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Bond Movie A vs. Bond Movie B (Diamonds Are Forever vs. The World Is Not Enough)

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  • VolanteVolante
    Posts: 774
    SF, barely.
  • JWPepperJWPepper You sit on it, but you can't take it with you.
    Posts: 512
    Skyfall
  • bondsumbondsum
    Posts: 3,333
    Casino Royale for me... you just can't beat a Fleming original story and title.
  • royale65royale65 Caustic misanthrope reporting for duty.
    Posts: 4,423
    Casino Royale - for being a more visceral experience

    Good to have you back @00Beast
  • SlyFox007SlyFox007
    Posts: 414
    Skyfall - For it's more traditional Bondian sense of humor without going over the top and while still maintaining the gritty style of the Craig films, for a better Bond villian in Javier Bardem's Silva than in Mads Mikkelsen's LeChiffre, and for a better pace. It's about the same legth as CR, but I didn't notice the length as much. Also,
    for bringing back Q and Moneypenny!
  • 00Beast00Beast
    Posts: 4,762
    Thank you to those who have welcomed me back, I appreciate it! Certainly glad to be running this great thread again! As for me, I choose SkyFall. I have only seen it once, so not enough times to list reasons on why it was better than Casino Royale, but I know that I thought it was!
  • petergreenhill5petergreenhill5
    Posts: 824
    Skyfall easily
  • Qba007Qba007
    edited December 2012 Posts: 87
    Casino Royale - better Fleming's book climate
  • JBFan626JBFan626
    Posts: 1,497
    @0BradyM0Bondfanatic7:

    Excellent points. Did you feel that the depth of character Dan portrayed in CR was also prevalent in SF?
  • 0BradyM0Bondfanatic70BradyM0Bondfanatic7 Quantum Floral Arrangements: "We Have Petals Everywhere"
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    JBFan626 wrote:
    @0BradyM0Bondfanatic7:

    Excellent points. Did you feel that the depth of character Dan portrayed in CR was also prevalent in SF?
    Absolutely. Dan carries a lot of the film just with his presence, as he does with Judi. Seeing their relationship come full circle is a beautiful thing, and when
    Bond kisses M's forehead after she dies, tears running down his face, I am swelled with emotion, just like when M reads Tennyson as Bond runs to save her.
    Skyfall has made me more emotional than any other Bond film, and that really is a point in its favor.
  • dragonskydragonsky
    Posts: 2,491
    Finally good match-up.
    As a movie i say that CR was better than SF.
  • QsAssistantQsAssistant All those moments lost in time... like tears in rain
    Posts: 1,812
    I love both and this is probably the hardest I've had to choose. I think I must go with Casino Royale with Skyfall being a close second! Both are in my top five favorite Bond films.
  • ShardlakeShardlake Leeds, West Yorkshire, England
    Posts: 4,043
    I was and still am a big advocate of CR although it's not the action sequences that are the highlight it's Craig's performance more than anything and he bests that in SF. Also I don't remember in the 3 times I've seen SF none of the ripe dialogue that's in Daniel's debut. I don't really like the Miami chase it's nowhere as good as the Madagasscar chase.

    I just slightly prefer SF, the script and the villain are better and I also think the score is as well.
  • BAIN123BAIN123
    Posts: 11,189
    I don't really like the Miami chase it's nowhere as good as the Madagasscar chase.

    Really? I actually thought it was better, if anything for Craig's grin at the end.
  • WVPoefWVPoef
    Posts: 147
    When s the next match up?
  • thelivingroyalethelivingroyale
    Posts: 12,837
    Skyfall. By a mile. I actually prefer QOS to CR now too.
  • 0BradyM0Bondfanatic70BradyM0Bondfanatic7 Quantum Floral Arrangements: "We Have Petals Everywhere"
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    thelivingroyale wrote:
    Skyfall. By a mile. I actually prefer QOS to CR now too.

    What place was CR in for you, because all I remember from you in the past were statements saying QoS was the absolute worst Bond film ever.
  • thelivingroyalethelivingroyale
    Posts: 12,837
    Rewatched QOS last night and really enjoyed it.

    QOS is probably hovering just outside my top 10 and CR is around 15-20.
  • 0BradyM0Bondfanatic70BradyM0Bondfanatic7 Quantum Floral Arrangements: "We Have Petals Everywhere"
    Posts: 28,694
    thelivingroyale wrote:
    Rewatched QOS last night and really enjoyed it.

    QOS is probably hovering just outside my top 10 and CR is around 15-20.

    Last place to outside the top 10? Hell of a jump.
  • doubleoegodoubleoego #LightWork
    Posts: 11,139
    @thelivingroyale, mate, are you drunk ? ;-)
  • thelivingroyalethelivingroyale
    edited January 2013 Posts: 12,837
    doubleoego wrote:
    @thelivingroyale, mate, are you drunk ? ;-)

    Well I'm typing better than I normally do when I'm drunk so I don't think so :)
    0BradyM0Bondfanatic7 wrote:
    thelivingroyale wrote:
    Rewatched QOS last night and really enjoyed it.

    QOS is probably hovering just outside my top 10 and CR is around 15-20.

    Last place to outside the top 10? Hell of a jump.

    I tried not to let the stuff I know I didn't like (Camille, Elvis, Greene and the editing) get in the way of me enjoying the film. And I thought about it and I decided that the good outwieghs the bad.

    CR might technically be a better film but I thought this time around, QOS was much more enjoyable.
  • 00Beast00Beast
    Posts: 4,762
    Casino Royale: 20
    SkyFall: 17

    If I counted correctly, then that should be accurate! As you can tell, a very close match-up indeed! Nevertheless, CR is our winner!

    Next match starts now!

    Thunderball vs. SkyFall

    Get ready for a real rumble!
  • NorwegianBondNorwegianBond
    Posts: 132
    My pick is Skyfall.
    For sure... :)
  • GetafixGetafix
    Posts: 11,425
    thelivingroyale wrote:
    doubleoego wrote:
    @thelivingroyale, mate, are you drunk ? ;-)

    Well I'm typing better than I normally do when I'm drunk so I don't think so :)
    0BradyM0Bondfanatic7 wrote:
    thelivingroyale wrote:
    Rewatched QOS last night and really enjoyed it.

    QOS is probably hovering just outside my top 10 and CR is around 15-20.

    Last place to outside the top 10? Hell of a jump.

    I tried not to let the stuff I know I didn't like (Camille, Elvis, Greene and the editing) get in the way of me enjoying the film. And I thought about it and I decided that the good outwieghs the bad.

    CR might technically be a better film but I thought this time around, QOS was much more enjoyable.

    Enjoyable. That's the word! It's better than SF too.
  • 0BradyM0Bondfanatic70BradyM0Bondfanatic7 Quantum Floral Arrangements: "We Have Petals Everywhere"
    Posts: 28,694
    Skyfall vs. Thunderball, eh?

    My heart moves me towards Skyfall. TB is a great ride, but it can't compete with the sheer bloody emotion and Bond pride in Skyfall, the film that is the most moving of the whole series for me.
  • Goldeneye95Goldeneye95
    edited February 2013 Posts: 546
    Skyfall for me.
  • battleshipgreygtbattleshipgreygt
    Posts: 1,220
    Skyfall easily, I love Connery and the girls in Thunderball, but outside of that I think Skyfall has it beat in virtually every way.
  • Creasy47Creasy47 In Cuba with Natalya.Moderator
    Posts: 40,976
    Skyfall for me.
  • sirseanisbondsirseanisbond
    Posts: 2,189
    Has to be Thunderball for me. It has a better villain with a better scheme, a better more vicious fem fatal, and above all Sean is the better Bond. Easy choice really...
  • jka12002jka12002 Banned
    Posts: 188
    Skyfall by a landslide because it returned Bond to its roots and many familiar past Bond elements were brought back.
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