -2

    Eliminated:

    03. Peter Hunt - OHMSS
    04. John Glen - FYEO / OP / AVTAK / TLD / LTK
    05. Sam Mendes - SF
    06. Guy Hamilton - GF / DAF / LALD / TMWTGG
    07. Lewis Gilbert - YOLT / TSWLM / MR
    08. Marc Forster - QOS
    09. Roger Spottiswoode - TND
    10. Michael Apted - TWINE
    11. Lee Tamahori - DAD
  • ChirazChiraz
    Posts: 1,066
    Sunday

    01. Terence Young - DN / FRWL / TB - 76 (-2)
    02. Martin Campbell - GE / CR - 44 (+1)

    Eliminated:

    03. Peter Hunt - OHMSS
    04. John Glen - FYEO / OP / AVTAK / TLD / LTK
    05. Sam Mendes - SF
    06. Guy Hamilton - GF / DAF / LALD / TMWTGG
    07. Lewis Gilbert - YOLT / TSWLM / MR
    08. Marc Forster - QOS
    09. Roger Spottiswoode - TND
    10. Michael Apted - TWINE
    11. Lee Tamahori - DAD
  • mcdonbbmcdonbb deep in the Heart of Texas
    Posts: 4,116
    TripAces wrote: »
    John Glen and Peter Hunt over Mendes...

    =))

    ...no accounting for taste.

    [-(
  • pachazopachazo Make Your Choice
    Posts: 7,314
    @Mansfield, well said. I agree with all of your points.

    Sunday

    01. Terence Young - DN / FRWL / TB - 74 (-2)
    02. Martin Campbell - GE / CR - 45 (+1)

    Eliminated:

    03. Peter Hunt - OHMSS
    04. John Glen - FYEO / OP / AVTAK / TLD / LTK
    05. Sam Mendes - SF
    06. Guy Hamilton - GF / DAF / LALD / TMWTGG
    07. Lewis Gilbert - YOLT / TSWLM / MR
    08. Marc Forster - QOS
    09. Roger Spottiswoode - TND
    10. Michael Apted - TWINE
    11. Lee Tamahori - DAD
  • SoundofthesinnersSoundofthesinners
    Posts: 3,236
    01. Terence Young - DN / FRWL / TB - 75 +1
    02. Martin Campbell - GE / CR - 43 -2

    Eliminated:

    03. Peter Hunt - OHMSS
    04. John Glen - FYEO / OP / AVTAK / TLD / LTK
    05. Sam Mendes - SF
    06. Guy Hamilton - GF / DAF / LALD / TMWTGG
    07. Lewis Gilbert - YOLT / TSWLM / MR
    08. Marc Forster - QOS
    09. Roger Spottiswoode - TND
    10. Michael Apted - TWINE
    11. Lee Tamahori - DAD
  • daltondalton
    Posts: 1,631
    Sunday

    01. Terence Young - DN / FRWL / TB - 76 +1
    02. Martin Campbell - GE / CR - 41 -2

    Eliminated:

    03. Peter Hunt - OHMSS
    04. John Glen - FYEO / OP / AVTAK / TLD / LTK
    05. Sam Mendes - SF
    06. Guy Hamilton - GF / DAF / LALD / TMWTGG
    07. Lewis Gilbert - YOLT / TSWLM / MR
    08. Marc Forster - QOS
    09. Roger Spottiswoode - TND
    10. Michael Apted - TWINE
    11. Lee Tamahori - DAD


  • AntiLocqueBrakesAntiLocqueBrakes The edge
    edited October 2015 Posts: 538
    Sunday

    01. Terence Young - DN / FRWL / TB - 77 (+1)
    02. Martin Campbell - GE / CR - 39 (-2)

    Eliminated:

    03. Peter Hunt - OHMSS
    04. John Glen - FYEO / OP / AVTAK / TLD / LTK
    05. Sam Mendes - SF
    06. Guy Hamilton - GF / DAF / LALD / TMWTGG
    07. Lewis Gilbert - YOLT / TSWLM / MR
    08. Marc Forster - QOS
    09. Roger Spottiswoode - TND
    10. Michael Apted - TWINE
    11. Lee Tamahori - DAD

    *Need the (-4) option at this point.
  • CowleyCowley
    Posts: 486
    Sunday

    01. Terence Young - DN / FRWL / TB - 78 (+1)
    02. Martin Campbell - GE / CR - 37 (-2)

    Eliminated:

    03. Peter Hunt - OHMSS
    04. John Glen - FYEO / OP / AVTAK / TLD / LTK
    05. Sam Mendes - SF
    06. Guy Hamilton - GF / DAF / LALD / TMWTGG
    07. Lewis Gilbert - YOLT / TSWLM / MR
    08. Marc Forster - QOS
    09. Roger Spottiswoode - TND
    10. Michael Apted - TWINE
    11. Lee Tamahori - DAD
  • DrShatterhandDrShatterhand Garden of Death, near Belfast
    Posts: 805
    Sunday

    01. Terence Young - DN / FRWL / TB - 79 (+1)
    02. Martin Campbell - GE / CR - 35 (-2)

    Eliminated:

    03. Peter Hunt - OHMSS
    04. John Glen - FYEO / OP / AVTAK / TLD / LTK
    05. Sam Mendes - SF
    06. Guy Hamilton - GF / DAF / LALD / TMWTGG
    07. Lewis Gilbert - YOLT / TSWLM / MR
    08. Marc Forster - QOS
    09. Roger Spottiswoode - TND
    10. Michael Apted - TWINE
    11. Lee Tamahori - DAD

  • nobodydoesitbetternobodydoesitbetter
    Posts: 1,021
    i didn't vote. I probably should have from the beginning. But Martin Campbell is slightly over rated. Mendes (SF) , Hunt (OHMSS), Hamilton (GF), Gilbert (TSWLM) have all made (in my opinion) better films than Campbell's 2.
  • Crazysoul95Crazysoul95
    Posts: 3,336
    Saving the franchise twice is overrated?
  • Some_Kind_Of_HeroSome_Kind_Of_Hero
    Posts: 6,844
    Monday

    01. Terence Young - DN / FRWL / TB - 80 (+1)
    02. Martin Campbell - GE / CR - 33 (-2)

    Eliminated:

    03. Peter Hunt - OHMSS
    04. John Glen - FYEO / OP / AVTAK / TLD / LTK
    05. Sam Mendes - SF
    06. Guy Hamilton - GF / DAF / LALD / TMWTGG
    07. Lewis Gilbert - YOLT / TSWLM / MR
    08. Marc Forster - QOS
    09. Roger Spottiswoode - TND
    10. Michael Apted - TWINE
    11. Lee Tamahori - DAD
  • DrShatterhandDrShatterhand Garden of Death, near Belfast
    Posts: 805
    Mondays Are Hell

    01. Terence Young - DN / FRWL / TB - 81 (+1)
    02. Martin Campbell - GE / CR - 31 (-2)

    Eliminated:

    03. Peter Hunt - OHMSS
    04. John Glen - FYEO / OP / AVTAK / TLD / LTK
    05. Sam Mendes - SF
    06. Guy Hamilton - GF / DAF / LALD / TMWTGG
    07. Lewis Gilbert - YOLT / TSWLM / MR
    08. Marc Forster - QOS
    09. Roger Spottiswoode - TND
    10. Michael Apted - TWINE
    11. Lee Tamahori - DAD

  • ForYourEyesOnlyForYourEyesOnly In the untained cradle of the heavens
    Posts: 1,984
    Yeah, Terence will win.
  • ChirazChiraz
    Posts: 1,066
    Monday

    01. Terence Young - DN / FRWL / TB - 79 (-2)
    02. Martin Campbell - GE / CR - 32 (+1)

    Eliminated:

    03. Peter Hunt - OHMSS
    04. John Glen - FYEO / OP / AVTAK / TLD / LTK
    05. Sam Mendes - SF
    06. Guy Hamilton - GF / DAF / LALD / TMWTGG
    07. Lewis Gilbert - YOLT / TSWLM / MR
    08. Marc Forster - QOS
    09. Roger Spottiswoode - TND
    10. Michael Apted - TWINE
    11. Lee Tamahori - DAD
  • nobodydoesitbetternobodydoesitbetter
    Posts: 1,021
    Crazysoul95 wrote: »
    Saving the franchise twice is overrated?

    Maybe over rated was a bad choice of wording. I still prefer the films of Mendes, Hunt, Gilbert and Hamilton over Campbell's 2.

  • ThunderfingerThunderfinger Das Boot Hill
    Posts: 45,489
    Monday

    01. Terence Young - DN / FRWL / TB - 80 (+1)
    02. Martin Campbell - GE / CR - 30 (-2)

    Eliminated:

    03. Peter Hunt - OHMSS
    04. John Glen - FYEO / OP / AVTAK / TLD / LTK
    05. Sam Mendes - SF
    06. Guy Hamilton - GF / DAF / LALD / TMWTGG
    07. Lewis Gilbert - YOLT / TSWLM / MR
    08. Marc Forster - QOS
    09. Roger Spottiswoode - TND
    10. Michael Apted - TWINE
    11. Lee Tamahori - DAD
  • pachazopachazo Make Your Choice
    Posts: 7,314
    Monday

    01. Terence Young - DN / FRWL / TB - 78 (-2)
    02. Martin Campbell - GE / CR - 31 (+1)

    Eliminated:

    03. Peter Hunt - OHMSS
    04. John Glen - FYEO / OP / AVTAK / TLD / LTK
    05. Sam Mendes - SF
    06. Guy Hamilton - GF / DAF / LALD / TMWTGG
    07. Lewis Gilbert - YOLT / TSWLM / MR
    08. Marc Forster - QOS
    09. Roger Spottiswoode - TND
    10. Michael Apted - TWINE
    11. Lee Tamahori - DAD
  • AntiLocqueBrakesAntiLocqueBrakes The edge
    Posts: 538
    Monday

    01. Terence Young - DN / FRWL / TB - 79 (+1)
    02. Martin Campbell - GE / CR - 29 (-2)

    Eliminated:

    03. Peter Hunt - OHMSS
    04. John Glen - FYEO / OP / AVTAK / TLD / LTK
    05. Sam Mendes - SF
    06. Guy Hamilton - GF / DAF / LALD / TMWTGG
    07. Lewis Gilbert - YOLT / TSWLM / MR
    08. Marc Forster - QOS
    09. Roger Spottiswoode - TND
    10. Michael Apted - TWINE
    11. Lee Tamahori - DAD
  • jobojobo
    edited October 2015 Posts: 7,507
    Saving the franchise is all well, but without Terence there would be no franchise to save!

    Monday

    01. Terence Young - DN / FRWL / TB - 80 (+1)
    02. Martin Campbell - GE / CR - 27 (-2)

    Eliminated:

    03. Peter Hunt - OHMSS
    04. John Glen - FYEO / OP / AVTAK / TLD / LTK
    05. Sam Mendes - SF
    06. Guy Hamilton - GF / DAF / LALD / TMWTGG
    07. Lewis Gilbert - YOLT / TSWLM / MR
    08. Marc Forster - QOS
    09. Roger Spottiswoode - TND
    10. Michael Apted - TWINE
    11. Lee Tamahori - DAD[/quote]

  • Crazysoul95Crazysoul95
    Posts: 3,336
    @Jobo that's why Young is my #1 as well, i just said that Campbell deserves the second place.
  • SoundofthesinnersSoundofthesinners
    Posts: 3,236
    01. Terence Young - DN / FRWL / TB - 81 +1
    02. Martin Campbell - GE / CR - 25 -2

    Eliminated:

    03. Peter Hunt - OHMSS
    04. John Glen - FYEO / OP / AVTAK / TLD / LTK
    05. Sam Mendes - SF
    06. Guy Hamilton - GF / DAF / LALD / TMWTGG
    07. Lewis Gilbert - YOLT / TSWLM / MR
    08. Marc Forster - QOS
    09. Roger Spottiswoode - TND
    10. Michael Apted - TWINE
    11. Lee Tamahori - DAD
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