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I also think that Dr No is a very boring movie that ends just as it's about to get going.
This man is NOT all wrong.
The only movie I like Connery in is FRWL, other than I just don't see the appeal. He's quite low on my list of best Bond's.
And yes, I've been preaching the fact that DR. No is overrated for some time now, glad to see someone agrees.
002. The World is Not Enough is Brosnan's best Bond movie. GoldenEye is overrated, and most of the love for that movie is misguided love based on the video game.
003. Ursula Andress is not the best Bond girl. She's the first, and she did look great in that little white bikini, but put her next to Honor Blackman or Claudine Auger or any number of the later Bond girls and her beauty pales by comparison.
004. Bibi Dahl and Stacey Sutton make it into my 20 favorite Bond girls. Christmas Jones makes it into the top 5.
005. The Man With the Golden Gun is one of the best Bond movies of the Roger Moore era.
006. On Her Majesty's Secret Service is one of the worst Bond movies. It's long, dull, and Lazenby brings nothing new to the part.
007. Purvis & Wade are underappreciated for their role in penning the Bond movies. TWINE had a great script. Flaws in DAD are a result of the producers continually asking for bigger and better Bond movies. When Casino Royale put more emphasis on plot and character development, Purvis & Wade kept the necessary traditional Bond elements in tact, while Paul Haggis and John Logan applied some spit and polish to their scripts, taking most of the love for the newest movies while Purvis & Wade are still unfairly hated.
I agree with you on DN but completely disagree on Connery.
But at least you got to give him credit for creating his own James Bond. And I think it's OK for him to feel some animosity to the series back then. Did you know that during the 60's, actors who star in James Bond parodies get a higher pay than Connery himself? If I'm in his shoes I'd feel the same way too.
Anyway, about Dr. No... I got to disagree with you on that too. I think the film is an improvement over the book, and that's coming from me, a Fleming purist who prefers the novels over the films: I hate hate hate hate hate the Dr. No novel. But the film is a different matter altogether.
Exactly my point. I'm not saying Connery should be the best (he's my #2, actually), but he set the blueprint for the next actors to follow. Being the first doesn't equal to best of course. Actors who gave James Bond a well-rounded personality and edge, like Dalton, Connery, and Craig, are the ones who are undoubtedly worthy of being called the best. But that's just my opinion. Different folks, different strokes.
Not sure this is strictly true. He could have really cocked it up. As it happens he didn't. He was definitive and set a very high benchmark. My Grandfather always relays his story of seeing Dr.No and being blown away at how Connery was the man he read about in the books. There will always be people who like him and those that don't, but you can't really give the guy enough praise IMO. I grew up with Moore, I love Dalton, I think Brosnan did and Craig is doing a sterling job but no one embodies the traits of Fleming's creation more than the big man.
I agree with this. His interpretation could have become diminished over the past 50 years but as it happens it still feels definitive.
2. I think they mucked him up after Max Kalba's death.
3. VERY BAD but not the worst. The theme (I am dead) saved it for me.
4. I agree. In my top 007.
5. No. Just no.
6. A good Bond film but not in my top 007.
7. Yes
Here are mine:
DN is better than FRWL.
OHMSS is NOT in my top five Bond movies.
DAD is watchable if I'm in the proper mood.
I favour Brosnan over Craig.
SF is not nearly as good as CR & QOS.
TMWTGG is a good movie, and JW is funny in it.
TSWLM is NOT Moore's best Bond film.
Tell us yours & be open to criticism!
Murdock:
Here's my small list.
Connery is Overrated.
Brosnan is Excellent.
Craig is the Best Bond.
The Living Daylights isn't as good as everyone says it is.
The Man With The Golden Gun is worse than Diamonds are Forever.
chrisisall:
Murdock said:
"The Living Daylights isn't as good as everyone says it is."
Of course not; it's much better.
Okay, it might be that you're correct here, but when I watch it, it glues me to the screen like no other Bond movie. To me, it's magic despite the pedestrian film direction.
SirHenryLeeChaChing:
Just off my head without too much forethought-
1. LTK is a top 5 Bond entry.
2. Hugo Drax is not a great villain, and even worse than Gustav Graves.
3. GF is the still the greatest Bond film to date (many still agree yes, but it seems fashionable to disagree nowadays in favor of FRWL and other entries).
4. GE is not Brosnan's best acting performance.
5. OHMSS is not a top 5 Bond film and Lazenby is highly overrated.
6. Brosnan is still better than Lazenby.
7. David Arnold is a solid composer who should be invited to return.
8. J.W Pepper is a great character.
9. Severine is a former sex slave with a mind of her own.
10. QOS is a much better film than the likes of DAD, MR, TWINE, DAF, and TMWTGG, and has it's merits.
Agreed about TLD, disagree that Brosnan is an excellent Bond and Craig kills him on screen. FRWL a better film than DN, TWWTGG is not a good Bond movie, and SF is better than QOS.
Murdock:
I don't dislike or hate [TLD], but everyone says it's this modern marvel that refreshed Bond for the 80's when it's just a typical Bond film. It has some great moments but the bad moments weigh it down and spoil it for me. It's villains are terrible stock Moore era villains. The humor is stupid. The cello case sled scene is worse than California Girls in AVTAK. It a decent flick but not a top Fiver.
Sammm04:
Dalton Is the Worst Bond.
Moore is the Best Bond.
QOS is the worst Bourne, sorry Bond Film.
Bond Films have changed too much.
Maybe the first three would be accepted by some not on this forum, but on this community those are probably very controversial opinions.
Perilagu_Khan
1. DAF is a classic Bond picture.
2. GF is vastly overrated.
3. LTK is a top four Bond entry.
4. Newman's SF score is the best Bond score since GE.
5. Professor Joe is a great character.
6. Carley Simon's title track is somewhat overrated.
7. Sheena Easton's title track is somewhat underrated.
8. Gun's PTS is the best in series history.
9. Elliot Carver is the best Bond villain in series history.
10. Outside of DAD, OP is the lousiest official Bond flick ever made.
thelivingroyal
1) Brosnan was a great James Bond.
2) LTK is not only better than TLD but my favourite film of the series.
3) YOLT is my favourite Connery film.
4) Lazenby did a good job in OHMSS and was not only the right choice but also better than Connery would've been at that time.
5) TWINE is a great film.
6) NSNA is a very good send off for Connery and is better than quite a few of the EON films.
7) The Lotus is the best Bond car, cooler than the DB5.
8) Naomie Harris was wooden in SF and Sam Bond was a much better Moneypenny.
9) CR and FRWL aren't as great as everyone says.
10) DN is one of the weaker Bond films.
11) OHMSS has a brilliant soundtrack but it's not Barry's best.
SirHenryLeeChaChing:
Disagree with [Sammm04:] views on Dalton and QOS. Sir Rog has his fair share of supporters and that's not controversial. Bond films though have to change with the times, sometimes OTT fantasy is in fashion, right now that level of frivolity isn't. These things are cyclical, I'm sure one day that Moore-like films such as we got in Brosnan's era will reappear.
StirredNotShaken:
1: Licence To Kill is a top five Bond. #4 for me on my list.
2: LTK also has the best ending of any Bond film ever, winking fish statue aside.
3: GoldenEye has a great score with the exception of two or three pieces.
4: Hugo Drax is a terrible villain.
5: Gray's Blofeld is the worst villain in the entire series history.
6: Koskov was a great villain, very enjoyable and memorable.
7: Brosnan is, by a mile, the worst part of GoldenEye.
8: Lazenby is better than Connery overall, though Connery's best performance is probably on par or better than Lazenby's.
9: Goldfinger is colossally overrated.
10: The tanker chase in LTK is the best action sequence in the entire series.
I'll leave it at ten for now.
See ya elsewhere!
Serra isn't for everyone. ;)
Seriously, I just watched GE two nights ago, and Serra's score wasn't gut-wrenching or anything, just not...really good.
I know that Serra isn't for everyone, but I've never had issues with the music as featured in the film. On CD, it's a bit different. A certain Serra fanship is required for that I suppose. ;-)
Agreed. TND was a departure from the GE coldness too so another musical tone was much needed. ;-)
Wow, talk about off the reservation... are you serious here? Personally, Carver's one of my favourites... maybe even top five or six now that I think on it. :-?
Yes, Carver was more of a classical Bond villain, wasn't he?
1. Both Ursula Andress and Eva Green have oddly shaped heads.
2. The Living Daylights is wildly overrated on here.
3. Goldfinger and GoldenEye have managed to suffer from overrated/underrated syndrome whereby so many people call a movie overrated that it manages to become underrated (the reverse is also true, see above)
4. Carver was a very good villain and his kung-fu bit with Wai Lin was hilarious.
5. Quantum of Solace isn't bad.
6. Dominic Greene was a great character, if not much of a Bond villain
7. Elvis would have been a pretty good henchman without the toupee.
8. Pre-capture, Tiffany Case was a great Bond girl
9. Nick Nack is awful
10. Another Way to Die and The Man With the Golden Gun are tolerable songs.
Many points I agree with there, @Soundofthesinners. I see a definite link between AWTD and TMWTGG, too. The one inspired the other somewhat, in my view.
I'll give you this. GF seems to get a lot of, if not actual hate, then certainly ambivalence given that its the film that guaranteed the series longevity and is packed with great scenes and iconic moments. I'm guilty of it myself sometimes but I think it's important to always respect GF even if it is flawed and not as great as the general publics perception would have you believe l.
I think you are the first person I have ever seem defending Elvis which is brave or insane depending on how generous you are feeling. Naturally I'm not feeling generous and I think you are batshit mental.
Elvis is complete and utter bollocks as a henchman - and that has nothing to do with his syrup.