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Most Underrated Bond Film: OHMSS
Most Underrated Title Track: All Time High (OP)
Most Underrated Title Credits: MR
Most Underrated PTS: TLD
Most Underrated Score: GE (ok not all of it works but what does is excellent IMO)
Most Underrated Villain: Franz Sanchez
Most Underrated Ally: Pushkin (TLD)
Most Underrated Bond Girl: Wai Lin (TND)
Most Underrated Minor Character: Morton Slumber (DAF)
Most Underrated Henchman: Dario (LTK)
Most Underrated Bond Film: QOS
Most Underrated Title Track: LTK
Most Underrated Title Credits: TMWTGG
Most Underrated PTS: LALD
Most Underrated Score: FYEO
Most Underrated Villain: Graves (DAD)
Most Underrated Ally: Leiter (LTK)
Most Underrated Bond Girl: Pam (LTK)
Most Underrated Minor Character: Morton Slumber (DAF)
Most Underrated Henchman: ? I have to think about this one ...
Most Underrated Title Track: You Know My Name
Most Underrated Title Credits: You Only Live Twice
Most Underrated PTS: The Living Daylights
Most Underrated Score: Quantum of Solace
Most Underrated Villain: Elektra ;)
Most Underrated Ally: Paula Caplan
Most Underrated Bond Girl: Severine
Most Underrated Minor Character: Hawker, Bond's golf caddy in GF
Most Underrated Henchman: Helga Brandt
I could agree here; I loved it and most do not.
Yeah, I think you are right about QOS. Changing my choice to that now ...
Alright, we'll play along
Most underrated film - Octopussy
Title track - You Only Live Twice
title credits - Die Another Day (no music !)
underrated PTS - Octopussy
underrated score - Moonraker
villain - Donald Pleasance' Blofeld
ally - Luigi Ferrara
girl - Barbara Bach / Anya Amasova
minor character - Scarpine
henchman - Dario
What? Almost everyone agrees that his psycho character was awesome! B-)
Agreed. If this site did a henchman tournament Dario would easily finish in the top five.
Hmm that's a good point. I do remember in 2002 (yep that long ago) here in the uk there was a programme in which the public voted for their best moments in Bond. Tracy's death was featured (sadly nothing in Daltons films were).
Even so I still think it maybe doesn't QUITE get the respect it deserves. It's still seen a bit as "the film with the bloke who only made one". I'd say GF, GE, CR etc are all more likely to still be considered general favourites.
But you might have a different experience.
Most Underrated Bond Film: Tomorrow Never Dies
Most Underrated Title Track: The World Is Not Enough (Garbage)
Most Underrated Title Credits: Dr. No (Doesn't seem like a lot of people talk about this one...)
Most Underrated PTS: At the moment, I can't think of one....maybe I'll edit later haha
Most Underrated Score: Licence to Kill (Michael Kamen) or maybe even Dr. No
Most Underrated Villain: Elliot Carver (TND)
Most Underrated Ally: Columbo (FYEO)
Most Underrated Bond Girl: Kara Milovy (TLD)
Most Underrated Minor Character: Kronsteen (FRWL)
Most Underrated Henchman: Tee Hee (LALD)
My second choice.
I think the lowest I've seen it in a public poll or a ranking list done by some bad mainstream magazine is 6 or 7 in the past five years. Usually it makes 3rd I find.
Mine, too.
And is Columbo really underrated? Seems to me he's pretty highly regarded. Personally, I think he's the best henchman, period.
Wow! I was thinking of including Hawker myself. Was he meant to be Irish or something?
Hawker is awesome. He's so unnecessary to the film - I kinda feel the golf game is the first of many missteps of the movie tbh - but that actor who plays him is brilliant. I'm trying to think of a better minor character and am coming up empty. So not only is Hawker very underrated, he's quite possibly the best.
I agree. I enjoyed his by-play with Connery Bond very much. We need more of these minor characters in the Craig era of modern Bonds.
My original choice, but had to go with Severine, the poor girl.
Most Underrated Title Track: Another Way To Die (please don't kill me...)
Most Underrated Title Credits: Live And Let Die
Most Underrated PTS: Quantum Of Solace
Most Underrated Score: GoldenEye
Most Underrated Villain: Max Zorin/Franz Sanchez
Most Underrated Ally: Joe Don Baker in GoldenEye (Don't know the characters name)
Most Underrated Bond Girl: Natalya Simonova (GE and my personal favorite)
Most Underrated Minor Character: Sir Godfrey Tibbett (AVTAK)
Most Underrated Henchman: General Orumov (GE)
Sorry about the overload of GoldenEye but I love it.
I wasn't referring to GE.
It could happen.
Hardly anyone likes the GE score enough for it to be given strong consideration as underrated, let alone overrated, even Serra says himself it isn't appropriate for a Bond film. If only for hindsight. I know he could have much improved this.
The truly most underrated score for me is a tossup between TMWTGG and CR. It seems a lot people appreciate Arnold's clear progress in QOS, but too many people react to Arnold's ill advised 13 minute "Miami International" and lack of Bond theme (done by design not ignorance) and overlook a lot of other great things going on. And Gun gets lots of abuse for a title song that yields some wonderful instrumentals that work beautifully in both action and romance motifs.
He was made like too much of a buffoon and lacked menace, especially at the beginning. Granted, he was trying to pass as a new ally, but he could have had more gravitas.
Most Underrated Title Track: YOLT
Most Underrated Title Credits: AVTAK
Most Underrated PTS: TB
Most Underrated Score: FRWL
Most Underrated Villain: Dominic Green
Most Underrated Ally: Campbell
Most Underrated Bond Girl: Tatiana Romanova
Most Underrated Minor Character: Monsieur Mendel
Most Underrated Henchman:
Title track-GE
Title credits-FYEO
PTS-FYEO
Score-SF
Villain-Savalas
Ally-Cec Linder
Girl-Denise Richards
Minor character-Draco s janitor
Henchmen-Mr Wint and Mr Kidd