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The single best and worst aspect of every Bond movie, In Your Opinion
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Me first:
Dr. No- It goes from standard spy flick to fantastical megalomaniac stuff in a blink/ No Barry Score
From Russia With Love - The Grant fight/ the rubber mask in the training scene with Grant.
Goldfinger - the crazy climax in Fort Knox/ umm.. umm.. Leiter's hat.
Thunderball - Fiona/ super-speeded up Volante shots.
You Only Live Twice - the sheer spectacle/ they killed Aki.
On Her Majesty's Secret Service - Diana Rigg/ no Connery
Diamonds Are Forever- the clever dialogue/ no budget for the climax.
Live & Let Die - Great song & score/ Kananga literally pops like a gut-less balloon.
The Man With The Golden Gun - Christopher Lee/ slide whistle.
The Spy Who Loved Me - the effects & model work/ Jaws biting a cable.
Moonraker - Drax/ "Here's to us".
For Your Eyes Only - The PTS/ the fake underwater bubbles on the close ups.
Never Say Never Again - Connery clearly having fun/ slow ending.
Octopussy - the clown scene/ the Tarzan yell.
A view To a Kill - Walken's Zoran/ Moore's age.
The Living Daylights - Dalton/ ummm.... silly visit to the concert by guys that would never be let in armed.
License To Kill - s**t gets serious/ no Barry score.
Goldeneye - Bond vs. Trevelyan/ PTS freefall crap FX.
Tomorrow never Dies - Amazing set pieces/ Crow's song used in the titles instead of Lang's.
The World Is Not Enough - best PTS ever/ Renard turned out to be not so threatening.
Die Another Day - the swordfight at the club/ a director that did not understand Bond movies.
Casino Royale - the action was amazing/ Vesper's death was too melodramatic.
Quantum Of Solace - the action was relentless/ worst title song ever.
Skyfall - Amazing title song/ they killed Severine.
SPECTRE - back to fun Bond/ foster bro BS.
No Time To Die - Ana de Armas/ nonsense SF to create circumstances to support Bond's demanded demise.
Dr. No- It goes from standard spy flick to fantastical megalomaniac stuff in a blink/ No Barry Score
From Russia With Love - The Grant fight/ the rubber mask in the training scene with Grant.
Goldfinger - the crazy climax in Fort Knox/ umm.. umm.. Leiter's hat.
Thunderball - Fiona/ super-speeded up Volante shots.
You Only Live Twice - the sheer spectacle/ they killed Aki.
On Her Majesty's Secret Service - Diana Rigg/ no Connery
Diamonds Are Forever- the clever dialogue/ no budget for the climax.
Live & Let Die - Great song & score/ Kananga literally pops like a gut-less balloon.
The Man With The Golden Gun - Christopher Lee/ slide whistle.
The Spy Who Loved Me - the effects & model work/ Jaws biting a cable.
Moonraker - Drax/ "Here's to us".
For Your Eyes Only - The PTS/ the fake underwater bubbles on the close ups.
Never Say Never Again - Connery clearly having fun/ slow ending.
Octopussy - the clown scene/ the Tarzan yell.
A view To a Kill - Walken's Zoran/ Moore's age.
The Living Daylights - Dalton/ ummm.... silly visit to the concert by guys that would never be let in armed.
License To Kill - s**t gets serious/ no Barry score.
Goldeneye - Bond vs. Trevelyan/ PTS freefall crap FX.
Tomorrow never Dies - Amazing set pieces/ Crow's song used in the titles instead of Lang's.
The World Is Not Enough - best PTS ever/ Renard turned out to be not so threatening.
Die Another Day - the swordfight at the club/ a director that did not understand Bond movies.
Casino Royale - the action was amazing/ Vesper's death was too melodramatic.
Quantum Of Solace - the action was relentless/ worst title song ever.
Skyfall - Amazing title song/ they killed Severine.
SPECTRE - back to fun Bond/ foster bro BS.
No Time To Die - Ana de Armas/ nonsense SF to create circumstances to support Bond's demanded demise.
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FRWL: Bond/Grant conversation before the fight / the end of the end credits!
GF: perhaps the best first half hour of any Bond film / Tilly's car crash in the ditch isn't staged well
TB: Bond's snooping around at night / sped-up footage during the end boat fight
YOLT: "TWICE" is the only way to live! / ditto re: they killed Aki, a real fave Bond girl
OHMSS: engaging plot / no Connery
DAF: sly, black comedy tone / somewhat weak PTS (excluding mud bath scene which I like a lot)
LALD: unique supernatural voodoo theme / footage of Kananga's death is filmed in low quality
TMWTGG: Bond waiting outside the Bottoms Up club / slide whistle 'screws' with a pivotal stunt
TSWLM: Jaws stalks Fekkesh in the shadows / Fekkesh sees Jaws in the shadows and runs towards him!
MR: model work and effects are on point / Jaws flapping his wings, Macleans showing
FYEO: ski chase with motorcycle machine guns & bob sleds / someone get Tanner a coffee!
OP: strong military presence throughout / Tarzan yell
NSNA: Bond's age/fitness is referenced - still in good shape / unlike Nigel's hair!
AVTAK: Bond and Tibbett snooping around the Chateau / fire truck chase action is entirely unBondian
TLD: defection/sniper scene is top notch/ Georgi getting sniffy about caviar
LTK: Professor Joe gives his blessings / Bond interferes with Hong Kong narcotics, that bastard
GE: cold, sterile, brutalist vibes / music and direction feels very dated on last viewing
TND: amazing PTS / big cat smuggling is bad
TWINE: cool custom vehicles / repetitive rope swinging and Movie World stage show-like action
DAD: abandoned station under MI6 HQ / most of the dialogue is just puns
CR: great ensemble of characters/actors / Vesper suddenly cries, gets dramatic, I don't buy it
QOS: the Tosca scene is for me / too short - anything less than 2 hours is unsatisfactory
SF: Shanghai-Macau section is great / Bond is somehow grizzled; has lost a step since QOS? Even Blood Stone?
SP: London finale - yes, I like the MI6 ruins & chopper takedown / piss filter ruins a lot
NTTD: Bond in JM / Bond in the dirt... Part of Bond's appeal to me is that he always escapes! wtf (still)
Best Aspect:
Honey Ryder emerging from the ocean in a bikini
Worst Aspect:
It's obvious it's a low budget film, with some pretty poor effects.
From Russia With Love:
Best Aspect:
The Plot
Worst Aspect:
The PTS with that Connery mask!
Goldfinger:
Best Aspect:
Iconic villain
Worst Aspect:
The Barn scene!
Thunderball:
Best Aspect:
Tropical setting
Worst Aspect:
Underwater scenes.
You Only Live Twice:
Best Aspect:
Blofeld's Volcano lair (thanks to Ken Adam)
Worst Aspect:
Connery in Yellowface!
On Her Majesty's Secret Service:
Best Aspect:
Diana Rigg as Tracy, Faithful to the book story
Worst Aspect:
Playing the Bond theme at the end credits!
Diamonds Are Forever:
Best Aspect:
Wint and Kidd
Worst Aspect:
Not following OHMSS (as a revenge sequel), and not having Lazenby in this film!
Live And Let Die:
Best Aspect:
Great Theme Song
Worst Aspect:
Overlong Boat Chase scenes/slow pacing, Rosie Carver
The Man With The Golden Gun:
Best Aspect:
Christopher Lee
Worst Aspect:
Mary Goodnight
The Spy Who Loved Me:
Best Aspect:
Jaws
Worst Aspect:
Curt Jürgens as Stromberg and Barbara Bach as Anya Amasova, both are weak, underdeveloped, not given much to do and both are wooden acting to me.
Moonraker:
Best Aspect:
The Characters (Drax and Goodhead)
Worst Aspect:
Star Wars/Bond in Space!
For Your Eyes Only:
Best Aspect:
Bond climbing St. Cyril's
Worst Aspect:
The PTS and Margaret Thatcher
Octopussy:
Best Aspect:
Bond versus the Soviets!
Worst Aspect:
Too campy
Never Say Never Again:
Best Aspect:
Bond in a motorcycle chase scenes with Fatima Blush in her red car!
Worst Aspect:
Title sequence and score
A View To A Kill:
Best Aspect:
The villains
Worst Aspect:
Stacey Sutton
The Living Daylights:
Best Aspect:
The PTS, sniper/defection scenes
Worst Aspect:
The Third Act in Afghanistan
Licence To Kill:
Best Aspect:
Robert Davi as Franz Sanchez
Worst Aspect:
Cheap generic 80's action filmmaking
Goldeneye:
Best Aspect:
Bond vs. Trevelyan
Worst Aspect:
The Fading Transitions (more in the editing)
Tomorrow Never Dies:
Best Aspect:
The Plot about fake news
Worst Aspect:
Too much of a generic action film, nothing memorable.
The World Is Not Enough:
Best Aspect:
Sophie Marceau as Elektra King
Worst Aspect:
It's coming..... Christmas Jones
Die Another Day:
Best Aspect:
The PTS
Worst Aspect:
CGI
Casino Royale:
Best Aspect:
The First Act
Worst Aspect:
The Third Act (sinking building in Venice, the sudden romance that comes out of nowhere)
Quantum of Solace:
Best Aspect:
Bond's revenge for Vesper
Worst Aspect:
Dominic Greene, Editing
Skyfall:
Best Aspect:
Cinematography
Worst Aspect:
Bond being too old so fast after just two movies? What Am I Missing Here?, Also Bond sneaking into Severine's Shower!
SPECTRE
Best Aspect:
Mr. Hinx, and Craig's acting
Worst Aspect:
Bro-feld! Foster brother angle!
No Time To Die:
Best Aspect:
Bond in Jamaica
Worst Aspect:
Madeleine Swann and the family melodrama!
Best Aspect:
Three Blind Mice
Worst Aspect:
Krabb key thanks to low pacing.
From Russia With Love:
Best Aspect:
Kerim Bay
Worst Aspect:
Besides Pedro death: The PTS. Last favorite of all movies.
Goldfinger:
Best Aspect:
Car trass scene
Worst Aspect:
Gass scene.
Thunderball:
Best Aspect:
Secret Blofeld
Worst Aspect:
Underwater scenes.
You Only Live Twice:
Best Aspect:
Roof scene
Worst Aspect:
Blofeld's Volcano lair
On Her Majesty's Secret Service:
Best Aspect:
Introducing new Bond in the car with mirror/Smoking with Barry great music.
Worst Aspect:
Not enough screentime for Tracy her sister.
Diamonds Are Forever:
Best Aspect:
Las Vegas
Worst Aspect:
After OHMSS great music Barry returns to his earlier style.
Live And Let Die:
Best Aspect:
Kananga has style.
Worst Aspect:
Rosie Carver not enough screentime.
The Man With The Golden Gun:
Best Aspect:
Title song of Lulu is very underrated.
Worst Aspect:
PTS
The Spy Who Loved Me:
Best Aspect:
Egypt.
Worst Aspect:
Curt Jürgens as Stromberg
Moonraker:
Best Aspect:
Brazil.
Worst Aspect:
Music... If scene: PTS exept circus act.
For Your Eyes Only:
Best Aspect:
Greece. Inspecialy pleasent drive in the country.
Worst Aspect:
Villian.
Octopussy:
Best Aspect:
India
Worst Aspect:
Orlov
Never Say Never Again:
Best Aspect:
Bond in a motorcycle chase scenes with Fatima Blush in her red car!
Worst Aspect:
FYEO kind of villian.
A View To A Kill:
Best Aspect:
Horse farm.
Worst Aspect:
Bond and Mayday sex scene
The Living Daylights:
Best Aspect:
Music. My favorite Barry score.
Worst Aspect:
David Hedison should have been Felix
Licence To Kill:
Best Aspect:
Production Design. I think QOS learn a lot from Yolt and LTK.
Worst Aspect:
Asian scene.
Goldeneye:
Best Aspect:
Jump from the bridge/Satelite scenes
Worst Aspect:
Cinematography losing a bit after all those years
Tomorrow Never Dies:
Best Aspect:
Balance of Humor, Drama and serieus. A movie who in first place be there to entertain and in time grow with you.
Worst Aspect:
Maintitle
The World Is Not Enough:
Best Aspect:
PTS.
Worst Aspect:
Besides Desmond died in car crash after movie release: Submarine scene.
Die Another Day:
Best Aspect:
Swordfight
Worst Aspect:
Cuba. I only like hidden room moment and Bond walks trow the window/Airplane scene.
Casino Royale:
Best Aspect:
Mads Mikkelsen
Worst Aspect:
Aston Martin joke with solange/Clown scene on airport/Stairfight/Bond James Bond
Quantum of Solace:
Best Aspect:
Horse scene with Mr White.
Worst Aspect:
Boat chase. Actualy only music/editing element i don't like.
Skyfall:
Best Aspect:
Q and Bond looking to painting. Maintile. Skyfall (Rainbow of light Inspecialy)
Worst Aspect:
Batman Elefator theme Scene/train part of pts/Metro scene
SPECTRE
Best Aspect:
L' American/Return of Mr White/Meeting and inspecialy the Silence
Worst Aspect:
Bro-feld! Foster brother angle!/24-Nolan element '' destroying Mi6'' and boat-helicopter scene.
No Time To Die:
Best Aspect:
Universal-Moon and Gunbarrel / Pts part 1: The house/ Car chase Blofeld sheep in pts part 2 / Villian lair.
Worst Aspect:
Re-use We Have All The Time In The World / Norway wood scene/Madeline in London
Best Aspect:
Bond's introduction
Worst Aspect:
The yellow face
From Russia With Love:
Best Aspect:
The train fight
Worst Aspect:
Everything after the train fight
Goldfinger:
Best Aspect:
Gert Frobe
Worst Aspect:
The sexual politics
Thunderball:
Best Aspect:
Fiona Volpe
Worst Aspect:
The interminable underwater fight
You Only Live Twice:
Best Aspect:
Aki and her Toyota/Ken Adam's finest hour
Worst Aspect:
The yellow face (again)
On Her Majesty's Secret Service:
Best Aspect:
Barry's score/Rigg and Savalas
Worst Aspect:
Lazenby *shakes fist*
Diamonds Are Forever:
Best Aspect:
Blofeld in drag
Worst Aspect:
The third act/The campy tone after OHMSS
Live And Let Die:
Best Aspect:
Roger Moore bossing it
Worst Aspect:
Kanaga is weaker than his book counterpart
The Man With The Golden Gun:
Best Aspect:
'Come come Mister Bond, you get just as much pleasure from killing as I do'
Worst Aspect:
Mary Goodnight
The Spy Who Loved Me:
Best Aspect:
???
Worst Aspect:
Anya as damsel
Moonraker:
Best Aspect:
It's just a bloody good time of a movie
Worst Aspect:
French California
For Your Eyes Only:
Best Aspect:
Topol
Worst Aspect:
Not Topol
Octopussy:
Best Aspect:
Maud and Rog
Worst Aspect:
Whatever the plot is
A View To A Kill:
Best Aspect:
Walken and Jones
Worst Aspect:
Aging Moore
The Living Daylights:
Best Aspect:
James and Kara are too cute together
Worst Aspect:
The plot making no sense come the weak third act
Licence To Kill:
Best Aspect:
Timmy D acting his heart out
Worst Aspect:
The dark tone
Goldeneye:
Best Aspect:
Natalya Simonova/Brosnan's comedic chops
Worst Aspect:
"Ladies First"
Tomorrow Never Dies:
Best Aspect:
Michelle Yeoh/The BMW set pieces
Worst Aspect:
Villain
The World Is Not Enough:
Best Aspect:
Elektra
Worst Aspect:
Submarine scene
Die Another Day:
Best Aspect:
Rosamund Pike as Miranda
Worst Aspect:
Igor? Vlad? Whatever Graves assistant is called.
Casino Royale:
Best Aspect:
Craig and Green
Worst Aspect:
Miami International
Quantum of Solace:
Best Aspect:
Moonraker-esque ending with Camille
Worst Aspect:
The brown face (seriously EON)
Skyfall:
Best Aspect:
Cinematography/Themes/Eve and Q
Worst Aspect:
The shower scene
SPECTRE
Best Aspect:
Mad but in a fun classic Bond kind of way
Worst Aspect:
Tragic third act
No Time To Die:
Best Aspect:
End of an era/Matera chase/Madeleine and Mathilde
Worst Aspect:
M's villainous turn/plotting is sketch
I am guessing, at least with QoS, the use of tanning/fake tan on Kurylenko to make her more Bolivian.
This. I love Camille, I think Kurylenko portrays her really well. But the fact the script has to bend over to justify her casting and the darkening of her skin that was retrograde even in 2008 is a blemish on the film. Was there really no South American actress who had chemistry with Craig?