Best Bond Film
 

Ok, so there making another bond movie and i thought a fun thing to do would be to recap and decide which of the bond movies were the best, who was the best bond, and who was the best actor.

Now i think here are all the movies:

Dr. No
From Russia with love
Goldfinger
Thunderball
You only live twice
On her Majesty's secret service
Diamonds are Forever
Live and let Die
The man with the Golden Gun
The spy who loved me
Moonraker
For your eyes only
Octopussy
A view to kill
The living daylights
License to kill
Golden Eye
Tomorrow Never Dies
The world is not enough
Die another Day
Casino Royale

And the soon to be, quantom of solace.

I always loved Golden Eye because of all the classic moments in it like the Dam scene for example and i always loved Pierce Brosnan as he displayed the perfect example of elegance and danger at the same time. Although for best actor i'd have to go with Daniel Craig. Sean Connery might have been the original James bond, but i mean, come on, the only good ones he had were Dr. No, From Russia with love, and Diamonds are forever, and his acting was a tad sub par.

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Personally I think Casino Royale and Daniel Craig are the best bond movie and best bond so far. Though Sean Connery was awesome, I think him and the other Bonds were all a little bit cheesy.

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I thought Pierce Brosnan was an Excellent bond. He just had that look. I think Daniel craig doesn't have too much personnality, either that or he can't express emotion really well, mainly due to his facial structure.

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Brosnan was the best Bond but I loved Casino Royale more than any other movie.

Looking forward to November for Quantum of Solace :)

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Sorry, I guess I get to be the old school voter.

My favorite Bond movie is probably "You Only Live Twice'

The opening song is one of my favorites, Sean Connery as a Japanese male is pure comedy, and it featured the Toyota 2000GT convertible, the "Little Nell" autogyro, and it gave us fodder for Austin Powers spoofs.

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Golden Eye

It brought the Bond franchise back from the near-death of the late 1980s.

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So very true, it's practicaly a Classic.

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Casino Royal...
I love good plots...

even the more modern Bonds were poor on plot even the old ones. Casino Royal finally challenged the cheezeyness.

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Octopussy.

You just have to love that name. I mean, seriously, who doesn't?

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I really hope your not referring to golden. As stated by almost all the bond fans, Golden eye pulled James Bond out of a huge franchise hole. Probably the best, longest running franchise ever!

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That was a good movie...it's true what everyone beens saying...
BUT....the modern movies lacked a smart plot line.
Casino Royale treats us as though most of the people watching the movie is intelligent and can understand the more complcated themes.

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GoldenEye and Casino Royale were both directed by the same guy (who also happens to be a fellow NZer), and both were strong new directions for Bond after a period of decay.

Where GoldenEye pulls ahead of Casino Royale for me is that it retains all that indominable Britishness that is Bond. Casino Royale was soft on Bond's origins and character.

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Casino Royale was shit.
And the new bond sucked hard.
He's not the sexy old bond like he used to be, and he's way to well built to be James Bond.
Timothy Dolton is the man for me, great actor, and he was in what I think, are the best James Bonds movies.
Although my favourite movie is Die another Day, god damn the chicks in that are hawt hehe

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I don't feel that way at all.
I though Caisino Royal did alot for his origins...maybe not the britishness but It got bond far more gritty.

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Yeah, but that's not Bond. Certainly not the Bond of Connery or Moore or Brosnan, who were the Bonds of Fleming.

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But... Peirce Brosnan is Irish...

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There's a difference between character and actor.

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Die another Day is considered bottom of the barrel for the Bond movies, along with Moonraker and Thunderball, the gadgets were way too unbelievable and almost too cheesey, most of the movie takes place in one area, although i did like the very beggining area.

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Ah, and yea, he does kinda look british, i think it's the chin....

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The Irish are absolutely awesome... Still, he made a pretty good Bond in my opinion. Sean Connery was my absolute favourite however.

Daniel Craig was pretty good as well as far as I'm concerned. What many people seem to ignore is that Casino Royale was effectively the first Bond novel ever written, and Q was not in it back then, resulting in no fancy gadgets. The Developer even stated that he intended to show the gritty, much rougher side of Bond before Quantum of Solace. Which is a fair call I think.

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No it's bond in the begining...rougher and more dirty and brutal. before he becomes elegant and smooth.

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golden eye - nuffs been said

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I've always liked Golden eye the most.

It feels tangibly modern still, has a good plot, acting and it isn't as slow as the older ones.

And well it's plain better than the new ones. and well ... it has Pierce :)

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But the point is he had a career in the Royal Navy for years before becoming an MI5 agent. That's affirmed in many Bond films, and especially the books.

But not a mention of it for the Casino Royale film, because it wouldn't fit with the idea they wanted for Bond. So a big chunk of his life is completely omitted.

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My favourite has to be For Your Eyes Only. It has a really plausible Cold War plot. Though Roger Moore is somewhat of a hot air balloon...

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Golden Eye
loved Famke Janssen in that movie.

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the world is not enough.

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hes not suppose to show alot of emotion, hes suppose to be a darker more serious bond just like bale in batman begins and dark knight.

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actually its the exact opposite, craig's version of bond is the real lan fleming bond, more serious and professional, instead of a womanizing sexy dinosaur as M called him in Goldeneye i think.

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i think my favs are
Goldeneye
Thunderball
Casino Royale
then the spy who loved me

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Goldeneye was my all time favorite. Pierce Brosnan just fit as a James Bond. Also because of the N64 game which i lost many hours of sleep playing that game!

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GoldenEye and Casino Royale for being interesting and good twists compared to the bond movies before them. Golden Eye was a cool "old school" type of bond movie with the classic ( "cheesy" aka not to be taken too seriously) plot and Casino Royale featured a more realistic plot which ws very refreshing. :)

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Golen Eye had plot twist?

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No, I meant that it (the poverall move) was a change compared to the movies before it. It seemed more... advanced.

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That's definitely true.

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I think that The World is not Enough was pretty good, and I agree that Pierce Brosnan was a very good James Bond.. the best maybe?

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I thought Roger Moore was a very good bond. The best film was Golden eye imo. Moonraker was also quite good, so unrealistic but thats what made it good.