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Unfortunately, SPECTRE did nothing of the kind.
Personally, it was the best theatre experience I've had with Bond since CR (and before that since GE).
They were almost like a third party sales force for the film. It was really strange, and like I said, I remember this happening with TDK as well. It was like a cultural event. This had nothing to do with the Olympics, and more to do with their personal experience with the film.
I don't even know how to rasped to that.
Thunderball is one of the better 007 films for me.
Edit: Aside from L&LD's supernatural elements, of course.
Frwl
Ohmss
For Your Eyes Only
Octopussy
The Living Daylights
License to kill
Casino Royale
Quantum of solace
Good list for the most realistic!
For a controversial opinion: Stromberg, while not one of the greatest, is easily one of the most underrated and overlooked villains of the series.
"Cigarettes". Yes, sure...
I'd buy this if Dalton had played Bond. Moore should have let FYEO, his most solid effort in my opinion, been his swan song.
I think octopussy could be the best bond films if it had dalton
Seconded.
Connery's presence alone is enough to elevate Dr. No as a top-rate Bond flick.
You Only Live Twice is better than Thunderball.
I would go as far as to say I find myself enjoying QOS more than TB
No way...OP is perfect for Sir Roger..
Well, most of the bad jokes would have to go, for one thing.
OP is the perfect Moore vehicle, and he and Adams have some of the best chemistry in the series. You can see Moore pushing back against the so-serious FYEO in it. But ironically, he's best when he doesn't: "And that's for 009."
AVTAK needed to be rewritten from scratch. No actor could have saved it.
agreed also zoren is an awesome villain and has the best villain detah in the whole series
The film lacks any real energy to it. OP was rather lightweight too but that film at least had some more suspenseful set pieces.
Moore also works better in OP. You can sense that AVTAK was one film too far for him and his seduction of the pin-up models feels a bit too cringeworthy.
Bond checking a fake watch in a Gorrilla suit when millions of lives are at stake. Daft and ruined the tension.
I still think it was beset by problems.
The action was poorly directed
The dreaded "Colour grading" was in full swing
A 70-something year old woman actually getting involved in the action.
The villain, whilst well acted, reeked of the Joker from TDK. Right even down to getting intentionally caught.
Bond's enigma being completely deconstructed by "revelations" about his childhood.
Bond still being, in the context of Craig's reboot, a relatively fresh agent, but also being old and washed up...
Bond openly weeping at the climax
No discernable Bond girl
The problem is the Craig films are supposed to have an arc to them, so I find it hard to view them as standalone entries.
Also on the point about Bond being human, of course I understand this. He isnt supposed to be a Marvel character. But, and this may just be me, but I always find him to be an enigma, and the less known about his background the better.
I suppose we will have to agree to disagree on the other points. I wanted to like Skyfall, but it wasnt a patch on Casino Royale. Hell I even preferred the just above averageness that was Spectre.