HEY TOM !!!

[ericcoleman]

So ... filkertom posts about new DVDs most mondays ... what is coming out, what people intend to buy.

I didn't realize that these were out this week.

FINALLY ... and not in a box set

From Russia With Love ... the greatest of all the Bond films ... anyone who disagrees, I'll kindly have to ask you to step outside.

You Only Live Twice is out too

Once Dr No and Diamonds Are Forever come out (and I can't seem to find a date on that) ... I have all the Connery Bond films

So ... what is your favorite Bond film? And who do you think is the second best Bond? (cause we all know who is the best)

Comments

[barondave.livejournal.com]

My favorite Bond: You Only Live Twice. Ninjas coming down the volcano! Can't beat that. Also sliding tubes in skyscrapers, a self-assembled personal helicopter, a dash o' sex (remember when you'd go see a Bond movie for a flash of tit? What happened to that?), gorgeous scenery.

Second favorite Bond: Oh, Woody Allen David Niven.

[ericcoleman]

You Only Live Twice is where it started going wrong for me. Where the series started being about flash, and moved away from just good spy stories. It's still a good movie, but it was the beginning of an era that bored me to tears.

[barondave.livejournal.com]

I don't particularly disagree with this analysis (though the flash was always there, and YOLT had lots of slow spy stuff), but as is often the case, the first example of the flash was the best. They tried to top it with special effects and faster pacing, but the series never topped the climax in the volcano.

Now that I think of it, the ending of YOLT is similar to the ending of this year's 24: Russia set to Push The Button until The Third Party Bad Thing is blown up. Bond is better than Bauer, but that's a different discussion.

[libra-dragon.livejournal.com]

Favorite Bond Movie? Live and Let Die

as for 2nd best bond (in my opinion is the best but oh well): Roger Moore, I know I am probably in the minority with that opinion

[ericcoleman]

I love Roger Moore as an actor, The Saint is one of the greatest TV shows ever, but I could just never buy this pudgy middle aged guy as James Bond.

[wyngarde.livejournal.com]

Yeah...Let's step outside. ;)

[ericcoleman]

Make your argument here ... then we'll step outside next time I'm up there

[wyngarde.livejournal.com]

"From Russia With Love" is okay. "Goldfinger" is far better. As for the best Bond...Roger Moore. Dalton would have been great if they gave him some good scripts. I really think he could have been amazing.

Connery is okay. By "Thunderball" it's obvious he's bored with the part. By "Diamonds Are Forever" he looks like Grandpa Bond. (Which is funny because a few years later, Roger Moore took over the role and he looked years younger while in real life, he's older than Connery)

Favorite: "Live And Let Die" and parts of "You Only Live Twice". "Casino Royale" (2006) is really growing on me. "Goldfinger" is up there as well. Worst: "Octapussy" and "World Is Not Enough" (But I love the theme song...)

Speaking of that, Best Song: "On His Majesty's Sercret Service" and "Goldfinger". The ABSOLUTE WORST SONG, "Die Another Day" (Thanks Madonna, you suck!) and the never ending "License To Kill"...Honorable mention to Tina Turner's "Goldeneye" while I enjoy doing 'Thunderball' at Kareokee bars.

Each Bond has been good for the time they were Bond. Pierce and Lazenby...Nice ornaments to the Bond world.

Now...Daniel Craig...He's got some potential to take over.

Side note: "From Russia With Love" video game is fun. Conner did the voice on that one and it...shows...But "Goldeneye is and always will be the greatest Bond video game.

[ericcoleman]

I could see an argument for Goldfinger. I watched that again not too long ago and it is awfully good. From Russia With Love though ... it has the two best villains, Rosa Kleb and the absolutely terrifying Red Grant (how many screen fights are better then the one on the train) and the gorgeous Daniela Bianchi.

As I said above, Roger Moore is a fine actor, possibly the best to play Bond, but this pudgy middle aged guy playing such a dangerous character ... it just doesn't work. And the movies show it, they move more and more away from him and more and more to silly glitz and big bangs. Even at his worst Connery has the sense of danger that Bond needs. Dalton had that sense, but the movies were terrible, Craig has that in spade but we'll see how he develops the character.

I think that Thunderball is the last of the really good Bond films, but you could see Connery was getting tired of it. I'm looking forward to seeing You Only Live Twice again, which I have not seen in years, just to see if how I remember it is accurate, or if he is as bored by it as he was in Diamonds Are Forever

[wyngarde.livejournal.com]

ZARDOZ!!!

As with 'You Only Live Twice' everything but Bond is what I like in that film. Great villian and plot. Connery knows he's going to win so he acts like it. It's his last film (At the time it was) and he knows it. (Kinda like Harrison Ford in 'Return Of The Jedi')

Robert Shaw is on of the greatest actors of our time.

[shsilver.livejournal.com]

Second best Bond? Sean Connery. No? How about Barry Nelson?

I rather like Lazenby and Dalton. Strongly detest Moore in the role. He was just too campy. Haven't seen Craig yet.

[ericcoleman]

Craig is my vote for 2nd best, but we will see what the next movie is like.

Dalton got a bad rap, I like the the way he approached the character, but the movies are not very good.

I haven't seen On Her Majesty's Secret Service in years, but I remember thinking he got a bad rap as well.

[shsilver.livejournal.com]

We caught part of HMSS on television over the weekend. Lazenby was better than the material, much like Dalton.

[filkertom.livejournal.com]

Sorry, the Google widget I had didn't mention them. :)

Goldfinger. Without question. "D'you expect me to talk?" "No, Mister Bond. I expect you to die."

[ericcoleman]

That is the single best line in all of the Bond films ...

I dunno, Goldfinger is great, but ...

It's a real close second for me, and may be second out of sheer stubborness.

Still, Dr No will be out in a couple of months I hope, so who knows, I may change my mind. Or just give up like I do with Marx Brothers movies ... and narrow it down to several.

[wildcard9.livejournal.com]

When I was growing up, Roger Moore was Bond. Looking back, Moore had just taken over from Sean Connery when I saw my first Bond movie so I did not see Connery's version of Bond until years later. I was in the Navy when the next Bond took over, so the bulk of my Bond experience is Moore. It is like asking "who is your favoriate Dr Who". The answer is "the first one you saw".

Regarding Bond music, I *love* the song Thunderball. I don't remember enough about the movie to comment on it, but that theme song stuck with me.