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Egbert Souse
Nov 6, 2008

OHMSS is the best 60s Bond after From Russia with Love and Goldfinger.

Might be better than Goldfinger a little because Lazenby plays Bond as this young arrogant prick.

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Egbert Souse
Nov 6, 2008

I've seen almost all the Bond movies, so here's my opinions:

Dr. No - Alright
From Russia with Love - Awesome (Robert Shaw owns so hard in this one)
Goldfinger - Awesome
Thunderball - Alright (the underwater fights are unusually boring)
Casino Royale - Garbage except for the Woody Allen scenes and the ending.
You Only Live Twice - Good (extra points for Donald Pleasence as Blofeld)
On Her Majesty's Secret Service - Awesome
Diamonds Are Forever - Alright
Live and Let Die - Awful (the worst Bond after Die Another Day)
The Man with the Golden Gun - Alright
The Spy Who Loved Me - Awesome
Moonraker - Awesome (the opening skydiving scene is one of the best setpieces ever)
For Your Eyes Only - Alright (I honestly can't remember anything about it other than Sheena Easton popping up in the credits)
Never Say Never Again - Haven't seen yet, doesn't seem worth it.
Octopussy - Blah
A View to a Kill - Garbage (how the gently caress do you waste CHRISTOPHER loving WALKEN as a Bond villain?)
The Living Daylights - Good
Licence to Kill - Awesome (Robert Davi is one of the best villains, also has kid-faced Benicio del Toro!)
Goldeneye - Alright (bonus points for great parts for Sean Bean and Alan Cumming, but the orgasmic assassin is stupid even for a Bond movie)
Tomorrow Never Dies - Good (even better for basically having Jonathan Pryce as Rupert Murdoch as the villain)
The World is Not Enough - Haven't seen yet
Die Another Day - Garbage
Casino Royale - Awesome
Quantum of Solace - Blah
Skyfall - Awesome
Spectre - Alright (It's at least the best-shot film in the series)

Egbert Souse
Nov 6, 2008

Unguided posted:

David Niven was a really bad Bond. Good actor in other movies, bad fit for the role.

Niven would have made a great Bond in the 40s, maybe the early 50s. He's fantastic in A Matter of Life and Death.

Roger Moore isn't terrible, he just got stuck with mostly garbage scripts with dumb poo poo like this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fzCIbhLUUA0

Egbert Souse
Nov 6, 2008

The way Live and Let Die tries so hard and fails at dipping its toes in the blaxploitation genre is one reason why the movie sucks. Worse that they waste an excellent actor like Yaphet Kotto.

It also makes you wish they had just let American International or someone actually adapt a James Bond novel with a black James Bond.


At least any time Geoffrey Holder is on screen is gold.

Egbert Souse
Nov 6, 2008

Frankenstyle posted:

You are batshit crazy. Everything else you said was on the money, but this is so goddam wrong it invalidates all opinions you will ever have for the rest of your life.


But seriously, Moonraker was bad on par with those awful live action Saturday morning non-cartoon shows from the 80's.

I fully expected to hate Moonraker, but it's way too much fun.

Egbert Souse
Nov 6, 2008

spud posted:

What the gently caress is this order! Redo this from best to worst right now!

Alright, here's the list of my most favorite to least favorite :spergin:

On Her Majesty's Secret Service
Goldfinger
From Russia with Love
Casino Royale (2006)
Skyfall
Licence to Kill
The Spy Who Loved Me
Moonraker
Tomorrow Never Dies
The Living Daylights
You Only Live Twice
Spectre
Diamonds Are Forever
Dr. No
Thunderball
Quantum of Solace
Goldeneye
The Man with the Golden Gun
Octopussy
For Your Eyes Only
Casino Royale (1967)
Live and Let Die
Die Another Day
A View to a Kill

(Haven't seen The World is Not Enough or Never Say Never Again yet)

big black turnout posted:

jean dujardin was a good bond imo

The OSS 117 movies are hilarious.

Egbert Souse fucked around with this message at 21:02 on May 12, 2016

Egbert Souse
Nov 6, 2008

Christopher Lee isn't quite as wasted in Golden Gun. It's a mediocre film, but he gets some good screen time. It helps that Lee could be in the worst movie and still be the best thing about it.

I like the editing style in OHMSS. The director, Peter Hunt, was editor on most of the preceding Bond films, including Goldfinger. It really holds up well, but it must have been unusual for 1969.

John Barry's score owns.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N8XNBpIkQpU

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Egbert Souse
Nov 6, 2008

Maurice Binder had the best job on the Bond movies. Every two years go to spend a few weeks filming nude models for the title sequence.

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