Re: Universal Exports - The James Bond Thread

by **Patrick** Tue May 31, 2011 9:16 am

Dr. No; From Russia With Love; Goldfinger; On Her Majesty's Secret Service; Live and Let Die; The Man With the Golden Gun; The Spy Who Loved Me; The Living Daylights; Goldeneye; The World Is Not Enough; Casino Royale; Quantum of Solace

You Only Live Twice has had it's two lifetimes.

by Rich Flair Tue May 31, 2011 9:45 am

But that's the best one.

by **Patrick** Tue May 31, 2011 10:12 am

Rich Flair wrote:But that's the best one.

YOLT? The Best?

Oh, you are so gonna hate my review of it, Rich.

by **The Co=Ordinator** Tue May 31, 2011 12:24 pm

Patrick, you are disqualified from this game. May the spirit of Roald Dahl haunt your forever more. And a couple of hours longer.

by barnaby morbius Tue May 31, 2011 2:00 pm

Patrick wrote:
Rich Flair wrote:But that's the best one.

YOLT? The Best?

Oh, you are so gonna hate my review of it, Rich.

best theme song
donald pleasance
ninja stuff
volcano set
karin dor
connery getting "chinked up"

easily top 5

by **Patrick** Tue May 31, 2011 2:11 pm

The Co=Ordinator wrote:Patrick, you are disqualified from this game. May the spirit of Roald Dahl haunt your forever more. And a couple of hours longer.

Your question has been answered: we now know for a fact that you won't concur with every one of my reviews.
Razz

by **The Co=Ordinator** Tue May 31, 2011 2:18 pm

Please note fast-living san that you are NOT allowed to call me Tiger.

by **Patrick** Tue May 31, 2011 2:33 pm

Can I at least go "Hai!" a few times and blame it on the third Doctor?

by **The Co=Ordinator** Tue May 31, 2011 2:39 pm

"Hai" has been patented by the Chicken Man. Say it at your peril.........

by **Patrick** Tue May 31, 2011 2:44 pm

Ah-so. Much appreciations, ~~Tiger~~C=O-san.
Razz

by stanmore Tue May 31, 2011 2:57 pm

I don't think there's much that me and Patrick will agree on - I'm getting the impression he prefers the less silly end of the franchise, whereas that's where I think the charm lies. I think A View to a Kill is useless... we in a similar ballpark there?

by **Patrick** Tue May 31, 2011 3:21 pm

stanmore wrote:I don't think there's much that me and Patrick will agree on - I'm getting the impression he prefers the less silly end of the franchise, whereas that's where I think the charm lies. I think A View to a Kill is useless... we in a similar ballpark there?

Well, I love a good spy thriller, but I don't think it's the serious vs. silly stuff in the Bond franchise that bothers me. I'll go into this in greater detail when I get to my reviews of Thunderball and You Only Live Twice, but what consistently frustrates me are the plot holes in some of these storylines.

I didn't mind A View To A Kill, such as it was, but I was disappointed that so much of the big plan was full of ideas heavily borrowed from Goldfinger.

by barnaby morbius Wed Jun 01, 2011 12:42 am

Dr. No; From Russia With Love; Goldfinger; On Her Majesty's Secret Service; Live and Let Die; The Man With the Golden Gun; The Spy Who Loved Me; The Living Daylights; Goldeneye; The World Is Not Enough; Casino Royale;

Quantum of Solace- what a letdown after casino royale. craig does a good job but the story is forgettable, -something about water?- the music, girls and villain are all pretty unmemorable.

a few decent set pieces but that's about it - i'm hoping for a lot better next time around.

by **The Co=Ordinator** Wed Jun 01, 2011 1:02 am

Dr. No; Goldfinger; On Her Majesty's Secret Service; Live and Let Die; The Man With the Golden Gun; The Spy Who Loved Me; The Living Daylights; Goldeneye; The World Is Not Enough; Casino Royale;

From Russia With Love. At a 3/5 it's probably the weakest left.

by barnaby morbius Wed Jun 01, 2011 1:16 am

The Co=Ordinator wrote:Dr. No; Goldfinger; On Her Majesty's Secret Service; Live and Let Die; The Man With the Golden Gun; The Spy Who Loved Me; The Living Daylights; Goldeneye; The World Is Not Enough; Casino Royale;

From Russia With Love. At a 3/5 it's probably the weakest left.

it's probably the most stylish of them all- a couple of great villains in grant and klebb, fantastic istanbul locations....probably not at the absolute top but near enough....i'd put it above dr no personally....

by Rich Flair Wed Jun 01, 2011 3:35 am

Dr. No; Goldfinger; On Her Majesty's Secret Service; Live and Let Die; The Man With the Golden Gun; The Living Daylights; Goldeneye; The World Is Not Enough; Casino Royale;

The Spy Who Loved Me - not loved by me.

by **Patrick** Wed Jun 01, 2011 8:56 am

I was just watching The Spy Who Loved Me last night. The audio commentary features Lewis Gilbert and Sir Ken Adam. Sir Ken is a set designing genius. Did you know that in order to properly light that set- because it was so big- Ken secretly brought Stanley Kubrick in as a consultant?

Alrighty then...

Dr. No; Goldfinger; On Her Majesty's Secret Service; Live and Let Die; The Living Daylights; Goldeneye; The World Is Not Enough; Casino Royale;

The gold has started turning green on The Man With The Golden Gun- arguably the weakest of the films remaining.

by Starfighter Pilot Wed Jun 01, 2011 1:08 pm

Goldfinger; On Her Majesty's Secret Service; Live and Let Die; The Living Daylights; Goldeneye; The World Is Not Enough; Casino Royale

Dr No was good, but things got better after.

by Rich Flair Wed Jun 01, 2011 1:25 pm

Yes, it was a bit dull.

by **Patrick** Wed Jun 01, 2011 6:30 pm

Ouch. I gave Doctor No a 4.

by barnaby morbius Wed Jun 01, 2011 11:26 pm

Goldfinger; On Her Majesty's Secret Service; Live and Let Die; Goldeneye; The World Is Not Enough; Casino Royale

The Living Daylights;

bad song, unmemorable villains, not enough jokes...dalton never looked very comfortable as bond...definitely bottom half

by **The Co=Ordinator** Thu Jun 02, 2011 12:38 am

Goldfinger; On Her Majesty's Secret Service; Goldeneye; The World Is Not Enough; Casino Royale

Live and Let Die. How strange that one of the weakest Moore's is the last to go.

by Rich Flair Thu Jun 02, 2011 1:26 am

It was his only good one - downhilll from there.

by Rich Flair Thu Jun 02, 2011 1:27 am

Goldfinger; On Her Majesty's Secret Service; Goldeneye; The World Is Not Enough

Casino Royale - no, I expect you to tell some jokes Mr Bond.

by **Patrick** Thu Jun 02, 2011 10:19 am

Of the four remaining, hmm. Tough choice.

Goldfinger; On Her Majesty's Secret Service; Goldeneye

The World Is Not Enough. In a lot of ways, it's paying direct homage to OHMSS, but I had a hard time coming to accept Sophie Moreau as a villain, and an even harder time thinking Denise Richards could act.

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