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  • chrisisallchrisisall Brosnan Defender Of The Realm
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    w2bond wrote: »
    Connery
    FAVOURITE FILM: From Russia With Love
    BEST FILM: From Russia with Love

    Lazenby
    FAVOURITE FILM: On Her Majesty's Secret Service
    BEST FILM: On Her Majesty's Secret Service

    Moore
    FAVOURITE FILM: Octopussy
    BEST FILM: The Spy Who Loved Me

    Dalton
    FAVOURITE FILM: The Living Daylights
    BEST FILM: The Living Daylights

    Brosnan
    FAVOURITE FILM: Goldeneye
    BEST FILM: Goldeneye

    Craig
    FAVOURITE FILM: Casino Royale
    BEST FILM: Casino Royale

    You are more consistent than I.
  • w2bondw2bond is indeed a very rare breed
    Posts: 2,252
    chrisisall wrote: »
    w2bond wrote: »
    Connery
    FAVOURITE FILM: From Russia With Love
    BEST FILM: From Russia with Love

    Lazenby
    FAVOURITE FILM: On Her Majesty's Secret Service
    BEST FILM: On Her Majesty's Secret Service

    Moore
    FAVOURITE FILM: Octopussy
    BEST FILM: The Spy Who Loved Me

    Dalton
    FAVOURITE FILM: The Living Daylights
    BEST FILM: The Living Daylights

    Brosnan
    FAVOURITE FILM: Goldeneye
    BEST FILM: Goldeneye

    Craig
    FAVOURITE FILM: Casino Royale
    BEST FILM: Casino Royale

    You are more consistent than I.

    I can see your rationale for yours, except for QoS (you already explained TMWTGG)
  • Fire_and_Ice_ReturnsFire_and_Ice_Returns I am trying to get away from this mountan!
    Posts: 25,045
    Connery - TB
    Lazenby - OHMSS
    Moore - LALD
    Dalton - TLD
    Brosnan - GE
    Craig - QoS

    No changes since last time I did this.
  • ZarozzorZarozzor
    Posts: 207
    Connery - From Russia With Love
    Lazenby - On Her Majesty's Secret Service
    Moore - Octopussy
    Dalton - The Living Daylights
    Brosnan - GoldenEye
    Craig - Casino Royale
  • Quantum_of_TomorrowQuantum_of_Tomorrow
    edited August 2021 Posts: 508
    Connery - Doctor No
    Lazenby - Diamonds Are Forever :)>-
    Moore - The Man With the Golden Gun (OP is close!)
    Dalton - The Living Daylights
    Brosnan - Tomorrow Never Dies
    Craig - Quantum of Solace (Spectre close)
  • ProfJoeButcherProfJoeButcher Bless your heart
    Posts: 1,711
    Diamonds Are Forever
    Octopussy
    The Living Daylights
    Die Another Day
    Spectre
  • Mathis1Mathis1
    Posts: 7,407
    ProfJoeButcher wrote: »
    Diamonds Are Forever
    Octopussy
    The Living Daylights
    Die Another Day
    Spectre

    Brave list!
    To be totally leftfield though, you probably should have gone LTK, as TLD is the more popular choice? 😁
  • Quantum_of_TomorrowQuantum_of_Tomorrow
    edited August 2021 Posts: 508
    Best:
    FRWL
    OHMSS
    TSWLM
    TLD
    GE
    SF or CR

    Favourite:
    (See my list three posts up)

    Worst:
    DAF
    OHMSS
    AVTAK
    LTK (more like less best)
    DAD
    SP

    Least favourite:
    DAF
    OHMSS
    AVTAK
    LTK
    TWINE (DAD is so stupid it's funny, which puts it ahead of the mediocre TWINE subjectively, both near the bottom though)
    CR

    Decided to shake things up by using objective and subjective rankings
  • w2bondw2bond is indeed a very rare breed
    Posts: 2,252
    Quantum_of_Tomorrow wrote: »
    TWINE (DAD is so stupid it's funny, which puts it ahead of the mediocre TWINE subjectively, both near the bottom though)

    Agree with you there. DAD gets a response from me, whereas TWINE shows promise but is a snorefest

  • Quantum_of_TomorrowQuantum_of_Tomorrow
    Posts: 508
    w2bond wrote: »
    Quantum_of_Tomorrow wrote: »
    TWINE (DAD is so stupid it's funny, which puts it ahead of the mediocre TWINE subjectively, both near the bottom though)

    Agree with you there. DAD gets a response from me, whereas TWINE shows promise but is a snorefest

    Yeah, DAD used to be my least favourite Brosnan, but it's gone above TWINE recently
  • SomethingThatAteHimSomethingThatAteHim
    Posts: 532
    Currently all my favorites from each actor are all of their first movies, funnily enough.
  • chrisisallchrisisall Brosnan Defender Of The Realm
    Posts: 17,789
    Birdleson wrote: »
    All but two are their first, and DN still makes my Top Five.

    GF
    OHMSS
    LALD
    LTK
    GE
    CR

    You like LTK! I have a whole new level of respect for your Bond rankings!
  • GoldenGunGoldenGun Per ora e per il momento che verrà
    Posts: 7,108
    At the moment:
    TB
    FYEO
    TLD
    TWINE
    QOS
  • ProfJoeButcherProfJoeButcher Bless your heart
    Posts: 1,711
    Mathis1 wrote: »
    ProfJoeButcher wrote: »
    Diamonds Are Forever
    Octopussy
    The Living Daylights
    Die Another Day
    Spectre

    Brave list!
    To be totally leftfield though, you probably should have gone LTK, as TLD is the more popular choice? 😁

    Yeah, my lists tend to end up regrettably leftfield. But there is a method to the madness!

    I'd say the biggest factors going into how I rate these are "how rewatchable is it?", "does the film know what it is and do it well?", and "does the film deliver a uniquely Bondian experience?"

    So, rewatchability. The whole point of these movies for me is sort of that I can watch them over and over. GF is mind-blowing on first watch, but for me, it's less interesting on future go-rounds because the last act is mostly misdirection of the audience. Still a great film, but something gets lost after first viewing. Octopussy, on the other hand, somehow I worry every time that the bomb might go off. And even people who don't love DAF often admit it's extremely rewatchable.

    Does the film know what it is and do it well? Goldeneye reinvents Bond as one half of a "dictator-toppling" duo and in the dialogue seems to be embarrassed by the fact that it's a Bond film. Some classics, like TSWLM and YOLT, don't seem to know how silly they kind of are. Diamonds are Forever knows exactly what it is and delivers some hilarious self-satire while still having the Bondian goods.

    Does the film deliver a uniquely Bondian experience? Casino Royale, on the whole, doesn't have to be a Bond movie at all. It could be anyone. Octopussy, Die Another Day? These could ONLY be Bond movies. If you wrote Octopussy in a world without Bond, you couldn't make it. Spectre, with its board meetings and ejector seats, has to be a Bond movie.

    I'm not trying to make my opinions sound objective, because of course they're not, but given the things I most value in this series, I don't think any of them should be TOO surprising....
  • chrisisallchrisisall Brosnan Defender Of The Realm
    Posts: 17,789
    ProfJoeButcher wrote: »
    Mathis1 wrote: »
    ProfJoeButcher wrote: »
    Diamonds Are Forever
    Octopussy
    The Living Daylights
    Die Another Day
    Spectre

    Brave list!
    To be totally leftfield though, you probably should have gone LTK, as TLD is the more popular choice? 😁

    Yeah, my lists tend to end up regrettably leftfield. But there is a method to the madness!

    I'd say the biggest factors going into how I rate these are "how rewatchable is it?", "does the film know what it is and do it well?", and "does the film deliver a uniquely Bondian experience?"

    So, rewatchability. The whole point of these movies for me is sort of that I can watch them over and over. GF is mind-blowing on first watch, but for me, it's less interesting on future go-rounds because the last act is mostly misdirection of the audience. Still a great film, but something gets lost after first viewing. Octopussy, on the other hand, somehow I worry every time that the bomb might go off. And even people who don't love DAF often admit it's extremely rewatchable.

    Does the film know what it is and do it well? Goldeneye reinvents Bond as one half of a "dictator-toppling" duo and in the dialogue seems to be embarrassed by the fact that it's a Bond film. Some classics, like TSWLM and YOLT, don't seem to know how silly they kind of are. Diamonds are Forever knows exactly what it is and delivers some hilarious self-satire while still having the Bondian goods.

    Does the film deliver a uniquely Bondian experience? Casino Royale, on the whole, doesn't have to be a Bond movie at all. It could be anyone. Octopussy, Die Another Day? These could ONLY be Bond movies. If you wrote Octopussy in a world without Bond, you couldn't make it. Spectre, with its board meetings and ejector seats, has to be a Bond movie.

    I'm not trying to make my opinions sound objective, because of course they're not, but given the things I most value in this series, I don't think any of them should be TOO surprising....

    To quote Q yet again, "I CONCUR!"
  • marcmarc Universal Exports
    edited November 2021 Posts: 2,610
    YOLT
    FYEO
    TLD
    DAD
    NTTD
  • chrisisallchrisisall Brosnan Defender Of The Realm
    Posts: 17,789
    marc wrote: »
    DAD
    Really? I gotta admit I love his performance in it. I find it endlessly watchable just for that.

  • marcmarc Universal Exports
    Posts: 2,610
    Yes, DAD. Of course, there are more entertaining sequences in GE and TND, but I find DAD more watchable, mainly because of Xenia and Carver. I like the plot with the satellite (I'm always for the high-tech stuff), the Korean North-South conflict and potentially WW III. There are good set pieces with the cargo plane and the Ice Palace (I just ignore the bad CGI and such), and there's some good action with the fencing and the PTS. I also like Graves and General Moon, and Frost is really good in some scenes. Other characters like Raoul and Mr. Chang have good appearances as well.
  • Mi6appealMi6appeal Denver, CO USA
    Posts: 10
    Connery
    Best: Goldfinger
    Favorite: Diamonds Are Forever

    Lazenby
    Best: OHMSS
    Favorite: OHMSS

    Moore
    Best: TSWLM
    Favorite: FYEO

    Dalton:
    Best: TLD
    Favorite: TLD

    Brosnan
    Best: TWINE
    Favorite: TWINE

    Craig
    Best: Skyfall
    Favorite: Casino Royale
  • sworddevil1sworddevil1 USA
    Posts: 526
    Craig- Casino Royale
    Brosnan- (none really) Goldeneye
    Dalton: License to Kill
    Moore: A View To A Kill
    Connery: Thunderball
  • AceHoleAceHole Belgium, via Britain
    Posts: 1,731
    This is an easy one:

    Sean - FRWL
    George - OHMSS ;)
    Roger - FYEO
    Tim - TLD
    Pierce - TND
    Dan - CR
  • FoxRoxFoxRox
    Posts: 12,462
    Sean Connery - Thunderball
    George Lazenby - On Her Majesty’s Secret Service
    Roger Moore - The Spy Who Loved Me
    Timothy Dalton - Licence to Kill
    Pierce Brosnan - GoldenEye
    Daniel Craig - Casino Royale

    All basically set in stone with the exception of Connery, since TB and FRWL is kind of a tossup for me.
  • LeonardPineLeonardPine The Bar on the Beach
    Posts: 3,996
    Goldfinger
    On Her Majesty’s Secret Service
    For Your Eyes Only
    The Living Daylights
    Goldeneye
    Casino Royale
  • chrisisallchrisisall Brosnan Defender Of The Realm
    Posts: 17,789
    Mine have changed again, and you might notice a bit of a pattern:
    You Only Live Twice
    On Her Majesty's Secret Service (funny how that's everyone's pick)
    For Your Eyes Only
    Tomorrow Never Dies
    SPECTRE
  • MazouniMazouni
    Posts: 235
    Goldfinger
    On Her Majesty’s Secret Service
    The Spy Who Loved Me
    The Living Daylights
    Goldeneye
    Casino Royal
  • matt_umatt_u better known as Mr. Roark
    Posts: 4,343
    FRWL
    TSWLM
    LTK
    GE
    CR
  • RyanRyan Canada
    Posts: 692
    From Russia With Love
    OHMSS
    Octopussy
    The Living Daylights
    GoldenEye
    No Time To Die
  • NickNackeredNickNackered Underneath the mango tree
    Posts: 6
    Dr No
    OHMSS
    Octopussy
    Licence to Kill
    Tomorrow Never Dies
    Quantum of Solace
  • GenoGeno
    Posts: 54
    You Only Live Twice
    On Her Majesty’s Secret Service
    Moonraker
    The Living Daylights
    Goldeneye
    Casino Royale
    —
    These have been my top picks for each actor for years now, but I could see CR wavering as we get some distance and perspective on the Craig era.
  • AceHoleAceHole Belgium, via Britain
    Posts: 1,731
    chrisisall wrote: »
    Mine have changed again, and you might notice a bit of a pattern:
    You Only Live Twice
    On Her Majesty's Secret Service (funny how that's everyone's pick)
    For Your Eyes Only
    Tomorrow Never Dies
    SPECTRE

    Wots the pattern....??
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