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  • GerardGerard
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    Spectre, of course.
  • SaintMarkSaintMark
    edited November 2015 Posts: 7,653
    LALD - still a great start of the Roger Moore era that still has that brilliant chase through the bayous of New Orleans that is still one of the better ones in the franchise. And nice to see a 007 on a job instead of a personal vendetta etc.
  • JeffreyJeffrey The Netherlands
    Posts: 308
    Birdleson wrote: »
    Despite my moratorium on Bond films (I've overindulged these past few years), I didn't bother changing the channel when DIE ANOTHER DAY came on TV a little bit ago. Despite how awful it becomes, I am happy and fully engaged for most of the first 45 minutes or so. That is why I have to rank it above SPECTRE. There is nothing in SP that comes remotely close to giving me the chills and excitement I feel in the scenes of Bond in captivity, about to be executed, and then finding out that he is being traded for Zao. Great stuff. I'd edit out most of the final hour, if I could (the final car battle with Zao is pretty cool, as is the scene where Bond escapes using his vibro-ring), and I'd lose Jinx, of course.

    Well it's al a matter of perspective. :-)

    But seriously I'm surprised you (or anyone for that matter) rank DAD higher then SP.
    The begining of DAD is fine (except for the CGI) - the rest is a complete let down. Except I do enjoy some parts of the the car chase on ice.
  • suavejmfsuavejmf Harrogate, North Yorkshire, England
    Posts: 5,131
    Moore at his best....playing Bond, not Moore.
  • Mendes4LyfeMendes4Lyfe The long road ahead
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    Yes, LALD has always been my favourite Moore Bond film. He does seem to be making more of an effort to play a character than in later outings.

  • SaintMarkSaintMark
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    Mendes4Lyfe wrote: »
    Yes, LALD has always been my favourite Moore Bond film. He does seem to be making more of an effort to play a character than in later outings.

    Yes he does but so does he in FYEO & OP, overall on rewatch Moore's 007 movie got a lot of spectacle in them (Brocolli did put the money on the screen!!) and quite a few very dark moments that always get overlooked by the Moore hate-squad.

  • Mendes4LyfeMendes4Lyfe The long road ahead
    Posts: 8,399
    SaintMark wrote: »
    Mendes4Lyfe wrote: »
    Yes, LALD has always been my favourite Moore Bond film. He does seem to be making more of an effort to play a character than in later outings.

    Yes he does but so does he in FYEO & OP, overall on rewatch Moore's 007 movie got a lot of spectacle in them (Brocolli did put the money on the screen!!) and quite a few very dark moments that always get overlooked by the Moore hate-squad.

    Yes, I love OP too :D
  • suavejmfsuavejmf Harrogate, North Yorkshire, England
    Posts: 5,131
    Yes his performace in TMWTGG is indeed strong and Bond, rather than Moore.
  • bondjamesbondjames You were expecting someone else?
    Posts: 23,883
    TMWTGG & TSWLM are my favourite Moore performances, in that order, followed closely by LALD.

    He is such a bastard in TMWTGG.....but looks so cool doing it too. Love it.
  • AceHoleAceHole Belgium, via Britain
    Posts: 1,731
    Post n°1000… here goes :-bd

    Octopussy was on last night, so I watched it, with mild trepidation… but I needed not be so negative – if you cut out the goofy jungle escape from Khan’s palace this is actually a very solid James Bond movie. It’s strengths far outweigh the negatives:

    - PTS: what a great stunt
    - 009 hunt opening scene: tense & quite Fleming. This is actually one of the darkest openings of the series...
    - Bond @ the auction: again – pure Fleming, great stuff!
    - Bond’s snooping around Khan’s palace… how long has it been since we’ve had 007 detective work like this…?
    - The whole Karl-marx-Stadt sequence/climax. Never understood why so many have a beef with the costume – it’s called disguise, quite an easy concept…
    - The stuntwork on the plane at the end: no other Bondfilm is bookended by two such great aerial stunts as OP


    The loose narrative & poor editing choices (tonal consistency & pace are its main problems) let OP down & prevent it from being more than a mid-table 007 adventure. But it has a great Bond thriller at it’s core.
  • GerardGerard
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    - The whole Karl-marx-Stadt sequence/climax. Never understood why so many have a beef with the costume – it’s called disguise, quite an easy concept…

    One point : the whole defusing the bomb scene does not take place in Karl-Marx Stadt (today Chemnitz. At that time, Chemnitz was in East Germany (hence the name), and for obvious reasons, didn't have an american military base nearby. So it happens in West Germany, more precisely in Feldstadt.
  • AceHoleAceHole Belgium, via Britain
    Posts: 1,731
    Gerard wrote: »
    - The whole Karl-marx-Stadt sequence/climax. Never understood why so many have a beef with the costume – it’s called disguise, quite an easy concept…

    One point : the whole defusing the bomb scene does not take place in Karl-Marx Stadt (today Chemnitz. At that time, Chemnitz was in East Germany (hence the name), and for obvious reasons, didn't have an american military base nearby. So it happens in West Germany, more precisely in Feldstadt.

    Danke für die Erklärung :P
  • GerardGerard
    Posts: 5,994
    Bitte Sehr !
  • Mendes4LyfeMendes4Lyfe The long road ahead
    edited November 2015 Posts: 8,399
    SPECTRE

    The best Bond film since the 60's.

    Top marks.
  • Dubble_uh_ohDubble_uh_oh
    Posts: 38
    Quantum of solace on dail
    Mendes4Lyfe wrote: »
    SPECTRE

    The best Bond film since the 60's.

    Top marks.

    MOONRAKER !!!! For me!!! A masterpiece and Oscar worthy compared to Brosnan bonds. Spectre a couple of notches down!

  • Problem_EliminatorProblem_Eliminator Ojai, CA
    Posts: 613
    Spectre loved it gonna see it again soon
  • JET007JET007
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    The kids really wanted to see Spectre this weekend, so instead of watching OHMSS, we watched Skyfall Saturday night so they could have some idea of what was going on. Their favourite part was Bond noticing the bull dog on M's desk and commenting "that bloody thing survived". They found that hysterical. Caught a matinee on Sunday of Spectre and they loved it! It was my third time seeing it and as the PTS was ending I looked over at my son and saw he had a big smile on his face and he gave me a thumbs up sign! They particularly liked the mouse interrogation and one of my daughter's favourite moments is when 007 asks Q if his newly issued watch does anything. Oh, and the white cat is always a hit!
  • BondJasonBond006BondJasonBond006 on fb and ajb
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    JET007 wrote: »
    The kids really wanted to see Spectre this weekend, so instead of watching OHMSS, we watched Skyfall Saturday night so they could have some idea of what was going on. Their favourite part was Bond noticing the bull dog on M's desk and commenting "that bloody thing survived". They found that hysterical. Caught a matinee on Sunday of Spectre and they loved it! It was my third time seeing it and as the PTS was ending I looked over at my son and saw he had a big smile on his face and he gave me a thumbs up sign! They particularly liked the mouse interrogation and one of my daughter's favourite moments is when 007 asks Q if his newly issued watch does anything. Oh, and the white cat is always a hit!

    Good to hear, my daughter is only 5 1/2 years old, but you can bet on it, the first Bond movie I'm going to show her in probably 3 years or so will be Spectre.
  • FoxRoxFoxRox
    Posts: 12,473
    Watched FYEO; in the last half hour or so, a raging storm arrived, so I was worried the power would go out before I could finish! Luckily I did. Good Bond film; can't believe it used to be #18 in my ranking!
  • ForYourEyesOnlyForYourEyesOnly In the untained cradle of the heavens
    Posts: 1,984
    Moore came off as harder and tougher in TMWTGG, but it seems like he was forced to do more of a Connery-like portrayal of Bond, and according to Everything or Nothing this was related to the Harry Saltzman/Albert R. Broccoli feud, where the disagreements apparently stretched to the directing, portrayals etc. You notice that after Harry Saltzman leaves, the Bond actors get more freedom to portray Bond in the way that they'd like to.


  • JET007JET007
    Posts: 632
    BondJasonBond006 wrote: »
    JET007 wrote: »
    The kids really wanted to see Spectre this weekend, so instead of watching OHMSS, we watched Skyfall Saturday night so they could have some idea of what was going on. Their favourite part was Bond noticing the bull dog on M's desk and commenting "that bloody thing survived". They found that hysterical. Caught a matinee on Sunday of Spectre and they loved it! It was my third time seeing it and as the PTS was ending I looked over at my son and saw he had a big smile on his face and he gave me a thumbs up sign! They particularly liked the mouse interrogation and one of my daughter's favourite moments is when 007 asks Q if his newly issued watch does anything. Oh, and the white cat is always a hit!

    Good to hear, my daughter is only 5 1/2 years old, but you can bet on it, the first Bond movie I'm going to show her in probably 3 years or so will be Spectre.

    Sounds about right! Mine just turned 9 last weekend!

  • JNOJNO Finland
    Posts: 137
    SPECTRE yesterday. We had a private, work related screening.

    It was my third time. Still loving it!
  • Thunderball007Thunderball007 United States
    Posts: 306
    Licence to Kill.

    I've always been highly fond of this one. This is a hardcore, raw, and fiercely determined 007.

    Timothy Dalton is the hardest Bond. Excellent acting.

    Franz Sanchez is a fantastically nasty villain.

    Love this film! :D
  • SaintMarkSaintMark
    Posts: 7,653
    OHMSS - people say that Mendes took OHMSS for his SPECTRE, by some deity, did he miss the mark, by a few light-years I'd say. Easily one of the best Fleming 007 movies whose cinematography belongs easily to the best in the series. Great Music, very Fleming, great supporting cast, great script, the 2nd best first movie for an 007 actor. This movie should be getting more praise than it is getting. And Mendes should have watched it more often before he set out to make his last 007 movie I hope.
  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy My Secret Lair
    Posts: 13,384
    YOLT. I finally got myself a really big screen TV and as I never got to see it in the
    Cinema. This might be the closest I get. Both this and Moonraker were made on
    Such a grand scale, they need to be seen on the big screen, or at least the biggest
    you can get.
    Not my favourite Bond film, but wonderful on Bluray :)
  • pachazopachazo Make Your Choice
    Posts: 7,314
    Thunderpussy wrote: »
    YOLT. I finally got myself a really big screen TV and as I never got to see it in the
    Cinema. This might be the closest I get. Both this and Moonraker were made on
    Such a grand scale, they need to be seen on the big screen, or at least the biggest
    you can get.
    Not my favourite Bond film, but wonderful on Bluray :)
    Good point. The Gilbert films are most appreciated on the biggest screen possible to accentuate their epic nature.
  • doubleoegodoubleoego #LightWork
    Posts: 11,139
    CR

    A superior Bond movie that effortlessly executes compelling story telling with great action that conveys class, sophistication and elegance without forced pretentiousness. This film is a classic new age gold standard.
  • Thunderball007Thunderball007 United States
    edited November 2015 Posts: 306
    doubleoego wrote: »
    CR

    A superior Bond movie that effortlessly executes compelling story telling with great action that conveys class, sophistication and elegance without forced pretentiousness. This film is a classic new age gold standard.

    LOL! I feel as you do. I feel that Casino Royale is the best depiction of a modern 007! It's a modern classic! :D
  • DaltonCraig007DaltonCraig007 They say, "Evil prevails when good men fail to act." What they ought to say is, "Evil prevails."
    Posts: 15,718
    Did a double feature of FYEO and OP last night. Absolutely thrilling stuff - Moore on the top of his game as a gentleman, relaxed, world-weary spy. Both plots are quite down-to-earth and full of Cold War atmosphere. Both feature 2 of the best Bond girls (Melina and Octopussy), the soundtracks are superb (yes, even Bill Conti's work). And some fantastic sequences are featured (attack on St Cyrill, bomb chase, ski + motorcycles chase)
  • BAIN123BAIN123
    Posts: 11,189
    I watched TLD again today. Solid, entertaining Bond film despite its weaknesses. Still can't stand MP and Felix and some of the lighter scenes don't really work, however it has an elegance to it that we wouldn't really see again until CR.

    Far better than LTK I now think.
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