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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Nuh-uh!
Alright, I'll admit that it ain't that bad. But it is the worst of the Connery films.
Are you marathoning the whole series, Chrisiall?
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Originally posted by Moose:
Nuh-uh!
Uhh- huh!
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Alright, I'll admit that it ain't that bad. But it is the worst of the Connery films.
WHAT???
I submit that there ARE no bad Connery films, but I will say that DAF is better than You Only Live Twice. They didn't dress up a 6'2" bodybuilder to look like a small Japanese fella in Diamonds...
Quote:Dr. No---> Goldfinger---> Thunderball---> Diamonds Are Forever---> Tomorrow Never Dies. I have On Her Majesty's Secret Service, Goldeneye & The World Is Not Enough, but they seem a tad too 'adult' for him at this time.
Are you marathoning the whole series, Chrisiall?
Maybe next month.
The laughing Chrisisall
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I submit that there ARE no bad Connery films, but I will say that DAF is better than You Only Live Twice.
Never Say Never? Yes, I know that doesn't count. Thank God.
And Gorramit...I was confusing DAF with You Only Live Twice for some damn reason.
Its hard to explain my reasoning but I expect a Connery movie to be Great! so when it isn't it seems really bad. A Moore movie is expected to be a bit cheesy and not so serious, so when one is actually pretty good (For Your Eyes Only), it really stands out.
You gonna start a "best action sequence/stunt" thread? I'm thinking about it but don't want to step on your toes...
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Quote:As much as I want to like it (at the time it was a welcome relief from Moore), it's not very good.
Originally posted by Moose:
Never Say Never? Yes, I know that doesn't count. Thank God.
It's better than Moonraker & View To a Kill...
The laughing Chrisisall
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Y'know Chris, I'm not absolutely sure but I think I'm feeling a anti-Moore vibe from you...
Do you like any of the Moore films? I think that For Your Eyes Only and The Spy Who Loved Me were pretty good and put them alongside an average Connery movie. The others? Not so much.
And I guess I need to justify my fondness for Moore. He is the Bond I grew up with and until the advent of VCRs (Sundays was a no TV night for my family), he was what Bond was supposed to be. That has changed, of course. But he still is a fun and fond part of growing up for me.
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My favourite Moore flick was Man With The Golden Gun, totally!
The plane boss! Chrisisall
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A bit late to the party aren't I?
Well the worst for me is easily Die Another Day.
Worst theme, worst car, worst 'big name' guest role.
This would be followed by Moonraker who's one saving grace over DAD is that it didn't have Hagdonna in it.
A View To A Kill would be next although I really like the theme to this and consider it one of the best themes.
And I'm picky about this but Never Say Never Again will never count as a Bond movie IMO in the same way that Niven's Casino Royale won't either because neither is official. Plus NSNA is a remake, they could have at least made something up rather than do a re-do.
If CIA is against Moore then I'm with him. They're fun movies but Moore never seemed like a real James Bond to me. I do have a soft spot for The Spy Who Loved Me, it was the Lotus that first got me interested in Bond movies, up until then I'd ignored them.
Plus Live And Let Die has the best Bond theme with Dr No (i.e. the main James Bond Theme) coming a very very close second.
"The greatest invention ever is not the wheel. It's the second wheel." - Rich Hall
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George Lazenby.
Her Majesty's Secret Service.
Maybe it was so bad you all forgot to remember how bad it was.
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Quote:I bought DAD on DVD the day it came out having missed it in the theatre.
Originally posted by lwaves:
Well the worst for me is easily Die Another Day.
Worst theme, worst car, worst 'big name' guest role.
I sold it to the used CD/DVD store the next day.
Yeah, I can easily say there has never been a worse Bond movie. At least Moonraker KNEW it was tongue in cheek.
The not-laughing Chrisisall
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Care to share your reasons for why On Her Majesty's Secret Service is the poorest of the 22 official James Bond films, jewelstaitefan? Did George Lazenby's take on Bond leave you cold? Plot seemed too fantastic, even for a Bond film? James Bond getting hitched too out there? I'm honestly curious 
"The revenge of the beaten comes in refusing to fall." -- Mal, in "The Losing Side - Chapter 45" by jetflair
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