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How about the WORST Bond movie? - I'd have to say Octopu$$y BUT it had the best theme song of ALL - All Time High by Rita Coolidge
And I'm at opposite end of the spectrum and think Craig's been the best. Connery was good for his time, but Roger Moore, IM(not so)** was the worse Bond to ever grace the screen. It is my understanding that Craig is doing one last film - apparently they took him up on his "I won't do another Bond film unless offered an outlandish amount of money." statement, but I agree, they need to be looking for another Bond. As much as I like Craig, he's getting too old to be believable.
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Craig doesn't want to do another one. He gets beat up really bad and his body can't take it. Very un-Bond.
For me, Dr. No. I was lucky in that I read the first Bond, Casino Royale very soon after it came out in book form as my local library purchased it. This was in the middle 1950s in the UK if memory serves me correctly. Dave_n
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I'm a huge Bond fan. Even been to a car museum which has an entire wing dedicated to an extensive collection of cars, tanks, planes, and about every toy, or promotional item you could dream of.
That being said, I'd be hard pressed to choose 5 movies off the top of my head..
Connery is my fav Bond. I like Craig. Then the rest are kind of jumbled in the middle..Moore / Brosnan / Dalton and so on..
That being said, I'd be hard pressed to choose 5 movies off the top of my head..
Connery is my fav Bond. I like Craig. Then the rest are kind of jumbled in the middle..Moore / Brosnan / Dalton and so on..
You can argue which Bond movies were the best or worst... but I say that no one can argue the fact that the three best James Bond movie themes by far were all performed by Dame Shirley Bassey. 
It's not that the others weren't good. Some of them were very good and even memorable... some were okay/passable... and some were outright terrible. 
But the three done by Dame Shirley Bassey were the absolute best. 
It's not that the others weren't good.
Some of them were very good and even memorable... some were okay/passable... and some were outright terrible. But the three done by Dame Shirley Bassey were the absolute best. George Lazenby was the most under-rated Bond of all. It's a damn shame (and crazy stupid) that he bowed out after just one movie... but it did bring Sean Connery back for one last movie: "Diamonds Are Forever"!
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I agree. To me, George Lazenby seems more like the character that Ian Fleming wrote about. I won't go into my story about Ian Fleming's Ruger .22 that I should have bought but didn't. I have covered that previously.
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Read his interview on doing another Bond and he never said why but there seems to be some hatred between him and the studio/directors. Said he wouldn't do another Bond no matter the money and "good luck" to the next guy cause he's gonna need it!
I liked him in Bond, and Layer cake
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Roger Moore......
Roger Moore was the funniest.
Remember though that Sean Connery IS James Bond.
Roger Moore was the funniest.
Remember though that Sean Connery IS James Bond.
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Ever since the original and best James Bond (Sean Connery) bowed out, the replacement Bonds have been, to a very large extent, creatures of the story lines and screenplays written for them and their personalities. It's what made Timothy Dalton the overly serious & complicated James Bond. It's what made Roger Moore the lighter or funnier James Bond. It's what made Pierce Brosnan the smooth & charming James Bond. But as we all know, Barbara Broccoli wanted to "reboot" and go in a whole different direction after Brosnan aged out of the role. She wanted to go into the "action films" business for a new younger audience instead of sticking with the traditional Bond formula. Money-wise, I guess she made a good decision. But to hardcore James Bond fans like moi, it was a terrible mistake and ended the original true to Ian Fleming character forever.
Daniel Craig is not a bad actor. That's not the issue. He just isn't James Bond and he never will be (IMHO). The screenplays they've written for him are absolutely terrible... even depressing. But it's all about the "action" and the special effects now. No longer does the story or the original Ian Fleming character matter.
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I really enjoyed those old bond movies when they first came out. When I try to watch them now, they seem a bit cheesy, lol.
One of my current favorites is Casino Royale with Daniel Craig. His next 3, Skyfall, ******* of Solace, and SPECTRE, not so much.
Now there is a rumor that the next Bond will be female. Gillian Anderson.
LOL, it censored *******.
One of my current favorites is Casino Royale with Daniel Craig. His next 3, Skyfall, ******* of Solace, and SPECTRE, not so much.
Now there is a rumor that the next Bond will be female. Gillian Anderson.
LOL, it censored *******.
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I said earlier that Goldfinger was the first Bond movie I ever saw. A group of us from Church went to the movies, the boys went to see Goldfinger, the girls Psycho I think it was. I guess I was about 11 or 12 years old, a country boy, dumb as dirt. Suddenly there was this very scantly clad woman wearing mostly gold paint on a very large screen in front of me.
My eyes must have been as big as dinner plates. I didn't know if I was supposed to be watching this or not. I wanted to look anywhere but at the screen, but there was no where else to look. I ain't NEVER seen NOTHING like this down on the farm.
It took me a LONG time to not feel dirty after watching the intro to a Bond movie. I half expected a bolt of lightening from the sky to get me.
My eyes must have been as big as dinner plates. I didn't know if I was supposed to be watching this or not. I wanted to look anywhere but at the screen, but there was no where else to look. I ain't NEVER seen NOTHING like this down on the farm.
It took me a LONG time to not feel dirty after watching the intro to a Bond movie. I half expected a bolt of lightening from the sky to get me.
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I agree George Lazenby was a viable Bond. He could have had a long career as 007 after starring in On Her Majesty's Secret Service at age 29. He left only because his agent convinced him they weren't going to make many more Bond movies. Some say the Bond producers went out of their way to ruin his career for that.
A couple of films later he thought he'd hit the big time with an opportunity to star in a film with Bruce Lee, only to have the big names and backers flee that production after Lee's untimely death...on the day Lazenby was supposed to meet Lee for lunch. It all went downhill from there. Dems da breaks.
A couple of films later he thought he'd hit the big time with an opportunity to star in a film with Bruce Lee, only to have the big names and backers flee that production after Lee's untimely death...on the day Lazenby was supposed to meet Lee for lunch. It all went downhill from there. Dems da breaks.
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What about Never Say Never Again?George Lazenby was the most under-rated Bond of all. It's a damn shame (and crazy stupid) that he bowed out after just one movie... but it did bring Sean Connery back for one last movie: "Diamonds Are Forever"!
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But in Live and Let Die, Bond uses a S & W Model 29:
[ame]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KTQnnwDN3eU[/ame]
Not to mention there is a great boat/boat/car/car chase, with a classic stereotyped Louisiana sheriff caught in the middle.
[ame]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KTQnnwDN3eU[/ame]
Not to mention there is a great boat/boat/car/car chase, with a classic stereotyped Louisiana sheriff caught in the middle.
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Thanks kwselke for the Live and Let Die clip! That one is still a lot of fun, and I remember enjoying the heck out of it as a youngster. But watching the rest of that movie now, it's clear they were grabbing every piece of pop culture they could find, to the point of being downright embarrassing.
They got the Model 29 from Eastwood's Dirty Harry two years before of course (and at least Bond tosses it after six shots), but it's the disco bad guys from "blaxsploitation" films like Shaft and Super Fly plus all that various voodoo that really make me cringe now. And Louisiana sheriffs still get no respect.
How many of you were big fans of that zombie for the rest of the Seventies? Geoffrey Holder, the Uncola man:
They got the Model 29 from Eastwood's Dirty Harry two years before of course (and at least Bond tosses it after six shots), but it's the disco bad guys from "blaxsploitation" films like Shaft and Super Fly plus all that various voodoo that really make me cringe now. And Louisiana sheriffs still get no respect.
How many of you were big fans of that zombie for the rest of the Seventies? Geoffrey Holder, the Uncola man:
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I try very hard to forget that movie... but you are right!What about Never Say Never Again?
Make that two movies (one great, one terrible). 
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