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The Great Bond Film Elimination Game

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  • WillyGaloreWillyGalore
    Posts: 6,396
    FRWL: 29
    OHMSS: 14 (+1)
    CR: 27 (-1)
  • Dravenslade1Dravenslade1
    Posts: 73
    FRWL: 28 (-1)
    OHMSS: 14
    CR: 28 (+1)
  • MurdockMurdock The minus world
    edited April 2014 Posts: 16,359
    FRWL: 27 (-1)
    OHMSS: 14
    CR: 29 (+1)
  • Samuel001Samuel001 Moderator
    Posts: 13,356
    Correct scores:

    FRWL: 27
    OHMSS: 14
    CR: 29
  • Risico007Risico007
    Posts: 9,858


    FRWL: 26
    OHMSS: 14
    CR: 30

    4. Skyfall
    5. Licence to Kill
    6. The Living Daylights
    7. Dr. No
    8. For Your Eyes Only
    9. GoldenEye
    10. Goldfinger
    11. The Spy Who Loved Me
    12. Thunderball
    13. Octopussy
    14. Live and Let Die
    15. The World Is Not Enough
    16. Quantum of Solace
    17. Tomorrow Never Dies
    18. You Only Live Twice
    19. A View To A Kill
    20. The Man with the Golden Gun
    21. Diamonds Are Forever
    22. Moonraker
    23. Die Another Day

    I think From Russia with love might be getting third place
  • timmertimmer
    Posts: 4,622
    Monday
    FRWL: 27 +1
    OHMSS: 14
    CR: 29 -1

    4. Skyfall
    5. Licence to Kill
    6. The Living Daylights
    7. Dr. No
    8. For Your Eyes Only
    9. GoldenEye
    10. Goldfinger
    11. The Spy Who Loved Me
    12. Thunderball
    13. Octopussy
    14. Live and Let Die
    15. The World Is Not Enough
    16. Quantum of Solace
    17. Tomorrow Never Dies
    18. You Only Live Twice
    19. A View To A Kill
    20. The Man with the Golden Gun
    21. Diamonds Are Forever
    22. Moonraker
    23. Die Another Day
  • FoxRoxFoxRox
    Posts: 12,521
    Risico007 wrote:

    FRWL: 26
    OHMSS: 14
    CR: 30

    4. Skyfall
    5. Licence to Kill
    6. The Living Daylights
    7. Dr. No
    8. For Your Eyes Only
    9. GoldenEye
    10. Goldfinger
    11. The Spy Who Loved Me
    12. Thunderball
    13. Octopussy
    14. Live and Let Die
    15. The World Is Not Enough
    16. Quantum of Solace
    17. Tomorrow Never Dies
    18. You Only Live Twice
    19. A View To A Kill
    20. The Man with the Golden Gun
    21. Diamonds Are Forever
    22. Moonraker
    23. Die Another Day

    I think From Russia with love might be getting third place

    I wish, but I think it's really premature to say that.
  • SoundofthesinnersSoundofthesinners
    Posts: 3,236
    Is this ever going to end? And people didn't want to take points off.

    FRWL: 28 +1
    OHMSS: 13 -1
    CR: 29
  • Samuel001Samuel001 Moderator
    edited April 2014 Posts: 13,356
    On Her Majesty's Secret Service was slowly but surely going down, maybe it would be out by now had nothing changed...
  • SaintMarkSaintMark
    Posts: 7,653
    Samuel001 wrote:
    On Her Majesty's Secret Service was slowly but surely going down, maybe it would be out by now had nothing changed...

    But perhaps the movie is just better than the folks who keep CR in the race against two iconical Fleming faithfull movies, but if you fancy a sinking house instead of acting that would be a reason.

  • Samuel001Samuel001 Moderator
    Posts: 13,356
    Not me, that's for certain.
  • BennyBenny Shaken not stirredAdministrator, Moderator
    Posts: 15,169
    FRWL: 28
    OHMSS: 14 +1
    CR: 28 -1

  • JWPepperJWPepper You sit on it, but you can't take it with you.
    Posts: 512
    FRWL: 28
    OHMSS: 15 +1
    CR: 27 -1
  • Perilagu_KhanPerilagu_Khan
    Posts: 2,483
    Soundofthesinners wrote:
    Is this ever going to end? And people didn't want to take points off.

    FRWL: 28 +1
    OHMSS: 13 -1
    CR: 29

    A classic case of the cream rising back to the top. If OHMSS comes back to win, justice--on an infinitesimal level--will be served.

  • Risico007Risico007
    Posts: 9,858
    SaintMark wrote:
    Samuel001 wrote:
    On Her Majesty's Secret Service was slowly but surely going down, maybe it would be out by now had nothing changed...

    But perhaps the movie is just better than the folks who keep CR in the race against two iconical Fleming faithfull movies, but if you fancy a sinking house instead of acting that would be a reason.

    Uhm Casino Royale was extremely close to the novel.

    Also I prefer Sinking houses to the back screen waving.
  • 0BradyM0Bondfanatic70BradyM0Bondfanatic7 Quantum Floral Arrangements: "We Have Petals Everywhere"
    Posts: 28,694
    Risico007 wrote:
    SaintMark wrote:
    Samuel001 wrote:
    On Her Majesty's Secret Service was slowly but surely going down, maybe it would be out by now had nothing changed...

    But perhaps the movie is just better than the folks who keep CR in the race against two iconical Fleming faithfull movies, but if you fancy a sinking house instead of acting that would be a reason.

    Uhm Casino Royale was extremely close to the novel.

    Also I prefer Sinking houses to the back screen waving.

    I agree. CR was about as faithful as you could be in the new millennium to the core of a 50s novel while still doing new things and in some ways improving on the source material.
  • SaintMarkSaintMark
    edited April 2014 Posts: 7,653
    0BradyM0Bondfanatic7 wrote:
    Risico007 wrote:
    SaintMark wrote:
    Samuel001 wrote:
    On Her Majesty's Secret Service was slowly but surely going down, maybe it would be out by now had nothing changed...

    But perhaps the movie is just better than the folks who keep CR in the race against two iconical Fleming faithfull movies, but if you fancy a sinking house instead of acting that would be a reason.

    Uhm Casino Royale was extremely close to the novel.

    Also I prefer Sinking houses to the back screen waving.

    I agree. CR was about as faithful as you could be in the new millennium to the core of a 50s novel while still doing new things and in some ways improving on the source material.

    Improving, really that is what you are going with.

    The movie certainly had its moments but there were quite a few moments spoiled by poor dialogue which I wanted to give the finger, and then after all the complaining about the Brosnan OTT years we get the sinking house where some serious acting with the great actors they had hired for the "new" direction were bypassed for some serious OTT nonsense.

    And we did get to see DC's Terminator running skills for the first time, it looked impressive in T2.

    The more I see CR the less impressed I am while the two originals both added something new and Flemingesque to the franchise.

    Tuesday voting

    FRWL: 28
    OHMSS: 16 +1
    CR: 26 -1
  • JohnBarryFanJohnBarryFan
    Posts: 1,405
    Tuesday voting

    FRWL: 27 -1
    OHMSS: 17 +1
    CR: 26
  • 0BradyM0Bondfanatic70BradyM0Bondfanatic7 Quantum Floral Arrangements: "We Have Petals Everywhere"
    edited April 2014 Posts: 28,694
    SaintMark wrote:
    0BradyM0Bondfanatic7 wrote:
    Risico007 wrote:
    SaintMark wrote:
    Samuel001 wrote:
    On Her Majesty's Secret Service was slowly but surely going down, maybe it would be out by now had nothing changed...

    But perhaps the movie is just better than the folks who keep CR in the race against two iconical Fleming faithfull movies, but if you fancy a sinking house instead of acting that would be a reason.

    Uhm Casino Royale was extremely close to the novel.

    Also I prefer Sinking houses to the back screen waving.

    I agree. CR was about as faithful as you could be in the new millennium to the core of a 50s novel while still doing new things and in some ways improving on the source material.

    Improving, really that is what you are going with.

    The movie certainly had its moments but there were quite a few moments spoiled by poor dialogue which I wanted to give the finger, and then after all the complaining about the Brosnan OTT years we get the sinking house where some serious acting with the great actors they had hired for the "new" direction were bypassed for some serious OTT nonsense.

    And we did get to see DC's Terminator running skills for the first time, it looked impressive in T2.

    The more I see CR the less impressed I am while the two originals both added something new and Flemingesque to the franchise.

    Tuesday voting

    FRWL: 28
    OHMSS: 16 +1
    CR: 26 -1

    Yes, "improving" is definitely what I'm going with. It updated the plot brilliantly, improved Mathis's characterization, infinitely improved Vesper as a character and her romance with Bond, and it took a great spin on some of the book's elements, like Le Chiffre's attempts to get his money back, the torture scene, and Vesper's suicide. While I would have preferred to see a dark and emotional scene akin to the novel where Dan's Bond finds Vesper dead in her bed, I still enjoy the sinking house sequence and don't find it over the top at all. It's a tense, heart-wrenching sequence ending with Vesper's demise played to such perfectly haunting realism by Eva that it feels like a snuff film with a woman really drowning to death. At the end I feel just like Bond does: exhausted, numb and gut-punched. Anyway, on to the voting for today...


    Monday voting:

    FRWL: 27
    OHMSS: 16 (-1)
    CR: 27 (+1)
  • zebrafishzebrafish <°)))< in Octopussy's garden in the shade
    Posts: 4,348
    FRWL: 26 (-1)
    OHMSS: 17 (+1)
    CR: 27
  • MayDayDiVicenzoMayDayDiVicenzo Here and there
    Posts: 5,080
    FRWL: 25 (-1)
    OHMSS: 18 (+1)
    CR: 27
  • CommanderRossCommanderRoss The bottom of a pitch lake in Eastern Trinidad, place called La Brea
    Posts: 8,331
    tuesday

    FRWL: 25
    OHMSS: 19 (+1)
    CR: 26 (-1)

  • Crazysoul95Crazysoul95
    Posts: 3,336
    FRWL: 24 -1
    OHMSS: 19
    CR: 27 +1
  • barryt007barryt007
    Posts: 19,339
    FRWL: 25 (+1)
    OHMSS: 18 (-1)
    CR: 27
  • pachazopachazo Make Your Choice
    Posts: 7,314
    FRWL: 26 (+1)
    OHMSS: 17 (-1)
    CR: 27
  • SlyFox007SlyFox007
    Posts: 414
    Tuesday

    From Russia With Love: 27 (+1)
    On Her Majesty's Secret Service 16 (-1)
    Casino Royale: 27

    Eliminated:
    4. Skyfall
    5. Licence to Kill
    6. The Living Daylights
    7. Dr. No
    8. For Your Eyes Only
    9. GoldenEye
    10. Goldfinger
    11. The Spy Who Loved Me
    12. Thunderball
    13. Octopussy
    14. Live and Let Die
    15. The World Is Not Enough
    16. Quantum of Solace
    17. Tomorrow Never Dies
    18. You Only Live Twice
    19. A View To A Kill
    20. The Man with the Golden Gun
    21. Diamonds Are Forever
    22. Moonraker
    23. Die Another Day
  • jobojobo
    Posts: 7,507
    FRWL: 28 (+1)
    OHMSS: 15 (-1)
    CR: 27
  • Agent007391Agent007391 Up, Up, Down, Down, Left, Right, Left, Right, B, A, Start
    Posts: 7,854
    FRWL: 28
    OHMSS: 14 (-1)
    CR: 28 (+1)

    Eliminated:
    4. Skyfall
    5. Licence to Kill
    6. The Living Daylights
    7. Dr. No
    8. For Your Eyes Only
    9. GoldenEye
    10. Goldfinger
    11. The Spy Who Loved Me
    12. Thunderball
    13. Octopussy
    14. Live and Let Die
    15. The World Is Not Enough
    16. Quantum of Solace
    17. Tomorrow Never Dies
    18. You Only Live Twice
    19. A View To A Kill
    20. The Man with the Golden Gun
    21. Diamonds Are Forever
    22. Moonraker
    23. Die Another Day
  • WillyGaloreWillyGalore
    edited April 2014 Posts: 6,396
    I have noticed a pattern that OHMSS gets down voted during the day and then up voted on the evening! :-)
  • zebrafishzebrafish <°)))< in Octopussy's garden in the shade
    Posts: 4,348
    Depends on where in the world you are, I would say…
    Do the Americans love OHMSS more dearly than Europeans? Affection for the Alps, maybe?
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