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PTS: MR
Title Track: MR
Title Credits: DAD
Main Villain: MR
Main Bond Girl: MR
Overall Plot: MR
Dialogue: MR
Score: MR
Settings: MR, although I do like Iceland and what is supposed to be Cuba.
Action: MR
Humour: DAD- Graves can be highly amusing at times "...but my dreams can kill YOU"
Cinematography: MR
Benign Bizarre: MR
Suspense: MR
Minor Characters: MR
Glamor: MR
Ally: DAD (Raoul)
MR: 14
DAD: 3
Title Track: MR (You can sit through Shirley Bassey)
Title Credits: MR
Main Villain: Neither (If a gun was held to my head, I'd say pull the trigger)
Main Bond Girl: MR (Holly was serviceable and reasonably intelligent. Won't say the say thing about Jinx)
Overall Plot: Neither (Sending poisonous orchids through space vs, splitting up Korea from space)
Dialogue: MR (No references to cock fights in MR)
Score: MR (The one good thing MR has going for it)
Settings: MR (Venice and Rio over Iceland and North Korea any day)
Action: Neither
Humor: MR (Less cringeworthy)
Cinematography: MR
Benign Bizarre: MR
Suspense: Neither, wanted both to end
Minor Characters: DAD
Glamor: Neither. There's no glamour in watching cow dung ferment
Ally: DAD (Raoul was salvageable)
MR 9-3-5
HAHAHAHAHA!! Priceless.
PTS: Moonraker (Jaws)
Title Track: Die Aother Day (Not a popular choice, I'll admit, but Moonraker was Bassey's worst while Madonna at least represents my hometown.)
Title Credits: Moonraker
Main Villain: Moonraker
Main Bond Girl: Moonraker (Holly Goodhead by far)
Overall Plot: Die Another Day (At least it didn't send Bond into space)
Dialogue: Moonraker
Score: Moonraker (Don't remember the score that well, but John Barry usually wins these battles by default)
Settings: Moonraker
Action: Die Another Day
Humor: Die Another Day (Pierce's one-liners, John Cleese, even Halle Berry's shtick versus double-taking pigeons)
Cinematography: Die Another Day
Benign Bizarre: Moonraker (Not even invisible cars and Koreans-genetically-spliced-into-Caucasians are more bizarre than that laser battle in outer space, for better or worse)
Suspense: Moonraker (the stakes: the entire Earth on one hand, just Korea on the other)
Minor Characters: Moonraker
Glamor: Die Another Day
Ally: Die Another Day (Who was the ally in Moonraker?)
Some pretty hard decisions. Both are neck-to-neck in terms of dubious quality.
Moonraker - 10
Die Another Day - 7
And, surprisingly, my least favorite Bond movie ever takes a slight lead over my second least favorite Bond movie ever when judged by the elements.
Title Track: MR
Title Credits: DAD
Main Villain: MR
Main Bond Girl: DAD
Overall Plot: DAD
Dialogue: DAD
Score: DAD
Settings: DAD
Action: DAD
Humour: DAD
Cinematography: DAD
Benign Bizarre: DAD
Suspense: DAD
Minor Characters: DAD
Glamor: DAD
Ally: DAD
MR: 1
DAD: 16
You might want to recount your own votes, @Walecs, or check for typos. I see MR: 2, DAD: 15.
Title Track: MR
Title Credits: DAD
Main Villain: MR
Main Bond Girl: MR
Overall Plot: DAD
Dialogue: MR
Score: DAD
Settings: MR
Action: DAD
Humour: DAD
Cinematography: MR
Benign Bizarre: MR
Suspense: DAD
Minor Characters: DAD
Glamor: DAD
Ally: DAD
MR: 8
DAD:9
That was a close call.
Title Track: MR
Title Credits: MR
Main Villain: MR
Main Bond Girl: MR
Overall Plot: MR
Dialogue: MR
Score: MR
Settings: MR
Action: DAD
Humor: MR
Cinematography: MR
Benign Bizarre: MR
Suspense: MR
Minor Characters: DAD
Glamor: DAD
Ally: DAD
MR - 13
DAD - 4
Title Track: Moonraker (I've always loved this theme song)
Title Credits: Moonraker (they fit the song incredibly well)
Main Villain: Moonraker (as dull as Drax is, he's at least more seriously taken than Gustav Graves)
Main Bond Girl: Moonraker (Holly is at least slightly competent)
Overall Plot: Die Another Day (more plausible than a space station plotting the world population's annihilation)
Dialogue: Moonraker (DAD's is pretty lousy)
Score: Moonraker (Arnold's was fine, but Barry's is more memorable)
Settings: Die Another Day (that Ice Palace is pretty sweet!)
Action: Die Another Day (clear and far away the better of the two!)
Humor: Moonraker (the lesser of two evils, I suppose)
Cinematography: Die Another Day
Benign Bizarre: Die Another Day
Suspense: Die Another Day
Minor Characters: Die Another Day
Glamor: Moonraker
Ally: Die Another Day (Raoul is awesome)
MR- 8
DAD- 9
Neither are top contenders for me, but Die Another Day is simply better, despite how close it looks by the elements.
Title Track: MR (By a very very wide margin)
Title Credits: MR
Main Villain: MR
Main Bond Girl: DAD
Overall Plot: MR
Dialogue: MR
Score: MR
Settings: DAD
Action: DAD
Humor: MR
Cinematography: MR
Benign Bizarre: MR
Suspense: MR
Minor Characters: MR
Glamor: DAD
Ally: MR ( come on, it's Jaws!, even though a very strange one)
11-5
Moonraker, kinda surprised by that one. I do like bits of both films, but on a whole they're definitely not great Bond films. In the end, not even MR saves DAD on this one.
PTS: LTK (Take that, I-Can't-Believe-It's-Not-Blofeld)
Title Track: FYEO
Title Credits: FYEO
Main Villain: LTK (easily)
Main Bond Girl: LTK
Overall Plot: FYEO
Dialogue: LTK (FYEO loses because 'I'll buy you a delicatessen, in stainless steel!')
Score: LTK
Settings: FYEO
Action: LTK (Can't really bet against it)
Humor: FYEO
Cinematography: FYEO
Benign Bizarre: FYEO (surprisingly close)
Suspense: LTK (the mountain-climbing scene is good, but LTK takes it)
Minor Characters: LTK
Glamor: FYEO (neither stands out, but there you have it)
Ally: LTK (when in doubt, go with Felix)
9-8 Licence to Kill
Title Track: FYEO
Title Credits: FYEO
Main Villain: FYEO [faithfull to Fleming]
Main Bond Girl: LTK
Overall Plot: FYEO
Dialogue: FYEO
Score: FYEO [Bill Conti gave the movie a musical identity, the music on LTK is a mischmasch and has little cohesia]
Settings: FYEO
Action: FYEO
Humor: FYEO
Cinematography: FYEO
Benign Bizarre: FYEO
Suspense: FYEO [the borrowed scene from the LALD book and the climbing are brilliant]
Minor Characters: FYEO
Glamor: FYEO
Ally: FYEO [Colombo is great, including Mrs Brosnan]
FYEO - LTK 15-2
Title Track: FYEO
Title Credits: FYEO
Main Villain: LTK
Main Bond Girl: FYEO
Overall Plot: FYEO
Dialogue: FYEO
Score: FYEO
Settings: FYEO
Action: LTK
Humor: FYEO
Cinematography: FYEO
Benign Bizarre: LTK
Suspense: FYEO
Minor Characters: LTK
Glamor: FYEO
Ally: FYEO
FYEO 12 - LTK - 5
I like both fairly equally so I'm surprised by that result.
Title Track: For Your Eyes Only
Title Credits: Licence To Kill
Main Villain: Licence To Kill
Main Bond Girl: For Your Eyes Only
Overall Plot: Licence To Kill
Dialogue: Licence To Kill
Score: Licence To Kill
Settings: For Your Eyes Only
Action: Licence To Kill
Humor: For Your Eyes Only
Cinematography: For Your Eyes Only
Benign Bizarre: Licence To Kill
Suspense: Licence To Kill
Minor Characters: Licence To Kill
Glamor: For Your Eyes Only
Ally: Licence To Kill
LTK: 11 - FYEO: 6
Actually Q probably would be the one I guess.
Title Track: FYEO (a beautiful song from Sheena, just edging it over Knight's performance)
Title Credits: FYEO (I think it was great to include Sheena in the credits, as she really does look like a Bond girl...I think LTKs credits feel a bit tired, with all that camera product placement...)
Main Villain: LTK (Sanchez makes for a far more memorable villain that Kristatos.)
Main Bond Girl: FYEO (Melina, just...Both Bouvier and Melina are top three Bond girls)
Overall Plot: FYEO (a nice, simple tale of espionage. The revenge plot and the drug plot work very well in LTK also)
Dialogue: FYEO
Score: FYEO (Big fan of Conti's score. The score is where LTK is let down. If Barry had just done one more...)
Settings: FYEO (beautiful shots of Greece and Italy)
Action: LTK (Just. Both films have top notch action. LTK wins because of that tanker stunt!)
Humor: FYEO ("you get your clothes on, and I'll buy you an ice cream")
Cinematography: FYEO (for the underwater shots, Cortina d'Ampezzo and Greece. I think FYEO is the best Moore film cinematography wise)
Benign Bizarre: draw (winking fish in LTK, Thatcher in FYEO etc.)
Suspense: LTK (When will Bond's cover be blown?!)
Minor Characters: FYEO (For Lisl, Luigu and Max the Parrot (oh, wait...!)
Glamor: FYEO
Ally: FYEO (Colombo is one of the franchises better allies)
FYEO- 12 LTK- 4 Draw- 1
I love both of these films (they are 4th and 5th respectively in my rankings) , so I didn't expect FYEO to win by such a wide margin.
I tend to go with Sharkey, but it's always a shady area when it comes to the main ally of the film. Like, who was the main ally in MR or TSWLM? But then we have films like LTK that are full of them!
Title Track: LTK
Title Credits: LTK
Main Villain: LTK
Main Bond Girl: LTK
Overall Plot: FYEO
Dialogue: LTK
Score: LTK
Settings: FYEO
Action: LTK
Humor: FYEO
Cinematography: FYEO
Benign Bizarre: LTK
Suspense: FYEO
Minor Characters: LTK
Glamor: LTK
Ally: FYEO (Columbo is awesome!)
Title Track: FYEO, Gladys Knight just wasn't at her best
Title Credits: FYEO
Main Villain: LTK, Dirty Sanchez rules
Main Bond Girl: LTK, I liked where Pam hid her gun
Overall Plot: LTK, both realistic but LTK was more timely
Dialogue: LTK
Score: FYEO
Settings: FYEO
Action: LTK, how can you top the tanker chase
Humor: LTK, I may be one of the few, but I loved the dark humor in LTK.
Cinematography: LTK, the underwater shots really were underwater.
Benign Bizarre: LTK, blinking fish
Suspense: LTK
Minor Characters: LTK
Glamor: FYEO
Ally: LTK, Felix at his finest.
LTK wins 12-5
Title Track: FYEO (great Bond song; good job Sheena Easton)
Title Credits: FYEO (another FYEO point! I also like the inclusion of Easton in the credits)
Main Villain: LTK (Sanchez > Kristatos by a long shot. Kristatos is one of my least favorite villains in the series, Sanchez is in my Top 10)
Main Bond Girl: FYEO (I preferred Melina to both of the Bond girls in LTK myself)
Overall Plot: LTK (FYEO is pretty classic I guess, but I prefer the darker, revenge theme/plot of LTK; it was a nice change-up for the series)
Dialogue: LTK (pretty close; not too much preference here)
Score: FYEO (another close one; I'll just give this edge to FYEO)
Settings: FYEO
Action: LTK (FYEO had good action too, but the final epic truck chase at the end of LTK gives it the point here)
Humor: FYEO (Do I have to explain anything here? But seriously, FYEO was the most serious of the Moore films still, even if it doesn't hold a candle to the grittiness of LTK)
Cinematography: LTK
Benign Bizarre: LTK (that winking fish...)
Suspense: LTK (I was on the edge of my seat more in this one than FYEO; simply more intense and eventful for me)
Minor Characters: LTK
Glamor: FYEO
Ally: LTK (next-best Felix after Jeffrey Wright for me)
LTK - 9, FYEO - 8
Closer than I though it would be, since LTK is pretty far ahead of FYEO in my rankings. Both good Bond films.
Title Track: FYEO
Title Credits: FYEO
Main Villain: LTK
Main Bond Girl: FYEO
Overall Plot: FYEO
Dialogue: LTK
Score: FYEO
Settings: FYEO
Action: FYEO
Humor: FYEO
Cinematography: FYEO
Benign Bizarre: LTK
Suspense: FYEO
Minor Characters: LTK
Glamor: FYEO
Ally: FYEO
12 - 5 for For your eyes only
Title Track: FYEO
Title Credits: FYEO (Neither are favorites but LTK feels particularly uninspired.)
Main Villain: LTK (Kristatos is underrated but I give the edge to Sanchez.)
Main Bond Girl: FYEO (No contest here.)
Overall Plot: FYEO
Dialogue: FYEO
Score: FYEO (Never been a big fan of Kamen's score.)
Settings: FYEO
Action: LTK (Both are good but I'll give the edge to Dalton for doing a lot of the stunts.)
Humor: FYEO
Cinematography: FYEO
Benign Bizarre: FYEO
Suspense: FYEO
Minor Characters: FYEO (By a mile.)
Glamor: FYEO
Ally: FYEO (A little confusion in regards to LTK's ally but it doesn't matter. Columbo beats them all easily.)
FYEO -15
LTK - 2
Not a surprise to me. FYEO has always been a favorite while LTK has not.
Title Track: LTK
Title Credits: LTK
Main Villain: FYEO
Main Bond Girl: FYEO
Overall Plot: FYEO
Dialogue: FYEO
Score: FYEO
Settings: FYEO
Action: LTK
Humor: LTK
Cinematography: FYEO
Benign Bizarre: FYEO
Suspense: LTK
Minor Characters: FYEO
Glamor: FYEO
Ally: FYEO
FYEO 11
LTK 6
Title Track: LTK
Title Credits: FYEO
Main Villain: LTK
Main Bond Girl: FYEO
Overall Plot: FYEO
Dialogue: FYEO
Score: LTK
Settings: FYEO
Action: FYEO
Humor: FYEO
Cinematography: FYEO
Benign Bizarre: FYEO
Suspense: FYEO
Minor Characters: FYEO
Glamor: FYEO
Ally: FYEO
FYEO 14
LTK 3
I do prefer FYEO, but that was a surprisingly big victory.
Title Track: LTK
Title Credits: LTK
Main Villain: LTK
Main Bond Girl: LTK
Overall Plot: LTK
Dialogue: FYEO (Sorry, LTK, but I love James so much?)
Score: LTK
Settings: FYEO
Action: LTK
Humor: FYEO
Cinematography: LTK
Benign Bizarre: FYEO (I'll buy you a delicatessen in stainless steal!)
Suspense: LTK
Minor Characters: LTK
Glamor: FYEO
Ally: LTK (The best Leiter ever, IMO)
11-6 for LTK
Title Track: LTK
Title Credits: LTK
Main Villain: LTK
Main Bond Girl: LTK
Overall Plot: LTK
Dialogue: LTK (remember, you're only President...for life)
Score: LTK
Settings: FYEO
Action: LTK
Humor: FYEO
Cinematography: LTK
Benign Bizarre: FYEO
Suspense: LTK (really no contest here, LTK smells danger all the way through)
Minor Characters: LTK
Glamor: FYEO
Ally: LTK (How can you vote against Q as an ally for God's sake!)
LTK 12
FYEO 5
Title Track: FYEO (Gladys Knight is wrong for Bond, and the song is nothing special)
Title Credits: FYEO (Again, neither is special)
Main Villain: LTK
Main Bond Girl: LTK (Pam is one of the greats)
Overall Plot: FYEO (A close one)
Dialogue: LTK (A real strong suit for LTK. And contrary to popular opinion, lots of good humor in this one.)
Score: FYEO (Conti's score is uneven, but more interesting than Kamen's.)
Settings: FYEO (I am a sucker for European mountain resorts such as Cortina)
Action: LTK (Although FYEO also has great action)
Humor: LTK (LTK is really underrated in this category)
Cinematography: FYEO
Benign Bizarre: LTK (A rare instance of the newer film besting the older one in this category)
Suspense: LTK (The climax of LTK is about as good as it gets)
Minor Characters: LTK (Another real LTK strength)
Glamor: FYEO
Ally: FYEO (Columbo is the best Bond ally, period)
LTK: 9
FYEO: 8
Surprisingly close!
Title Track: License to Kill
Title Credits: License to Kill
Main Villain: License to Kill (I do think that Kristatos is under-rated though; Julian Glover did an excellent job with the role he was given)
Main Bond Girl: License to Kill
Overall Plot: For Your Eyes Only (just a little more interesting, frankly)
Dialogue: License to Kill (a few more "takeaways" here, but both have some marvelous back-and-forth between characters)
Score: For Your Eyes Only (a few more memorable tracks here, whereas everything in LTK sounds the same; I do like the LTK soundtrack though- just not as much as Conti's FYEO work)
Settings: For Your Eyes Only
Action: License to Kill (both are two of the best Bond movies for action, featuring some of my favorite action sequences, but I'll give LTK the win here strictly because of its action-filled finale)
Humor: For Your Eyes Only (It's hard to beat Roger in the jokes department)
Cinematography: For Your Eyes Only
Benign Bizarre: License to Kill
Suspense: For Your Eyes Only (anyone else get sweaty palms during the rock climbing sequence?)
Minor Characters: License to Kill (almost a no-brainer there; LTK is chock full of terrific minor characters!)
Glamor: For Your Eyes Only
Ally: License to Kill (tough call there, but Sharkey is such a bro, and David Hedison's Felix Leiter is always a welcome face)
FYEO: 7
LTK: 10
Title Track: FYEO
Title Credits: FYEO
Main Villain: LTK
Main Bond Girl: FYEO
Overall Plot: FYEO
Dialogue: LTK
Score: FYEO
Settings: FYEO
Action: LTK
Humour: FYEO
Cinematography: FYEO
Benign Bizarre: LTK
Suspense: FYEO
Minor Characters: LTK
Glamor: FYEO
Ally: FYEO