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Bond Movie A vs. Bond Movie B (Diamonds Are Forever vs. The World Is Not Enough)

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  • 4EverBonded4EverBonded the Ballrooms of Mars
    Posts: 12,480
    Definitely TSWLM, always a favorite. I am not that keen on TB anyway.
  • BAIN123BAIN123
    Posts: 11,189
    I really like TB but Spy wins for me. That parachute jump is just :o
  • BennyBenny Shaken not stirredAdministrator, Moderator
    Posts: 15,169
    Oh my this is hard. TB is easily one of my favourites, and certainly one of the best Connery Bonds.
    But TSWLM was my first experience of Bond, and therefore has that special place in my heart, as the Bond film that started my fandom.
    It pains me to do this but
    Thunderball
  • Agent007391Agent007391 Up, Up, Down, Down, Left, Right, Left, Right, B, A, Start
    Posts: 7,854
    Damn... Spy or Thunderball... I have to pick either the best Connery film, or the best Moore film... This is a tough one, so I'll have to think and get back with an answer.
  • ShardlakeShardlake Leeds, West Yorkshire, England
    Posts: 4,043
    Spy was my first Bond film period, it was on the big screen back in 1977 but TB for me is the superior film, Connery on fine form and a cracking score from Barry.
  • Lancaster007Lancaster007 Shrublands Health Clinic, England
    Posts: 1,874
    Ah, this is a bit harder. I like TB, but don't rate it as Connery's best, it does flag at times, something you can't say about Spy. Also having bunked off school to see Spy on the big screen in Plymouth's Drake cinema (back then it was a huge screen, not like the screens you get in the multiplex) and seeing it another two times throughout the summer hols it became, at the time, my favourite - having aged I now find quite a bit wrong with it, but still think XXX is quite a good Bond girl and damned good to look at! So, TB or Spy, mmm…TB's still got the best Bond girls ever, Spy's more of a romp, if Jaws had died at the end (as originally intended) it would have been even better.
    Thunderball…today, might be a different answer tomorrow!
  • doubleoegodoubleoego #LightWork
    edited July 2012 Posts: 11,139
    Thunderball without hesitation.

    Connery on top form, Largo, the spectre meeting, the best Bond girl ever in Fiona, the gorgeous Bahamas, the boat ride into the casino, Tom Jones, Barry's score, Db5, jetpack. Thunderball was and is Bondmania!
  • CraigMooreOHMSSCraigMooreOHMSS Dublin, Ireland
    Posts: 8,231
    Thunderball easily. Connery in fine form, a great villain in Largo and villainess in Volpe. A cracking Bond girl, great locales, and Barry's excellent music.
  • Samuel001Samuel001 Moderator
    Posts: 13,356
    Thunderball!
  • Agent007391Agent007391 Up, Up, Down, Down, Left, Right, Left, Right, B, A, Start
    Posts: 7,854
    Well, I've decided, and the better climax sequence takes the cake for me. TSWLM wins with the big gunfight onboard the Liparus.
  • SharkySharky
    Posts: 266
    Thunderball- TSWLM is solid too, but TB has Connery on top form, great villians and bond girls and Terrance young.
  • PrinceKamalKhanPrinceKamalKhan Monsoon Palace, Udaipur
    Posts: 3,262

    TB vs. TSWLM. The two wet-n'-wild ones.

    Definitely TB for me. Connery at the peak of his form, Terence Young's stylish direction, John Barry music and the best gang of Bond girls to appear in a single Bond film easily cinch its victory IMHO.
  • Creasy47Creasy47 In Cuba with Natalya.Moderator
    Posts: 41,011
    I really don't know. TB is a really amazing film, but TSWLM's finale is incredibly addictive, along with the Egypt scenes being very entertaining. I'll have to think about it for a while.
  • thelionthelion
    Posts: 72
    I don't know. I love TB, it's my favourite Connery but Spy it's one of the most mythical Bond films. If I had to choose, I would pick up TB ( sorry Sir Roger!) just because of the beautiful Luciana Paluzzi.
  • DB5DB5
    Posts: 408
    James Bond at his zenith. Thunderball.
  • identigraphidentigraph
    Posts: 1,052
    TSWLM easily, I don't care what anybody says, it's just a better film!!
  • Jones_The_BondJones_The_Bond
    Posts: 344
    TSWLM So much fun. Both Bonds are completely comfortable in the role, both films have many of the same Bond team crafting them with assurance and style, but I just sense that Spy has that little bit more sparkle to it.
  • MajorDSmytheMajorDSmythe "I tolerate this century, but I don't enjoy it."Moderator
    Posts: 13,999
    TB is currently 9th in my ranking*, TSWLM is 10th. So TB it is.



    *I've seen up to GE in my 2012 Bondathon, so those places could change soon.
  • royale65royale65 Caustic misanthrope reporting for duty.
    Posts: 4,423
    Hmm, hard un, this…

    Spy is a terrific film, were Sir Rog establishes his legend in this film, but

    Thunderball

    For it’s sheer magnificent epicness
  • WVPoefWVPoef
    Posts: 147
    TB

    List of ratings.
    TB - 7.
    TSWLM - 13.
  • bondsumbondsum
    Posts: 3,333
    Thunderball

    Though I think TSWLM is a fun movie it's too much of a xerox of 1967’s Connery era epic YOLT and a medley of past glories for me to consider it above TB.
  • Agent005Agent005
    Posts: 562
    Thunderball
  • Creasy47Creasy47 In Cuba with Natalya.Moderator
    Posts: 41,011
    I've decided, and I think I'm finally going to pick TB. It's a tough one to beat, and as enjoyable as TSWLM is, TB takes the win for me.
  • Baltimore_007Baltimore_007
    Posts: 5,634
    Thunderball. Just
  • GetafixGetafix
    Posts: 11,425
    Spy
  • W_PPKW_PPK
    Posts: 172
    TB.
  • wildboonjivewildboonjive
    Posts: 299
    This one's close. They are both the best of what I call the "spectacle" Bonds. Still, judging it on that front, TSWLM gets my vote.
  • RogueAgentRogueAgent
    Posts: 12,526
    Great match up! Will go with Thunderball!
  • GrindermanGrinderman
    Posts: 165
    Tunderball. Sure, the underwater fight scene drags on and on, but this much will always be true: Connery > Moore.
  • JrW_008JrW_008 The North
    Posts: 112
    TSWLM is my vote
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