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The SP PTS for me was a bit....mehh. The SF PTS is really like an exciting spy chase from beginning till end. And I love the 'heartbeat' music from Thomas Newman. Reminded me a lot of 'To The Roof' by John Powell ("The Bourne Ultimatum"). The car chase part, the motor cycle part, the train roof part...it all worked! Tremendously. And IMO still the best PTS of the entire Craig era.
I just don't like the helicopter fight so much in SP. Having said that the action from the helicopter in FYEO I found much better. Because you actually saw a stuntman hanging on that helicopter. It felt more 'real' to me.
Yes, but......the 'observing' camera angles in FYEO to me worked slightly better. It's as if the director took the time in filming Bond's predicament. My rule would be: less shots is perhaps better.
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Really? I mean, do you really think LALD is better than one of these three Moore-films? TSWLM, FYEO & OP.
Kananga blown up like a balloon vs. a tense Fleming-esque underwater torture sequence?
Yes, and the Earth possibly revolves around the Sun.
Exactly, 'they' had a chance to do that underwater sequence already as part of LALD. Instead, we got lots of dark skinned clowns dancing around Bond's ass. Don't get me wrong, I love the blaixploitation part of the film. But as a film I think LALD is no match for the colder spy thriller that FYEO is.
Funny you don t mention the most iconic scene of all. The alligator stepping stones.
I find LALD on par with TSWLM, definitely better overall than FYEO and OP. LALD has a terrific soundtrack, great title song (arguably the best in the whole series), a top-notch Bond girl, an intriguing storyline and setting, an iconic crocodile escape, and a pretty good boat chase.
I am not a fan of FYEO.
1. FRWL
2. CR
3. OHMSS
4. GF
5. SF
6. TLD
I won't argue with passion gents, but... really?!?!?!?!?!?!?! I thought Dalton had a striking look as Bond, but his acting bordered on the melodrama and he lacked serious charisma. Intellectually I respected his take on the character, emotionally I didn't buy in.
And I never got the sense that Fleming's Bond was always angry, whereas Dalton was. Fleming's Bond took pleasure in women, and, while on assignment, wonderful foods (and wines and spirits). He was quite hedonistic in this regard. Just never got anything like that from Dalton.
In the end, however, I could be absolutely off base, and I should respect your love of the man and his work on this character.
TLD and SF surely have to be 6 and 5 right? Can't imagine that OHMSS, FRWL, GF, or CR fall out of the top 4.
Dalton Bond wasn't always angry, but he did occasionally get frustrated with Kara. And for the literary Bond taking pleasure in women, so did Dalton's Bond. Dalton's Bond slept with two women per film, which is twice as much, on average, as the literary Bond.
Now a top 6 placing guaranteed for TLD. :D
My prediction for #1, is either FRWL or OHMSS, with GF rounding out the top 3.
6. Skyfall
5. The Living Daylights
4. Goldfinger
3. On Her Majesty's Secret Service
2. Casino Royale
1. From Russia with Love
My predictions has been going pretty well, albeit in a different order.
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DALTON RULEZ™
Wow, never saw that coming, TLD at No 6!! because it must come next right? Unthinkable it would even go any higher.
I'm so happy I could scream...
It's certainly currently looking like the Fleming holy trinity of FRWL/OHMSS/CR might make up the top three.