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  • BMW_with_missilesBMW_with_missiles All the usual refinements.
    Posts: 3,000
    TND over YOLT, because the latter puts me to sleep, while the former is the best Bond film ever made.

    DAD over FRWL. While FRWL is clearly the better made film, it simply doesn’t entertain me. DAD may be ridiculous, but it never fails to excite.
  • 00Agent00Agent Any man who drinks Dom Perignon '52 can't be all bad.
    Posts: 5,185
    Both very close match-ups for me
    TND
    FRWL
  • j_w_pepperj_w_pepper Born on the bayou, but I now hear a new dog barkin'
    Posts: 9,041
    YOLT over TND - not by much.
    FRWL vs. DAD: How could it be different? The perennial best movie of them all vs. the all-time worst.
  • royale65royale65 Caustic misanthrope reporting for duty.
    Posts: 4,423
    YOLT
    FRWL

    Easy peasy.
  • Major_BoothroydMajor_Boothroyd Republic of Isthmus
    Posts: 2,722
    YOLT - I really enjoy YOLT. The settings, my favourite 007 soundtrack, the cinematography, Ken Adams design, tiger tanaka. The first half of this film is exciting. And the final climatic battle is top shelf Bond.

    FRWL (my favourite Bond film)
  • Last_Rat_StandingLast_Rat_Standing Long Neck Ice Cold Beer Never Broke My Heart
    Posts: 4,589
    YOLT
    FRWL
    Connery > Brosnan
  • peterpeter Toronto
    Posts: 9,509
    YOLT
    FRWL
  • Mathis1Mathis1
    Posts: 7,430
    YOLT
    and
    FRWL. No contest.
  • vzokvzok
    Posts: 4,044
    YOLT
    FRWL
  • MooreFunMooreFun
    Posts: 385
    YOLT
    FRWL
  • DwayneDwayne New York City
    Posts: 2,847
    YOLT. While TND is certainly enjoyable, for me YOLT is Iconic. Ken Adam’s sets, John Barry’s score (w/ Nancy’s Sinatra’s vocals), Freddie Young’s cinematography, Donald Pleasence’s Blofeld, “Tiger” Tanaka, and the lovely Akiko Wakabayashi and Mie Hama, all make it a classic. Not even the numerous spaceflight related goofs (i.e. using an Atlas-Agenda shot for a “Jupiter” (Gemini) launch, etc.) subtract from it. And did I mention that Ms. Hama looks quite…..fetching…..!

    FRWL. (vs. DAD): To borrow a quote from TB - “You must be joking!”
  • pachazopachazo Make Your Choice
    Posts: 7,314
    TND - Just barely.

    FRWL - Quite convincingly.
  • GoldenGunGoldenGun Per ora e per il momento che verrà
    Posts: 7,136
    TND
    FRWL
  • PrinceKamalKhanPrinceKamalKhan Monsoon Palace, Udaipur
    Posts: 3,262
    I'll vote for the first two 1960s films I saw:

    YOLT

    and

    FRWL
  • ShakenNotStirredShakenNotStirred
    Posts: 1,398
    YOLT and FRWL
  • 2Wint2Kidd2Wint2Kidd
    Posts: 698
    TND & FRWL
  • barryt007barryt007
    Posts: 19,339
    TND
    &
    FRWL
  • infoviseinfovise Ireland
    Posts: 114
    YOLT

    FRWL
  • ShardlakeShardlake Leeds, West Yorkshire, England
    Posts: 4,043
    YOLT
    FRWL
  • ThunderfingerThunderfinger Das Boot Hill
    Posts: 45,489
    The Connery films easily beat the Brosnan films for me.
  • goldenswissroyalegoldenswissroyale Switzerland
    Posts: 4,483
    No big fan of YOLT: TND wins
    DAD or FRWL...let's see...hmmmm... FRWL!
  • ThunderfingerThunderfinger Das Boot Hill
    Posts: 45,489
    YOLT beats TND 17-9

    FRWL beats DAD 25-1

    Round 108:

    LALD vs DAD

    and

    TSWLM vs CR
  • DarthDimiDarthDimi Behind you!Moderator
    edited August 2019 Posts: 24,183
    LALD
    Most beautiful Bond girl versus one of the most beautiful Bond girls... difficult.
    Moore not quite as good as he'll eventually be versus Brosnan very good indeed... difficult.
    Outrageously silly plot versus outrageously silly plot... difficult.

    I guess my gut feeling more than anything else tells me that LALD is where it's at, although having warmed up to the silliness of DAD, I can honestly say that on any other day, this vote might be different.

    CR
    TSWLM is an outstanding Roger Moore Bond flick, and one we owe a great deal of gratitude (it secured the "survival" of the cinematic Bond in a sense) but then the same goes for CR. Point is, TWSLM is fun-fun-fun, just one happy blast of a Bond film, spectacle guaranteed, awesomeness redefined. But CR, while not as "grand" in scope or "unbelievable! will you look at that!" in ambition, has, since '06, been a darling of mine; not merely one of the best Bonds ever but generally speaking one of the very best movies ever made. Every single detail flawlessly and harmoniously fits the whole. Like a complex mathematical equation leading to that one sought-after solution, like all five thousand parameters of a Bond film configured to stunning perfection, CR has spoken to me in ways that have moved me to tears. I simply cannot fathom choosing any Bond film over CR with, perhaps a few exceptions for purely emotional reasons. Unfortunately, TSWLM, while certainly one of the great epics in the series, cannot compete with CR. TSWLM is warm wood, CR is spotless marble--and I prefer the latter.
  • FoxRoxFoxRox
    Posts: 12,473
    LALD over DAD easily.

    CR over TSWLM handily, even though I love both.
  • 00Agent00Agent Any man who drinks Dom Perignon '52 can't be all bad.
    edited August 2019 Posts: 5,185
    DAD
    CR
  • BondAficionadoBondAficionado Former IMDBer
    Posts: 1,889
    LALD and CR (2006).
  • Last_Rat_StandingLast_Rat_Standing Long Neck Ice Cold Beer Never Broke My Heart
    Posts: 4,589
    LALD
    CR
  • vzokvzok
    Posts: 4,044
    LALD
    CR
  • BMW_with_missilesBMW_with_missiles All the usual refinements.
    Posts: 3,000
    Thunderfinger wrote: »
    YOLT beats TND 17-9

    FRWL beats DAD 25-1

    Round 108:

    LALD vs DAD

    and

    TSWLM vs CR

    Proud to have been the only vote for DAD. As for this round:

    DAD over LALD

    CR over TSWLM, but painfully close.
  • Major_BoothroydMajor_Boothroyd Republic of Isthmus
    Posts: 2,722
    LALD & CR
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