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Title Track: SP (close, but by it self DAD is too robotic)
Title Credits: SP
Main Villain: DAD (even Graves is better than the foster brother nonsense)
Main Bond Girl: SP
Henchman: SP (Zao is so damned wooden)
Plot: SP
Dialogue: SP
Score: DAD
Settings: SP
Action: DAD (DAD shining light!)
Humour: SP (although “Maybe you've been down here too long” almost nicks it for DAD)
Cinematography: SP
Benign Bizarre: DAD
Suspense: SP
Minor Characters: SP (Mr. White of course, but Raoul and Gen. Moon run him close)
Glamour: SP
Bond Performance: DAD (my fav Brosnan. Shame it had to be in this movie)
SP: 12
DAD: 6
18
I guess that's fair.
Title Track: SP
Title Credits: DAD
Main Villain: SP
Main Bond Girl: SP
Henchman: DAD
Plot: DAD
Dialogue: SP
Score: DAD
Settings: SP
Action: SP
Humour: DAD (but some moments in both films make me cringe)
Cinematography: SP
Benign Bizarre: DAD
Suspense: SP
Minor Characters: SP
Glamour: SP
Bond Performance: SP
SP: 12
DAD: 6
Title Track: SP
Title Credits: DAD
Main Villain: SP
Main Bond Girl: SP
Henchman: SP
Plot: DAD
Dialogue: SP
Score: DAD
Settings: SP
Action: DAD
Humour: DAD
Cinematography: SP
Benign Bizarre: DAD
Suspense: DAD
Minor Characters: SP
Glamour: SP
Bond Performance: SP
SP: 10
DAD: 8
Title Track: DAD
Title Credits: DAD
Main Villain: SP
Main Bond Girl: SP
Henchman: SP
Plot: DAD
Dialogue: SP
Score: DAD
Settings: SP
Action: SP
Humour: SP
Cinematography: SP
Benign Bizarre: DAD
Suspense: DAD
Minor Characters: SP
Glamour: SP
Bond Performance: SP
SP: 12
DAD: 6
Title Track: Spectre
Title Credits: Spectre
Main Villain: Spectre
Main Bond Girl: Spectre
Henchman: Spectre
Overall Plot: Spectre
Dialogue: Spectre
Score: Spectre
Settings: Spectre
Action: Spectre
Humor: DAD
Cinematography: Spectre
Benign Bizarre: DAD
Suspense: Spectre
Minor Characters: Spectre
Glamour: Spectre
BOND PERFORMANCE: Spectre
Spectre wins in a landslide 16-2
Title Track: SP (Wasn't easy to vote on this...ick)
Title Credits: DAD (Would actually be competitive in an elimination game)
Main Villain: SP (Good lord, DAD hurts here the most)
Main Bond Girl: SP (Easy)
Henchman: SP (Diamond face had more potential though)
Plot: DAD (Speaks to how implausible the SP plot is)
Dialogue: SP ("Yo momma")
Score: SP (Not a strong effort from either)
Settings: SP (The clinic clinches it for me...wonderful..desert lair and Rome work too)
Action: SP (Strongest element in SP...great all-around)
Humour: SP (DAD almost wins for being so bad at it)
Cinematography: SP (Err...Mexico City was brown...that was cool).
Benign Bizarre: DAD (Hard to top here)
Suspense: SP (The "brother" stunt hurt a lot. DAD has no suspense though.)
Minor Characters: SP (James Bond and Friends win here...to the detriment of SP).
Glamour: DAD (Ice palace scene was nice. Changed my vote. DAD is better)
Bond Performance: SP (Didn't give Brosnan much to work with. DC only marginally better).
SP: 14
DAD: 4
Title Track: SP
Title Credits: SP
Main Villain: DN
Main Bond Girl: DN
Henchman: SP
Overall Plot: DN
Dialogue: DN
Score: DN
Settings: DN
Action: SP
Humor: DN
Cinematography: DN
Benign Bizarre: DN
Suspense: DN
Minor Characters: SP
Glamour:DN
PTS: CR (SP's is strong, but it just can't compare)
Title Track: CR
Title Credits: CR
Main Villain: CR
Main Bond Girl: CR (none of these last four have been remotely close)
Henchman: SP (Who even is the henchman in CR?)
Overall Plot: CR
Dialogue: CR
Score: CR (we're back to utter blowouts)
Settings: Tie (CR gets more use out of them, but SP is so strong on the locations themselves it forces a tie)
Action: CR (the parkour chase is iconic, and the rest is strong as well)
Humor: CR (less of it, but excellently used)
Cinematography: SP
Benign Bizarre: CR (for the torture sequence)
Suspense: CR (come on, now)
Minor Characters: CR
Glamour: CR
Bond Performance: CR (Craig's strongest vs. his weakest, pretty cut and dry)
A blowout for CR, basically as expected. The final tally is 15-2-1. Will SP fare any better on your scorecards, or is it headed for another crushing defeat?
CR: 18
SP: 0
Nuff said.
Title Track: CR
Title Credits: CR
Main Villain: CR
Main Bond Girl: CR
Henchman: CR
Overall Plot: CR
Dialogue: CR
Score: CR
Settings: CR
Action: CR
Humour: CR
Cinematography: CR
Benign Bizarre: SP
Suspense: CR
Minor Characters: CR
Glamour: CR
Bond Performance: CR
CR 17-1 SP
PTS: Tie (I am controversial by not liking both so very much)
Title Track: CR
Title Credits: CR
Main Villain: CR
Main Bond Girl: CR
Henchman: SP (Who is CR henchman?)
Overall Plot: CR
Dialogue: CR
Score: CR
Settings: Tie
Action: CR
Humour: Tie
Cinematography: SP
Benign Bizarre: SP
Suspense: CR
Minor Characters: CR (slightly)
Glamour: CR
Bond Performance: SP (I know that this is very controversial)
CR 11
SP 4
Tie 3
SP - 0
Title Track: CR
Title Credits: CR
Main Villain: CR
Main Bond Girl: CR
Henchman: SP
Overall Plot: CR
Dialogue: CR
Score: CR
Settings: CR
Action: CR
Humour: CR
Cinematography: CR
Benign Bizarre: SP
Suspense: CR
Minor Characters: CR
Glamour: CR
Bond Performance: CR
CR: 16
SP: 2
Title Track: CR
Title Credits: CR (very close)
Main Villain: CR (close)
Main Bond Girl: CR
Henchman: SP
Overall Plot: CR
Dialogue: CR
Score: CR
Settings: CR
Action: CR
Humour: CR
Cinematography: SP (very close)
Benign Bizarre: SP
Suspense: CR
Minor Characters: CR
Glamour: SP
Bond Performance: CR
CR: 13
SP: 5
Title Track: CR
Title Credits: CR
Main Villain: CR
Main Bond Girl: CR
Henchman: SP
Overall Plot: CR
Dialogue: CR
Score: CR
Settings: SP
Action: CR
Humour: CR
Cinematography: SP
Benign Bizarre: SP
Suspense: CR
Minor Characters: CR
Glamour: SP
Bond Performance: CR
CR: 12
SP: 6
Title Track: CR
Title Credits: CR
Main Villain: CR
Main Bond Girl: CR
Henchman: CR
Overall Plot: CR
Dialogue: CR
Score: CR
Settings: CR
Action: CR
Humour: CR
Cinematography: CR
Benign Bizarre: CR
Suspense: CR
Minor Characters: CR
Glamour: CR
Bond Performance: CR
CR 18
SP 0
Title Track: CR (I always liked You Know My Name but I've grown to love it. The lyrics, themes, and banging opening are a statement of intent.)
Title Credits: CR (another great work by Kleinman)
Main Villain: CR (original Bond villain effortlessly realised by a class actor. His often wordless work is a delight).
Main Bond Girl: CR (Vesper - Green and Craig have real chemistry and her character is well developed. The hint of tragedy ever present in her performance even from the beginning. She also makes a significant and convincing impact considering we don't even see her for the first half of the film.)
Henchman: SP (Close - I really like Mollaka the bomb maker because he's in an iconic scene - that wonderful parkour chase. And he displays considerable skills. But Hinx is a formidable threat with a hell of a presence and a thrilling fight with Bond. He's also in the grand tradition of Bond Henchmen. So I'll give this one to Hinx.)
Overall Plot: CR (Fleming - nuff said)
Dialogue: CR (Many quotable lines. Smart and threatening dialogue)
Score: CR (Arnold's best for me.)
Settings: CR (Casino! And the Venice finish is classic Bond)
Action: CR (That parkour sequence, that Miami airport chase, Stairwell fight, Aston car flip and Venice sinking building.)
Humour: CR ('That last hand nearly killed me')
Cinematography: CR (Close one - but I love the way that the crane fight is filmed. The PTS in black and white is so evocative. The Venice sequences are beautiful.)
Benign Bizarre: CR (CR's torture scene trumps SP's. Fleming does benign bizarre very well!)
Suspense: CR (By light years. The suspense across the narrative is exemplary in CR.)
Minor Characters: CR (Mr White, Mathis, Felix, Solange)
Glamour: CR (The casino scenes - Dan in a tux, Vesper in that dress. The elegance of the Venice scenes.)
Bond Performance: CR (My favourite Craig performance.)
CR 17
SP 1
SP was lucky to get one category. But CR is simply one of my favourite films ever (along with FRWL).
Title Track: CR
Title Credits: CR
Main Villain: CR
Main Bond Girl: CR
Henchman: CR
Overall Plot: CR
Dialogue: CR
Score: CR
Settings: CR
Action: CR
Humour: CR
Cinematography: CR
Benign Bizarre: CR
Suspense: CR
Minor Characters: CR
Glamour: CR
Bond Performance: CR
CR 18
SP 0
Title Track: CR
Title Credits: CR
Main Villain: CR
Main Bond Girl: CR
Henchman: SP (I dig Mollaka and all, but he really isn't what you'd consider a traditional henchman and he disappears from the film so fast; Dimitrios almost fulfills the henchman part better, but even he reads as more of a secondary villain/accomplice villain than a true henchman)
Overall Plot: CR
Dialogue: CR
Score: CR
Settings: CR
Action: CR
Humour: CR
Cinematography: CR
Benign Bizarre: CR
Suspense: CR
Minor Characters: CR
Glamour: CR
Bond Performance: CR
CR 17
SP 1
Title Track: CR
Title Credits: CR
Main Villain: CR
Main Bond Girl: CR
Henchman: SP
Overall Plot: CR
Dialogue: CR
Score: CR
Settings: CR
Action: CR
Humour: CR
Cinematography: CR
Benign Bizarre: CR
Suspense: CR
Minor Characters: CR
Glamour: CR
Bond Performance: CR
CR 17
SP 1
Title Track: CR
Title Credits: CR
Main Villain: CR
Main Bond Girl: CR
Henchman: SP
Overall Plot: CR
Dialogue: CR
Score: CR
Settings: SP
Action: CR
Humour: SP
Cinematography: CR
Benign Bizarre: SP
Suspense: CR
Minor Characters: CR
Glamour: CR
Bond Performance: CR
CR 14
SP 4
Title Track: CR
Title Credits: CR
Main Villain: CR
Main Bond Girl: CR
Henchman: SP
Overall Plot: CR
Dialogue: CR
Score: CR
Settings: CR
Action: CR
Humour: CR
Cinematography: CR
Benign Bizarre: CR
Suspense: CR
Minor Characters: CR
Glamour: CR
Bond Performance: CR
CR - 17
SP - 1
I agree with every word!
PTS: CR
Title Track: CR
Title Credits: CR
Main Villain: CR
Main Bond Girl: CR
Henchman: SP
Overall Plot: CR
Dialogue: CR
Score: CR
Settings: SP
Action: CR
Humour: CR
Cinematography: CR
Benign Bizarre: SP
Suspense: CR
Minor Characters: CR
Glamour: CR
Bond Performance: CR
CR - 15
SP - 3
An almost clean sweep. And not really a surprise. CR is one the best Bond films of the series.
Title Track: CR (great Bond song)
Title Credits: CR
Main Villain: CR
Main Bond Girl: CR
Henchman: SP (CR didn't really have one)
Plot: CR
Dialogue: CR
Score: CR
Settings: CR
Action: CR
Humor: CR
Cinematography: CR
Benign Bizarre: CR
Suspense: CR
Minor Characters: CR
Glamour: CR
Bond Performance: CR
No contest unsurprisingly
CR - 17
SP - 1