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

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  • sirseanisbondsirseanisbond
    Posts: 2,189
    thelivingroyale wrote:
    LTK. Better villain, better Bond, better girls, better story and an all round better film. My favourite in the series.

    From Russia With Love because the ‘opposite’ of everything you said is true…
  • Baltimore_007Baltimore_007
    Posts: 5,634
    what, we've changed films again ?

    I thought we just started a new round, but in any event I'll choose From Russia With Love this time around, that feels a million times more like a James Bond film does, than License to Kill

    It was a very straightforward decision, it was similar to make a pick between, I don't know, Ben Hur or Police Academy 7 or something.. there was no hesitation
  • DarthDimiDarthDimi Behind you!Moderator
    Posts: 24,159
    FRWL
  • actonsteveactonsteve
    Posts: 1,492
    FRWL
  • thelivingroyalethelivingroyale
    edited June 2012 Posts: 12,837
    I prefer GF, TB, YOLT and NSNA to FRWL.
    sirseanisbond wrote:
    thelivingroyale wrote:
    LTK. Better villain, better Bond, better girls, better story and an all round better film. My favourite in the series.

    LTK because everything you said is true…

    Fixed it for you mate.
  • thelivingroyalethelivingroyale
    Posts: 12,837
    I think FRWL is a bit overrated on here.
  • 0BradyM0Bondfanatic70BradyM0Bondfanatic7 Quantum Floral Arrangements: "We Have Petals Everywhere"
    Posts: 28,694
    FRWL. No question here, and you all know why. Classic espionage brilliance at its best.
  • 0BradyM0Bondfanatic70BradyM0Bondfanatic7 Quantum Floral Arrangements: "We Have Petals Everywhere"
    Posts: 28,694
    thelivingroyale wrote:
    I think FRWL is a bit overrated on here.

    It's not overrated if it deserves it. Great locations, great drama, awesome set of villains, the best Bond under the sun, a true espionage masterpiece, the most famous fight of the series, class A dialogue, great M and MP moments, Bond's top ally, great action mixed with risky situations and great one-liners, brilliant theme and PTS, and yes, an Ian Fleming cameo. LTK is great, but can't stick up to FRWL.
  • BAIN123BAIN123
    edited June 2012 Posts: 11,189
    FRWL. Dalton's favourite Bond movie :)

    It has a class and panache LTK can only dream of.
  • PrinceKamalKhanPrinceKamalKhan Monsoon Palace, Udaipur
    Posts: 3,262
    00Beast wrote:
    Wow, thanks for catching this PKK! Looks like my memory is fading on these! Hahaha. Well, I guess we can say safely that Thunderball was our winner in one of the shortest rounds yet!

    Okay, new match-up! Sorry for the confusion, and thanks to PKK for catching my mistake again.

    No problem, 00Beast. I'm going to suggest maybe posting the previous contests and their results on your opening post in the thread. That way we'll have a record of which ones have already competed and then know where to go for the next one.

    As for this round, I've got to go with Sean Connery, Terence Young, John Barry, Daniela Bianchi and Robert Shaw:

    From Russia with Love
  • GetafixGetafix
    Posts: 11,425
    BAIN123 wrote:
    FRWL. Dalton's favourite Bond movie :)

    It has a class and panache LTK can only dream of.

    true.
  • thelivingroyalethelivingroyale
    Posts: 12,837
    0BradyM0Bondfanatic7 wrote:
    thelivingroyale wrote:
    I think FRWL is a bit overrated on here.

    It's not overrated if it deserves it. Great locations, great drama, awesome set of villains, the best Bond under the sun, a true espionage masterpiece, the most famous fight of the series, class A dialogue, great M and MP moments, Bond's top ally, great action mixed with risky situations and great one-liners, brilliant theme and PTS, and yes, an Ian Fleming cameo. LTK is great, but can't stick up to FRWL.

    Half the stuff you posted I think LTK did better. Especially allies. Felix is definitely Bonds best ally, which makes LTK's plot even more personal and thrilling.
    BAIN123 wrote:
    FRWL. Dalton's favourite Bond movie :)

    Well he's way too awesome to admit to his own greatness.
  • SaintMarkSaintMark
    Posts: 7,653
    Frome Russia with love because it is the real deal among the 007 movies. O:-)
  • 0iker00iker0
    Posts: 501
    This one's easy:
    A very overrated film with the worst bond, not actor, one of the worst stories, because of it's americaness (a cop who's case is too personal and that's why he's out of the case, however he continues with it and gets his own vengance) vs. one of the best Bond movies ever, a great spy story with a great SPECTRE behind.
    20. Licence To Kill
    19. You Only Live Twice
    18. Tomorrow Never Dies
    17. A View To A Kill
    16. Diamonds Are Forever
    15.The World Is Not Enough
    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
    6. On Her Majesty's Secret Service
    5. Dr. No
    4. Octopussy
    3. From Russia With Love
    From Russia With Love it is...
  • MajorDSmytheMajorDSmythe "I tolerate this century, but I don't enjoy it."Moderator
    Posts: 13,978
    They both top notch Bonds, but Dalton's performance alone blows Connery in FRWL out of the water.


    LTK.
  • SirHenryLeeChaChingSirHenryLeeChaChing
    edited June 2012 Posts: 3,494
    Could it get any tougher? My #3 LTK versus my #4 FRWL. Madonn, what a choice!

    OK, what the hell. Licence To Kill. For one reason alone, that being this was Bond's first trip to "the dark side" and that hadn't been done before. Of course this should have happened in DAF, so after that I was always interested to see what would happen to the character if they turned him loose on a mission of revenge. I would have gone FRWL if LTK hadn't been as awesome as it is, so LTK it is.

  • CraigMooreOHMSSCraigMooreOHMSS Dublin, Ireland
    Posts: 8,205
    FRWL.

    As much as I admire LTK, it doesn't really cut it when compared to possibly the greatest espionage film of all time.
  • DB5DB5
    Posts: 408
    Well let's see. Connery as Bond, Tatiana Romanova, Rosa Klebb, Red Grant, Kronsteen, Blofeld, Kerim Bey, one of the best spy novels ever written made into one of the best spy movies ever made. From Russia With Love.
  • KerimKerim Istanbul Not Constantinople
    Posts: 2,629
    This is a villian's paradise with this matchup.

    I vote for FRWL for the omission of blinking fish.
  • 0BradyM0Bondfanatic70BradyM0Bondfanatic7 Quantum Floral Arrangements: "We Have Petals Everywhere"
    Posts: 28,694
    Kerim wrote:
    This is a villian's paradise with this matchup.

    I vote for FRWL for the omission of blinking fish.
    And Kerim, of course. :D
  • KerimKerim Istanbul Not Constantinople
    edited June 2012 Posts: 2,629
    0BradyM0Bondfanatic7 wrote:
    Kerim wrote:
    This is a villian's paradise with this matchup.

    I vote for FRWL for the omission of blinking fish.
    And Kerim, of course. :D

    In a way Kerim was in LTK with Junior was El Presidente.
  • Agent007391Agent007391 Up, Up, Down, Down, Left, Right, Left, Right, B, A, Start
    Posts: 7,854
    FRWL
  • sirseanisbondsirseanisbond
    Posts: 2,189
    thelivingroyale wrote:
    FRWL. Better villain, better Bond, better girls, better story and an all round better film. My favourite in the series.

    Back at 'ya buddy!
  • VolanteVolante
    Posts: 774
    FRWL
  • 00130013
    Posts: 1,817
    FRWL, anywhere, anytime.
    My favorite Bond movie and one of my top movies of all time. Superb acting, classic locations, beautiful Tanya, one of the best Fleming's stories properly translated into film. Great villains, the best Blofeld (the very powerfull and mysterious one), the best henchman. Excellent action, brillant dialogue. I just love this one!
  • DoubleOhhSevenDoubleOhhSeven
    Posts: 1,778
    Im pretty sure we did this round already.

    Anyway as much as I loved LTK, FRWL wins for me. It simply reeks of everything Bondian.
  • BennyBenny Shaken not stirredAdministrator, Moderator
    edited June 2012 Posts: 15,129
    From Russia With Love

    And that was a hard decision, as I love LTK.
  • JarrodJarrod
    Posts: 232
    Yeah, the same From Russia With Love. But it pains me to say it, as I really hold them neck to neck. It's almost comparing Connery to Dalton, because they are both at their finest in these films. FRWL gets it, for being purely old school Bond at it's best.
  • BAIN123BAIN123
    Posts: 11,189
    MajorDSmythe wrote:
    They both top notch Bonds, but Dalton's performance alone blows Connery in FRWL out of the water.

    LTK.

    Really?? Hes good in Kill but do you honestly think LTK Dalton beats FRWL Connery?

    Tell me...which lunatic asylum did they get you out of? :p


  • Jones_The_BondJones_The_Bond
    Posts: 344
    Biggest mis-match on this thread for me.

    FRWL

    Am pretty sure that even Timothy Dalton would cast his vote for Sir Sean's classic.
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