Bondathon

PostBondathon by **Hypes** » Thu Jul 30, 2015 4:46 pm

With just a few months until Daniel Craig's 4th outing as James Bond in SPECTRE I thought I'd try and watch all of the James Bond films to date. I've seen a lot of them but there's a few I've never seen and my memory of some is hazy. So with that I propose a Bondathon. Looking at doing two a week until SPECTRE is released.
Feel free to join in and post your thoughts on each film after watching it, otherwise this might turn in to a 'Hyperion watches'!! :lol:

Week 1
Dr. No 1962

From Russia with Love 1963

Week 2
Goldfinger 1964

Thunderball 1965

Week 3
You Only Live Twice 1967

Casino Royale 1967

Week 4
On Her Majesty's Secret Service 1969

Diamonds Are Forever 1971

Week 5
Live and Let Die 1973

The Man with the Golden Gun 1974

Week 6
The Spy Who Loved Me 1977

Moonraker 1979

Week 7
For Your Eyes Only 1981

Octopussy 1983

Week 8
Never Say Never Again 1983

A View to a Kill 1985

Week 9
The Living Daylights 1987

Licence to Kill 1989

Week 10
GoldenEye 1995

Tomorrow Never Dies 1997

Week 11
The World Is Not Enough 1999

Die Another Day 2002

Week 12
Casino Royale 2006

Quantum of Solace 2008

Week 13
Skyfall 2012

First two this weekend. Let's do this! 8-)

PostRe: Bondathon by **Squinty** » Thu Jul 30, 2015 4:55 pm

Hyperion is Alan Partridge confirmed.

Some classics in there. And Die Another Day :dread:

PostRe: Bondathon by **False** » Thu Jul 30, 2015 4:56 pm

I couldnt hack two a week

also Brosnan best Bond

PostRe: Bondathon by **Moggy** » Thu Jul 30, 2015 5:22 pm

I watched them all last year when Sky did a special Bond movie channel. I even watched the original Casino Royale which was an American TV movie based on the exploits of Jimmy Bond. :lol:

PostRe: Bondathon by **Hypes** » Thu Jul 30, 2015 5:39 pm

SquintyMcSquint wrote:Hyperion is Alan Partridge confirmed.

Some classics in there. And Die Another Day

Die Another Day :dread:

PostRe: Bondathon by **Imrahil** » Thu Jul 30, 2015 5:56 pm

What are everybody's most underrated Bond films (in their opinion)?

For me it's License to Kill. It's a really neat side-step for the series I thought, with some proper nasty villains. One of those rare Bond movies where you actually fear for his life. It didn't go down well at the time, mainly due to the brutality, but there's a really decent story being told I reckon.

The way he plays off Sanchez against his partners (turning them into enemies) and immerses himself into his retinue is awesome.

PostRe: Bondathon by **Captain Kinopio** » Thu Jul 30, 2015 11:14 pm

Moore really was the shittest Bond.

PostRe: Bondathon by **Victor Mildew** » Thu Jul 30, 2015 11:27 pm

Dalton best Bond :wub:

PostRe: Bondathon by **Squinty** » Fri Jul 31, 2015 7:51 am

Ad7 wrote:Dalton best Bond

No. Just no.

PostRe: Bondathon by **Skippy** » Fri Jul 31, 2015 8:01 am

Connery > Brosnan > Craig > Dalton > Moore > Lazenby

PostRe: Bondathon by **Gandalf** » Fri Jul 31, 2015 8:21 am

Coreopsis wrote:What are everybody's most underrated Bond films (in their opinion)?

For me it's License to Kill. It's a really neat side-step for the series I thought, with some proper nasty villains. One of those rare Bond movies where you actually fear for his life. It didn't go down well at the time, mainly due to the brutality, but there's a really decent story being told I reckon.

The way he plays off Sanchez against his partners (turning them into enemies) and immerses himself into his retinue is awesome.

This, defo.

Another is Tomorrow Never Dies.

Worst? Die Another Day... :dread:

PostRe: Bondathon by **Victor Mildew** » Fri Jul 31, 2015 8:24 am

Brosnan after goldeneye was so bad that they had to almost reboot Bond.

PostRe: Bondathon by **Gandalf** » Fri Jul 31, 2015 8:52 am

Ad7 wrote:Brosnan after goldeneye was so bad that they had to almost reboot Bond.

In a funny kind of way Die Another Day saved Bond. It was so bad that they had no other choice but to take it in a different direction (a bit like the Batman franchise)

PostRe: Bondathon by **Skippy** » Fri Jul 31, 2015 9:18 am

Ad7 wrote:Brosnan after goldeneye was so bad that they had to almost reboot Bond.

Tomorrow Never Dies is fine, it just has the stupid stealth boat and Jonathan Price hamming it up like few actors ever have. World is Not Enough is pants but does have Brosnan's best line as Bond...

:datass:

PostRe: Bondathon by **JChalmers** » Fri Jul 31, 2015 9:22 am

Definitely thought this was a post about a Festival of Bondage.....

Definitely up for this, got the big Bond Tin that has all the films in.

PostRe: Bondathon by **Drumstick** » Fri Jul 31, 2015 9:35 am

In terms of who made the best Bond: Brosnan > Connery > Dalton > Craig > Lazenby > Moore
In terms of who starred in the best films: Connery > Craig > Dalton > Brosnan > Lazenby > Moore
In terms of who is my general favourite: Connery > Brosnan > Craig > Dalton > Lazenby > Moore

I do think Dalton and to an extent Lazenby are very underrated.

PostRe: Bondathon by **Captain Kinopio** » Sat Aug 01, 2015 8:34 pm

Drumstick wrote:In terms of who made the best Bond: Brosnan > Connery > Dalton > Craig > Lazenby > Moore
In terms of who starred in the best films: Connery > Craig > Dalton > Brosnan > Lazenby > Moore
In terms of who is my general favourite: Connery > Brosnan > Craig > Dalton > Lazenby > Moore

I do think Dalton and to an extent Lazenby are very underrated.

Seems a little kind on the Brosnan films, he was a great Bond though.

PostRe: Bondathon by **Hypes** » Sun Aug 02, 2015 12:16 am

Dr No

Confession - I've never seen this before. Thought I'd seen bits of it, but apparently it's only the bits in clip shows either Ursula Andress coming out of the sea, or Bond, James Bond.
Opening credits - A bit naff really, the gun barrel was weird as well, although it's the first of what is now tradition so bonus points, 6/10
Bond Girls - Honey Ryder, :wub:

, Miss Taro :datass:

, Sylvia

- James Bond clearly sets out his established way of really getting to know the women before he sleeps with them here! 8/10
Gadgets - Walther PPK - Liked the introduction of the new weapon along with the silencer, particularly enjoyed "That's a Smith and Wesson. And you've had your six." showing Bond as a cold ruthless killer. 7/10
Plot - Didn't really get the plot, Strangways gets killed and something is happening to US space rockets. There's a Chinese Dr who owns an island that people don't go to because there's a dragon 5/10
Car chase - A few good winding turns around Jamaica but the driving in front of a screen looks terrible and a car laughably explodes.
One liners - The above 'Smith and Wesson' was fantastic, of course you get the first Bond, James Bond and there's a few good others in there 'No I'm just looking' - 9/10
Bad guy - Dr No. He's a decent enough bad guy and the fact you don't see him until the last 20 minutes of the film adds to his mystery, but when you see it's a bloke with gooseberry fool metal hands it's a bit disappointing although he does mention SPECTRE 7/10
Climactic fight - What climactic fight, a little wrestle with Dr No on a platform that's descending in to nuclear water. Dr No dies because his gooseberry fool hands can't grip a pole 3/10

Overall, I enjoyed it although I was never quite sure what Dr No was doing, and the end was a bit of a let down. A very good start to a now mega franchise. Connery did great starting it off.
8/10

PostRe: Bondathon by **Victor Mildew** » Sun Aug 02, 2015 12:18 am

Dr No, vocal chords.

PostRe: Bondathon by **Hexx** » Sun Aug 02, 2015 9:30 am

Anyone seen the utter gooseberry fool covers on the re-release of the films on BluRay?

https://www.mi6-hq.com/sections/article ... =&id=03936

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