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Don't feel bad. One of the hardest Bond match ups to choose from. It's like FRWL v.s. OHMSS or CR with its level of love amongst fans. GF v.s. FRWL would be interesting...wars may start though...
Sure you did. Remember, TB has Volpe:
For nostalgia sake.
It's Connery vs. Moore showdown, and we'll go with both men's exit as 007.
Diamonds Are Forever vs. A View to a Kill
*Sean Connery giving his best "I don't give a damn" performance vs. Roger Moore's good-sport, hanging in there Grandpa charm: DAF ftw
*Memorable characters: Kidd, Wint, Tree, gangsters, Klaus, Whillard, Charles Gray, Bambi/Thumper, Metz vs. um...Grace Jones, Patrick MacNee and Dolph Lundgren cameo?? DAF
*Stronger Barry score (though AVTAK is still a pretty good Barry score) DAF
*2 Vavoom Bond girls vs. Jenny Flex (not bad), Grace Jones (eek), Stacie 'screechety-screetch: DAF
It just was a better Bond experience. Moore shouldn't of been in AVTAK, he was too old.
AVTAK is relevant for being Moore's final film. It shows the excesses of the eighties and some of the over the top of the Moore era. It is not Moore's best film but I would never rank it as his worst, not by a long shot.
I actually enjoyed AVTAK and lots of people I talked to back then really liked it. It seems that in hindsight that the film gets all the hate. Maybe 57 year old Moore was pushing it but EON was ready to squeeze one more Bond out of ol' Rog.
By contrast I hated DAF and always will. It will always rank at the bottom (along with DAD, MR)
So my vote is quite obvious:
AVTAK
Villains: Tough one here, but AVTAK wins. Max Zorin is a far better adversary than Blofeld in DAF. As for henchmen, even though Wint and Kidd are terrific, I like Dr. Mortner and Scarpine, even if they didn't contribute a whole lot. At least they were more serious villains than the ones from DAF.
Action: Probably DAF on this one. The fight with Peter Franks and the Las Vegas car chase are very intense when compared to Moore's lackluster fighting and that cringe-worthy fire truck chase. Climax-wise, AVTAK wins, but that's the only A+ action in the whole movie.
Music: AVTAK on this one. Snow Job/He's Dangerous is an awesome track!
Locations: DAF wins here. Amsterdam and Las Vegas trump those in AVTAK
Girls: AVTAK
A View to a Kill wins for me.
* better score
* better Bond
* better locations
* better production design
* somewhat less silly plot
AVTAK
* hotter girl
So, my choice is DAF.
'Small world'
'Who is your floor ?'
'Tell him HE'S FIRED !!'
'Baja !? I haven't got anything in Baja !!'
'You've just killed James Bond !!'
'Is that who it was? Well just goes to show, no one's indestructible!'
'Making mud pies 007 ?'
'Named after your father perhaps?'
'Exceptionally fine shot.
'I didn't know there was a pool down there. '
'Good morning, gentlemen. ACME pollution inspection. We're cleaning up the world, we thought this was a suitable starting point.'
'Thank you very much. I was just out walking my RAT and seem to have lost my way...'
'Weren't you a blonde when I came in?'
'Could be.'
'I tend to notice little things like that - whether a girl is a blonde or a brunette.'
'Which do you prefer?'
'Well, as long as the collar and cuffs match...'
'Well, one of us smells like a tart's handkerchief.I'm afraid it's me. Sorry, old boy.'
'Pity about your liver, sir. Unusually fine Solera. '51, I believe.'
'There is no year for sherry, 007.'
'I was referring to the original vintage on which the sherry is based, sir. 1851, unmistakable.'
'Precisely.'
'Bitch. Your problems are all behind you now.'
'The wine is quite excellent. Although for such a grand meal I would have expected a claret.'
'But of course. Unfortunately our cellar is poorly stocked with clarets.'
'Mouton Rothschild IS a claret. And, I've smelled that aftershave before, and both times - I've smelled a rat.'
'Right idea, Mr. Bond...'
'... But wrong pussy.'
And there are countless other classic lines in DAF.
DAF is a totally missed opportunity to follow on from OHMSS or at least the Fleming novel with the Spang's etc...
A View to a Kill: 8
Keep voting!
DAF
Diamonds Are Forever, with 10 votes over A View to a Kill, which had 8 votes.
On to Round 3!
It'll be a Roger Moore show-down between his 3rd and 5th movies:
The Spy Who Loved Me vs. For Your Eyes Only