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AVTAK should be top 10, but it's too crowded up there I'm afraid :(
Nope! No changes yet. Above list is staying like this now. Let's see how "SPECTRE" will change things :-).
Looks like we share 6 of the top 8.
1. Moonraker
2. Skyfall
3. For Your Eyes Only
4. Casino Royale
5. The Living Daylights
6. Licence To Kill
7. On Her Majesty's Secret Service
8. Goldfinger
9. The Spy Who Loved Me
10. The World Is Not Enough
11. Octopussy
12. Live And Let Die
13. Goldeneye
14. You Only Live Twice
15. From Russia With Love
16. A View To A Kill
17. Dr No
18. Thunderball
19. Tomorrow Never Dies
20. Quantum Of Solace
21. The Man With The Golden Gun
22. Diamonds Are Forever
23. Die Another Day
I agree Young is the best.
I recently rewatched Bullitt with Steve McQueen (a stylish classic). I beleive Peter Yates (the Director) would have been well suited to direct Bond back in the 60's......Gilbert could have been avoided!
James Cameron spent a huge load of money for his 'Avatar' film, yet MR made 30 years prior still looks more lush and epic than that film.
But it's the sheer diversity of the series that actually keeps it fresh.
You look at the films made every 10 years or so - in 1969, 1979, 1989, 1999, 2008.
1969 - a tale of love and loss
1979 - a tale of world domination
1989 - a tale of revenge
1999 - a tale of...hang on...love and loss
2008 - a tale of revenge...oh, hmm.
OK, so ideas crop up again and again, but the style of the films changes and evolves. And that is the most important thing for longevity.
:)) 2015 - a tale of world domination?????
1. Casino Royale
2. Skyfall
3. On Her Majesty's Secret Service
4. Goldfinger
5. GoldenEye
6. Dr. No
7. The Spy Who Loved Me
8. Licence to Kill
9. For Your Eyes Only
10. From Russia with Love
11. Live and Let Die
12. Thunderball
13. Quantum of Solace
14. The World is Not Enough
15. The Living Daylights
16. You Only Live Twice
17. The Man with the Golden Gun
18. Tomorrow Never Dies
19. Octopussy
20. Diamonds Are Forever
21. Die Another Day
22. Moonraker
23. A View to a Kill
We'll see how things change; a couple movements wouldn't be surprising at all. Can hardly wait for the next marathon!!!
Tier 1: Happy to watch anytime (one from each actor, fancy that)
1. OHMSS
1. TLD
3. CR
4. FRWL
5. GE
6. OP
Tier 2A: Enjoy most of it but have some flaws
7. TB (you know what? The underwater scenes aren't more boring than most finale battles)
8. SF
9. AVTAK
10. MR
11. LTK
Tier 2B: Enjoy as much as 2A but have more annoyances.
12. DAF
13. GF
14. FYEO
15. TSWLM
Tier 3: Good popcorn flick
16. TND
17. Dr No
Tier 4: Entertaining when in the right mood
18. TMWTGG
19. TWINE
20. LALD
21. DAD
The bottom two are the only ones I don't look forward to watching.
22. QOS
23. YOLT
I don't think I've seen any of his other work, but I agree with your point. I was just writing about their experiences with Bond films.
1.Casino Royale
2.Goldeneye
3.From Russia With Love
4.On her Majesty's Secret Service
5.Skyfall
6.Octopussy
7.Licence to Kill
8.Thunderball
9.Live and let die
10.Goldfinger
11.The Living Daylights
12.For Your Eyes Only
13.The Spy Who Loved Me
14.You Only Live Twice
15.The Man With The Golden Gun
16.Dr.no
17.Tomorrow Never Dies
18.A View To A Kill
19.Daimonds Are Forever
20.The World Is Not Enough
21.Moonraker
22.Die Another Day
23. Quantum Of Solace
and i will suspect that SPECTRE will be in my top 5
I don't disagree with any of your points. However, Gilbert doesn't have any restraint.....Jaws becoming good, falling in love after the cable car chase, Bond in Cowboy outfit with the Mag Seven theme tune blaring......he tried to go for the laugh over everything. On the other hand Directors such as Young, Hunt and Campbell can make a taut spy thriller with an injection of British humour. YOLT & TSWLM are both good Bond films, but MR shows Gilberts ignorance of the previous 'tone' of the Bond films (and I don't know why Cubby agreed?). MR would be a much better film with a bit of editing (and the creation of a more serious tone.
We share identical selections for 1, 2, 4, 5, and 6. You have impeccable taste.
Much appreciated! You too naturally; I have a feeling Spectre will rank highly.
Yup. No way of knowing for certain - could even be a middling title. Like I said before though, I predict it will be loved by many and hated by many.
Is the potential there for a classic Bond? Absolutely. I'll go as far to say that and claim it's not just speculation. Mendes has a track record with Bond now as putting focus on characterization. The cast is outstanding to assume the roles of those characters. The one quality that will tip the scales either way is the script, which has been described in the media to be very fine to being in such dire need of revision Craig personally worked on it uncredited.
Which leads to the next question, can it be worse than Quantum Of Solace? I can't really answer yes to this question without speculating on elements of the final product. In my opinion, the only way it can be worse is if the film is a parody of itself with the facade of pretending to be another serious outing we have come accustom to in the Craig era.
Those factors would indicate a likely placement between 5 and 10 to me, but obviously there are so many other markers that will sway me either way. The locations and cinematography look beautiful in the glimpses we have seen. The soundtrack is a big question mark, but Newman has the talent to do the job proper. While the tone looks heady and serious again, there's no assurance the whole picture will play that way. The biggest criticism of many Bond films is that they drift from their identity and try to be something they are not. That will be the ultimate determining factor of its placement for me.
Naturally, it would need to do a lot right to break into my top 4 and a lot wrong to end up in the middle or bottom.
2) The Living Daylights
3) Goldeneye
4) The Spy Who Loved Me
5) On Her Majesty's Secret Service
6) Goldfinger
7) Casino Royale
8) Skyfall
9) Thunderball
10) Live And Let Die
11) You Only Live Twice
12) Licence To Kill
13) Dr. No
14) A View to a Kill
15) Octopussy
16) For Your Eyes Only
17) Live and Let Die
18) The World Is Not Enough
19) Quantum Of Solace
20) Tomorrow Never Dies
21) Die Another Day
22) Diamonds Are Forever
23) The Man With The Golden Gun (except for F.S.)
I've always assumed some of that (Jaws falling in love, etc) was more of a producer/writer decision. I'm not sure how much control the producers exerted at that time in franchise history, but it seems that that would fall more on the writers or the producers than Gilbert. I like what he did with MR. Given the script (Bond goes to space, as well as every other silly/OTT element in the film) there's no way he could have made a film with a more "serious tone." It would have been a ridiculous embarrassment (although, as I'm well aware, some still consider it one regardless). Going for a light, humorous tone and emphasizing the larger than life elements is really the only thing he could have done, and I think he (along with his lead actor) did a fantastic job of that, regardless of your opinion on the final film as a whole.
I love Gilbert as a Bond director. His sense of flair, grandeur, and pure blockbuster entertainment value has yet to be matched.
;)
01. DN
02. GF
03. FRWL
04. CR
05. SF
06. TB
07. GE
08. OHMSS
09. TSWLM
10. TLD
11. LTK
12. YOLT
13. FYEO
14. LALD
15. DAF
16. QOS
17. MR
18. TND
19. DAD
20. TWINE
21. TMWTGG
22. OP
23. AVTAK
The majority all had fresh scores too it was only from TND downwards that the scores were rotten.
Exactly! Good point!
I'd take a hundred underwater Battles over the Fort Knox invasion for instance...
Given the script he was working with, I love what he did with the movie (then again, I love the movie period).
:)>-
2 - On Her Majesty's Secret Service
3 - Goldfinger
4 - The Spy Who Loved Me
5 - Octopussy
6 - License to Kill
7 - The Living Daylights
8 - Goldeneye (+3)
9 - Live and Let Die (+8)
10 - Dr. No (+3)
11 - From Russia With Love
12 - Skyfall (-5)
13 - For Your Eyes Only (-3)
14 - Thunderball (-2)
15 - The World Is Not Enough
16 - Quantum of Solace (+3)
17 - You Only Live Twice
18 - Tomorrow Never Dies (+2)
19 - Casino Royale '67
20 - Moonraker (+2)
21 - A View to a Kill
22 - Diamonds Are Forever (+2)
23 - The Man with the Golden Gun (-7)
24 - Die Another Day (-10)
25 - Never Say Never Again (-2)