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  • GoldenGunGoldenGun Per ora e per il momento che verrà
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    Tokoloshe wrote: »
    Top:

    CR
    SF
    TND (yes really, I love it)
    TSWLM
    FRWL

    But I should add I have a lot of love for Lazenby and Dalton's films too.

    Bottom:

    DAF
    DAD
    TMWTGG
    TB
    TWINE

    Future Bond titles better not begin with a T or a D in your case ;)
  • BMW_with_missilesBMW_with_missiles All the usual refinements.
    Posts: 3,000
    Tokoloshe wrote: »
    Top:

    CR
    SF
    TND (yes really, I love it)
    TSWLM
    FRWL

    But I should add I have a lot of love for Lazenby and Dalton's films too.

    Bottom:

    DAF
    DAD
    TMWTGG
    TB
    TWINE

    Hey! TND gets some love! Always good to see.
  • JamesBondKenyaJamesBondKenya Danny Boyle laughs to himself
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    BMW_with_missiles wrote: »
    Tokoloshe wrote: »
    Top:

    CR
    SF
    TND (yes really, I love it)
    TSWLM
    FRWL

    But I should add I have a lot of love for Lazenby and Dalton's films too.

    Bottom:

    DAF
    DAD
    TMWTGG
    TB
    TWINE

    Hey! TND gets some love! Always good to see.

    And the one other person on the planet besides me who isn't a thunderball fan
  • 0BradyM0Bondfanatic70BradyM0Bondfanatic7 Quantum Floral Arrangements: "We Have Petals Everywhere"
    Posts: 28,694
    JamesBondKenya wrote: »
    BMW_with_missiles wrote: »
    Tokoloshe wrote: »
    Top:

    CR
    SF
    TND (yes really, I love it)
    TSWLM
    FRWL

    But I should add I have a lot of love for Lazenby and Dalton's films too.

    Bottom:

    DAF
    DAD
    TMWTGG
    TB
    TWINE

    Hey! TND gets some love! Always good to see.

    And the one other person on the planet besides me who isn't a thunderball fan

    There's a lot more than you'd think. I shall silence you all.
  • 0BradyM0Bondfanatic70BradyM0Bondfanatic7 Quantum Floral Arrangements: "We Have Petals Everywhere"
    Posts: 28,694
    Birdleson wrote: »
    Calvin Dyson has ranked as his lowest, or close to, on his podcast. It's a Top ten for me. I find it to have the strongest dialogue in the series.

    The scenes with Bond and Fiona alone make it a classic, with their bed scene and dance floor face-off franchise highs for me. And that's excluding the villain's plan we get to see unfold, Sean's performance, the use of locations and the amazing underwater photography and score. And yes, great dialogue.
  • barryt007barryt007
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    Sorry but i'm a big TB fan....got it in 5th place i think on my ratings.
  • bondjamesbondjames You were expecting someone else?
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    I can understand that some find it boring and dull, but surely folks should be able to get some enjoyment from all the great things that Brady mentioned above? TB truly offers something special, if one keeps an open mind to it.
  • MajorDSmytheMajorDSmythe "I tolerate this century, but I don't enjoy it."Moderator
    edited March 2017 Posts: 13,978
    TB only just makes it into my top ten at #9, but even then, i'm not a huge fan of it. The editing of the Disco Volante fight is very amateurish for Bond, and the Q scene is beyond awful, the usual banter is replaced by animosity from Bond.
  • 0BradyM0Bondfanatic70BradyM0Bondfanatic7 Quantum Floral Arrangements: "We Have Petals Everywhere"
    Posts: 28,694
    MajorDSmythe wrote: »
    TB only just makes it into my top ten at #9, but even then, i'm not a huge fan of it. The editing of the Disco Volante fight is very amateurish for Bond, and the Q scene is beyond awful, the usual banter is replaced by animosity from Bond.

    If you're not a huge fan of your #9, what does that say for the films from 10 to 24?!
  • MajorDSmytheMajorDSmythe "I tolerate this century, but I don't enjoy it."Moderator
    Posts: 13,978
    0BradyM0Bondfanatic7 wrote: »
    MajorDSmythe wrote: »
    TB only just makes it into my top ten at #9, but even then, i'm not a huge fan of it. The editing of the Disco Volante fight is very amateurish for Bond, and the Q scene is beyond awful, the usual banter is replaced by animosity from Bond.

    If you're not a huge fan of your #9, what does that say for the films from 10 to 24?!

    10-23, I like in part rather than whole. 24, I just don't like at all.
  • bondjamesbondjames You were expecting someone else?
    Posts: 23,883
    MajorDSmythe wrote: »
    0BradyM0Bondfanatic7 wrote: »
    MajorDSmythe wrote: »
    TB only just makes it into my top ten at #9, but even then, i'm not a huge fan of it. The editing of the Disco Volante fight is very amateurish for Bond, and the Q scene is beyond awful, the usual banter is replaced by animosity from Bond.

    If you're not a huge fan of your #9, what does that say for the films from 10 to 24?!

    10-23, I like in part rather than whole. 24, I just don't like at all.
    That's true for my 24 as well. I wonder how many others feel that way, since the lowest ranked film must be there for a specific reason.
  • barryt007barryt007
    Posts: 19,339
    Right..time to ressurect my TB thread and give it some luuurrrve..
  • timmertimmer
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    Top 5 in no particular order

    DAF
    YOLT
    GF
    TB
    FRWL

    Bottom 5 in no particular order

    SP
    SF
    QoS
    CR
    DAD
  • barryt007barryt007
    Posts: 19,339
    Not a CraigBond fan @timmer i take it ?
  • barryt007barryt007
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    shame...
  • peterpeter Toronto
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    ... agree @barryt007... shame... and, in the end, these fellas will have to be careful what they wish for...
  • barryt007barryt007
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    peter wrote: »
    ... agree @barryt007... shame... and, in the end, these fellas will have to be careful what they wish for...

    Too true @peter...

  • TellyBlofeldTellyBlofeld
    Posts: 489
    Benny wrote: »
    Birdleson wrote: »
    JamesBondKenya wrote: »
    Birdleson wrote: »
    You'd be surprised how much crap my beloved GOLDFINGER takes around here.

    Really, who doesn't like it?

    I don't want to start a list, but there are some diehard anti-GOLDFINGER people around here.

    They don't like Die Hard or Goldfinger

    :-O

    Who are these idiots?

    Love 'em both.
  • TellyBlofeldTellyBlofeld
    Posts: 489
    Creasy47 wrote: »
    If I were to introduce someone to Bond for the very first time, I'd absolutely have to show DN-GF, OHMSS, and CR.

    I agree, but I'd throw in Thunderball.
  • TellyBlofeldTellyBlofeld
    Posts: 489
    JediDunch wrote: »
    Thunderfinger wrote: »
    TWINE isn t exactly the same standard as GF.
    No they're the same

    Woah. Slow down. GF is in the running for the definitive classic spy film.
    TWINE is a mediocre Bond film with some interesting bits here and there.
  • TellyBlofeldTellyBlofeld
    Posts: 489
    jake24 wrote: »
    GOLDFINGER is the quintessential Bond film. Why it receives the flack that it does on here is beyond me.

    Pretty much, though not in my top five. FRWL edges it out.
    Much better story and tone, but yeah, GF is magnificent.
  • peterpeter Toronto
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    @Telly Yes, DH is the best action film made in the last thirty years. It has everything from villain, to hero, to ticking time bomb, to purpose and intent (McClane's trying to save his marriage)... It's nothing short of flipping awesome.
  • MilovyMilovy
    edited March 2017 Posts: 676
    Birdleson wrote: »
    Calvin Dyson has ranked it as his lowest, or close to, on his podcast. It's a Top ten for me. I find it to have the strongest dialogue in the series.
    Agreed re: Thunderball.
  • TellyBlofeldTellyBlofeld
    Posts: 489
    peter wrote: »
    @Telly Yes, DH is the best action film made in the last thirty years. It has everything from villain, to hero, to ticking time bomb, to purpose and intent (McClane's trying to save his marriage)... It's nothing short of flipping awesome.

    Love that movie, one of the best action films ever made. Period. Totally shamed the Dalton Bond films, which I like, but just pale in comparison.
  • bondjamesbondjames You were expecting someone else?
    edited March 2017 Posts: 23,883
    DH is legendary. A true classic that set the standard for years to come.

    I'm not a big GF fan, but it's disappointing to read that some hold it in the same regard as TWINE. Even I would never level such an insult.
  • peterpeter Toronto
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    @Timmer, @Birdelson: all for a good laugh, I think @barry has repeated, and I agree, what makes this forum great is the differing opinions (when we're all respectful of differing opinions; the mature members on this forum know what I mean).

    @Telly, yes, I may go with you on this: one of the best action films ever made. I was being conservative in my gush of love, to not cause a stir!. But, I think you're right...
  • JamesBondKenyaJamesBondKenya Danny Boyle laughs to himself
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    I think frwl should have won the oscar for best picture in 1963 or whatever because in all honesty that films objectively is an incredible peice of cinema even though for me it flip flops with casino Royale subjectively.
  • GoldenGunGoldenGun Per ora e per il momento che verrà
    edited March 2017 Posts: 7,108
    JamesBondKenya wrote: »
    I think frwl should have won the oscar for best picture in 1963 or whatever because in all honesty that films objectively is an incredible peice of cinema even though for me it flip flops with casino Royale subjectively.

    In my opinion 1963 is the strongest year in the history of cinema:

    From Russia with Love, Le mépris, Otto e mezzo, Tystnaden, The Birds, Il gattopardo, etc.

    Wish I was there to go to the movies.
  • 0BradyM0Bondfanatic70BradyM0Bondfanatic7 Quantum Floral Arrangements: "We Have Petals Everywhere"
    Posts: 28,694
    TellyBlofeld wrote: »
    JediDunch wrote: »
    Thunderfinger wrote: »
    TWINE isn t exactly the same standard as GF.
    No they're the same

    Woah. Slow down. GF is in the running for the definitive classic spy film.
    TWINE is a mediocre Bond film with some interesting bits here and there.

    I'd have to give the honor to FRWL (or even DN as a close second). It feels like a spy film, whereas GF was the point where Bond became its own genre.
  • barryt007barryt007
    Posts: 19,339
    0BradyM0Bondfanatic7 wrote: »
    TellyBlofeld wrote: »
    JediDunch wrote: »
    Thunderfinger wrote: »
    TWINE isn t exactly the same standard as GF.
    No they're the same

    Woah. Slow down. GF is in the running for the definitive classic spy film.
    TWINE is a mediocre Bond film with some interesting bits here and there.

    I'd have to give the honor to FRWL (or even DN as a close second). It feels like a spy film, whereas GF was the point where Bond became its own genre.

    Agreed...it has all the ingredients of a fantastic spy film,and keeps the viewer on edge,you just know that sooner or later Bond is going to face Grant,and it builds the tension up all the way through...an absolute top top top noth spy/Bond film.

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