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Does each Bond film has one category in which it is the best of the franchise?
I have this question in mind for some time now. I am not sure if there has already been a similar threat. The categories can be serious or less serious and can of course be fully subjective.
01. Dr. No.: Best Bond introduction.
02. From Russia with love: Best Bond fight / Plot / Bond ally.
03. Goldfinger: Best Villain / Bond performance / Secondary Bond girl / Henchman.
04. Thunderball: Best femme fatale / best underwater fight / SPECTRE meeting
05. You only live twice: Best Villain lair / Climax / Gadget.
06. On her majesty's secret service: Best Blofeld / Moneypenny scene / best location.
07. Diamonds are forever: Best Elevator fight.
08. Live and let die: Best Title song / Animal stunt.
09. The man with the golden gun: best car stunt.
10. The spy who loved me: best stunt.
11. Moonraker: best space sequences.
12. For your eyes only: Best Bond kill / Ski chase.
13. Octopussy: Best Opening after PTS.
14. A View to a kill: Best score / horse race.
15. Living Daylights: Best PTS / car chase.
16. Licence to Kill: Best Felix Leiter.
17. Golden Eye: best title sequence / Action.
18. Tomorrow never dies: best minor henchman / motorcycle chase.
19. The World is not enough: best boat chase / female main villain.
20. Die another day: Best sword fight.
21. Casino Royal: Best Bond girl / Direction.
22. Quantum of Solace: Best opera scene.
23. Skyfall: Best cinematography.
24. Spectre: Best crater sequences.
01. Dr. No.: Best Bond introduction.
02. From Russia with love: Best Bond fight / Plot / Bond ally.
03. Goldfinger: Best Villain / Bond performance / Secondary Bond girl / Henchman.
04. Thunderball: Best femme fatale / best underwater fight / SPECTRE meeting
05. You only live twice: Best Villain lair / Climax / Gadget.
06. On her majesty's secret service: Best Blofeld / Moneypenny scene / best location.
07. Diamonds are forever: Best Elevator fight.
08. Live and let die: Best Title song / Animal stunt.
09. The man with the golden gun: best car stunt.
10. The spy who loved me: best stunt.
11. Moonraker: best space sequences.
12. For your eyes only: Best Bond kill / Ski chase.
13. Octopussy: Best Opening after PTS.
14. A View to a kill: Best score / horse race.
15. Living Daylights: Best PTS / car chase.
16. Licence to Kill: Best Felix Leiter.
17. Golden Eye: best title sequence / Action.
18. Tomorrow never dies: best minor henchman / motorcycle chase.
19. The World is not enough: best boat chase / female main villain.
20. Die another day: Best sword fight.
21. Casino Royal: Best Bond girl / Direction.
22. Quantum of Solace: Best opera scene.
23. Skyfall: Best cinematography.
24. Spectre: Best crater sequences.
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DAF: Best cross-dressing character.
SF: Best wig (Silva)
AVTAK: Best retirement home daytrip (at the horse races)
LALD: Best voodoo Bond
Admirable, but some changes in bold.
01. Dr. No.: Best Bond introduction.
02. From Russia with love: Best Bond fight / Plot / Bond ally.
03. Goldfinger: Best Villain /
04. Thunderball: / SPECTRE meeting
05. You only live twice: Best Villain lair / Best score
06. On her majesty's secret service: Best Blofeld / Moneypenny scene / best location / Best action / Best ski chase
07. Diamonds are forever: Best one liners
08. Live and let die: Animal stunt.
09. The man with the golden gun: best car stunt.
10. The spy who loved me: Henchman.
11. Moonraker: Best death of an ally - Corinne
12. For your eyes only: Best Bond kill /
13. Octopussy: Best Opening after PTS.
14. A View to a kill: / horse race.
15. Living Daylights: Best PTS
16. Licence to Kill: Best Bond/M scene
17. Golden Eye: best femme fatale Best stunt - bungee jump
18. Tomorrow never dies:motorcycle chase.
19. The World is not enough: best boat chase / female main villain.
20. Die another day: Best sword fight.
21. Casino Royale: Best Bond girl / Direction /Bond performance / Best Felix Leiter Best Title sequence Best dialogue between Bond and main Bond girl - train sequence
22. Quantum of Solace: Best car chase/ Best Elevator fight
23. Skyfall: Best cinematography / Best title song / best underwater fight
24. Spectre: Best Bond confronts woman scene - with Lucia
I am OK with most of your changes, maybe except for the elevator fights :-)
;)
Yes what was I thinking, the best M/Bond scene is in GoldenEye @NicNac
DAF has the best one liners
MR that incredible and exciting PTS (despite all the love that TSWLM gets in this category I think the skydiving scene beats the ski jump hands down)
DAD That sword fight
QoS this film is just so "out there". I can only think of things that make it a "worst" in several categories. Weak villain, uninspired Bond Girl, sorry all over the map plot and crappy editing, chicken shit henchman. There is so little I find to recommend this film. It is not the worst Bond film (there are so many more that are more painful to watch) but I just can't get behind any elements of this film.
And the action scene who follows is also really good though.
It's one of the reasons why I think QoS could have been a great Bond if it would had been well-written and less epileptic.
I found the opera scene ( action, intercut with opera music, with a little slow motion ) a
Cliché of film making. Much as I like QOS (and I do) this scene, seems to be trying too
Hard to be "Art house"
01. Dr. No.: Best Bond introduction and best Felix Leiter
02. From Russia with love: Best atmosphere of suspense
03. Goldfinger: Best henchman and best Bond girl death and best title sequence
04. Thunderball: Best femme fatale
05. You only live twice: Best villain lair and best Blofeld and best score
06. On her majesty's secret service: Best ski chase and best car chase
07. Diamonds are forever: Best elevator fight
08. Live and let die: Best deathtrap escape and best gadget
09. The man with the golden gun: Best dinner scene
10. The spy who loved me: Best stunt
11. Moonraker: Best 'ridiculous ending scene'
12. For your eyes only: Best Bond girl
13. Octopussy: Best bomb sequence and secondary henchmen
14. A View to a kill: Best title song
15. Living Daylights: Best romance
16. Licence to Kill: Best villain/Bond chemistry and best large action set-piece
17. Golden Eye: Best climax and best villain ensemble and best one-liner
18. Tomorrow never dies: Best 'Bond at mercy' scene
19. The World is not enough: Best boat chase
20. Die another day: Best Bond 'transformation' (during PTS)
21. Casino Royal: Best Bond performance and foot chase
22. Quantum of Solace: Best 'Bond one-ups the villains' scene
23. Skyfall: Best cinematography and best inspirational scene (Tennyson)
24. Spectre: Best PTS
Yes, that was a very good one. Well acted, well written. FRWL, DAF, TMWTGG are others I like.
agree now, I was overestimating his injury for sure. I find it difficult to compare the different Leiters. I never actually cared too much about them as I do for other allies.
All very important categoeris, don't you think? :-) Can you find any for the other films, too?
02. From Russia with love: Best Bond fight
03. Goldfinger: Best Henchman/ Best Car
04. Thunderball: best underwater fight / SPECTRE meeting
05. You only live twice: Best Villain lair
06. On her majesty's secret service: Best Blofeld / Moneypenny scene, yes M finally appreciating her work out loud was a nice touch.
07. Diamonds are forever: Best Elevator fight/ Best Car chase
08. Live and let die: Animal stunt.
09. The man with the golden gun: best car stunt.
10. The spy who loved me: best stunt.
11. Moonraker: best space sequences.
12. For your eyes only: Best Bond kill / Ski chase.
13. Octopussy: Best Opening after PTS.
14. A View to a kill: Best score / horse race.
15. Living Daylights: Best Dalton performance as Bond.
16. Licence to Kill: Best Felix Leiter.
17. Golden Eye: best title sequence / Action/ Best Femme Fatale
18. Tomorrow never dies: best minor henchman / motorcycle chase/ Best Love Scene Bond and Paris Carver
19. The World is not enough: best boat chase / female main villain/ Best Romance even though Bond didn't admit so he felt for elektra and the chemistry between Pierce and Sophie was great.
20. Die another day: Best sword fight.
21. Casino Royal: Best Bond girl / Direction.
22. Quantum of Solace: Best opera scene.
23. Skyfall: Best cinematography.
24. Spectre: Best PTS
Diamonds that car getting in such a reduced space was something really cool, that stunt during the chace was great
DN: best casino scene
FRWL: best henchman
GF: best Bond car
TB: best femme fatale
YOLT: best production design
OHMSS: best music score
DAF: best title song
LALD: best epilogue
TMWTGG: best villain
TSWLM: best underwater fight
MR: best boat chase
FYEO: best best Q scene
OP: best non-gadget car
AVTAK: best climax
TLD: best after credits scene
LTK: best stunts
GE: best pre-title sequence
TND: best quip
TWINE: best attire
DAD: best sword fight
CR: best Bond girl
QOS: best ally
SF: best cinematography
SP: best redeemed villain
The last one might be a stretch but I think most of these are defendable.
I like him in both films, but in QOS his relationship with 007 is more ally-like.
FRWL best script
GF most iconic
TB best Bond performance
YOLT best villain's lair and end-game
OHMSS best movie
DAF best comedy
LALD most suspenseful
TMWTGG best villain
TSWLM most romantic
MR best OTT film
FYEO best down to earth film
OP most exotic
AVTAK best Bond song
TLD best score
LTK best violence
GE best chase sequence (tank)
TND best contemporary plot (media mogul manipulating and creating news)
TWINE best plot twist (Elektra turning out to be the baddie)
DAD best Bond car
CR best Bond girl
QOS best action
SF best cinematography
SP best look (design, clothes, sets, locations)
quiet feasible.. Nice to see that you also like Barry's later scores.
It has the finger snipping scene and crocodile scene I suppose but other than that....? The whole Orient Express sequence in FRWL, bomb countdown in GF, ski escape in OHMSS, everything in Germany in OP (009 escaping and the bomb countdown) and the poker game in CR surely have far stronger claims?
Bland Anya and fairly bog standard Bond/Bond girl relationship (Sergei aside, which is basically one scene and 30 seconds at the end v Tracy and Vesper??!?!
I sense you were starting to struggle here given the vagueness of the category but FRWL, OHMSS, CR and QOS have just as valid claims for being films that are down to earth by MR/DAD standards.
Matter of taste I suppose but sounds like you couldnt find another category that AVTAK stood a chance in so opted for this.
See AVTAK above. All the 60's Bonds (sans DN) plus DAF have as good a claim if not better I would say.
I would suggest a film about a bad guy on a Carribbean island toppling American rockets released only 8 days before the Cuban Missile Crisis is about as up to date as you can get (would be interesting to do a study of what effect the convenient timing of the Cuban Missile Crisis for EON had on DN's box office) - although in the US it was 6 months later.
Hmm. Apart from the fact you can see it coming a mile off I guess Bond films aren't known for their twists so possibly. Although Tracy getting a bullet in the head and Vesper being a double are bigger shocks.
I'd like to think you're just talking about the Vanquish as a car because if you're including the invisibility as well then you're just plain wrong. As a car it's gorgeous but when Cleese wheels it out on that trolley my heart plunged that the wheels really were coming off the film in spectacular style.
Possibly quantity of action but best? Really? The opening car chase (when you can make out what is going on) and the rope fight are excellent but after that? A very dull and superfluous boat chase. A reasonable plane dogfight ruined by atrocious CGI freefall sequence; actually there's no need for me to continue any further. Any film that pisses all over BJ Worth and Jake Lombard with shitty CGI can't even be in the shortlist for best action.
Design, sets and locations - if it ain't Ken Adam it ain't the best. Simples.
Clothes - Maddies dress on the train isn't bad but Dan's shrink fit suits? No ta.
A few you might have gone with for the above films that make a bit more sense:
LALD - Best boat chase? I know JW's antics are rather grating but it's this or TWINE. Best use of animals in a Bond film? Snakes and crocodiles galore.
TSWLM - Best PTS? Perhaps not but its definitely right up there. Best single stunt then? Personally I prefer the TLD cargo net but you couldn't really argue with anyone who opted for Rick Sylvester.
FYEO - Hmm. This is one of the problems with FYEO. It's a solid 7 out of 10 across the board with nothing really standing out as amazing. Good car chase and ski chase but not the best. Good Bond performance but not the best. Good Bond girl but not the best. Good allies but not the best. It's the James Milner of Bond films - very solid, unlikely to totally f**k up but hardly likely to take the game by the scruff of the neck when you are 3-0 down.
Best use of a parrot? Best comedy cameo of a Prime Minister? How about best reference to Tracy post OHMSS?
AVTAK - Getting pretty difficult now as AVTAK is a rather tired effort with nothing standing out. Best piece of action music that isn't the Bond theme for 'He's dangerous'? Best use of a real landmark for the Golden Gate finale?
TLD - Most Fleming-esque portrayal of Bond? Best stunt for the cargo net? Best PTS? Best adaptation of Fleming for the sniper sequence? Best Bond car? There's plenty of options to go for here where TLD would be right up there and challenging for the top.
TND - Now we're into Brozza territory it's going to be tough. Best segue into the title sequence? Best end credits song? After that? It's solid enough but nothing standout. Best bike chase maybe?
TWINE - I suppose it's certainly in the frame for best boat chase and possibly best PTS but again after that we're struggling.
DAD - Best nonchalant moment from Bond as he kicks the sword at the camera? There's nothing else I can come up with I'm afraid.
QOS - Most brutal moment from Bond as he calmly holds Slate down and let's him bleed out? Most stylish sequence for the opera scene? Maybe best car chase?
FYEO: Best Bond kill (Loque), best climbing scene (it is probably the only one), I also think that the ski chase is better than in Majesty's. I mean it is the same crew just 12 years more experienced. OK maybe the score is better in the OHMSS ski chase but the stunt work is more amazing in FYEO as is the cinematography. One could also question whether FYEO has overall the best action sequences. It certainly has the best overall stunt work: amazing helicopter stunts in the PTS, lots of car stunts, lots of ski and amazing motor cycle stunts, some underwater stunts and last but not least the amazing free fall stunt in the rock climbing scene.