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I've been checking out other members' fave films list. A bit of an eye opener.
Didn't realise until I filled out and saved my own favourites that it allows you to click on a link under the member's name that pulls up their favourites, set along side your own, so you can compare them, left to right. 8-)
Anyway, first up is jetsetwilly! Yes jetset, come on down, you're on! Now jsw really hates Doctor No! How much does he hate it? Well it's about number 20 on the list, worse than 1967's Casino Royale
. Along with FYEO, hardly a fave of mine, but surely not worthy of such opprobrium. What happened? Did jetset take a date to the showing who gave him oral pleasure on the back row, only to find she [citation needed] suffered from lockjaw? 
)
Another surprise is JF Fan. Namely that AVTAK is not actually his fave film! It's GoldenEye! Otherwise, he's one of the few to dislike the new CR as much as I do.
The departed MBE's fave film was TWINE, something of a rarity. No mention of the latest film, she left to early for that. Brosnan's flicks get a good rating, all top 10.
Now it's time to riffle through Lady Rose's knicker drawer.
Now Rose has made no secret of her liking for Dalton, but who'd have thought it would put his two movies in her top five! Imagine if he'd done something good!
If the fanciablity factor is anything to go by, Craig should get a good showing for LR but CR isn't listed yet. Top 5, La Rose?
You should get round to seeing the other Bond films at some time, so you can rate them.)
CR gets a good showing, being top 5 for most mods and no1 for my nemesis highhopes
, who reasurringly has traditional Bonds in his top five.
SiCo is interesting in that the Brosnan flicks book-end his list, GE at no 1, DAD propping up the table. OHMSS is way down there, which is unusual for a hardcore fan.
GF gets a good showing from Hardyboy, Dan Same, myself and highhopes.
The Cat is too mysterious to fill out his favourites list.
But the most gobsmacking list is coertesy of superado. One of the few to spurn CR like myself, I prided myself on this fellow fan's discernment. So what do I find when I click on his favourites? Supes must have been drunk or deranged when he filled it out! Propping up the table, in the West Ham/Charlton positions, are the three classics: Dr No, FRWL, GF!
And what tops his faves? Die Another Day! Supes, say it ain't so! )
Didn't realise until I filled out and saved my own favourites that it allows you to click on a link under the member's name that pulls up their favourites, set along side your own, so you can compare them, left to right. 8-)
Anyway, first up is jetsetwilly! Yes jetset, come on down, you're on! Now jsw really hates Doctor No! How much does he hate it? Well it's about number 20 on the list, worse than 1967's Casino Royale
. Along with FYEO, hardly a fave of mine, but surely not worthy of such opprobrium. What happened? Did jetset take a date to the showing who gave him oral pleasure on the back row, only to find she [citation needed] suffered from lockjaw? )Another surprise is JF Fan. Namely that AVTAK is not actually his fave film! It's GoldenEye! Otherwise, he's one of the few to dislike the new CR as much as I do.
The departed MBE's fave film was TWINE, something of a rarity. No mention of the latest film, she left to early for that. Brosnan's flicks get a good rating, all top 10.
Now it's time to riffle through Lady Rose's knicker drawer.
Now Rose has made no secret of her liking for Dalton, but who'd have thought it would put his two movies in her top five! Imagine if he'd done something good! If the fanciablity factor is anything to go by, Craig should get a good showing for LR but CR isn't listed yet. Top 5, La Rose?
You should get round to seeing the other Bond films at some time, so you can rate them.
)CR gets a good showing, being top 5 for most mods and no1 for my nemesis highhopes
, who reasurringly has traditional Bonds in his top five.SiCo is interesting in that the Brosnan flicks book-end his list, GE at no 1, DAD propping up the table. OHMSS is way down there, which is unusual for a hardcore fan.
GF gets a good showing from Hardyboy, Dan Same, myself and highhopes.
The Cat is too mysterious to fill out his favourites list.
But the most gobsmacking list is coertesy of superado. One of the few to spurn CR like myself, I prided myself on this fellow fan's discernment. So what do I find when I click on his favourites? Supes must have been drunk or deranged when he filled it out! Propping up the table, in the West Ham/Charlton positions, are the three classics: Dr No, FRWL, GF!
And what tops his faves? Die Another Day! Supes, say it ain't so! ) "This is where we leave you Mr Bond."
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I still have yet to fill out mine, so I guess I'm still good
The thing that astounds me is how much JSW hates DN.
Perhaps you don't know Our Man Willy as well as you think if you're imagining this as a likely scenario... she?
I wouldn't worry about lockjaw apparently it gives you throat cancer now!
What... Dr. No?
Sorry, jetset, didn't know you were travelling on the other Aston Martin...
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My top 3 favourites are:
From Russia With Love
The Living Daylights
Octopussy
Still, I'll take no notice of the above answers!
Watch out for the Bridget Jones specials there NP
And this coming from a man who has Moonraker at No 2 !!
I've popped CR in at No 10 for the moment. I loved the movie but I want to see how it stands the test of time. I'm not sure it has the durability of a GF or FRWL.
As for the fanciability factor, Craig goes straight to number 2, right behind Timmy :x
Yeah, whatever ...
Despite my love for Brosnan as Bond, I can't say the same for his movies, save GE. TWINE gets in the lower half of my upper echelon, while TND and DAD get in the very low half.
No surprise, Craig's and Dalton's are low, TLD, last I ranked, was 14 on the list. I do like the 67 Casino Royale, and it comes right after TWINE on my list.
Also, you neglect to mention that SiCo has AVTAK as number 8 (!!!) on his list! I once called him on his secret liking for it, but he said that he'd never like it as much as I did (and no one will
One pattern I thought was interesting to mention. Whenever I look at someone's fave films list who list AVTAK highly, usually LTK is right behind it. I wonder why these people do that? Perhaps its the darker tone the two share.
I like the favorite films list. And I knew jetset's hatred of Doctor No because we discussed it in a thread once, and I also shared that I didn't like it much either. Still, the list tells a lot about the person.
Seriously, I find it fascinating how some people seem to favour particular eras or actors, while others are so random, putting FRWL and DAD both in the top 5, for example.
Very good... funniest thing I've read here for a while.
Oh, you weren't joking?
My top 3 Bond films are:
Dr No.
Diamonds Are Forever
From Russia With Love
As you can probably guess, I think Sean Connery's the best Bond.:D
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This exercise really makes one consider the value each film gives and when reaching an impasse, you're forced to decide whether this or that film gives you a warmer feeling inside.
Please note that since these lists are based on appeal, CR was not at the top, but it certainly bested its earlier versions!
But good to see CR (2006) propping up the table...
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No, your's sucks, and everyone elses too!
My settings are set on "private" because I'm bashful ;%
Does it really make sense to discuss the personal favourite section, even with a
I doubt, that anyone will change it afterwards, it is what it is: Personal taste
Dalton - the weak and weepy Bond!
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Well, that clarifies things! I've always just assumed that your putting DAD on top was a subtext-laden statement of some sort
As for my own...well, I like Connery, so...
Craig's CR clocks in at #5 overall, just behind OHMSS at #4. Brozzer cracks my top ten at #9 and Sir Roger squeaks in at #10.
For me it's a balance of everything in the film (obviously Fleming figures prominently); I prefer Dalton's Bond to Moore's, but Dalton's pictures don't rank higher overall because I thought they were a bit uneven. Consistency of tone counts, IMRO.
"I am not an entrant in the Shakespeare Stakes." - Ian Fleming
"Screw 'em." - Daniel Craig, The Best James Bond EverTM
Fact: I don't hate any James Bond films. Not one. I'd be perfectly happy being stranded on a desert island for all eternity with my UE attache case. I have watched all of the films dozens of times, and I've never not enjoyed them. Every single Bond film has something to entertain me.
My criteria when I compiled the list was, "which films are most likely to come to hand when I fancy watching a bit of 007 on a Sunday afternoon?" Unlike some other members, I've never had a carefully considered league table of the films (apart from knowing that OHMSS would be number one). The favourites list was actually the first time I had ever done this.
Yes, putting CR67 above DN and FYEO seems strange. The Mods beta tested the lists before it went online, and I remember posting in the Mod Forum with horror when I realised what I'd done. But I can't help it. CR 67 is a baffling, incoherent mess, but it has some very funny moments, some great performances, astonishing design and music, and it's so OTT it actually manages to come out the other side. I would not make an argument that it's a good film; but on a rainy day, I can be entertained by it.
FYEO's earnestness annoys me. It's so desperate not to be MR. Everything is low-key and underpowered in comparism with previous, similar scenes in the series. The ski chase is good, until you compare it with OHMSS'. The underwater scenes are good, until you compare them with TB or TSWLM. The climax is good and dramatic and all that, but it is just so small. Melina is a miserable tart, Bibi is loathsome, and Lisl is lovely and charming, but if you cut her out, would anyone notice? There's also far too many chunky knit sweaters.
And DN - well, I hate to gut a holy cow, but this film bores me too. Dr No is right when he calls Bond a policeman in this film - he goes round, picking up clues, like Dixon of Dock Green. It looks cheap (I know it was very low budget, and I can overlook it, but I don't have to like it), the villain's plot seems to hinge on destroying rockets just to annoy NASA, Monty Norman's score (apart from the Bond Theme), is just rubbish, and there's that horrific "fetch my shoes" moment. Of course, the cast are all great, and Bond and Honey's respective introductions are two of the finest moments in the series. And I will bow down to it for starting the whole thing running. I'd just rather watch a different film.
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And Moore looks really old in it, imo.
As for DN, its rating went up when I saw it at an open-air screening last year with a good, young audience of first generation immigrants who were really into it. It seemed understated, cool, unlike TB which I saw on the big screen recently and just looked convoluted, creaky and naff.
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Why? ?:) Alot of people talk about how they dislike TB, and while I agree that the final underwater sequence was slightly overlong, I really think it was a magnificent Bond film. What's with all the hate for it?
Agree with Loeff, gotta go with the full package, leave the little bits on the trail.
I thought DAF dragged Blofeld through the mud in the PTS, not Bond.