Your favourite Bond movie?

TYSON wrote:

Memento Mori wrote:Die another Day is by no means the worst film on that list.

To the contrary its actually the best (from ones ive seen)

Which have you seen?

Memento Mori wrote:

TYSON wrote:

Memento Mori wrote:Die another Day is by no means the worst film on that list.

To the contrary its actually the best (from ones ive seen)

Which have you seen?

Im not sure, definately all the Pierce Brosnan ones, Ive got them on DVD and Casino Royale, I have on Blu Ray

I think ive seen some of the Older ones on the Telly when I was younger but can't remember which ones

John Galt wrote:You Only Live Twice is probably my favourite; it just sums up everything I like about James Bond and the Japanese setting gives the film a much more adventurous character. It's also set the template for pretty much every spy film ever since in terms of Blofeld, the underground lair and the Little Nelly Helicopter.

Completely unfaithful to the book

I cant decide so I'll rate them in order of Bond girls I'd like to strawberry float;

Famke Janson - Goldeneye
Jane Seymour - Live and Let Die
Gemma Arterton - Quantum of Solace

Herr Dark Wolf wrote:

John Galt wrote:You Only Live Twice is probably my favourite; it just sums up everything I like about James Bond and the Japanese setting gives the film a much more adventurous character. It's also set the template for pretty much every spy film ever since in terms of Blofeld, the underground lair and the Little Nelly Helicopter.

Completely unfaithful to the book

Poor script as well by Roald Dahl. The bit where Bond turns Japanese? The bit where they watch what's happening in space on a tv screen?

Casino Royale is certainly the best of those I've seen, but my 'favourite' is Goldeneye. Massive quotathon.

Memento Mori wrote:

Herr Dark Wolf wrote:

John Galt wrote:You Only Live Twice is probably my favourite; it just sums up everything I like about James Bond and the Japanese setting gives the film a much more adventurous character. It's also set the template for pretty much every spy film ever since in terms of Blofeld, the underground lair and the Little Nelly Helicopter.

Completely unfaithful to the book

Poor script as well by Roald Dahl. The bit where Bond turns Japanese? The bit where they watch what's happening in space on a tv screen?

So poor they essentially use the same plot device in the Spy Who Loved Me.

YOLT the book is so dark and twisted.

mcjihge2 wrote:Famke Janson - Goldeneye

Was she that RIDICULOUSLY hot crazy Russian bint?

*Drools*

Memento Mori wrote:

Herr Dark Wolf wrote:

John Galt wrote:You Only Live Twice is probably my favourite; it just sums up everything I like about James Bond and the Japanese setting gives the film a much more adventurous character. It's also set the template for pretty much every spy film ever since in terms of Blofeld, the underground lair and the Little Nelly Helicopter.

Completely unfaithful to the book

Poor script as well by Roald Dahl. The bit where Bond turns Japanese? The bit where they watch what's happening in space on a tv screen?

You're criticizing a James Bond film because of a lack of realism? Suspension of disbelief. Let's face it, all of them, without exception are wild fantasy.

YOLT just happens to have the greatest opening to any Bond film ever, and has one of the coolest vehicles ever. Easily in the top three, which would probably consist of

Submarine Lotus in The Spy who loved me
Aston Martin DB6 in Goldfinger
Little Nelly helicopter in You only live twice.

Drunken_Master wrote:

Memento Mori wrote:

Herr Dark Wolf wrote:

John Galt wrote:You Only Live Twice is probably my favourite; it just sums up everything I like about James Bond and the Japanese setting gives the film a much more adventurous character. It's also set the template for pretty much every spy film ever since in terms of Blofeld, the underground lair and the Little Nelly Helicopter.

Completely unfaithful to the book

Poor script as well by Roald Dahl. The bit where Bond turns Japanese? The bit where they watch what's happening in space on a tv screen?

You're criticizing a James Bond film because of a lack of realism? Suspension of disbelief. Let's face it, all of them, without exception are wild fantasy.

YOLT just happens to have the greatest opening to any Bond film ever, and has one of the coolest vehicles ever. Easily in the top three, which would probably consist of

Submarine Lotus in The Spy who loved me
Aston Martin DB6 in Goldfinger
Little Nelly helicopter in You only live twice.

You can't excuse plot holes that easily.

Herr Dark Wolf wrote:

John Galt wrote:You Only Live Twice is probably my favourite; it just sums up everything I like about James Bond and the Japanese setting gives the film a much more adventurous character. It's also set the template for pretty much every spy film ever since in terms of Blofeld, the underground lair and the Little Nelly Helicopter.

Completely unfaithful to the book

So. I have read the book, twice actually, but it's so different from the book that it doesn't matter at all. The book wouldn't have made a good film anyway, at least not a James Bond film.

:FP: who voted Quantum of solace? looks at tragics direction....

Goldeneye

puppetBoy wrote:Out of curiosity, which ones would everyone say are their least favourite Bond films?

Casino Royale, On Her Majesty's Secret Service (which is one of the better storys, but Lazenby is just pure gooseberry fool), Moonraker and Die Another Day.

As for favourite, it's got to be either Goldeneye, Tomorrow Never Dies, Licence To Kill or The Spy Who Loved Me.

Edit: or The Man With The Golden Gun.

In fact, it's not bad that out of the 22 entries in the franchise, there's only four that I don't really like.

This thread has made me tempted to get that complete Bond film DVD set

"Tastes like...strawberries"

Jimmy Shedders wrote:"Tastes like...strawberries"

I wouldn't know.

Drumstick wrote:

Jimmy Shedders wrote:"Tastes like...strawberries"

I wouldn't know.

"Oh I would"

Mr Plough wrote:This thread has made me tempted to get that complete Bond film DVD set

What's the point, just watch ITV on Saturday afternoons.

Goldeneye for me - Superb performance from Brosnan, great story and great action sequences. Not to mention two of my personal favourite Bond girls. However, I do absolutely love The Man with the Golden Gun - Its a very different kind of Bond film but I think its absolutely hilarious in places. I always liked Roger Moore as bond, crap from an action minded perspective but he brought something different to the films - they were almost more like spoofs at times but in the best way possible.