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It is usually liked well on here, but there are a good majority of fans who don't give it the time of day simply because they don't enjoy Moore's era or because they find FYEO sort of dull, which admittedly, I can see, but I don't think so!
I definitely agree with you on the latter two! The only thing is that OP doesn't feature a great soundtrack from John Barry, in my opinion. I think it's a little unmemorable and kind of lame for Barry's usual great standards.
I was really surprised to see so many who think that Skyfail is better than Quantum of Solace. QoS is easily on my top 10 list and Moonraker is also a good Bond movie (after all Jaws is in it...)
Agree
I can also see how QoS' reputation (even though it's a huge step down from CR) might grow over time. It takes risks and isn't showy about them.
Put me down in the GF is overrated camp, but still in the top half. The ones that I struggle to like that many people do are YOLT and LTK.
Then The World Is Not Enough, The Man with the Golden Gun and well that's about it really. Some don't like Octopussy even, but if you take away the childish nonsense humor out of it, it's a decent and fun release, even if I have strongly berated it at previous times, but that's just because things got a bit out of hand sometimes, but still a good entry now that I think about it
View is more of a personal thing. First Bond film I saw and on repeated viewing it's actually quite weird which I like (something LALD has going for it too.) but i really like the first half of AVTAK, pretty much until Tanya Roberts gets properly involved (she is horrid.) but the Paris segment is excellent, the cat and mouse games at Zorin's estate. The death of Macnee. Like them all. Then the ending is great with Walken mowing down the plebs with machine guns while laughing as they drown in a flood. I mean, wow! That's a first! Really it's just that Moore's too old, the firetruck chase too silly and Roberts too damn screaming!
Moonraker - always cops it. I always hated it and then I rewatched it recently and was struck by how much it didn't suck. In fact, it has some brilliant sequences. The death by hounds is one of my favorite Bond sequences, Drax is great, the glass factory fight is very good. Moore is actually in good shape (probably the last time he was!) and his performance matches it. The way he shrugs off Holly's assistance when he's been nearly killed in the centrifugal machine is unusual. I also think Jaws doesn't suck until the end of the cable car scene and that's about an hour into the film. So really the only part that's out and out silly (other than the dreaded gondola sequence!) is the space battle which is literally the last 30 minutes. Also, Holly is a good Bond girl. Lois Chiles performance is underrated - she is assured, independent, funny. To me, she's far more convincing than Barbara Bach.
2.License to Kill
3.A View to a Kill
4.Quantum of Solace
5.The Man With the Golden Gun
6.The World is Not Enough
7.Tomorrow Never Dies
8.OHMSS
9.Diamonds Are Forever
10.Never Say Never Again
11.The Living Daylights
A View To A Kill - cos it's so damn weird! Old bond, Walken, Jones, Paris sequence, death in the car wash. It's an odd one!
I can't believe people hate Tomorrow Never Dies. It's my favourite Brosnan film and generally I thought it was regarded by many fans as his best behind Goldeneye.
The film, however, has heart and tries to show a side of Bond we've never seen before - heartbroken and angry, like we should have seen him in Diamonds are Forever.
It could be just me, but I also see an interesting link between Skyfall and QoS with regards to M: In QoS she learns a valuable lesson: whatever happens, trust Bond. In Skyfall she forgets this with disastrous results for both M and Bond.
AVTAK is another favorite of mine. Christopher Walken is the PERFECT choice for a villain, and I actually want him to play another. That's how good he is. May Day is a bit... meh though. And the girl is quite annoying. And the firetruck chase is really stupid. But the pros outweigh the cons.
The plane sequence for me is very good, the scene crystallized what Quantum/Spectre represent visually and their intent.
I gotta admit, though, my ultimate guilty pleasure is the non-EON CR'67.
Yes there will be favorites that I greatly enjoy, but love seems too strong a word. Can only go over previous mentions such as Moonraker, Golden Gun, The World Is Not Enough and even You Only Live Twice after a recent viewing, but Moonraker would have to be the standout release for this, I always enjoy a watch of that every time, why some people heavily berate it, is a mystery I usually find
Not even LALD? Love isn't a strong enough word for how I feel about films like CR and FRWL.
The first three are brilliant movies, in my opinion. Maybe love blinded me and I can't see their mistakes, but that's what love is about, huh? ;)
TWINE kinda annoys me (Denise Richards) but at the same time it's so amusing (Sophie Marceau).
I already had problems with QoS, but today it's one of my favorites. It's a very touching film for me because we can still see Vesper everywhere. And the final scene makes so me emotional every single time.
I watched a bit of Octopussy recently when there was time, and although always ready for a bit of berating, it's actually a decent watch to be truthful, so worth an inclusion here
@Youonlylivethrice Richards was the worst thing about TWINE, if they had found a different actress it could of been so much better. The same goes for Chiles in Moonraker and Bianchi in From Russia With Love, and of course - d'Abo in the Living Daylights
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