Die Another Day, really? I love GoldenEye. I thought that would be on there instead. It's directed by the same guy who did Casino Royale.
Maybe I've always been here.
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Polter-Cow - Feb 10, 2013 7:49:09 pm PST #23515 of 30000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Fred Pete - Feb 11, 2013 4:33:38 am PST #23516 of 30000
Ann, that's a ferret.
I'll go with You Only Live Twice, even if it has nothing whatsoever in common with the book. Well, more than The Spy Who Loved Me, but that's the bottom of the barrel for the movie taking nothing from the book.
And For Your Eyes Only deserves a spot on the list.
DavidS - Feb 11, 2013 4:34:59 am PST #23517 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
From Russia With Love is considered the grittiest. It also has my favorite Bond girl in Daniela Bianchi.
Oh Her Majesty's Secret Service is the one with George Lazenby. I actually love that movie but that's often a deal maker for folks. But it has great sets and Diana Rigg and one of the best scores and some awesome action sequences. And James Bond in a kilt with a woman (Angela Scoular! I love her) writing her room number on his thigh in lipstick.
Thunderball is considered the quintessential Bond movie in many ways. That and Goldfinger set the template.
The Spy Who Loved Me is the best of the Roger Moore ones and entertaining, but it's still fairly light and tends towards the arch comedy.
Goldeneye is the best of the Pierce Brosnan ones and has Sean Beane.
But frankly if he didn't love the Craig Casino Royale, I don't think he'll like anything else better.
erikaj - Feb 11, 2013 4:36:36 am PST #23518 of 30000
"already on the kiss-cam with Karl Marx"-
The latest ones don't do it for me either, for all that I can accept that they seem to be more what Fleming might have wanted. I miss the goofy props and innuendo.
Fred Pete - Feb 11, 2013 4:39:15 am PST #23519 of 30000
Ann, that's a ferret.
I'm probably in a minority here, but I think Lazenby had the potential to be a great Bond. He showed a few growing pains in On Her Majesty's Secret Service, but I think he'd have grown into the role.
le nubian - Feb 11, 2013 7:05:14 am PST #23520 of 30000
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
Yeah I m suspicious that Beau won't like any Bond I show him. I grew up with Bond movies and haven't seen the classics in awhile so at least it will be fun for me.
Gris - Feb 11, 2013 8:08:21 am PST #23521 of 30000
Hey. New board.
Goldfinger is the best. Because it's the best. Pussy Galore!
I also rather dislike Bond, though. Even Goldfinger. Casino Royale was actually the only one I think I genuinely liked, and I was extremely disappointed by Skyfall.
DavidS - Feb 11, 2013 8:10:34 am PST #23522 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
and I was extremely disappointed by Skyfall.
How come? I thought it did a great job linking Craig-era Bond back into the Connery-Bond mythos.
le nubian - Feb 11, 2013 9:56:36 am PST #23523 of 30000
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
I agree with Gris. I was disappointed (though perhaps not *extremely*) with Skyfall. I don't know if Gris agrees, but my main complaint was the plot. It was just ghastly.
Juliebird - Feb 11, 2013 1:29:27 pm PST #23524 of 30000
I am the fly who dreams of the spider
I rented The Raven over the weekend on an impulse, couldn't finish it because it was so boring and badly lit and full of scenery chewing that was still boring.
Forced myself to finish today, since I'd paid money for it.
What an excellent premise squandered.
A part of me feels that if I'd been more intimately familiar with Poe's work, I'd have gotten more out of it. But then, if I'd been more familiar, and a fan of, said work, I'd be offended.