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- Published February 21, 2008 - 159 Comments
James Bond movies are extremely popular and have been since the very beginning. They are full of intrigue, sex, gadgets, and money – what more could you want in a film?! For todays “your view” I want to know what your favorite Bond movie is of all time. You can include films from the main franchise or any of the extra films that are not considered part of it by the true aficionados.
When answering this question, be sure to give us your reasons for your answer – it gives us a chance to debate!
What is the best James Bond film ever made and why?
My view on this question is easily the new Casino Royale. The reason is that we see a much more humanistic Bond – he is also more rutheless which I believe is more fitting to the style of films and his character. Now, tell me what you think!
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February 21st, 2008 at 7:34 am
Goldfinger and Casino Royale
February 21st, 2008 at 7:35 am
Casino Royale. All the others aren’t very good.
February 21st, 2008 at 7:37 am
The new Casino Royale, for the same reason you mention.
February 21st, 2008 at 7:38 am
I agree about Goldfinger
February 21st, 2008 at 7:46 am
No, casino royal is not one of the best bond films. it was one of the worst! come on…
from russia with love was good, sean connery is the man
also pierce brosnan and halle berry in die another day i thought was good.
February 21st, 2008 at 7:47 am
I’ve never been much of a “Bond person” but I always liked Die Another Day for some reason…
February 21st, 2008 at 7:49 am
Easily Casino Royale! I agree with your reasoning Jamie but as well in an interview with the filmmakers I read that this film is more like the original books. They said that in the books Bond WAS Blonde.
February 21st, 2008 at 7:50 am
I loved Casino Royale and Goldeneye.
February 21st, 2008 at 7:59 am
I know you all will laugh your asses off when I tell you mine but I have always liked Moonraker. Mostly because it has a bit of scifi to it and I love scifi, plus Moore is my favorite Bond,however,I need to see Casino Royale. I also like live and let die.
February 21st, 2008 at 8:00 am
Best Bond Film – Goldfinger.
Best Bond Films (In Order)
- Goldfinger
- From Russia With Love
- On Her Majesty’s Secret Service
- The Spy Who Loved Me
- Casino Royale
February 21st, 2008 at 8:01 am
I always thought Goldfinger was the epitome of Bond films. I think the sub-catagory here is who is your ultimate Bond, and Goldfinger really cemented Connery as the model. I never seem to grow tired of that film.
But as the years went by, the things that made Bond who he was – the gadgets, the stupid catchphrases, relations with women and over the top stunts, started to get more and more farcical and tired. That reasoning alone is why the new Casino Royale is so good. They attempted to make a much more serious spy movie without all of the cornball antics and gimmicks and they succeeded. My two older children never liked the Bond stuff before Casino Royale. I felt it was a refreshing take on the series, if not a damn good movie overall.
February 21st, 2008 at 8:01 am
And, obviously, when we talk of “Casino Royale”, we talk of the Daniel Craig reboot, and not that awful Peter Sellers/David Niven spoof.
February 21st, 2008 at 8:03 am
Another funny thing is I really didn’t care for Roger Moore, but I absolutely loved Live and Let Die. I guess I thought it was kind of creepy that gramps was making out with a hot 20 something coed. But Live and Let Die is a hell of a ride!
February 21st, 2008 at 8:07 am
i have to agree with Casino Royale. i have been a die-hard Bond fan for years (the Ian Fleming books, not necessarily the movies) and often found the gadgets Q had in the movies from, say, 1962 to 2006 unrealistic or even asinine.
Casino Royale captured my mental version of Bond like no other-and although the old Sean Connery, Roger Moore, and Timothy Dalton “Bonds” had suave, nobody, and I do mean NOBODY embodies Fleming’s Bond better than Daniel Craig. (Casino Royale is also the highest Box-office grossing bond film EVER)
Craig’s age, physique, attitude, persona, calculating, indifferent character, and ultimate sex-appeal just drives me wild as Bond!
(let’s just say that i wasn’t thinking of my boyfriend that evening after the movie when we where in bed…)
p.s. can’t wait until Quantum of Solace is released in November!
February 21st, 2008 at 8:09 am
I have to agree with you Jamie, Casino Royale. My reasoning is simple. 1. It shows Bond as a real person 2. He is a complete badass. Simple.
February 21st, 2008 at 8:11 am
Oh yeah, I also really like Daniel Craig. He was fantastic in Layer Cake.
February 21st, 2008 at 8:11 am
Quantum of Solace will be the best one. Don’t take my word for it though, I am kinda partial because I am part of the production team.
February 21st, 2008 at 8:19 am
No Contest. Goldfinger
February 21st, 2008 at 8:22 am
~WTom: no way! where are you? can we grab a coffee? and do you have any pre-release pics of Craig?
no… on second thought… i do not want to ruin the present that Solace will be… plus i don’t want you to think i like you only because you are on the production team… but because i know nothing else about you, what could i like?
rtr
February 21st, 2008 at 8:23 am
Dr. No (Ursula Andress back in the 60’s guys!)or From Russia w/ Love…
February 21st, 2008 at 8:29 am
I love the Ian Flemming novels, Casino Royale is my fave spy book and subsequently Casino Royale (05) is my favorite Bond movie even though that hack Paul Haggis got his paws on the rewrites.
February 21st, 2008 at 8:32 am
I’m not much of a Bond fan, but of the movies I have seen, I’d have to say Goldeneye was the best by far. Definitely an underrated movie. The game was good too.
February 21st, 2008 at 8:32 am
+Casino Royale+
Because he is sexy, he is raw, he is brave, he falls in love.
February 21st, 2008 at 9:02 am
I like Goldeneye, and Tomorrow Never Dies because Michelle Yeoh was in it. But I have to say the villains were really lame.
February 21st, 2008 at 9:04 am
I have to agree that Casino Royal is my personal favorite. I loved the more human side of James Bond. It also explains a lot about his personality in the other movies. That said I had never seen a James Bond movie until 5 years ago. I know. I must be a Commie or something, I just can’t stand Sean Connery, so it kind of turned me off to the whole thing. My husband, however, was not willing to marry a woman who wouldn’t watch James Bond. So to save my relationship I gave it a try. And I haven’t seen one that I didn’t like. Sean Connery and all. It doesn’t hurt that Daniel Craig is the sexiest bond ever. Period. There can be NO arguing that point.
February 21st, 2008 at 9:07 am
Goldeneye for the intro sequence. When I saw it at the cinema everyone clapped!
Casino Royal very good too though..
Best Bonds
1)Brosnan
2)Craig
3)Connery
4)Dalton
5)Moore
6)Lasenby
February 21st, 2008 at 9:08 am
BAH! Brosnan can’t act worth a damn. He’s a total one trick pony. That being said, he was a total pretty boy Bond. That’s it. He never really did anything.
February 21st, 2008 at 9:11 am
Anybody who knows anything about James Bond (and has seen *all* of them – that’s right, I own the *entire* DVD collection) know that “From Russia With Love” is hands-down the greatest Bond film of them all.
Moonraker was shite, by the way. Worse than OHMSS, which is saying a lot because George Lazenby was by far the worst of the Bonds. I didn’t much care for Roger Moore…though I liked the first one he did “Live and Let Die.” He took the James Bond that Connery worked so hard to bring to life (the calculated, scheming, hyperintelligent, cold-blooded killer) and turned him into a damn gadget-wielding clown.
February 21st, 2008 at 9:13 am
As soon as I say the title I was thinking Casino Royal. Then I open it up thinking that I might be the only one because all I ever here is how that Bond was the worst ever.
But then I see near everyone agrees.
February 21st, 2008 at 9:13 am
Brosnan? LOL Navan man himself. Couldn’t act if his life depended on it. Depressing to think but the only real actor in that list is Dalton. And he’s no great shakes.
February 21st, 2008 at 9:14 am
Ringtail Roxy:
I should point at that Craig was trying to capture the essence of Connery’s Bond from the first two or three Bond movies. Ian Flemming even said that Sean Connery was the picture-perfect idea that he himself had of James Bond in Dr. No and From Russia w/ Love.
February 21st, 2008 at 9:16 am
Mostly everyone is saying “casino royale” because they have never seen any of the pre-Brosnan bond films. There goes the pop-culture scene rattling its shit stick again. *rolls eyes*
February 21st, 2008 at 9:16 am
Goldfinger. I mean, come on people. It’s freakin’ Goldfinger.
And there is no other Bond than Sean Connery. As good as Daniel Craig was in Casino Royale, he still isn’t quite the equal of Connery. None of the others even come close. Particularly pretty boys like Roger Moore and Pierce Brosnan. Those two were NEVER believable in that role… when you watch Sean Connery onscreen, you get this undercurrent of feeling that yes, this guy could kick your ass, kill you with his bare hands. You NEVER get that feeling with Moore or Brosnan of ANY of the others (except maybe Craig). They don’t come off as tough guys, they look like (and always looked like) male models.
And this is borne out when you consider these actors as people–in real life, Sean Connery WAS a tough guy. You wouldn’t have crossed him, when he was young (hell, I wouldn’t cross the old bastard NOW) whereas the others–actors, just actors.
February 21st, 2008 at 9:17 am
Casino Royale is poop. The plot is holier than swiss cheese, the script is unintentionally cheesier than swiss cheese, but not in that slick, cool, seductive Bond way, and Daniel Craig (great actor) carries the film. If it were any other subpar actor this movie would have flopped.
The best Bond films are Thunderball, Goldfinger, From Russia With Love, The Spy Who Loved Me…
I remember back before production started for Casino Royale, they were considering doing a Thunderball remake with Connery as the villain. That would have been sweeeeeeeeet.
February 21st, 2008 at 9:20 am
you only live twice =^_^=
February 21st, 2008 at 9:21 am
Slick:
You make an excellent point. God I am so sick of kids these days who are so freakin’ arrogant about pop culture that they think ANYTHING that came before them is worthless.
When I was a teenager or 20-something (and ALL my friends felt the same as I did) we respected the pop culture of the past–the previous 20, 30, 40 years before we were born…. we KNEW there was deep and serious coolness in guys like Frank Sinatra, Humphrey Bogart, Robert Mitchum, Burt Lancaster, Lee Marvin, etc. etc. etc. and in the movies they made.
But these little morons today can’t even get their heads out of their asses long enough to take note of anything that happened before hip-hop and the Clinton presidency. It’s disgusting.
February 21st, 2008 at 9:22 am
the ones with jaws are pretty awesome, but I really like all of them.
February 21st, 2008 at 9:22 am
Slick: As one who has see most of the pre-Brosnan bond movies, Casino Royale is still my favorite. Perhaps because of the lack of a wandering plot?
February 21st, 2008 at 9:22 am
If you’re talking actors though, I agree with Connery
February 21st, 2008 at 9:29 am
Goldfinger for sure.
February 21st, 2008 at 9:31 am
i would also agree with connery, my fav though is casino royale.
February 21st, 2008 at 9:31 am
Mystern: lol, *lack* of a wandering plot? That’s pretty much all I got out of it. No doubt Daniel Craig makes an excellent James Bond. Much more reminiscent of Sean Connery, with the extra added elements of his humanity and inexperience thrown in. But the story was just kind of all over the place for me. Also, in the original book the game was Baccarat, not Texas Hold’em. That was an inexcusable change, in my opinion….changed simply because Texas Hold-em is all the rage at the moment.
February 21st, 2008 at 9:32 am
#40 is not the real SlickWilly. Imposter – I order you to cease and desist, or at least choose your own damn name.
February 21st, 2008 at 9:35 am
IMHO, I like the classic Bond films with Sean Connery, George Lazenby, Roger Moore, and Pierce Brosnan. Timothy Dalton just never had the smooth superspy image that I learned to like in the earlier Bonds.
Daniel Craig may have made a good Bond, but the direction they took with Casino Royal just turned me off. First this movie is basically supposed to be about how Bond got his 00 rating and by not even making it look like it was at least a little while in the past is just wrong to me. Second spy movies are supposed to be behind the scenes, cloak and dagger type stuff, not run around shootouts in the streets. If that was the aim just call it one of the many action junkie shootem up movies that they spit out these days. Lastly as my coworkers have said, what was up with the 30+ minutes of card playing? The movie wasn’t Maverick, it was a Bond movie! I’m holding my judgement on Craig as a good Bond until I see the next film, but I think Casino Royal was a bad addition to the Bond movies.
For those who dislike the corny lines and the outragious gadgets I have to say, that is part of being a true James Bond fan. How could you say you were a Star Trek fan if you didn’t like all the aliens in the shows?
Personally, I have always liked From Russia With Love, On Her Majesty’s Secret Service, and For Your Eyes Only.
February 21st, 2008 at 9:40 am
I lost in On Her Majesty’s Secret Service when, looking directly into the camera, the first words out of Lazenby’s rattish little mouth (after being slapped by the woman he just saved) was, “Huh. This never happened to the *other* guy.” Thanks, George. Thanks a lot. Yutz.
February 21st, 2008 at 9:48 am
SlickWilly: how can someone steal your name? doesn’t wordpress say if its already taken?
February 21st, 2008 at 9:52 am
Merlin; I’ve read the Ian Fleming book, the movie is very close and way more authentic than most. Casino Royale is my favorite in say the last 10 or 15 years. I liked Sean Connery as Bond, Dr No and Goldfinger stand out. I preferred Pierce Brosnan (I really enjoyed Die Another Day) over Roger Moore, but he had his charm too. I considered the Moore years as less James Bond, more Matt Helm.
Bond Week-end is one of the times I tune into Spike TV…
February 21st, 2008 at 9:52 am
Csimmons: Possibly. I don’t think I’m a registered user, so that might be part of the problem. The other is that I think there might be a glitch in the site, as yesterday I made a post and the sn of my post came up as “Another Kiwi,” another user on this site. I don’t know.
February 21st, 2008 at 9:52 am
Im no imposter
February 21st, 2008 at 9:52 am
I have a totally different one-A View to a Kill. Christopher Walken is the ultimate Bond villian.
February 21st, 2008 at 9:53 am
I felt very strongly that before Casino Royale came out that the only solution to the Bond series mess it had become was to return the whole thing to the cold war environment – complete 60’s cool surroundings. I thought Brosnan was just OK, but by the end you could tell he was getting tired of it all.
For me there’s no Bond but Connery although Daniel Craig could change my mind. He’s clearly taking it seriously and like I said earlier, most of the contrivances have been put away.
February 21st, 2008 at 9:53 am
Im the Real SlickWilly.
February 21st, 2008 at 9:53 am
Good call Mystern, he was fantastic in Layer Cake… or is it L4YER C4KE… It always screw me up when that stuff happens.
February 21st, 2008 at 9:54 am
Who ever clames they are SlickWilly except me is a liar.
February 21st, 2008 at 9:55 am
Slick – did you make another person sign in with your name to get more quotes on the board? Ha Ha Ha!
February 21st, 2008 at 9:55 am
OK, you guys are really screwing me up… SlickWilly squared needs to figure their stuff out.
CSimmons: I think if you are not registered you can take any name you want.
February 21st, 2008 at 9:56 am
LOL! @ bucslim!!
February 21st, 2008 at 9:57 am
or should I call you ham sandwich?
February 21st, 2008 at 9:57 am
bucslim: Haha, no, I swear to God. That’s a damn fine idea, but I’d like to personally do the spamming myself. Also, the other SlickWilly does not appear to be a very good speller, so that is one way to tell the difference.
February 21st, 2008 at 9:57 am
Ewan McGregor in the Island should have said:
I’m SlickWilly!
No I’M SLICKWILLY!
February 21st, 2008 at 9:59 am
SocialCocoon spelt my naim rite. I better mark this on the calendar.
February 21st, 2008 at 9:59 am
Didn’t some white guy make a rap song about this?
Would the real slickwilly please stand up, please stand up
February 21st, 2008 at 10:00 am
Be nice ham sandwich!! I am trying…
I do like the bit from The Island, great movie btw…
February 21st, 2008 at 10:00 am
That’s MISTER ham sandwich to you!
February 21st, 2008 at 10:01 am
I know mom424, great idea! Im standing up though.
February 21st, 2008 at 10:03 am
Oy….ok….ha ha, “SlickWilly” you’ve made your point. Time to to grow up and pick your own screenname now.
February 21st, 2008 at 10:04 am
Jeez, let’s talk about Bond
February 21st, 2008 at 10:04 am
Okay, ill switch.
February 21st, 2008 at 10:05 am
Dude thats weird, who really was the real SlickWilly? LOL!
February 21st, 2008 at 10:06 am
Now Im Csimmons! MWAHAHA!
February 21st, 2008 at 10:07 am
They call me MISTER HAM SANDWICH!!
Haha, couldn’t resist. Hmmm Bond you say… well I liked the girl fron the new movie, Vesper Lynd. I was very impressed with how she was good and bad… yet not really bad really blurs the lines.
February 21st, 2008 at 10:07 am
Geez. We’ve got a regular doppleganger on our hands.
February 21st, 2008 at 10:08 am
Hey!, actually Slick, i was the fake Slick, i came home and your username and email were on my PC, i had to screw with you. SORRY!
February 21st, 2008 at 10:08 am
And im the, well fake Csimmons.
February 21st, 2008 at 10:11 am
I guess that glitch you were talking about was true!
February 21st, 2008 at 10:14 am
Casino Royale–by far. My father and I used to watch every Bond movie together–male bonding at its most perfect. I remember fixating on the gadgets and when Casion Royale came out it seemed to re-invent the Bond character. Gritty, almost bumbling Bond is adept at getting out of sticky situations but without the glum, self-satisfied, superior attitude that seemed to infect previous Bonds.
February 21st, 2008 at 10:15 am
like buc said, back to bond…
i truly am shocked that anyone would say brosnan or moore was the best bond. it was obviously connery. now craig is giving him a run for his money. how can you like what bond had become before CR? high schoolish sexual innuendos, refried tired jokes, rediculous gadgets…these tools are trying to tell us about one of the supposed coolest, sexiest, baddasses of all time?
casino royale, then connery ones, then all others.
February 21st, 2008 at 10:15 am
Personally, I feel Connery was absolutely the best James Bond, followed closely by Timothy Dalton. Dalton was a bit flat-affected and had little personality, but that is why made his version of Bond so convincing. “A View To a Kill” is also the only R-rated Bond movie, I seem to recall. He was a bit more graphic and ruthless than Moore, though not quite as suave as Connery, which is why Connery rocks: he’s got that cold-blooded ruthlessness *and* the smooth, suave attitude to back it up. With virtually no gadgets (at least, in the first 2 films – w/ the exception of his PPK in Dr. No and the trick briefcase in From Russia with love.)
February 21st, 2008 at 10:28 am
Casino Royale. He’s sexy, ass kicking, and vulnerable. Gotta love it. The story was also the best, though I wait with much anticipation for the next installment.
As for Die Another Day… seriously guys? seriously? that movie was TERRIBLE. Now I love the Peirce Brosnan Bond, but let’s go with The World Is Not Enough or Tomorrow Never Dies. Either, I don’t care, just not Die Another Day.
Goldfinger was great, but I find it kind of dated. Growing up with Peirce Brosnan Bond made it hard to adjust to the non-action hero Bond. It was more about being suave and talking a lot back then. Now I want some excellent explosions mixed in with my excellent story line
February 21st, 2008 at 10:36 am
“Man with the golden gun” No questions. It has one of the greatest stunts in movie history (the 360 barrell role over the river) that was intense. Not to mention the birth of the legendary golden gun
February 21st, 2008 at 10:50 am
Nelia: It’s understandable. Most of the pre-Brosnan bond movie came from an era where people didn’t need huge explosions and CGI effects to be entertained. They were more of a thinking man’s movies, compared to the Brosnan schlock.
February 21st, 2008 at 10:55 am
Best Bond Overall – Goldfinger
Most overrated Bond – On Her Majesty’s Secret Service (kinda boring if you ask me and Lazenby is AWFUL)
Most underrated Bond – Diamonds Are Forever (I thought it was very exciting)
Best Roger Moore Bond – Live and Let Die
Best Pierce Bond – Goldeneye
Worst Bond – A View to a Kill (Roger was a little too old); also Never Say Never Again (WHAT WERE THEY THINKING???)
The List:
1. Goldfinger
2. Live and Let Die
3. Thunderball
4. Casino Royale
5. You Only Live Twice
6. The Man With the Golden Gun
7. The Spy Who Loved Me
8. Goldeneye
9. Diamonds Are Forever
10. Dr. No
11. For Your Eyes Only
12. Tomorrow Never Dies
13. Die Another Day
14. The Living Daylights
15. Moonraker
16. Octopussy
17. The World is Not Enough
18. License to Kill
19. On Her Majesty’s Secret Service
20. A View to a Kill
February 21st, 2008 at 10:56 am
Dr. No it is classic Bond it dosn’t get any better than Ursala Andress as Honey Ryder and sean Sean Connery will always be James Bond for me. In addition it’s the introduction of SPECTRE and sets up the long story arc over the next couple of films.
February 21st, 2008 at 11:02 am
I love that the new Bond films are not using alot of gadgets etc… I personally found the chase scene at the beginning of Casin Royale to be absolutely amazing, and I don’t think there was alot of CGI (if any) in that movie.
February 21st, 2008 at 11:11 am
Goldeneye was my favorite, but this could be influenced by how kick ass the game was.
February 21st, 2008 at 11:25 am
JMurf: I’ll readily admit that Goldeneye was hands-down the best game released for the N64 platform. I lost years of my life to that game.
February 21st, 2008 at 12:02 pm
I haven’t seen all of them, but I agree with the nearly unanimous consensus that Goldeneye, Goldfinger and Casino Royale were the best. I also liked Moonraker for its campiness, and Die Another Day in a so-bad-it’s-good way.
February 21st, 2008 at 12:56 pm
Casino Royale was great because it brought Bond back to reality and away from all the stupid gadgets and scifi it was getting into. It is up there along with Golden-eye.
February 21st, 2008 at 1:01 pm
I have absolutely nothing to say on this matter. I have never seen a James Bond movie in my life. Please go easy on me.
February 21st, 2008 at 1:03 pm
WHAT! Are you a communist or something?
February 21st, 2008 at 1:18 pm
I can’t believe so many people are saying Casino Royale. Yes it was good, in fact, it is the only Bond movie I own. But come on! Dr. No is by far the best. It has:
1. The best Bond Actor (Sean Connery)
2. One of the most memorable Bond females (Ursula Andress)
3. Cool gadgets and a great car chase
4. It was the first!
February 21st, 2008 at 1:26 pm
best bond film: Diamonds are Forever (diamond smuggling in Las Vegas is way more plausible than robbing Fort Knox with a pesticide spray. plus Connery, Jill St. John, and fake moon-landings!)
favorite bond film: Die Another Day (I love the homage to the other 20 films, plus the sword fight in the club was awesome!)
favorite bond: Dalton. he just seemed more like a professional hitman/spy than the others. too bad the plots were iffy
(connery:unsophisticated brute, brosnan:playboy pansy with gadgets; craig:love struck rookie; moore:too glib,too old)
also fond of: Live and Let Die, For Your Eyes Only, Casino Royale, Man with Golden Gun
February 21st, 2008 at 1:43 pm
I really enjoyed Casino Royale. But my personal fave is A View to a Kill. Roger Moore at his best, Christopher Walken as the villian, and Grace Jones is badass!
February 21st, 2008 at 1:43 pm
I’d say Casino Royale and Goldeneye. Although Die another day was also pretty cool.
February 21st, 2008 at 1:56 pm
Slick – Ah, well I’m sorry my explosion generation is more into Brosnan than watching one of the older models be creepily misogynistic
Or maybe that is just my gut reaction to Sean Connery on general. Sexy? yes. wife beater? also yes. I find that an actors personal life can strongly effect my feelings about the characters they play. Same reason I can’t stand Tom Cruise movies. Lifelong aversion to the actor… His descent into being totally crazypants just affirmed my opinion there.
I guess what it comes down to is this – I don’t really love the Bond movies. I’ve seen almost all of them, but the character never really appealed to me until Casino Royale. Too slutty. I didn’t particularly like Brosnan’s Bond either, but his movies were at least entertaining on a “pure mindless action” level. I am capable of liking movies sans explosions, but I prefer combining an excellent film with some action, they don’t preclude each other
February 21st, 2008 at 1:59 pm
P.S. Never seen either of the Timothy Dalton ones for some reason, though I’ve seen tons of Bond films. Love him in other stuff though, so my dislike of other Bonds may not extend to him.
February 21st, 2008 at 2:02 pm
Um… too many to think about… Casino Royale?
February 21st, 2008 at 2:09 pm
Casion Rayale, Octopussy, and Goldfinger. just liked them. Does anyone else think Bond should have and STD by now? I mean, that’s a lot of sex to be had…
-Andrea Carlena Beauman
February 21st, 2008 at 2:12 pm
I loved Casino Royale. I like the badasses who don’t need the gimmicks. I’ve seen most of the Bond movies, thanks to my hubby, Casino Royale was the first one I loved. I like most of the Connery ones, but I didn’t love them. I think I just like all of the crazy stunts and one-liners. The Die-Hard movies are my absolute favorites. John McClain is sexier than most of the Bonds. Except Daniel Craig. Damn.
February 21st, 2008 at 2:28 pm
The archetype Bond Films:
–Goldfinger
–From Russia with Love
Guilty Pleasures:
–Live and Let Die (loved the Un-Cola guy)
–The Spy Who Loved Me/Moonraker (because of “Jaws”)
Daniel Craig doesn’t even register on my radar.
February 21st, 2008 at 2:40 pm
GoldenEye and The Man with the Golden Gun.
February 21st, 2008 at 2:45 pm
Don’t be so prejudiced, Randall. There are dumb people in all age groups whose favorite movie is always the one they saw most recently. I don’t consider myself a kid anymore but I often get lumped into this category anyway and it really irks me when an older person sees a couple of stupid kids and uses it to form a general opinion of all youths. It’s less an issue of age, and more an epidemic of American idiocy, I think. Sorry to preach, but after being recently disrespected by an older person who used the same “Kids these days!” remark that you made, I’ve taken it upon myself to battle in the name of intelligent youth.
And for the record, Goldfinger is the best bond film, and Sean Connery is the best Bond.
February 21st, 2008 at 3:01 pm
Dr. No was the shit.
February 21st, 2008 at 3:16 pm
“From Russia With Love” and “Dr. NO” are freaking sweet.
February 21st, 2008 at 3:17 pm
Growing up I used to watch “Bond Week, 7 Days of 007″ on TBS every year. I found a promo for it on youtube:
Does anyone know if they still show this on TBS? It would be in March, I think, if they did.
“Do you expect me to talk?”
“No,I expect you to die!”
February 21st, 2008 at 3:21 pm
I’ve seen a lot of them, even the older ones and I have to say that Casino Royale was probably my favorite. The Bond films in general are great but this one was a real breath of fresh air. I can’t wait to see Quantum of Solace, it’s Casino Royale is any indication of the quality we can expect of course. Just the name of it is awesome.
February 21st, 2008 at 3:33 pm
Aaron: that really sums up Casino Royale: it was a breath of fresh air! I couldn’t agree more.
February 21st, 2008 at 3:39 pm
Personaly, and I think it’s just my crush on a 22 year-old Jane Seymour, but: Live and Let Die is my favorite one to sit down and watch.
Addressing Casino Royale.
I own every single Bond on DVD. I absolutely love the Bond films. I agree that Casino Royale was a very good Bond movie (my favorite scene is at the beginning, when he turns and shoots the guy in the bathroom, and after he shoots, the famous gun-barrel portrait comes around him. Amazing.) Craig was really good for this role, very early James Bond. I am still waiting to see how he portrays the James Bond that we all know and love. Smooth, gets women, drops one-liners, takes his martinis shaken-not-stirred. Let’s face it, if you don’t appreciate movies that are driven by plot instead of action. And you don’t enjoy suspending reality for a bit, then James Bond is just not for you.
That being said:
I think the best Bond movie overall is From Russia With Love. Goldfinger and Diamonds are Forever are just brilliant too.
I think Pierce Brosnan is getting a bad rap. He was a great Bond. I would say the writing for his movies are what made people start to dislike him. GoldenEye is a Top 5 Bond.
1. From Russia With Love
2. GoldenEye
3. Diamonds are Forever
4. Goldfinger
5. Casino Royale
February 21st, 2008 at 3:48 pm
They are all masterpieces in my mind,i choose no to have a favorite
(Sean connery is the best bond though,hands down)
February 21st, 2008 at 3:49 pm
Dr. No easily
February 21st, 2008 at 4:25 pm
ringtailroxy: I would love to but wouldn’t it be better to wait for the actual movie to come out?
February 21st, 2008 at 4:58 pm
Borg: they usually do that (in March) to offset the NCAA Mens Basketball Tournament playing on the other channels.
February 21st, 2008 at 5:07 pm
Casino Royale: I’m sorry but it’s the most realistic bond movie.
(I haven’t seen them all) The action is consistent, never a dull spot. All around great movie.
February 21st, 2008 at 5:13 pm
well i can tell you this… Moonraker is not one of the best ones. I don’t think i needed to say that but still.
February 21st, 2008 at 5:33 pm
i agree with Casino Royale.
I’ve seen most of the Bond movies, but never enjoyed them too much until Casino Royale. This movie seemed much more realistic than most of the others, and in my eyes, Daniel Craig is much more believable than any of his predecessors.
February 21st, 2008 at 5:48 pm
i’m gonna say from russia with love, gold finger, and the man with the golden gun. i’m a big fan of the older bonds, especially with connery. the new bonds just don’t do anything for me. however, i am interested to see the new one when it comes out
February 21st, 2008 at 7:25 pm
Roger Moore was by far the best Bond. As for the best bond movie “Live and Let Die”!!!
February 21st, 2008 at 7:40 pm
I dont remember the titles with the films, except I could reasonably guess that “The Man with The Golden Gun”-or was it “Golden FingerEye”? Anyway, the one with the naked chick painted gold. Was that the same one where Connery was sleeping after impersonating a chinese guy to bag the gold chick and a ninja crawled on the ceiling with a blowgun? or was it a tarantula under the pillow? Honestly, thats what I remember.
That was a good one.
Oh, and what was the one with that dude that threw his hat with such force it decapitated roman/greek marble statues? (is that right?)
I liked that guy.and his son Shortround…and that dude JAWS (Andre look-a-like) with the metal dentures! Wasn’t that in Moonraker? Was that the same guy in Superman 2? ..still up in space.
and Q from star trek with all the gadgets?
Wait, remember that one with the muppets!
Isn’t there an albino climbing up a ladder shooting a cross bow…or being shot at with a cross bow? Isn’t there a top 10 James Bond Villian list?
I havent seen the latest.but thought the comercial with the car flipping over a whole bunch of times looked cool. and The dark brooding- a life of this-brain.
And wasn’t Casino Royale already made before? Wasn’t there a film by the same title with Stalone?
All kidding aside.
nice list.
I wish i could recall one Bond movie in full. …that aside-i thought Pierce Brosnan and Timothy Dalton were just temporary filler.
“Quantum Of Solace”? What kinda Bond Title is that? Flemming was ahead of his time!
February 21st, 2008 at 7:50 pm
p.s.
Megatron! Megatron!#82 Awesome.
Tell me that you didn’t just throw some cards together with the titles written on them and shuffle and pick what titles you picked? because if you didnt then
I think I will buy them all and watch them all in that order.
February 21st, 2008 at 8:55 pm
Man With The Golden Gun by far is the best bond ever. I do agree with everyone who says Casino Royale that was an amazing movie, and I also have to pick Die Another Day I just fell in love with that movie
February 21st, 2008 at 9:37 pm
two words dr no the first bond film with the greatest bond ever, no one will be better then sean connery
February 21st, 2008 at 10:58 pm
Casino Royale,for all the reasons mentioned above.It was excellent.
February 21st, 2008 at 11:54 pm
Goldeneye nuff said
February 22nd, 2008 at 3:51 am
sorry you lot NO BOND FILMS HERE I THINK THEY ARE ALL AWFUL not into silly spy stuff also hated Get Smart
February 22nd, 2008 at 6:22 am
Tomorrow Never Dies because Michelle Yeoh was such an amazing and different Bond Girl, which gives a different edge to this film.
While I think Pierce Brosnan is not fantastic, Craig David is definitely not any better.
Sean Connery is the real thing.
February 22nd, 2008 at 4:49 pm
From Russia With Love but really any Connery Bond movie Goldfinger is pretty hot too. Lazenby was actually pretty good as Bond (have his critics actually seen OHMSS?) and OHMSS is in my top five Bond movies. Contrary to popular belief it was Lazenby who turned down more Bond movies not the other way around. A foolish decision in hindsight.
Craig is very good but he’s a working class 4 wheel drive compared to Connery’s Aston Martin deluxe version. For me Moore was easily the worst Bond a buffoon who always looked way out of his depth.
February 22nd, 2008 at 6:53 pm
I’ve always enjoyed Live and Let Die, License To Kill and the Living Daylights. I liked Timothy Dalton as Bond.
February 22nd, 2008 at 7:49 pm
as suggested by many, ‘bonds’ have to be taken in context, like batman really. the concept of ‘hero’ and ‘man’ to a certain extent varies from generation to generation. the movies have to reflect the era and the consumer e.g. most likely to spend money on tickets, merchandise etc.
for the record its gotta be casino royale by a country mile. that la parkour scene? excellent!
February 22nd, 2008 at 10:34 pm
Uugghhhhh, I hated Casino Royale.
James Bond CANNOT be blond!
Piers Brosnan was the best James Bond, in my opinion.
Black hair, blue eyes, suave, and that wonderful British accent!
But anyway, I must be honest,
despite my strong feelings about James Bond,
I found most of the movies boring.
(please don’t kill me)
February 22nd, 2008 at 11:00 pm
Casino Royale
The Living Daylights
Craig and Dalton were the best Bonds.
Moore and Brosnan were the absolute worst (all cutesy one-liners).
I haven’t seen any of the Connery/Lazenby movies.
Seriously, I love Pierce Brosnan in everything else but he SUCKED as James Bond.
February 23rd, 2008 at 1:20 am
Pierce Brosnan is a very, very gorgeous man, and he fits the suave spy rather well, but I have to say Casino Royale is my favourite. Firstly, it doesn’t have absolutely ridiculous scientific bullshit. I cringe when I see all the impractical/impossible gadgets and absurd plots in all the other James Bond films. And secondly, I always liked men with charisma, and Daniel Craig has it in spades.
February 23rd, 2008 at 1:50 am
I liked the one with Agent 99, Hymie the robot, The Chief, and it starred Don Adams.
February 23rd, 2008 at 5:08 am
Drogo That was get smart an awful tv program
February 23rd, 2008 at 6:56 am
Goldfinger.
I’m still freaked out by lasers.
February 23rd, 2008 at 8:26 am
I haven’t seen too many Bond movies, mostly the recent ones with Pierce Brosnan and Daniel Craig. That being said, I have to give my nod to Casino Royale with Daniel Craig. He portrayed this iconic ladies’ man super-spy as so much more than that. I really enjoyed the film, was practically on the edge of my seat through most of it.
I’m not picky about hair color on my Bond, especially if he looks that good in swimming shorts! They’re both really good looking men, really, but Craig seems a bit more athletic, which is how I’d figure Bond to be.
February 23rd, 2008 at 11:10 am
My favorite Bond flick would be anything with Sean Connery in it. He is and always will be my favorite Bond. As for the new movie I seem to remember the lead actor being very antigun so I wasnt sure how he was going to react to having to actually hold a gun.
February 23rd, 2008 at 11:16 am
I know it’s just me, having grown up in the 60s and so forth — there is but Sean Connery, and thou shalt have no other Bonds before him! (Well, I used to think that, but I’m willing to let Craig in now; I think of him as Alternate Universe Bond, complete with female M.) Everybody else, especially that effete, phonily slick Roger Moore, is just someone filling in the role for money. The best Bond films, having said that (you know, I HATE people who always have to say “Having said that …”) are Goldfinger, Dr. No, You Only Live Twice, From Russia With Love and Thunderball. (Gotta see that one Diogenes mentioned, Golden FingerEye, think I missed that one. Was that any good?)
February 23rd, 2008 at 8:56 pm
I was trying to be funny with the Get Smart reference. (haha?)
February 25th, 2008 at 3:37 pm
Have seen all Bonds at cinema, first one being Diamonds… in 1971 + watched all special edition discs over last 2 months and…
Brosnan is best Bond, OHMSS best film. Moore without doubt the worst. Thunderball is the worst film for its incoherent plodding dreariness. Even the worst Moore films have some vague redemming feature.
March 2nd, 2008 at 2:05 am
Connery was what all the others emulated, in their own way. Though he didn’t “retire” the role the way Tim Curry did with “Rocky Horror Picture Show”, he did provide the mold into which the others poured themselves. Best Film, without question is “Goldfinger”, followed by “From Russia with Love”, released soon after the Cuban Missile Crisis, was a perfect period piece, as well as a great flick. Third is a very subjective pick for me, I chose “Dr. No”. There are twoor three others that could occupy this slot, but this was the first of the Bond book I ever read, so it’s a partly sentimental choice, but solid as a Bond film, to say the least.
March 2nd, 2008 at 6:05 pm
Though Sean Connery was the best James Bond…one should read the James Bond books by Ian Fleming. They are much better than any of the James Bond movies of the same title(s).
March 3rd, 2008 at 1:22 am
Altough I lost interest in the Bond films some time ago, I loved Live and Let Die. Also the Spy who loved me (Jaws), Man with the Golden Gun, Octopussy, and several others.
The bond films were also a staple on network TV, like the Sunday night movies. Nothing like watching Live and Let Die on Sunday night to forget about school the next day.
Anyway maybe I’ll rent Casino Royale this week.
March 3rd, 2008 at 8:22 am
anytime goldfinger……..casino royale was…….it was fine……..yeah….just a – one -time-watch film
March 3rd, 2008 at 8:25 am
AJ: PLEASE use the spacebar – it is very annoying and distracting when you put so much punctuation between sentences and words. And thank you for using full English spelling.
April 6th, 2008 at 3:15 pm
Thunderball. No underwater scenes to this day compare.
April 10th, 2008 at 4:58 pm
did everyone forget about Die Another Day?
May 8th, 2008 at 3:20 pm
Casino Royale is the best Bond film ever. I almost didn’t see this one because I think most Bond films are campy and boring, But my wife rented the DVD and I gave it a try. Excellent. Anyone who love action movies will Love this one. Even if your not a Bond fan
June 22nd, 2008 at 3:17 am
I’ve only ever seen two bond movies, Tomorrow Never Dies and Casino Royale and I liked Casino Royale.
My favorite scene from Casino Royale is when bond is at the hotel bar; it went something like this, I think:
Bond: A martini please
Bartender: Shaken or Stirred, sir?
Bond (with nasty looks): Do I look like I care?
I thought that scene emphatically announced that Craig Daniels was going to be different from the other bonds, who have become quite cliche.
July 19th, 2008 at 12:58 pm
Licence to Kill is the closest they ever got to Fleming’s Bond, and it did the tough, cold Bond way better then Casino Royale.
August 16th, 2008 at 1:09 pm
Goldfinger, hands down
August 20th, 2008 at 11:25 am
Dr. No and Thunderball are really good. I like Connery.
Casino Royale – the new one of course – does seem more like the books.
Of course the theme songs could be a different thread…mine is the theme for Thunderball
August 30th, 2008 at 10:05 am
From Russia with Love, hands down.
January 11th, 2009 at 12:31 pm
Any with Roger Moore, because in my opinion, he was the best James Bond.
May 27th, 2009 at 2:49 pm
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June 3rd, 2009 at 1:40 am
Goldfinger. Although Casino Royale and Dr. No comes in at a close second and third.
June 30th, 2009 at 10:40 am
goldfinger all the way
then Dr no followed closely by casino royale
August 4th, 2009 at 2:04 am
My top two both involve gold!
Goldfinger
Goldeneye
Of course Connery is best, then Brosnan then Craig I guess. I would like Craig more if the last two bond flicks weren’t so terrible. I didn’t like the plots in either. In fact all I remember about Casino Royale was that bond had to win a poker game to keep money out of terrorists hands. Really? Thats the best they got? I don’t care if Ian Flemming wrote it, if I wanted to read a good book I wouldn’t read a James bond book anyway. Long live lasers and anti-bond terrorists that actually pose threats!
September 6th, 2009 at 11:16 am
I like the films with jaws in it, i didnt like Casino Royale that much cos there was no naked ladies in the intro. not sayin i wanted it but its like bond tradition!
October 25th, 2009 at 10:31 am
You choose casino Royale as the best completely mis-understand Ian Fleming’s creation. Bond wasn’t supposed to be humanised, he was supposed to be invincible. I hate the way they’ve thrown the original concept out of the window, as in my view there’s no point in even making any more Bond films. As a result, Casino Royale is probably one of my least favorite Bond’s. My most favorite is difficult to decide. I like escapism in films you see, not realism. For those who don’t realize films are supposed to me make believe. It shouldn’t be a case of: if he can’t do it in real life, then don’t bother doing it on screen, as that’s rather limiting! I choose the best as Dr. No, From Russia With Love, Live And Let Die, For Your Eyes Only and The Spy who Loved Me.