Last Bond Movie You Watched

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  • BondJasonBond006BondJasonBond006 on fb and ajb
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    DIE ANOTHER DAY

    It's so entertaining and so much fun. I love it.

    Pierce Brosnan is perfect in it.
  • Agent007391Agent007391 Up, Up, Down, Down, Left, Right, Left, Right, B, A, Start
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    I was in a second hand store and found a couple box sets of the Connery-Dalton films on VHS. Now, I already have them on DVD and I enjoy them from time to time, but for some reason watching them on VHS was a refreshing experience.
  • BondJasonBond006BondJasonBond006 on fb and ajb
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    I have never seen the films on VHS except for the Moore films.

    But I own all of the films up to TND on LaserDisc.

    I regularly put in GoldenEye (and the GoldenEye special) for nostalgic reasons until my bloody LaserDisc player broke...
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    I was in a second hand store and found a couple box sets of the Connery-Dalton films on VHS. Now, I already have them on DVD and I enjoy them from time to time, but for some reason watching them on VHS was a refreshing experience.

    VHS has a nostalgia for me, renting the Connery and Moore Bonds when I was a kid. I always liked the colors on the '80's CBS/FOX video transfers. I may start collecting the Bonds again on VHS.
  • ToTheRight wrote: »
    I was in a second hand store and found a couple box sets of the Connery-Dalton films on VHS. Now, I already have them on DVD and I enjoy them from time to time, but for some reason watching them on VHS was a refreshing experience.

    VHS has a nostalgia for me, renting the Connery and Moore Bonds when I was a kid. I always liked the colors on the '80's CBS/FOX video transfers. I may start collecting the Bonds again on VHS.

    I have the 1995 collection on VHS. I love the artwork on those cases.
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    ToTheRight wrote: »
    I was in a second hand store and found a couple box sets of the Connery-Dalton films on VHS. Now, I already have them on DVD and I enjoy them from time to time, but for some reason watching them on VHS was a refreshing experience.

    VHS has a nostalgia for me, renting the Connery and Moore Bonds when I was a kid. I always liked the colors on the '80's CBS/FOX video transfers. I may start collecting the Bonds again on VHS.

    I have the 1995 collection on VHS. I love the artwork on those cases.

    I have a few of those, too. The LALD artwork was my favorite of those. I had bought them all in '95 replacing my 1992 editions. Eventually replaced by the SE DVDS. For my birthday this year my Dad had found a box set of the '95 collection so it's nice to have a few of those again. Brings back memories.
  • JamesBondKenyaJamesBondKenya Danny Boyle laughs to himself
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    Double feature: TWINE and SKYFALL

    What an eye-opener to watch the two films back to back.

    It’s actually ridiculous how much Skyfall is a bad re-make, or should I say, copy/paste job of TWINE. The similarities are so glaring it’s bordering parody. Even the film’s plot structure is almost the same, with TWINE’s script being infinitely better though as it is an actual story that makes sense.

    For the first time, I watched the version of Skyfall that should have been.
    It’s actually very easy to do and it makes the film way more enjoyable and the plot actually makes some sense.


    After the helicopters appear on Silva’s island imagine Silva managed to escape MI6 on the island and Bond flies back to London alone.
    Then simply skip to the scene where Bond is in the MI6 Limousine driving M away from the government building and the fabulous Skyfall sequence will follow next to the island sequence.


    That way the most ridiculously written plot in the series history is skipped.
    Furthermore you’ll escape P+W masterpiece of Hannibal Lector in a glass cage, pardon, Silva. The masterpiece CGI job on Bardem’s face that makes look the surfing CGI scene like high art.
    Of course the parody of The Joker and “Moooother”. Pathetic.
    And last but not least you’ll escape P+W decision to spit on Desmond’s legacy and turn Q into an hipster nerd imbecile.
    Those 40 minutes are a tragedy. I’ll never watch them again.

    That way Skyfall could even manage to climb up a few ranks. Maybe past TWINE, TMWTGG, AVTAK, DAD.

    That film is just a big mess. Bond plots don't bother me unless they are completely off the deepend like skyfall and thunderball
  • Agent007391Agent007391 Up, Up, Down, Down, Left, Right, Left, Right, B, A, Start
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    ToTheRight wrote: »
    I was in a second hand store and found a couple box sets of the Connery-Dalton films on VHS. Now, I already have them on DVD and I enjoy them from time to time, but for some reason watching them on VHS was a refreshing experience.

    VHS has a nostalgia for me, renting the Connery and Moore Bonds when I was a kid. I always liked the colors on the '80's CBS/FOX video transfers. I may start collecting the Bonds again on VHS.

    I have the 1995 collection on VHS. I love the artwork on those cases.

    The 95 "James Bond 007 Collection" are the sets I have. I also ended up buying copies if the Brosnan films on VHS for the full 20.
  • Last_Rat_StandingLast_Rat_Standing Long Neck Ice Cold Beer Never Broke My Heart
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    I recorded half of mine off TBS during the 15 days of 007 back in the hey day
  • ToTheRight wrote: »
    I was in a second hand store and found a couple box sets of the Connery-Dalton films on VHS. Now, I already have them on DVD and I enjoy them from time to time, but for some reason watching them on VHS was a refreshing experience.

    VHS has a nostalgia for me, renting the Connery and Moore Bonds when I was a kid. I always liked the colors on the '80's CBS/FOX video transfers. I may start collecting the Bonds again on VHS.

    I have the 1995 collection on VHS. I love the artwork on those cases.

    The 95 "James Bond 007 Collection" are the sets I have. I also ended up buying copies if the Brosnan films on VHS for the full 20.

    I have up to TWINE, which is still sealed.
    ToTheRight wrote: »
    ToTheRight wrote: »
    I was in a second hand store and found a couple box sets of the Connery-Dalton films on VHS. Now, I already have them on DVD and I enjoy them from time to time, but for some reason watching them on VHS was a refreshing experience.

    VHS has a nostalgia for me, renting the Connery and Moore Bonds when I was a kid. I always liked the colors on the '80's CBS/FOX video transfers. I may start collecting the Bonds again on VHS.

    I have the 1995 collection on VHS. I love the artwork on those cases.

    I have a few of those, too. The LALD artwork was my favorite of those. I had bought them all in '95 replacing my 1992 editions. Eventually replaced by the SE DVDS. For my birthday this year my Dad had found a box set of the '95 collection so it's nice to have a few of those again. Brings back memories.

    Mine was FRWL, they all had superb artwork. I also have the 2003 Special Edition DVD collection, which is pretty much the same artwork.
  • mattjoesmattjoes Julie T. and the M.G.'s
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    I own the R4 South America special edition DVDs, and they have the same artwork, but unfortunately cropped and placed in a metallic frame, like some of these:

    dvd-pack-coleccion-007-james-bond-20-dvds-D_NQ_NP_357-MPE15402407_3760-O.jpg

    Some of the R4 DVDs have a gunbarrel-shaped frame, like in the photo, but others have a square-shaped frame (couldn't find an image of those). The latter weren't sold with booklets.

    Anyway, the artwork is, as you say, splendid. They haven't matched it since. The only one that strikes me as a bit weak is Octopussy's, with noticeable airbrushing in the explosion and Roger Moore's face. My DVD copy has different and better artwork (save for the frame, of course). It's this one:

    usa_vhs_hands_13_octo_a_880.jpg
  • MurdockMurdock The minus world
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    Those are my favorite covers as well. Here's my entire VHS collection.
    DPwKKEWl.jpg
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    Die Another Day.

    What's there to say that hasn't been said already? The film starts off great but once we're treated to Iceland and the DNA therapy side plot, the film takes a nosedive faster than you can say Kil's name. I wanted to enjoy this one more but I can't rank it any higher than where it is.

    1. From Russia With Love
    2. Casino Royale '06
    3. Dr. No
    4. GoldenEye
    5. Octopussy
    6. The Spy Who Loved Me
    7. For Your Eyes Only
    8. Quantum Of Solace
    9. Live And Let Die
    10. You Only Live Twice
    11. SPECTRE
    12. The World Is Not Enough
    13. The Man With The Golden Gun
    14. A View To A Kill
    15. Moonraker
    16. Die Another Day
    17. Tomorrow Never Dies
    18. Never Say Never Again
  • stagstag In the thick of it!
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    BAIN123 wrote: »
    I watched a bit of Spy yesterday too

    Same here. Up to the pyramid scene.

  • JamesBondKenyaJamesBondKenya Danny Boyle laughs to himself
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    Murdock wrote: »
    Those are my favorite covers as well. Here's my entire VHS collection.
    DPwKKEWl.jpg

    Why do you have twine 6 times?
    CrzChris4 wrote: »
    Die Another Day.

    What's there to say that hasn't been said already? The film starts off great but once we're treated to Iceland and the DNA therapy side plot, the film takes a nosedive faster than you can say Kil's name. I wanted to enjoy this one more but I can't rank it any higher than where it is.

    1. From Russia With Love
    2. Casino Royale '06
    3. Dr. No
    4. GoldenEye
    5. Octopussy
    6. The Spy Who Loved Me
    7. For Your Eyes Only
    8. Quantum Of Solace
    9. Live And Let Die
    10. You Only Live Twice
    11. SPECTRE
    12. The World Is Not Enough
    13. The Man With The Golden Gun
    14. A View To A Kill
    15. Moonraker
    16. Die Another Day
    17. Tomorrow Never Dies
    18. Never Say Never Again

    TND is worse then DAD?
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    mattjoes wrote: »
    Anyway, the artwork is, as you say, splendid. They haven't matched it since. The only one that strikes me as a bit weak is Octopussy's, with noticeable airbrushing in the explosion and Roger Moore's face. My DVD copy has different and better artwork (save for the frame, of course). It's this one:

    usa_vhs_hands_13_octo_a_880.jpg

    Moore really doesn't look like himself here. Have they flipped the image of him horizontally?
  • MurdockMurdock The minus world
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    @JamesBondKenya, My father worked at a library and he would bring home discarded VHS tapes, I kept all of the Bond tapes he brought home which explains why I have lots of duplicates. ;)
  • ThunderfingerThunderfinger Das Boot Hill
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    The whole cover is flipped. What country is this from?
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    TND is worse then DAD?

    I enjoy the first hour of Die Another Day. Once the invisible car is introduced, the film decides to throw everything out the window and become a DAF rehash. But there is still some good stuff - Bond getting captured, the scenes in Havana, Bond using that schlep from the bar to get into the clinic, the Blades fight sequence. Rosamund is great as Frost - the little she is given to do.

    I believe TND goes downhill when Bond arrives in Hamburg. Very generic and they don't even attempt to try to do anything different. Along with a weak PTS, subpar action direction and cinematography, and an even worse performance by Brosnan are why I would rank TND lower.
  • mattjoesmattjoes Julie T. and the M.G.'s
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    Moore really doesn't look like himself here. Have they flipped the image of him horizontally?
    Yes, they have. Actually, the cover on my DVD is flipped too, but you can't tell as easily, since it's cropped by the metallic frame. I think I prefer flipping to airbrushing, though!
    The whole cover is flipped. What country is this from?
    This particular VHS cover is from North America. I found it here: 007homevideo.com/vhs_usa_07_hands_index.html Scroll to the right through the list of covers on the upper right and you'll see it.

    The cover is indeed flipped. I don't understand how that works. The front side is on the left, instead of the right. Doesn't make sense, unless the images were edited to switch the front and back sides. Paging @007homevideo!
  • JamesBondKenyaJamesBondKenya Danny Boyle laughs to himself
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    When will they release bond in 4k?
  • Mendes4LyfeMendes4Lyfe The long road ahead
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    When Bond 25 gets released I assume.
  • Agent007391Agent007391 Up, Up, Down, Down, Left, Right, Left, Right, B, A, Start
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    mattjoes wrote: »
    Moore really doesn't look like himself here. Have they flipped the image of him horizontally?
    Yes, they have. Actually, the cover on my DVD is flipped too, but you can't tell as easily, since it's cropped by the metallic frame. I think I prefer flipping to airbrushing, though!
    The whole cover is flipped. What country is this from?
    This particular VHS cover is from North America. I found it here: 007homevideo.com/vhs_usa_07_hands_index.html Scroll to the right through the list of covers on the upper right and you'll see it.

    The cover is indeed flipped. I don't understand how that works. The front side is on the left, instead of the right. Doesn't make sense, unless the images were edited to switch the front and back sides. Paging @007homevideo!

    The cover's not flipped, they just cut off the side most people keep outward when they line things up.
  • Last_Rat_StandingLast_Rat_Standing Long Neck Ice Cold Beer Never Broke My Heart
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    I particularly like the alternate TMWTGG cover with him behind the rock with the more series face.
  • I watched The Spy Who Loved Me, as part of my continuing tribute to Roger Moore.

    The movie's only weaknesses are a bland villain and a wooden Bond girl. Almost everything else about it is iconic (heck, even Amasova is pretty famous), from the plot to Jaws to the Lotus and the chase to the theme song to that incredible jump. The movie is also the first one since at least OHMSS to even mildly examine Bond's internal life, his feelings about his job and his memory of his wife. This is obviously a tendency that would increase markedly throughout the series, with some mixed results, but here it works just fine in a limited dose. The only criticisms, again, are the nothingness of Stromberg and Barbara Bach's horrendous performance as Anya Amasova. Perhaps with those two problems resolved it would be one of the very best Bonds, instead of merely(?) a top tier one.

    All in all, an excellent viewing experience every time, and its flaws, while irritating in theory, do little to hamper the fun.
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    I think Jurgens himself is very good, but the character doesn't really get much screentime. Hence why people might see him as bland.
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    Haven't been able to get stuck into Bond very much since I left but in the past few weeks alone I rewatched Moore's films as a tribute to him.

    I caught "Thunderball" recently as well.
  • BondJasonBond006BondJasonBond006 on fb and ajb
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    GOLDENEYE

    I am so in love with this film. It's one of six films of my three beloved franchises.

    The Living Daylights
    GoldenEye

    Star Trek The Undiscovered Country
    Star Trek First Contact

    Batman 1989
    Batman Begins

    GoldenEye is maybe the Bond film that is best structured. I view it as perfect really.
    Everything makes sense and the cast is fantastic. Just look who many future stars it brought out.
    Even the score is great overall. So many iconic moments.

    Brosnan's introduction is the best since Connery's in DN. So many iconic images within a few minutes only. Campbell knew how to present Brosnan to the public.

    I have seen this film, I don't know, must be over 50 times. Same for TLD.
    Doesn't matter, I watch it about three times a year, same for TLD.

    It never gets old, it never gets boring, it stays funny, exciting and I'm tempted to say it's the most important film of my adult life.
    I was 14 when TLD hit the theatre.

    It's fantastic how 22 years later you see actors like Famke Janssen, Sean Bean, Judi Dench, Robbie Coltrane and Alan Cumming still going strong, stronger than ever in some cases.

  • Mendes4LyfeMendes4Lyfe The long road ahead
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    GoldenEye is an incredible film. The level of subdued artistry is engrossing on every rewatch. Every scene is it's own meal.
  • Agent007391Agent007391 Up, Up, Down, Down, Left, Right, Left, Right, B, A, Start
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    The Living Daylights
    GoldenEye

    Star Trek The Undiscovered Country
    Star Trek First Contact

    Batman 1989
    Batman Begins

    Six of the best films ever made.
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