which is the best James Bond movie?

casino is great until the car crash

its so bad after that it ruins what comes before

quantum of solace is overall better

russia with love best, goldeneye is good

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Diana Rigg is a magician basically

goldeneye is a lot of fun

still bad tho obv

Goldeneye was the first Bond after 6 years - a long time back in the mid 90s - so a lot of it's faults were overlooked at the time. But it's slow in places (Zhukov is a great character but his scenes are over-long), the villain reveal is really obvious, and the whole movie loses focus once they get to the jungle (also from then on it feels like a made-for-TV movie). Still it fairs better than the other Brosnan Bonds, which all feel like videogames adapted into movies.

here's how good OHMSS is: it stars an asshole male model with no acting experience who did not speak to the director for the duration of the shoot and had to have his dialogue dubbed over in post and it still rules so hard that he seems 'fine' in it

― don't care didn't ask still clappin (sic), Tuesday, December 31, 2019 2:46 PM (thirty-nine minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

he's better than "fine," his weaknesses are vastly overstated

and he's a downright incredible bond when viewed next to connery's total boredom and indifference in diamonds are forever

i think goldeneye is overrated bc of the video game, which is so much better than the film

yeah but ‘xenia onatopp’ tho, all-time great stupid name

my favorite brosnan bond is the world is not enough though, which many ppl think is the worst. it's sort of the inverse of ohmss in plot in that it features a credible *love* interest for bond but it goes the other direction with it. denise richards being HORRIBLE in it is just a plus for me tbh

i love to express my opinions about bond movies over and over and over again on ilx

A quick (if obvious) rep for the books - Moonraker, Casino Royale and FRWL are all classic; most of the rest are worth reading and have many very good bits; the only dud I’ve read, oddly, is goldfinger - the movie improves the plot and thankfully gets rid of most of the fucking golf

Love the golf in Golffinger

oddjobbly enough

Brad otfm throughout, esp about Lazenby

films were also correct to rename smersh spectre

oh nm i have got that all backwards

apologies the only og book i've read is from russia with love and that was when i was a teenager lol

Lazenby is also better than Moore in Moore’s last five

Casino Royale is really good, casually misogynistic throughout, but I really liked it at the time.

Just watching the ski chase and it’s so great, one of the better scores on this bit as well.

https://youtu.be/bwYpX3JwMu0

brad, read the books, you fool

the best ones are legit weird, fun and beautiful

even the researchy chapters about tropical fish and bridge are great

lol i might read through a few this year, it's about time

I assumed this was on the New Answers because the terrible end of Spectre is on TV.

Moonraker seems to me the most striking example of good book/bad movie, whereas The Spy Who Loved Me might be the best example of bad book/good movie (which have nothing in common plotwise).

when Diana Rigg or snow chases aren't onscreen, OHMSS is boooooooooring

― Literal Facepalms (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, February 15, 2012 8:30 PM

I stand by this. However, the NY Times just did a piece on its high status with the Bondfreaks, including new quotes from Lazenby and Rigg. (came out 50 years ago this month)

whereas The Spy Who Loved Me might be the best example of bad book/good movie (which have nothing in common plotwise).

incorrect, the book is incredible

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Gotta give that a rewatch

sic otm

I know that's not her in the pics but as an aside I often think Diana Rigg is the most beautiful woman who ever lived

who?

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swoon

Soderbergh on OHMSS.

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Good piece

That’s a great piece and this

What seems obvious to me, though, is no one was helping him during the shoot or the edit (they won’t even let him finish a fucking sentence onscreen). It feels like everyone was so focused on what he wasn’t (Sean Connery) that they didn’t take the time to figure out what he was (a cool-looking dude with genuine presence and great physicality).

(they won’t even let him finish a fucking sentence onscreen)

and he's dubbed half the time anyway

would totally watch a version of this film with isolated score

I can't tell any of these films apart
― Shakey Mo Collier, Wednesday, 2 May 2007 18:15 (twelve years ago) link

This might be peak Shakey.

Anyway, I remember seeing OHMSS when I was 11-13 after having seen at least Dr. No, From Russia with Love, and Goldfinger. Probably Thunderball as well. Sad to say I was just devastated at the end. It seemed soooooo real, lol.

Dr. No? Quantum of Solace? Moonraker? what am I watching here?

watching from russia with love bcz it's on tv and it's too hot to channel-surf

it's bad

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

the commercials are a blessed relief from how bad it is

as is the small screen

you gotta be fuckin kidding me

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

they're still all bad

― mark s, Tuesday, 31 December 2019 16:51 (two years ago) bookmarkflaglink

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

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

Seems to be coming back to me now.

i forgot where i was, continue