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  • ThunderfingerThunderfinger Das Boot Hill
    Posts: 45,489
    Birdleson wrote: »
    TSWLM is one of a few that it is hard for me to see anyone disliking (I'd probably add the first three and CR).

    I have it that way with FYEO.
  • ThunderfingerThunderfinger Das Boot Hill
    Posts: 45,489
    Variety in opinion is the spice of the site.
  • AntiLocqueBrakesAntiLocqueBrakes The edge
    Posts: 538
    Going to echo the crowd here...

    GE over FYEO - Both are fun to watch. GE is just on another level. Wish Rog had made a couple more like FYEO though.

    TSWLM over TWINE - Mismatch.
  • Mathis1Mathis1
    Posts: 7,431
    Birdleson wrote: »
    TSWLM is one of a few that it is hard for me to see anyone disliking (I'd probably add the first three and CR).

    Thats perfectly understandable! TSWLM is revered among fans and is Rogers own favourite and is considered a step up after the 'disappointing' TMWTGG. But I just don't go along with the crowd on this one! I would sooner watch any of Moore's other Bonds (and yes, that includes AVTAK!). Spy just bores me..boring villain, wooden leading lady, I hate the Jaws character, the action is rather bland and the finale is very draggy. The jokey score doesn't help and the humour is nearly as bad as MR which I think is more daft..but more enjoyable! Moore is great and looks sharp..especially in his naval uniform and he obviously was enjoying himself..but it just doesn't do much for me. As a footnote it has one of the best stunt sequences ever in a movie..but the rest of the pts is as dull as the rest!
  • peterpeter Toronto
    Posts: 9,509
    Mathis1 wrote: »
    Birdleson wrote: »
    TSWLM is one of a few that it is hard for me to see anyone disliking (I'd probably add the first three and CR).

    Thats perfectly understandable! TSWLM is revered among fans and is Rogers own favourite and is considered a step up after the 'disappointing' TMWTGG. But I just don't go along with the crowd on this one! I would sooner watch any of Moore's other Bonds (and yes, that includes AVTAK!). Spy just bores me..boring villain, wooden leading lady, I hate the Jaws character, the action is rather bland and the finale is very draggy. The jokey score doesn't help and the humour is nearly as bad as MR which I think is more daft..but more enjoyable! Moore is great and looks sharp..especially in his naval uniform and he obviously was enjoying himself..but it just doesn't do much for me. As a footnote it has one of the best stunt sequences ever in a movie..but the rest of the pts is as dull as the rest!

    I don't disagree with any of this, @Mathis1 ...

    I do see why many do like it. It's a simple and to the point Bond film. It's one of the earliest I introduced my kids to as well (after GE, which similarly could be said is simple and straight to the point-- which, by the way, is not a criticism).

    I just like more meat to my Bond.
  • ThunderfingerThunderfinger Das Boot Hill
    Posts: 45,489
    When my son had a friend from class over (they were 10/11), they wanted to watch a Bond film. I picked TSWLM.
  • Last_Rat_StandingLast_Rat_Standing Long Neck Ice Cold Beer Never Broke My Heart
    Posts: 4,589
    GoldenEye and The Spy Who Loved Me. No contest on either. The other 2 are bottom barrel
  • barryt007barryt007
    Posts: 19,339
    GE easily.

    Now the other match is a tough one,as I have TSWLM at #10 and TWINE at #11,so I will vote for the film I would prefer to watch lately :

    TWINE (Only by the thinnest of margins,as mentioned above.)
  • ThunderfingerThunderfinger Das Boot Hill
    Posts: 45,489
    GE beats FYEO 18-6 (what a scandal!)

    TSWLM beats TWINE 23-1

    Round 36:

    YOLT vs LALD

    and

    DN vs SP
  • Last_Rat_StandingLast_Rat_Standing Long Neck Ice Cold Beer Never Broke My Heart
    Posts: 4,589
    LALD and SP
  • 00Agent00Agent Any man who drinks Dom Perignon '52 can't be all bad.
    Posts: 5,185
    LALD & DN
    Didn't have to think about this one even for a second.
  • DarthDimiDarthDimi Behind you!Moderator
    Posts: 24,183
    YOLT and DN
  • ThunderfingerThunderfinger Das Boot Hill
    Posts: 45,489
    DarthDimi wrote: »
    YOLT and DN

    Agree-although close.
  • ClarkDevlinClarkDevlin Martinis, Girls and Guns
    Posts: 15,423
    YOLT and DN for me too.
  • barryt007barryt007
    Posts: 19,339
    Blimey this is an easy round for me :

    LALD

    &

    DN
  • bondjamesbondjames You were expecting someone else?
    Posts: 23,883
    YOLT vs. LALD - LALD with ease. I like YOLT very much and it's a film with fantastic set pieces, a glamorous location backdrop and perhaps the defining Spectre confrontation. However, LALD is just too good for me. Roger firing on all cylinders, a superior villain roster (perhaps one of the best, along with FRWL, OP, TB & GE) and a great score. Most importantly, it's consistently paced throughout and never lags or bores.

    SP VS DN - I don't think I need to explain this one. Didn't have to think about it.
  • JamesBondKenyaJamesBondKenya Danny Boyle laughs to himself
    Posts: 2,730
    LALD
    DN
  • royale65royale65 Caustic misanthrope reporting for duty.
    Posts: 4,423
    YOLT and DN for me.
  • FoxRoxFoxRox
    Posts: 12,473
    LALD over YOLT - not a blowout, but still a sure thing.

    DN OBLITERATES SP.
  • vzokvzok
    Posts: 4,044
    LALD
    DN
  • BondAficionadoBondAficionado Former IMDBer
    Posts: 1,889
    YOLT and DN.
  • peterpeter Toronto
    Posts: 9,509
    YOLT
    DN
  • PrinceKamalKhanPrinceKamalKhan Monsoon Palace, Udaipur
    Posts: 3,262
    YOLT and DN
  • STLCards3STLCards3
    Posts: 230
    LALD for sure
    DN but less sure
  • AntiLocqueBrakesAntiLocqueBrakes The edge
    edited May 2018 Posts: 538
    YOLT over LALD (tallest midget) - Not a YOLT fan at all. 2nd least favorite Connery film (in front of the disaster that followed 4 years later). Just like LALD even less. Never got behind the voodoo and the drug dealers. Jane Seymour is a smokeshow though.

    DN over SP (not close) - I don't dislike SP the way the board seems. But then again, I'm having a hard time watching it again, so maybe I don't like it that much. DN is much better and that's that.
  • BennyBenny Shaken not stirredAdministrator, Moderator
    Posts: 15,138
    The first two are a lot tougher than usual. Both YOLT and LALD rank around the same area for me. Just outside the ten. But as much as my appreciation for LALD continues to grow, I'm going to have to give this one to YOLT.
    YOLT over LALD
    The second match up is much easier. I genuinely do enjoy SP, it's a film that has many problems, but like all Bond films, I can find something to enjoy.
    However I rank DN as one of the best in the series. Despite it being the first, it's got so much in it that I love.
    DN over SP.
  • GoldenGunGoldenGun Per ora e per il momento che verrà
    Posts: 7,136
    LALD
    DN
  • JohnHammond73JohnHammond73 Lancashire, UK
    Posts: 4,151
    LALD & DN
  • SharkBaitSharkBait
    Posts: 2,107
    YOLT & DN
  • j_w_pepperj_w_pepper Born on the bayou, but I now hear a new dog barkin'
    Posts: 9,041
    LALD and DN (except for the latter, this is pretty much an exercise in mediocrity).
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