Also, Quarrel Jr survived the movie.
The James Bond Film Discussion Thread (With Bonus Lazenby!)
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Whisper probably spent a long time in that metal container. Hopefully not TOO long.
My Moore list:
1. For Your Eyes Only
2. The Spy Who Loved Me
3. Octopussy
4. Live and Let Die
5. The Man with the Golden Gun
6. Moonraker
7. A View to a Kill
1. For Your Eyes Only
2. The Spy Who Loved Me
3. Octopussy
4. Live and Let Die
5. The Man with the Golden Gun
6. Moonraker
7. A View to a Kill
1. For Your Eyes Only
2. The Spy Who Loved Me
3. Octopussy
4. Live and Let Die
5. Moonraker
6. A View to a Kill
7. The Man with the Golden Gun
2. The Spy Who Loved Me
3. Octopussy
4. Live and Let Die
5. Moonraker
6. A View to a Kill
7. The Man with the Golden Gun
Solitaire was white in Fleming’s novel. You may be thinking of this:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solitaire_(James_Bond)
Though I’m not sure how well Mankiewicz’s comment tracks with the fact that Bond does have “relations” with Rosie in the film (“I certainly wouldn’t have killed you before”).
Well, slight edits could have been made when it comes to Rosie, but edits with Solitaire would have been much more difficult.
For what it's worth the absolute worst Moore film has one of the two best villains and the second greatest of them all has my least favorite of the Moore bad guys by a mile. Were it not for Jaws the entire villainous lineup of TSWLM would be a fizzle, and totally in spite of the overall quality of the movie and plot themselves.
Moore's worst is still better than Craig's best.
I said what I said.
I said what I said.
Urgh … first instinct is to “Like,” but not sure I can in good conscience ….
They're a helluva lot more fun to watch than any of Craig's, even the ones of his I like or even love. Even TMWTGG.
Moonraker and Spectre are kind of neck and neck for me as the absolute worst Bond films.
Moonraker is the goofiest Bond movie ever made that doesn't have Woody Allen in the cast but it's so much fun. It's ideal background Bond if you're working on something or just need breezy escapism with a killer soundtrack.
Well, the Craig cycle’s raison d'être was to scrub the fun from the character. It was not an approach I ever favored, but the best of Craig’s films are objectively better than the worst of Moore’s.
I probably still like all the Moore movies better, however. Hence my temptation to endorse CorporalClegg’s post.
Yeah, Skyfall is cinematically head and shoulders above the average Moore film, but it's an emotional grind and dark. Fun is not a word I use to describe even the greatest Craig films.
My Moore ranking:
- For Your Eyes Only
- The Spy Who Loved Me
- Moonraker
- Octopussy
- Live and Let Die
- A View to a Kill
- The Man with the Golden Gun
Moore was my first Bond, so I'll always have a soft spot for him. It's been awhile since I've seen any of them, but I remember liking Live and Let Die. Jane Seymour was luminous.
There’s also that weird grunting thing that Samedi does during the festival. I dunno, it was a lot easier to watch LALD when I was twelve…
That’s fair. There’s plenty of good elements in the lesser films, and sometimes vice versa. (And even bad Bond is usually more fun to watch than no Bond.)
The Spy Who Loved Me has the best mix of all the elements established in the franchise to that point. You get the Ken Adam sets, a fantastic John Barry score, Bond is equal parts charming, deadly, and funny, a deliciously evil and strange villain, Carly Simon's Nobody Does it Better... and the fucking amazing Union Jack opening sequence. Easily the best of the Moore's for me.
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