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

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  • Posts: 4,762
    Creasy47 wrote:
    00Beast wrote:
    Current score is 11-7 in favor of Goldfinger, but For Your Eyes Only is making a remarkable comeback!

    Yeah, I noticed a lot of votes in favor of FYEO in the past few posts. I really do love Goldfinger, and it contains a lot of iconic moments, but the scene with Locque's death and the finale of FYEO totally do it for me. Really enjoyable.

    Indeed, FYEO's action sequences out-do Goldfinger's in too many respects. There's more of them and they are better in quality I believe. The only one that might come close is the Fort Knox battle against the battle at St. Cyril's, but the rock climbing scenes in the latter make me choose it over Fort Knox.
  • Posts: 562
    Goldfinger
  • DB5DB5
    Posts: 408
    Maybe because it's the first Bond film I ever saw, but I've got to vote for Goldfinger.
  • doubleoegodoubleoego #LightWork
    Posts: 11,139
    GF no question.
  • echoecho 007 in New York
    Posts: 6,275
    "Why, that's Mr. Goldfinger's suite!"

    GF.
  • Posts: 11,189
    FYEO is a good movie but better than GF?

    Really?

    I practically worship GE but even I admit GF is probably the better film.

    Oh well. Each to their own!
  • Posts: 185
    For Your Eyes Only
  • Posts: 5,634
    I usually 'watch' Goldfinger with my eyes shut - it's better that way, or if I can't sleep at night, in no time at all I'm sound asleep after about 20 minutes with that on

    For Your Eyes Only is streets ahead in terms of action and suspense, Moore does a fine job, Carole Bouquet is a trillion times better than the awful Blackman (Galore) and there's so much to see and get involved in, that simply doesn't happen in Goldfinger until the very end, it was a very straightforward decision - in that For Your Eyes Only wins this round with ease
  • KerimKerim Istanbul Not Constantinople
    Posts: 2,629
    I vote for FYEO because I could trust Columbo to drop his pistachios and help out more than Linder Leiter to drop his KFC and help out.
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    Kerim wrote:
    I vote for FYEO because I could trust Columbo to drop his pistachios and help out more than Linder Leiter to drop his KFC and help out.

    Hahaha, exactly. Very well stated!
  • Posts: 501
    I think that Goldfinger is very overrated, plus I love For Your Eyes Only so:
    14. Goldfinger
    13. The Living Daylights
    12. Live And Let Die
    11. Thunderball
    10. Quantum Of Solace
    9. Goldeneye
    8. Casino Royale
    7. For Your Eyes Only
  • 4EverBonded4EverBonded the Ballrooms of Mars
    Posts: 12,480
    FYEO please and thank you.
  • Posts: 19,339
    FYEO definately,unlike other Connery films,GF and DAF i just do not get on with,and are very over-rated.
  • FYEO
  • Posts: 19,339
    I make it 16-15 for FYEO now !! People are beginning to wake up to GF's over-hype.
  • Samuel001Samuel001 Moderator
    edited May 2012 Posts: 13,355
    I really want to vote on this, I think I know which one I prefer but want to give it another few weeks, so I've seen them both again. I'm just sorry I can't add another vote to that film.
  • Posts: 4,762
    barryt007 wrote:
    I make it 16-15 for FYEO now !! People are beginning to wake up to GF's over-hype.

    Exactly, FYEO is making its due comeback!
  • Posts: 147
    Love both movies but Goldfinger wins this one.

    List of ratings.
    GF - 4
    FYEO - 6
  • Creasy47Creasy47 In Cuba with Natalya.Moderator
    Posts: 40,959
    So, we're tied 16-16 now?
  • DaltonCraig007DaltonCraig007 They say, "Evil prevails when good men fail to act." What they ought to say is, "Evil prevails."
    Posts: 15,713
    FYEO
  • Creasy47Creasy47 In Cuba with Natalya.Moderator
    Posts: 40,959
    Scratch that, haha. 17-16, FYEO has it for now.
  • Posts: 183
    FYEO easily wins this one. Always found GF over-rated
  • Posts: 4,762
    Creasy47 wrote:
    Scratch that, haha. 17-16, FYEO has it for now.

    And thanks to @Rogertheclown, it's now 18-16 for FYEO! The comeback has become a lead!
  • 0BradyM0Bondfanatic70BradyM0Bondfanatic7 Quantum Floral Arrangements: "We Have Petals Everywhere"
    edited May 2012 Posts: 28,694
    Sean+Pussy (both the Bond girl and anatomy), Shirley Bassey, great Bond vs villain dialogue+Aston DB5+great PTS+best Bond suit= GF wins!
  • Agent007391Agent007391 Up, Up, Down, Down, Left, Right, Left, Right, B, A, Start
    Posts: 7,854
    Sean+Pussy (both the Bond girl and anatomy), Shirley Bassey, great Bond vs villain dialogue+Aston DB5+great PTS+best Bond suit= GF wins!

    All that's good in GF that you listed are Sean and the DB5. Other than that, you listed all the bad things.
  • Posts: 11,425
    GF wins, but YOLT is still one of my favourites.
  • 0BradyM0Bondfanatic70BradyM0Bondfanatic7 Quantum Floral Arrangements: "We Have Petals Everywhere"
    Posts: 28,694
    Sean+Pussy (both the Bond girl and anatomy), Shirley Bassey, great Bond vs villain dialogue+Aston DB5+great PTS+best Bond suit= GF wins!

    All that's good in GF that you listed are Sean and the DB5. Other than that, you listed all the bad things.

    The Bond vs. Goldfinger dialogue is brilliant, Honor
    Blackman and Shirley Eaton are smoking hot sexy, the PTS though ambiguous and weird was thrilling culminating in the ending fight, and this suit is absolutely magnificent:
    http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_6ldl9yrL90k/TM0HnEZrBoI/AAAAAAAAADM/rvn4X7XhZKo/s1600/Goldfingersuit1.png
    That is more than enough to claim its victory. Hell, just Sean in it is enough. :)
  • Agent007391Agent007391 Up, Up, Down, Down, Left, Right, Left, Right, B, A, Start
    Posts: 7,854
    Sean+Pussy (both the Bond girl and anatomy), Shirley Bassey, great Bond vs villain dialogue+Aston DB5+great PTS+best Bond suit= GF wins!

    All that's good in GF that you listed are Sean and the DB5. Other than that, you listed all the bad things.

    The Bond vs. Goldfinger dialogue is brilliant, Honor
    Blackman and Shirley Eaton are smoking hot sexy, the PTS though ambiguous and weird was thrilling culminating in the ending fight, and this suit is absolutely magnificent:
    http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_6ldl9yrL90k/TM0HnEZrBoI/AAAAAAAAADM/rvn4X7XhZKo/s1600/Goldfingersuit1.png
    That is more than enough to claim its victory. Hell, just Sean in it is enough. :)

    Pussy Galore is just... stupid. "You can turn off the charm, I'm immune." and then she's fallen in love with Bond practically by their next scene together.

    "Gawldfinguh!" I've described my disdain for this song many many times over, and the sheer mention of it's name turned off the power in my friend's house (true story).

    "No Mr. Bond, I expect you to die!" is Goldfinger's only claim to fame, and his only good line. Other than that...

    I really have nothing bad to say about the gold lady and her sister (who's names escape me), only that they were underused.

    The PTS just... sucks. The only good thing is Sean in the white tux that he made famous and didn't wear a whole lot.

    Felix was just crap in that film, and didn't do much.

    They forgot to fix the "Three more ticks..." line.
  • PrinceKamalKhanPrinceKamalKhan Monsoon Palace, Udaipur
    Posts: 3,262
    00Beast wrote:
    Creasy47 wrote:
    Scratch that, haha. 17-16, FYEO has it for now.

    And thanks to @Rogertheclown, it's now 18-16 for FYEO! The comeback has become a lead!

    2 more votes for GF from Getafix & 0BradyM0Bondfanatic7.

    It's now tied at 18-18!
  • This is a tough one. FYEO has grown on me a lot more over the years as I rewatch. It has some great action set pieces (I still think the ski chase is one of the best 007 action set pieces) and probably Moores finest performance as 007, and far better locations than GF. However - I am going to vote for GF. While the action might not be as spectacular as FYEO I prefer the overall tone. Connery is great in this as 007 - we have a great score by John Barry a superb and classy PTS, Shirley Bassey singing the great title song, a cool villain and plenty of memorable moments - the laser, the ejector seat, oddjob,and a stunning fort knox set during the climatic sequence. oh yeah - and an old lady firing a machine gun as 007 escapes in his classic DB5...GF gets my vote...
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