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PTS: TB
Title Track: LALD
Title Credits: LALD
Main Villain: TB
Main Bond Girl: LALD
Overall Plot: TB
Dialogue: TB
Score: LALD
Settings: TB
Action: LALD
Humor: TB (This one was very hard to choose)
Cinematography: TB
Benign Bizarre: LALD
Suspense: TB
Minor Characters: LALD
Glamour: TB
Ally: LALD
Thunderball - 9
Live And Let Die -8
I thought this one would be close, but not that close.
I prefer TB, but LALD is always a good piece of fun. Certainly one of Sir Rog's best.
PTS: TB (LALD among the worst)
Title Track: LALD (LALD among the best)
Title Credits: TB (Close, but the wave effects win out for TB)
Main Villain: LALD (Kananga and Mr. Big as the same person was rather clever)
Main Bond Girl: TB (They both deserve it. Domino is among the elite though)
Overall Plot: TB (sharks were used brilliantly in TB compared to LALD)
Dialogue: TB (due to the lack of Caucasian slurs)
Score: LALD (McCartney inspires soul)
Settings: TB (The Bahamas for being an actual Caribbean country)
Action: TB (There has never been better underwater action. Never!)
Humor: LALD (Silly at times, but a huge upgrade over DAF)
Cinematography: TB (Anyone who votes against TB needs psychiatric help. TB was a breakthrough in underwater cinematography)
Benign Bizarre: LALD (Voodoo do outdo Junkanoo too)
Suspense: TB (Inflation pellets just kind of ruin the thrill of the fight)
Minor Characters: TB (for the SPECTRE blitz)
Glamour: TB (New Orleans and 70s New York isn't exactly known for its glamour)
Ally: LALD (Hedison was smart enough not to say Double O Ow)
Thunderball wins 11-6. Kind of what I expected.
Title Track: Live and Let Die
Title Credits: Thunderball
Main Villain: Thunderball
Main Bond Girl: Thunderball
Overall Plot: Thunderball
Dialogue: Thunderball
Score: Live and Let Die
Settings: Thunderball
Action: Thunderball
Humor: Thunderball
Cinematography: Thunderball
Benign Bizarre: Live and Let Die
Suspense: Thunderball
Minor Characters: Live and Let Die
Glamour: Thunderball
Ally: Live and Let Die
TB: 12
LALD: 5
Title Track: LALD
Title Credits: TIE - Both outstanding
Main Villain: LALD
Main Bond Girl: TB
Overall Plot: LALD
Dialogue: TB
Score: TB
Settings: TB
Action: LALD (Only for the boat chase).
Humor: LALD
Cinematography: TB
Benign Bizarre: LALD
Suspense: TB
Minor Characters: TB
Glamour: TB
Ally: LALD
TB wins 9-7 and 1 tie. (They're pretty much both ranked together as mediocre).
Title Track: LALD (By a long shot.)
Title Credits: LALD
Main Villain: LALD (Largo is one of the worst.)
Main Bond Girl: LALD
Overall Plot: TB (Both are a little thin on plot.)
Dialogue: LALD (TB has it's moments though.)
Score: TB (Although LALD has the best non-Barry score.)
Settings: LALD
Action: LALD
Humor: LALD (Again, TB has it's moments.)
Cinematography: LALD
Benign Bizarre: LALD
Suspense: LALD
Minor Characters: LALD
Glamour: TB
Ally: LALD
LALD - 13
TB - 4
Wasn't expecting that but there you have it.
Title Track: Live and Let Die
Title Credits: Live and Let Die (one of my favourites)
Main Villain: Thunderball (a rather weak spot for both films)
Main Bond Girl: Thunderball (tough call)
Overall Plot: Thunderball
Dialogue: Thunderball
Score: Thunderball
Settings: Thunderball
Action: Thunderball (quality over quantity I guess)
Humor: Thunderball (though Live and Let Die certainly has a higher farcical factor)
Cinematography: Thunderball
Benign Bizarre: Live and Let Die (the film's greatest asset)
Suspense: Thunderball
Minor Characters: Live and Let Die (Baron Samedi deserved a spin-off series)
Glamour: Thunderball
Ally: Live and Let Die
Thunderball - 12
Live and Let Die - 5
Title Track: Thunderball (Paul McCartney's is a game-changer, but can't compete with Tom Jones' powerful pipes.)
Title Credits: LALD (Maurice Binder's work evolved a lot since the swimming girl silhouettes)
Main Villain: Thunderball (Largo's one of my all-time favorite Bond villains.)
Main Bond Girl: Thunderball (And Domino's one of my all-time favorite Bond girls.)
Overall Plot: Thunderball (Out of all the Bond films, it certainly ranks among those where the stakes are highest.)
Dialogue: Thunderball (So many of Connery's cheeky one-liners)
Score: Thunderball (The many nights I spent listening to the orchestral "Mr. Kiss Kiss Bang Bang" on vinyl.)
Settings: LALD
Action: Thunderball
Humor: LALD (Still Roger Moore's specialty)
Cinematography: Thunderball (All that beautiful underwater cinematography. From what I understand, revolutionary for the time.)
Benign Bizarre: LALD (Can't get much more bizarre than Bond vs. voodoo)
Suspense: Thunderball (One of, if not the, most suspenseful films in the series)
Minor Characters: LALD
Glamour: Thunderball
Ally: Thunderball
Thunderball: 12
Live and Let Die: 5
Surprised LALD gained any ground since I still consider Thunderball my favorite out of all of them, but Roger Moore certainly hit the ground running in his debut.
Thunderball takes it.
PTS: TB
Title Track: LALD (tough choice !)
Title Credits: LALD
Main Villain: TB
Main Bond Girl:TB
Overall Plot: TB
Dialogue: TB
Score: LALD (Tough choice again ! )
Settings: TB
Action: TB
Humor: LALD
Cinematography: TB
Benign Bizarre: LALD
Suspense: TB
Minor Characters:LALD
Glamour: TB
Ally: TB
TB: 11
LALD: 6
Yep,that's about right.
PTS: LALD
Title Track: LALD
Title Credits: TB
Main Villain: TB
Main Bond Girl: LALD
Overall Plot: TB
Dialogue: TB
Score: LALD
Settings: TB
Action: LALD
Humor: LALD
Cinematography: LALD
Benign Bizarre: LALD
Suspense: LALD
Minor Characters: LALD
Glamour: TB
Ally: LALD
Title Track: LALD
Title Credits: TB
Main Villain: TB
Main Bond Girl: LALD
Overall Plot: TB
Dialogue: TB
Score: LALD
Settings: TB
Action: LALD
Humor: LALD
Cinematography: TB
Benign Bizarre: LALD
Suspense: LALD
Minor Characters: LALD
Glamour: TB
Ally: LALD
Yeah, tough choice.
Yet another valuable contribution on your part.
Title Track: LALD
Title Credits: LALD
Main Villain: TB
Main Bond Girl: LALD
Overall Plot: TB
Dialogue: LALD
Score: LALD
Settings: LALD
Action: TB
Humor: LALD
Cinematography: LALD
Benign Bizarre: LALD
Suspense: TB
Minor Characters: TB
Glamour: LALD
Ally: TB
LALD: 10
TB: 7
A Close one, two Bond classics.
It had its silly moments (Rosie Carver and Baron Samedi spring to mind), but it's nothing compared to Moonraker, A View to a Kill, or The Man With the Golden Gun.
Title Track: LALD
Title Credits: LALD
Main Villain: TB
Main Bond Girl: TB
Overall Plot: TB
Dialogue: TB
Score: TB
Settings: TB
Action: TB
Humor: LALD
Cinematography: TB
Benign Bizarre: LALD
Suspense: TB
Minor Characters: TB
Glamor: TB
Ally: LALD
TB - 12
LADL - 5
;)
Looks like everyone had their say.
Yep. With that in mind, here are our final results. After one of our longest rounds to date, the final score was 223-197-5, Thunderball wins a solid decision over Live and Let Die.
Our next match will be between two movies that helped revive the Bond franchise after less-than-stellar entries and long waits, The Spy Who Loved Me vs. Skyfall!
PTS: TSWLM
Title Track: TSWLM
Title Credits: SF
Main Villain: SF
Main Bond Girl: Tie
Overall Plot: TSWLM
Dialogue: SF
Score: SF (average vs. aggressively annoying)
Settings: TSWLM
Action: TSWLM (another big action sequence would have pushed SF over the edge)
Humor: TSWLM (it's a Roger Moore movie, dammit)
Cinematography: SF
Benign Bizarre: TSWLM
Suspense: TSWLM (for any scene with Jaws and Bond removing the nuke)
Minor Characters: SF
Glamour: TSWLM
Ally: SF (counting M here)
The Spy Who Loved Me triumphs by a margin of 9-7-1! Odd, since Skyfall sits two places higher than it on the old Bond ranking (5/7). I think that's the first time this has happened, at least in this round of the game.
Well, get to it, everybody else!
Title Track: SF
Title Credits: TSWLM
Main Villain: SF
Main Bond Girl: SF
Overall Plot: TSWLM
Dialogue: TSWLM
Score: SF
Settings: SF
Action: SF
Humor: SF
Cinematography: SF
Benign Bizarre: TSWLM
Suspense: SF
Minor Characters: SF
Glamour: SF
Ally: SF
Title Track: SF
Title Credits: SF
Main Villain: TSWLM
Main Bond Girl: TSWLM
Overall Plot: TSWLM
Dialogue: SF
Score: TSWLM
Settings: TSWLM
Action: TSWLM
Humor: TSWLM
Cinematography: SF
Benign Bizarre: TSWLM
Suspense: SF
Minor Characters: SF
Glamour: TSWLM
Ally: SF
10 to 7 in favour of TSWLM. Hmmm...
Title Track: SF
Title Credits: SF
Main Villain: SF
Main Bond Girl: TSWLM
Overall Plot: SF (For it's originality)
Dialogue: SF
Score: SF
Settings: TSWLM
Action: SF
Humor: TSWLM
Cinematography: SF
Benign Bizarre: TSWLM
Suspense: SF
Minor Characters: SF
Glamour: SF
Ally: SF
SF: 12
TSWLM: 5
Higher margin than expected, but Skyfall is among my absolute favourites while Spy sits at around 10th place in my ranking.
Title Track: Skyfall
Title Credits: Skyfall
Main Villain: Skyfall
Main Bond Girl: Skyfall
Overall Plot: Skyfall
Dialogue: Skyfall
Score: Skyfall
Settings: The Spy Who Loved Me
Action: The Spy Who Loved Me
Humor: Skyfall
Cinematography: Skyfall
Benign Bizarre: The Spy Who Loved Me
Suspense: Skyfall
Minor Characters: Skyfall
Glamour: The Spy Who Loved Me
Ally: Skyfall
PTS: TSWLM (although SF is a corker)
Title Track: TSWLM
Title Credits: SF
Main Villain: SF
Main Bond Girl: SF
Overall Plot: TSWLM (near tie)
Dialogue: SF
Score: TSWLM
Settings: TSWLM
Action: TSWLM
Humor: TSWLM
Cinematography: SF (near tie)
Benign Bizarre: TSWLM
Suspense: TSWLM
Minor Characters: TSWLM
Glamour: TSWLM (have you seen Stromberg's dining room?)
Ally: SF
TSWLM: 11 One of the best.
SF: 6