And, the award for the worst James Bond movie goes to....
POSTED BY: chrisisall
UPDATED: Tuesday, August 31, 2010 19:33
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For me, this is an easy choice.
Moonraker.
One of the better books twisted into an unrecognizable mess of pop-culture sci-fi ripoff & tongue-in-cheek nonsense. It made the the 60's Flint movies look rather serious by comparison.
What's YOUR call?
The not-so-good-headed Chrisisall
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My second choice is Die Another Day, which started out deadly-serious, then degenerated into utter foolishness with an invisible car, a big bad living in an ice castle, & Bond swimming in FREEZING water (and not getting hypothermia).
Oh, and the Diamonds Are Forever ripoff with a killer laser, and the Logan's Run ripoff with a fight amongst surgical laser beams...
So sad that Brosnan's otherwise excellent run should end like this.
He must have been jinxed.
The laughing Chrisisall
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Die Another Day was a bit naff, I'd have to say that was one of my least favourites. I liked some of the car chase stuff though, if I remember right I'd been playing a lot of Stuntman(PS2) when I saw that.
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A View To A Kill was another suckfest that really should have been better, given the talent...
Christopher Walken squandered... who would have thought?
And Live & Let Die... great boat chase, excellent Bond girl (Jane Seymour), best Felix (David Hedison)- all to be lost on the *STUPIDIST* kill of a big bad ever...
*POP* goes the movie.
The laughing Chrisisall
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I personally think that the James Bond films, much as I enjoy them one and all, suffered more than one instance of being too closely linked to the decade/era they were released in, with 1979's Moonraker tapping into the space battle craze that Star Wars: A New Hope started in earnest 2 years earlier.
And I have to say that I had high hopes for Die Another based on it's start with Bond getting capture and imprisoned, but the attempt to do a darker 21st century Bond got frittered away when they switched gears to make a cinematic version of a money-saving clip show! Aston Martin sports coupe with a completely insane trick to it? Evil villain using laser-armed satellites? Insane enemy hideout in some remote or exotic location?
"The revenge of the beaten comes in refusing to fall." -- Mal, in "The Losing Side - Chapter 45" by jetflair
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Quote:Dr. No- 1962...
Originally posted by beatupplenty:
I have to say "A View to a Kill" pretty much killed it for me.
I have to give it to Duran Duran for the most original theme song in quite a while. And once upon a time...well..they were my band.
I am anxious to see some of the really early Bond movies. Made a few years before I was born. The first movie was in 1966 or '67. Yes?
The laughing Chrisisall
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Moonraker actually is my favorite. But that's because it was the first theatrical movie my Dad brought me to. I know what a crappy Bond movie it is...
My worst five list, in no particular order:
Die Another Day
A View to a Kill
Diamonds Are Forever*
Moonraker 
The Man with the Golden Gun
*ETA: I actually meant to put You Only Live Twice.
I can't really explain it, but I guess it was a bit too over the top for me.
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What about "Licence To Kill" or "The Living Daylights"? They were pretty bad and have got nothing to save them like "Live And Let Die" has got that awesome theme song.
"I really am ruggedly handsome, aren't I?"
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Too werdz: Roger. Moore. 
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Quote:Diamonds Are Forever was fun, Bullwinkle!
Originally posted by Moose:
My worst five list, in no particular order:
Die Another Day
A View to a Kill
Diamonds Are Forever
Moonraker
The Man with the Golden Gun
The laughing Chrisisall
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