The James Bond Thread

[nonsequitur]

FourWheelDrift said:

6 times as Gogol and once the actor played a different character called Morzeny in From Russia with Love.

Walter Gotell

[SCEtoAUX]

I've probably posted different answers earlier in the thread knowing me, but right now it's:

Movies
1. Moonraker
2. Spy Who Loved Me
3. Octopussy

Songs
1. All Time High
2. The Man with the Golden Gun
3. You Know My Name

Cars
1. SWLM Lotus Esprit
2. DB5
3. Vanquish

Girls
1. Caroline Munro
2. That Cheeky Little Ice-Skating Sex Addict from FYEO
3. Tanya Roberts - Changed my mind. French Helicopter pilot who got eaten by dogs in Moonraker.

I'm also going with three favourite lines:
1. "Well I'm not what you'd call a passionate man"
2. "Let me try and enhance your vocabulary"
3. "I think he's attempting re-entry"

Edited by SCEtoAUX on Monday 7th May 10:11

[Dermot O'Logical]

I'll play:


Films:

You Only Live Twice

A View To A Kill

Die Another Day

Cars:

Aston Martin DB5

Toyota 2000GT

Aston Martin Vanquish

Girls:

Izabella Scorupco (Goldeneye)

Fiona Fullerton and Tanya Roberts (A View To A Kill)

Naomi Harris

Villain:

Raoul Silva

Gustav Graves

Ernst Stavro Blofeld

Theme tune:

You Know My Name

View To A Kill

You Only Live Twice

[nonsequitur]

Miss Moneypenny to Bond after being told that he speaks several languages: 'James, you are are cunning linguist'

[wjb]

For Your Eyes Only on ITV4, proper bank holiday tele

[littlebasher]

Worth watching for 3 reasons

The 2CV car chase - "Take the low road!"
The Ski chase sequence
Carole Bouquet

[tobinen]

Good news IMO to hear Danny Boyle wil be directing the next film.

[Europa1]

tobinen said:

Good news IMO to hear Danny Boyle wil be directing the next film.

Fingers crossed.

I just hope there isn't some random piece about the NHS in the middle of the film...

[Halb]

I hope there is! It'll be better than the last two stshows.

I once thought the director of the last two would have made Bond great...I was wrong. It was more lke BayBond.

[counterofbeans]

SCEtoAUX said:

I've probably posted different answers earlier in the thread knowing me, but right now it's:

Movies
1. Moonraker
2. Spy Who Loved Me
3. Octopussy

Edited by SCEtoAUX on Monday 7th May 10:11

Astonishing. I couldn't even watch those films with a straight face - unless you think that Bond films are/should be comedies?

[Europa1]

counterofbeans said:

SCEtoAUX said:

I've probably posted different answers earlier in the thread knowing me, but right now it's:

Movies
1. Moonraker
2. Spy Who Loved Me
3. Octopussy

Edited by SCEtoAUX on Monday 7th May 10:11

Astonishing. I couldn't even watch those films with a straight face - unless you think that Bond films are/should be comedies?

I can watch Spy Who Loved Me as it was the first Bond film I saw, and of course it had the Lotus.

But Moonraker?!

[5pen]

counterofbeans said:

SCEtoAUX said:

I've probably posted different answers earlier in the thread knowing me, but right now it's:

Movies
1. Moonraker
2. Spy Who Loved Me
3. Octopussy

Edited by SCEtoAUX on Monday 7th May 10:11

Astonishing. I couldn't even watch those films with a straight face - unless you think that Bond films are/should be comedies?

Agreed. If I were asked to named the worst of Bond, Octopussy and Moonraker would be my first thoughts along with Die Another Day perhaps.

[Halb]

A lot of those old Bonds are bad films, but I can still watch them and enjoy elements for various reasons; I grew up with them, the style that was popular at the time, some bad ones (Moonraker) still have saving graces like Drax, thebest Bond bigbad, and some are decent enough, like TSWLM.
The later Bronsan ones I can't watch, they lack the charm of the really old ones.

[Muzzer79]

Europa1 said:

counterofbeans said:

SCEtoAUX said:

I've probably posted different answers earlier in the thread knowing me, but right now it's:

Movies
1. Moonraker
2. Spy Who Loved Me
3. Octopussy

Edited by SCEtoAUX on Monday 7th May 10:11

Astonishing. I couldn't even watch those films with a straight face - unless you think that Bond films are/should be comedies?

I can watch Spy Who Loved Me as it was the first Bond film I saw, and of course it had the Lotus.

But Moonraker?!

I have to agree.

Moonraker and Die Another Day are pretty much tied for my worst Bond films ever, with Moonraker edging it.

I mean, Bond goes into space FFS.

Although The Spy Who Loved Me is one of my favourites.

There's the Lotus sequence, obviously, but Jaws is in it and it's Roger Moore at his 70's best



I'll go with:


Films:

Goldfinger

Skyfall

The Spy Who Loved Me

Cars:

Aston Martin DB5

Lotus Esprit S1

Aston Martin Vantange Volante

Girls:

Denise Richards (The World is not Enough)

Honor Blackman (Goldfinger)

Diana Rigg (OHMSS)

Villain:

Blofeld

Max Zorin

Electra King

Theme tune:

The Spy Who Loved me

Skyfall

Live and Let Die

[kalexan273]

Movies
1. Spy Who Loved Me
2. You Only Live Twice
3. Goldeneye

Songs
1, We Have all the Time in the World
2. Thunderball
3. Kingston Calypso - three blind mice song in Dr No

Cars
1. S1 Lotus Esprit
2. Aston DB5
3. Toyota 2000GT

Girls
1. Barbara Bach
2. Anne Lonnberg - Drax Girl in Moonraker
3. Kristina Wayborn - Ring Keeper in Octopussy

Britt Ekland and Joanna Lumley if I could have a 4 and 5... that list could go on and on...

[nonsequitur]

007 News. New Bond book published on Thursday. ' Forever and a Day' by Antony Horovitz. About the early years of JB with some original Ian Fleming material.

[AJB88]

had abit of a binge the other day on all the Daniel Craig films and all the Pierce Brosnan ones. Die Another Day is terrible! Goldeneye a masterpiece.

Going to start with Sean's movies tomorrow again.

[The Hypno-Toad]

Can I recommend the Smershpod podcast for everyone on this thread?

A very funny yet through examination of all the Bond films with a host who knows his stuff. As you will eventually run out of Bond films to talk about they also chat about various 80s films that might be ever so slightly linked to Bond. One of these is the extraordinary Taffin which stars an extremely angry Pierce Brosnan as well such classics as The Sea Wolves, Zardoz, The Wild Geese and errr... On The Buses.

The last of these becomes a running joke through the episodes & its actual review is one of the best on the stream. Did you know it did better box office in the UK than Diamonds Are Forever on its original release?

Anyway lots of Bond trivia and jokes and a great time clearly being had by all. Give it a listen.

[Halb]

I like he OTB films, cannot watch the series, looks awful, but the films I find enjoyable.

There was a wonderful Bond night on the beeb I think, last year, one of the shows was a great chat with League of Gent Mike Gatiss and someone else, lot's of great stories from the making of the films.

[SpudLink]

The Hypno-Toad said:

Can I recommend the Smershpod podcast for everyone on this thread?

I’ll give it a go.


Can I speak in defence of Die Another Day?
I won’t deny there are things in it which are irredeemably terrible. Too many to list.
But it has a decent pre-credits opening. Bond being tortured for months during the opening credits was certainly something different. In the past he’s always escaped impossible situations. MI6 reluctantly doing the prisoner exchange was also interesting.
Brosnan had settled into the roll quit well by this point. It’s not his fault they gave him Halle Berry and a rubbish script to work with.
Gustav Graves wasn’t a bad idea for the main villain. North Korean playboy with a love of the high life.
And the film was full of 40th anniversary references, which were mildly entertaining at the time.

I’m not saying it’s any good. But even the worst of them have something I like.