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The World Is Not Enough
The Spy Who Loved Me
Dr No
Octopussy
You Only Live Twice
Casino Royale
Moonraker
The Living Daylights
Die Another Day
From Russia With Love
For Your Eyes Only
Diamonds Are Forever
A View To A Kill
Quantum Of Solace
Thunderball
GoldenEye
The Man With The Golden Gun
Goldfinger
On Her Majesty's Secret Service
Live And Let Die
Licence To Kill
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LTK
Long time no see. Really hoped I would find some love for Dalton's swan song, but this grim and grisley story featuring tasteless deaths and grim tortures still leaves me with a bad taste in my mouth.
I know Bonds are more violent now, but somehow LTK still feels over cooked when it comes to the violence. More so even than QOS.
But, the positives. Robert Davi is thoroughly convincing as a powerful drug baron, Carely Lowell is lovely when she evolves from Tom boy to statuesque beauty, there is a superb climax featuring tankers dancing and crashing down a winding mountainside road, and Benicio del Toro is suitably slimey as one of Sanchez's henchmen.
Very few decent lines and they all go to Davi.
I thought Glen was starting to develop a decent visual style, but there's little on show here.
All in all a disappointment.
Next up Tomorrow Never Dies.
Hopeful to start it soon!
My problem with LTK is that it adopts a hardcore approach, but can't quite shake certain remnants of the Moore era. The Q scenes are particularly at odds with the overall tone. TLD suffers the same problems, but I think gets away with it because it doesn't go too far in the other direction at any point. QoS on the other hand is tonally consistent. Although being the complete hypocrite that I am I'd rather watch LTK over QoS. No Bond film should be 99% gloom.
Ranking:
01. OHMSS
02. FRWL
03. DN
04. TMWTGG
05. TSWLM
06. GF
07. TB
08. LALD
09. CR '54
10. YOLT
11. CR '67
Such a shame they couldn't use Blofeld, as intended.
Indeed, it would have improved the movie a lot.
I echo the sentiment.
That scene when M, Moneypenny and what I assume are ministers listening to the recording of Bond and Tania's conversation about the Lektor, with Tania constantly cutting herself off to talk about the sex she had and will have again with Bond, cracks me up every time.
1-FRWL
2-DN
MURDOCK'S BONDATHON RANKING.
The Spy Who Loved Me.
On Her Majesty's Secret Service.
Thunderball.
Dr. No.
Live and Let Die.
From Russia With Love.
Goldfinger.
Diamonds Are Forever.
The Man With The Golden Gun.
You Only Live Twice.
MURDOCK'S BONDATHON RANKING.
The Spy Who Loved Me.
On Her Majesty's Secret Service.
Thunderball.
Dr. No.
Live and Let Die.
From Russia With Love.
Moonraker.
Goldfinger.
Diamonds Are Forever.
The Man With The Golden Gun.
You Only Live Twice.
I LOVE YOLT!! :D
YOLT is awesome! :-bd
But, apart from those quibbles I love it. That first hour, from the gun barrel sequence to the moment the plane lands down in Kentucky, is truly golden. Love the Fort Knox climax too.
I must start a 'Friends Of YOLT' thread where we can meet secretly and declare love for the franchise's most iconic and sexiful piece of entertainment.
;)
This was the film that went furthest off the track in the 60s and acted as a blueprint for the 70s films.
I understand the opinions of this film and why people don't like it - I just think we have to remember that the film series and the Fleming books are two different animals and should be viewed as such. YOLT represents what Bond movies are really all about, which is why it's so fondly remembered and parodied mercilessly as a result.
Anyway, despite its silliness, Moonraker is really entertaining a movie, and the only part that made me cringe was the "Star Wars"-like laser battle. I'm looking forward to watching For Your Eyes Only, a favourite of mine.
Ranking:
01. OHMSS
02. FRWL
03. DN
04. TMWTGG
05. TSWLM
06. GF
07. MR
08. DAF
09. TB
10. LALD
11. CR '54
12. YOLT
13. CR '67
Always great to see another FYEO fan.
And nice ranking so far.