my favourite one is when he plays baccarat, then makes love to the femaie villain and she instantly falls in love with him. All the while he's flirting outrageously with the secretary and then there's a ludicrous car chase.
Moore was the worst Bond (Dalton wins, clearly) but by a mile had the best films.
Moonraker, Spy Who Loved Me, Live and Let Die, Man with the Golden Gun. All belong in this conversation only rivalled by Casino Royale and possibly Diamonds are Forever.
Brosnan was a crap Bond, too Remington Steele. Ditto Moore (in a lamer funnier way). Connery not my cuppa tea. Craig close, Lazenby in the mix, but Dalton was a great Bond.
I have never seen a Pearse Brosnan Bond movie. Casino Royale (the non spoof remake) is superb, but was the only Craig one I watched. The Moore ones weren't great, too much polyester for me.
The problem with Tim Dalton is the late 80s was AIDS era, which neutered the character a bit, but they were also trying to reboot Bond to be closer to the books action wise, and you end up with a hybrid failing on both counts imo. And he’s not quite star quality enough. Though probably the best actor per se to play Bond.
Had all of the key ingredients of a great bond: beautiful Bond girls (2), beautiful cars (2), great villain in Mads Mikelsen and some of the most ridiculous poker scenes you’ll ever see
I’m a big fan of Quantum. Which, charades party piece aside, is alot better than its rep. The photography is great and the opera sequence one of the best in the whole series.
They're yet to make it. It's there one where in the opening scene, bond gets fatally hit by a car at a zebra crossing near MI6 Cos he was eyeing up Desert Pussy , Cockney Granger's nubile daughter who was waving an "I'm lesbian you cock munchers" at passers by.
The one with sherrif boss hogg on and the twisting car jump over the river...I think man with the golden gun. Moore was by far the best bond. Nik Nak was cool. The finale in the mirrored room very tense.
I watched The Living Daylights last night and it was the peak of Bond gadgets.
Key fob - gas emitter and explosive.
Aston Vantage - Laser cutter in the wheel hubs. Rocket launcher in front fog lamps, bullet proof glass, side ski runners, retractable spiked tyres and a rocket powered boost.
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my favourite one is when he plays baccarat, then makes love to the femaie villain and she instantly falls in love with him. All the while he's flirting outrageously with the secretary and then there's a ludicrous car chase.
Which one was that?
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They're all shit.
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It’s basically all of them isn’t it with minor variations? 😂
It’s a formula - it’s just how well the formula is executed that matters
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Casino Royale - doesnt follow the Bond formula as closely as the others and all the better for it
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the Rock
because it is the only one that explains how they all hang together
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The Spy Who Loved Me - obviously
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The one with Sophie Marceau in it.
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Licence To Kill. Gritty Welsh Bond. English spelling. Carey Lowell and Talisa Soto.
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Casino Royale
Goldfinger
From Russia with Love
Goldeneye
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Interesting there is so much variation in choice.
Sophie Marceau one was a Pierce Brosnan movie - think it was the followup to GoldenEye. Maybe The World Is Not Enough?
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They've all got good aspects. Apart from Die Another Day of course.
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Casino Royale (the Craig version) and Skyfall are clearly head and shoulders above everything else
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This is absolute lunacy.
Moore was the worst Bond (Dalton wins, clearly) but by a mile had the best films.
Moonraker, Spy Who Loved Me, Live and Let Die, Man with the Golden Gun. All belong in this conversation only rivalled by Casino Royale and possibly Diamonds are Forever.
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Licence to Kill for me followed by one of either Goldeneye or Casino Royale (Daniel Craig version)
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Oh I'd forgotten Man with the Golden Gun and Diamonds are Forever - those were great.
I think Diamonds are Forever was the first Bond I watched
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I rest my case.
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Christmas is the only time of year for this discussion.
They are apples and oranges, obvs.
My fave is Casino Royale. Every penny of it.
Closely followed by Majesty’s, one of the greatest Christmas movies.
Most of the rest exist in alternate realities for me, great to visit occasionally.
And it’s Goodnight from her.
Oh, and Skyfall is shit.
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Casino Royale is so good. I must have watched it 15 times over the years.
The World Is Not Enough was so rubbish it couldn't even be redeemed by having both Sophie Marceau and Denise Richards.
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Pierce Brosnan was crap, let’s face it.
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Brosnan is reverse Moore. Good Bond with mostly poor movies.
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which was the one with George Lazenby? I really enjoyed that one.
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The only bearable one is Skyfall. The rest sadly a bunch of trite nonsense.
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Harsh but fair.
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There’s a book to be written about the Bond girls of OHMSS alone,
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The Craig Casino Royale is the best bond movie ‘objectively’
My favourite is Goldfinger tho. ‘Shocking, positively shocking’
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You only live twice clearly the answer here.
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Brosnan was a crap Bond, too Remington Steele. Ditto Moore (in a lamer funnier way). Connery not my cuppa tea. Craig close, Lazenby in the mix, but Dalton was a great Bond.
Other opinions not really valid here tbh.
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I like that “Goldfinger”. That bit where the laser beam’s going up his Jaffas.
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I have never seen a Pearse Brosnan Bond movie. Casino Royale (the non spoof remake) is superb, but was the only Craig one I watched. The Moore ones weren't great, too much polyester for me.
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Skyfall is so A Team at the end it annoys me.
I rather liked A View to a Kill and For Your Eyes Only.
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"do you expect me to talk?!"
"No Mr. Bond, I expect you to die!"
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The problem with Tim Dalton is the late 80s was AIDS era, which neutered the character a bit, but they were also trying to reboot Bond to be closer to the books action wise, and you end up with a hybrid failing on both counts imo. And he’s not quite star quality enough. Though probably the best actor per se to play Bond.
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Skyfall is a total indulgence of Mendes. Some of the set pieces are great but the story is crap and the final third just laughably poor.
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Another vote for Casino Royale.
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Had all of the key ingredients of a great bond: beautiful Bond girls (2), beautiful cars (2), great villain in Mads Mikelsen and some of the most ridiculous poker scenes you’ll ever see
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I’m a big fan of Quantum. Which, charades party piece aside, is alot better than its rep. The photography is great and the opera sequence one of the best in the whole series.
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CM is absolutely smoking. Bit humourless irl.
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I’ve always wanted to have Christmas in Turkey
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I believe it is now Turkiye with two dots over the U.
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All part of a plan to ultimately rebrand as “Ye”
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Which is the one with the ice hotel? Was it a Brosnan Bond movie? That was quite good
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Die Another Day. The one with the invisible car and John Cleese. Abysmal. And this century.
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They're yet to make it. It's there one where in the opening scene, bond gets fatally hit by a car at a zebra crossing near MI6 Cos he was eyeing up Desert Pussy , Cockney Granger's nubile daughter who was waving an "I'm lesbian you cock munchers" at passers by.
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Anyone else got the Bond girls playing cards ? My kids bought them for me, so it must be ok...
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"I'm lesbian you cock munchers"
Why would she be addressing them ?
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That's the mystery which sets up the next two hours!
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To be fair, that still makes more sense than QoS.
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The one with sherrif boss hogg on and the twisting car jump over the river...I think man with the golden gun. Moore was by far the best bond. Nik Nak was cool. The finale in the mirrored room very tense.
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Moonraker has one of the best plots of all Bond movies. Decent bad guy (Drax) and Jaws as well.
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I thought Moonraker was the best and then a View to a Kill surpassed it. Bookended by The Living Daylights. Lost interest after that.
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Moonraker has an underrated Barry theme and score. Would have sounded completely different sung by Johnny Mathis as I believe was the original plan.
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Having seen Hot Fuzz I wish that Dalton had thrown in a bit of Simon Skinner in to his Bond performances.
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That Roger Moore one where he strangles someone with a phone cord, then looks straight down the camera and says ‘it was a crossed line’ (or similar)
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Which was the one where Bond makes a quiche?
That's my favourite bit of Bond and so my favourite Bond film.
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The giant space laser one for Sean Bean chewing the scenery and the "Russian" train being a class 20 locomotive in implausible ppolystyrene bodykit
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as an aside, I reckon Dev Patel could do a pretty decent connery/dalton style bond
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While Casino Royale is the best, Moonraker is the best for the 11 year old me, which is perhaps more important.
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Isn't Dev Patel about 8 stone soaking wet?
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what? cause daniel craig and timothy dalton were juggernauts?
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Live and Let Die
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Snakes, Voodoo, Harlem, shitty giant American cars, massive racial stereotypes, drugs, crocodiles and alligators… come on
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Speedboat racing
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Are you carefully not mentioning Jane Seymour?
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Mutts is right. Jane Seymour and motor boats. Top combination.
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Why did they stop making the “formula” Bond movies and move to more “serious” stuff with Daniel Craig? I much preferred the original vibe
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Motor boating Jane Seymour - an exclusive club, one imagines,
But the film falls into the blaxploitation trap.
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Because DAD was a joke is why, and when the CR rights became available the story demanded a straighter serious take.
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Probably a View to a Kill because Walken and Jones.
Skyfall was garbage, with a strange fixation on the villain's sexuality and a bizarre home alone homage.
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The very worst is NTTD obvs.
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I watched The Living Daylights last night and it was the peak of Bond gadgets.
Key fob - gas emitter and explosive.
Aston Vantage - Laser cutter in the wheel hubs. Rocket launcher in front fog lamps, bullet proof glass, side ski runners, retractable spiked tyres and a rocket powered boost.
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The one with the two Dutch oddballs who kill people by sticking scorpions down their back.
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From Russia With Love and Goldfinger
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From Russia With Love.
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I am still astonished more people don't love GoldenEye
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Oh it’s definitely my no.2. Just don’t think it’s better than Casino Royale.
Goldeneye also benefits from the cult Nintendo 64 following.
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