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Revisiting Bond - What are the five best (and worst) 007 films?
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<blockquote data-quote="Mercurius" data-source="post: 6452963" data-attributes="member: 59082"><p>Like many Gen X American/European males, I grew up with a fondness and idolization of James Bond - the original "badass JB" (followed by James Brown and then Jason Bourne). I grew up with Roger Moore being <em>the </em>Bond, so I associated his wise-cracking aged face with Bond, although grew to appreciate the great Sean Connery's classic depiction and even appreciated George Lazenby. Timothy Dalton was OK, underrated in a way but kind of boring, and Pierce Brosnan was too slick, too perfectly Bondish and thus lacking the off-centeredness from the archetype that characterized the best Bonds. Anyhow, to me Daniel Craig was a revelation - not only was <em>Casino Royale </em>arguably the greatest Bond film ever, but it had a modern sensibility while remaining true to the essence of Bond, and Craig made the character his own, with a hard yet somehow deeply vulnerable quality. The Vesper Lynd tragedy made his character all the more believable and even forgiveable.</p><p></p><p>I recently re-watched both<em> Skyfall </em>and <em>Casino Royale, </em>and plan on re-watching <em>Quantum of Solace - </em>which was so forgettable that I can't even remember anything about it. It is probably best viewed as an extended addendum, or out-takes, for <em>Casino Royale. </em>Anyhow, I'm convinced that both <em>Casino Royale </em>and <em>Skyfall </em>are among the five best Bond films ever made. I'd have to re-watch a lot of the Connery and Moore films to tell for sure, but I'd probably round out the top five with two from Connery and one from Moore. I may even re-watch the entire run and have nerdy fun ranking them all.</p><p></p><p>Anyhow, what are your favorite Bond films and why? I'll include a poll where you can vote for five, but feel free to include your list. While we're at it, which are the worst? </p><p></p><p>As I said, I'd like to re-watch some of the older ones, but if I had to pick right now I'd say:</p><p></p><p>Five Best Bond (chronologically): <em>From Russia With Love, Goldfinger, The Spy Who Loved Me, Casino Royale, Skyfall</em></p><p></p><p>Five Worst Bond (chronologically): <em>Octopussy, </em><em>Never Say Never Again</em>, <em>A View to a Kill,</em> <em>Licensed to Kill</em><em>, Tomorrow Never Dies</em></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Mercurius, post: 6452963, member: 59082"] Like many Gen X American/European males, I grew up with a fondness and idolization of James Bond - the original "badass JB" (followed by James Brown and then Jason Bourne). I grew up with Roger Moore being [I]the [/I]Bond, so I associated his wise-cracking aged face with Bond, although grew to appreciate the great Sean Connery's classic depiction and even appreciated George Lazenby. Timothy Dalton was OK, underrated in a way but kind of boring, and Pierce Brosnan was too slick, too perfectly Bondish and thus lacking the off-centeredness from the archetype that characterized the best Bonds. Anyhow, to me Daniel Craig was a revelation - not only was [I]Casino Royale [/I]arguably the greatest Bond film ever, but it had a modern sensibility while remaining true to the essence of Bond, and Craig made the character his own, with a hard yet somehow deeply vulnerable quality. The Vesper Lynd tragedy made his character all the more believable and even forgiveable. I recently re-watched both[I] Skyfall [/I]and [I]Casino Royale, [/I]and plan on re-watching [I]Quantum of Solace - [/I]which was so forgettable that I can't even remember anything about it. It is probably best viewed as an extended addendum, or out-takes, for [I]Casino Royale. [/I]Anyhow, I'm convinced that both [I]Casino Royale [/I]and [I]Skyfall [/I]are among the five best Bond films ever made. I'd have to re-watch a lot of the Connery and Moore films to tell for sure, but I'd probably round out the top five with two from Connery and one from Moore. I may even re-watch the entire run and have nerdy fun ranking them all. Anyhow, what are your favorite Bond films and why? I'll include a poll where you can vote for five, but feel free to include your list. While we're at it, which are the worst? As I said, I'd like to re-watch some of the older ones, but if I had to pick right now I'd say: Five Best Bond (chronologically): [I]From Russia With Love, Goldfinger, The Spy Who Loved Me, Casino Royale, Skyfall[/I] Five Worst Bond (chronologically): [I]Octopussy, [/I][I]Never Say Never Again[/I], [I]A View to a Kill,[/I] [I]Licensed to Kill[/I][I], Tomorrow Never Dies[/I] [/QUOTE]
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