which is the best James Bond movie?

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I vote for the original Casino Royale

Shakey Mo Collier, Wednesday, 2 May 2007 19:10 (seventeen years ago) link

"I have a very low threshold of death"

Dr Morbius, Wednesday, 2 May 2007 19:11 (seventeen years ago) link

Dr. No or Octopussy? Can't pick. The Spy Who Loved Me has that awesome chase scene on the ski slopes.

Fluffy Bear Hearts Rainbows, Wednesday, 2 May 2007 19:17 (seventeen years ago) link

From Russia with Love. Robert Shaw vs. Sean Connery in the train--it just don't get no better than that.

Joe, Wednesday, 2 May 2007 20:02 (seventeen years ago) link

Plus Lotte Lenya with a poisoned shoe (!!)

Joe, Wednesday, 2 May 2007 20:02 (seventeen years ago) link

from russia with love

s1ocki, Wednesday, 2 May 2007 20:15 (seventeen years ago) link

I might go for from russia with love if the Bond vs helicopter scene wasn't blatantly ripped off from North by Northwest.


cmon: Goldfinger. Pussy Galore. the best song. girl killed with gold paint. a guy with a blade in his hat. NO, MR BOND, I EXPECT YOU TO DIE! and only 112 minutes.

Dr Morbius, Wednesday, 2 May 2007 20:21 (seventeen years ago) link

okay I do kinda like Goldfinger

Shakey Mo Collier, Wednesday, 2 May 2007 20:22 (seventeen years ago) link

"Goldfinger" isn't as good a song as "You Only Live Twice".

Noodle Vague, Wednesday, 2 May 2007 20:59 (seventeen years ago) link

Spy Who Loved Me. Probably seen it 25 times. Taped it from HBO when we had a Betamax.

Mark Rich@rdson, Wednesday, 2 May 2007 21:17 (seventeen years ago) link

but Noodle, it's a better record.

Dr Morbius, Wednesday, 2 May 2007 21:35 (seventeen years ago) link

I dunno. Maybe "Goldfinger" is too over-familiar, or too camp. I like the sadness in "YOLT".

Noodle Vague, Wednesday, 2 May 2007 21:37 (seventeen years ago) link

Goldfinger isn't necessarily the "best" Bond film, but it's the only "good" one, if that makes sense.

Chuck_Tatum, Wednesday, 2 May 2007 22:24 (seventeen years ago) link

By which I mean I love them all, even the shite ones.

Chuck_Tatum, Wednesday, 2 May 2007 22:24 (seventeen years ago) link

Especially the shite ones.

Chuck_Tatum, Wednesday, 2 May 2007 22:24 (seventeen years ago) link

Except perhaps The World is Not Enough, which was wretched.

Chuck_Tatum, Wednesday, 2 May 2007 22:25 (seventeen years ago) link

Another vote for From Russia...

chap, Thursday, 3 May 2007 11:38 (seventeen years ago) link

I love them all too, except the World is Not Enough, and the ones with Timothy Dalton in because they are FUCKING RUBBISH.

I have voted for Goldfinger, because I have good memories of watching it about forty times in the space of one weekend when I was 11 and top-loading VCRs were all the rage, but I suspect that the new Casino Royale is actually much better.

accentmonkey, Thursday, 3 May 2007 11:45 (seventeen years ago) link

Oh, and clearly Live and Let Die is the best theme song.

accentmonkey, Thursday, 3 May 2007 11:45 (seventeen years ago) link

there was one with pierce brosnan in, and i can't remember the details very clearly, but early on in the movie he jumped off a cliff and somehow fell faster than a missile and managed to disarm it or something. am i imagining this? sitting in the cinema i thought, 'i know shit all about science but i'm quite sure that's impossible' and my disbelief tumbled from its suspension. it was then i decided that i don't really like the more recent bond films.

the new casino royale was rub. fight scenes which disobey laws of gravity, where eveyon'es some ultra acrobatic ninja from the matrix dimension, bore the crap out of me.

stevie, Thursday, 3 May 2007 11:51 (seventeen years ago) link

I love them all too, except the World is Not Enough, and the ones with Timothy Dalton in because they are FUCKING RUBBISH.

The Living Daylights is great! It has friendly Muhajadeen in it. Licence to Kill is fucking rubbish though.

chap, Thursday, 3 May 2007 11:56 (seventeen years ago) link

the living daylights IS great. i don't understand the dalton-hate and never have.

pisces, Thursday, 3 May 2007 12:03 (seventeen years ago) link

The Living Daylights is great! It has friendly Muhajadeen in it.

Fucking rubbish!

(This is the best argument ever.)

accentmonkey, Thursday, 3 May 2007 12:10 (seventeen years ago) link

Bump. Not that I know when it finishes.

Billy Dods, Wednesday, 9 May 2007 11:14 (sixteen years ago) link

I'm going with On Her Majesty's Secret Service because I am emo.

Alba, Wednesday, 9 May 2007 11:20 (sixteen years ago) link

Answer is 'The Living Daylights', even if Bond does kinda set up the Taliban in the process.

Just got offed, Wednesday, 9 May 2007 11:24 (sixteen years ago) link

one year passes...

craig is the only bond

czn (cozwn), Sunday, 2 November 2008 13:02 (fifteen years ago) link

Casino Royale (the recent one) was utter toss.

Probably From Russia With Love for my taste, although I didn't mind some of the Pierce Brosnan ones, didn't mind them at all. And actually On Her Majesty's Secret Service isn't half bad.

GamalielRatsey, Sunday, 2 November 2008 13:13 (fifteen years ago) link

I have still never seen a Bond film all the way through. Which is the best one to start with? As opposed to the actual best one.

Matt DC, Sunday, 2 November 2008 13:16 (fifteen years ago) link

that is the most shocking thing you have ever written.

i thought casino royale was good but often hard to think why. there is no quantum of solace torrent yet!

Cittaslow Mazza (blueski), Sunday, 2 November 2008 13:20 (fifteen years ago) link

casino royale was some low rent wanna be bourne shit - kinda amusing but who wants emo bond - bond is not emo - that was not bond

888 (ice crӕm), Sunday, 2 November 2008 13:22 (fifteen years ago) link

I like emo bond way more than phoning it in playboy bond

max, Sunday, 2 November 2008 16:29 (fifteen years ago) link

it's the 2000s let's get with the times--deep tortuous guilt and anxiety is the global mood

max, Sunday, 2 November 2008 16:31 (fifteen years ago) link

in wht way is craig emo? cos he has emotions? max otm. anyway I never enjoyed a bond bt I enjoyed casino royale a bunch and if anything he's a high rent jason bourne. you want low rent jason bourne try liam neeson's taken

czn (cozwn), Sunday, 2 November 2008 17:57 (fifteen years ago) link

anyone voting for a non-Connery bond film should die in a fire.

what U cry 4 (jim), Sunday, 2 November 2008 18:46 (fifteen years ago) link

three years pass...

lol this poll

Puppenmeister Meisterpuppen (Eisbaer), Wednesday, 15 February 2012 21:05 (twelve years ago) link

my ranking:

1. goldfinger
2. the spy who loved me
3. casino royale (2006)
4. from russia with love
5. on her majesty's secret service
6. dr. no
7. you only live twice
8. goldeneye
9. thunderball
10. quantum of solace
11. tomorrow never dies
12. for your eyes only
13. the world is not enough
14. octopussy
15. licence to kill
16. live and let die
17. die another day
18. never say never again
19. the living daylights
20. a view to a kill
21. diamonds are forever
22. casino royale (1967)
23. the man with the golden gun
24. moonraker

Puppenmeister Meisterpuppen (Eisbaer), Wednesday, 15 February 2012 21:15 (twelve years ago) link

"On My Ladies Royal Tush"

The Cheerfull Turtle (Latham Green), Wednesday, 15 February 2012 21:18 (twelve years ago) link

Live and Let Die is the best, and Roger Moore was the best Bond. The new Casino Royale was pretty good too.

Tuomas, Wednesday, 15 February 2012 21:19 (twelve years ago) link

I just like the ones that feature Toblerone

The Cheerfull Turtle (Latham Green), Wednesday, 15 February 2012 21:21 (twelve years ago) link

truth (which surprised me): pierce brosnan would be my 2nd favorite Bond (though i'm willing to see how the david craig era goes before making that final).

the blaxploitation parts of "live and let die" were amusing (as was yaphet kotto blowing-up a la Violet Beauregarde in "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory") ... the part where it turned into a precursor of "smoky and the bandit" (complete with dumbass rednecks and overlong, pointless chases through the bayou) were not so.

Puppenmeister Meisterpuppen (Eisbaer), Wednesday, 15 February 2012 21:25 (twelve years ago) link

can't believe OHMSS didn't place higher!

Eisbaer, I think Brosnan (the first couple of films at least) is a great Bond. He's like a great balance between Dalton's grit and Moore's charm. Goldeneye is a ludicrous film, but I'd rank it up there with the best Bond performances.

gyac, Wednesday, 15 February 2012 21:29 (twelve years ago) link

wtf dude, 5th place is way too high as is

RudolfHitlerFtw (Hungry4Ass), Wednesday, 15 February 2012 21:33 (twelve years ago) link

not really.

you could make a good case for a couple below it but moonraker is certainly not one of them.

gyac, Wednesday, 15 February 2012 21:36 (twelve years ago) link

I enjoy ho w Roger Moore was both posh and could kick some ass

The Cheerfull Turtle (Latham Green), Wednesday, 15 February 2012 21:37 (twelve years ago) link

you could make a good case for a couple below it but moonraker is certainly not one of them.

― gyac, Wednesday, February 15, 2012 9:36 PM (16 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Yeah, 4 votes for Moonraker, WTF. The Living Daylights should be much higher. Can't argue with the top four though.

Inevitable stupid samba mix (chap), Wednesday, 15 February 2012 21:54 (twelve years ago) link

Who the fuck voted for Licence To Kill

De La Soil (admrl), Wednesday, 15 February 2012 21:58 (twelve years ago) link

I miss Goldeneye on N64

De La Soil (admrl), Wednesday, 15 February 2012 21:59 (twelve years ago) link

i'm guessing that some folks found "moonraker" to be entertaining in a campy way ... i didn't find it so, but i guess i can see some folks looking at it that way.

Puppenmeister Meisterpuppen (Eisbaer), Wednesday, 15 February 2012 22:51 (twelve years ago) link

ohmss is a solid movie but lazenby's boring. regardless, it placed really high and i cant see being dissatisfied with that. maybe you think it's better than live and let die, but surely not the other three ahead of it?

RudolfHitlerFtw (Hungry4Ass), Wednesday, 15 February 2012 23:00 (twelve years ago) link

Because it's on ITV1 and there's likely a commercial break every 10 minutes?

Being cheap is expensive (snoball), Sunday, 17 July 2022 17:40 (one year ago) link

the commercials are a blessed relief from how bad it is

mark s, Sunday, 17 July 2022 17:40 (one year ago) link

as is the small screen

mark s, Sunday, 17 July 2022 17:40 (one year ago) link

you gotta be fuckin kidding me

if From Russia w Love is bad, what rates for you as good?

terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Sunday, 17 July 2022 17:45 (one year ago) link

they're still all bad

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mark s, Sunday, 17 July 2022 17:49 (one year ago) link

!

Just been looking at a really good book called The Music of James Bond, by Jon Burlingame.

L.H.O.O.Q. Jones (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 17 July 2022 17:49 (one year ago) link

lol I see you are unfamiliar with mark's Bond opinion

pasty drunks fuck off (Noodle Vague), Sunday, 17 July 2022 17:52 (one year ago) link

Seems to be coming back to me now.

L.H.O.O.Q. Jones (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 17 July 2022 18:08 (one year ago) link

i forgot where i was, continue

terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Sunday, 17 July 2022 18:34 (one year ago) link

*strokes white cat complacently*

mark s, Sunday, 17 July 2022 18:37 (one year ago) link

Do u see?

L.H.O.O.Q. Jones (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 17 July 2022 18:45 (one year ago) link

Octopussy and Never Say Never Again are best ones, mainly because you get Roger Moore telling a snake to "hiss off" and Sean Connery wearing a ridiculous toupee, apart from when he's on the motorbike.

calzino, Sunday, 17 July 2022 18:52 (one year ago) link

I just learned quite a bit about the 1967 Casino Royale, which is almost nobody’s idea of the best James Bond movie, but still.

L.H.O.O.Q. Jones (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 17 July 2022 18:58 (one year ago) link


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