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Rank the Lewis Gilbert films

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  • SJK91SJK91
    edited November 2011 Posts: 1,310
    The Spy Who Loved Me

    You Only Live Twice




    Moonraker

    As I've said before, the first half of Moonraker is Top 5 Bond worthy, but the film just collapses once it gets to the cable car fight. One of the biggest missed opportunities in the entire series if you ask me.
  • C007C007
    Posts: 13
    TSWLM
    MR
    YOLT
  • 00Beast00Beast
    edited November 2011 Posts: 4,762
    DoubleOhhSeven wrote:
    1)TSWLM
    2)MR
    3)YOLT (Connery's performance killed it for me)

    Agreed on Connery's performance. Terrible, terrible performance in which you can tell his enthusiasm is completely gone. Put that against the overall dullness that the movie seems to carry, and YOLT is one of the most boring Bonds ever. The fight with Osato's driver and the ending battle are the only real treats in the entire movie.
    SJK91 wrote:
    The Spy Who Loved Me

    You Only Live Twice




    Moonraker

    As I've said before, the first half of Moonraker is Top 5 Bond worthy, but the film just collapses once it gets to the cable car fight. One of the biggest missed opportunities in the entire series if you ask me.

    Agreed also! Moonraker is pretty solid until Bond gets to Rio. The cheesy puns, including Jaws, come in fast, overwhelming you with disappointment, because like you said, there's a missed opportunity.
  • TopGearJB007TopGearJB007
    Posts: 624
    1.) You Only Love Twice
    2.) The Spy Who Loved Me
    3.) Moonraker
  • barryt007barryt007
    Posts: 19,339
    TSWLM
    YOLT
    MR
  • ZekidkZekidk
    Posts: 3,278
    - YOLT
    - MR
    - TSWLM
  • ThunderfingerThunderfinger Das Boot Hill
    Posts: 45,489
    Agent005 wrote:
    1. The Spy Who Loved Me
    2. You Only Live Twice
    3. Moonraker

    Ditto
  • 00Ed00Ed
    edited December 2013 Posts: 140
    1. The Spy Who Loved Me
    Arguably the slickest Bond formula film of all. Gilbert truly found his muse in Roger Moore. Rog was in his element in Gilbert's Superhero Comic Book version of James Bond's world, unlike Sean Connery, who seemed a little embarrassed to be there. A PTS that is among the highlights of the series, one of the most iconic evil henchmen, and a more grand and epic feel make this one of the most unforgettable rides in James Bond's storied history.

    2. Moonraker
    When I was a schoolboy in the mid-1980s and my schoolfriends and I were going through our Bond phase, it was a self-evident truth that Moonraker was the greatest Bond film of all. Any attempt to disagree might make you the object of ridicule. Now that I'm no longer 11 years old, I don't put it on quite the same pedestal, but it's still a lot of fun.

    3. You Only Live Twice
    Beautiful scenery and one of John Barry's best scores. Connery is great even when he's phoning it in.

    I love all of Lewis Gilbert's Bond films. My only serious misgiving is that many people, including many Bond fans, seem to have latched on to Gilbert's style as definitive for the entire James Bond movie franchise. If it isn't an extravagant sci-fi comedy in the Gilbert style, then it isn't really Bond, or so the reasoning seems to go. While I thoroughly enjoy these films, I don't want all the Bond films to be just like them.
  • LudovicoLudovico
    edited December 2013 Posts: 15,234
    Since it is three times the same story I'm tempted to put them ex aequo.
  • fjdinardofjdinardo
    Posts: 1,989
    1. Moonraker
    2. The Spy Who Loved Me
    3. You Only Live Twice
  • chrisisallchrisisall Brosnan Defender Of The Realm
    Posts: 17,835
    1. YOLT (outrageousness played seriously)

    2. TSWLM (outrageousness played outrageously)

    3. MR (outrageousness played out.)
  • 00130013
    Posts: 1,817
    1. TSWLM
    2. YOLT
    3. MR
  • Zorin61Zorin61
    Posts: 418
    1. You Only Live Twice
    2. The Spy Who Loved Me
    3. Moonraker
  • 4EverBonded4EverBonded the Ballrooms of Mars
    Posts: 12,480
    1. The Spy Who Love Me (one of my favorites!)
    2. You Only Live Twice
    3. Moonraker
  • pachazopachazo Make Your Choice
    Posts: 7,314
    1) TSWLM - Classic.
    2) MR - Way out there at times but entertaining on the whole.
    3) YOLT - Great beginning and great end but boy does it drag in the middle.
  • royale65royale65 Caustic misanthrope reporting for duty.
    Posts: 4,423
    1) Spy
    2) YOLT
    3) MR

    but, just on Gilbert's direction;

    1) Spy
    2) MR
    3) YOLT.

    I find Gilbert to be a pacy, extioc and imaginative director.
  • barryt007barryt007
    Posts: 19,339
    1.TSWLM
    2.YOLT
    3.MR
  • BAIN123BAIN123
    Posts: 11,189
    1. TSWLM
    2. YOLT
    3. MR
  • saunderssaunders Living in a world of avarice and deceit
    Posts: 987
    1. TSWLM
    2. MR
    3. YOLT
  • shamelordshamelord
    Posts: 157
    1 - The spy who loved me
    2 - You Only live twice


    3 - Moonraker
  • Baltimore_007Baltimore_007
    Posts: 5,634
    Moonraker will always be Gilbert's best, and most memorable release for me. In fact it's in the top five for me of all the 23 James Bond titles. The Spy Who Loved Me comes some distance behind in second place, with You Only Live Twice not far behind. Easily one of the best James Bond directors who ever got the honor to direct the iconic figure. Pity in retrospect he never got to direct one or two more in the series
  • royale65royale65 Caustic misanthrope reporting for duty.
    Posts: 4,423
    Baltimore_007 wrote:
    Moonraker will always be Gilbert's best, and most memorable release for me. In fact it's in the top five for me of all the 23 James Bond titles. The Spy Who Loved Me comes some distance behind in second place, with You Only Live Twice not far behind. Easily one of the best James Bond directors who ever got the honor to direct the iconic figure. Pity in retrospect he never got to direct one or two more in the series

    Quite. I could see Gilbert doing A View To A Kill, better than Glen's staid direction I would imagine.

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