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Title Track: TWINE
Title Credits: TWINE
Main Villain: TWINE
Main Bond Girl: TWINE
Overall Plot: TWINE
Dialogue: TWINE
Score: TWINE
Settings: TMWTGG
Action: TWINE
Humor: TWINE
Cinematography: TMWTGG
Benign Bizarre: TMWTGG
Suspense: TWINE
Minor Characters: TWINE
Glamor: TWINE
Ally: TWINE
PTS: TWINE
Title Track: TWINE
Title Credits: TWINE
Main Villain: TMWTGG
Main Bond Girl: TWINE
Overall Plot: TWINE
Dialogue: TMWTGG
Score: TMWTGG
Settings: TMWTGG
Action: TWINE
Humor: TMWTGG (IMO, the funniest movie in the series without going too far over the top.)
Cinematography: TWINE
Benign Bizarre: TMWTGG
Suspense: TWINE
Minor Characters: TMWTGG
Glamor: TWINE
Ally: TMWTGG
TWINE - 9
TMWTGG - 8
Another ridiculously close match. The World Is Not Enough takes it!
PTS: TMWTGG
Title Track: TWINE
Title Credits: TWINE
Main Villain: TMWTGG
Main Bond Girl: TMWTGG
Overall Plot: TWINE
Dialogue: TMWTGG
Score: TMWTGG
Settings: TMWTGG
Action: TWINE
Humor: TMWTGG
Cinematography: TWINE
Benign Bizarre: TMWTGG
Suspense: TWINE
Minor Characters: TMWTGG
Glamor: TWINE
Ally: TMWTGG
TMWTGG - 10
TWINE - 7
Title Track: TWINE
Title Credits: TWINE
Main Villain: TWINE
Main Bond Girl: TWINE (it had 2 Bond girls)
Overall Plot: TWINE
Dialogue: TWINE
Score: TWINE
Settings: TMWTGG
Action: TWINE
Humor: TMWTGG
Cinematography: TMWTGG
Benign Bizarre: TMWTGG
Suspense: TWINE
Minor Characters: TWINE
Glamor: TWINE
Ally: TWINE
It's no surprise that TWINE is one of my fave movies.
TWINE 13-4 TMWTGG
Title Track: TMWTGG
Title Credits: TMWTGG
Main Villain: TMWTGG
Main Bond Girl: TMWTGG
Overall Plot: TWINE
Dialogue: TMWTGG
Score: TMWTGG
Settings: TMWTGG
Action: TMWTGG
Humor: TMWTGG
Cinematography: TMWTGG
Benign Bizarre: TMWTGG
Suspense: TWINE
Minor Characters: TMWTGG
Glamor: TWINE
Ally: TWINE
TMWTGG - 12
TWINE - 5
Title Track: TWINE
Title Credits: TWINE
Main Villain: TMWTGG
Main Bond Girl: TWINE
Overall Plot: TWINE
Dialogue: TMWTGG
Score: TWINE
Settings: TWINE
Action: TWINE
Humor: TMWTGG
Cinematography: TWINE
Benign Bizarre: TMWTGG
Suspense: TWINE
Minor Characters: TWINE
Glamor: TWINE
Ally: TWINE
13-4 for TWINE.
PTS: OP
Title Track: YOLT
Title Credits: YOLT
Main Villain: YOLT
Main Bond Girl: OP
Overall Plot: YOLT (simplicity takes it, but only just)
Dialogue: OP (mostly because of Connery's somewhat lethargic delivery)
Score: YOLT
Settings: OP (more varied)
Action: YOLT
Humor: OP
Cinematography: YOLT
Benign Bizarre: YOLT (close)
Suspense: OP
Minor Characters: YOLT
Glamor: YOLT
Ally: YOLT
YOLT takes it, 11-6. Have fun!
Title Track: YOLT
Title Credits: YOLT
Main Villain: YOLT
Main Bond Girl: OP
Overall Plot: OP
Dialogue: OP
Score: YOLT
Settings: OP
Action: OP
Humor: OP
Cinematography: YOLT
Benign Bizarre: YOLT
Suspense: OP
Minor Characters: YOLT
Glamor: OP
Ally: YOLT
OP wins 9-8.
Title Track: YOLT
Title Credits: YOLT
Main Villain: OP
Main Bond Girl: OP
Overall Plot: OP (Twice as suspensefull...)
Dialogue: OP
Score: YOLT
Settings: OP (This one is tricky... India vs Japan? I'm going With India...)
Action: OP
Humor: OP
Cinematography: YOLT
Benign Bizarre: YOLT
Suspense: OP
Minor Characters: OP
Glamor: YOLT
Ally: YOLT
OP: 10
YOLT: 7
Title Track: YOLT (YOLT is one of my favorite Bond title tracks; "All Time High" is solid too though)
Title Credits: YOLT (not even close...)
Main Villain: YOLT (Pleasance Blofeld seems to be underrated these days; not a big fan of Prince Khan...)
Main Bond Girl: OP (just because)
Overall Plot: YOLT (both weren't superb, but YOLT's is classic Bond)
Dialogue: YOLT (just by an edge I guess)
Score: YOLT (one of John Barry's best scores)
Settings: YOLT (I loved the Japanese settings)
Action: YOLT (kind of close, but I love some of the action sequences in YOLT, such as the Little Nellie sequence and the volcano finale)
Humor: YOLT (OP does have some funny stuff, but a lot of it comes off as cheesy or weird; I like a lot of the humor in YOLT, like Connery's "I'd rather not")
Cinematography: YOLT (just because)
Benign Bizarre: OP (by a hair)
Suspense: YOLT (I thought it had a lot of good suspense, like when Bond breaks into the safe or the end with the entire volcano sequence)
Minor Characters: YOLT (close I guess)
Glamor: YOLT (just because)
Ally: YOLT (for Tiger Tanaka)
YOLT - 14 OP - 3
Knew this one wouldn't be close. Octopussy is just all-over-the-place, and it's never been one of my favorites. I know a lot of people claim it to be underrated, but I think You Only Live Twice is a lot more underrated. At best, people usually put in near the middle, if not more usually in the bottom part. Connery "bored" wasn't an issue for me, and overall it just felt like a fine, classic Bond film. OP is ok I guess, but definitely near the bottom of my list. YOLT, for the time being, flirts with my Top 10.
PTS: OP
Title Track: YOLT
Title Credits: YOLT
Main Villain: YOLT
Main Bond Girl: YOLT
Overall Plot: OP
Dialogue: OP
Score: YOLT
Settings: YOLT
Action: YOLT
Humor: OP
Cinematography: YOLT
Benign Bizarre: YOLT
Suspense: OP
Minor Characters: YOLT
Glamor: YOLT
Ally: YOLT
12 to 5 in favour of YOLT (But I love OP too!)
Title Track: YOLT
Title Credits: YOLT
Main Villain: YOLT
Main Bond Girl: YOLT
Overall Plot: OP
Dialogue: OP (By far.)
Score: YOLT
Settings: OP
Action: OP (YOLT almost wins with that finale, but OP has much better action sequences to me)
Humor: OP
Cinematography: OP
Benign Bizarre: YOLT
Suspense: OP
Minor Characters: OP
Glamour: YOLT
Ally: YOLT (Tiger is one of my favorites.)
9-8, OP wins.
Title Track: YOLT
Title Credits: YOLT
Main Villain: OP
Main Bond Girl: OP
Overall Plot: OP
Dialogue: OP
Score: YOLT
Settings: OP
Action: OP
Humor: OP
Cinematography: YOLT
Benign Bizarre: OP
Suspense: OP
Minor Characters: OP
Glamour: YOLT
Ally: YOLT
Title Track: YOLT (Rita Coolidge wasn't good enough to be Frank Sinatra's illegitimate daughter)
Title Credits: YOLT (The Japanese theme seals it)
Main Villain: YOLT (we know who the main villain was in YOLT)
Main Bond Girl: OP (Maud Adams defined the Roger Moore Bond girls)
Overall Plot: OP (A nuclear bomb going off on an American base in Germany in the 80s really wasn't that much of a stretch at the time. Spaceship eating spaceships launched from a volcano will be a huge stretch for quite some time).
Dialogue: OP (Roger's best work)
Score: YOLT (Again, the beautiful Japanese music made YOLT one of the best scores in Bond cinematic history)
Settings: YOLT (Really could be a draw)
Action: OP (Less ninjas involved)
Humor: OP (Even when saving Free Europe from nuclear annihilation, Roger still clowns around)
Cinematography: YOLT (The beauty of Japan is captured perfectly)
Benign Bizarre: OP (For predicting what an Indiana Jones meal would look like the following year)
Suspense: OP (A very intense scene with the nuclear bomb)
Minor Characters: OP (The knife throwing twins seal the deal)
Glamour: OP (I always dress in a white tuxedo when I play backgammon)
Ally: YOLT (They don't make them like Tiger any more)
Octopussy wins out 10-7.
:))
PTS: OP
Title Track: YOLT (Not even close. YOLT is one of the best.)
Title Credits: YOLT
Main Villain: OP (I do like Pleasence but we don't get to see that much of him.)
Main Bond Girl: OP (By a considerable margin.)
Overall Plot: OP
Dialogue: OP (YOLT has some good lines but OP is full of them.)
Score: YOLT (Barry vs. Barry. You can't lose here. YOLT is better though.)
Settings: YOLT (Japan is crazy beautiful. I've always wanted to visit there.)
Action: OP (Glen knew how to direct action.)
Humor: OP (This was close because of OP's eye rolling moments but it still comes out on top.)
Cinematography: YOLT (A strength of all of Gilbert's films.)
Benign Bizarre: OP (Very close call.)
Suspense: OP (When it's not being silly OP is surprisingly full of suspense.)
Minor Characters: OP
Glamor: OP
Ally: YOLT (Vijay is fun but he can't beat Tiger.)
OP 11 - YOLT 6
I'd have thought it would be a little closer but I knew OP would come out on top. It's just more entertaining in my book.
This cannot be denied.
Title Track: Octopussy
Title Credits: Octopussy
Main Villain: Octopussy
Main Bond Girl: Octopussy
Overall Plot: Octopussy (very close- both plots are fantastically intriguing with Cold War threats and plenty of espionage)
Dialogue: Octopussy
Score: You Only Live Twice
Settings: You Only Live Twice
Action: Octopussy (really, really close- both are super entertaining in the action department)
Humor: Octopussy
Cinematography: You Only Live Twice
Benign Bizarre: Octopussy
Suspense: Octopussy
Minor Characters: Octopussy
Glamor: You Only Live Twice
Ally: You Only Live Twice
YOLT: 5
OP: 12
Sort of a blow-out!
Title Track: Octopussy (always had a soft spot for Ms Coolidge)
Title Credits: Tie (both as colourful and glorious as each other)
Main Villain: You Only Live Twice
Main Bond Girl: Octopussy
Overall Plot: Octopussy
Dialogue: Octopussy
Score: You Only Live Twice
Settings: You Only Live Twice
Action: Octopussy
Humor: Octopussy
Cinematography: You Only Live Twice
Benign Bizarre: Octopussy
Suspense: Octopussy
Minor Characters: Octopussy
Glamor: Octopussy
Ally: Tie (both Vijay and Tiger are worthy companions)
11-4-2 to Octopussy
Title Track: You Only Live Twice
Title Credits: You Only Live Twice
Main Villain: Octopussy
Main Bond Girl: Octopussy
Overall Plot: Octopussy
Dialogue: Octopussy
Score: You Only Live Twice
Settings: You Only Live Twice
Action: Octopussy
Humor: Octopussy
Cinematography: Octopussy
Benign Bizarre: Octopussy
Suspense: Octopussy
Minor Characters: Octopussy
Glamor: You Only Live Twice
Ally: You Only Live Twice
11-6 for Octopussy. I'm surprised, I thought the difference would be one or two points higher.
Title Track: You Only Live Twice
Title Credits: You Only Live Twice
Main Villain: You Only Live Twice
Main Bond Girl: Octopussy
Overall Plot: Octopussy - just barely, as I like the OTT of YOLT
Dialogue: Octopussy
Score: You Only Live Twice
Settings: Octopussy - barely
Action: Octopussy
Humor: Octopussy
Cinematography: You Only Live Twice - not even close
Benign Bizarre: Octopussy
Suspense: Octopussy
Minor Characters: You Only Live Twice
Glamor: You Only Live Twice
Ally: You Only Live Twice
9-8 in favor of OP. Sounds about right considering I have it slotted just above YOLT as of now. I do find YOLT a bit underrated, it's a great bit of escapist grandeur. I find OP underrated as well, however.
Title Track: You Only Live Twice
Title Credits: You Only Live Twice
Main Villain: You Only Live Twice
Main Bond Girl: Octopussy
Overall Plot: You Only Live Twice
Dialogue: Octopussy
Score: You Only Live Twice
Settings: You Only Live Twice
Action: Octopussy
Humor: Octopussy
Cinematography: You Only Live Twice
Benign Bizarre: Octopussy
Suspense: Octopussy
Minor Characters: You Only Live Twice
Glamor: You Only Live Twice
Ally: You Only Live Twice
YOLT wins 10-7
Title Track: YOLT (Coolidge's "All Time High" puts me to sleep before the film really gets going.)
Title Credits: YOLT (YOLT has some of the best in the series)
Main Villain: OP (Pleasance has little screen time and even less menace. Kemal is a terrific villain, if a bit twee.)
Main Bond Girl: OP (If Aki were the main Bond girl, YOLT might take this category.)
Overall Plot: YOLT (OP is too convoluted.)
Dialogue: YOLT (A tossup, really.)
Score: YOLT (YOLT's is overrated a bit, but OP is Barry's worst.)
Settings: YOLT (Hard to beat Japan in 1967.)
Action: YOLT (A close one, this.)
Humor: YOLT (Not one of OP's strengths, although YOLT is no great shakes either.)
Cinematography: YOLT (No comparison.)
Benign Bizarre: YOLT (Surprisingly close. OP is actually quite good in this department.)
Suspense: YOLT (Very close. I think YOLT does a better job of sustaining the suspense almost to the final frame.)
Minor Characters: OP (A real strong suit for OP.)
Glamor: YOLT (Adam's production and the cinematography lift YOLT to the win.)
Ally: YOLT (Two great allies. Vijay is underappreciated, IMO.)
YOLT: 14
OP: 3
Sounds about right. And I'm not even a huge fan of YOLT.
Title Track: You Only Live Twice
Title Credits: You Only Live Twice
Main Villain: Octopussy
Main Bond Girl: You Only Live Twice
Overall Plot: You Only Live Twice
Dialogue: You Only Live Twice
Score: You Only Live Twice
Settings: You Only Live Twice
Action: Octopussy
Humor: Octopussy
Cinematography: You Only Live Twice
Benign Bizarre: Octopussy
Suspense: Octopussy
Minor Characters: You Only Live Twice
Glamor: You Only Live Twice
Ally: You Only Live Twice
YOLT 11-6
Title Track: You Only Live Twice
Title Credits: You Only Live Twice
Main Villain: Octopussy
Main Bond Girl: Octopussy
Overall Plot: Octopussy
Dialogue: You Only Live Twice
Score: You Only Live Twice
Settings: Octopussy
Action: Octopussy
Humor: Octopussy
Cinematography: You Only Live Twice
Benign Bizarre: Octopussy
Suspense: Octopussy
Minor Characters: Octopussy
Glamor: Octopussy
Ally: Octopussy
OCTOPUSSY 12 - 5 YOLT