I don't know if this is popular anymore, but some people here must have a favorite James Bond film AND a favorite James Bond. What and who are yours?
Even though Sean Connery is my favorite Bond, I'd go with "The Spy Who Loved Me" as my favorite Bond film. I just enjoy the production, the scenes at the pyramids, Bond's constant run-ins with Jaws (Richard Kiel), Barbara Bach, Curt Jurgens, and all the gadgets and crazy sets.
"On Her Majesty's Secret Service" with George Lazenby and Diana Rigg is another favorite. The action scenes that make up the last half of the film are spectacular, and it has the best ending of a Bond film, even if it's tragic.
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I feel stupid. I would have to say my favorite bond is Pierce Broslan. This is only due to the fact that I havent yet seen any of the other bond films besides the ones from him. I have seen all of his though, considering my age. At one point in time The World is not Enough was my favorite Bond Film but now I'm not that large of a fan. I need to look at some of the old Bond Movies with Sean Connery..
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Connery is probably my favorite Bond, although I do love Brosnan. Sean just seems to embody both the suave-ness and toughness that the perfect Bond must have. I'm a HUGE Bond fan and it is hard for me to pick just one favorite. But I am going to have to second Mark on O.H.M.S.S. This is the overlooked Bond film because of Lazenby, but I thought he did a great job and as Mark said, the film is great too.
Who should the next bond be?
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I remember growing up and watching "The Living Daylights" a lot, it's not my favorite, just there for nostalgia. But if I had to choose my favorite, it would be have to be "GoldenEye". Brosnan was just an awesome Bond, the next one could be Clive Owen, or maybe just some no name actor with a lot of machismo.
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I usually get trashed for this, but I prefer FOR YOUR EYES ONLY b/c it stripped down the gadgetry to a minimum and went more with a nuts n bolts approach to Bond, and I thought it worked quite well.
Otherwise, I love THE SPY WHO LOVED ME. The Carly Simon song just gets me every time.
Pierce Brosnan did a fine turn as Bond, though I thought the scripts were hit or miss. GOLDENEYE stands out as the most cohesive, though there are elements and sequences of DIE ANOTHER DAY that I enjoy tremendously.
there are some scenes with connery that are memorable but anything with roger moore needs to be tossed and brosnan couldn't hide his eagerness to play bond.
Mine is the SPY WHO LOVED ME. Roger Moore is my favourite Bond, Our favourite Bond is the one you grow up with, like the BATMEN films, they have a different actor all the time.
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Originally posted by TONY STARK: Mine is the SPY WHO LOVED ME. Roger Moore is my favourite Bond, Our favourite Bond is the one you grow up with, like the BATMEN films, they have a different actor all the time.
Moore has taken a lot of slack from Bond-fans over the years, but I enjoyed him in SPY as well. As a matter of fact, FOR YOUR EYES ONLY is probably my all-time favorite Bond for largely personal reasons.
I grew up, teen wise, with Roger Moore as my Bond, but he goes straight to the bottom of the pile. Totally wrong if you read the novels. Connery and Dalton, along with Craig have done the best interpretations. They have brought the necessary sociopathic edge to a man living hard and in extremis, they treat their women mostly contemptously as Bond should, and they possess animal magnetism.
As for the films themselves, I like moments rather than whole films, but I will always re-watch Octopussy, You Only Live Twice, Goldfinger and Licence to Kill.
The new Bond film has really invigorated the franchise (cliche I know), and I hope to god they stay raw, w/out the innuendo and cheap laughs and winks to the camera which reached their nadir in Die Another Day.
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Originally posted by Ishmaels coffin: I grew up, teen wise, with Roger Moore as my Bond, but he goes straight to the bottom of the pile. Totally wrong if you read the novels.
Yes, but thank goodness they don't follow all the novels as closely as they could or there may've never been a franchise that evolved the way this one has. Now, with CASINO ROYALE staying substantively true to the source, it's considered "re-invigorating," which I don't entirely agree with but I'm certainly willing to see where they go with it now.
I have to agree with TREK, I didn't like the last one, Bond just looked like any other hero, no different then Bruce Willis, you could have made the same film with Steven Segal and Vandamme. Would have looked better.
I am curious to see where they're going with the next Bond Films.
Indeed, the novels were written a long time ago, if they followed everything the movies wouldn't be as popular as they are now.
By taking a slightly different direction they have grouped and introduced the character to a new audience, a wider audience.
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Mr. Stark, have you read the Fleming novels? If you look at the structure of the original stories and the nature of Bond's character, then it is clear that Casino Royale is actually very close to Fleming's original vision. Bond inspired a lot of action heroes, but nothing Willis or VanDamme or Seagal has ever done resembles James Bond, suave, edgy anti-hero from MI6.
Trek, Chubby Brocolli and his pals who produce the franchise haven't evolved the series at all. All they have done is up the sexual innuendo, bad jokes and keep up with the changing technology , which Fleming did anyway. Fleming wrote a great character who is flexible enough to be a '60's hero, or a man of the new millenium. The films are fun, but to argue that they have expanded or improved upon the novels is a foolish argument I would say. Sure Moore and his silliness brought in a larger audience than the straight retelling of the tales may have done, but that just proves that the lowest common denominator will so often win.
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Originally posted by Ishmaels coffin: Trek, Chubby Brocolli and his pals who produce the franchise haven't evolved the series at all. All they have done is up the sexual innuendo, bad jokes and keep up with the changing technology , which Fleming did anyway.
I'd disagree to a point, but, regarding the central Bond character, I'd concede that you're right. I don't think anyone goes to a Bond film hoping for a sensitive more introspective Bond who's learning from his years of espionage that it's 'dialogue' that matters. However, the films have evolved technically and technologically in great steps to be far different from the books.
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Fleming wrote a great character who is flexible enough to be a '60's hero, or a man of the new millenium. The films are fun, but to argue that they have expanded or improved upon the novels is a foolish argument I would say.
I never made that argument, nor would I.
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Sure Moore and his silliness brought in a larger audience than the straight retelling of the tales may have done, but that just proves that the lowest common denominator will so often win.
Again, that's probably the big difference between a Bond novel and what the filmmakers were seeking to do at the time with the Bond series of films. It sells, which inevitably is always my point with the differences between books and films.
Originally posted by mark f: I don't know if this is popular anymore, but some people here must have a favorite James Bond film AND a favorite James Bond. What and who are yours?
Sean Connery and Goldfinger are my favorites. Second to Connery is Daniel Craig and Casino Royale. Looking forward to more 007 from Craig. Favorite Bond girl- hmmm...so many choices (Ursula Andress, Eva Green, Lynn-Holly Johnson, Denise Richards, etc etc).
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I'm glad that a few people are mentioning "On Her Majesty's Secret Service." Over the last few weeks I have been re-watching all the Bond films and I'd have to say that OHMSS is my favorite. There are lots of great things that I liked about it, but one thing that struck me was the great photography. Especially the action scenes in the Alps at the end.
There are so many topics that we could discuss in regards to the Bond films. Like- Favorite Opening Sequence, Favorite Song, Favorite Gadget...
