Eh that one is ok, too. Lots of ones in the series fall in the muddled middle.
Eh that one is ok, too. Lots of ones in the series fall in the muddled middle.
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Goldfinger
Dr no
From Russia with love
Casino royale
The spy who loved me
HM: you only live twice, thunderball, Skyfall, license to Kill.
Worst: die another day, a view to a kill
Most have at least one memorable something. moonraker's 'flight into space' is one of the best things John Barry has ever done.
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- Dark (S3) ✦✦✦½ [-]
- Fall (Mann, 2022) ✦✦✦½ [-]
- Ms. Marvel (S1) ✦½ [+]
- Dark (S2) ✦✦✦✦
- Moon Knight (S1) ✦✦½ [-]
- Get Carter (Hodges, 1971) ✦✦✦½ [+]
- Prey (Trachtenberg, 2022) ✦✦✦ [-]
- Black Bird (S1) ✦✦✦✦
- Better Call Saul (S6) ✦✦✦½ [+]
- Halo (S1) ✦✦✦ [-]
- Slow Horses (S1) ✦✦✦½ [+]
- H4Z4RD (Govaerts, 2022/BE) ✦✦½ [-]
- Gangs of London (S1) ✦✦✦½ [+]
- We Own This City (S1) ✦✦✦½ [+]
- Thor: Love and Thunder (Waititi, 2022) ✦✦ [+]
My jaw drops whenever I think of what it took to film the climactic underwater battle.Quoting Gizmo (view post)
4. Thunderball(Terence Young, 1965)
Bond: Sean Connery
Bond Girl: Claudine Auger
An action movie that mostly takes place underwater. It's like Jaws 3-D, but with Bond. Jaws 3-D is my favorite of the Jaws (yeah, I said it). No, they're not the best produced, and oh so unrealistic, but I had so much fun watching this. Bond has more gadgets and more girls (I think he "gets with" 4 different ones in the course of the 2 hours of film). SPECTRE is back, and this time with nukes and ransom notes. The climax was a let down, and seemed to be sped up due to run time, where I wish they had cut something earlier instead and allowed the climax to have the time to play out a bit more. Still giving this one a 7.1/10.
Yeah those underwater scenes are spectacular.
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Correction: Die Another Day is the worst. You cut 40 minutes of that ice castle nonsense and theres maybe an interesting hr movie in there. Unfortunately that shit is so bad it makes the ludicrous newspaper selling business scheme of Tomorrow Never Dies less insane by 1%.
Dr. No (1962) - 5.5
From Russia with Love (1963) - 7
Goldfinger (1964) - 7
Thunderball (1965) - 5.5
You Only Live Once (1967) - 4
On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969) - 2.5
Diamonds Are Forever (1971) - 7
Live and Let Die (1973) - 5.5
The Man with the Golden Gun (1974) - 2.5
The Spy Who Loved Me (1977) - 5.5
Moonraker (1979) - 4
For Your Eyes Only (1981) - 7
Octopussy (1983) - 4
A View to a Kill (1985) - 4
The Living Daylights (1987) - 7
Licence to Kill (1989) - 7
GoldenEye (1995) - 5.5
Tomorrow Never Dies (1997) - 4
The World Is Not Enough (1999) - 4
Die Another Day (2002) - 2.5
Casino Royale (2006) - 7
Quantum of Solace (2008) - 2.5
Skyfall (2012) - 7
Spectre (2015) - 5.5
No Time to Die (2021) - 5.5
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Never was too keen on Bond, and indeed most of the movies are poor to okay at best, but after rewatching them I guess I can see the appeal. On a few occasions, everything clicks just right and you have a really smooth action picture.
Dr. No (1962) - 7.0
From Russia with Love (1963) - 10.0
Goldfinger (1964) - 9.0
Thunderball (1965) - 8.5
You Only Live Once (1967) - 6.5
On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969) - 9.5
Diamonds Are Forever (1971) - 8.0
Live and Let Die (1973) - 8.5
The Man with the Golden Gun (1974) - 6.0
The Spy Who Loved Me (1977) - 9.5
Moonraker (1979) - 5.5
For Your Eyes Only (1981) - 9.0
Octopussy (1983) - 6.5
A View to a Kill (1985) -7.5
The Living Daylights (1987) - 9.0
Licence to Kill (1989) - 9.0
GoldenEye (1995) - 9.5
Tomorrow Never Dies (1997) - 7.0
The World Is Not Enough (1999) - 7.5
Die Another Day (2002) - 5.5
Casino Royale (2006) - 9.5
Quantum of Solace (2008) - 8.5
Skyfall (2012) - 9.5
Spectre (2015) - 9.0
No Time to Die (2021) - 9.0
Casino Royale (1967) - 5.0
Never Say Never Again (1983) - 7.5
Guess my ratings are inflated, I prefer the 100 system since it's better at separating movies a bit more. I'm a fan of the series, but they've only ever made one that I would consider to be Top 100 all time material, and even then I don't know if From Russia With Love cracks that list.
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Favorite Bond: Dalton, followed by Craig and Moore
Least Favorite: Lazenby, then Brosnan, I really like all of the Bonds, though.
Favorite Bond flick: License To Kill, Live and Let Die, Thunderball, Skyfall, The World is Not Enough, On Her Majesty's Secret Service
Favorite Bond villain: 006
Favorite Bond hench person: Jaws
Favorite Bond woman: Domino
Favorite Gadget: Too tough, the exploding pen, the countless times the cars have endless weapons, the watch, and of course the remote controlled car!
Favorite Car: Lotus, The Spy Who Loved Me
Favorite Villain Death Scene: Hugo Drax getting shot with a dart, then pushed out into space
Favorite Bond theme: Tough, Nobody Does It Better, Live and Let Die, Skyfall, On Her Majesty's Secret Service, A View To A Kill, The Living Daylights
Favorite M: Bernard Lee
Favorite Moneypenny: Hmm, tough, but still Lois Maxwell
Favorite Q: Desmond Llewelyn, of course
Favorite Villian Lair: Underwater sea fortress, The Spy Who Loved Me
Last edited by MadMan; 04-11-2023 at 06:05 PM.
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favorite bond film: goldeneye
favorite bond: dalton
Oh I love Goldeneye, that one is pretty fantastic.
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Wow, necro'd this one! I still am not any further in the chronological viewing, though I own the massive box set. I have seen most of the new ones, though.
I didn't realize how old it was, honestly.
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