View Poll Results: Best Bond Film EVER!!

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  • Dr. No

    4 4.08%
  • From Russia With Love

    14 14.29%
  • Goldfinger

    38 38.78%
  • Thunderball

    2 2.04%
  • Live And Let Die

    7 7.14%
  • Man With The Golden Gun

    0 0%
  • The Spy Who Loved Me

    5 5.10%
  • The Living Daylights

    1 1.02%
  • Goldeneye

    8 8.16%
  • Casino Royale

    19 19.39%
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    Best Bond Film

    So, I was watching Casino Royale on DVD last night with my son (we saw it in theaters too) and he remarked that it was his new favorite movie. So, I said, "well, you should see some of the other Bond movies then!"

    That got me to thinking-- what is the best Bond movie ever. So, I put up this poll. Sadly, I am only allowed to post 10 options so I had to eliminate a few pretty good films. Still, I feel good about these 10 being the most likely to be on anyone's list of the best ever.

    Enjoy and be sure to back uo your vote with an explanation:

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    As an aside, did I leave out some film that should be elligible for the top ten?

    -Jason "as I looked at a list, I was surprised how few of them were even under consideration for me-- there were about 3 or 4 and then not many others in the same category as the top" Evans

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    A couple notable omissions

    Goldfinger and From Russia with Love obviously are the quintessential Bond movies. However, I'm also fond of the following two that were omitted from your list:

    On His Majesty's Secret Service: Probably the Bond movie that was most faithful to the source material. Yes, Lazenby was pretty wooden as Bond, but I thought the movie had a nice balance of action and romance. Diana Rigg was excellent as Bond's short-term wife. Also, how can you go wrong with a movie featuring Telly Savalas?

    Tomorrow Never Dies: Brosnan seemed alot more comfortable as Bond in this movie than in Goldeneye. Plus, its fun to have a villain that's a cross between Bill Gates and Rupert Murdoch

    It would be interesting to have a poll on the worst Bond film. I bet there would be alot more diversity. My choice would be 'Diamonds are Forever': cheesy sets, bad jokes, and the pain of watching an overweight Sean Connery half-heartedly trying to recreate the Bond character he made famous.

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    It's hard for me to leave off any Connery Bond, so the first thing I asked when I saw your list was, "Where is Diamonds Are Forever?" Even if it were on the list I wouldn't have voted for it, though. From Russia With Love is the pinnacle of Bondom.

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    First, I appreciate the good Bonds for their own qualities, rather than being one of these Connery-only chauvinists.

    I'm probably the world's biggest Moore fan, but Man with the Golden Gun needs to be on a worst list, not a best list. The superior Moore films are, as Jason listed, Spy who Loved Me and Live and Let Die. Octo***** is quality Cold War, and For Your Eyes Only isn't bad. Moonraker has problems, mainly a wooden villain. I never need to see A View to a Kill again, and I'm surprised they made it.

    I voted for Live and Let Die because it's my favorite, not because you can really truly argue it's the best. It's so deliciously stupid. It's got one of the best chase scenes in the whole Bond oeuvre, the boat chase on the Bayou, and probably the single most beautiful Bond girl, a young Jane Seymour. They haven't yet figured out that they want to make Moore the 1970s king of cheese yet, but the whole thing is silly enough the be appreciated meta-. I like Moore even better than Connery because I perceive Bond to be satire, not unironic action. Moore's funnier. If you're taking Bond seriously*, you've got a healthier suspension of disbelief than I can muster.

    Die Another Day, the last Brosnan film, is the best of his four.

    I want to like From Russia with Love best of the Connery films, but I had to concede to Goldfinger, even though the mad super-villain is not my favorite Bond formula.

    * - I haven't seen the new film, but it's in my queue. I hear it's a real film, not merely a Bond movie.
    Last edited by throatybeard; 03-17-2007 at 01:07 AM.

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    My top 5:

    1. Goldfinger
    2. Live and Let Die - I'm with Throaty on the great boat chase scene and I liked the ending with the sharks. Plus, when Bond uses the meat to send the Aligators into the bad guy cabin, well that's just cold
    3. Casino Royale - Great action nad a very believable Bond. Went on a bit too long, but enjoyable. Loved that Bond torture scene too-- nasty!
    4. From Russia With Love - The movie that made all of us fall in love with Bond.
    5. Goldeneye - The sight of Brosnan on top of that tank was just too awesome. The ending was pretty wretched, but I liked everything that took us to that point.

    --Jason "I agree, the list of bad or disappointing Bond movies might be more interesting" Evans

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    Live and Let Die

    I agree the boat chase scene in LALD was fantastic. Also, its hard to go wrong with any movie featuring Jane Seymour

    However, LALD is lower on my list for two reasons. First, in the character Sherrif J.W. Pepper, it prominently features easily the most-annoying and unnecessary character to appear in the Bond series (Denise Richards as a nuclear scientist is a close second). Second, the death of the villain Kananga by inflation (where he basically blows up like a balloon, floats in the air, and pops) was friggin ridiculous. Couldn't they think of a more-realistic (by Bond standards) way to kill him off?

    A Bond-related trivia question: What actor, who appeared in a relatively minor role in a Bond film, later went on to win an Oscar for Best-Supporting Actor?

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    Throatybeard

    Did you actually censor yourself on the name of a Bond movie? What would you do with Austin Powers, Gold****** and The Spy Who ******* Me.

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    No, the board software did that.

    You know what else is awesome about Goldeneye, Jason, is it probably has the finest opening stunt of all the films, where Brosnan drives a motorcycle off a cliff onto a plane.

    They've spent more and more money for better and better effect in the opening stunt in the last two decades. (I'm not sure that some of the Connery films can even be considered to have one). Other great opening stunts can be found in Die Another Day (the hovercraft chase off a waterfall) and Octo***** (Moore turns his ultralight to 90 degrees through a door).

    A movie is not about what it's about; it's about how it's about it.
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    Some questions cannot be answered
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    We need a love like Johnny, Johnny and June
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    Quote Originally Posted by throatybeard View Post
    No, the board software did that.

    You know what else is awesome about Goldeneye, Jason, is it probably has the finest opening stunt of all the films, where Brosnan drives a motorcycle off a cliff onto a plane.

    They've spent more and more money for better and better effect in the opening stunt in the last two decades. (I'm not sure that some of the Connery films can even be considered to have one). Other great opening stunts can be found in Die Another Day (the hovercraft chase off a waterfall) and Octo***** (Moore turns his ultralight to 90 degrees through a door).
    And the opening stunt (which is actually an opening chase) in Casino Royale tops everything EVER!! If you have not seen it, you are really missing something.

    Here it is- from YouTube: http://http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ovojHaug7U

    -Jason "the idiot with his finger in his ear deserved to die!" Evans

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    What about Moonraker?

    Don't know what they were thinking when they made that one.

    My all time favorite is Goldfinger.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Jfrosh View Post
    What about Moonraker?

    Don't know what they were thinking when they made that one.

    The movie, which isn't the best, or the opening stunt, which is great, and deliciously absurd? Although it probably irritates Physics teachers.

    A movie is not about what it's about; it's about how it's about it.
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    Some questions cannot be answered
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    Quote Originally Posted by throatybeard View Post
    The movie, which isn't the best, or the opening stunt, which is great, and deliciously absurd? Although it probably irritates Physics teachers.
    I forgot about the opening stunt, that was fun, unreal, but what isn't in Bond films. What got to me was the whole "Jaws gets a girlfriend and turns good" angle.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Jfrosh View Post
    I forgot about the opening stunt, that was fun, unreal, but what isn't in Bond films. What got to me was the whole "Jaws gets a girlfriend and turns good" angle.
    Richard Kiel's character does the same turnabout in "Pale Rider".

    Point of reference: Kiel is same height as Zoubek.

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    Thumbs down A Solace of Quantum

    Would someone PLEASE explain to me why Daniel Craig is still Bond? I gave him a pass on Casino Royale. I had hoped for more from him on Solace; I am greatly disappointed. It almost reminds me of the time shortly after Licence to Kill.

    Then again, everything looks nice on BlueRay.

    MAIN POINT: I am not changing my mind on this poll, some two years after it was first posted.

    Paging Jason Evans: Is there any hope for the third Daniel Craig Bond?

    Thanks,
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    I do think the value of Bond as a whole has been diluted over the years by other film series such as the Jack Ryan stuff or the Bourne series. Not that it wouldn't have happened anyway.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Lavabe View Post
    Would someone PLEASE explain to me why Daniel Craig is still Bond? I gave him a pass on Casino Royale. I had hoped for more from him on Solace; I am greatly disappointed. It almost reminds me of the time shortly after Licence to Kill.

    Then again, everything looks nice on BlueRay.

    MAIN POINT: I am not changing my mind on this poll, some two years after it was first posted.

    Paging Jason Evans: Is there any hope for the third Daniel Craig Bond?

    Thanks,
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    Are you kidding? He's great!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Lavabe View Post
    Paging Jason Evans: Is there any hope for the third Daniel Craig Bond?

    Thanks,
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    I'm not Evans, but yes. Mendes, Deakins. Bardem!


    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skyfall

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    Some questions cannot be answered
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    this is hard...

    i'm going to have to say:

    1. goldfinger (THE very best villain in ANY bond film..and prolly should have won something for it.)
    2. dr no
    3. from russia with love
    4. casino royale (just a few things shy of making # 2)
    5. You only live twice.
    6. Our man Flint.


    no remington steel in the top 5

    no roger moore in the top 30

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    For Your Eyes Only

    Think I'm biased b/c it's the first Bond movie I saw in the theater. I also liked Pierce Brosnan as Bond but didn't like Timothy Dalton. It goes without saying that I liked Sean Connery as Bond. I haven't seen any of the new ones with Daniel Craig in the lead role. Does that make me a bad person?

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