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DAD- "It's just ridiculous."
CR- "It's really long."
QOS- "Okay, that was pretty good. It never dragged."
SF- "Three hours of my life wasted."
SP- "Finally, a really good one. I'd actually watch that again."
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I have been known to keep my tip up!
For me, the appearance of Jinx is the beginning of the end for DAD. Up to that moment DAD was middling Bond fare, which is about 50 steps up from where it finished.
Likewise for you and SP.
I think it is better than SF, mainly because in that film Craig looks awful as 007 in it for most part. I can't see beyond that skinhead he dons.
Current rankings would be something like this -
1. GF
2. OHMSS
3. CR
4. LTK
5. SP
6. FRWL
7. SF
8. QoS
9. TB
10. LALD
11. TMWTGG
12. TLD
13. Dr. No
14. DAF
15. FYEO
16. YOLT
17. MR
18. TSWLM
19. GE
20. TND
21. OP
22. TWINE
23. AVTAK
24. DAD
I've given it fourteen years now, since I saw it in 2002. At one point, it was third last, but that's the highest its ever gotten on my list. It's reverted back to last now, because I've realized that I couldn't get anything from even Moore's most outrageous moments to match DAD in sheer stupidity.
Birdleson is still trying to give hope re DAD. Sorry, for me it will always be bottom of the list. Dire Bond movie in every way! And it will never change. I left the cinema in total despair when I saw it, and my attitude towards it hasn't changed one iota! I never put NSNA on my list, but if I do it will probably be just ahead, bad and all that it is, it doesn't reach the nadir that is DAD!
I don't get that feeling with SP. Like no one was really sure ..and I'm sorry Craig was great but the script really didn't give him much. I'm neutral on Craig in SP.
But back to my point as much as I like parts of SP I feel the most cheated and betrayed by that film. Sure it's an attempt to recapture classic more Moore like Bond but it didnt.
SP remains at the bottom. I grew up on Bond ...a Bond film should never lesson my interest in Bond. They even tarnished Craig's previous namely SF by bringing it down with it.
And the potential of B25 being a forced retreated sequel doesn't help.
No SP is the only Bond film that succeeded in mucking up past and future films. Yay EoN.
Just to clarify your position, you actually rank SP below DAD?
It is my preference that they dispense with this storyline and do a soft reboot (with or without Craig) and then the future won't be messed up for me either.
It is possible for them to make B25 enjoyable for me, even keeping the same cast, storyline and what not, but the chances are slim. If they choose to go this route, I hope for a far more interesting, taut, and original film than SP.
I do like TLD. I just think the script had too many Moore hangovers, unlike LTK which really plays to Daltons' strengths. But one thing TLD does have is a great soundtrack, sadly Barry's last.
If at all it could fall behind GE, TLD and OHMSS one day. But not today.
Personally, I think Spectre is a comfortable top 10 entry, maybe a shade behind Skyfall, with two of the entire franchise's best scenes (Mexico, train), a stunningly beautiful middle section from Rome to Tangiers, a strong ensemble of characters who can (apart from C) all be further developed if Craig and Waltz continue, and a fine balance between humour and 'danger'. As with QOS, where the film will eventually settle depends on the next installment, in particular how they deal with Blofeld. As Zhou Enlai once said, it's still too early to tell.
Unfortunately I have to agree. It wouldn't take much to turn it into the best Bond movie but alas it's not the case
Future generations probably won't mind that since they won't watch the Bond films in chronological order. Then iti is less obvious that Spectre only copies element from older Bond films.