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Create a Bond Movie Marathon Order (other than chronologically)
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You don't have to play all 23 films - you can even throw in a non-EON Bond film of you like. What would be your order? And why? I'd make mine for non-Bond fans who have been talked into a Bond marathon out of curiosity - I imagine theyve only seen a few - probably Craig and Brosnan era films. So for that reason I'm going for pre-Brosnan. I'm also capping it at 12 hours which is reasonable for a movie night.
TLD - a cracker of a Bond to start on. A great mix of outlandish but also realistic Bond moments. Dalton is a good Bond for the uninitiated.
FRWL - My favourite Bond of all time. Has more cold war intrigue than any other Bond film. Also has the mysterious introduction of Spectre's No. 1 and Kerim Bey's warmth and humour.
TSWLM - This is a great intro to the height of outrageous Bond. Lots of humour, Moore at his eyebrow raising best along with Jaws and the Lotus.
OHMSS - Can't go past this for excellent action and solid plot. The two biggest draws are showing one of the finest Bond girls in Tracy and that killer ending.
LALD - I'm not much of a fan of Moore's debut but I think it has plenty of unintentional and intentional laughs for an audience to enjoy. As well as the great boat chase and Baron Samedi.
GF - I'm torn on playing this but it would be expected and I don't want to over saturate the evening with Connery films so even though I'd like to play YOLT for the influences on Austin Powers or DN cos it's the first I think GF has enough great humour, performances and iconic moments to demand to be on the list. And it'd be the way to finish the night.
Aside from the lack of CR and SF I've also missed out some of my favourite bonds (FYEO, DN, LTK)
TLD - a cracker of a Bond to start on. A great mix of outlandish but also realistic Bond moments. Dalton is a good Bond for the uninitiated.
FRWL - My favourite Bond of all time. Has more cold war intrigue than any other Bond film. Also has the mysterious introduction of Spectre's No. 1 and Kerim Bey's warmth and humour.
TSWLM - This is a great intro to the height of outrageous Bond. Lots of humour, Moore at his eyebrow raising best along with Jaws and the Lotus.
OHMSS - Can't go past this for excellent action and solid plot. The two biggest draws are showing one of the finest Bond girls in Tracy and that killer ending.
LALD - I'm not much of a fan of Moore's debut but I think it has plenty of unintentional and intentional laughs for an audience to enjoy. As well as the great boat chase and Baron Samedi.
GF - I'm torn on playing this but it would be expected and I don't want to over saturate the evening with Connery films so even though I'd like to play YOLT for the influences on Austin Powers or DN cos it's the first I think GF has enough great humour, performances and iconic moments to demand to be on the list. And it'd be the way to finish the night.
Aside from the lack of CR and SF I've also missed out some of my favourite bonds (FYEO, DN, LTK)
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Maybe throw in TWINE, OHMSS, OP or SF if I have time.
DR. NO
FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE
THUNDERBALL
ON HER MAJESTY'S SECRET SERVICE
LIVE AND LET DIE
FOR YOUR EYES ONLY
LICENCE TO KILL
Marathon 2
CASINO ROYALE
QUANTUM OF SOLACE
SKYFALL
Marathon 3
GOLDFINGER
OCTOPUSSY
THE LIVING DAYLIGHTS
Marathon 4
YOU ONLY LIVE TWICE
DIAMONDS ARE FOREVER
THE SPY WHO LOVED ME
MOONRAKER
GOLDENEYE
Casino Royale
Skyfall
Thunderball
Goldfinger
OHMSS
Goldeneye
Spy Who loved Me
Live and Let Die
Dr No
From Russia With Love
You Only Live Twice
UNDERRATED BOND
Living Daylights
Quantum of Solace
Moonraker
Licence to Kill
For Your Eyes Only
World is not Enough
Silly Bond with enjoyable moments
A View to a Kill
Diamonds are Forever
Man with Golden Gun
Octopussy
Tomorrow Never Dies
Last and very least Bond
Die Another Day
Never Say Never Again (non-canon I know)
DAD
NSNA
CR '67
Why NSNA? I'd replace NSNA with QOS.
I really am one of the only people that actually likes NSNA aren't I? Haha.
I don't mind the first half of NSNA. But the second half is pretty rubbish. Pretty much everything after Fatima Blush dies.
I enjoy both. I'm an even rarer breed.
I start off with Moonraker, then Dr No, then The World Is Not Enough, then From Russia with Love, then Live and Let Die, then The Living Daylights, then Thunderball and then finish with For Your Eyes Only possibly
Bit of a mixture there, but I'd be content enough with those viewing pleasures
Casino Royale
Quantum of Solace
Skyfall
Tomorrow Never Dies
Dr. No
From Russia With Love
The Living Daylights
License to Kill
For Your Eyes Only
Octopussy
The Over-The-Top Bonds
Die Another Day
You Only Live Twice
Diamonds Are Forever
The Spy Who Loved Me
Moonraker
A View to a Kill
The World is Not Enough
Goldfinger
The Popcorn Bonds
Thunderball
On Her Majesty's Secret Service
Live and Let Die
The Man with the Golden Gun
GoldenEye
Some choices for Popcorn Bond were interesting...
1. DN
2. FRWL
3. TB
Option1
4. YOLT
5. DAF
Option 2
6. OHMSS
7. FYEO
Basically the commonality between option 1 and option 2 is that both reveal the face of Blofeld for the first time. If you want to continue on in the more serious route, go with option 2 by following up TB with OHMSS. In this context, it makes sense that Blofeld and Bond have never met face to face yet. FYEO is a natural sucessor because you have Bond visiting Tracy's grave in the beginning and Bond dispatching of bald Blofeld as revenge. This is a proper follow up and you can skip all the over-the-top faire of the 70s. The other option is to continue on sequencially with TB into YOLT. I've always seen DAF as a continuation of YOLT, both over-the-top more campy experiences, so skip OHMSS in this sequence and go straight to DAF. If you want to continue on, you could keep going with the 70's from there, as those films continue on with the similar campy approach.
I'll say. OHMSS and the dull TMWTGG popcorn and OP and TND realistic?
If we're sticking to the 12 hour (or lets say 6 film) rule:
Popcorn and epic entertainment
GF
YOLT
TSWLM
MR
OP
GE
Blofeld/SPECTRE/Tracy arc
Agree with JBFan626's very good points above. The key advantage of this method is you eliminate the Blofeld not recognising Bond paradox in OHMSS and the shoddily dealt with revenge aspect in DAF (that said though despite being more satisfying than DAF is FYEOs revenge that much better? 'Delicatessen in stainless steel', 'Keep your hair on' - its not quite Flemings YOLT is it?)
DN
FRWL
TB
YOLT/OHMSS
DAF/FYEO
Tearjerking Bond to watch with your missus
OHMSS
FYEO (Tracys grave scene and Melinas parents?)
LTK (Felix suffers the same fate as Bond and another reference to Tracy)
CR
QOS
SF
Carry On Bond
CR67
DAF
LALD
TMWTGG
MR
DAD
Flemings Bond
DN
FRWL
OHMSS
TLD
LTK
CR
Something for everyone
FRWL
GF
OHMSS
MR
TWINE (just because I think Brozza is a bit under-represented here and this film is a reasonable mish-mash of most styles, but I'm happy to swap it with TLD)
SF
I'd be happy to sit down to any of these although the Carry On one would be a bit of a strain, especially by the time the CGI parasurfing comes in.
Agreed it's not, but the film at least recognizes the continuity - bald Blofeld with neckbrace, presumbably from the bobsled accident, which leads one to believe the FYEO PTS doesn't take place much long after OHMSS in the story. Visiting Teresa Bond's grave with the flowers and the "We have all the time in the world" inscription is a fitting somber moment, suggesting Bond has found some peace.
But I also think FYEO is a suitable follow up to OHMSS because of the tone of film, being more serious and down to Earth, alluding to elements of both FRWL (Kerim Bey, lektor, Cold War) and OHMSS (beach scene, ski sequences, and of course Mrs. Bond), adopting direct Fleming source material and also continuing the Young-Hunt-Glen lineage of direction. It's a pity John Barry was not available though.
I think youre quite right. I showed my missus OHMSS a while back and her first question was 'what happens next - does he go after Blofeld?' Out of embarassment I sort of pretended I had a coughing fit to avoid answering the question but you make the valid observation that pretending to her that FYEO is next after OHMSS would be the best way of getting out of the situation as at least the shot of the gravestone is a satisfying piece of continuity even if the subsequent jokey death isnt.
FRWL
GF
TB
OHMSS
LTK
CR
Tongue in cheek and goofy Night
TSWLM
LALD
Drunk or totally stoned Night
MR
DAD
DAF
Moore's (TSWLM and FYEO)
Daltons (TLD and LTK)
Craigs (CR QOS and SF)
Lazenby's (OHMSS)
Have a massive Burial of anything Brosnan with a few beers cause no sane human being should be put through that man's rubbish Bond.
Casino Royale
Live and Let Die
Moonraker
Diamonds Are Forever
From Russia with Love
Dr. No
Goldfinger
A View to a Kill
For Your Eyes Only
Quantum of Solace
Thunderball
The Spy Who Loved Me
On Her Majesty's Secret Service
You Only Live Twice
The Man with the Golden Gun
Octopussy
The Living Daylights
Marathon 2 (The SPECTRE Files)
Dr. No
From Russia with Love
Thunderball
On Her Majesty's Secret Service (placing it after TB fixes the continuity error of Blofeld not recognizing Bond, and makes DAF's more light-hearted tone easier to understand, coming off of YOLT instead of OHMSS)
You Only Live Twice
Diamonds Are Forever
Marathon 3 (rich megalomaniacs with a big plan)
Goldfinger
The Spy Who Loved Me
Moonraker
A View to a Kill
Tomorrow Never Dies
Die Another Day
1.Dr. No
2.From Russia With Love
3.Goldfinger
4.Thunderball
5.You Only Live Twice
6.OHMSS
7.Diamonds Are Forever
Marathon 2 (Action packed)
1.Goldeneye
2.License to Kill
3.Tomorrow Never Dies
4.The World is Not Enough
5.Die Another Day
6.The Living Daylights
Marathon 3 (If I'm with my girlfriend/Blend of romance)
1.The Spy Who Loved Me
2.Octopussy
3.Moonraker
4.A View To A Kill
TND/OP is great as they are perfect formulaic examples of Bond. Great sunday afternoon popcorn flicks.
Top 5 at the moment are TLD, MR, LALD, CR, FRWL. Odd combination I know :)