The James Bond Thread

[Ayahuasca]

Films:

1) Casino Royale
2) From Russia with Love
3) The Spy who Loved Me

Songs:

1) You only live twice
2) goldfinger
3) From russia with love

[Prawo Jazdy]

tr7v8 said:

Top movies
2)Die Another Day

I know we all have different tastes, but REALLY?!. It is the only Bond film which I have no interest in watching when it appears on TV. The dialogue when Bond and Jinx meet makes me want to strangle anyone who hasn't seen it in order to save them. In a franchise that used to be famous for stunts, the count of CGI disasters is embarrassing. In the space of four films we went from a man actually leaping from a dam in Goldeneye, to Halle Berry jumping off a wall in a sequence that would have been disappointing in a st PlayStation 1 game. Again, in The Living Daylights they had people and things actually falling out the back of a plane. In DAD they just green-screened their way into the record books for least convincing digital effects. Actually that's a lie - that title was won by the 'kite-surfing on a tidal wave' bit.

To add insult to injury; random nudge-nudge cameo by Madonna, invisible car (AN INVISIBLE CAR FFS!), car 'chase' from nowhere to nowhere. Brosnan wasn't my favourite Bond, but there was plenty to like among his films. DAD was a shameful turd dumped on the end of a respectable run. In my opinion. All that said, Rosamund Pike is sexy as hell in it.

I won't list all my top threes because I don't know if I could find a top three for each category. The Living Daylights is my favourite though. I loved Timothy Dalton as Bond, because I liked a more serious portrayal. If we ignore the teeth-grindingly dreadful spectacle of the top of a car being 'lasered' off, a barn driving around a frozen lake, cutting a hole in frozen lake, and sledging on a cello case, then it takes itself seriously enough and has a decent enough story to be a standalone film. The score is simply magnificent, and is one of John Barry's best scores IMO - not just best Bond scores. I love that Bond is actually tasked with assassinating someone for once! I love seeing John Rhys-Davies play another good character. I love that it features a Hercules twice, the same Audi that my Dad used to drive, a twin-seat Harrier, an AMV8, the Riesenrad....

I'd like to add my own top three category if I may.

Top 3 Moments of Ruthlessness (by Bond):
1) FYEO "You left this with Ferrara, I believe.",
2) TLD "Get down on your knees. Put your hands behind your back."
3) TWINE "I never miss."

Edited by Prawo Jazdy on Sunday 25th September 10:41

[interloper]

I think a fair amount of Bond perspective is dictated by what you saw first. My first bond movies were courtesy of Itv in the early Eighties and from memory they were Moonraker, Gold finger, From Russia with Love & live and let die.

So a right odd mix! But I enjoyed them all, for different reasons.

Its rather hard to do a top 3 so here's a top 5

1. Casino Royal
2. From Russia with love
3. Ohmss
4. live and let die
5. Living daylights

Worst
Die another day
Diamonds are forever

Ladies
Diana Rigg
Eva Green

Edited by interloper on Sunday 25th September 10:19

[bobbo89]

Halb said:

Brosnan differs?

I think so, there's definitely some WTF moments in the Connery films. Family Guy picked up on it quite well:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9RRhhewFqyw

[lordstig]

Films:
The Spy Who Loved Me
Goldeneye
Skyfall
DR.NO
OHMSS

Songs
Goldeneye
OHMSS theme
You Know My Name

Cars
DB5
DBS
Esprit

Girls
Sophie Marceau
Lea Seydoux
Eva Green

Stunts
Goldneye Dam Jump
Spy Who loved Me Ski Jump

[Halmyre]

Prawo Jazdy said:

Top 3 Moments of Ruthlessness (by Bond):
1) FYEO "You left this with Ferrara, I believe.",
2) TLD "Get down on your knees. Put your hands behind your back."
3) TWINE "I never miss."

Edited by Prawo Jazdy on Sunday 25th September 10:41

Dr No: Bond shooting Dent. "You've had your six". And then shooting him again, just to make sure.

[SpudLink]

WD39 said:

Halmyre said:

Prawo Jazdy said:

Top 3 Moments of Ruthlessness (by Bond):
1) FYEO "You left this with Ferrara, I believe.",:
2) TLD "Get down on your knees. Put your hands behind your back."
3) TWINE "I never miss."

Edited by Prawo Jazdy on Sunday 25th September 10:41

Dr No: Bond shooting Dent. "You've had your six". And then shooting him again, just to make sure.

Doctor No: Bond to Honeychile Ryder as she emerges from the sea, 'What are you doing here?'
Honey: 'I'm looking for shells. What are you doing?'
Bond: 'Me, I'm just looking.'

Edited by WD39 on Sunday 25th September 19:32

In Thunderball he uses the woman from Spectre as a human shield, which is fair enough. But does he do the same to the woman in TSWLM? When he is searching for Fekesh in Egypt, he is snogging her to pass the time, then spins her around to take the bullet intended for him. Or does she put herself in harms way to protect him?

[Abbott]

Goldfinger for the best quote ever:

"Do you expect me to talk? Goldfinger: [looks back, laughing] No, Mr Bond, I expect you to die!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DoQwKe0lggw

[soad]

Denise Richards.

[Halb]

bobbo89 said:

I like Thunderball, what I don't get is the people who rate From Russia With Love as one of their favourites. To me there's nothing memorable at all about that film.

But, I also quite like Octopussy so that might say a lot about my taste in films!

Best hench.

[nonsequitur]

Halb said:

bobbo89 said:

I like Thunderball, what I don't get is the people who rate From Russia With Love as one of their favourites. To me there's nothing memorable at all about that film.

But, I also quite like Octopussy so that might say a lot about my taste in films!

Best hench.

The battle on the train between Bond and Nash. The best baddie denoument of the lot. (FRWL)

[Halb]

nonsequitur said:

The battle on the train between Bond and Nash. The best baddie denoument of the lot. (FRWL)

Yes, I agree!! I love the way Nash stalks BOnd, and that fight, it's my fave fight in cinema. Before Bond becomes uberpowerful.
Plus all the chat, 'you may know the right wines, but you're the one on your knees right now.'

[Halb]

http://www.denofgeek.com/movies/23114/looking-back...

[Europa1]

Halb said:

http://www.denofgeek.com/movies/23114/looking-back...

I agree with the article's assertion that Max Zorin was a much underrated villain. I'm not sure I agree with much else!

[Halmyre]

Europa1 said:

Halb said:

http://www.denofgeek.com/movies/23114/looking-back...

I agree with the article's assertion that Max Zorin was a much underrated villain. I'm not sure I agree with much else!

And a slight quibble - Live and Let Die was the first 'pop band' song.

[Ayahuasca]

Halb said:

bobbo89 said:

I like Thunderball, what I don't get is the people who rate From Russia With Love as one of their favourites. To me there's nothing memorable at all about that film.

But, I also quite like Octopussy so that might say a lot about my taste in films!

Best hench.

The Bentley, the Matt Monro song, the speedboat chase, red wine with fish?, the orient express, rosa klebb

[Halb]

Just watching Living Daylights, and I notice they have overdubbed Xenia Onnatop's name with someone else.

[anonymous-user]

Overdubbed? Considering she was in Goldeneye I'm not surprised.

[Halb]

It's tinkering, LUcas style, and superfluous. Like the moronic decision to set the timer in Goldfinger to 7 seconds instead of 3, makes BOnd's comment illogical.
THey should have left her name alone, it adds to the continuity.

[r11co]

Halb said:

It's tinkering, LUcas style, and superfluous. Like the moronic decision to set the timer in Goldfinger to 7 seconds instead of 3, makes BOnd's comment illogical.
THey should have left her name alone, it adds to the continuity.

Don't put down to conspiracy what was probably caused by cock-up (like the Mustang stunt in Diamonds are Forever)...