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  • talos7talos7 New Orleans
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    In many ways Thunderball is the series at it's 60's peak, with a bit of bloat starting to creep in.
  • QsAssistantQsAssistant All those moments lost in time... like tears in rain
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    A View To A Kill

    Finally wrapped up the Moore era tonight. I've never been a big fan of Moore's last three outings as Bond but this last Bondathon of Moore's era has finally changed that a bit. AVTAK is really enjoyable, even though Moore was too old to be playing Bond. I enjoyed the musical score in it too. I feel Moore should've ended his run as Bond in OP and AVTAK should've been Dalton's first, with the film taking on Dalton's darker tone of course. Either way, it's time for me to move AVTAK up in my Bond ranking the next time I make one.

    Moore era:
    The Spy Who Loved Me
    The Man With The Golden Gun
    Moonraker
    Live And Let Die
    A View To A Kill
    For Your Eyes Only
    Octopussy
  • GBFGBF
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    Thunderball is also a mixed bag for me. I always enjoyed most of the second and third act, especially the underwater scenes which some people always criticise for some reasons I don'tunderstand.

    However, the film has some obvious flaws, especially the whole health spa scenes. Everything seems so illogical there: The health spa location near a military base, Spectre agents who are obviously showing their membership to everyone by rings and tatoos, Bond being accidentaly at the same place where Spectre is planning their operation (completely unrealistic), Lippe's superfluous attempt to kill Bond and Bond's irrelevant revenge on Lippe; the completely unrealistic motivation of Spectre to kill Lippe (why??).

    I think the film had heaviliy improved if they would have rewritten the script in the first act of the film.
  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy My Secret Lair
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    Playing around with " Casting" I ended up watching Spectre again ! :)
  • royale65royale65 Caustic misanthrope reporting for duty.
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    Continuing on with my Fleming inspired Bondathon - A View To A Kill

    I've been on a bit of a hiatus from my Bondathon, been about 11 days since I watched Goldfinger – 4 Bond movies within a week does that to a chap. I was worried that I was Bonded out. But never fear!

    Now, to some flaws of A View To A Kill. Similar to Diamonds Are Forever the film suffers from a disturbing malaise, such as poor dubbing, poor extras and casting choices, obvious stunt doubles etc etc. (For instance when Gogol is picking up Pola, is not the actor Gotell, but a double, then changes to Gotell when he and Fiona are in front a green screen.)

    Apart from this, and a slight pedestrian feel to the picture, there is a lot to enjoy to A View To A Kill, namely Barry's score, the performances from Walken, Fullerton and Macnee, the whole climax and having an intuitive Bond doing a nice bit of espionage, keeping in tone with the previous Glen efforts. And enjoy it I did, apart from the usual "comedic" elements, of course.

    I always find A View To A Kill to be a schizophrenic film; youthful, dynamic pairing of Zorin and Mayday vs. the aged forces of MI6; inventive action scenes (steeplechase, City Hall) vs. seventies spectacle (Paris chase, Fire truck escape); forward thinking plot vs. 70’s overt humour; well written characters, unfortunately portrayed by weak actors; Moore’s easy going charm vs. cut- throat 80’s business ethos. It’s like the producers wanted to give Roger Moore a spectacular send off, but the film can’t make up its mind whether go with seventies excess vs. eighties characters/conservative style.

    It’s an unfitting way to say goodbye to Sir Rog; I always get a lump in my throat when the end titles come up, it really is the end of an era. Roger Moore provided a steady hand, when the films were at their most inconsistent. And as a consequence, I can't hate this film.

    Worst Bit – San Francisco Fire Truck chase, complete with the return of the comedy Sheriff!

    Best Best – Moore and Walken's chemistry


    Royale's Ranking

    From Russia With Love – 10/10
    Casino Royale – 9.5
    Dr. No – 9.5
    Goldfinger - 9
    Live and Let Die – 7.5
    A View To A Kill - 7
    Moonraker - 7
    Diamonds Are Forever - 7
    Die Another Day - 7

    1. CR
    2. LALD
    3. MR
    4. DAD
    5. DAF
    6. FRWL
    7. DN
    8. GF
    9. AVTAK

    10. FYEO
    11. QoS
    12. GE
    13. LTK
    14. SP
    15. OP
    16. TLD
    17. TSWLM
    18. TND
    19. TB
    20. OHMSS
    21. YOLT
    22. TMWTGG
    23. TWINE
    24. SF


  • GBFGBF
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    royale65 wrote: »
    Continuing on with my Fleming inspired Bondathon - A View To A Kill

    I've been on a bit of a hiatus from my Bondathon, been about 11 days since I watched Goldfinger – 4 Bond movies within a week does that to a chap. I was worried that I was Bonded out. But never fear!

    Now, to some flaws of A View To A Kill. Similar to Diamonds Are Forever the film suffers from a disturbing malaise, such as poor dubbing, poor extras and casting choices, obvious stunt doubles etc etc. (For instance when Gogol is picking up Pola, is not the actor Gotell, but a double, then changes to Gotell when he and Fiona are in front a green screen.)

    Apart from this, and a slight pedestrian feel to the picture, there is a lot to enjoy to A View To A Kill, namely Barry's score, the performances from Walken, Fullerton and Macnee, the whole climax and having an intuitive Bond doing a nice bit of espionage, keeping in tone with the previous Glen efforts. And enjoy it I did, apart from the usual "comedic" elements, of course.

    I always find A View To A Kill to be a schizophrenic film; youthful, dynamic pairing of Zorin and Mayday vs. the aged forces of MI6; inventive action scenes (steeplechase, City Hall) vs. seventies spectacle (Paris chase, Fire truck escape); forward thinking plot vs. 70’s overt humour; well written characters, unfortunately portrayed by weak actors; Moore’s easy going charm vs. cut- throat 80’s business ethos. It’s like the producers wanted to give Roger Moore a spectacular send off, but the film can’t make up its mind whether go with seventies excess vs. eighties characters/conservative style.

    It’s an unfitting way to say goodbye to Sir Rog; I always get a lump in my throat when the end titles come up, it really is the end of an era. Roger Moore provided a steady hand, when the films were at their most inconsistent. And as a consequence, I can't hate this film.

    Worst Bit – San Francisco Fire Truck chase, complete with the return of the comedy Sheriff!

    Best Best – Moore and Walken's chemistry


    perfectly reviewed and you mentioned all the positives and negatives. I agree that there are a few 70s jokes too many but at the same time this is much more the case in Octopussy (far less crticised compared to AVTAK). Even FYEO has such comedic elements which may be a bit annoying today.

    I still like AVTAK so very much without knowing why. Probably because of all the childhood memories. I still find that the film has some uniqueness. Even though the plot is heavily borrowed from Goldfinger, there are quiet many elements which are kind of unique. The use of famous landmarks, the horse race, the blimp just to mention a few. And finally I just adore the score and Walken's performance.

    I also belong to the minority who prefers Moore's later Bond films to his older ones. FYEO, Octopussy and AVTAK contain more suspensfull and dark sequneces and except for some silly jokes never really move into the lighthearted 70s Bond territoy. But I understand if people say that the combination of silly jokes and more serious plots just does not work.
  • MajorDSmytheMajorDSmythe "I tolerate this century, but I don't enjoy it."Moderator
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    Die Another Day

    There are a sprinkling of decent moments in the film (it starts of so well with the PTS...), but they are coated in techno music, speed ramping and crass puns.... oh, and RoboGraves....

    Random Bond Viewing 2016 (in order of viewing):
    January:
    1. You Only Live Twice
    2. For Your Eyes Only
    3. Tomorrow Never Dies
    4. The Living Daylights
    February:
    5. On Her Majesty's Secret Service
    6. From Russia With Love
    7. Spectre
    8. Octopussy
    9. Diamonds Are Forever
    March:
    10. Quantum Of Solace
    11. Goldfinger
    12. Moonraker
    13. Goldenye
    14. The Spy Who Loved Me
    15. Die Another Day
  • QsAssistantQsAssistant All those moments lost in time... like tears in rain
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    The Living Daylights

    Watching this outing felt like a breath of fresh air after watching all of Moore's films back to back. It felt like it was time to get back to a more serious Bond. TLD is such a great movie and Dalton is a big contributing factor to that. As I was watching it I felt a frustration come over me because I knew he only had one more Bond film after this one. The man was amazing as Bond and he deserved to have at least four outings as Bond.
  • SzonanaSzonana Mexico
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    The Living Daylights

    Watching this outing felt like a breath of fresh air after watching all of Moore's films back to back. It felt like it was time to get back to a more serious Bond. TLD is such a great movie and Dalton is a big contributing factor to that. As I was watching it I felt a frustration come over me because I knew he only had one more Bond film after this one. The man was amazing as Bond and he deserved to have at least four outings as Bond.


    That's exactly how I felt when I started to wtach Dalton and finished with the Moore era in my very fisrt Bondathon. I like lighthearted Bond but Moore was way too much for me so watching Dalton was a huge improvement and a breath of fresh air.

    I prefer over serious than over comical

    Outside of the Spy who loved me, Moonraker and for your eyes only. i got easily tired of his films

  • SzonanaSzonana Mexico
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    The last Bond film i watched was Skyfall

    Its Craig's best definitely at least for his Bond acting style. Its a film which truly fits him like a globe with the right humor, action and suspense.

    Like i said he was great in Casino Royale but Skyfall was more tailored for him
  • JohnHammond73JohnHammond73 Lancashire, UK
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    Watched The World Is Not Enough last night.
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  • JohnHammond73JohnHammond73 Lancashire, UK
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    Quantum Of Solace was watched last night as part of my first Bondathon of 2016.
  • DaltonCraig007DaltonCraig007 They say, "Evil prevails when good men fail to act." What they ought to say is, "Evil prevails."
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    I'm thinking 2 Connery's or 1 Connery + OHMSS for tonight. Can someone suggest to me such a pair of films? Only one condition: they can't be successive outings.
  • ThunderfingerThunderfinger Das Boot Hill
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    GF and OHMSS. You can t do better.
  • DaltonCraig007DaltonCraig007 They say, "Evil prevails when good men fail to act." What they ought to say is, "Evil prevails."
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    This settles it. Thank you, @Thunderfinger!
  • ThunderfingerThunderfinger Das Boot Hill
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    Looking forward to your thoughts as always.
  • QsAssistantQsAssistant All those moments lost in time... like tears in rain
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    License To Kill

    Finished up the all too short era of Dalton Bond films. I absolutely love TLD but am extremely underwhelmed by License To Kill. There are probably three moments that I feel like I'm watching a Bond film, the rest of the time it feels like a generic 80's action flick. It's a decent film over all but as a Bond film it's pretty disappointing.

    Dalton era:
    The Living Daylights
    License To Kill
  • ThunderfingerThunderfinger Das Boot Hill
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    Which three scenes would that be, Brady @QsAssistant?
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    DAF. It's truly a striking movie, even if the oil rig clash and parts of PTS are rather naff.
  • DaltonCraig007DaltonCraig007 They say, "Evil prevails when good men fail to act." What they ought to say is, "Evil prevails."
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    Thanks to @Thunderfinger, my double feature of the evening was OHMSS and GF.

    First off, OHMSS. Probably the best Barry soundtrack, with a theme song for the ages. Savalas and Rigg are great, and Lazenby gives the most unique performance as Bond. In the action scenes, however, he is second to none. Pure badassery. The ski chase is a highlight in the entire franchise. I always thought the movie had a budget of 1 billion dollars, as I can't believe a film from almost 50 years ago still looks so lush today.

    Next: GF. The best PTS, a spectacular villain, an electric theme song. Connery is the epitome of cool in this outing. He may not move like a panther like in the Young films, but he sure is suave, classy and masculine. The Q scene in this installment is one of my top 3 Q briefing scenes.
  • BondJasonBond006BondJasonBond006 on fb and ajb
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    Goldfinger is probably the one Bond movie that contains only of one iconic scene after another from start to finish.
    That doesn't make it automatically the best Bond movie, but it helps a lot.
  • BondJasonBond006BondJasonBond006 on fb and ajb
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    Birdleson wrote: »
    CASINO ROYALE (1954), I still love it!

    Didn't realise you like it. I thought I am the only one :) Don't know why it gets so much hate.

  • QsAssistantQsAssistant All those moments lost in time... like tears in rain
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    Which three scenes would that be, Brady @QsAssistant?

    When Bond throws the bag of cash at the man who betrayed Felix, causing him to fall into the shark tank, when Bond is on the boat with Pam after the bar fight, and the casino scene.

  • I just watched For Your Eyes Only last week. I think it says something about Moore's tenure as Bond when a film where Blofeld offers Bond a delicatessen in stainless steel to a screaming disco soundtrack and Margaret Thatcher blushes to a parrot is considered his serious one.

    I've always thought that it's more down-to-earth than his other Bonds, and I appreciated the slightly more realistic tone in the middle of the film, but I've never considered it serious - I think "tame" fits it better. It's definitely a Moore film, just without the unsuppressed gusto in his 70's flicks nor the liveliness of say, Connery's better Bonds. To this day, it comes in last out of Moore's flicks for me, but it still manages to find itself in the top 20.
  • ForYourEyesOnlyForYourEyesOnly In the untained cradle of the heavens
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    Honestly, if you ignore the rather farcical opening/ending of the film, FYEO is quite a solid entry in the Bond franchise. Not a top gun, but not a drag either.
  • DaltonCraig007DaltonCraig007 They say, "Evil prevails when good men fail to act." What they ought to say is, "Evil prevails."
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    I'm thinking of watching a double feature with TWINE tonight. However, I don't know which other movie to pick. Can anyone offer a suggestion? Conditions: It must be another Brosnan film, a Dalton film or a Craig film, and it can't be GE or SF.
  • BondJasonBond006BondJasonBond006 on fb and ajb
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    Well TWINE/SF is perfect, first the original then the copy.

    But as SF is not allowed I'd go for:

    LICENCE TO KILL / THE WORLD IS NOT ENOUGH

    @DaltonCraig007
  • DaltonCraig007DaltonCraig007 They say, "Evil prevails when good men fail to act." What they ought to say is, "Evil prevails."
    edited March 2016 Posts: 15,718
    Thanks @BondJasonBond006, that will be my double feature for tonight!
  • BondJasonBond006BondJasonBond006 on fb and ajb
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    Thanks @BondJasonBond006, that will be my double feature for tonight!

    I think I will watch them as well back to back this week when I continue my Bondathon :)
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