"Moore doesnt like heights, guns, narrow spaces.....etc.) to play a hard edged Bond."
and Connery wore a rug and was scared of spiders, so what? None of the actors can be a true James Bond in real life.
Touche, however, still didnt think Moore was manly enough. I like his humor and the movies that he played in were tailor made for him. But it is not the Bond that I imagine, just seems more like a spoof. A nice spoof, but still.
I see that you and I are kindred spirits when it comes to Connery vs Moore. And I agree with much of what you said in your rankings (although I am a fan of both Dalton and Craig, and I enjoyed all of films you ranked lower than AVTAK more than I enjoyed AVTAK). Anyway, welcome aboard! -{
"Moore doesnt like heights, guns, narrow spaces.....etc.) to play a hard edged Bond."
and Connery wore a rug and was scared of spiders, so what? None of the actors can be a true James Bond in real life.
Touche, however, still didnt think Moore was manly enough. I like his humor and the movies that he played in were tailor made for him. But it is not the Bond that I imagine, just seems more like a spoof. A nice spoof, but still.
I see that you and I are kindred spirits when it comes to Connery vs Moore. And I agree with much of what you said in your rankings (although I am a fan of both Dalton and Craig, and I enjoyed all of films you ranked lower than AVTAK more than I enjoyed AVTAK). Anyway, welcome aboard! -{
Thanks Blackleiter, nice to discuss with other freaks like me
In all truth, Bond movies are like sex and pizza; they are always good. I can even watch the atrocious DAF and DAD at any time of the day more or less.
On my list, the numbers 6-17 are a big pile of the average Bonds. They are more or less interchangeable in rankings. Number 12 can be number 8 for example and vice versa. There are in my eyes 5-6 real classics and 2-3 really bad Bonds. But like I said, even the bad Bonds are brilliant in a way.
1. Skyfall- Masterpiece and the Ulimate Bond film.
2. Casino Royale- Just gets better as the years go by. Gave the tired Bond franchise a kick up the ass.
3. OHMSS- Best Bond film from the 60's and Barry's Best composing soundtrack.
4. FRWL- Connery's Best film
5. Goldfinger- Connery's last great Bond film and that theme song is just mindblowing
6. FYEO- Moore's best Bond film by a mile
7. LTK- Dalton's brilliant the film has its flaws but is a dark and brooding film.
8. Dr No- Connery is the star but it plods a bit but still a great film.
9. QOS- Underrated by Fan's a great follow on from CR. It's flawed but Craig holds it together
10. TSWLM
11. TLD
12. Thunderball
13. Goldeneye
14. LALD
15. AVTAK
16. YOLT
17. TND
18. OP
19. TWINE
20. DAF
21. TMWTGG
22. DAD
23. MR
Am presently re-watching them, sequentially, yet again, via hd-bd (next: The Spy Who Loved Me), so my ranking may change in weeks to come, and, if so, shall amend as needed.
01. Casino Royale
02. Dr. No
03. The Living Daylights
04. A View To A Kill
05. Octopussy
06. Diamonds Are Forever
07. On Her Majesty's Secret Service
08. From Russia With Love
09. Live And Let Die
10. Thunderball
11. You Only Live Twice
12. Goldfinger
13. The Spy Who Loved Me
14. The Man With The Golden Gun
15. For Your Eyes Only
16. Skyfall
17. Goldeneye
18. Moonraker
19. Licence To Kill
20. Die Another Day
21. Quantum Of Solace
22. Tomorrow Never Dies
23. The World Is Not Enough
1. Moonraker
2. On Her Majesty's Secret Service
3. Live & Let Die
4. Octopussy
5. You Only Live Twice
6. For Your Eyes Only
7. Licence To Kill
8. The Man With The Golden Gun
9. Diamonds Are Forever
10. Goldfinger
11. Dr. No
12. The Spy Who Loved Me
13. Casino Royale 2006
14. A View To A Kill
15. ThunderBall
16. The Living Daylights
17. GoldenEye
18. Tomorrow Never Dies
19. The World is Not Enough
20. From Russia With Love
21. Skyfall
22. Die Another Day
23. Casino Royale 1954 Barry Nelson NonCanon
24. Casino Royale 1967 David Niven NonCanon
25. Never Say Never Again 1983 NonCanon
26. Quantum Of Solace
Number 1-21 I watch over and over in order of enjoyability....22-26 will not watch again.
My top 10 would probably be:
1- Goldeneye
2- Casino Royale
3- TSPWLM
4- Goldfinger
5- Skyfall
6- Dr. No
7- Live And Let Die
8- Licence To Kill
9- FRWL
10- OHMSS
I think after that there's quite a few that are pretty equal. Bottom 5 would probably be:
18- Tomorrow Never Dies
19- Die Another Day
20- Thunderball
21- Moonraker
22- Quantam of Solace
23- Octopussy
That's just based on the ones I watch the least because they're ones that don't stand out as much when I go to watch a Bond film
"You are about to wake when you dream that you are dreaming"
It's nice to see AVTAK rating high/fairly high on some lists here. It seems that the film is gradually becoming more popular... I think it's safe to say that it is not the least popular bond film overall by the combined masses... that honour seems to go to DAD (And according to IMDB, it is DAD too)
It's nice to see AVTAK rating high/fairly high on some lists here. It seems that the film is gradually becoming more popular... I think it's safe to say that it is not the least popular bond film overall by the combined masses... that honour seems to go to DAD (And according to IMDB, it is DAD too)
It holds a special place in my heart cause its the first Bond film I ever saw. Although Moore was too old, its a fun film nowhere near the worst Bond film. The theme tune is great and Walken is brillant.
It's nice to see AVTAK rating high/fairly high on some lists here. It seems that the film is gradually becoming more popular... I think it's safe to say that it is not the least popular bond film overall by the combined masses... that honour seems to go to DAD (And according to IMDB, it is DAD too)
Hey!!!!
....and the best he ever managed was a sermon on the mount.
It's nice to see AVTAK rating high/fairly high on some lists here. It seems that the film is gradually becoming more popular... I think it's safe to say that it is not the least popular bond film overall by the combined masses... that honour seems to go to DAD (And according to IMDB, it is DAD too)
Hey!!!!
No offence
Actually though, for me personally, there is 1 bond film that I prefer DAD to... and that's MR
Bond films are bond films though, and every single one of them (except for CR '67) is decent enough entertainment
23. Skyfall
22. Quantum of Solace
21. Die Another Day
20. Tomorrow Never Dies
19. Casino Royale
18. The World is Not Enough
17. Goldeneye
16. Live and Let Die
15. Diamonds Are Forever
14. Licence to Kill
13. The Man with Golden Gun
12. Goldfinger
11. View To A Kill
10. You Only Live Twice
9. The Living Daylights
8. Dr No
7. Thunderball
6. From Russia with love
5. The Spy Who Loved Me
4. Moonraker
3. Octopussy
2. For Your Eyes Only
1. On Her Majesty’s Secrey Service
"And if I told you that I'm from the Ministry of Defence?" James Bond - The Property of a Lady
Moore doesnt like heights, guns, narrow spaces.....etc.) to play a hard edged Bond.
Disagree..you are talking about the actor personally and what he said & with Moore you never know... he might have been joking.
Roger Moore was a Captain in the Royal Army so he knows guns, & used guns in almost all his films, if he's afraid of heights then he overcame it by being an actor, cuz he was on a high building in TSWLM where he kills Sandor, he was on a cliff in FYEO (excluding the in studio closeups)..he obviously flys in planes to go from country to country to film these things, he was on a very high replica of the Golden Gate Bridge, & to seal the deal he was in outer space. Also I think he was a very ruthless borderline serial killer Bond..that's why his relaxed affable persona is genius. )
Moore doesnt like heights, guns, narrow spaces.....etc.) to play a hard edged Bond.
Disagree..you are talking about the actor personally and what he said & with Moore you never know... he might have been joking.
Roger Moore was a Captain in the Royal Army so he knows guns, & used guns in almost all his films, if he's afraid of heights then he overcame it by being an actor, cuz he was on a high building in TSWLM where he kills Sandor, he was on a cliff in FYEO (excluding the in studio closeups)..he obviously flys in planes to go from country to country to film these things, he was on a very high replica of the Golden Gate Bridge, & to seal the deal he was in outer space. Also I think he was a very ruthless borderline serial killer Bond..that's why his relaxed affable persona is genius. )
Sorry, but none of that changes the fact that to me Moore is totally unconvincing in most of his action scenes and in all of his fight scenes. That's one of the main reasons it's so difficult for me to accept him as Bond.
Comments
The greats:
1. LTK
2. QoS
3. TLD
4. CR
Good ones but flawed:
5. TWINE
6. FRWL
7. TB
8. SF
9. TND
10. OHMSS
11. GE
12. TSWLM
13. GF
14. DN
15. FYEO
Below Average:
16. OP
17. MR
18. AVTAK
19. YOLT
Seriously flawed:
20. DAF
21. DAD
22. TMWTGG
23. LALD
I see that you and I are kindred spirits when it comes to Connery vs Moore. And I agree with much of what you said in your rankings (although I am a fan of both Dalton and Craig, and I enjoyed all of films you ranked lower than AVTAK more than I enjoyed AVTAK). Anyway, welcome aboard! -{
A reader of the novels, I take it?
#1.TLD/LTK 2.TND 3.GF 4.GE 5.DN 6.FYEO 7.FRWL 8.TMWTGG 9.TWINE 10.YOLT/QOS
LTK
DAF
FRWL
TMWTGG
YOLT
OHMSS
CR
SF
GF
MR
TB
TLD
DN
TSWLM
FYEO
NSNA
OP
AVTAK
TND
LLD
QOS
GE
TWINE
DAD
Thanks Blackleiter, nice to discuss with other freaks like me
In all truth, Bond movies are like sex and pizza; they are always good. I can even watch the atrocious DAF and DAD at any time of the day more or less.
On my list, the numbers 6-17 are a big pile of the average Bonds. They are more or less interchangeable in rankings. Number 12 can be number 8 for example and vice versa. There are in my eyes 5-6 real classics and 2-3 really bad Bonds. But like I said, even the bad Bonds are brilliant in a way.
1. Connery 2. Craig 3. Brosnan 4. Dalton 5. Lazenby 6. Moore
2. Casino Royale- Just gets better as the years go by. Gave the tired Bond franchise a kick up the ass.
3. OHMSS- Best Bond film from the 60's and Barry's Best composing soundtrack.
4. FRWL- Connery's Best film
5. Goldfinger- Connery's last great Bond film and that theme song is just mindblowing
6. FYEO- Moore's best Bond film by a mile
7. LTK- Dalton's brilliant the film has its flaws but is a dark and brooding film.
8. Dr No- Connery is the star but it plods a bit but still a great film.
9. QOS- Underrated by Fan's a great follow on from CR. It's flawed but Craig holds it together
10. TSWLM
11. TLD
12. Thunderball
13. Goldeneye
14. LALD
15. AVTAK
16. YOLT
17. TND
18. OP
19. TWINE
20. DAF
21. TMWTGG
22. DAD
23. MR
01. Casino Royale
02. Dr. No
03. The Living Daylights
04. A View To A Kill
05. Octopussy
06. Diamonds Are Forever
07. On Her Majesty's Secret Service
08. From Russia With Love
09. Live And Let Die
10. Thunderball
11. You Only Live Twice
12. Goldfinger
13. The Spy Who Loved Me
14. The Man With The Golden Gun
15. For Your Eyes Only
16. Skyfall
17. Goldeneye
18. Moonraker
19. Licence To Kill
20. Die Another Day
21. Quantum Of Solace
22. Tomorrow Never Dies
23. The World Is Not Enough
~sb~
What are you, some kind of Doomsday Machine?
2. On Her Majesty's Secret Service
3. Live & Let Die
4. Octopussy
5. You Only Live Twice
6. For Your Eyes Only
7. Licence To Kill
8. The Man With The Golden Gun
9. Diamonds Are Forever
10. Goldfinger
11. Dr. No
12. The Spy Who Loved Me
13. Casino Royale 2006
14. A View To A Kill
15. ThunderBall
16. The Living Daylights
17. GoldenEye
18. Tomorrow Never Dies
19. The World is Not Enough
20. From Russia With Love
21. Skyfall
22. Die Another Day
23. Casino Royale 1954 Barry Nelson NonCanon
24. Casino Royale 1967 David Niven NonCanon
25. Never Say Never Again 1983 NonCanon
26. Quantum Of Solace
Number 1-21 I watch over and over in order of enjoyability....22-26 will not watch again.
NICE!
and DelicatessenInSteel welcome to AJB. Great to have another fan who loves Moonraker. I believe there are now 3 of us ?
1. GE 2. MR 3. OP 4. TMWTGG 5. TSWLM 6. TND 7. TWINE 8.DN 9. GF 10. AVTAK
Dalton - the weak and weepy Bond!
4 ? Crickey....we'll need a bigger padded cell now
1- Goldeneye
2- Casino Royale
3- TSPWLM
4- Goldfinger
5- Skyfall
6- Dr. No
7- Live And Let Die
8- Licence To Kill
9- FRWL
10- OHMSS
I think after that there's quite a few that are pretty equal. Bottom 5 would probably be:
18- Tomorrow Never Dies
19- Die Another Day
20- Thunderball
21- Moonraker
22- Quantam of Solace
23- Octopussy
That's just based on the ones I watch the least because they're ones that don't stand out as much when I go to watch a Bond film
Thanks for the welcome!!!
1 - Moore, 2 - Dalton, 3 - Craig, 4 - Connery, 5 - Brosnan, 6 - Lazenby
It holds a special place in my heart cause its the first Bond film I ever saw. Although Moore was too old, its a fun film nowhere near the worst Bond film. The theme tune is great and Walken is brillant.
Hey!!!!
Not "near", it's there!
No offence
Actually though, for me personally, there is 1 bond film that I prefer DAD to... and that's MR
Bond films are bond films though, and every single one of them (except for CR '67) is decent enough entertainment
1 - Moore, 2 - Dalton, 3 - Craig, 4 - Connery, 5 - Brosnan, 6 - Lazenby
On that point we agree! :007)
But not with me !
You starting something?
Edit: Oh, Sir Miles beat me to it.
Roger Moore 1927-2017
Come on! I'll take on both of you young whippersnappers! (Standing on my porch shaking my fist!)
22. Quantum of Solace
21. Die Another Day
20. Tomorrow Never Dies
19. Casino Royale
18. The World is Not Enough
17. Goldeneye
16. Live and Let Die
15. Diamonds Are Forever
14. Licence to Kill
13. The Man with Golden Gun
12. Goldfinger
11. View To A Kill
10. You Only Live Twice
9. The Living Daylights
8. Dr No
7. Thunderball
6. From Russia with love
5. The Spy Who Loved Me
4. Moonraker
3. Octopussy
2. For Your Eyes Only
1. On Her Majesty’s Secrey Service
Someone likes Skyfall LESS than I do????
#1.TLD/LTK 2.TND 3.GF 4.GE 5.DN 6.FYEO 7.FRWL 8.TMWTGG 9.TWINE 10.YOLT/QOS
Yeah, but he also thinks MR is better than DN, FRWL and GF, so don't get too excited!
#1.TLD/LTK 2.TND 3.GF 4.GE 5.DN 6.FYEO 7.FRWL 8.TMWTGG 9.TWINE 10.YOLT/QOS
Great selection. 4 Roger Moore films in the top 5. Now we're talkin... B-)
1. GE 2. MR 3. OP 4. TMWTGG 5. TSWLM 6. TND 7. TWINE 8.DN 9. GF 10. AVTAK
Disagree..you are talking about the actor personally and what he said & with Moore you never know... he might have been joking.
Roger Moore was a Captain in the Royal Army so he knows guns, & used guns in almost all his films, if he's afraid of heights then he overcame it by being an actor, cuz he was on a high building in TSWLM where he kills Sandor, he was on a cliff in FYEO (excluding the in studio closeups)..he obviously flys in planes to go from country to country to film these things, he was on a very high replica of the Golden Gate Bridge, & to seal the deal he was in outer space. Also I think he was a very ruthless borderline serial killer Bond..that's why his relaxed affable persona is genius.
Roger Moore 1927-2017